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FOR KEELE PEOPLE : past and present
issue : six : April 2011
Our
Keele
Seven decades of Keelites
on what Keele means to them
INSIDE : Introducing the new Vice-Chancellor, Professor Nick Foskett;
Keele self-tour map; University news; What happened to…?

FOR KEELE PEOPLE : PAST AND PRESENT
issue : six : April 2011
keele:events
homecoming
COME HOME TO KEELE
Keele’s biggest
alumni event is back
Homecoming attracts 350 to 450
people each year but we hope even
more will enjoy Homecoming 2011.
Homecoming brings back all your Keele
memories – from cheesy chips to tours
of our beautiful home from home.
Homecoming is on
Saturday 16 July 2011
The Alumni Office and the Students’ Union
offer a barbecue in the Outback, Ghost
Walks, Myths and Legends and a legendary
disco playlist you will “Never Forget”!
Saturday Afternoon 4pm to 7pm
• First Decade Film Show
• Nostalgic Photo Loops
• Music and Barbecue in the Outback
• Spooky Tours Ghost Walks
• Myths and Legends Tours
Saturday Evening 8pm to 2am
• Cheesy Chips and Late Night Fodder
from the Kiln 9pm to 2am
• K2 Disco 9pm to 2am with
the legendary playlist
• Lounge bar 8pm to 2am
It’s bigger,
Sunday Morning 9.30am to 3pm
• Breakfasts from the Kiln 9.30am to 12 noon
• Lunch and Music in the KPA 12 noon to 3pm
For alumni and current Keele Card
holders: Advance tickets online
for £5 each, or £7 on the day
Advance tickets available at
www.kusu.net/homecoming
On-campus accommodation is
available in Horwood Hall at just
£25 per night, room only. Book at
www.keele-conferencemanagement.com/
homecoming2011
Special Offer for
GradCard holders!
Any alumni holding a current ‘Gold’
GradCard or a valid and current ‘Silver’
GradCard may claim one free ticket each;
further tickets for guests, friends or non
GradCard holders at standard price.
All proceeds from tickets will cover
event costs for KUSU and any surplus
will be donated by the Alumni
Office to the Keele Key Fund.
better and
brighter than ever
KEELE IN
NORTH
AMERICA
Vice-Chancellor Professor Nick Foskett
is looking forward to meeting many of
our keen Keelites in North America. He
is eager to develop connections with
alumni around the world and this is his
first opportunity to celebrate and grow
the successes of the North American
Foundation for Keele University (NAFKU).
An informal meeting with alumni is
planned for New York on Thursday
2 June and a second for Toronto
on Saturday 4 June 2011.
The NAFKU Board comprises volunteer
alumni in Canada and the USA and
their efforts have already created the
Neil and Gina Smith Student of the
Year Award, presented annually since
2006, and the new NAFKU Scholarship,
awarded for the first time in 2010.
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For more information:
visit http://www.nafku.org and
www.keele.ac.uk/alumni/
internationalalumni/
northamericanfoundation/
Welcome
John Easom – Alumni Officer
I am delighted
to introduce
the 2011 issue of
forever:keele to
alumni, friends
and supporters.
Next year, the 50th Anniversary of the Royal Charter, we will
celebrate the coming of age of the Keele experiment – a just reward
for the dedication and vision of our founders and our pioneers.
Keele has always offered a different university experience.
In this magazine, alumni from each decade share ‘their’
Keele. Each voice echoes from a different time but they are
surprisingly alike – our remarkable campus, our welcoming
community and lifelong links with Keele people. But most of
all they champion Keele’s unique vision of education.
All universities face extraordinary challenges but we at Keele also see
unprecedented opportunities to proclaim Keele’s distinctiveness.
In our interview with the Vice-Chancellor we hear Keele
affirming, alongside the students of yesterday, today and
tomorrow, “the pursuit of truth in the company of friends”.
what’s inside…
4-5 ■
Keele’s new Vice-Chancellor
6-7 ■ £3 million accommodation refurbishment
■ 60 years of Chemistry at Keele ■ World first for
Keele Lab ■ Honorary degrees ■ Keele among the
best for student satisfaction
8-9 ■ New treatment for osteoarthritis ■ Malaria
research partnership ■ Groundbreaking work for newborn
babies ■ Save £1,000 on postgraduate study ■ Peace prize
for Keele researcher ■ Foundations of British Solciology
10-11 ■ Personal best for Emma ■ Zane Lowe opens
refurbished KUBE radio studio ■ Student of the Year
■ “Extraordinary” Scholarship ■ African Institute double
first ■ Keele’s Law Graduate of the Year
12-13 ■ The Keele Self-Tour Map
14-15 ■ Community and team spirit – that’s what
makes Keele, Keele ■ I fell in love with Keele the moment
I arrived ■ Meeting Morgan
16-17 ■ Our:keele
18-23 ■ What happened to...?
