Spring 2008

The Magazine for the University of Kent 

SPRING 08 

ISSUE 50: 

CREATING OPPORTUNITIES 

NEWS 

NEW FRONTIERS 

ANXIOUS CULTURE 

THE QUESTIONNAIRE 

FUNDRAISING UPDATE 

WHO’S, WHAT, WHERE…

Kent Magazine 

Interview 

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Editorial 

Spring 2008 

Issue 50 

Contents 

Interview 

Creating Opportunities 

Welcome to the Spring 

2008 edition of KENT, 

the alumni magazine. 

Since the last issue, there 

have been changes in 

the Development and 

Alumni Relations team, 

which is now part of 

Communications and 

Development, headed by 

Director Karen Doyle. 

Many of you will have 

met Karen at University 

events such as Open 

Lectures, and alumni 

events such as the 

House of Lords event in 

September and reception 

in Los Angeles in October 

2007. Karen is looking 

forward to meeting many 

more alumni and, for this 

issue, we caught up with 

her to find out what she 

hopes to achieve in her 

new role. 

Our alumni are our 

best ambassadors 

and play a key role in 

ensuring the success of 

the University. Karen 

looks forward to learning 

of the successes of our 

alumni and finding out 

what being an alumnus 

of the University of Kent 

means to you. Already our 

alumni help in a variety 

of ways, by assisting the 

International Office when 

Kent representatives are 

overseas, by supporting 

our alumni postgraduate 

scholars and by helping 

organise alumni events 

both in the UK and 

overseas, amongst other 

things. Turn to page (16) 

to find out more about 

how alumni and friends 

have supported Kent 

through legacies and in 

memoriam giving. 

We hope you enjoy this 

issue – thank you to all 

the alumni who have 

contributed to this 

issue and, as always, we 

appreciate your feedback 

and look forward to your 

comments. 

Best wishes from Kent 

and thank you for staying 

in touch. 

Fiona Jones 

Alumni Relations Officer 

Posie Bogan 

Media & Communications 

Manager 

Editors 

Dear Editors 

Just received the 

latest edition of KENT 

magazine. Really liked 

the new design and layout, 

much more user-friendly 

than the old ‘big’ style, I 

thought. Encouraged me 

to read the whole thing – 

probably a first as I 

usually cherry-pick 

selected highlights! 

Best wishes and keep up 

the good work. 

Paul Wilkinson E83 

Special thanks to: 

Chris Lancaster and 

Lesley Farr in the 

University Design & Print 

Centre; David Clark R82; 

Karen Bayfield, C&DO. 

Photographs by: Robert 

Berry, Simon Jarrett 

Contact us: 

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Development Office, 

University of Kent, 

Canterbury CT2 7NZ 

kentmagazine@kent.ac.uk 

www.kent.ac.uk/alumni 

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Front Cover: 

Invitation to Terror; 

by Frank Furedi 

With thanks to 

Stuart Tolley 

www.stuarttolley.co.uk 

and Continuum Books 

03.CREATING 

OPPORTUNITIES 

04.NEWS 

08.NEW FRONTIERS 

10.ANXIOUS CULTURE 

12.CLINICALLY PROVEN 

14.THE QUESTIONNAIRE 

16.A LASTING LEGACY 

17.FUNDRAISING UPDATE 

18.IN BUSINESS 

19.KENT BOOKS 

20.WHO’S WHAT WHERE 

22.OBITUARIES 

23.KENT UNION NEWS 

24.EVENTS 

In February 2006, 

Karen Doyle joined the 

University as Director 

of Communications 

and Marketing. She 

has recently been 

made Director of 

Communications and 

Development and, in 

addition to the areas of 

marketing, media, special 

events and the website, 

Karen is now responsible 

for Development and 

Alumni Relations. KENT 

caught up with Karen to 

find out more about her 

new role. 

What do you think are 

the strengths of the 

University? What makes 

Kent special? 

I have been struck by the 

incredible friendliness of 

Kent – the staff, students 

and alumni – and by 

the very many fond 

memories that alumni 

have of studying here. Our 

students have given a very 

clear indication of how 

they feel about Kent by 

voting us No 1 in London 

and the south-east in the 

National Student Survey 

2007. The locations are 

also a great asset. I don’t 

just mean Canterbury; 

the University of Kent at 

Medway has a fantastic 

campus with beautiful 

historic buildings and 

the campus at Brussels 

is ideally located. As 

the UK’s European 

University, Kent is a 

partner in the University 

of the Transmanche 

and has exchange 

programmes with over 90 

European universities. 

The ‘internationalism’ 

makes Kent a great place 

to work and study. 

Where do you see Kent in 

five years? 

The University has a 

strong research focus 

and it is planned to 

increase this further with 

the new Virginia Woolf 

College which will be for 

postgraduate students. 

The University’s 

Internationalisation 

Strategy also has big 

implications with its 

objectives to increase the 

opportunities for students 

to study abroad and to 

enrich all aspects 

of University life. 

Why is it important for 

universities, and for 

Kent in particular, to 

undertake development 

and fundraising activities? 

Firstly, because 

universities are looking 

to grow in both size and 

scope and to work in new 

ways, by collaborating 

with industry, for 

example. Fundraising, 

whether from individuals, 

corporations or trusts, 

now has a much larger 

role to play in ensuring 

that this growth can 

occur. 

Secondly, because it 

is hoped that the new 

government initiative 

of Matched Funding, 

which will begin in 

August and last for 

three years, will build a 

culture of giving in the 

UK similar to that of the 

US, where fundraising 

is a core activity in 

universities. 

How do you think alumni 

can be involved and 

support the University as 

it changes and progresses? 

There are many things 

that alumni can do to 

support us, but one of 

the most important is to 

be advocates for Kent; 

talking to prospective 

students, employing 

Kent graduates and 

also by offering work 

placements and internship 

opportunities. Our alumni 

are our best ambassadors. 

Most alumni are keen 

to give something back. 

I’ve met so many who tell 

me that they wouldn’t be 

where they are without 

Kent and are keen to help 

current students have 

the opportunities that 

they had. 

Meanwhile, looking 

at the year ahead, are 

you planning any new 

initiatives? 

Our Alumni Relations 

Officer, Fiona Jones, 

has set up a group 

on Facebook called 

University of Kent 

Alumni that already has 

over 2,000 members. Also, 

by the time this issue goes 

out we will have had our 

first London Pub Night 

for young alumni. For the 

first time, we have done a 

lot of the event promotion 

using Facebook, which 

has been very successful, 

and we’re keen to use new 

ways to communicate 

with alumni. 

To this end, we will 

also soon be relaunching 

the Alumni website 

www.kent.ac.uk/alumni. 

We are planning some 

exciting new additions to 

the site which will allow 

you to update your details 

online and see more 

information about your 

fellow alumni, amongst 

other things. We will 

also shortly be launching 

a termly alumni 

e-newsletter for alumni 

who prefer to receive their 

Kent news online! 

We welcome feedback 

from alumni on all 

aspects of our work and 

look forward to hearing 

your comments and 

suggestions. 

Do you think there is such 

a typical Kent alumnus? 

Definitely not. One of the 

things that makes Kent 

special is the diversity 

in the student and the 

alumni population. I’ve 

met so many fascinating 

alumni who are working 

in all sorts of different 

fields, some of whom only 

came to Kent on a year or 

semester abroad but still 

have a great connection to 

the University. 

In 2015 the University 

will be celebrating its 50th 

Anniversary. How are 

you planning to mark the 

occasion? 

We’re so excited about 

this – it will be a 

huge milestone in the 

University’s history and, 

of course, the opportunity 

to look forward to another 

successful 50 years. 

Of course, we want to 

involve current and 

former students and staff 

in the celebrations and 

we will keep everyone 

updated on developments. 

Karen Doyle (l) with Jo Brand 

at a University event.


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News 

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01. Boat Race 

02. Cotyer-Fergusson Concert 

03. Nitin Sawhney 

04. Diane Houston 

05. Madame Fu and 

Professor John Groom 

06. Golden Ark Award 

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02 03 04 

Did you know: Students 

voted Kent No 1 in London 

and the south–east 

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News 

Continued… 

Chinese Ambassador 

at Kent 

The University recently 

welcomed Her Excellency 

Madame Fu Ying, the 

Ambassador of the 

People’s Republic of 

China, to its Canterbury 

campus. During her 

visit, Madam Fu Ying, 

an alumna of the 

University, met with 

some of her former 

lecturers as well as Vice- 

Chancellor Professor 

Julia Goodfellow and 

Chancellor Sir Robert 

Worcester. In the 

evening, Ambassador 

Fu gave a lecture, titled 

Changing China in the 

Evolving World, to staff 

and students. 

Professor Goodfellow 

said: ‘We were extremely 

honoured by Ambassador 

Fu’s visit and very 

proud to welcome her 

back to the University. 

We already have strong 

relationships with a 

number of universities 

in China and were 

pleased to be able to 

introduce her to staff 

involved in these 

projects.’ 

Ambassador Fu, 

studied for an MA in 

International Relations 

at the University 

1985-86. 

Dean appointed for 

new Graduate School 

Professor Diane Houston 

is to be Dean of the 

new Graduate School. 

Professor Houston, 

who is currently Head 

of the Department of 

Psychology at Kent, will 

take up her appointment 

from 1st July 2008. 

The plan for a graduate 

school is designed 

to build on Kent’s 

success in attracting 

high quality students 

to its postgraduate 

programmes. Each 

year nearly one in 

five of Kent’s student 

registrations is a 

graduate student 

(18.6% in 2007-08). 

Currently we have 1,460 

students studying for 

a postgraduate taught 

award and 612 students 

preparing for research 

degrees. Kent has an 

excellent record in 

winning studentship 

support from the 

research councils and, 

last year, announced the 

creation of its own 90 

fully-funded research 

studentships at a cost 

of nearly £1.5m a year. 

These studentships are 

available to both home 

and overseas applicants. 

August 2008 will see 

the completion of the 

new Virginia Woolf 

Graduate College. This 

attractive building at the 

heart of the University 

of Kent’s Canterbury 

campus will offer ensuite 

accommodation for 

544 graduate students, 

together with a 500 

seater lecture theatre 

and state-of-the-art 

seminar rooms. Each 

year 36% of new graduate 

students come from 

overseas, the remainder 

from the UK and EU 

countries. 

The new Dean and 

Graduate School will 

build on these successes 

to offer postgraduates 

at Kent a distinct 

graduate experience, 

both intellectually and 

socially. It is increasingly 

important that students 

receive not only the best 

levels of support from 

within their chosen 

subjects, but that they 

develop knowledge and 

skills across disciplines. 

