Ustinov college annual review 2013 2014

Ustinov College Annual Review 2013–14

Welcome to the Ustinov College Annual Review 2013-14. This report aims to share with you the wide ranging activities and achievements of our postgraduate multi-disciplinary scholarly research community.

Global Citizenship is the ethos that underpins the Ustinov community; a concept close to Sir Peter Ustinov’s vision of ‘world citizenship’. Everything that we do here at Ustinov College is possible due to an amazing and talented cohort of scholars, studying at both Masters and PhD level, as well as a committed and enthusiastic staff team who work extremely hard to maximise the experience for every Ustinovian. We hope that you enjoy reading this annual review and finding out more about what took place across the last academic year, 2013-14!

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About Ustinov College

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Annual Report 2013-14

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Summary of Scholarly Activity Café Politique Café Scientifique The Ustinov Seminar UIF Collaborative Activities—Race, Crime & Justice, Volunteering, East West Gardens Project Other Collaborative Activities

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Visiting Fellows Hosted Outstanding Contribution to College Life

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Scholarships and Awards College Scholarships (Accommodation) Norman Richardson Postgraduate Research Fund Arklight Awards College Conference Travel Awards

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UIF

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About Ustinov College Ustinov College was established as the Graduate Society in 1965, to provide a focal point for the increasing number of postgraduate students that Durham was attracting. In 1965, 94 students were admitted to membership, representing 14 different nationalities and 17 departments.

In 2013-14, Ustinov College admitted 870 new postgraduate students, and had a total membership of 1700 students, representing 100 nationalities and many different programmes.

focusing on building our academic community.

Since the Ustinov Seminar was launched in 2005, the number of academic and cultural activities that have taken place has increased from three or four a term to events on a weekly basis. Our academic activity now includes the Ustinov Seminar, Café Politique, Café Scientifique, the Café des Arts, collaborations with departments, research institutes and other colleges. We devote significant resources to the support of postgraduate students through the award of scholarships and bursaries.

Specialisation and diversity Concentrating solely on providing the best in postgraduate experience and support enables Ustinov College to offer a specialist service for our members and for Durham University. Our mission to support postgraduates is balanced by the diversity of our membership. The college motto, ‘diversitate valemus’, makes clear that we view diversity as a core strength—the diversity of membership is seen in subjects studied, nationalities, cultures, interests and outlooks.

The Annual Review 2013-14 The Ustinov College Annual Review highlights achievements made in 2013-2014 against the College Strategy. This report focuses on the student experience and scholarly activity. It includes details of seminars, discussion groups, lectures and academic and cultural activities that took place in the academic year 2013-14, and information on college scholarships and bursaries that were awarded.

Vision, Mission & Values Vision: To be an international exemplar of a postgraduate research community that celebrates the strength arising from diversity, interdisciplinarity and collegiality, and makes a substantive contribution to the intellectual life and reputation of Durham University.

Mission: To provide a safe, motivating and enjoyable environment that nurtures global citizenship, enables College members to grow intellectually and socially, and facilitates the development of an enduring, mutually rewarding relationship with the College, University, people and communities of the North East.

Values: Central to our ethos as a collegiate community are cornerstone values of respect, trust, responsibility, fairness, integrity, humility, open-mindedness and objectivity. Allied with these values we openly celebrate leadership, creativity, innovation, teamwork, diversity and excellence.

The Academic Year 2014-15 Despite challenges with space, our success in hosting so many activities is testament to the drive, energy and enthusiasm of college members, staff and students. The Cafe has played host to many talks and lectures, though dedicated study space would clearly support and enhance the continued development of our academic activities. We are committed to improving access to the best prospective postgraduate students, and, looking ahead, to achieve that aim a substantial increase in our fundraising donor base is needed.

You and Ustinov College If you have contributed to Ustinov as a speaker, visitor or donor, we thank you for your support.

If you are interested in Ustinov, believe in our aim of providing the best postgraduate experience for students from all around the world, want to know more about our activities, would like to join the Senior Common Room, or would like to visit, please get in touch with us on ustinov.college@durham.ac.uk.

Our Strategy Over the last 10 years, Ustinov College has developed its infrastructure and vision by 3

Annual Report 2013-2014 College, (iv) strengthening of relationships with the Ustinov Foundation, (v) continued support of activities associated with the Race Crime and Justice network as well as building links with the Institute of Hazard Risk and Resilience (IHRR) and (vi) production of a Mentor Handbook designed as guidance for Mentors outlining aims and “expectations” associated with the College’s mentor system. All of these activities will be further developed throughout the 2014-15 academic year.

Strategic Matters The College worked on developing a new Vision, Mission and Values (VMV) statement during the latter stages of 2013-14 which can be found in summarised form on page three of this report.