23 ■ Congratulations from Keele ■ In Memory
■ Dragon’s Den for Keele
Contacts
Alumni Office – Keele University, Keele, Staffordshire ST5 5BG
Fax: 01782 584422 Web: www.keele.ac.uk/alumni
Alumni Officer – John Easom
Tel: 00 44 (0) 1782 733370 Email: j.c.easom@kfm.keele.ac.uk
Media & Communications Officer/
Editor, forever:keele – Hannah Hiles
Tel: 01782 733857 Email: h.e.hiles@kfm.keele.ac.uk
Fundraising Officer – Robin Cross
Tel: 01782 733003 Email: r.i.cross@kfm.keele.ac.uk
Database Co-ordinator – Nettie Payn
Tel: 01782 733286 Email: a.payn@kfm.keele.ac.uk
The views expressed in forever:keele are not necessarily
those of the editor, alumni or Keele University.
OUR
Keele
Seven decades of Keelites
on what Keele means to them
INSIDE : Introducing the new Vice-Chancellor, Professor Nick Foskett;
Keele self-tour map; University news; What happened to…?
keele:welcome
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keele:NEWS
people
keele:NEWS
people
Keele’s new Vice-Chancellor
Professor Nick Foskett
talks to forever:keele about his first months
in post and his plans for the University
It didn’t take long for Professor Nick
Foskett to settle into his new role
at the helm of Keele University.
He took up his position in August last year
and spent much of his early months in post
talking to people across the University and
learning about what makes Keele, Keele.
“There’s something about the spirit of Keele,”
says the new Vice-Chancellor, who was born
and brought up in Staffordshire. “The people
are so interesting; not only in terms of their
research and teaching, but also in that they
have a real sense of Keele as a community and
what the University can achieve. There is a real
sense that people want to make things happen
and the time is right to take things forward.”
The former Dean of the Faculty of Law,
Arts and Social Sciences at the University
of Southampton has already made changes
to the University, including creating a new
Marketing and Communications Directorate.
Strengthening Keele’s reputation in the
outside world is a key priority for Professor
Foskett, particularly in today’s climate
where increased fees mean students
and their parents are looking carefully
at where to spend their money.
“Keele has always had a strong sense
of the value of education. We have a
unique curriculum and campus, and a
commitment to our key themes, including
health, ageing and sustainability – these
“There are many effective things that alumni
can do, such as promote the University
within their own networks, work with us
to provide internships or placements, offer
careers advice or sit on advisory boards for
departments. These are great ways to support
our current students. And if people want
to give money as well, that’s fantastic.”
“Keele has always
had a strong sense
of the value
of education.
We have a unique
curriculum and
campus, and a
commitment to
our key themes,
including health,
ageing and
sustainability –
these will enable
Keele to remain
distinctive.
been part of Keele’s ethos and we have
produced a large number of politicians,
journalists and diplomats, for example.”
Keele currently has around 8,000 fulltime
equivalent students and Professor
Foskett would like to see numbers grow
to 10,000, increasing the numbers with
international students and postgraduates.
Key countries for international recruitment
include China, India, East and West Africa,
the Middle East and Latin America.
“International students bring so much to
a university in terms of culture. When our
students leave Keele they will go to work
in an international context, so it’s good
for them to learn to work together with
different nationalities while they are here.
“It’s important to draw our international
students from a range of different
backgrounds and we want to welcome
students from all over the world.
Our sense of community and quality
of life will be very attractive.”
Investment is planned in teaching facilities
and there are plans in place to renovate
the Union Square Concourse, along with
significant remodelling of the ground
floor of the Students’ Union building.
“Higher fees will make students and their
parents much more demanding in terms of
educational experience, the quality of life and
facilities they can expect. As we seek to be
will enable Keele to remain distinctive.
attractive to students we need to have good
“I think that when potential students and their
parents are looking at universities to decide
where they will spend their money, Keele’s
sense of community will be very appealing.
It is a small enough place that you won’t get
lost, but big enough for you to be able to
achieve things. It’s the perfect balance.”
Students are at the heart of the new Vice-
Chancellor’s plans for the University. The
distinctive nature of the Keele graduate
is something he is keen to preserve, with
extra-curricular activities like sport, the
arts and volunteering continuing to play
an important part in university life.
facilities, and the Union is at the heart of this.”
There will be a series of events and
activities during 2012 to mark the 50th
anniversary of Keele receiving its Royal
Charter and becoming a University and
Professor Foskett is keen to ensure that
Keele remains true to its founding ethos.
“The time is right
to take things forward”
Professor Foskett is keen to involve Keele’s
alumni in the life of the University and to help
them contribute to the student experience.
“We have to stand up and tell people what
Keele is about and our alumni have a key
role to play in this. Our alumni ARE Keele.