An interdisciplinary 

experience is one of 

the key aims of the 

Graduate School. 

Professor Diane Houston 

is a social psychologist. 

She has published widely, 

particularly on culture 

and cognition, the 

psychological dimensions 

of social diversity 

and on psychological 

perspectives on work, 

employment and 

parenthood. She is Chair 

of the Social Psychology 

Section of the British 

Psychological Society 

(BPS) and member of 

the Academy of Social 

Sciences. In 2003-7 she 

worked as an adviser 

in the Department of 

Trade and Industry. 

Race to the top 

Lord (David) Sainsbury 

of Turville recently gave 

a Special Guest Lecture 

at the Canterbury 

campus. Based on 

his review for the 

government, he looked 

to the future on how 

the UK can continue 

to be successful both 

in scientific research 

and innovation. 

Lord Sainsbury was 

the Parliamentary 

Undersecretary of State 

for Science from 1998 

to 2006. He has had a 

long and distinguished 

career as a businessman 

and is also a well known 

philanthropist. 

Quality of life at Kent 

among the best 

The quality of life for 

staff at the University 

is among the best in 

the country, according 

to a new survey. The 

University has been 

ranked 13 out of 121 in 

the first ever Halifax 

Times Higher Education 

university quality-of-life 

index. The survey has 

been specially designed 

to help academic staff 

looking for new jobs, 

and considers aspects 

such as the price of local 

housing, local crime rates 

and the quality of the 

schools in the area. In 

addition, it factors in two 

further aspects specific 

to individual universities 

– the average salary and 

the proportion of staff on 

permanent contracts. 

Medway inspires 

government plans 

Universities at Medway 

(UaM) is a shining 

example to the country 

of how higher education 

can help transform a 

region’s economy and 

workforce, according to 

the Secretary of State for 

Innovation, Universities 

and Skills, John Denham. 

During a visit to the 

Medway campus, he 

revealed his plans for a 

huge expansion of higher 

education by creating 20 

or more new campuses 

over the next six years at 

a cost of £150 million. 

Under the UaM 

partnership, the Medway 

campus is shared 

between the universities 

of Greenwich, Kent 

and Canterbury Christ 

Church, plus Mid-Kent 

College. The minister 

highlighted the success 

of the partnership as an 

inspiration for the new 

government project. 

‘I want to build on the 

successes of the last 

few years, which have 

seen new centres of 

higher education - such 

as the Medway campus 

- transforming local 

economies and the lives 

of local people,’ he said. 

As well as meeting 

with Vice-Chancellor 

Professor Julia 

Goodfellow and other 

senior representatives 

of the Universities at 

Medway partnership, 

John Denham took part 

01 

02 

03 

01. Cyril Isenberg 

02. John Denham at Medway 

03. Polly Toynbee 

in a discussion with 

university students and 

local employers. 

Teaching the teachers 

Kent’s Institute of 

Mathematics, Statistics 

and Actuarial Science 

has joined forces with 

the Department of 

Postgraduate Initial 

Teacher Education 

at Canterbury Christ 

Church University to 

develop a unique course 

offering a shorter route to 

a teaching qualification 

in mathematics. 

The three-year course, 

which commences in 

September, will ensure 

graduates are fully 

prepared to teach 

mathematics up to 

A level by offering a BSc 

(Hons) Mathematics 

with Secondary 

Education (Qualified 

Teacher Status). 

MBE for Kent 

physicist 

Dr Cyril Isenberg, a 

key figure in the School 

of Physical Science, 

has been awarded the 

MBE in the New Year’s 

Honours List. A physicist 

with a national and 

international reputation, 

he was awarded the 

Institute of Physics’ 

Bragg Medal and Prize in 

1994. Although he retired 

in 2002, as honorary 

lecturer he continues 

to play an active role in 

the School, including 

the management of the 

University’s Kent Physics 

Centre. 

Golden Ark Award 

Patrícia Medici, a PhD 

student in Biodiversity 

Management at the 

Durrell Institute of 

Conservation and 

Ecology (DICE), has been 

awarded a 2008 Golden 

Ark Award by the Golden 

Ark Foundation in the 

Netherlands for her work 

with lowland tapirs in 

Brazil. 

Patrícia received 

her €50,000 award 

at a ceremony in the 

Netherlands. The 

Golden Ark Award 

honours creativity, 

leadership, innovation 

and entrepreneurship 

in the field of species 

conservation, and aims to 

stimulate award winners 

to sustain their dedicated 

work. 

Concert success 

Two composers and two 

Cathedrals provided the 

unifying theme for this 

year’s Colyer-Fergusson 

Concert, with over 250 

University musicians 

performing in the 

magnificent setting of 

Canterbury Cathedral’s 

Nave. The evening began 

with a performance 

of Schumann’s Third 

Symphony, with its 

solemn fourth movement 

inspired by the awesome 

Gothic architecture of 

Cologne Cathedral. That 

composer’s suicide was 

the initial catalyst for his 

close friend, Johannes 

Brahms, to compose his 

German Requiem, one of 

the great masterpieces 

of choral music. The 

conductor was Susan 

Wanless. 

Boat race challenge 

Kent students are getting 

ready to renew their 

sporting rivalry as they 

prepare for the second 

annual Universities 

at Medway Boat Race. 

The date for the race - 

now an annual fixture 

in Medway’s sporting 

calendar - has been set 

for 3 May. Student rowers 

from three universities - 

Kent, Canterbury Christ 

Church and Greenwich 

- will battle it out for the 

right to call themselves 

heads of the river in 

Medway. 

Honorary degrees 

Last autumn, during 

the degree and award 

ceremonies held at 

Canterbury Cathedral, 

honorary degrees 

were awarded to Polly 

Toynbee, Guardian 

columnist and president 

of the Social Policy 

Association, and Richard 

Holmes, the celebrated 

military historian. 

An honorary degree was 

also awarded to Nitin 

Sawhney, one of the UK’s 

leading composers for 

film and TV. 

Kent ‘can claim to be Britain’s only international University’ 

~Sunday Times 2007 University Guide 

The End of Mr Y by Scarlett Thomas has been 

longlisted for the 2008 Orange Broadband Prize for Fiction


New Frontiers 

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New Frontiers 

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New Frontiers 

Research at Kent 

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02 

03 04 

01. NHS Mistrusted 

02. Indonesian Conservation 

03. Dark Glass 

04. John Williamson 

05. Richard Sakwa 

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Young Researcher 

of the Year 

Dr Jon Williamson, 

Reader in Philosophy, 

was named as winner 

of the Young Researcher 

of the Year award by the 

Times Higher Education 

(THE). Dr Williamson 

uses an interdisciplinary 

approach, working with 

social and biomedical 

scientists, to build on 

developments in science 

and philosophy over the 

last 20 years by applying 

traditional philosophical 

approaches to formal 

scientific methodology 

in such a way that it is 

mutually enriching. 

His work has attracted 

an unprecedented level 

of research funding for 

a young philosopher. 

He has recently 

launched The Reasoner, 

a monthly online 

publication highlighting 

new developments in 

reasoning, and has 

established the UK’s first 

Centre for Reasoning. 

Dark Glass at MoMA 

Clio Barnard, artist and 

lecturer in Film Studies, 

was the only UK artist 

to have work included 

in a collection of films 

screened earlier this 

year at the Museum 

of Modern Art, New 

York. Dark Glass, which 

visually recreates a 

spoken description of 

family photographs 

recalled under hypnosis, 

was shown as part of 

CELLuloid: Cell Phone- 

Made Documentaries, 

an event exploring the 

boundaries of personal, 

political, and 

documentary art 

with work produced 

on mobile phones. 

Clio Barnard’s work deals 

with the relationship 

between documentary 

and fiction. Last year, she 

was one of only two artists 

to receive funding from 

the Jerwood/Artangel 

Open, the new £1m 

commissioning arts fund. 

The Yukos impact 

Professor Richard Sakwa, 

an expert on Russian 

and European politics 

in the Department of 

Politics and International 

Relations, has been 

funded by the British 

Academy to conduct 

research on the Yukos 

‘affair’. The affair marked 

a watershed in Vladimir 

Putin’s presidency 

when, in 2003, Mikhail 

Khodorkovsky, the head 

of the Yukos company, 

one of the world’s largest 

oil majors, was accused 

of fraud and tax evasion, 

and in the following 

months his company was 

effectively dismantled and 

its assets redistributed 

to state-dominated 

companies. 

Professor Sakwa, the only 

British academic to be 

part of last year’s Valdai 

Discussion Club meeting 

with President Putin in 

Sochi, said: ‘As Russia 

has the world’s largest 

reserves of gas and the 

second highest of oil, it is 

important that consumer 

countries understand the 

impact of the Yukos affair 

on both Russian domestic 

politics and the global 

energy market.’ 

Scrooge or samaritan? 

A research collaboration 

involving Mark Van 

Vugt, Professor of Social 

Psychology, has revealed 

that peoples’ personality 

types predict their 

donations to charities 

and noble causes. 

The researchers found 

that people with a 

pro-social personality 

gave more money to 

charities and other noble 

causes – the only exception 

being donations to local 

community and church 

groups For instance, with 

donations to ‘third world 

organisations’, 52% of 

people with a pro-social 

personality gave money, 

compared to 42% of people 

with an individualistic 

personality and only 

21% of people with a 

competitive personality. 

NHS still mistrusted 

Research carried out 

by Professor Peter 

Taylor-Gooby and Dr 

Andrew Wallace at the 

Department of Social 

Policy, Sociology and 

Social Research, shows 

that many people mistrust 

the NHS even though 

spending has increased 

hugely, waiting lists have 

fallen rapidly and death 

rates in the priority areas 

have improved sharply. 

Funded by the Economic 

and Social Research 

Council (ESRC), Professor 

Taylor-Gooby’s and Dr 

Wallace’s research also 

shows that most people 

think that recent NHS 

reforms are at best 

irrelevant and at worst 

damaging. They also 

made a sharp distinction 

between front-line staff 

and managers. 

Black African 

experiences in Britain 

Researchers at Kent 

have been awarded 

almost £100,000 by the 

Economic and Social 

Research Council 

(ESRC) to investigate 

‘Black Africans in 

Britain: Integration or 

Segregation’. This oneyear 

study by Lavinia 

Mitton, Lecturer at the 

School of Social Policy, 

Sociology and Social 

Research, and Peter 

Aspinall, Senior Research 

Fellow in the Centre for 

Health Services Studies, 

has been funded under 

the Understanding 

Population Trends and 

Processes programme. 