How the College might achieve its VMV was the focus of part of a Staff Away Day held in midOctober 2014, with discussions dedicated to identifying pragmatic actions that could assist the College in realising its aspirations and delivering on its mission. Cutting across the College’s VMV is the theme of Global Citizenship and this is firmly embedded in the College’s research and scholarly activities. Amongst a number of areas for attention raised by staff were practical issues that can be addressed in the short to medium term. A number of longer term issues that may constrain the College’s aspirations were also identified.

These include availability of appropriate quality study space, lack of central storage, inadequacy of staff meeting space, sub-optimal work areas in the Ustinov Café and Bar, which restricts service delivery to a narrow range of product offerings, CCTV coverage/lighting outside College and its implications for student/staff safety, maintaining balanced college communities and improving funding and scholarships. Recognising that the issues identified above are those seen through a “staff lens”, the College has organised a number of student focus groups, the aim of which is to glean unfettered views of what the student community perceive as necessary for achieving the College’s VMV.

The College has recently learned that it will be subject to a formal review in the Michaelmas term of the 2015/16 academic year. The purpose of the review will be to consider the key aspects of activity in the College including vision, strategic and operational plans and staff and student experience amongst others. Preparation is demanding and requires coordination and assembly of a range of information/paperwork.

The College will start planning for the review during the early stages of the Epiphany term and more information will be included in the 2014-15 Annual Report.

In 2013-2014, the College retained its "Best Bar None" accreditation which recognises that the Ustinov College Bar is run in accordance with stringent national guidelines designed to reduce the risk of alcohol related incidents and promote a safer more vibrant college environment.

Budget Looking ahead, details of College budget s for the 2014/15 academic year were released to all Colleges on November 21, 2014 after requests from the Colleges’ Division, in September, for individual Colleges to provide unequivocal statements on how to improve their financial position. There have been no major changes to Ustinov College’s budget for 2014/15.

Other 2013-2014 strategic developments have included (i) drafting of an Alumni Development Strategy for consideration by College Council, (ii) successful implementation of a new Bar Management Governance model, (iii) the constitution of a working group to develop a schedule of activities for celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the Graduate Society/Ustinov 4

Annual Report 2013-2014 continued University Houston, USA), IAS COFUND Fellows Professor Fiona Harrison (California Institute of Technology, Caltech, USA) and Dr Elowyn Yager (Idaho University). The Fellows not only enhanced college academic life but through their activities strengthened relationships between the College and a range of departments.

Staffing The calendar year of 2014 has seen the arrival of a new Principal (Glenn McGregor) and Vice Principal, Sarah Prescott, the appointment of two new Assistant Principals, Dr Rebecca Bouveng and Lynsey Finnemore, to cover the areas of College Life and Membership respectively and the departure of the Bursar John Hirst with our Operations Manager, Ian Macdonald, currently discharging bursarial responsibilities pending the outcome of the ongoing Accommodation and Commercial Services Review. Despite this significant staff change, the College continued to operate seamlessly, a testament to the collegiate spirit and dedication of the outgoing/incoming and incumbent staff and the wider Ustinov community, including the Graduate Common Room (GCR) and Senior Common Room (SCR).

The College is currently advertising for a person to cover Vice Principal duties from January to December 2015 due to Sarah Prescott going on maternity leave.

Through the generosity of David Arkless of Arklight Consulting and The Future Work Consortium, the College was able to run, for the second year, the Arklight Essay and Poster Competition, based around the topics of human trafficking, human rights, anti-prejudice and global citizenship.

Wider College Community Development Both the GCR and SCR contributed significantly to College Life in 2013-14. The GCR organised a number of formal dinners, most notably the Castle and Summer Formals, the Annual Barbeque as well as a number of lively and fun family events for our students and families resident in Keenan House and living out. The SCR instigated a very successful “Wells for India” evening, a fabulous supper event after the unveiling of the Ariadne Frieze, the organisation of a stained glass demonstration and the formation of a joint SCR/ GCR cricket team.

Where possible the College supports GCR and SCR activities by providing logistical support/space while respecting the recognised status of both bodies. Through the College’s Volunteering Project, Ustinov continues to develop links with the wider North East community which further supports the College’s drive to deliver on its Vision, Mission and Values statement.

Scholarly Activities During the year Ustinov’s academic programmes continued to grow via well attended Café de Arts, Café Scientifique, Café Politique, Ustinov Intercultural Forum and Race Crime and Justice events and Ustinov Seminars organised by College Project Scholars. The Norman Richardson fund supported students in meeting research related costs associated with visiting libraries, research centres and undertaking fieldwork and the College Travel Awards were also put to good use by a number of successful applicants.

