Connect Summer 2015

CONNECT Summer 2015

Art and design students put on a great show Royal garden party invitation for Glenys Students handle ‘major incident’ exercise University Morecambe Bay walk in support of Dementia UK

STUDENTS

Land’s End to John O’Groats Ripples on a Pond Barry’s third novel Lecturer’s book shortlisted for national award Staff profile/John Powell Royal garden party invitation for Glenys Sports staff and students support Brathay 10 in 10 California – dreaming?

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14 Art and design students put on a great show 15 Julie Staun OBE 16 9 students… 6 days 17 Students handle ‘major incident’ exercise at Ambleside 18 Student Learning Disability Nurse’s blog…

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20 Creative networking 21 Vice Chancellor forges new partnerships in China 22 Brand new image for university recruitment 23 Sharon offers a stitch in time…

24 University Morecambe Bay walk in support of Dementia UK 25 Seeing off those pesky gulls!

26 Gallipoli 100 years on – remembering Lancashire’s fallen heroes

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FOREWORD

Heading towards the end of the academic year is a good time to reflect on the challenges and achievements of 2014/15. How did we do?

As I said in my staff forum presentations, the financial side of the university is in good shape and we are on target to deliver the financial performance we need. To do this has required some difficult decisions this year, and we have had to reshape our activity and a number of colleagues have left the institution. We have tried to keep the impact on staff to a minimum, through redeployment and voluntary severance, and this has kept change at a manageable level.

Our financial performance means that we can continue with many of the investments we have planned in estates, IT, and capital equipment, all of which, along with our staff, are vital for the future of the university. The refurbished Ambleside campus has had a very significant impact on the student interest in our programmes there, and our Board of Directors has approved investment in additional halls of residence in Ambleside to meet the needs of our students.

We have invested significantly in growing our STEM provision, with new science labs in place on the Fusehill Street campus, expected to be ready for the beginning of the 2015/16 academic year. We have made investments in the Brampton Road campus, not least to allow colleagues currently located in Caldewgate to move to the main arts campus over the summer period. Plans are well advanced for significant improvements to be made on the Lancaster campus, with the nursery provision being relocated to allow for the new developments. The accommodation and car parking areas at Fusehill Street have been much improved, over £1m has been invested in improved IT equipment, and we now have the virtual ambulance facility up and running in Lancaster. All of these things will improve the student experience and will undoubtedly contribute to us achieving a good score in the NSS this year – we have a hard act to follow as the 2013/14 score was our highest ever.

Amongst the most significant developments this year has been our ever-closer relationship with the nuclear industry on the West Coast.

New programmes in project management are being delivered and

a great deal of work is being done to shape these programmes to meet the workforce development needs of the employers. There is every prospect that these programmes will grow in scale and we have high expectations that they will prove attractive to other employers in the region. Key to the delivery of these programmes is a close relationship with the University of Manchester, with whom we have signed an MOU and who are proving to be generous and supportive partners. We expect to see more new programmes developed in conjunction with Manchester over the next few years. Our University has also been named as a key player in the development of the National College for Nuclear which, provided funding approval is given by BIS, will be responsible for the development of curriculum and awards for the nuclear industry.

Other partners include Lakes and Bridgewater Colleges and the University of Bristol. Given the likely scale of investment in Cumbria in new nuclear generating plant, these are exciting prospects.

Another area of growth is in the provision for overseas students.

We have put considerable effort into building relationships with chosen Chinese and Malaysian partners, and student numbers are beginning to flow. Brampton Road in particular will be involved in programmes in graphic design, delivered both in China and in Carlisle. We also have a sizeable cohort of students from the oil industry in Libya studying for their MBA awards in Lancaster, and our work with Robert Kennedy College has also expanded considerably, both on established programmes and on new ones. We have every expectation that these programmes will continue to grow.

As I write we are digesting the statements of the Chancellor of the Exchequer with respect to the Government budgets. Further changes have been made to the student support arrangements, with loans replacing grants for maintenance from next year. We will have to wait and see what effects this has on application numbers. Recruitment for trainee teachers will also run under different arrangements next year – it is likely to be even more competitive than last year.

We will need to be at our most effective if we are to do well.

All of which really indicates that the coming year will be full of challenges and opportunities, just as this year has been. We have done well this year, in difficult circumstances, and I thank all of our staff who have made this possible. I hope you manage to take a decent break over the summer – come back refreshed, we will need our full energies to take the university forward next year.

Professor Peter Strike Vice Chancellor

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LAND’S END TO JOHN O’GROATS During the summer, Associate Professor Ian Convery (forestry and conservation), will be cycling from Land’s End to John O’Groats with Mark Lawton, senior lecturer in outdoor education, to raise money for Crohn’s and Colitis UK. Ian comments: “I’m doing this because guts are very important... last year my good friend Dave Lawton died from bowel cancer and my brother-in-law Euan needed life-saving surgery due to a chronic bowel illness.

“I know there is a never-ending bunch of requests to support a range of good causes, and guts are perhaps not the most alluring of charity options, but they do a very good job...until they stop working. At which point marvellous organisations like Crohn’s and Colitis UK do an amazing job to support people through their illness.

“So please give me a little bit of your hard-earned cash... and donating through JustGiving is simple, fast and totally secure.

“This is what they told me: Your details are safe with JustGiving – they’ll never sell them on or send unwanted emails. Once you donate, they’ll send your money directly to the charity. So it’s the most efficient way to donate – saving time and cutting costs for the charity.”

Donating to Ian’s JustGiving page is easy – just follow this link and click Donate.

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RIPPLES ON A POND Senior Lecturer in Fine Art, Jane Topping is exhibiting at Glasgow‘s Gallery of Modern Art (GoMA) until spring 2016.

The exhibition, Ripples on a Pond is in Gallery 4 and takes as the starting point recent acquisitions from the Glasgow, Women’s Library 21 Revolutions series, relating them to other works in the collection and sparking questions about gender, themes and media choice in relation to women’s practice and visibility.

Themes of play, landscape, feminism, place and visibility emerge and through the exhibition and ongoing conversations we are learning more about the works in the collection and understanding the genealogy of practice, both locally and internationally, of women artists living and working in Glasgow.