Black Africans are an 

increasingly important 

group in terms of 

their numbers and 

rapid growth rate. The 

migration channels 

of black Africans are 

complex and include 

those who came to Britain 

in the 1950s and 1960s, 

young black Africans 

who have migrated for 

education, economic 

migrants, and refugees 

and asylum seekers. 

Islamic teachings help 

conservation 

A unique project from 

the Durrell Institute 

of Conservation and 

Ecology (DICE) is aiming 

to improve Sumatran 

biodiversity conservation 

by raising awareness of 

Islamic teachings about 

conservation. 

Indonesia contains the 

world’s largest population 

of Muslims whose religion 

has a strong influence on 

their daily life. Islamic 

philosophies underpin 

biodiversity conservation 

in a number of ways 

principally through 

the doctrine of Khalifa 

(stewardship). 

The project, led by 

Stuart Harrop, Professor 

of Wildlife Management 

Law and Deputy Head 

of Anthropology, and 

Matthew Linkie, a 

researcher at DICE, 

also aims to improve 

local livelihoods through 

sustainable natural 

resource use in 

forest-edge communities 

and to develop an 

innovative model for 

Indonesian communitybased 

conservation. 

Understanding giving 

Kent is at the forefront of 

a new £2.2million Centre 

for Charitable Giving and 

Philanthropy. The Centre 

will provide the necessary 

evidence base to better 

understand charitable 

giving and philanthropy 

issues in order to 

influence policy and 

practice, and is funded 

by the Economic and 

Social Research Council, 

Office of the Third 

Sector in the Cabinet 

Office, The Carnegie UK 

Trust and the Scottish 

Executive. The partners 

in the Centre are the 

Universities of Kent, 

Edinburgh, Southampton, 

Strathclyde and City 

University, London. 

Co-led by Dr Iain 

Wilkinson, Senior 

Lecturer in Sociology at 

the School of Social Policy, 

Sociology and Social 

Research (SSPSSR), this 

research programme 

will investigate whether 

charitable activity 

mitigates or reinforces 

social and economic 

inequalities, the 

relationship between 

fundraising and the 

distribution of resources, 

and the connections 

between donors and 

recipients. 

Exploring ageing 

through dress 

A new study by Professor 

Julia Twigg at the School 

of Social Policy, Sociology 


aims to understand 

the changing nature of 

ageing in modern society 

by exploring the views 

and experiences of older 

women about fashion 

and dress. 

The study, which is 

funded by the Economic 


Council, will be based 

on interviews with older 

women (aged 55 and 

over) and aims to learn 

why, in an era when older 

people not only represent 

a significant proportion 

of the population but 

also have considerable 

disposable income, many 

women in their fifties, 

sixties and beyond who 

are interested in clothes 

claim they have difficulty 

finding ‘something to 

wear’ in retail outlets. 

Major EU grant 

awarded 

David Chadwick, 

Professor of Information 

Systems Security 

at the Computing 

Laboratory, has been 

awarded €942,534 for his 

participation in the EC 

funded project Trusted 

Architecture for Securely 

Shared Services (TAS3). 

The University is one of 

18 partners from across 

Europe being funded on 

this four-year €9,400,000 

project, the main aim of 

which is to develop and 

implement a dependable, 

robust, cost-effective, 

reliable and cross-domain 

trustworthy architecture 

for web-based services. 

Two application domains 

that will be used as 

exemplars are the 

e-health and employability 

sectors. This development 

will allow users and 

service providers in 

these sectors to manage 

the lifelong generated 

personal information of 

the individuals involved 

within the employability 

sector, lifelong personal 

information such as career 

history and professional 

interests could be used 

to propose future career 

paths that are compatible 

with an individual’s 

ambitions. 

Professor Chadwick’s 

role in TAS3 is to develop 

and manage a core 

technical component titled 

Identity Management 

and Authorisation and 

Authentication. Its 

function is to ensure 

that users of the TAS3 

infrastructure are 

properly authenticated 

and authorised before they 

are granted access to the 

personal information they 

have requested. 

Number of fully-funded 

research studentships: 

Ninety 

Number of students studying for 

a postgraduate taught award: 

One thousand four hundred & sixty


Anxious Culture 

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Anxious Culture 

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David Clark R82 

interviews Frank Furedi. 

We live in anxious times. 

We worry about our 

health, our food, our 

relationships and our 

children. We fret over 

recycling, the size of our 

carbon footprint and the 

environmental damage 

we cause in our daily 

lives. We are increasingly 

concerned about potential 

catastrophes from 

global warming, natural 

disasters, superbugs and 

terrorism. Almost daily, 

new anxieties and fears 

are added to the list. 

There’s not much that 

we don’t worry about. 

This increasing sense of 

anxiety, and the effect 

it has on our culture, 

is explored in the 

work of Frank Furedi, 

Professor of Sociology 

at Kent. His recent 

books have included 

Paranoid Parenting 

(2001), Culture of Fear 

(2002), Therapy Culture: 

Cultivating Vulnerability 

in an Anxious Age 

(2003), Where Have All 

the Intellectuals Gone? 

Confronting Twenty-First 

Century Philistinism 

(2004) and Politics of Fear 

(2005). In his latest book, 

Invitation to Terror: The 

Expanding Empire of the 

Unknown, Furedi turns 

his attention to terrorism, 

or, more precisely the fear 

of terrorism that pervades 

western society today. 

This new book is part 

of his ongoing work 

on examining what he 

calls ‘manifestations 

of contemporary risk 

consciousness’ and the 

way in which today’s 

‘culture of fear’ results 

in ‘human thought and 

action being stifled by a 

regime of uncertainty’ 

and contributes towards 

making a society in which 

‘almost every human 

experience comes with 

a health warning’. 

It’s a cultural phenomenon 

which Furedi sees 

as damaging to our 

confidence as individuals 

and as a species. ‘We 

have a situation in 

which our anxieties have 

increasingly encouraged 

us to adopt what I call 

“worst-case thinking”,’ 

he says. ‘This has become 

the default position 

from which we look at 

things like childhood, 

health problems, 

eating disorders, the 

environment, global issues 

and crime. It completely 

distorts the way we make 

sense of ourselves.’ 

Furedi’s work engages 

with a range of 

contemporary issues. His 

output is intellectually 

rigorous and rich in 

ideas, and he’s not afraid 

to cause controversy. 

Attacks on what he calls 

the ‘dogmatic ideology’ of 

environmentalism have 

been matched by acerbic 

criticisms of individuals 

including Al Gore (‘a dull 

provincial politician’), 

David Cameron (‘a fully 

paid-up member of the 

New Malthusians’) and 

Schools Minister Ed 

Balls (who, Furedi says, 

‘possesses a formidable 

skill for generating 

dumb ideas’). 

Research shows that 

he is the most widely 

cited sociologist in the 

UK press. His views, 

with their emphasis on 

individual freedom, have 

elements in common with 

those on the political 

right. However, he 

founded and held the 

chair of the Revolutionary 

Communist Party of 

Great Britain in the 

1970s and he still 

describes himself as 

‘a man of the left’. 

‘I don’t see myself as 

right-wing,’ he says. 

‘Some people on the 

right have engaged with 

my ideas because I put 

forward a fairly robust, 

almost absolutist liberal 

standpoint on issues like 

free speech and individual 

freedom. I have always felt 

very strongly about that. 

For instance, my parents 

suffered in the Holocaust 

and half my family was 

wiped out. However, if 

somebody wants to say 

the Holocaust did not 

exist, I’m happy to 

take them up on their 

arguments, intellectually 

and theoretically, but I’m 

not going to argue for 

them to be penalised by 

the law. 

‘Even at Kent, some 

people have accused 

me of being right-wing 

because I was against 

the ‘no platform for 

racists’ campaign. I 

argued that it was very 

anti-democratic; I think 

that if you’ve got strong 

views about racism you 

should go to the meeting 

and expose their racist 

prejudices. That’s the 

way to proceed. Some 

of the things that are 

today called right-wing 

are to me the defining 

features of enlightened 

humanistic thinking.’ 

Furedi’s synthesis of 

seemingly opposing 

political views has been 

shaped by an unusual set 

of cultural and political 

influences. He was born 

in Hungary in 1947 and 

his experience of growing 

up under a Stalinist 

regime, he says, has given 

him a life-long suspicion 

of the state and state 

intervention 

in individuals’ lives. 

His family left Hungary 

after the failed revolution 

of 1956 and emigrated 

to Montreal in Canada. 

He went to university 

in the city, where 

he experienced the 

‘exhilaration’ of campus 

life in the 60s. In the 

early 70s, he moved to 

London to study for a 

PhD at the School of 

African and Oriental 

Studies. Towards the 

end of his studies, he was 

offered a temporary post 

at Kent. He stayed on, 

became a professor in 

the 90s and over thirty 

years after arriving, 

he’s still there. Furedi’s 

output during his time 

at Kent has been prolific. 

He has written 14 books 

and a ceaseless flow of 

articles on contemporary 

issues, and taught on a 

large number of sociology 

courses. ‘I always teach 

new courses, to keep my 

mind alive,’ he says. ‘I 

really need to talk about 

and engage with different 

issues, to make sure I 

don’t become a caricature 

of myself.’ He was one of 

the main figures behind 

the magazine Living 

Marxism (later LM), but 

these days is associated 

with Spiked, a libertarian 

web journal. 

He believes contemporary 

culture has become very 

hesitant and fatalistic, 

and there’s a loss of 

confidence about what 

we can achieve. He says 

we live in a society which 

has a ‘catastrophist 

imagination’ and a 

suspicion of science 

and technology, where 

the cultural definition 

of ‘risk’ has become 

profoundly negative. 

For Furedi, we’re living 

in a society that has 

‘lost its way and lacks 

the intellectual and 

moral resources to deal 

with the routine threats 

that it faces.’ 

Terrorism is one of the 

most high-profile threats 

and one that he believes 

holds a greater potential 

for danger – not from 

acts of terrorism, but 

from the way we react to 

them. He says that after 

11 September 2001, he 

wasn’t planning to write 

a book about the subject 

because there were so 

many other books already 

being written. As time 

passed, however, he 

realised that ‘the whole 

discussion on terror had 

gradually become very 

similar to the discussion 

of all the other things 

people panic about.’ 

But he felt that our 

anxiety about terrorism 

also had elements that 

were unique. 

‘Terrorism, unlike 

any other disaster that 

strikes, is defined by 

our reaction to it,’ he 

says. ‘Its effect depends 

on how much you 

are terrorised by it. I 

was worried that the 

narrative of terror which 

officials were putting out 

into the public domain 

tended to terrorise us, 

or to inadvertently act 

as an invitation to be 

terrorised. And I wanted 

to draw attention to that 

situation.’ 

