Horizons Issue 07 - 2014

Horizons The newsletter for Cardiff Met Supporters Issue 07 | 2014

New Floodlit 3G Football Pitch Made Possible By Your Donations!

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he new floodlit FIFA 2 Star 3G football pitch on the Cyncoed Campus has been completed and is now being used by students, staff and the local community.

Made possible by your generous donations and the recent Government matched funding scheme (which matched 50p in every £1 donated) the facility has transformed football training provisions in Cardiff…

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Our students remain at the heart of what we do, and I am pleased to let you know that Cardiff Metropolitan University has recently recorded its highest ever level of student satisfaction, according to the latest National Student Satisfaction Survey.

We are committed to reducing the environmental impact of our activities. If you would prefer to receive this Newsletter by email, do let us know.

Horizons yn Gymraeg: www.cardiffmet.ac.uk/horizons If you would like to get in touch you can email us at: developmentoffice@ cardiffmet.ac.uk or call on 029 2020 1590.

Alternatively, write to us at: Development and Alumni Relations Office, Cyncoed Campus, Cyncoed Road, Cardiff, CF23 6BN For more information about our fundraising activities, please see our website: www.cardiffmet.ac.uk/ supportus

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elcome to the seventh edition of Horizons, the newsletter for Cardiff Met donors and supporters. If you are reading this for the first time, possibly as a result of our recent telephone campaign, welcome!

You are part of our growing community of alumni, staff and friends of Cardiff Met who share our passion for higher education and what it can achieve.

In that vein, I am delighted to be able to reveal some of the fantastic projects that have been made possible by your support, such as 3G Sports Pitch, the Outdoor Woodland Learning Centre, research and community projects, scholarships and prizes - all of which are having a huge impact here at Cardiff Met.

Don’t forget you can also find us on:  www.LinkedIn.com  www.facebook.com/ cardiffmetalumni  www.twitter.com/ CardiffMetDARO

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We have also been ranked 8th amongst UK Universities for student employability. Work is progressing on the new building for School of Art and Design on the Llandaff Campus, which will bring all of our Art & Design students together on one site from September 2014.

If you would like to visit and have a look around the new building, just drop us a line and we shall make the appropriate arrangements.

Thank you for all the support you give to Cardiff Met. It’s really appreciated.

Andrew Walker Andrew Walker (HCIMA 1984) Director of External Engagement

Gift Aid and Tax Relief for donors Don’t forget that if you are a UK taxpayer, the University can claim Gift Aid. This government scheme will make your donation worth 25% more to us and at no extra cost to you! All you need to do is fill in the Gift Aid section of the donation form or tell us verbally that you want us to claim Gift Aid. If you are a Higher Rate taxpayer, you can also request a rebate for the difference between the basic rate and higher rate when you submit your tax returns.

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October 2013

…Continued from front page The aim of the centre will be to increase participation and provide a much needed facility for the demands of the curriculum, student sport and the local community. Thank you to everyone who donated when the matched scheme was running as without your support, none of this would be possible.

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November 2013

The 3G pitch is an absolute Godsend for our football programme. Former student footballers will all remember the limitations of training on half the hockey pitch and playing on an often muddy grass surface.

The new floodlit pitch is FIFA 2* rated, so we can host premiership and international teams, but first and foremost it gives us a high quality teaching, coaching and community facility that meets all the needs of our men’s and women’s football players.

Dave Cobner Director of Sport

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Telephone Campaign Update

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huge thank you to all of you that took part in our 2014 Alumni Telephone Campaign: Over the two weeks of calling more than £20,000 has been pledged to Cardiff Met’s Development Fund! This will provide a vital source of funds to strengthen research, enhance the student experience, and provide scholarships to enable talented individuals to pursue higher education regardless of their financial background.

For the student callers, it was a fantastic opportunity to speak to alumni who had studied the same course. Many received invaluable career advice and tips on how to make the most of the Cardiff Met experience such as Aled Holcombe.