During 2014 the College hosted a number of Institute of Advanced Studies (IAS) Fellows namely Professor Matti Seppälä (University of Helsinki, Finland), Dr Jeffrey Greathouse (Sandia National Laboratories, New Mexico, USA), Joint Fellows Dr Dominic Boyer & Dr Cymene Howe (Rice

Professor Glenn McGregor, December 2014 Principal Ustinov College

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Summary of College Scholarly Activity 2013-14 Café Politique Ustinov Café Politique provides an accessible platform for students and staff of all disciplinary backgrounds interested in informing themselves and engaging in discussions of current political relevance affecting our lives today, in the open and informal environment of Ustinov College. Café Politique takes place in the evening and covers a variety of themes, attracting a variety of speakers and participants.

Title

Speakers

Date

The Question of Intervention Dr Aoife O’Donoghue, Durham Law School Dr Jeroen Gunning, SGIA Lieutenant General Robin Brims

17 Oct

North Africa: After the Arab Spring

Professor Emma Murphy, SGIA, Durham University Ian Martin, Head of UN Support Mission in Libya Dr Michael Willis, Faculty of Oriental Studies, Univ of Oxford

23 Oct

Drones: Use and Legality

Dr Kyle Grayson, Newcastle University Rodger Adcock, MSc candidate, Durham Global Security Institute, and member of the British Army Air Commodor (retd) William Boothby

28 Nov

Human Rights and Civil Liberties

Matt Hann, PhD candidate, SGIA Dr Maria Dimova-Cookson, Lecturer, SGIA Konstatina Tzouvala, PhD candidate, Law

5 Dec

Crime and Punishment

Jenny Johnstone, Newcastle University Law School Adeniyi Olayode, Law School William Coyles, University of Kent

21 Jan

Women in Today’s World

Dr Diana Sankey, Law School & Centre for Criminal Justice Dr Rosa Freedman, Birmingham Law School Professor Fiona de Londras, Law School & Durham HRC

26 Feb

America—Superpower in Decline?

Amed Rasheed, PhD Candidate, SGIA Dr Dylan Sutherland, Business School Professor John Dumbrell, SGIA

4 March

The Politics of Austerity

Dr Emma Black, Newcastle University Business School Dr Alan Greene, Law School Dr Christian Schweiger, SGIA

12 March

Racism in today’s England (joint with RCJ)

Thom Brooks, Law School Susan Mansaray, Founder & Chair of Purple Rose Colin McGillivray, Chief Inspector, Durham Police

18 March

Legitimacy in International Politics

Dr Erla Thrandardottir, City University, London Professor David Beetham, University of Leeds Dr Vincent Keating, SGIA

20 March

Politics of Football

Renan Petersen-Wagner, PhD candidate, SASS Dr Peter Millward, School of Humanities & Social Sciences, Liverpool John Moore University

3 June

Respect for Sovereignity or Respect for Humanity?

Dennis Schmidt, PhD candidate, SGIA 6 Professor John Williams, SGIA

11 June

Café Scientifique There are a number of Café Scientifiques throughout the UK and in many other countries. Ustinov’s Café Scientifique provides a forum to explore ideas and current research in science and technology.

Title

Speakers

Date

Holy Morphometrics, Batman The Science of Batman

Dr Jamie Lawson, Teaching Fellow, Department of Anthropology

28 Oct

Shining Light on Medieval Manuscripts

Professor Andy Beeby, Department of Chemistry

28 Jan

Spinning Black Holes to Exploding Stars: A Professor Fiona Harrison, Caltech New View of the Energetic University

25 Mar

Is Humanity a Concept that has Passed Its Professor Steve Fuller, University of Warwick Sell By Date in Science & Politics

29 Apr

Spinning Black Holes to Exploding Stars: A Professor Fiona Harrison New View of the Energetic Universe

1 May

Rubber Boots, Shovel and Hard Dried Bread—Fieldwork of Physical Geography

Professor Matti Seppala, IAS Fellow, University of Helsinki

13 May

Wind at the Margins of the State: Autono- Cymene Howe & Dominic Boyer, COFUND Fellows my & Renewable Energy in Southern Mexico

22 May

Butterflies, Hurricanes, & Quavers

Josh Bull, MA Candidate & Nick Carlson

10 Jun

5x15 (joint with Ustinov Seminar)

Sophie Hodgetts, Andy Duckworth, Chas Nelson, Yan Birch, Stefan Kemp (all Ustinov postgrads)

28 Jun

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Café des Arts Cafe des Arts provides a cultural space that seeks to foster community through arts. Its aims are to: create a stronger identity for Ustinov as a cultural space; explore the role and importance of the arts and culture in our communities and wider societies; be influential in the arts and cultural scene in Durham; explore the transformative role of arts and creativity .