The resulting book 

Invitation to Terror 

examines society’s mood 

of ‘helplessness, fatalism 

and defeatism’ in the 

face of terrorist attacks. 

Although he believes 

that governments are to 

some extent deliberately 

stoking up fear with 

a ‘vulnerability-led 

response’, the way 

political elites have 

reacted suggests a 

genuine alarm and 

confusion at the highest 

level about how to deal 

with this ‘new terrorism’. 

The book challenges the 

idea that the threat is 

greater than in previous 

decades. Terrorist tactics 

haven’t changed, he 

maintains, it’s simply the 

perception of terrorism 

that has changed, and 

the more dangerous it 

is perceived, the more 

dangerous it becomes. 

Visions of virtually 

omnipotent superterrorists 

striking almost 

at will are, he says, part 

of a ‘catastrophic vision 

of the future which has 

overwhelmed modern 

society’s optimistic belief 

in the capacity of human 

beings to contain future 

dangers.’ However, in 

line with his view of 

the capacity of human 

beings to shape their own 

destiny, Furedi suggests 

ways of approaching 

the current situation. 

‘There’s a very effective 

way of dealing with 

terrorism, and that is to 

refuse to be terrorised,’ 

he says. ‘Firstly, if you 

refuse to be terrorised 

you’re no more likely to 

be killed than if you are 

terrorised. Secondly, 

you spare yourself the 

hassle of living your life 

constantly looking over 

your shoulder. Finally, 

the fact that you are 

refusing to be terrorised 

acts as a good incentive 

for terrorists to stop what 

they’re doing. What’s the 

point, if nobody’s playing 

the game?’ 

Furedi, who draws 

inspiration from the 

core values of the Age of 

Enlightenment, believes 

that we need a good dose 

of positive thinking to 

balance the negativity 

that characterises our 

times. ‘We’re continually 

told how human beings 

are destroying the planet 

or addicted to all kinds 

of stuff. But we need a 

bit of a reality check. 

‘For instance, people 

talk about racism today, 

but if they want to see 

what racism is really like, 

they should look at the 

situation a century ago, 

or even half a century 

ago. Human progress has 

meant that people living 

in most parts of the world 

experience less pain, 

disease and death than 

ever before. We really 

need to stand back, look 

at what we’ve achieved, 

and imagine what can be 

achieved in the future. 

Invitation to Terror: 

The Expanding Empire of 

the Unknown is published 

by Continuum. To read 

more of Frank Furedi’s 

work, visit his website: 

www.frankfuredi.com


Clinically Proven 

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Clinically 

Proven 

The University was 

recently awarded a 

prestigious Queen’s 

Anniversary Prize for 

Higher and Further 

Education for the work 

of the Kent Law Clinic. 

The presentation was 

made by the Queen 

during a special ceremony 

held at Buckingham 

Palace in February 

which was attended by 

the Director of the Law 

Clinic, John Fitzpatrick, 

Vice-Chancellor Professor 

Julia Goodfellow and 

Chancellor Sir Robert 

Worcester. Clinic 

Solicitors Catherine 

Carpenter and Lorna 

Collopy also attended, 

together with five 

students. The award 

was for ‘enriching the 

academic study of law 

through a casework 

service to the community.’ 

The Clinic’s outstanding 

outreach activities provide 

a free legal advice and 

representation service 

to the local community 

in Canterbury and 

Medway, underpinning 

its delivery of a first-class 

legal education to law 

undergraduates. 

Professor Goodfellow 

said: ‘We were extremely 

delighted to receive this 

prestigious award from 

the Queen. It is a great 

recognition of the hard 

work and dedication 

of all those involved 

with the Clinic, of their 

academic merit and of the 

exceptional service they 

provide to the community.’ 

John Fitzpatrick, Director 

of the Law Clinic, added 

‘The award acknowledges 

the team effort of students 

and staff in the Clinic, 

and all the solicitors and 

barristers locally who give 

their services. We are all 

very proud to receive it.’ 

The award was officially 

announced last November 

at St James’s Palace and 

is the latest in a series of 

accolades awarded to the 

Law Clinic. Last year, 

it received the Times 

Higher Education Award 

2007 for its Outstanding 

Contribution to the 

Local Community. 

Originally set up in the 

early 1970s, it was the 

first in-house Law Clinic 

to be based in a UK Law 

School. In 1987, a new 

clinical operation began 

which, five years later in 

1992, developed into the 

Law Clinic as it is today. 

Over the years, large 

numbers of students, 

academics, solicitors and 

barristers have worked 

together to provide a 

free legal service on a 

voluntary and collective 

basis to those people in 

Kent who cannot afford 

to pay for legal advice or 

representation. 

Compensation awards 

totalling over £1 million 

for clients 

‘We provide a service if 

there is no other form of 

legal provision available, 

for example through legal 

aid or a trade union’, 

explained Clinic Director 

John Fitzpatrick. ‘Over 

the years, the numbers 

of cases we deal with has 

increased significantly. 

In 2002, we received 347 

enquiries and by 2007 

this had increased to 

over 1,000 a year. 

We work on cases right 

across the board, ranging 

from employment, 

consumer contract, 

immigration and asylum, 

to mental health, housing, 

bankruptcy and welfare 

benefits.’ 

Individual students, 

closely supervised by 

legally qualified academic 

staff, undertake the full 

conduct of clients’ cases 

from interviewing to 

advocacy. They also assist 

at the Clinic’s weekly 

advice sessions offered 

pro bono by about 50 local 

solicitors and barristers. 

Although working in 

the Clinic is entirely 

voluntary, around 150 

students a year take the 

opportunity to enhance 

their legal education by 

working on live cases 

and projects. All students 

working in the Clinic 

are expected to adhere 

to its two overarching 

principles: treat the 

client with respect and 

remember the interests of 

the client are paramount 

at all times; don’t just 

practise the law in the 

clinic: reflect on your 

work, discuss it, write 

it up. As John explains: 

‘Each student takes full 

responsibility for her or 

his own case, working 

under the guidance of 

an individual member of 

staff, replicating real-life 

legal practice. Working 

in the Clinic gives them 

a new perspective on law 

and society.’ 

Second and third year 

students can opt for the 

Clinical Option module 

which is assessed towards 

their degree. Statistics 

show that clinic students 

consistently achieve high 

academic standards, 

and are significantly 

The Times Higher 

Education Award 

for ‘Outstanding 

Contribution to the 

Local Community’ 2007. 

more likely to gain 

first class degrees than 

students who do not 

choose clinical work. 

‘Students working in the 

Clinic appear as advocates 

in settings ranging from 

employment and welfare 

benefits tribunals to 

leasehold valuation 

tribunals,’ explained 

John. ‘They can also 

accompany clients to a 

range of Courts from the 

Magistrates’ through 

to the High Court and 

the Court of Appeal, 

often attending with 

counsel, a Clinic solicitor 

or supervisor.’ Students 

acquire many valuable 

legal skills but our 

primary aim is a better 

knowledge of law and 

procedure. 

Over the past year, the 

Clinic has been providing 

a weekly advice session at 

the County Court to assist 

unrepresented litigants 

in mortgage repossession 

proceedings. One of 

the two Clinic solicitors 

attends with six students 

to advise and represent if 

necessary. 

Much of the Clinic’s 

casework does not involve 

obtaining financial 

compensation, but 

focuses on cases involving 

housing, nuisance, 

immigration and asylum 

issues. Nevertheless, 

since 1992 students in the 

Law Clinic have assisted 

clients obtain (or in some 

cases save) by litigation 

and/or negotiation 

awards totalling well over 

£1million. ‘Although the 

standard of service should 

not be judged by the 

amount of compensation 

obtained, the sums gained 

provide one indicator of 

the contribution that the 

Clinic makes’ said John. 

As well as working with 

individuals, the Clinic 

Two Attorney 

General’s Awards 

presented in 2004 

gives a great deal of 

assistance to local 

groups, often helping to 

draft their constitutions, 

become incorporated or 

obtain leases. 

In one case, the Clinic 

worked with a group 

of people who, over 15 

years, established a 

little community on a 

stretch of river wasteland 

between the River 

Medway and a railway 

line. They lived in tents, 

benders and self-built 

homes, but eventually 

the owner moved to 

evict them. Many 

students worked on the 

case, visiting the site, 

researching the law and 

attending preliminary 

Court hearings. John 

explained: ‘Using the 

law on adverse possession 

(squatters’ rights), we 

eventually persuaded the 

owners to grant two acres 

of land to our clients for 

the princely sum of £100’. 

Recently the Clinic acted 

for an elderly couple 

who had been subject 

to undue influence in 

relation to their purchase 

of a time share. An 

approach in Canterbury 

High Street by a market 

researcher was followed 

by a free holiday offer. 

They were then asked 

to attend a presentation 

after which they were 

persuaded to sign up. 

The company sued for 

nearly £15,000 when they 

cancelled. They were 

distraught, but second 

year law student Maddie 

Power supervised by 

Clinic solicitor Lorna 

Collopy represented 

them in the County 

Court. The case was 

dismissed to their 

enormous relief. 

There is no doubt that 

the value of working in 

the Clinic is very clear to 

students. Local solicitor 

and former student 

Jan Bird said: ‘My own 

experience of the Law 

Clinic was that the 

practical demonstration 

clarified the law 

whilst simultaneously 

reinforcing my decision to 

practice law.’ Jan is now a 

volunteer legal advisor. 

Outside the university, 

local councillor and 

former Lord Mayor 

of Canterbury, Fred 

Whitemore, is just one 

of many people in the 

region who recognise the 

contribution made by 

the Clinic. ‘I have seen 

many examples of the 

excellent work that the 

Clinic has done for our 

local community and the 

citizens of our district. 

I represent one of the 

wards in the city that is 

generally considered to be 

one of the most socially 

deprived in Canterbury, 

I have been particularly 

pleased by the Clinic’s 

commitment to helping 

people of that area. 

Students I have known 

who have been involved 

in the work of the Clinic 

have always impressed 

me deeply by their 

commitment, their hard 

work and their skill.’ 

The Clinic’s national 

reputation means it 

frequently welcomes 

visitors such as 

academics, practitioners 

and public officials 

including Lord Griffiths, 

a former law lord, and a 

delegation from the Lord 

Chancellor’s Advisory 

Committee on Legal 

Education and Conduct. 