Jane’s work is called Her Study I-IV, 2005. It was originally shown as part of the solo exhibition, They Are the We of Me, GoMA, 2005.

Above: Her Study detail 1

More information is available on Jane’s website www.janetopping.co.uk

BARRY’S THIRD NOVEL Last year in Connect we featured policing lecturer Barry Lees’ second novel, The Governor’s Man, when it was published on Kindle. August this year sees the publication of Barry’s third novel,

By Sword and Feather.

Barry tells us: “My latest book will be let loose on the Kindle-reading world this summer and the supportive comments that I have received from university staff for the first two offerings have proved most encouraging. In addition, I’ve also been asked to participate in careers events for the English and Creative Writing department, where I learned my craft.”

If you’re looking for a good holiday read, look no further!

By Sword and Feather It is 1960 and San Francisco Private Investigator Kerrigan reluctantly accepts a job as a bodyguard to foil a kidnap plot. Whilst trying to avert a diplomatic incident, he becomes involved in an investigation into a murder with a bizarre yet familiar modus operandi. Forced to relive old traumas of the Burmese jungle, he is driven by the need to avenge the death of an old friend.

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Though Observations has been neglected within subsequent accounts of Lakes literature, it was wellknown in Romantic contexts. Penny continues: “It remained at the forefront of cultural accounts of the Lakes for many years, informing both Thomas De Quincey and Keats’s expectations about the region prior to their own encounters with this landscape.

Observations provides an important stepping-stone in the journey from picturesque tourism to Wordsworth’s development of a poetics of place from 1799 onwards.

This edition of Observations provides a new generation of readers with an opportunity to experience Radcliffe’s literary perspectives on a landscape which was still in the process of imaginative recovery.”

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Penny explains: “Alongside those writers with whom we tend to be more familiar, I have been looking at literary responses to the region which have been marginalised within narratives about the development of literary responses to the Lakes. One such figure is the Gothic novelist Ann Radcliffe who visited the Lakes in 1794 and published her account of the experience the following year as Observations during a Tour to the Lakes. At the time of her visit Radcliffe was at the very height of her fame, having already published three of her most successful and popular novels.”

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This new edition of Observations during a Tour to the Lakes was launched at the Words by the Water literature festival in Keswick. Penny gave a talk on the book at the festival and gave another talk on Radcliffe at an event at the Wordsworth Trust on 200 years of Guides to the Lakes. The text includes editorial notes on the poems and an introductory essay which provides background on Radcliffe’s life and work, and considers the ways in which Observations contributes to developing ideas about the cultural significance of the Lake District.

Along with this new book, Penny has written other essays and articles relating to literary responses to the Lakes, including a chapter on the portrayal of the relationship between landscape and regional identity in Cumbrian literature for Making Sense of Place (Boydell and Brewer, 2012), edited by Dr Ian Convery. She also edited The Lake Poems of John Wilson (Bookcase, 2012). Her long term project is a book-length critical study of Literary Responses to the Lake District from the Romantic Period to the Present.

Ann Radcliffe’s Observations during a Tour to the Lakes of Lancashire, Westmoreland, and Cumberland, ed.

Penny Bradshaw (Bookcase, 2014) is available here.

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STAFF PROFILE/JOHN POWELL John handing over a donation to AA from The ‘Lancaster Whites’ to Fabrice Muamba, ex Bolton Wanderers Player, who was the guest of honour at the BWSA Annual Dinner 2013 in View!

Your job title, how did you end up at the University of Cumbria and when did you start?

At the moment my role is Commercial Services Manager (South). I started with St Martin’s in 2007 as Hospitality Manager for the Lancaster campus. I’ve had a couple of different job titles since then; that’s why I only order 50 business cards at a time. I actually applied and was interviewed for one position, but I was unsuccessful; however I was invited to apply for another post which was to be advertised later. That vacancy was for the Hospitality Manager position, and this time I was successful at interview.

Describe your job I oversee student accommodation, conferences and events, and catering at Lancaster and Ambleside. I also have responsibility for catering at the London campus. Challenging. Varied. Interesting.

No two days are ever the same.

What brightens your day at work?

When a member of my team does particularly well and it’s appreciated and recognised. Checking my diary in the morning and realising that I don’t have meetings all day (although that’s a very rare occurrence!) Also, some of the emails I receive from students. Absolutely priceless!

What do you like to do in your spare time?

I love to play golf, follow Bolton Wanderers, and I’m an avid reader of biographies and autobiographies.

Marlon Brando’s Songs My Mother Taught Me at the moment. Sadly, a pub closes in Britain every day, so in a vain attempt to stop this dreadful state of affairs I’m on a personal crusade to help keep as many British pubs open as possible. That seems to be taking up more and more of my spare time. Finally, no day is fully complete without at least an hour with the Daily Telegraph. The blighters still haven’t published one of my letters!

Name your ideal dinner party guest and why Only one!? Oh dear. In that case it would have to be Oscar Wilde. One of my heroes. Absolute genius. Intelligent, charming, witty, and I’d be able to ask him about what it was really like living a persecuted life in the late 19th century!

Name your favourite book and why Tough one. I could’ve chosen any of the following: The Odyssey by Homer; Ulysses by James Joyce; A Sentimental Education by Gustave Flaubert; Tolstoy’s War and Peace; or Stand up if you hate Man United by Bullivant and Matthews;

all classics in their own way; but in the end I’ve gone with McCarthy’s Bar by Pete McCarthy. It details McCarthy’s journey in Ireland over a six-month period travelling the length and breadth of the country in search of every bar with the name McCarthy. Quite simply it’s laughout-loud funny and anyone who’s ever spent time in Ireland will appreciate the way in which McCarthy is able to capture the warmth, generosity, humour and amazing quirkiness of a whole nation.

Name your favourite film and why Difficult to choose one. It should be compulsory in life for everyone to have seen Billy Liar, Dead Poets Society, Dead Man’s Shoes, Blazing Saddles, Raging Bull, One-eyed Jacks, Kes, Shallow Grave, High Noon and Casablanca at least once; but as I’m required to name a favourite I would have say The Godfather Part 2. Gripping, with De Niro and Pacino both at their peak.

