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reading Law at Trinity College, Cambridge, he appeared in the 1973 Footlights Revue and was subsequently recruited by the BBC as a staff writer and trainee producer. His speciality since has been starting enduring new broadcast formats. Two of the radio shows which he created in the mid-1970s, Quote...Unquote, and The News Quiz (the model for Have I Got News For You), are still running today. He also co-wrote the first series of both The Hitchhiker’s Guide to The Galaxy and To The Manor Born. On television, he was one of the creators of Spitting Image, Not the Nine O’ Clock News and Blackadder. In 2011, he was awarded a CBE. Valerie Marshall is a corporate investment director and was a member of Council at Kent from 2003 to 2011, the last six years of which saw her serving as Chair. During this period, she became deputy chair of the Committee of University Chairs, one of the national bodies representing universities’ interests to the government and other agencies. She is Chief Executive Officer of corporate finance boutique Stratagem Corporate Finance and Strategy Ltd. Valerie Marshall is also a Fellow of the Chartered Institute for Securities and Investment. The Rt Rev Adrian Newman, formerly the Dean of Rochester, became the Bishop of Stepney in July of last year. The appointment marked his return to East London, where he began his career as a curate in the London Borough of Newham. Urban churches have been at the heart of his work in the Church and he has also worked in parishes in Sheffield and Birmingham. He took a sabbatical in 2010 to research the role of the Church in addressing urban poverty. As Dean of Rochester Cathedral from 2005, his role involved leading the cathedral in its mission and ministry, representing the cathedral in its engagement with the wider community, and working as a member of the Bishop of Rochester’s senior staff.
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Sir Paul Nurse is the current President of the Royal Society, London, and was awarded the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine in 2001 for his genetics research with two others on protein molecules and their impact on cells. He took up the post of President of the Royal Society for a five-year term on 1 December 2010. He was Professor of Microbiology at the University of Oxford, CEO of the Imperial Cancer Research Fund and Cancer Research UK and President of Rockefeller University, New York. He is currently Director and Chief Executive of the Francis Crick Institute. Wayne Otto OBE is Britain’s most successful karate athlete. He graduated from Kent in 1992 with a BSc in Communications Engineering. Born in London, he attended schools in Hackney and began training in karate at the age of 14. Four years later, he was representing England at the Junior European Karate Championships. In 1997, he became Britain’s most successful karate exponent, gaining his ninth World Championship title at the World Cup Championships in Manila. In 2001, he was awarded an OBE for services to the sport of karate.
law. He has acted in some of the most constitutionally significant human rights test cases of recent years. He was Liberty/Justice Human Rights Lawyer of the Year 2004 for his work on Iraq and was the Law Society’s Solicitor of the Year 2007. He is a Vice-President of the Haldane Society and co-editor of The Iraq War and International Law. Dr Jean Venables CBE was born in Dover and educated at Dover Girls Grammar School. She is Chief Executive of the Association of Drainage Authorities (ADA), as well as Chairman of Crane Environmental and Past President of the Institution of Civil Engineers. As Chief Executive of ADA, she represents organisations involved with water level management and flood risk management, including Internal Drainage Boards, Flood and Coastal Committees, Environment Agency, local authorities and associate members. She was awarded the MBE for services to civil engineering, the OBE for services to flood defence and the CBE for services to the civil engineering profession and the Institution of Civil Engineers’ Garth Watson Medal.
Brian Philp is an archaeologist who was responsible for the discovery of the Roman Painted House at Dover and a number of other important finds in Kent. The author of Archaeology in the Front Line: 50 Years of Kent Rescue 1952-2002, he has completed over 700 archaeological projects in Kent and South East London and also published nearly 140 articles on his work in Kent. He is a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries, London and has previously lectured at Kent. Dr Garry Rogerson was born in Bromley, Kent and graduated from Kent in 1974 with a BSc in Biochemistry and then went on to gain a PhD four years later. He joined Advanced Energy in August 2011 as chief executive officer and board member. He was chairman and chief executive officer, from 2009 and 2004, respectively, of Varian Inc, a major supplier of scientific instruments and consumable laboratory supplies, vacuum products and services, until the purchase of Varian by Agilent Technologies Inc, in May 2010. Dr Rogerson also served as Varian’s chief operating officer from 2002 to 2004; as senior vice president, scientific instruments, from 2001 to 2002; and as vice president, analytical instruments, from 1999 to 2001. Phil Shiner is the principal lawyer at Public Interest Lawyers. He has an international reputation for his work on issues concerning international, environmental and human rights
Special ceremony for Margaret A special ceremony was held as part of the degree congregations in Canterbury Cathedral to mark the retirement of Assistant Registrar Margaret Anderson. Deputy Vice-Chancellor Professor Keith Mander presented Margaret with gifts on behalf of her many friends and colleagues. He said: ‘Margaret has been part of the University since 1974, and degree ceremonies will not be quite the same without her. Her colleagues and friends, on behalf of many generations of students she has nurtured through their degree ceremony, would like to thank her for her wonderful contribution and wish her a very happy retirement.’
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