International visitors 

have included Professor 

Maria Szewyck, an 

eminent lawyer from 

Jagellonian University in 

Cracow, and academics 

from University of Law 

and Political Science, 

Beijing, Tokyo University, 

and Australia and the 

United States. John has 

represented the Clinic on 

a number of international 

visits, including the 

Central European 

University in Budapest. 

Recently, he introduced 

the work of the Law 

Clinic to senior judges 

and justice department 

officials from Peru at 

the British Council in 

London, and has lectured 

on clinical legal education 

at Bermuda College, 

Bermuda. He has also 

visited the University of 

Mauritius to give advice 

on setting up a law clinic. 

The future of the Clinic 

looks bright judging by 

its past achievements. 

According to John: 

‘The hard work and 

enthusiasm of staff in the 

Clinic is one of the key 

reasons for its success 

and I would like to pay 

tribute to the work done 

by solicitors Catherine 

Carpenter, Lorna Collopy 

and Elaine Heslop, 

and barrister Francis 

Wildman; and assistants 

Lisa Appleyard, Penny 

Grinter and Rhea Ball. 

The volunteer support of 

so many local solicitors 

and barristers is also 

crucial, and deeply 

appreciated. As for the 

students, well they may 

be a little green but they 

do a brilliant job and 

deliver a first class legal 

service.’ 

Over the past few years, 

the Clinic has been 

undergoing a period of 

expansion and it now 

has an office on the 

Medway campus where 

it is bringing the same 

opportunities to a wider 

range of students as well 

as to a wider public.

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Alumni and staff talk about their 

memories & experiences at Kent. 

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Professor Mark Connelly 

Professor of Modern British Military 

History 

Head of School of History 

Dr Rachel Forrester-Jones 

Lecturer in Community Care, 

Tizard Centre 

Master of Rutherford College 

Dr Jon Williamson 

Lecturer in Philosophy 

School of European Culture and 

Languages 

Karol Steele (nee Ryan) 

K85 Mathematics (Statistics) 

Actress 

Karen Day D94 

Biochemistry with Medical 

Biosciences 

Quality Systems Specialist, Wyeth 

If you would like to feature in 

The Questionnaire in a future issue 

of KENT, please email your answers 

and a high-quality recent photo to: 

kentmagazine@kent.ac.uk 

Favourite book: 

Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh 

Place of residence: 

Barham 

Favourite bar/pub: 

The John of Gaunt, Lancaster. A place 

where students, academics and locals mixed 

in a very friendly atmosphere. 

Most embarrassing moment: 

I was asked to give a lecture about images of 

Lawrence of Arabia. The lecture contained 

quite a lot of material about the way his 

sexuality had been presented. Instead of 

presenting to an academic audience, I found 

myself giving this lecture to a room full of 

very sedate old ladies and I learnt just how 

many colours a face can produce during the 

course of that hour. 

Enduring memory: 

Winter sunsets on the Somme - the anorak 

in me is coming out. It can only get worse. 

Favourite item of clothing: 

My old brown Barbour – does that count as 

an anorak? 

Favourite song: 

‘It Happened in Monterrey’ by Frank 

Sinatra. 

Biggest influence: 

My mum and dad - they always encouraged 

me in my interests. 

Societies: 

Plenty of really anoraky ones: Western 

Front Association, Army Records Society, 

Queen’s Own Buffs Association. I could go 

on, but think it best not to. 

First job: 

Administrative Assistant at English 

Heritage HQ, Savile Row. I was 18 and 

utterly clueless. No one seemed to notice, 

though, or they were too polite to mention it. 


Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë. 


Canterbury. 


Any with a real log fire. 


My first job (see below). 


Sitting cross legged on a carpet listening to 

a teacher. 


A velvet hat. 

Favourite music track: 

‘Passing Time’ by Clannad. 


A man called Jesus, from Nazareth. 

Societies: 

Countless. 

First job: 

Serving at the till and cleaning floors at a 

well-known burger bar (it was the first one 

to open in Wales not that many years ago… 

but I lasted a very short time!) and as a 

chamber maid in a hotel in Sidmouth. 


The most thumbed book on my shelf is The 

Uncertain Reasoner’s Companion by J.B. 

Paris. It’s a text in mathematical logic, so if 

it doesn’t help you reason, it’ll at least help 

you sleep. 


St Dunstan’s, Canterbury. 

Favourite bar/pub/hangout: 

The Black Horse, Orchard Street, St 

Dunstan’s. A real time saver: I can go to the 

pub, have a curry, and watch the big match 

all at the same time. 


Panting and gasping on a mountain 

hike in Switzerland, only to have several 

octagenarians breezily jog past. 


Slipping in the bath as a toddler. 


I had a leather jacket known as Lord Lucan 

for its frequent disappearances. Last sighted 

in India. 


Currently ‘Tchero Adari Negn’ by 

Alemayehu Eshete. 


Danger Mouse. 

Societies: 

British Logic Colloquium, British Society 

for the Philosophy of Science, The 

Reasoning Club. 

First job: 

My first job was a dream - manning a pickyour-own 

fruit farm in the summer months. 

This involved sitting in the sun with a book 

and a beer, while punters left punnets of 

strawberries with me while they went off to 

pick raspberries. Needless to say, few jobs 

have lived up to the standards set by my 

first. 


It depended on my mood (and it still 

does). Like Barry Norman, and his top 

100 films, my list of favourite books was 

different every time I was asked. Being 

a mathematician, I read a lot of novels to 

act as a counter-balance. Plus, most of 

my friends at University were English Lit 

students. 


1st Year: Rutherford during the first term, 

then Keynes for the last two (it’s a long 

story). 

2nd Year: Whitstable. I fell in love with the 

town and come back for visits frequently 

with my family. We hope to move there one 

day. 

3rd Year: Parkwood, then back to 

Whitstable. 

Favourite bar/hangout: 

Keynes Bar, The Neptune and The Harbour 

Lights in Whistable, Ye Olde Beverlie (on 

the odd occasion when the student body 

wasn’t banned for one reason or another) 

and The Oast House bar in Parkwood (as it 

was then). 


1st Year: Getting up late, being unable to 

find my shoes and having to walk across 

campus to the Maths Institute for a lecture 

in my bare feet. In the snow! 

3rd Year: Being asked to present the prizes 

at the Mathsoc dinner… as Miss Folkestone, 

a title I had won back home during the 

Easter vacation. 


Walking from the campus down into 

Canterbury with my friends – particularly 

in the run-up to Christmas with the 

Cathedral beautifully lit and shining like a 

beacon in the distance. 


The Life of Pi by Yann Martel. 


First year: Darwin N4-4. 

Second Year: Bramshaw Road, which 

mysteriously had a headstone appear in the 

back garden over the Easter holidays. We 

ultimately found out it was the land lady’s 

deceased dog but for a short time it added 

mystery and intrigue to our student digs. 

Third year: Hillview Road. 


Penny Theatre, Keynes Bar and the Fools 

and Horses Pub (which no longer exists) for 

the bands. 


On a hot day, fainting in the Biosciences 

labs at the end of an all-day lab practical. 

Dr Rooney was very understanding, 

although coming around on the floor with 

a cracking headache and all my classmates 

looking down at me with concerned faces 

isn’t an experience I’d like to repeat. 


That would have to be the birth of my 

daughter, at home, nearly two years ago 

with my husband, Gavin (E94, pictured 

above with Karen) present. Yet another 

UKC wedding and baby success! My dad 

(Clive Parish R68) was also a UKC student 

(both degree and PhD), so the University 

has had far reaching affects on my family – I 

remember attending a reunion with my dad 

at the University when I was still at school, 

so my relationship with Kent started years 

before I arrived as an undergraduate. 


‘Hallelujah’ by Leonard Cohen. I 

particularly like the version by Jeff Buckley. 


My mum. 

First job: 

My first job following graduation 

was in R&D laboratories at Murex 

Biotech in Dartford. It was a wonderful 

working environment, both socially and 

academically. Although I moved companies 

well over ten years ago, I still regularly meet 

up with friends made there at that time. 

Societies: 

Institute of Biology, National Council 

for Hypnotherapy - yes, I’m also a 

qualified and practising (albeit only 

part-time) cognitive hypnotherapist. 

www.wishingwellhypnotherapy.co.uk. 


Those who remember me will remember 

the different coloured berets I would wear 

to lectures. I love hats – people don’t wear 

enough hats these days. 


Again it depended on my mood. During my 

time at University, the LPs (showing my 

age) I would play the most were ‘Feline’ by 

The Stranglers, ‘Lexicon of Love’ by ABC, 

‘Rio’ by Duran Duran, ‘The Night Fly’ by 

Donald Fagin, ‘Love Over Gold’ by Dire 

Straits, ‘Gaucho’ by Steely Dan, ‘Script for 

a Jester’s Tear’ by Marillion (who I first 

saw at the University when they played two 

gigs there – first in Keynes, then in Eliot), 

‘Friends’ by Larry Carlton, ‘Can’t Slow 

Down’ by Lionel Ritchie and ‘Human’s Lib’ 

by Howard Jones. 

Societies: 

Mathsoc (naturally), Sci-Fi Club, The 

National Union of Students, The Young 

Socialists, and The Staff-Student Liaison 

Committee. 

First job: 

Nursery School Teacher.

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A Lasting 

Legacy 

Fundraising 

Update 

Legacies and in 

memoriam giving 

In recent years, the 

University has been the 

recipient of a number of 

very generous bequests 

and in memoriam gifts 

from alumni and friends. 

In this issue, we would 

like to feature some of the 

ways that Kent has been 

helped by these gifts. 

For a copy of the University’s legacy 

brochure, please email giving@kent.ac.uk 

How to give: 

www.kent.ac.uk/alumni/donate 

Alex Brown’s 

gift to Eliot 

On 26 November 2007, 

University staff and 

family and friends of 

Kent alumnus Alex Brown 

E75 gathered in Eliot 

Courtyard to celebrate 

the completion of work 

that has been carried out 

in memory of Alex, who 

sadly passed away two 

years ago. 

Alex’s brother, sisterin-law 

and best friend 

travelled from Merseyside 

and Rotherham to unveil 

a commemorative plaque 

and to see the work that 

had been carried out in 

his name. Eliot Junior 

College Committee made 

the decision to use the 

money to renovate Eliot 

Courtyard and install new 

seating and LED lighting 

in a space that is in 

constant use by students 

and staff. 

Master of Eliot, Dr 

Michael Hughes, said: 

“Alex ‘Sandy’ Brown was 

the first in his family to 

attend university and 

he gained a great deal 

from his experience at 

the University of Kent 

and from his time at Eliot 

College in particular. He 

was a feisty, principled, 

people-centred individual 

who was well liked by 

all who met him. It is a 

moving tribute and an 

indication of his priorities 

and nature that at the end 

of his life he remembered 

the College and those who 

live and work here.” 