And finally, your favourite or dream holiday destination and why I’ve travelled extensively around Europe on holiday and with work in the past, but I’ve never visited the Far East. I would love to spend a few weeks exploring the countries and experiencing the different cultures. Especially Japan. Those guys need to lighten up a bit don’t you think?

John wearing the ‘Beret of Shame’ at a recent golf event. He was in last place on day two despite being overall winner on day one!

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ROYAL GARDEN PARTY INVITATION FOR GLENYS Senior Domestic Services Manager Glenys Lord gives a run-down of the day she was invited to the Royal Garden Party at Buckingham Palace.

On Wednesday 20 May we asked our hotel reception (where we were staying in Hammersmith, London) to order us a cab for around 2.45pm; they asked us where we were going – “to Buckingham Palace”.

When the taxi arrived, we were just expecting a black cab but to our surprise it looked more like a limo with the driver all suited and booted. The weather was unpredictable but inside the motor it was rather warm.

We moved through the traffic quite slowly, however around three quarters of an hour later we arrived at the front of the palace where there were three or four queues gathered at various entrances. The people gathering there were wearing morning suits, hats, military uniforms, mayoral chains and national dress from all nationalities – so exciting! Our taxi driver pulled up outside the Palace near to one of the longest queues we had ever seen.

We needed to take our passports, photo ID, etc to get through the security but the queue moved really quickly.

We walked through the Palace up the steps where I had seen the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh alight from cars on many occasion on the television, and were ushered through the palace out into the gardens. On the lawn were two bandstands and two marquees, one for Royalty, dignitaries and selected guests, and the other for the rest of us.

It was now around 3.50pm and the Beefeaters started to march through the crowds parting them to make a lane, moving the pre-selected guests into position away from the rest of the crowd so they could meet and talk with the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh. The Queen’s lane appeared to be a lot busier than the Duke’s, but I managed to squeeze into a great viewing place near the end of the lane.

At 4pm exactly, the Queen, Duke of Edinburgh and their entourage, including Prince Andrew, the Duke of Kent and Princess Alexandra, walked out of the Palace.

They stopped at the top of the steps for the National Anthem, the band started up, and at this point the emotion which came over me was overwhelming.

The Royals made their way down their designated lanes taking time to talk to the chosen guests.

The Queen was due to be having her afternoon tea at 4.30pm however due to her being very chatty with the people she met on her way down the lane it was more like 5pm. As she neared the end of the lane I was there with my husband only about 10 feet away. The Queen looked lovely in her creamy/beige dress and jacket suit and hat to match. The thing I noticed more than anything was her complexion – what a beautiful lady she is.

The weather was kind to us, occasionally clouding over slightly, but generally staying fine and sunny throughout the whole affair. The gardens were beautiful, as you would expect, and with no noise from traffic.

You would never know we were in one of the busiest places in London. We walked near the lake, and on the island in the middle of the lake there were around six bee hives. People were milling around enjoying the experience of the day they will never forget.

Of course, I have to mention the toilets as being in the domestic services, toilets are a thing I inspect on many an occasion! These toilets were in a marquee type of arrangement with drapes coming from the ceiling, mirrors behind the toilets, and over the wash basins. I have never been in such classy toilets – you would never have known they were portable!

On strict instructions there were to be no cameras,

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On strict instructions there were to be no cameras, and mobile phones were to be switched off, but we started to see quite a few people sneaking a photo or two with their mobiles, so we did too.

Due to us being the polite northerners we are, we waited for the Queen and her entourage to sit down to have their tea and therefore missed having ours! They stopped serving the afternoon teas at 5pm, the time at which the Queen sat down to have hers due to all the talking she had done on the way to her tent. Never mind – the caterers started mingling with the guests with small tubs of ice creams, which thankfully were rather nice.

At around 5.30pm, the Royals made their way towards the side entrance which is where they would be leaving from, but due to the vast crowds queuing in that area we couldn’t get a good view, so we decided to rest our weary feet and legs and watch the world go by.

What an amazing experience we had.

It was a privilege to attend and we had one of the best days of our lives – we had a ball! The precision timing of the event has to be seen to be believed. I’m definitely a royalist, but I wish everyone could attend one of the functions, as to describe the day in the way I have done simply does not do it justice.

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UoC BSc (Hons) Sports Rehabilitation students

SPORTS STAFF AND STUDENTS SUPPORT BRATHAY 10 IN 10 For the second time, a group of staff and students has been in evidence supporting runners at this unique endurance event, where participants run 10 marathons over 10 consecutive days (262 miles), on the same course.

The event began on 8 May, with a group of 15 runners completing each marathon, running around Lake Windermere in the Lake District. The event culminated in the Brathay Windermere Marathon on 17 May 2015, which is open to the general public.

recording their injuries during the event. In addition, the runners were supported by 24 undergraduate BSc (Hons) Sport Rehabilitation students providing daily pre-/ post-marathon sports massage under the supervision of Katie and Adam Smith (also lead therapist at the event).

The event is organised by the Brathay Trust, a charity working to improve the life chances of children and young people. Runners selected by the charity to enter the event must raise a minimum of £2000 for Brathay Trust, although in total this year the runners raised over £125,000. The runners are endurance athletes, performing at high amateur/recreational level.

During the event, two students (Zoe Elston and Toby Vincelli) were so inspired by the runners that they ran a marathon themselves (on day 7). Without any real training or preparation, and being their first ever marathon, they both completed it, with Zoe finishing in an incredible 4 hours 11 minutes. Also, Katie and Kristian Walker (timetabling assistant, FM) ran the marathon with the general public on day 10.

Staff members Katie Small (programme leader, Sport Rehabilitation), Nicola Relph (lecturer in Sport Biomechanics) and Adam Smith (assistant teacher in Sport Rehabilitation) were at the event for the 10 days to conduct a research project which involved testing the runners for markers of musculoskeletal injury and

Katie comments: “Also first-time marathoners, we were both happy to finish sub-4hr, with Kristian finishing in 3hours 47minutes and being third in her class. Three other students on the course (Mellisa Lepic, Kelly Barratt and Oliver Howse) also ran with us on day 10.”