“Our curriculum is built around what sort
of graduates we want to produce. We
want our graduates to be people who are
experts in their disciplines and successful
in the world of work, but who are also key
participants in their local community and
the world as a whole. This has always
“The greatest challenge is holding true
to what we believe in for Keele when
the outside world is making it difficult.
The distinctiveness of Keele is what will
enable the University to survive.
We can’t be like everyone else.”
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keele:NEWS
University
£3 million
refurbishment
completes
phase of
student
accommodation
project
The latest stage in a major, multi-million
pound project to refurbish the student
Halls of Residence has been completed.
The £3 million refurbishment at Holly
Cross saw 238 bedrooms, 30 diners,
60 kitchens and one resident tutor
flat completed seven days early.
Holly Cross was the last of the residential
blocks to be given an overhaul,
including an upgrade to mechanical
and electrical systems, completing
the 10-year, first phase of Keele’s plan
to improve five Halls of Residence.
New
campus
and
woodland
walks
leaflet
A new leaflet outlining guided walks
at Keele has been published. One walk
covers the campus and there are three
colour-coded circular walks around
the woodlands below Keele Hall.
The leaflet comes as Phase One of the
restoration of the former Sneyd estate
nears completion. This involved the
draining of the top lake to remove silt
and repair the dam, the thinning out
of vegetation around the top lake, the
restoration of the footpath around
the top three lakes, continuing down
to the fifth lake, and the installation of
colour-coded marker posts to guide
visitors around the different trails. In
addition, a large map of the woodland
trails has been installed by Keele Hall.
For more information see:
www.keele.ac.uk/arboretum/
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aboutthearboretum/
guidedwalkleaflet/
Chemistry at Keele
Celebrates Diamond Jubilee
Professor Harry Heaney (1954 Chemistry/
Biology, 1957 PhD Chemistry) returned
to Keele to give a lecture to celebrate
60 years of Chemistry at Keele.
Harry arrived at Keele on 14 October 1950, as a member of the first intake to the then University
College of North Staffordshire. Harry is pictured here in the research laboratory as a postgraduate
in 1957, with Professor Gurnos Jones, who went on to become head of department in 1983.
World First for Keele Lab
Keele has received a BREEAM environmental
impact rating of ‘excellent’ for the Lennard-
Jones Multi-User Laboratory extension. It
is thought that it is the only lab of its kind
in the world to achieve such a rating.
BREEAM (BRE Environmental Assessment Method) is the leading and most
widely used environmental assessment method for buildings.
The state-of-the-art Lennard-Jones building, which achieved a score of 71.34% in the
BREEAM assessment, features the use of sustainable materials; a green ‘living wall’,
providing habitat and biodiversity; roof mounted solar panels and rainwater recycling.
Professor Pat Bailey, Dean of Natural Sciences, said: “This is an impressive new multiuse
facility, built to accommodate the very substantially increased numbers of
students studying chemical sciences and pharmacy at Keele. We believe it is the
first lab of its kind in the world to achieve the BREEAM excellent rating.”
Keele University
Honorary Degrees 2010
Keele University awarded
Honorary Degrees in 2010 to
a number of people who have
made outstanding contributions
within their fields of expertise.
Gaye Blake-Roberts with former Vice-Chancellor Professor Dame Janet Finch and
Chancellor Professor Sir David Weatherall
They were:
• Ms Gaye Blake-Roberts, FMA,
FRSA, Director of the Wedgwood
Museum at Barlaston, in recognition
of her contribution to the arts
and heritage in Staffordshire.
• Dame Christine Beasley, in
recognition of her outstanding
leadership of nursing in England.
• Professor Dame Hazel Genn, in
recognition of her outstanding
contribution to socio-legal studies.
• Professor Sir David King, FRS, in
recognition of his contribution
to science and environmental
policy in the United Kingdom.
• Professor Sir David Watson, in
recognition of his influence on higher
education policy and practice.
• Professor Paul Wiles, in recognition
of his outstanding contribution to
criminology and public policy.
Moving up Guardian league table
Keele jumped six places to 44th position in the Guardian
university league table for 2011, which ranks UK
universities according to teaching excellence.
In the subject tables Keele was placed third for Pharmacy and Pharmacology, fifth for Social Work, sixth
for Geology, 10th for Geography and Environmental Studies, 11th for Social Policy, 13th for Nursing, 14th for
Maths and American Studies, and 15th for Medicine and Media, Communications and Culture.
Keele among
the best in
the country
for student
satisfaction
Students at Keele
have rated the
University as
one of the best
in the country
for satisfaction
with their
degree courses.
The annual National Student Survey ranked
Keele in 11th place for the quality of its
courses, with an overall satisfaction score
of 89%, up from 88% the previous year.
Keele is also the highest placed university
in the Midlands and the north of England.
Teaching satisfaction was rated very highly
by students at 88% and Keele also saw
improvements in every other category:
Assessment and Feedback; Academic Support;
Organisation and Management; Personal
Development and Learning Resources.