Sasha Roberts 

Scholarship Fund 

On 15 January 2008, 

a ceremony was held to 

unveil a scholarship in 

memory of Dr Sasha 

Roberts, a Lecturer in 

English and American 

Literature, who tragically 

died in a road accident in 

September 2006. Sasha 

worked in the School of 

English at Kent for nine 

years, specialising in early 

modern literature and 

Shakespeare. 

The scholarship is 

intended to help Masters 

students studying English 

Literature and has been 

swelled by generous 

donations not only from 

students and staff at 

Kent but also the people 

of Lewes in East Sussex, 

where Sasha and her 

husband lived. The first 

award of £2,000 was 

made to Sascha Klement, 

a Masters student in 

English and American 

Literature. A bench was 

unveiled and a tree was 

planted near to the School 

of English in Rutherford 

garden by Sasha’s 

husband Martin and 

son Lio, who attended 

the event. 

Professor Rod Edmond, 

Head of the School of 

English, said: “Sasha’s 

tragic death is still 

keenly felt by colleagues 

and students. She was a 

fine scholar, a brilliant 

teacher and a vibrant 

presence in the School of 

English. This scholarship 

is a poignant memory of a 

much-loved colleague.” 

If you would like to make 

a donation to the Sasha 

Roberts Scholarship 

Fund, donations can be 

sent to: Planned Giving 

Officer, Communications 

and Development Office, 

The Registry, University 

of Kent, Canterbury, 

Kent CT2 7NZ. Please 

make cheques payable 

to UNIKENT – Sasha 

Roberts Scholarship 

Fund. 

Julia Humphreys 

Memorial Fund 

First-year Economics 

student and Music Scholar 

Toby Lucas-Smith is 

already a talented tenor 

horn player, but thanks 

to a generous gift from 

the Julia Humphreys 

Memorial Fund he 

will now also be able to 

learn the French horn, 

a versatile instrument 

which will allow him to 

participate in the full 

range of musical activities 

at Kent and to widen his 

repertoire as a musician. 

The Julia Humphreys 

Memorial Fund was 

established in 2001 by 

David Humphreys K95 

in memory of his wife 

Julia. It also sponsors the 

annual Chamber Choir 

Concert in Canterbury 

Cathedral Crypt, which 

this year was conducted 

by Luke de Pulford, a 

final year Politics and 

International Relations 

student. Thanks to the 

Fund, not only was Luke 

able to conduct in the 

glorious surroundings of 

the Cathedral Crypt, he 

was also sent on a course 

with the Association of 

British Choral Conductors 

over the summer. 

Director of Music, Susan 

Wanless, said: “We are 

very proud of the fact that 

at Kent all students have 

the chance to make music. 

The Fund enables us to be 

even more adventurous 

in our programming, and 

to give our students the 

opportunity to develop 

and flourish as musicians, 

alongside their academic 

studies.” 

Christine Bolt 

Scholarship Fund 

In 2005, Ian Bolt 

funded the creation 

of the Christine Bolt 

Scholarship, in memory 

of his late wife Professor 

Christine Bolt, who first 

came to Kent in 1966 as 

a lecturer and became 

Pro-Vice Chancellor in 

1988. A popular and 

long-standing member of 

staff, she had a genuine 

interest in the welfare 

of students and the 

Christine Bolt Scholarship 

Fund offers scholarships 

to postgraduate students 

in Humanities and Social 

Sciences who need to 

undertake research in the 

United States. 

On 26 February, a 

Memorandum of 

Understanding was signed 

between benefactor Ian 

Bolt and the University of 

Kent. The Memorandum 

will ensure the continued 

future of the Christine 

Bolt Scholarship 

Fund and records the 

University’s gratitude 

to Ian Bolt for his 

commitment to academic 

research at Kent. 

A Lasting Legacy 

Lasting connections, shaping futures 

www.kent.ac.uk/legacies 

01 02 

03 

04 

01. In memory of Alex Brown 

02. Christine Bolt Scholarship 

03. University Chamber Choir 

04. Tree planting ceremony to 

commemorate Sasha Roberts 

So far, an impressive 

total of £42,000 

has been raised for 

the Annual Fund 

Thank you 

Donations received 

from the carrier sheet of 

the last issue of KENT 

totalled an impressive 

£3,733. Thank you 

for this very generous 

contribution – all 

donations will go to the 

University’s Annual Fund 

and will help support a 

diverse range of studentcentred 

projects. The 

magazine donation form 

can be found on the 

reverse of the carrier 

sheet enclosed with this 

issue. 

Phonathon 

At the time of writing, 

donations from the 2007 

Annual Fund Phonathon 

are still coming in but 

so far an impressive 

total of £42,000 has 

been raised for studentcentred 

projects across the 

University. 

The Annual Fund is 

administered by the 

University of Kent 

Development Trust, a 

Board of alumni and 

University staff who meet 

annually and allocate 

funding to a variety of 

initiatives across the 

University. 

This year, grants have 

been awarded to a number 

of projects including: 

1. Endowment fund for 

the Centre for the 

History of Archaeology 

2. 2008 exhibition of the 

Kent Print Collection 

3. Kent Chamber Choir 

Concert tour to Paris 

4. Student Enterprise 

Information Points 

5. Upgrading of 

microphones in the 

Gulbenkian Theatre 

6. Electronic casework 

management system 

for the Student Advice 

Centre 

7. Creation of a cycle 

hire project 

8. Attendance at the 

Edinburgh Festival 

by the Gulbenkian 

Theatre 

9. Implementation 

of ‘Stand Out’ – 

development and 

training for students.


In Business 

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In Books 

PageNineteen 

In Business 

Enterprise & development 

Kent Books 

University authors 

Regional business 

support 

A University centre is 

playing a key role in 

enhancing the business 

performance of local 

companies throughout 

the region. One particular 

project run by the Centre 

for Regional Business 

Productivity (CRBP), 

which is one of the five key 

research centres of the 

Kent Business School, is 

Promoting Sustainable 

Performance. Director 

of the CRBP, Dr Mark 

Gilman, explained that 

the project will provide 

unrivalled research 

into, and analysis of, a 

company’s strengths 

and weaknesses. He 

said he hoped that the 

project would eventually 

extend beyond Kent and 

Medway and be taken up 

as a business model for 

a range of national and 

international companies. 

In addition, the Centre 

recently ran a series of 

practical workshops for 

small to medium-sized 

enterprises (SMEs). 

Entitled Leadership for 

Growth, the workshops – 

designed jointly by CRBP 

and consultancy Telos 

Partners - provided an 

opportunity for business 

executives to learn about 

different leadership 

models, in order to drive 

growth and change within 

their organisations. The 

workshops were one of the 

outcomes of an 18-month, 

EU-funded comparative 

research study between 

British and French 

partners. 

Competition finals for 

Kent spin-out 

UltraSoC Technologies 

Ltd, a spin-out company 

from the University, 

reached the finals of 

Running the Gauntlet, 

an investment competition 

and education programme 

for entrepreneurs and 

SMEs, organised by 

the East of England 

Development Agency 

(EEDA). Since its 

inception in 2005, 

Running the Gauntlet 

has assisted more than 

1,000 companies in the 

region, many in the 

technology sector. Over 

300 companies entered 

the 2007 competition 

with 50 being short-listed 

and ten going through to 

the final. 

Dr Gary Robinson, 

Technology Transfer 

Manager at the University 

said: ‘We are very pleased 

that one of our early 

spin-out companies has 

made such progress in 

this highly competitive 

investment programme 

and, as a stakeholder, the 

University looks forward 

to supporting the 

company’s progress.’ 

Inspiring students 

University staff, 

postgraduate students, 

MBA students and 

members of the Kent 

Business Society attended 

a lunchtime seminar 

presented by Patricia Vaz, 

former Managing Director 

of BT’s UK Customer 

Service. During her time 

with BT, she initiated 

and drove through 

to implementation a 

huge transformation 

programme in the call 

centre world, reducing the 

number of centres from 

104 to 32 and reducing the 

running costs by £150m 

per annum. She also 

introduced significant 

improvements in quality 

and people motivation, 

launching an innovative 

reward scheme which will 

dramatically change the 

culture and motivation 

of the workforce for the 

future. 

IT Clinic wins 

enterprise award 

The Kent IT Clinic 

(KITC) at the University 

has been awarded 

Technology Enterprise 

Kent’s ‘Enterprise and 

Training Award for 

excellence’ under the 

category of IT Support. 

The award, which was 

presented to David Soud, 

Co-ordinator of KITC, 

is in recognition of the 

considerable achievement 

of KITC consultants in 

Medway. 

Launched in October 

2005 and with branches 

at the University’s 

Canterbury and Medway 

campuses, KITC provides 

high quality, low cost 

IT support, services 

and consultancy to 

small and medium 

enterprises (SMEs) and 

micro-enterprises in the 

Canterbury, East Kent 

and Medway area. 

Did you know: 

Canterbury Enterprise Hub 

offers start-up opportunities 

www.canterburyhub.co.uk 

Against the Mafia 

This year marks the 30th 

anniversary of the death 

of Peppino Impastato, 

violently murdered as 

result of his opposition to 

the Sicilian Mafia in his 

hometown of Cinisi. In 

his new book, Defiance, 

Dr Tom Behan tells the 

story of this unusual man 

who dedicated his life to 

opposing the ‘Mafiopoli’. 

Peppino Impastato was 

born into a family with 

strong Mafia affiliations. 

However, after his uncle 

was brutally murdered 

in 1963, he took a very 

public stand against 

the Mafia which he 

maintained until his 

death. 

According to Dr Behan, 

Senior Lecturer in the 

School of European 

Culture and Languages 

and an expert on Italian 

organised crime, what 

was unusual about 

Peppino Impastato was 

that his family had Mafia 

connections. Despite 

that background, he led 

a people’s movement 

against the Mafia, 

launching a national 

radio programme on 

which he pilloried both 

the organisation and 

its allies in the Catholic 

Church. 

Refugee Children 

Refugee Children: 

Towards the Next 

Horizon (Routledge) 

Dr Charles Watters, 

Director of the 

European Centre for 

the Study of Migration 

and Social Care 

The last 20 years have 

seen unprecedented 

numbers of refugee 

children entering 

Western countries. 