Title

Speakers

Date

Durham and its History

Richard Hardwick, Ustinov Writer in Residence

8 Oct

Lumiere Visit and Photographic Competition

15 Nov

Degas

Sepher Meshkinfamfard, PhD candidate, Engineering

26 Nov

Dickens reading (joint with UIF)

Richard Hardwick, Writer in Residence

2 Dec

Evolutions and Revolutions: Arab Contemporary Culture & the UK

Eckhard Thiemann, Artistic Director of Shubbak

5 Feb

Miradas a la muerte (documentary screening)

Introduced by Elisabeth Kirtsoglou, Anthropology

12 Feb

Perception of death in Mexico (joint Introduced by Elisabeth Kirtsoglou, Anthropology with UIF)

25 Feb

Songs of the Sea (joint with UIF)

The Ustinov Choral Society

14 March

Archives and the idea of darkness

Dr Martyn Hudson, Newcastle University

15 May

The Café des Arts also hosted a writer in residence Richard Walker Hardwick funded by a Leverhulme research grant. Trips and activities for students and staff that were organized in 2013-14 include: Sunday 27 October St Cuths Cave to Lindisfarne Walk Saturday 2 November Bede’s World Trip Saturday 7 December Whitby Trip with International Women’s Group Tuesday 12 November Creative Writing Workshop Wednesday 11 December Photography Workshops

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The Ustinov Seminar The Ustinov Seminar is an interdisciplinary forum for postgraduates across the university, and offers a way of meeting outside normal departmental or subject-based circles, and to hear something about research in other fields. There are several Saturday morning seminars each term with three/four 20-minute presentations from a range of disciplines, grouped around a common theme to prompt discussion.

Title

Speakers

Date

Global Citizenship

Rumyana Grozdanova, PhD candidate, Law Renan Petersen-Wagner, PhD candidate, SASS Matthew Hann, Phd candidate, SGIA Andrew Duckworth, PhD candidate Chemistry

3 Oct

Gender

Suvi Ronkainen, Professor of Research Methodology, 26 Oct University of Lapland Jo Zalea Matias, PhD candidiate, Archaeology Dr Leanne Dawson, Lecturer in German & Film Studies, Univ of Edinburgh Pina Sadar, PhD candidate, Anthropology

SLOW Seminar (joint College & IAS)

Matthew Griffiths, PhD candidate, English Professor Luk Martell, Head of Sociology, Sussex University Dr Heather Mendrick, Reader in Education, Brunel University Dr Ruth Mueller, Postdoc Research Fellow, Lund University & Lecturer in Gender Studies, University of Vienna Chris Watson, IAS Policy & Enterprise Fellow & Sound Artist

5 Nov

Memory

Dr Ivan Hill, Programme Director Criminology Julian KotzĂŠ, PhD candidate, Anthropology Alice Panepinto, PhD candidate, Law School William Coyles, Criminology, University of Kent

10 Nov

Light (joint with IAS)

Andrew Duckworth, PhD candidate, Chemistry Nicoletta Asciuto, PhD candidate, English Hannes Busche, PhD candidate, Physics Dr Fokko Dijksterhuis, University of Twente and IAS Fellow

23 Nov

Celebrations

Rune Nyrup, PhD candidate,Philsophy Abeer Al-Mahdawi, PhD candidate, English Jennifer Bergevin, PhD candidate, Archaeology Ruizhe Zhou, Business School

7 Dec

Control

Eleanor Palser Nueroscience Elena Miltiadis, Anthropology Oliver Bartlett, Law Vincent Keating, Lecturer, SGIA

22 Feb

Children and Childhood

Roisin McCloseky, English Sophie Newman, Bioarchaeology Ramjee Bhandari, Geography Kayleigh Carr, Psychology

2 March

SLOW Seminar (joint College & IAS)

Carl Honore Chris Watson, IAS Policy & Enterprise Fellow & Sound Artist Dr Heather Mendrick, Reader in Education, Brunel University Dr Ruth Mueller, Postdoc Research Fellow, Lund University & Lecturer in 9 Gender Studies, University of Vienna

11 March

Title

Speakers

Date

Energy with IAS

Miriah Reynolds, Ecology Rep, GCR 15 Nick Cresswell, PhD candidate, Engineering March Andrew Crossland, Andrew Telford Professor Peter Gratton, IAS Fellow, Memorial University of Newfoundland

1914 Centenary at Dr Emma Black, Finance Ustinov Dr Anna Claudia Morgavi, Art Professor Simon James, English Literature Dr David Kaufman, Sepher Meshkinfamfard

31 May

Showcase Undergraduate Research

14 June

Phil Mullen, Human Geography Edward Watts, Law Max Hurst, Geography Julia Lagoutte, Combined Social Sciences Alvin Chua, Archaeology Chris Blois-Brooke, Combined Social Sciences

Collaborative Activities

Race, Crime & Justice The Race, Crime and Justice Regional Network includes a regional workshop and monthly meetings held at Ustinov. Also held in the 201314 academic year were:  One day conference, 13 November 2013  Racism in Today’s England, 18 March 2014  Jedburgh Castle Day Trip, 7 June 2014

Volunteering Project The volunteering team organised: a Global Workplace 2-day event, Volunteering Roundtable, Book Afternoon, World Book Night

Volunteering Transforming yourself and the community.