The Vice-Chancellor, Professor Nick Foskett,
said: “The excellent performance of the
University in the National Student Survey
demonstrates the high quality experience
which students have during their time
at Keele. It is a reflection not only of the
first-rate teaching and learning experience
the University provides, but also of the
strong Keele ‘community’ which supports
all aspects of their life as students.”
Around 252,000 students at universities
in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern
Ireland, as well as further education colleges in
England, took part in the Ipsos MORI survey.
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University
keele:NEWS
University
New cell
therapy
treatment for
osteoarthritis
to be trialled
Cultured stem cells are being used for
the first time in the UK to treat the
common joint condition of osteoarthritis,
throwing a potential lifeline to
millions of sufferers in the future.
A new clinical trial, led by Professors
Sally Roberts and James Richardson of
Keele’s Research Institute for Science
and Technology in Medicine and funded
by Arthritis Research UK, aims to test
the effectiveness of stem cells derived
from bone marrow in repairing worn
cartilage in osteoarthritis of the knee.
The stem cells will be tested against
cultured cartilage cells which are currently
used to repair small areas of cartilage
damage, but not osteoarthritis. These cells
are extracted from patients, grown in the
lab and reimplanted back into the patient.
A combination of both types of cells will
also be trialled with the aim of repairing
damage to the joint, stopping osteoarthritis
getting worse and delaying or even avoiding
the need for knee replacement surgery.
Folic acid and birth weight in newborn babies
Groundbreaking work by
a team of UK scientists
has identified, for the
first time, a link between
changes in the DNA of
newborn babies, folic
acid supplementation
during pregnancy
and birth weight.
Research partnership
to fight malaria
A state-of-the-art laboratory at the
Malaria Research and Training Centre
in Mali, which will rear Africa’s first
mosquitoes, genetically modified to resist
malaria, has been officially opened.
Its research is part of a partnership between
the University of Bamako and Keele, which
aims to develop GM mosquitoes to fight
malaria. The programme will build capacity
in three important areas: genetic engineering
of local mosquitoes; gene products that
kill malaria parasites; and fitness and
competitiveness of GM mosquitoes.
Funded for three years by an £800,000 grant
from the Wellcome Trust, the partnership
trained three Malian scientists at Keele,
Funded by the World Cancer Research Fund,
the state-of-the-art study, from scientists at
Keele and Nottingham Universities together
with doctors at University Hospital of
North Staffordshire and Derby Children’s
Hospital, showed that the levels of a critical
metabolite of folic acid in the blood of
newborn babies is linked to modifications
of their DNA (DNA methylation) in key
genes and that such modifications might
be used to predict birth weight.
Professor William Farrell, of Keele’s Institute
for Science and Technology in Medicine,
said: “It has been known for many years
that folic acid supplementation is essential
Dr Mamadou
Coulibaly, with
colleagues Ibrahima
Baber and
Dr Mahamoudou
Toure, during a training
visit to Keele in 2009.
and established a biosafety category 3
security laboratory at the centre.
Paul Eggleston, professor of molecular
entomology at the Centre for Applied
Entomology and Parasitology at Keele and
head of the project in the UK, said: “We
wanted to take this technology out to Africa
to get local scientists involved in what we
are doing, to fully understand it, and become
part of it. Ultimately, it’s those countries
that take the final decision about whether
they want to use GM mosquitoes or not.”
for women during pregnancy to reduce
the risk of neural tube defects and low
birth weight delivery. However, we had
little idea as to how this worked.
“Now we have identified which genes
might be the link between folic acid and
birth weight, we have opened the door to
research that may allow doctors to predict
the likelihood of low birth weight with
greater certainty. Furthermore, it sheds light
on the underlying causes of low birth weight
and offers the potential to intervene earlier
to prevent poor pregnancy outcomes such
as premature delivery and pregnancy loss.”
Interested in
postgraduate
study? Save
£1,000 at Keele!
Keele graduates are to get a £1,000 discount
on postgraduate courses for the first time
this year as the Keele Graduate Bursary
scheme is widened.
Alumni who undertake a taught Masters
programme at Keele will automatically
have £1,000 deducted from the second
payment instalment of their postgraduate
tuition fees. Part-time students will
receive a pro-rata discount.
Keele Graduate Bursaries are available for
all taught postgraduate courses starting
in autumn 2011, other than those where
financial support is already available. These
include the Postgraduate Certificate in
Education, Social Work or certain courses
where the student fee is directly
Foundations of
British Sociology
A
new
This extensive archive has been catalogued
by project archivist, Annabel Gill, funded by
The Sociological Review and supported by
the University Library, the Keele Key Fund and
the Research Institutes of Humanities; Law,
Politics and Justice and Life Course Studies.
catalogue of the Foundations of British Sociology:
The Sociological Review Archive at Keele, has been
launched online (http://calmview.keele.ac.uk).