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Being a part of the telephone fundraising campaign for Cardiff Met has been fantastic! The position has given me great experience, allowing me to network and communicate with a lot of alumni who have had experience in the hospitality industry (which I am hoping to have a successful career in when I graduate).

I have found it amazing to speak to graduates from a wide range of time frames, some of them who studied with us before we were UWIC, let alone Cardiff Met! This has given me an insight into how the University has developed and grown over the past 40 years. I have been pleasantly surprised at how positive the alumni I have called have been, and more than happy to have a chat about their experiences at the university.

This has also been a fantastic opportunity for me to interact with students from courses that I knew very little about before the campaign.

The gifts the alumni have given have allowed the university to continue its life changing and unique research, and have helped to secure the university’s long term future.

All of the callers have been so grateful for the support and great conversations we have had with our alumni.

Aled Holcombe 2nd year student BA hons International Hospitality Management

I feel incredibly grateful to have played a part in such an amazing project. I hope the alumni have enjoyed talking to us students as much as we have enjoyed talking to them, and that they may become more involved with university in a variety of ways. I also hope to have the opportunity to thank them in person at one of the donor thank you events this summer.

Telephone Campaign Stats Donors by School

Donors by year of Graduation

Donors by Region

32% 2000’s 13% School of Health Sciences

49% School of Education

The campaign in numbers

Alumni Called = 1536

21% 1990’s 4% 1980’s 49%

29% 1970’s 13% 1960’s

51%

1% 1950’s 11% School of Management

14% School of Art and Design

63% Wales 13% School of Sport

35% England 2% Scotland Cardiff Met Alumni 2014 | 4

Your support of Research: Somability

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hanks to a generous donation from The Rayne Foundation, Dr. Wendy Keay-Bright’s Somability project has enabled local communities to benefit from pioneering creative technologies.

The overarching goal of Somability is to invite adults with learning difficulties to take part in stimulating, creative movement activities in their daycare settings.

Many people, either through disability or ageing, require high levels of support in all aspects of everyday life. Limitations in mobility can impact on physical and mental health, communication, creativity and self-confidence. In day care settings, staff are often at a loss to find meaningful, age appropriate activities that boost confidence and foster friendship, fun and a sense of community.

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Somability will offer these communities recreational activities through access to technologies typically used for computer games. However, the purpose is not to induce competition, but to explore rhythmic, dynamic movement as a means of self-expression and creativity.

As well as promoting physical well-being, it has been proven that rhythmic activity fosters empathy and relaxation.

The technologies will augment this experience by allowing full body movement, without the need for an input device or instruction.

When people move, the sensors detect the movement and convert this into a visual or audio output.

Devices such as Nintendo Wii and Microsoft Xbox Kinect offer a range of exertion games.

Whilst these kinds of activities are known promote exercise and social interaction, our research has shown that many of these are too complex or physically demanding for people with more profound disabilities.

In response to this, Somability will amplify even the most tentative movement, projecting images into the environment. Participants will be able to interact with graphical projections of their own bodies, which they can exaggerate and experiment with through their impulse to move. Observers will have a rare opportunity to follow the action rather than lead, to respond and join in, gradually building up the confidence necessary for a fully immersive, creative experience.

Your support of students: Giving in Memory Making a donation in memory of a loved one is a positive way of commemorating a life, while helping us to pioneer new breakthroughs and nurture the talents of new generations of students.

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hen Regina Lasker died last July after bravely dealing with a complex health condition, her closest friend Michael decided to sponsor an annual Ceramics prize for a graduating student in her memory.

Regina “Gina” Lasker (26/8/1954 – 29/7/2013)

Regina Lasker was a bright, adventurous and vivacious woman who believed in living her life to the full. A Chartered Psychologist by profession, her specialist areas were health and environmental psychology. She qualified as a Feng Shui consultant and had an unshakeable belief that our environment, including our homes, has a profound effect on how we feel both mentally and physically, how we behave and how we live our lives.

Her love of design stemmed from her father’s work as an engineering draughtsman. She loved maths and could be quite precise and scientific.