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L to R: Oliver Howse, Kelly Barratt, Katie Small, Kristian Walker and Melissa Lepic

Godfrey Owen, CEO of the Brathay Trust expressed his thanks to Katie and the team: “There’s an unsung army of heroes too, a whole team of others without whom the event could not even get off the ground, let alone be Brathay’s major fundraising event of the year. We simply could not do any of this without the support of our volunteers and sponsors.

“Thank you to you and all the sports therapy team for their wonderful support over the 10 days. I know that all the runners are extremely grateful for the support they received and the fact that the team were able to ‘patch them up’ day after day to enable them to continue their quest to complete their journeys.”

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CALIFORNIA – DREAMING?

By Dr Stephen Longstaffe (Earlier this year, Stephen was invited to speak at a conference on Shakespeare in the United States.)

Thirty years ago, I was sitting outside my university department, pondering how to earn a living. My tutor happened by, and on hearing my plans would not take no for an answer. ‘Stephen, you must research!’ Thirty years on, this April I found myself in California at one of the best collections of early British books, art and manuscripts in the world, sharing a conference platform with that same tutor.

It all started in the summer of 2013 when I received an email from Professor Chris Fitter. I’d asked Chris to contribute a chapter to a book I edited, and he certainly returned the favour. He was organising a conference at the Huntington Library in California, and would I like to be invited over to speak, air fare and four nights’ board and lodging? It was a tough one.

from the East and West Coast of the USA, Oxford, Durham, London, Sydney, Florence and Helsinki. I worked out when I got home that I owned fourteen books by my fellow presenters. The theme was ‘Shakespeare and the Social Depth of Politics’, a topic of great interest to the Huntington’s director of research Steve Hindle. Steve, besides being one of the world’s leading experts on early modern English social history, has the good sense to come from Warrington.

My paper looked at an episode in one of Shakespeare’s plays involving a 1450 rebellion led by commoners, arguing that we can read it much more sympathetically than many people have. A multi-million pound facility set in some of the most famous gardens in the USA is, I now realise, the ideal location to talk about rebellion, class consciousness and peasant ideology.

After doing so, we had a personal tour of, amongst other things, the largest Chinese garden outside China, before heading off to the campus club of Cal Tech, a university whose faculty and alumni have won a total of 34 Nobel prizes.

Here’s the funny thing. I didn’t make it happen. You can’t make people invite you half-way across the world. It wasn’t in my plans. But it did happen. The University of Cumbria really did, for a short while, have a voice up there on my particular bit of the world stage. And while I was there I discovered that the Huntington also awards 130 fellowships every year to use the collections. To paraphrase the words of that great Californian Arnold Schwarzenegger – I very much hope that one of these days I’ll be back.

Henry Huntington, the founder of the library, put his money where his mind was. He spent his fantastic wealth on amassing artistic and literary treasures from Britain and Europe – Gainsborough’s Blue Boy, a Gutenberg Bible on vellum, the Ellesmere illuminated manuscript of Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales, and many copies of Shakespeare’s early works. On his death, he endowed a foundation to ensure that these works would be available to scholars. Every year it runs conferences with invited speakers on topics relevant to the library’s holdings.

I was the only non-professor of twelve invited speakers, in a line-up which included world-leading Shakespeare scholars and early modern historians

Stephen with Profs Chris Fitter (the beard) and Richard Wilson

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CONGRATULATIONS! Barry Lees On Saturday 21 March, Barry Lees (Lecturer in Policing) married his long-term partner Nicole on a private beach in Barbados. The ceremony was followed by a sunset flight around the island in a light aircraft with champagne and strawberries. The bride wore a New York designed, backless, sequin-adorned, full-length, cream dress and the groom wore a white linen suit, blue suede shoes and “a big smile on his face!”

Both the wedding ceremony and honeymoon were in Barbados.

Bozena Bozena (domestic assistant at Brampton Road) and Derek Lawton were married on Saturday 21 March 2015 at Our Lady and St Joseph Church in Carlisle, they are pictured with their five-year-old daughter. The reception was held at the Cumbria Park Hotel and embraced both Polish and Irish traditions in the celebrations.

Nate Thomas Bell Congratulations to Steven Bell (academic planning officer – Finance and Planning) and his wife Natalie on the birth of their son Nate Thomas Bell who was born on Friday 15 May weighing in at 6 lbs 6½ oz. Nate is Steven and Natalie’s second child and brother to Emelia.

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ART AND DESIGN STUDENTS PUT ON A GREAT SHOW Degree-level work from over 200 students, studying on 11 different courses, was on display at the university sites at Brampton Road and Caldewgate at the end of May. At the Brampton Road campus, exhibits included work from students graduating in a wide range of courses such as computer game design, photography, graphic design, illustration and television production.

In the specialist fine art centre at Newcastle Street, Caldewgate, the graduating class curated an exciting and diverse exhibition.

Installations included paintings, prints, photography, film and audio works. This was the last exhibition at Caldewgate before the fine art course moves to new state-of-the-art premises at Brampton Road, and the exceptional standard of work on display was a fitting celebration of this exciting development.

In addition, students from the drama, dance and musical theatre courses performed both matinee and evening productions of Chess and Sweet Charity during the exhibition.

Principal lecturer and exhibition organiser Steve Ogden said: “As always, we are absolutely thrilled with the standard of work presented at this year’s degree show. The exhibition celebrates the continuing success of the arts provision within the university and is a credit to both the students and the staff.”

Jade Cruikshank

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JULIE STAUN OBE PhD student Julie Staun received an OBE in recognition of her work in the field of occupational and environmental health and safety.

The excitement of being inside Buckingham Palace for such an impressive ceremony and receiving my OBE from His Royal Highness Prince Charles was a fantastic and overwhelming experience. I was also impressed by the various achievements of the other recipients receiving recognition for their work.

Left to right: Sonia Mason, Julie Staun OBE and Dave Houlston

It was an immense pleasure for me that my university supervisor Dr. David Houlston and Graduate School administrator Sonia Mason joined my family and friends at the post investiture reception.