The archive is a unique resource held in the
University Library’s Special Collections and
Archives. The material, from the 1880s to the
1950s, consists of papers from the Sociological
funded by the National Health Service
or where there are other internal Keele
scholarships and bursaries such as the
Keele International Scholarship.
The scheme is also open to finalyear
undergraduates.
A full list of Keele’s taught postgraduate
courses here can be found at
http://www.keele.ac.uk/pgtcourses/
For further information please
contact Helen Johnson on
bursaries@acad.keele.ac.uk
Society, LePlay House, the Institute of
Sociology and several smaller subsidiary groups
– all part of the early sociology movement
in Britain. It includes material relating to key
activists and opinion-shapers, such as Victor
Branford, Francis Galton and HG Wells.
To consult material featured in the
catalogue, please contact the Special
Collections and Archives Administrator,
Helen Burton; h.burton@lib.keele.ac.uk
Peace Prize for
Keele Researcher
Dr Richard Stephens,
Psychology, was one
of four researchers
from across the UK
honoured for their work
at the annual Ig Nobel
awards ceremony at
Harvard University.
The “Igs” are awarded to scientists whose
work makes people laugh first, then think.
The prizes celebrate the unusual, honour
the imaginative – and spur people’s interest
in science, medicine, and technology. The
ceremony was hosted by the Harvard-based
journal Annals of Improbable Research, with
the prizes handed out by real Nobel laureates.
The Peace Prize was awarded to Richard
Stephens and his co-authors, former
psychology undergraduates Andrew
Kingston and John Atkins, for confirming
that swearing relieves pain. Richard, who
began the study after striking his thumb
with a hammer, found volunteers could
tolerate more pain if they repeated swear
words rather than neutral words.
Dr Richard Stephens receiving his
award at Harvard University
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University
Personal
Best for
Emma at
Commonwealth
Games
Keele graduate Emma Jackson (2009
Accountancy/Finance) ran the race of
her life at the Commonwealth Games to
record a new personal best of 2:00.46 in
the 800m final in Delhi, finishing fourth.
The City of Stoke AC runner, who gave up
her teacher training course in Mathematics
at Keele in October to concentrate on
reaching the London Olympics, won her
heat with a time of 2:01.63, beating Kenya’s
Olympic 1500m champion, and eventual
gold medallist, Nancy Langat. However,
despite a brave effort in the final, she
just missed out on the bronze medal.
Emma said: “I ran a personal best, which
was a first at a major competition, so I
have to be happy with that. I enjoyed it
so much and now I have experienced the
atmosphere, I can’t wait to do it all again.”
Emma at the World Junior
Championships in Beijing in 2006
Student of the Year
The 2010 winner of the Neil and Gina Smith Student of the Year Award was
Darrell Simkins, a 23-year-old student in Music and Educational Studies.
Darrell performed exceptionally well
academically, achieving firsts in every
module studied. He was invited to present
his dissertation, ‘Inside and Outside ‘The
Campus Bubble’: A comparative research
project of study abroad programmes at
Keele University and The University of Leeds’,
at the International Conference of Education
in Canada, a sign of the high standard of
Zane Lowe
opens refurbished KUBE Radio studio
Radio 1 DJ superstar Zane Lowe has officially opened KUBE
Radio’s refurbished studio during a visit to Keele University.
Keele’s award-winning student radio
station has undergone an overhaul of
its technical equipment and a massive
refurbishment of the studio facilities.
A new desk has been specially built and
designed for the studio by Oxford Sound
& Media. New microphone stands have
been installed, alongside new chairs
and headphones in the studio.
Most of the £4,500 refurbishment was
funded by alumni donations to the Keele
Key Fund, with the rest of the costs
being made up by income generated
by the general society membership.
Zane Lowe, who is a strong supporter of
student radio, came to Keele University
Students’ Union as part of his DJ Hero Tour 2.
He cut the ribbon on the studio marking
the official reopening of the updated
facilities and shared some inspirational
words with the assembled KUBE
scholarship and research skills Darrell has
attained through his studies at Keele.
Darrell took the opportunity to pursue
part of his studies in a partner university, in
the Faculty of Fine Arts at York University
in Toronto, Canada. In recognition of
his academic excellence, Darrell was
awarded the Royal Doulton scholarship
to support his study abroad experience.
committee and members before signing
posters for the ‘KUBE Wall of Fame’.
The current KUBE committee have
worked tirelessly over the last year
to fund the renovations to the
studio for future generations.
The original studio was opened by Maxi
Jazz of Faithless, and then later reopened
by Kerrang! Radio’s James Walshe when
KUBE moved into its new studio.
KUBE Radio press officer Holly Beaumont-
Wilkes said: “Zane even called the studio
‘awesome’, which made everything the
committee has been working on feel worth
all the wait and hard work. These renovations
will mean that KUBE members will be able to
have a higher quality output for this coming
year, and hopefully many years after that.”