What skills do you have for volunteering and what transferable skills can you gain from volunteering?

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East West Gardens Project Ustinov College and the College of Hild & St Bede hosted an international research scholar, Professor Sinkwan Cheng, to work with our communities of postgraduate students to carry out a research project on East-West Gardens and their links to culture, inter-cultural understanding, philosophy and wellbeing. Several trips/events were organised in Michaelmas term 2013: Event

Date

Launch of East West Gardens Project, Botanic Gardens

19 Oct

Visit to Tatton Park Garden

20 Oct

Chinese Gardens, Chinese Philosophies & Chinese Cosmologies: Chinese Culture via Comparative Culture

24 Oct

Visit to Islamic Gardens, Bradford

3 Nov

Visit to Alnwick Gardens, Northumberland

9 Nov

East West Gardens Seminar at Hild Bede

11 Nov

East West Gardens Seminar: Emma Clark, HRH School of Traditional Arts and Expert on Islamic Gardens & Culture

10 Dec

East West Gardens Seminar: English Gardens

3 Feb

East West Gardens Seminar: Italian/Roman Gardens

19 Feb

East West Gardens Seminar: Indian Gardens

10 Mar

Other Collaborative Activities Event

Date

Erwin James in conversation with Jane Davis, in collaboration with SASS and Collingwood 14 Oct NE forum Regional Learning Day

13 Nov

Interfaith Working Group

28 Nov

HEA Seminar, Global Citizenship—opportunities and challenges.

3 Dec

Cockpit to SME to Global Investment Firm—Leading change through turbulent times Speakers: Dan Robinson & Rick Frisbie

12 Jun

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Alumni Events Event Career Mentoring Launch, 27 Feb Book Launch—History of Graduate Society, 14 Mar Book Launch—10 year History of Ustinov College, 26 Mar

Ustinov College Principals past and present at the History of Graduate Society book launch

Visiting Fellows hosted Name

Durham Institute

Dr Fokko Jan Dijksterhuis, University of Twente, Netherlands IAS Dr Tim Edensor, Manchester Metropolitan University

IAS

Dr Matti Seppala, University of Helsinki

IAS/COFUND

Prof Jeremy Greathouse, Sandia National Laboratories

COFUND

Prof Fiona Harrison, CALTECH, USA

IAS/COFUND

Dominic Boyer & Cymene Howe, Rice University, USA

P&E

Prof Sinkwan Cheng, Chinese University in Kong Kong

SASS

Outstanding Contribution to College Life College members nominate and vote for those individuals who they believe have made an outstanding contribution to college life over the previous year. They also vote for a range of other nominated categories. The winners of the ’Outstanding Contribution’ categories for 2013-14 are: Outstanding Contribution by a PhD student

Siobhan Harper

Outstanding Contribution by a Masters student

Joshua Bull

Outstanding Contribution by a non-Ustinovian

Anna Claudia Morgavi

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College Scholarships (Accommodation) College Scholarships (Accommodation) are awarded to students who are successful in applying for a leadership position with the academic-focused activities co-ordinated through the College Office, including various café discussion groups, Ustinov Seminar, The Ustinovian college magazine, Ustinov Intercultural Forum and the volunteering project. See www.dur.ac.uk/ustinov.college/college_life/ Name

Project

Alice Panepinto, PhD Law

Co-ordinator

Matthew Griffiths, PhD English

Co-ordinator/The Ustinovian

Alice Alunni, PhD SGIA

Café Politique

Rumy Grozdanova, PhD Law

Café Politique

Philip Gater-Smith, PhD SGIA

Café Politique/Ustinov Seminar

Jack Taylor, MA DGSI

Café Politique

Anna Jobe, PhD Law

Ustinov Seminar

Holly Flynn-Piercy, PhD Politics

Ustinov Seminar

Renan Petersen-Wagner, PhD SASS

Ustinov Seminar/The Ustinovian

Cesare Aloisi

Ustinov Seminar

Ariadne Schulz, PhD Anthropology

Café des Arts

Jennifer Bergevin, MA

Café des Arts

Charlotte Wilkinson, MA

Café des Arts

Sakib Amin, PhD Business School

UIF

Lin Xu, MA Social Work

UIF

Louise McGolpin, LLM

UIF

Jesper Pedersen, PhD SGIA

Race, Crime & Justice

Michael Baker, MA

The Ustinovian

Siobhan Harper, PhD English

The Ustinovian

Harriet James, MA

The Ustinovian

Stefan Kemp, PhD Physics

Café Scientifique/ Walking Club

Dori Beeler, PhD Anthropology

Volunteering

Sandra Daroczi, MA

Volunteering

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Norman Richardson Postgraduate Research Fund The Norman Richardson Postgraduate Research Fund was established following a generous legacy from Mildred Grace Richardson, the widow of Norman Richardson, former Mayor of Durham and member of the Governing Body of the Graduate Society. The fund is intended to assist with costs of postgraduate students visiting libraries, research centres,and fieldwork sites as part of their studies. The total amount awarded each academic year is ÂŁ10,000. Students who received the award in 2013-14 are listed below.

