Life. At Wolverhampton. After Wolverhampton. For Life. Welcome to the Summer 2013 edition of WLV Life – the magazine for former students and graduates of the University of Wolverhampton. What a year it’s been so far! You may remember in the last edition we were getting ready to mark our 21st anniversary of university status. Since then our celebrations have been in full swing – with commemorative sculptures, our very own University of Wolverhampton history book, and more events than you can shake a birthday candle at. All under our ‘21 and Proud’ banner, we hosted our second alumni reunion (page 10), our first ever Achievement Awards where we crowned three Alumni of the Year (page 12), and events for staff, students, businesses and the local community on three of the University’s campuses. You can see all of our celebrations at a glance on page 14. Also in this edition, we talk to former MP and graduate, Mike Foster, about passions, politics and public service (page 5); get a glimpse of what a day looks like for Birmingham Post journalist, Cillian O’Brien (page 18); and high street designer, Kennedy Glews is this edition’s ‘My Life’ on page 24.
Articles written by: Amy Roberton and Samantha Fleming
With all the latest alumni and University news, including Suzi Perry launching our new Faculty of Science and Engineering (page 4), new international ties in India (page 20), and our plans for sport at Walsall (page 22), you’ll be sure to find something of interest. I hope you find WLV Life an entertaining and informative read. If you would like to share your thoughts on what you’ve read, or if you would like to feature in future editions of the magazine, then drop me, Claire or Sam (Alumni & Development) an email at: alumni@wlv.ac.uk
Amy Robert on Best wishes,
Amy Roberton Editor, Alumni Relations Manager