Listen to KUBE Radio online at
www.kuberadio.com
While at Keele, Darrell participated in
extra-curricular music programmes, both
on and off campus, and made a significant
contribution to musical life at Keele and in
the local community. He was even invited to
conduct the Keele Bach Choir, Philharmonic
Orchestra and Choir, a considerable
honour for an undergraduate student.
“Extraordinary”
Scholarship for Kenyan Pharmacy Student
A young Kenyan from a
“humble background” has
been given the chance of a
lifetime to study pharmacy in
the UK, thanks to a unique
sponsorship scheme drawn
up by Keele University
and global pharmaceutical
company Sanofi-Aventis.
Myron Odingo began his studies at
Keele in October after winning the
fully funded place at the University.
He had to undergo a rigorous selection
process to be awarded the Sanofi-
Aventis Scholarship for the four-year
MPharm Pharmacy degree at Keele.
The scholarship covers the cost of tuition
fees, on-campus accommodation, a
contribution to living expenses and airfares.
Professor Steve Chapman, Head of the School
of Pharmacy, said: “Even with bursaries, many
gifted young students from Kenya just can’t
afford to come here to study. This is an
extraordinary offer that allows an exceptional
student the chance to study here in the UK.”
Hundreds of candidates from Kenyan state
schools applied for the scholarship but
only 20, who met the stringent selection
criteria, based on academic excellence and
experience of a broader contribution to the
Myron Odingo with Vice-Chancellor Professor Nick Foskett
community, were invited to sit a written
examination. Five were shortlisted for
interview and a presentation, and 19-yearold
Myron was selected for the place.
Myron, who studied at Starehe Boys’ Centre
in Kenya, said: “I come from a humble
background – my father is currently jobless
and my mother runs the family, while still
doing her studies under minimum wage.”
While studying, Myron gave up full vacations
to do voluntary community service work in
hospitals and a municipal library. He has been
working for a volunteer service programme
conducting interviews in the Kibera slums to
help in research aimed at “improving the living
conditions of the less privileged in society”.
David Wachira, Senior Admissions Master at
Starehe, said: “I strongly recommend Myron
to you as a vibrant, well-mannered, intelligent
and talented young man who will definitely
make good use of this opportunity.”
Ty Hughes, Regional Business Director
Midlands, Sanofi-Aventis said: “Sanofi-Aventis
has a history of working with universities,
such as Keele, that are respected for their
work in the healthcare sector. It gives me
great pleasure today to see the results of this
particular partnership in such a deserving
student as Myron. I’m looking forward
to watching his progress throughout the
programme, and on to his future career.”
African
Institute
appoints Keele
academic in
double first
A Keele academic has become the
first female director of a prestigious
African research institute.
Dr Ambreena Manji, a Reader in the
School of Law, is also the first lawyer to
be made director of the British Institute
in Eastern Africa, a British Academy
School based in Nairobi, Kenya.
The Institute, which was founded in
1959, promotes humanities and social
science research across the whole
of the eastern African region.
During her two-year secondment, Dr Manji
will research the history of African legal
education and in particular Britain’s role
in the founding of African law schools
in the immediate post-independence
period. She will also continue to write
on African land issues and carry out
empirical work on women’s experiences
of new property and mortgage laws
in Tanzania, Uganda and Kenya.
Keele’s Sophie
named Law Graduate
of the Year
Law graduate Sophie Lake
was awarded the 2010
Graduate 100 Law Graduate
of the Year award.
Sophie, who graduated last year in Law with
Politics, said: “Throughout my time at Keele
I have been encouraged not only to get the
most out of my subjects, but also to take
a wider perspective on life and the world
in general. All my lecturers gave me great
support and inspiration. Without them I
would not have been able to achieve a first
class honours degree and certainly would not
have been named Law Graduate of the Year.
“I enjoyed every moment of my three years at
Keele and I am sad that my time there has come
to an end. However, the foundation that my
experience at Keele has given me is invaluable
and will stay with me throughout my career.”
Graduate 100 is an initiative, developed
with leading employers and industry figures,
which profiles and promotes Britain’s highest
achieving final and penultimate year students.
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The Keele
Self-Tour Map
Remember your first day at Keele?
Today’s new students can use this
map to find their way around.
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Sports Centre (3)
Whether you are interested in team sport, using the gym
facilities or joining one of the keep fit classes you can
have a look around. Ask at the reception desk for help.
Retrace your steps to the main road.
One of the benefits of being a student at a
campus university like Keele, is that everything is
easily accessible. The Counselling Service, Student
Financial Support (4) and the Centre for Learning
and Student Support (5) are all centrally located.
You may or may not need to use their services
but it is reassuring to know they are there.