Epiphany Term Name/Dept:

Awarded for:

Ioannis Anastasiou

Fieldwork (Greece) - an ethnographic study conducted in the Intensive Care Unit in each one of two Greek hospitals. It considered how the patient's personhood is affected in the environment of advanced technology of ICU

Pallavi Bannerjee

Fieldwork/study trip (London) - this research project attempted to evaluate some of the interventions which gave evidence to the House of Commons and House of Lords recent inquiries into STEM education

David Clinnick

Travel to Harvard to examine artefacts from Es-Skhul, the first modern human site in Eurasia, and Fontmaure, an important late Neanderthal site, under the supervision of Christian Tryon, early modern human specialist

Gaurab Dawadi

Field data collection (Nepal). Validating thesis with key informants meetings and field investigation.

Letizia Silvestri

Two cave excavations (Italy) to build up a wide faunal-botanical database for thesis. Carrying out library research to gather information/completing lab work on the remains that cannot be moved to the UK

Robin Smith

To visit the Upper Aniene Valley krast system to gather first-hand information about caves in the region for use in an ArcGIS-based predictive model to anticipate the occurrence of Bronze Age archaeological sites within the caves of the system.

Sam Tipper-Booth

To carry out detailed analysis of spinal disease on collections of human remains, curated in Denmark and the USA. The data collected will provide a comparative study of health and daily life in ancient Nubia from the Medieval to Christian periods.

Erwin Nugraha

Research trip (Indonesia)

Photos provided by Robin Smith from his research trip to the Upper Aniene Valley 14

Summer Term Name/Dept:

Awarded for:

Cesare Aloisi

Research at the Educational Research Centre, Ireland

Alice Alunni

Fieldwork in Libya and visit to the library of the Academy of Graduate Studies

Michelle Gibson

Fieldwork to collect data for PhD project. This will contribute to long term study that investigates impacts of climate on bird species distributions

Kwanook Kim

Fieldwork in Seoul for one year in order to conduct ethnographic research with female call centre workers

Ingrid Medby

Primary data collection for PhD research - specifically conducting interviews with Icelandic Foreign Policy Officials

Michelle Low

Research trip to British Library & Summer School

Jessica McDonald

Research trip to various archives and collections held in New York City relating to dissertation topic of homelessness

Aryel Pacheco

To collect data and samples for PhD on tuberculosis in human remains, Chile

Leonie Tuitjer

To conduct qualitative interviews in Bonn and furthermore to attend an international conference, Germany

Margrete Visscher

Visiting Fellowship at Harvard to engage with scholars at the forefront of Classical studies, Boston

Yuqian Wang

Data collection in three state secondary schools

ArkLight Awards Funded by a generous donation from David Arkless. The ArkLight Fund supports studies into four core themes: human trafficking, human rights, anti-prejudice and global citizenship. These themes underpin the work of David Arkless and are themselves closely aligned with the College’s ethos. The competition is open to all Ustinovians and asks them to submit either an essay or a poster around one of the four core themes. The entries are then considered by a judging panel, including David Arkless and three winners are selected, each winning a financial prize.

Essay/Poster Winners: Harriet James - 1st place for an essay titled ‘The trafficking of women and children: A case study of Yunnan Province, China’ Jason Haynes - 2nd place for a poster ‘Human Trafficking: End the scourge’ Josh Bull - 3rd place for an essay titled ‘Prejudice in Academia, the Sciences and Mathematics: Hidden in Plain Sight’ 15

Field trip to Iceland by Ingrid Medby Partly sponsored by Norman Richardson Fund

Of course, there is still much to see and do and learn about Iceland for me, but thanks to the Award I have been able to collect most of the data I need, and thus have made considerable progress on my PhD project that I would not otherwise have been able to. Furthermore, I was pleasantly surprised by the amount of new contacts I made, and can happily report that it is not just a myth that Icelanders are incredibly welcoming and friendly.

Thanks to the generous support from the Norman Richardson Award, I was able to travel to Reykjavik, Iceland, for fieldwork relating to my PhD. I left Durham on the 22nd of October in order to conduct interviews for the Icelandic third of my project. With a fortnight in the capital, paid with the Norman Richardson Award, I was hoping to talk to as many as possible, in as many different levels, positions, and branches as I could.

Once again thank you so much for the Award!