I am delighted that my award has already received international attention thereby raising focus on the importance and impact of healthy and safe working conditions for employees in public and private sectors and on national economies.

I hope the same interest will be shown when my studies here at the university are complete.

On Julie’s return to Denmark, a reception, hosted by the Danish Society of Occupational Health Nurses and the Danish Nurses Organisation, was held in Copenhagen attended by the British Ambassador to Denmark, Julie’s former employers from Haldor Topsoe Concern, her colleagues and friends.

Photograph shows Mrs Vivien Life British Ambassador to Denmark, behind her from left. Julie’s son Alexander Staun-Rechnitzer with Julie, centre and directors representing her former employers Haldor Topsoe A/S.

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9 STUDENTS … 6 DAYS Earlier this year, nine first-year FdA Events Management students were given just six days to plan and execute an event to secure their futures on the course. The studentled team worked around the clock to take their idea of “The Vintage Craft Fair” and bring it to life. The event was held in the bespoke marquee at the astoundingly beautiful Warwick Hall Estate in Warwick-on-Eden on 21 March.

Craft Fair promotional flyer

The one-day event started at 10.00am and offered local vintage and craft exhibitors a superb opportunity to showcase their goods.

Paige Heron, student event manager said, “The current economic climate appears to have contributed to the trend of acquiring and reusing vintage clothing, accessories and homeware products, particularly with the young consumer.

The popularity of ‘vintage’ has been linked to a change in consumer attitudes towards wearing and utilizing secondhand goods or ‘shabby chic’ as some prefer to name it and in particular with the student market.

Geoff Maskell, student health and safety lead, said, “The group had to create an event concept, plan and manage its effective delivery and demonstrate understanding of key operational issues and the ability to problem solve in response to practical parameters such as budgets, sourcing exhibitors, H&S, marketing and location, and each student took a role in the event.”

Photo by Gill Burns. Back Row (left to right): Claire Campbell, Jack Metcalfe, Geoff Maskell, Kyle Roberts. Front Row (left to right): Paige Heron, Shelby Nisbet, Anna Clasper, Danielle Williams, Jessica Bracken

The event management industry is very diverse, encompassing corporate events, conferences, commercial launches, sporting events, leisure events and festivals plus the wedding industry, and this module provides an overview of event management methods and processes, taking events to feasibility proposals and initial concepts to effective realisation.

Warwick Hall Estate

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STUDENTS HANDLE ‘MAJOR INCIDENT’ EXERCISE AT AMBLESIDE The Ambleside campus became the scene of a realistic ‘major incident’ exercise earlier this year, when over 80 undergraduates from policing, paramedic and forensic science courses were involved in the two-day scenario designed to test all their resources and skills.

Over two days, a complex situation involving a series of crime scenes was revealed to them. With no prior warning about what would transpire, they had to react quickly and put their classroom training into practice.

The paramedic students were summoned to tend to casualties with a wide range of injuries. These students are serving army medics, currently training for a degree in civilian paramedic practice.

As multiple scenarios unfolded, the students were called upon to search, secure and investigate up to eight potential murders, one unsuccessful suicide and numerous casualties and crime scenes across the university campus.

Third-year forensic science student Stacie Duchemin said:

The fast-moving situation was managed from an incident room on campus, manned by policing students. Lecturers and other staff took on the roles of witnesses, suspects and casualties.

The policing students are all volunteer special constables with Cumbria Constabulary, who also supplied a police dog team, to sniff out any possible illegal substances and lend added realism to the event.

The forensic science students collected forensic evidence at the scenes and transported it back to the laboratories on campus for analysis.

The complex incident involved crime scenes and ‘bodies’ in the woods, as well as in the specialist ‘crime scene house’ on campus and in the currently disused Scale How building.

“I’ve been leading one of the CSI teams during the exercise and it’s been very challenging. It’s great to get this kind of real-life experience, which I’m sure will give us an advantage in our future careers.”

Ashleigh Hunt, forensic science lecturer and organiser of the event explains: “It’s a real bonus to be able to bring together students from these three courses, as well as numerous staff from different departments at the Ambleside campus. The students had no idea what situations they would have to deal with until they arrived at the scene.

“Hands-on experience like this is invaluable. This realistic and unique teaching environment allows them to use the knowledge they have gained during lectures and apply them in a life-like setting.”

First-year forensic science student Jill Palmer photographs evidence

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A FINAL-YEAR, STUDENT LEARNING DISABILITY NURSE’S BLOG …

By Lindsay Anne Donickey

As a final year student nurse, the prospect of becoming a qualified nurse at the end of the year can feel daunting. Those recurring negativities that cross your mind; ‘I don’t know anything,’ ‘I’m not ready.’ As a student nurse, I am guilty of allowing these thoughts to enter my mind. But there comes a point where you say ‘enough is enough, I can do this, and I will do this’.

People say that becoming a nurse is like learning to drive. You only really start to learn once you have passed the test. In a way, I agree with this. Having that NMC registration number allows us to put our classroom knowledge into practice without having to meet learning outcomes or worry about if we will get signed off at the end of it. But I believe the transition from student to qualified nurse has to begin as a student if we are to be prepared for working autonomously. After all, the time will come when I am a nursing student one day and a fullyqualified staff nurse the next.

My transition started during my placement with the community learning disability nursing team. I was faced with a young man I will call James. James was referred to the team because his GP had concerns about his obesity and the considerable health problems he was experiencing. My mentor asked if I would like to take the leading role in supporting James, and I hesitated. Those negative thoughts started to creep in. ‘What if I get it wrong?’

‘What if I can’t do it?’ ‘Will my mentor think I’m incapable?’

But then I really started to think. ‘What if I get it right?’ ‘What if I achieve something really positive?’

‘Will my mentor be proud of me?’ ‘Will I be proud of myself?’ So, I jumped in with both feet, and led the case. My transition had begun.

When I first met James, I got to know a little more about him, his past and what he would like to see happen in the future. One of the main issues he disclosed was that the GP and his support workers had told him that if he didn’t change his ways, he would have a heart attack. However, it soon became clear that James had no idea what a heart attack was. This struck a chord with me, as I felt so passionately that James, like anyone else, had the right to be fully informed about his health status.