Sports
Centre
Leave the Atrium down the steps/
ramp at the front and turning left,
walk under the bridge linking the two
halves of the building. Follow the path
alongside the car park, turning left at
the end. Cross the road and take the
first right turn to the Sports Centre.
4
3
Start
We suggest you start in the Chancellor’s Building (1).
Find your way to the main foyer – if you can see the
statue of Icarus you are in the right place. Depending
on which subjects you study, you could spend a lot of
time in this building as a number of academic schools
are based here.
You might want to take a moment or two to view the
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current exhibition in the Art Gallery or stop off for a
refreshment break in Le Café or the Comus restaurant.
With your back to the art gallery, walk past Icarus
and
key
the Westminster lecture
fund
theatre and you will
come into the Atrium and restaurant. (2).
Barnes Hall
A53 Newcastle to Nantwich
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Medical School
The Government
Building
Matched
Funding Scheme, which
provides Keele with 50p on
top of every £1 donated,
ends in July 2011.
From main entrance
Holly Cross
If you have plenty of time you
could turn right and walk to
Holly Cross (100 metres) and
The Oaks (200 metres) en suite
student accommodation, and
on into Keele village and the
Hawthorns Hall of Residence
(about 10 minutes’ walk). The
Management Centre is located
here as well as a shop and The
Sneyd Arms pub. Once you
have looked around, retrace
your steps.
Academic Schools
Accommodation
Catering outlets
Shops
Toilets
Social spaces
Launderette
Cross the road, go straight
ahead, and keeping the car park
on your right, follow the path in
front of you.
As you follow this path, you will
pass the Post room on your right,
where students collect their mail
and the School buildings where
the science subjects are taught.
Walk between the refurbished
Hornbeam and Dorothy Hodgkin
Buildings and bear left. At the
top, opposite the Lennard Jones
Laboratories you have a choice.
Alternatively, cross
the road and walk
down the side road
towards Lindsay
Hall. Follow this
path/road until
you come to
Lindsay Hall, on
the left hand side.
Lindsay
Hall
Lindsay Hall (around 6)
For security reasons it is not possible for
you to look inside a Hall but feel free to
look around the grounds.
Home from home? Well perhaps not at
first glance but once you have settled
in your room, added your own bits and
pieces, met a few people on your corridor
and had a chat in the kitchen over a cup
of coffee, you will soon feel settled.
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Use this alternative
route to avoid all steps
From Lindsay car park, bear left
up some steps back to the ring
road. Pick up the path again that
follows the ring road to your
right and walk to the bottom of
the hill. The first right turn off the
road will take you along a drive
and under an arch.
The Clockhouse (7)
Our Music students are
based in the Clockhouse – is
it a coincidence this is well
out of earshot of other
teaching rooms?
7
1
2
Clockhouse
5
Review
Start
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to some refreshments before setting off home.
Finish
The Keele Key fund 12
Union Square (9)
has now been running since the
9
Horwood
Students’ Union
spring of 2008 and has proved to be Hall a great success, not
only 10 for the Banks, grant Shops applicants but also our alumni for who a sandwich.
The Library (10)
have been so generous in their support for Keele.
8
Chancellor’s Building
Keele Hall
Walk through the courtyard and follow the
path to the beautiful tree-lined avenue, then
turn left across the gardens, and Keele Hall will
come into view.
The lakes and woodland have been recently
restored and have way-marked trails partly funded
by the Keele Key Fund. If you follow the path right,
past the Hall, a stroll by the lakes would eventually
bring you to the M6 and open countryside.
13
Finish
The Chapel (11)
More The road than continues to £400,000 has been
your right to Horwood
pledged Hall, the venue over for the a three-to five-year
KPA (Keele Postgraduate
Association), the Health
period, Centre and staff and housing. 32 alumni have made
However, cross straight
over and follow the path
legacy commitments to Keele.
for a hundred metres to...
The funds are distributed by the Keele Key
Fund Disbursement Committee whose
membership is made up of representatives
of Keele staff, current undergraduate
and postgraduate students, and lay
members. The committee meets twice
a year in April and November Walks to receive
applications but also will review urgent grant
Keele Woodland
Once you have had chance to look around, take the
path that runs parallel to the car park, with the Chapel
on your left and head back to the starting point.
The building on your right with the green entrance
porch is the 24-hour reception (13) from where the
Security team operate to provide support to staff and
students. Student Accommodation Lettings is also
based here. On returning to the Comus restaurant and
Chancellor’s Building, you may want to treat yourself
Visit on any day when the sun is shining
and this is where everyone meets up.
Within a few minutes you can have
returned your library book, checked your
bank balance and popped into the Union
Why not take a look in the Library – it is
rumoured that students can occasionally
be found here.
Not to everyone’s liking but you have to
admit that the Grade II listed building is a
striking focus to the centre of campus.