Many of these children 

will have experienced 

the atrocities of war, 

and issues concerning 

their care and treatment 

are high on the agenda 

of research bodies, policy 

makers and service 

providers. This is the 

first book to offer a 

wide ranging analysis 

of the context of care 

and the measures taken 

by nation states and 

intergovernmental 

bodies to address 

perceived problems. 

The Archaeology 

of Ritual 

The Archaeology of 

Ritual (Cotsen Institute 

of Archaeology UCLA 

Publications) 

ed. Dr Evangelos 

Kyriakidis, Lecturer 

in Classical and 

Archaeological Studies, 

SECL 

This book is the 

culmination of a Cotsen 

Advanced Seminar at 

UCLA and includes 

contributions by a 

wide range of scholars 

including historians, 

art historians, 

anthropologists, 

archaeologists, cognitive 

scientists and linguists. 

Topics include: sacrifice 

and ritualisation 

in inner Mongolia; 

problems encountered 

by archaeologists in 

identifying ritual; the 

need for a definition 

of ritual; its political 

dimensions in Aegean 

archaeology as well as 

in Africa; Indian Odissi 

classical dances; Andean 

and Mesoamerican 

Rituals and their 

identification; and ritual 

and technology. 

Autism & Loss 

Autism and Loss (Jessica 

Kingsley Publishers) 

Dr Rachel Forrester- 

Jones, Senior Lecturer 

in Community Care, 

Tizard Centre, and Sarah 

Broadhurst, Oxford 

Brookes University. 

People with autism often 

experience difficulty 

in understanding and 

expressing their emotions 

and react to losses in 

different ways or in 

ways that carers do not 

understand. In order to 

provide effective support, 

carers need to have 

the understanding, the 

skills and appropriate 

resources to work 

through these emotional 

reactions with them. 

This book is a complete 

resource that covers a 

variety of kinds of loss, 

including bereavement, 

loss of friends or staff, 

loss of home or 

possessions and loss 

of health.


Who’s what where 

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PageTwenty One 


The complete Who’s, 

what, where is updated 

online at: 

www.kent.ac.uk/alumni 

Key: D Darwin, E Eliot, K 

Keynes, R Rutherford 

Location: The location at the end 

of each entry is from the mailing 

addresses we hold for each 

individual. Please let us know if 

any corrections are required. 

This is a selection of the 

submissions we have 

received since the last 

issue of KENT. The 

complete Who’s what 

where is available online 

at www.kent.ac.uk/ 

alumni. 

To contact any of 

the individuals listed 

here, email: 

alumni@kent.ac.uk. 

1960s 

Cottrill, Mary (E) Still 

making the most of 

our comparative health 

to travel the world 

as much as possible, 

thereby escaping the 

troubles at home, which 

contine to mount. Proud 

grandparents of two 

and our third wedding 

next summer. Despite 

the crumbling state 

of our house, we are 

conveniently close to 

the M6, with plenty of 

unused if junk-filled 

bedrooms, and would love 

to put up any old UKC 

friends who are passing. 

Contact us via the 

Alumni Office. Cheshire. 

(12/11/2007) 

Davies, Anthony (K) 

Semi-retired with time 

split ‘twixt directorships 

of a variety of Australian 

public companies and 

agricultural labouring on 

own farm. Represented 

Western Australia 

in National skeet 

championships last year. 

Delighted to meet several 

UKC friends at John 

Covell’s silver wedding in 

2004. Western Australia. 

(18/12/2007) 

Bob (K) Left UKC in 1970 

did some teaching then 

went to Birbeck College, 

University of London, 

and obtained a degree in 

History. Became Head 

of Faculty at at large 

comprehensive school in 

1977 and retired, for the 

first time, in 2005. Then 

I taught exam classes 

part-time for a year. In 

2003 did a crash course 

in Mandarin at Yunnan 

University in Sunming, 

SW China. After I retired 

for the second time, I was 

given the opportunity 

to teach Chinese 

children in Kunming 

so I came on a year’s 

contract in September 

2006. Lincolnshire. 

(17/09/2007) 

Simpson, Peter (R) Still 

living in the USA, on the 

banks of the Niagara 

River. Keeping very busy 

with our medical market 

research company - visit 

us at www.segmedica. 

com. Enjoying village 

life with Donna. I would 

love to hear from any 

and all old friends and 

acquaintances. Contact 

me via the Alumni 

Office. Lewiston, USA. 

(12/11/2007) 

1970s 

Angus, Kate (D) Working 

in Her Majesty’s Prisons 

as a tutor and advisor. 

Married James Angus 

R74 in 1977 but now 

living on my own. 

Children Hazel (1984) 

and Michael (1988). 

Would love to hear 

from old friends from 

Kent. North Yorkshire. 

(07/02/2008) 

Edye, David (D) I am 

a Senior Lecturer in 

Politics and International 

Relations at the London 

Metropolitan University, 

concentrating mainly 

on issues concerning 

migration and refugees. 

Also a visiting lecturer 

at the Universite 

Montpellier III. Living 

in London, with partner, 

two teenage daughters 

and a ginger tom cat. 

London. (18/09/2007) 

Gates, Richard (E) I 

will be celebrating my 

60th birthday at Simple 

Simons in Canterbury in 

December 2008. Anyone 

wishing to attend, 

please contact me via 

the Alumni Office. Kent. 


Hancock, Trevor (R) I am 

now designing database 

systems. Happily married 

to Alison since July 

1992. Greetings to all 

UKC Christian Union 

members of 1971/74. 

Also ‘Hi’ to the amazing 

denizens of S4N opposite 

in 1971/72. All these and 

others are welcome to 

ring me (at home or work, 

via the alumni office) and 

maybe we can arrange 

to meet up. Wiltshire. 

(04/12/2007) 

1980s 

Clayton, Edward (R) 

Edward and Janet 

Clayton (K85 née 

Kandilis) moved from 

Dusseldorf, Germany to 

Janet’s home country of 

Malaysia in December 

2007. Edward continues 

to work in aviation 

consulting as a Principal 

with Booz Allen 

Hamilton, but from a new 

office. Janet is planning 

to re-enter working life 

after a ten year break. 

Selangor, Malaysia. 


Kerr, Claire (R) I have set 

up my own business as 

a marketing consultant 

www.kerrmunications. 

co.uk and it’s fitting 

in nicely with looking 

after my son. Surrey. 

(13/09/2007) 

Mason, Sarah (E) 

Have been back in the 

UK for five years and 

am building my own 

business focussing 

on career profiling 

and organisational 

development and 

basically helping clients 

measure and make the 

most of their ‘people 

resource’. Enjoying living 

near Cardiff. Married 

with 4 children. South 

Glamorgan. (10/09/2007) 

Myers Webb, Melanie (R) 

I am production manager 

for a group of six radio 

stations in the South 

Bend, Indiana market 

and I am interested in 

connecting with others in 

broadcasting. I would like 

to trade voice talent with 

other radio and television 

announcers. Granger, 

USA. (07/01/2008) 

Newman, Robert (K) 

Hello to the football, 

cricket and rowing 

teams of 1984-90 and 

anyone who remembers 

me. Fond memories of 

my Latin/French study 

days. Have been living in 

Japan by the beach and 

surfing for 17 years now 

since graduating. Still 

single and not planning 

on growing up. Chiba, 

Japan. (14/01/2008) 

Rowland, Louise (R) 

(née Cochrane). After 

a few years of working 

abroad, now living in 

Bournemouth, married 

with three great children, 

although starting 

to think about life 

overseas again. Dorset. 


1990s 

Buck, Rhys (E) I am 

currently working in 

Koblenz, a very nice 

town in Germany 

where the River 

Rhine meets the River 

Mosel. Trying to learn 

German and making 

frequent use of easyJet’s 

cheap flights back to 

Nottingham to see my 

long-term girlfriend. 

Nottinghamshire. 

(10/09/2007) 

Camilletti, Mark (K) 

After graduating in 

2000 I lived in Perugia 

(Italy) and studied for 

an Italian language 

certificate. I spent most 

of 2001 backpacking 

around the USA, Canada, 

Fiji, Australia, New 

Zealand and Japan. 

After returning in 2002, 

I joined the then Lord 

Chancellor’s Department, 

which has since evolved 

into the Ministry of 

Justice (MOJ). I took 

a career break in 2006 

and, with my partner 

Sarah, travelled to New 

Zealand to experience 

living abroad. Now I 

am back working as a 

Policy Advisor at the 

MOJ and living in North 

London. Hertfordshire. 


Chambers, Lesley (K) 

After teaching English 

as a foreign language 

in France, I trained as 

a French and Spanish 

secondary school 

teacher and taught 

in three schools. I am 

now working in Beira, 

Mozambique on a VSO 

placement. Berkshire. 

(12/09/2007) 

Cusimano, Paul (K) I 

was year abroad student 

from the USA in 1990/91, 

studying History. Still in 

touch with many UKC 

friends and two years ago 

crashed the Keynes pub 

and saw it was upgraded 

mightily. Chicago, USA. 

(06/12/2007) 

Forsyth, Alan (E) Living 

in the Czech Republic 

for the last 12 years. 

Married with a five year 

old daughter called Bara. 

Just started a new job 

as a Product Market 

Manager for a Czech/ 

American start-up (Good 

Data Corp). Before this, 

held positions as IT/ 

Telecoms trainer, web 

developer and IT Analyst 

in companies including 

Cisco Systems. Together 

with my wife, we run 

a small web design 

consultancy in our 

spare time (such as we 

have!). Kolovraty, Czech 

Republic. (10/01/2008) 

Haunit, Konrad (R) In 

December, I will be best 

man at the wedding 

of my best friend Ben 

Maher. We met at UKC 

in 1996 and graduated 

together in 1999. We 

were both captains of the 

Hockey Club and both did 

Economics. Boston, USA. 


Levett, Peter (K) I’m now 

married to Angela Pithey 

(K98) and it’s been 

over six years since we 

graduated. We’re moving 

to Queensland, Australia 

in 2008 to start our new 

life together. Queensland. 

(02/12/2007) 

Smith, Warren (R) 

Working for Rohm 

& Haas in Chemical 

Sales. Married with two 

children who keep us 

busy. Look forward to 

catching up with others 

soon. Buckinghamshire. 

(08/11/2007) 

Sundaram, Vanita (D) 

Currently Lecturer 

in Education at the 

University of York. 

Moved back to the UK in 

2006 after completing a 

PhD in Public Health at 

Copenhagen University. 

Would love to hear from 

more old Kent friends. 

North Yorkshire. North 

Yorkshire. (10/12/2007) 

2000s 

Peracha, Shuaib (E) 

Currently a hotel owner 

in Blackpool so if you 

knew me, feel free to 

pop down and visit. 