She had an unquenchable interest in all things. She collected a lot of art, loving vibrant colours. She had a love for watercolours especially miniatures, and Indian / Middle Eastern art. Her two main passions however were Interior Design and Ceramics/Glassware. There was a clear link between the interior design and her feng shui/environmental beliefs with her use of colour and placement.

If you would like to find out more about making a gift in memory of a loved one contact Sheona Evans on 029 2020 1593

Student awards given in memory make a lasting difference to the lives of our students

Fine Art student, James George was grateful to receive a travel bursary made in memory of Evan and Felicity Charlton. The award enabled him to reflect on his practice and influenced the direction that his work took in the final year of his degree.

Thanks to this generous award, I embarked on a week of research and exploration in the Brecon Beacons. My proposal was to immerse myself in the environment and use this time to reflect upon the way I document experience and memory in my art practice.

The concepts that this project have allowed me to explore have formed a strong foundation for the research element of my degree, and this has been an invaluable aspect of my creative development."2013 Evan and Felicity Charlton Award winner James George BA (Hons) Fine Art

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Our Supporters

Student Callers from the 2014 Telephone Campaign

Cardiff Metropolitan University would like to publicly thank all alumni, friends and organisations for their generosity over the past 12 months. Through philanthropic support, the University can remain a truly progressive university. * indicates Cardiff Met staff

Individuals Abbey Abbass Elaine Christine Addams H Pauline Andam Philip Babot Rebecca Bailie Nicholas Baker Audrey Baynton Christopher Benbow Rachel Bennett Ethne Biggs Stephanie Blumfield Caroline Bovey Matthew Bunn 7 | Cardi Met Horizons 2014