It appeared to me that James came across as very able, and that hid the fact that he had a learning disability: simply telling him he was going to have a heart attack was not enough to enable him to make informed and autonomous choices about his health.

I knew I had to do something to help James understand, but what? I tried to consolidate everything I had learned over the previous three years about person-centeredness, reasonable adjustments and Valuing People Now. I searched for accessible information, but I couldn’t find anything that was going to achieve my goal.

So I worked out a new technique of explaining the process of a heart attack in a way that was centred on James, and in a way that he could effectively

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engage with. I went home that evening, and searched my Dad’s trailer for some pipe and went to the supermarket and bought some lard and red food colouring. During our next meeting, I staged an interactive task with James, where we clogged a tube with lard and watched the red water get stuck in the tube, to represent how fat is stored in the arteries. We then repeated the steps without the lard, showing how the blood flows through the body with ease.

James enjoyed the task and was even keen to make a video to put on YouTube to teach others. We were not able to do that but what was so amazing was how making a reasonable adjustment to how he was taught about a heart attack made such a difference. And another thing that was amazing was that I had a huge part in achieving it.

A week later, James attended our next appointment, excitedly explaining in detail the events of the previous session. This was such a proud moment for me, that my initiative

and work had enabled someone to understand the link between an unhealthy lifestyle and having ill health, ultimately empowering James to make informed decisions about his own life.

From that moment, it became clear to me that I was developing into a learning disability nurse. That may sound strange, as I have been working towards this for three years. Surely I knew what the outcome would be? But from that session onward I started to believe in myself and my ability, and everything started to become a little clearer as the realisation that I am nearly a qualified nurse hit me.

Learning disability nursing is about people. Enabling the most vulnerable groups in our society to come together and be included and equal. The point of this blog is to show, that even as nursing students, we can achieve great things. From my experience, it is important that we remain positive, and stay true to who we are. We are learning disability nurses, and we should be proud of our skills and believe that we can achieve anything. So now, instead of thinking ‘I can’t do it’, I look back on my experiences as a student and say “Yes, I can”.

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CREATIVE NETWORKING In March, the university held its second annual networking event especially aimed at creative businesses, students and alumni of the university to help match local businesses to their next dream employee.

The event provides a unique opportunity for local creative and digital businesses to meet the cream of the crop of creative students and graduates who may be able to meet their distinct business needs.

Once again, the format of the evening comprised an expert panel made up of recent alumni who have made careers in vibrant local creative industries and plenty of time for networking with peers.

Alumni officer and organiser of the event, Joanne Lusher, said, “We put out a call to all creative businesses, students and graduates to come along to our networking event. Where else in Cumbria would you find so many creative people in one place that doesn’t cost anything to attend!”

The event was not just for local businesses but also students and graduates and is particularly aimed at students enrolled in creative subjects such as graphic design, games design, web design, fine art, design crafts, illustration, journalism, event management, performing arts, adventure media, dance, film and TV production or photography.

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VICE CHANCELLOR FORGES NEW PARTNERSHIPS WITH CHINA A university delegation including the Vice Chancellor, Professor Peter Strike, Jess Robinson, Julia Wang and Marion Yates visited a number of universities in China in April.

The trip was organised by the international office with a view to strengthening relationships with key partners and opening up future opportunities for growth in such areas as student exchanges, joint research and development of dual degrees. The purpose of the visit was to grow the university’s international and trans-national education provision, agree the development of programmes with the university’s Chinese partners and the creation of exceptional educational opportunities for both University of Cumbria and Chinese students and staff alike.

Professor Strike visited a number of universities across China including two universities in Shanghai, the Changshu Institute of Technology (CIT) and the Suzhou University of Science and Technology, and Shandong Management University in Jinan.

Of particular note, he met with China’s Deputy Director General Chen in the Ministry of Education to discuss an application to deliver jointly with CIT, a Bachelor’s degree in graphic design. If approved, students will be able to split their studies between China and the University of Cumbria, with the early stages delivered in China and later stages in Cumbria. Ahead of this agreement, 25 Cumbria arts students are set to spend two weeks at CIT on a specialist programme this summer, where they will study Chinese art and culture.

Speaking about the development, Professor Strike said: “It is a really exciting time for the university to enhance our specialist portfolio. Offering degrees with our Chinese associates demonstrates our ambition and confidence to compete in international markets and grow our reputation overseas. In addition to new academic programmes, we are developing exclusive educational opportunities in the form of student summer schools and staff exchanges to enhance our students’ experience and staff expertise.”

While at CIT, Professor Strike led a mini-graduation ceremony for around 18 Chinese students who had completed University of Cumbria one-semester certificate courses.

At Shanghai Normal University, the vice chancellor signed an agreement for both universities to work together on providing more summer schools and student exchanges, with the view of exploring the possibility of a dual-degree in education.

A Chinese delegation from CIT is due to visit the university in August to discuss the graphic design course, and 20 of their academic staff will visit in October to learn about higher education in the UK.

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BRAND NEW IMAGE FOR UNIVERSITY RECRUITMENT At the UCAS fair in Manchester in March, the UK Recruitment Team unveiled a revamped stand designed to attract a new target audience, and the results were very pleasing indeed!

The university takes a large stand space at the Manchester event and it is one of the busiest fairs of the year. This year the team wanted to provide an open and welcoming space in which they could talk to prospective students and also one which looked vibrant and attractive.

Working with the marketing team, they came up with the concept of a festival themed exhibition space, with artificial grass, bunting and bright colours. The stand complemented the competition that they were running to win ‘Kendal Calling’ competition tickets. The aim

of the competition was to collect data from prospective students in order to send targeted CRM messages and track them through the application system.

The festival theme was visually enticing and attracted many students, having been initially spurred through curiosity.

The team wanted to connect with a target audience of students aged 16+ and remove any barriers to communication.

This year they also used a mini-guide instead of a full-sized prospectus. The mini-guide was received well by the

target audience as it is handy and less bulky than previous prospectuses.

The new UCAS fair concept is working really well and will be used at Tyneside, Carlisle, Lancashire and Kendal recruitment fairs.