In the end, I managed to get 9 interviews with a range of officials – some in Government, some in Parliament, and some Civil Servants in Agencies and administrations. This was more than I had dared hope for, and thanks to a nice studio accommodation I was able to subsequently transcribe all interviews while there.

Hallgrimskirka (church), with a statue of Leifur Eriksson in the foreground (the first European to reach America

Parliament, or Althingi, where I had some of my interviews.

In addition to the data collection, I spent some days on invaluable networking. I attended, and presented at two big conferences: one academic, “Trans Arctic Agenda” and one policy-oriented, “The Arctic Circle Assembly”. Not only did I gain some important professional contacts, for example in Iceland’s Centre for Arctic Policy Studies, but I was also able to chat to many I will later contact again for interviews.

As my study deals with national identity and perceptions of the state, I also spent one weekend taking in some of the country I was visiting. In-between working, interviewing, transcribing, and presenting I did both a walking tour of the capital Reykjavik and a bus-tour to the surrounding geysirs, volcanoes, and famous waterfalls.

Reykjavik, seen from the top of Hallgrimskirkja.

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Travel Awards Up to 45 awards of ÂŁ100 are available each term to help members attend academic conferences.

Michaelmas Term Name:

Conference Title:

Carissa Foo, English

Present paper at: New Works in Modernist Studies, Edinburgh

Geraint Jenkins, Geography

Attend: Quaternary Research Association 50th Anniversary Conference, London

Anouska Munden, Modern Languages and Cultures

Present paper at: The Nawe Conference: Park Inn Radisson York

Min Soo Kwack, Archaeology

Present paper at: Current Research in Egyptology

Katherine Skaris, English

Present paper at: The 45th Annual Convention, Northeast Modern Language Association: Victorian Saints and Sinners round table

Nussaibah Younis, SGIA

Present paper at: International Studies Association

Amanda Bishop, Biological and Biomedical Sciences

Present paper at: Society for Marine Mammalogy Biennial Conference

Elena Soulioti, Archaeology

Present paper at: Theooretical Archaeology Group at Bournemouth

Epiphany Term Daniel Duggan, SGIA

Present paper at: London Graduate Conference in the History of Political Thought, Senate House, London

Dai-Ling Chen, Education

Present paper at: 2014 International Symposium on Education and Psychology, Noyori Conference Hall, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan

James Walker, Archaeology

Present paper at: The 150th anniversary of the naming of Homo neanderthalensis by William King

Baseer Ullah, Engineering and Computer Science

Present paper at: 22nd ACME Conference on Computational Mechanics, University of Exeter, Exeter

Renan Petersen-Wagner, SASS

Present paper at: European Association for Sociology of Sport Utrecht (Netherlands)

Rune Nyrup, Philosophy

Present paper at: Nordic Network for Philosophy of Science, Lund University, Sweden.

Peter Paul Robejsek, Business School

Present paper at: Multinational Finance Society Symposium, Larnaca, Cyprus

Natasha Cooper, English

Present paper at: "Textures", University of St. Andrews, Fife, Scotland

Ingrid Medby, Geography

Attend: Association for the Study of Ethnicity and Nationalism (ASEN) Conference 2014: Nationalism and Belonging at London School of Economics (LSE), London.

Ewon K. Pangukarage, Biology

Present paper at: Plant Biology 2014, Portland, Oregon, United States 17

Yalda Afzali, Sociology & Social Policy

Present paper at: International Institute of Social and Economic Sciences conference in Istanbul, Turkey

Letizia Silvestri, Archaeology

Present paper at: European Association of Archaeologists 20th Annual Meeting, Istanbul Attend: Studying Ontogeny at Different Levels using Geometric Morphometrics-2nd Edition in Barcelona, Spain

Ariadne Schulz, Archaeology/ Anthropology Yuqian Wang, Education

Andrew Brower Latz, Theology Anand Vijay Jha, Law Dennis Schmidt, SGIA Ji Seong Kwon, Theology Samantha Neil, Archaeology Farhana Ferdousi, Chemistry

Present paper at: International Conference on Mathematics Textbook Research and Development 2014 hosted by the University of Southampton Attend: Philosophy, Religion and Public Policy Attend: Spring 2014 Seminar Series on Intersections of Antitrust :Competition law Present paper at: International Studies Association Annual Convention 2014, Toronto, Canada Present paper at: 2014 ISBL Vienna Attend: People, Place and Time in Neolithic and Chalcolithic Europe in Cardiff, Wales Present paper at: 247th ACS National Meeting,Dallas, Texas,USA

Easter Term Christine Hamilton, Geography Dany Christopher, Theology Konstantina Tsouvala, Law Erika Taretto, Classics & Ancient History Cynthia Meersohn Schmidt, SASS Jessica van Millingen, Archaeology