Lancashire. (19/12/2007) 

Only Connect 

Lost touch with an 

old friend? The Kent 

alumni database may 

be able to help. If we 

have a current address 

for them, we would 

be happy to forward a 

message from you. If 

we too have lost touch, 

Only Connect, which is 

printed in KENT twice 

a year and broadcast on 

the Web monthly, may get 

a response. And please, 

if you do connect, let us 

know. 

The entries below have 

been submitted within 

the last six months. 

A complete listing is 

available online at www. 

kent.ac.uk/alumni/intouch. 

1960s 

Steve Crampton (R66) 

wltf Kingsley Bolton 

(K66); Jo Freeborough 

(de Clive-Lowe) (K68) 

wltf Jennifer Gait 

(K1969) 

1970s 

Javed Ali Shafi-Baig 

(D70) wltf Simon 

Lord (R72) and John 

Doris (E71) and Anne 

Westwood (R71) and 

Joanna Knatchbull (R73) 

and Myrette Greenhalgh 

(D69) and Sarah Bruce 

Lockhart (R73) and 

Anne Cordingley (D71); 

Richard Gates (E72) 

wltf Antoni Olszewski 

(E72) and Lindsey 

Oliver (E72) and Derek 

Turner (E70) and Marie- 

Madeleine Moore (D72) 

and Suzanne Swales 

(McClure) (D72) and 

John Wilson (K72); Peter 

Bertram (R74) wltf Julia 

Lewandowski (R75); 

Nick Gilmore (R77) wltf 

George Malanowicz (R76) 

1980s 

Andrew Turner (K82) 

wltf Gerald Mitchell 

(K82); Fintan Supple 

(R84) wltf Gregory 

Loudon (E84) 

1990s 

Stephanie Bamberg 

(D92) wltf Ben Harris 

(R94); Laura Snoxell 

(E92) wltf Stephanie 

Guihard Brand (D93); 

Annette Muller (E95) 

wltf Cindy Bullock (R95); 

Paul Anderson (R98) wltf 

Nigel Ward (R98) and 

Laura Pia (D99) 

Doncaster Reunion 

(above) 

Doncaster was the venue 

for a recent reunion 

of friends who met as 

undergraduates at Kent 

25 years ago. Those 

attending were (l-r) 

David Clark R82, Sarah 

Lanham (née Brewster) 

E82, Gill Jones (née 

Langdon-Davies) E82, 

Julie Brabazon (née 

Richards) R82, Andy 

Sully R82, Antonia Clark 

(née Mitchell) D82 and 

Colin Brabazon R82.


Obituaries 

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Kent Union 

PageTwenty Three 

Obituaries 

Dr David Shrimpton 

1954~2007 

KentUnion 

Student newspaper InQuire is available 

online at www.inquirelive.co.uk 

Deaths: 

Since the last issue of KENT went to press, we 

have learned of the deaths of the following alumni, 

staff and friends. If you would like to be put in touch 

with the families or friends of anyone listed here, 

please let us know. We may be able to help. 

Alumni: 

Sara Cristina Aires Alves R04 

Helen Blackwell K96 

Karen Boddy (née Morris) R70 

Peggy Brunt R96 

James Carter K99 

Simon Carter E77 

Natasha Collins D95 

Brian Crook K98 

Martyn Dryden K66 

Jordan Farrara D04 

Paul Harris E67 

Katie Hayes K99 

Valerie Journet E92 

Robert Kempson K74 

Annabel Kinnear D00 

Ralph Lownie D83 

Christopher McCarten R67 

John Milner R86 

Gillian Smith R88 

Felicity Warnock (née Edge) K76. 

Staff and friends: 

Daniel Boucher, honorary graduate 2004. 

David Shrimpton, Computing. 

Douglas Wood, Honorary Senior 

Member of Rutherford. 

It is with great sadness 

that the Computing 

Laboratory mourns the 

death of David Shrimpton, 

who died on Saturday 29 

December 2007 in the 

Kent and Canterbury 

Hospital. David was 

diagnosed with cancer 

of the pancreas and bile 

duct in January 2007 and, 

throughout his illness, 

was remarkably positive 

about his condition and 

his circumstances, and 

was very much helped in 

this by his wife, Terry, 

and his children Ian and 

Hannah. 

After a first career in 

mental health nursing, 

David studied Computer 

Science at Oxford Brookes 

University, remaining 

there to complete his 

PhD and subsequently 

as a member of staff. In 

1998, David joined the 

Computing Laboratory 

at Kent as a Lecturer, 

and, in his nine years 

in the department, he 

contributed hugely to 

its life and work. 

In his most recent role as 

Head of Teaching, it was 

David’s role to negotiate 

and agree staff teaching 

loads, and he always 

accomplished this onerous 

task smoothly and with 

great good humour. The 

reason that it ran so well 

- and this was something 

that he brought to all 

his interactions with 

students and staff - was 

his uncanny ability to 

understand other people, 

and what made them tick. 

This empathy made David 

an excellent teacher, on 

both undergraduate and 

postgraduate courses, as 

well as an outstanding 

PhD supervisor, who will 

be very much missed 

by his present and past 

research students. 

When David joined the 

Lab his main research 

interests were in 

distributed systems and 

support for multimedia 

applications, particularly 

the convergence of 

digital television and 

internet technologies. 

This led more recently to 

interest in many aspects 

of the World Wide Web. 

David played a key role 

as evangelist for new 

web technologies, and 

had taught a number 

of tutorials for the 

World Organization of 

Webmasters. Its Executive 

Director, Bill Cullifer, 

said: “David was an 

amazing man and he’ll 

be missed.” David was 

also the Computing 

Lab’s representative 

on the World Wide Web 

Consortium; the Chief 

Executive of the W3C, 

Steve Bratt, also extended 

his condolences to David’s 

friends and family. 

In tribute to David’s life 

and work, the Computing 

Laboratory will be 

planting a tree on the 

campus later in the 

spring. 

Professor Simon 

Thompson 

Head of the Computing 

Laboratory 

It has been a busy start 

to the year for Kent 

Union, beginning with 

the refurbishment of 

Rutherford Bar. The old 

bar was in desperate need 

of a makeover, and during 

the Christmas vacation, it 

has been transformed into 

a beautiful, stylish and 

comfortable space. We’ve 

also introduced a fantastic 

new Mediterranean style 

menu. In addition to this, 

you might not know that 

Woody’s was rejuvenated 

over last summer putting 

the ‘pub feel’ back into a 

campus favourite. 

Canterbury Student Radio 

(CSR), the UK’s first 

student led community 

FM radio station had its 

first birthday in January. 

The first year has been 

fantastic with input from 

hundreds of Kent and 

Christ Church students 

as well as students 

from local schools and 

colleges. The radio 

station broadcasts across 

Canterbury on 97.4FM 

with a mix of music, talk 

shows, live events and 

more recently coverage 

of the Kent Union AGM. 

We are currently looking 

for External Directors 

for Canterbury Youth 

and Student Media (the 

company that oversees the 

running of CSR) so if you 

are interested in taking 

part, please email Joe 

Cooper at J.R.Cooper@ 

kent.ac.uk for more 

information. 

InQuire (which you may 

remember in its previous 

incarnations as KRED 

and InCant) has just been 

launched online thanks to 

a grant from the Annual 

Fund. The InQuire 

team wanted to create 

electronic, interactive, 

informative space for 

students and the website, 

www.inquirelive.co.uk, 

aims to be the most up 

to date source of student 

news and provide a forum 

for views at Kent. It also 

means that alumni can 

now read every issue. 

As Kent is now a multisite 

university, with 

students at a number of 

campuses across Kent 

and also in continental 

Europe, Kent Union 

tries to make sure that 

students at our associate 

and partner colleges get 

the same representation 

and experiences of 

university life as those 

at the main Canterbury 

campus. We have just 

recruited a new Advice 

and Outreach worker to 

help Kent Union interact 

with students at other 

campuses and to ensure 

that they can get advice 

from a qualified student 

adviser on the site where 

they study. 

This year’s Varsity has 

just ended, seeing Kent 

reign victorious over 

Christchurch once again. 

Over 30 sports teams 

competed to beat the 

friendly rivals with a 

final score of 21-6. Our 

BUSA teams are having 

a fantastic year with 13 

teams going through to 

knockout rounds. The 

first three weeks of this 

year have been dedicated 

to a ‘Fresh Start’ 

campaign, trying to get 

all students on campus 

active and thinking about 

their overall health. The 

campaign, run by Sports 

Sabbatical Tom Marsh, 

has been highly successful 

with a charity fun-run 

which raised over £300, 

workshops on stress 

reduction and access to 

sports for students with 

disabilities on campus. 

Louise Shaw R02 

Marketing 

Communications 

Co-ordinator 

Kent Union 

01. Student life 

02. Gulbenkian café bar 

03. Rutherford bar 

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KENT 

Events 

Here are some of the 

events planned for the 

next few months. A full 

calendar of University 

events is available at 

www.kent.ac.uk/whatson 

3 May 2008 

Universities at Medway 

Boat Race 

The Esplanade 

Rochester 


First 500 Dinner 

National Liberal Club 

London 


Open Lecture: Launch 

of the Centre for Gender, 

Sexuality and Writing 

Professor Rachel Bowlby, 

UCL 

6pm Brabourne Lecture 

Theatre 

Canterbury campus 


Open Lecture: Early 

discoveries in microscopy 

Professor Brian Ford, 

6pm 

Brabourne Lecture 

Theatre 


4 June 2008 

Renaissance Lecture 

Gary Taylor on Middleton 

– ‘Our other Shakespeare’ 

6pm Brabourne Lecture 

Theatre 



ArtsFest 

A day of music, arts and 

drama on the Canterbury 

campus. 

www.kent.ac.uk/music 


Open Day, Medway 

campus 

www.kent.ac.uk/openday 

5 July 2008 

Open Day, 



8, 9, 10 July 2008 

Degree Congregations 

Canterbury Cathedral 


Medway School of 

Pharmacy Graduation 

Ceremony 

Medway Campus 


Benefactors’ Garden 

Party, by special 

invitation 

Vice-Chancellor’s 

Residence 

Canterbury 

2 October 2008 

Brussels alumni reception 

Time TBC 


Open Day, 




Open Day, 

Medway campus 


19 November 2008 


Rochester Cathedral 

21 November 2008 


Canterbury Cathedral 

ONLINE 

Giftshop 

Created exclusively for Kent students, alumni and friends 

• Jewellery 

• Ties and scarves 

• Classic memorabilia 

www.kent.ac.uk/giftshop

Spring 2008 - University of Kent

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