The team received lots of positive feedback from students visiting the stand and also from UCAS who filmed it for their own marketing purposes.

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UoC fabric square

SHARON OFFERS A STITCH IN TIME… The university’s expertise has come to the aid of a community project initiated by the Cumberland News to celebrate its 200th anniversary.

The idea was to create a commemorative patchwork quilt and various community groups, schools, individuals and businesses were invited to get involved. The quilt, comprising a centrepiece surrounded by four large patches and 26 smaller squares which, when completed, will hang in the CN reception area at Dalston Road in Carlisle.

Attendees included employees from Story Homes, the university’s Joanne Lusher (who made a square for the Alumni Association) and Karen Jones, development and alumni relations manager, who made a square for Border City Wheelers, the Carlisle-based cycling club.

However, although some people were keen to take part, they felt they did not have the expertise or confidence to design and create one of the squares.

Sharon created a square for the university. She explains: “People just need to be given a bit of direction about how to start creating a design and an explanation of the basic techniques.

University senior textiles technician Sharon Reynolds stepped in to offer a workshop demonstrating the design processes and techniques required.

“At the workshop, everyone soon got the idea and we had quite a few trial squares by the end of the session which could be used to form the basis of their completed designs.”

Sharon Reynolds (seated at sewing machine) with back, from left: Gillian Richardson from Story Homes, Joanne Lusher from the university, Karen Graham and Shelley Haywood from Story Homes and Karen Jones from the university.

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UNIVERSITY MORECAMBE BAY WALK IN SUPPORT OF DEMENTIA UK At approximately nine miles long, the Morecambe Cross-Bay Charity Walk took place on Saturday 11 July 2015 in aid of two university supported charities – Bright Futures and Dementia UK.

Morecambe Bay walkers

The walk was led by university Honorary Fellow, Cedric Robinson MBE, the Queen’s Guide to the Sands.

Over 100 university staff, alumni and university supporters participated and raised around £1,400 to date for the two charities. The group were joined by people supporting several other charities resulting in a total of over 500 walkers on the sands on the day.

Joanne Lusher, Alumni Relations Officer and one of the event organisers said of the walk, “There was a fantastic atmosphere. Everyone had huge smiles on their faces and were keen to chat about their experience and to support our two worthy causes. We were incredibly lucky with the weather; the sun shone throughout the walk.

I even came home with a sunburnt nose!”

She continued, “It was great to see such a mix of university staff, including our Vice Chancellor Peter Strike together with his wife and dog enjoying the walk.

“You could really feel the strength of the current on your legs as you attempted to wade through the tide! I must admit I was nervous waiting to cross but when I got in, it was a lot of fun attempting to stay upright! On the strength of the interest we received from organising this community fundraising activity we are anticipating it will become a regular event.”

The JustGiving page for the event is still open if colleagues would like to make a further donation, please click here to visit the page.

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SEEING OFF THOSE PESKY GULLS! Formerly evocative of seaside holidays, the increasing number of urban gulls is, according to experts, because nesting on the roofs of office blocks and houses means they can avoid predators such as foxes and, as a result, more chicks survive. In addition a plentiful supply of meals is available from landfill sites and discarded food on the streets.

Until this spring, the Skiddaw building on the Fusehill Street campus provided the ideal nesting spot. Then, in early April, steps were taken to make it more difficult for these adaptable and enterprising birds.

To foil their intentions, devices known as ‘spiders’ were placed on the top-most parts of the building and plastic spikes were installed along the ledges as a deterrent.

Rentokil technician Paul explained the background: “Nesting gulls can cause considerable damage to brickwork as a result of the acid in their droppings. Not only that, when they have young they can become extremely aggressive and will attack anyone they see as a threat.”

“Seagulls are extremely adaptable, quick thinking and bold,” says Grahame Madge, a spokesman for the RSPB. “From a gull’s perspective cities provide myriad opportunities.”

As a result of the intervention, colleagues at the campus can now enjoy a relaxing outdoor lunch in complete safety…

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GALLIPOLI 100 YEARS ON – REMEMBERING LANCASHIRE’S FALLEN HEROES One hundred years ago on 25 April 1915, an Allied force landed on the beaches of a small Turkish outpost on the Dardanelles seaway, to take part in one of the most ill-fated campaigns of the First World War – Gallipoli.

Martin Purdy

Among them were thousands of Lancastrians, many of whom were members of the King’s Own Royal Lancaster Regiment. Soon after the campaign, the phrase “damn the Dardanelles!” became an oft heard one around Lancashire.

In commemoration, the university, in partnership with the Lancaster Military Heritage Group, hosted a free lecture on St Georges Day, Thursday 23 April.

The centenary talk looked at the broad aims of the campaign, some of its heroism and failures, as well as the unique and ongoing battle for control of its legacy – not least in Lancashire itself.

The lecture was given by the respected First World War historian and author Martin Purdy, who is presently completing doctoral research work with Lancaster University and the Westfield War Memorial Village in Lancaster. A former newspaper editor, Martin has spent nearly a decade working as a freelance First World War advisor to the BBC’s Who Do You Think You Are?

University Registrar and Secretary Neil Harris said: “The university and St Martin’s College before it have long had a close association with the armed services. The Lancaster campus was the Bowerham Barracks and was home to the King’s Own Regiment from the 1880s to 1959, covering the time of the Gallipoli Campaign.

“More recently the university has continued its association with the armed services by working with the Defence Medical Services to develop academic programmes for paramedics. We were delighted to strengthen our relationship further by hosting this commemorative lecture”.

As well as commemorating the 100th anniversary of the campaign, the lecture formed part of the university’s programme of events marking 50 years of higher education in Lancaster.

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UNIVERSITY RESEARCH HIGHLIGHTS FIREFIGHTER’S LACK OF HYDRATION You may think that firefighters wouldn’t normally suffer from a lack of water. But research completed in collaboration with Cumbria Fire and Rescue Service, has highlighted how vital proper hydration can be to a firefighter’s performance.

Hydration studies in sport have established the crucial role hydration plays in physical as well as cognitive performance, with a reduction of only 2% of body mass affecting physiological and metabolic functions.