Kwanook Kim, Anthropology David Burke, History Panayiotis Panayides, Archaeology Ravza Altuntas Cakir, SGIA

Present paper at: UK Sea Level IGCP / INQUA CMP Working Group Field Meeting, Cork Present paper at: British New Testament Society (BNTS) Conference, Manchester University, Manchester Present paper at: European Society of International Law Annual Conference Present paper at: Annual Meeting of Postgraduates in Ancient Literature (AMPAL) 2014: Failure in Ancient Literature - University of Cambridge, Faculty of Classics Present paper at: Conference of the British Society of Gerontology at the University of Southampton Attend: 3rd International Conference UNITWIN UNESCO Chair Culture, Tourism, Development on Tourism and Gastronomy Heritage: Foodscapes, Gastroregions and Gastronomy Tourism, University of Barcelona, Barcelona Present paper at: 2014 conference of ASA (Association of Social Anthropologists of the UK and Commonwealth), Edinburgh University Present paper at: Leeds International Medieval Conference Present paper at: International Medieval Congress, Leeds

Present paper at: WOCMES2014-World Congress of Middle East Studies" in Ankara, Turkey Sercan Hamza Baglama, English Present paper at: 12th ESSE CONFERENCE, Kosice, Slovakia Studies Muhammad Mahmood Saleh, Present paper at: "Fourth World Congress for Middle East SGIA Studies" (WOCMES) Harriet Lacey, Archaeology Present paper at: EASAA Conference 2014 (European Association for South Asian Archaeology and Art): Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities, Stockholm, Sweden 18

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Conference Title:

James Taylor, Classics & Ancient History Jo Shoebridge, Archaeology

Present paper at: The Celtic Conference in Classics, Edinburgh University, Edinburgh Present paper at: European Association for South Asian Archaeology and Art conference, the Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities (Östasiatiska museet) and the Museum of Modern Art (Moderna Museet) Stockholm, Sweden, Attend: Frontiers of Finance 2014, Warwick University

Pongsutti Phuensane, Business School Pallavi Amitava Banerjee, Education Christopher Watson, Computer Science Wijdan Tariq, Business School

Present paper at: BERA, Institute of Education, London

Present paper at: 19th Annual ACM Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education Present paper at: BAFA Doctoral Conference at the London School of Economics Maria-Ines Martinez-Herrero, SASS Present paper at: 2014 Joint World Conference on Social Work, Education and Social Development in Melbourne, Australia Michael Laiho, Geography Present paper at: 2nd European Workshop on International Studies, Gediz Ãœniversitesi, Izmir (Turkey) Emily Perdue, Archaeology Attend: IIC 2014 Hong Kong Congress Zobaida Nasreen, Anthropology Xi Xu, Business School

Present paper at: IUAES2014 inter-congress: the future with/of anthropologies, in Chiba City, Greater Tokyo Attend: Summer School in Germany related to dissertation

Ustinov Intercultural Forum The Ustinov Intercultural Forum (UIF) held several events during 2013-14 academic year, including the following: Chinese Calligraphy Workshop 27 November 2013

Dickens reading (with Café des Arts) 2nd December 2013

Language Exchange 25th January 2014

Teatime Sweet Treats 26th January 2014

Careers for International Applicants 29th January 2014

Mandarin Language Exchange Event 22nd February 2014

Perception of death in Mexico (with Café des Arts) 25th February 2014

Global Citizenship Seminar 1st March 2014

Indian Calligraphy Workshop 9th March 2014

International Card Games 15th March 2014

End of Year Gala & Seminars 7th June 12014

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Find out more For more information about student life at Ustinov College, why not read our College brochure, available on our home page at: www.dur.ac.uk/ustinov.college/

Finally, for a more up to date look at activities taking place in the last academic term and a taste of what will be included in the 2014-15 Annual Report, why not read our latest edition of The Ustinovian, also available on our home page.

Details of our upcoming 50th Anniversary Celebrations in June 2015 (commemorating the formation of Graduate Society in 1965 through to Ustinov College as it stands today) are available online at: www.dur.ac.uk/ustinov.college/50years/ and more details will be added as events are finalised.

You can view this page for updates or contact ustinov.college@durham.ac.uk with any enquiries about the celebrations and related College activities.

Also available online is our recent brochure celebrating ‘10 years of Ustinov College’ which marked the anniversary of Graduate Society being renamed Ustinov College in honour of Sir Peter Ustinov.

Ustinov College, Howlands Farm, South Road, Durham, DH1 3DE Telephone: +44(0)191 33 45470 / Email: ustinov.college@durham.ac.uk Website: www.dur.ac.uk/ustinov.college/ www.facebook.com/UstinovCollege The information in this booklet is correct at the time of printing (December 2014) however changes may occur and Durham University/Ustinov College reserves the right to amend or change any information in this brochure at any time.

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