Katie Burton

Marcus Donoghue

Janet Gardner

Margaret Cameron

Susan Doran

Andrew Goddard

Antony J Chapman *

Adam Douglas

Eilidh Gordon

Sheila Clark

Gareth Edwards CBE

Matthew Green

Dave Cobner *

Colin Elliott

Louise Griffin *

Patricia Cole

Victoria Ellis

Peter Griffiths

Robert Coles

Maria Etifit

Gwyn Griffiths

Susan Connell

Mary Evans

Alison Grosvenor

Debbie Cooke

Edryd I Evans

Katherine Gullett

Gemma Crooks

Sheona Evans *

Andrew K Hardwick

Martin Davies

Ashley Finn

Jacqui Hare *

Lynn Davies CBE

Ann Fitzjohn

Gordon Harrhy

Warren Davies

Julie Fletcher-Brown

Stephen Derrick

Jonathan Ford

Eleanor Harrison

John Marsden

Barrie Stephens

Food Partners Group

Susan Harrod

David R Maylor

Janet Stroud

Hilton Cardiff

David Hathaway

Andrew McMahon

Jannene Tarrant

Holiday Inn

Sarah Heard

Malcolm Miles

Jeff Taylor

Hospital Innovations

Anthony Hile

Ian Miles

Howard Tear

Hugh James

Isabel Hitchman

James Mooney

Eirian A Thomas

Naomi Hobbs

Richard Moremon *

Laraine Thorpe

Lock Inspection Systems Ltd

Michael Hodgson

John Morgan

Gaynor Toft

London School of Commerce

Joanna Hogg

Victor Nohar

Richard Tong *

Maldron Hotel

Deborah Holley

Sue Owen

Stuart Turner

Motorpoint Arena Cardiff

David Hollisey - Mclean

Caroline Page

Garry Veale

Park Plaza Hotel Cardiff

Gareth Holtam

Amelia Parry

Janet M Vokes

Peter’s Pies

Sarah Hopkins

Ricky Patel

Frances Walker

Princes Gate Spring Water

Marcia Howells

Dennis Perrott

Andrew Walker *

Radisson Blu Hotel

Robert Hudson

Ian Phillips

Henry Waller

Rayne Foundation

Barbara Hunter

Jayne Pierce

Andrew A Ward

SA Brain & Co Ltd

Peter Jakobek

Jason Pizzey

Patricia Warner

Savoy Educational Trust

Anthony James

Luk-May Pope

Deborah Weids

Semaphore Display

Gary James

Kevin Powell

Thomas Whatling

Christopher Jennings *

Danny Prescott

Joanne Whittle

Simon Gibson Charitable Trust

Rittu Joel

Johanna Raffan

Sharon Whyte

Sodexo

Anthony Jones

Stuart Rees

Graham Wigley

Solo Service Group

Neil Jones

Christine Rees

Peter Willard

Spire Healthcare

Matthew Jones

Anthony Richards

Jade Williams

St. Davids Hotel and Spa

Nathan Jones

Marilyn A Rimell

Elis Williams

T. A. Roden LTD

Claire Kingsford

Richard Roberts

Carol Williams

The Fenton Arts Trust

Keisha Kirby

Dylan Roberts

John Williams

The Maltings Limited

Chrisoula Konstantakou

Aled Roberts

David Young

The Waterloo Foundation

John Leechmere

Dean Robinson

Ryan Young

Stephen Lees

Huw Rogers

38 Anonymous Donors

Thistle Cardiff City Centre, The Parc

Rhodri Lewis

Rosemary Rowland

Gillian Lewis

Mary Rumbold

Joanne Lewis

Peter Scammell

Lilwen Llewelyn

Michael Sheppard

Rhian Lodwig

Kevin Shore

Margaret Lynn

Alice Sockett *

Claire Maddern

Stephanie Songhurst

David B Mansel

Andrew Stanbury

Ifan Marklew

Philip J Steele

Tillery Valley

Organisations

Tracesmart TWL Voice and Data

Abbott Nutrition

VINCI Park Sevices UK Ltd

Adapt Services Ltd

Wales Millennium Centre

Boulders Campus Clothing

Willmott Dixon Construction

Dominos

Yakult UK Ltd

Effective Communication

Zenith Media

Fairwood Trust

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In 2015 Cardiff Met will be celebrating its 150th anniversary. We will be celebrating our history, achievements and the future of Cardiff Met. It would be wonderful to get as many alumni from Cardiff Met and its founding institutions involved as possible. We invite all alumni to share their memories and photos. If you have any photos, documents and other memorabilia that you would like to share with us of your time here please send them in to alumni@cardiffmet.ac.uk.

Alternatively if you would like to send us hard copies we are able to scan or photograph items and safely return them to their owners.

We look forward to celebrating and commemorating our legacy with you!

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GIVE

AN EDUCATION A FUTURE A GIFT IN YOUR WILL

The gift of education can be life changing.

With your help we can change lives together.

Did you know that by leaving 10% of your taxable estate to charity you could actually increase the amount that your other beneficiaries will receive?

If you would like to discuss any aspect of leaving a gift in your will to support us, please contact the Development Manager on 029 2020 1590 or developmentoffice@cardiffmet.ac.uk www.cardimet.ac.uk/supportus Cardi Metropolitan University is a registered charity, number 1140762

Public Lectures

Alumni Events

What?

What?

What?

Lecture by Professor Jeffrey Jones “Clay; What Kind of Stuff do you Call That?”

Alumni V Student Sports Day

Class of 1974 Reunion

When?

When?

Saturday 24 May 2014

Saturday 12 July 2014

Where?

Where?

Cyncoed Campus

Cyncoed Campus

When?

Wednesday 14 May 2014

Where?

Cardiff School of Management, Llandaff Campus, Western Avenue, Cardiff Places for lectures are free of charge. First come, first served.

To book online, please go to www.cardiffmet.ac.uk/lectures

What?

Class of 1969 Reunion

When?

Saturday 24 May 2014

To book your place at any of the above events or for more information, please contact the Alumni Office on 029 2020 1590 or alumni@cardiffmet.ac.uk

Where?

Cyncoed Campus

For more information, please contact Caryn Blunt on pandilectures @cardiffmet.ac.uk or 029 2041 6052.

What:

Join us at the Cardiff School of Art and Design to see the inspiring work of the next generation of artists, designers and makers.

When: Saturday 7th June – Friday 13th June Where: Howard Gardens and Llandaff Campuses

How you can support us

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