However, surprisingly little information exists with regards to firefighters and the impact it might have on their performance during house fires. Entering a flaming house could be a matter of life or death, so maximum physical and mental abilities are crucial, for both the casualty and the firefighter’s sake.

Final-year sport and exercise science student Tom Rothwell collected a range of data from the fire crews before and after training sessions. Key findings indicated that approximately half of the firefighters were not sufficiently hydrated to work at peak performance, especially during breathing apparatus training, which is more physically demanding.

For example, breathing apparatus training resulted in 1.2% body mass loss in only 21 minutes. As a comparison, rugby players lose 1.3% – 1.5% of their body mass through sweating in a typical rugby match. This loss becomes even more crucial if the firefighters have to attend another callout following the first one.

Crew managers therefore cannot regulate how well hydrated their crew is. Now that we are more aware of the effects of dehydration on the human body, we have started to carry water in the crew cab, to encourage personnel to consume fluid, even on route to a job.

The research project was overseen by the university’s Human Performance Laboratory Director Theo Bampouras.

He comments: “This collaboration with Cumbria Fire and Rescue Service was excellent, providing information that can influence future practice to improve performance as well as firefighters’ safety.

“Naturally, the experience for students to work on such projects is invaluable for their professional development and employability and we were very happy to be able to offer this opportunity.”

Tom Rothwell has presented the results of the project to the recent British Association of Sport and Exercise Sciences student conference held in Liverpool.

Service Fitness Adviser Tom Wright and Occupational Health Sister Janet Helm from the Cumbria Fire and Rescue Service were both involved in the research project.

Tom says: “The work carried out with the university was of much interest; as a firefighter myself, I know the demands of the job. As Cumbria is predominantly an on-call service I feel it is even more important to educate personnel on the importance of maintaining sufficient hydration levels. One minute someone could be on a building site, and the next they are on the back of a pump riding to an incident.

The project team at Kendal Fire Station after one of the training sessions. (Left to right) Theo Bampouras, Mel Bargh (sport and exercise physiologist), Tom Wright, Tom Rothwell, Janet Helm.

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RESEARCH ROUND-UP A selection of some of our staff research outputs from the past few months

Conferences organised by University of Cumbria: Visualising the Animal Conference at Fusehill Street campus (18-19 June 2015) with international presenters from Europe, Canada and USA. The biennial Assessment in Higher Education international conference, led by the university’s Research Initiative for Professional Learning in Education (RIPLE) (Birmingham, 24-25 June 2015).

General: Professor Barry Hymer was invited to provide a keynote presentation and to chair the 2015 Mindset Convention in London on 19 June 2015.

Jane Topping was asked to present, introduce and discuss her film Peter (2014) at two screenings during the 31st Hamburg Short Film Festival (9–14 June 2015).

Martin Fowler exhibited in a group show entitled The Antifuckarianists at The Whitespace Gallery, Edinburgh, May 2015.

Dr Simone Spagnolo: A Zaragoza debut: Harpist Juan Antonio Garcia Diaz plays Simone’s Composition for Prepared Harp. Conservatorio Superior de Musica Aragon, Zaragoza, Spain.

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Professor Robert Williams: the third Cumbrian Alchemy exhibition took place at The Beacon, Whitehaven 21 March – 4 May 2015. Public talk: Cumbrian Alchemy 20 March 2015 at The Beacon.

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The university’s Centre for Regional Economic Development (CRED) presented academic conference papers at the Regional Studies Association International Conference in Piacenza, Italy held 24-27 May 2015. This involved the following joint authorships: • Peck F and Roncevic B (School of Advanced Social Studies, Slovenia) Regional Competitiveness as a Social Process: the role of Institutions, networks and cognitive frames.

Alison Marshall has been invited to join the Lancashire and Cumbria Digital Health Board.

Member of staff and university research student Tracy Hayes won the 2015 Royal Geographical Society-Institute of British Geographers (RGS-IBG) higher education group reflective essay postgraduate prize.

Publications:

• Mulvey G and Peck F Institutional change on the Anglo-Scottish Border (ASB): Cross-border collaboration in economic development.

British Journal of Occupational Therapy, 2015: Cross-dressing as a meaningful occupation: A single case study, M Curtis, K Morris.

• Crosbie, N, O’Gorman, B, (Waterford Institute for Technology) and Peck, F The ‘Regional Innovation Paradox’ and Europe’s Lagging Regions.

International Journal of Therapy And Rehabilitation, 2015: An evaluation of Therapy Outcome Measures (TOMs) in Community Rehabilitation, C Caldwell, T Twelvetree, D Cox.

On 1 April 2015, David Murphy became editor of the Journal of Corporate Citizenship, a wellestablished peer reviewed academic journal published by Greenleaf (Leeds/Sheffield).

A patent has been filed with Tintro Ltd entitled ‘Electronic Equipment for the Treatment and Care of Living Beings’. A wearable device for monitoring movements to be used in physiotherapy to check adherence and in sports training. The inventors on the patent from UoC are Tim Barry and Alan Chamberlain.

Dr Xavier Sanchez and Dr Elizabeth Bates have been admitted to Associate Fellow status with the British Psychological Society. Dr Sanchez also undertook a Visiting Professorship in April at the Universityof Rouen, France.

Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology 2015: Effect of exercise training on neuromuscular function of elbow flexors and knee extensors of type 2 diabetic patients,I Bazzucchi, G De Vito, F Felici, S Dewhurst, A Sgadari, M Sacchetti.

Environmental Education Research, 2015: From places to paths: Learning for Sustainability, teacher education and a philosophy of becoming, DAG Clarke, J Mcphie.

Journal on European History of Law, 2015: The Maintenance of Orderly Disorder: Modernity, Markets and the Pseudo-Pacification Process, S Hall, M Horsley, J Kotzé.

Presentations: Professor Robert Williams has recently been appointed Steering Group officer for Practice Research at NAFAE (National Association of Fine Art Educators).

14th European Congress of Sport Psychology: Perspectives on acculturation through physical activity, E Morela, A Hatzigeorgiadis, AM Elbe, X Sanchez.

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