Students’ Union (12)
The Union offers a great range of
entertainment to suit all tastes. There are
four bars, and two purpose-built venues,
K2 and the Ballroom, where a range of
music events are hosted. The Lounge
The committee
is the place
is delighted
to go for Big
to
Screen
be able
sports
to
action and the Outback is an outdoor
make these area grants, for students and even to enjoy. small Do grants go and do
make a real have difference a look round to the in what extra-curricular
is undoubtedly
activities of the the key University venue for a lot both of the at home non-study and
abroad. Your activity ongoing campus. support for the Key
Fund is not only welcome but increasingly
vital in enhancing the student experience and
providing high quality education and research.
applications outside of these meetings.
Keele Hall (8)
Over the past three years the Disbursement
Tucked away, the imposing façade of Keele Hall may
Committee come as has a bit awarded of a surprise. grants It was of the home of the
around Sneyds £100,000 who made to support their fortune more in than coal mining but now
42 projects. you are The likely grants to see have wedding varied guests from in the Great Hall.
supporting By descending the Keele the Mediation stone steps to Service the left of the Hall,
(the first you in will a UK come university) to the cobbled to the courtyard. setting Walk out of Rama Thirunamachandran
up of a the campus-wide courtyard, between emergency the stone service, pillars and you will Deputy Vice-Chancellor & Provost
return to the ring road.
the Keele First Responders Team.
Chairman of the Keele Key Fund
Disbursement Committee
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Keele Key Fund 2010-2015
Strategic Direction
Autumn Telethon 2010
Telethon 2010 – a record-breaking success
Twenty-six Keele
student callers
completed another
record-breaking
campaign in a threeweek
autumn telethon,
which finished at the
end of November.
The fountain which is to be renovated
Keele forms our futures
not just intellectually
but also socially and
emotionally. Friendships
and memories made
at Keele last a lifetime
and we continue to
strengthen the lifelong
connection between
Keele and our alumni.
In seeking to achieve these aims our case
for support for the Keele Key Fund will
always reflect the strategic direction of
Keele so that Keele alumni can be confident
their support will always have a meaningful
impact on the life of the University.
Professor Nick Foskett
Vice-Chancellor
Bursaries and
Scholarships
Nathan Farrell
The Keele Key Fund assists students from
lower income backgrounds or communities
underrepresented in higher education. The
bursaries and scholarships range in value
from £500 to £1,000. A good example is
the Leslie and Eleanor Fishman Bursary,
awarded to Nathan Farrell, a first-year
student from the local area who gained
the highest overall grade in Economics.
Sports, Arts and Leisure
The Talented Athlete and Coaching
programmes support students across a
variety of national and international sports.
Medical student Jenny Hands represented
Great Britain at the Duathlon World
Championships in 2009. She said: “Without
the support of the Keele Key Fund I would
not have been able to afford the entry fees.”
Academic Excellence
The fund supports Keele’s commitment
to building on our existing distinctive
interdisciplinary academic profile. The Keele
Key Fund recently committed funds towards
the creation of a Moot Court for the School
of Law to allow Keele Law students to take
part in inter-university mooting competitions.
Jenny Hands
Enhancing the
Student Experience
The fund supports applications that go
towards ensuring a high quality experience
for all students. A Keele Key Fund grant aided
the Keele Community First Responders team,
who attend calls for medical assistance from
students, staff and the general public.
Heritage and the
Environment
The Heritage, Lakes and Valleys project
continues with new and revised plans
to restore the remaining lakes, improve
access and increase the biodiversity of the
campus. The Sustainability Hub project is
also underway using the recently restored
Home Farm as a low carbon demonstrator
site for the management of green energy,
climate control, renewable sources of energy
and also houses the Earth Science Phase of
the Keele Earth and Space Observatory.
Annual Project
Each year the fund supports a project within
the University campus. In 2011 the project
will be the restoration of the fountain
in the garden of Keele Hall. Keele alumni
have already supported the restoration
of the observatory and the boathouse.
The calling teams managed to speak to 931
Keele alumni and reached their target of
£90,000 in the second week. By the end
of the campaign Keele alumni had pledged
more than £147,000 over the next five
years which is expected to rise to £150,000
once all the gifts have been received.
Support for the Keele Key Fund was
tremendous with almost half of
those called during the three-week
campaign agreeing to make a gift.
Fundraising Officer Robin Cross said: “Our
student callers can be very proud of
themselves as Keele achieved excellent results
in a difficult economic climate. Awareness
of the Keele Key Fund among alumni is
now widespread, with the vast majority
of those we contacted expressing interest
and approval for the Key Fund projects.”
At the Telethon Awards evening following
the campaign, the Vice-Chancellor,
Professor Nick Foskett, praised the talents
and teamwork of the best-ever team
of student callers and presented prizes
for some exceptional performances.
Keele and Santander Universities have signed an agreement that
will set up support for UK and international student scholarships
and researchers and enable the University to develop a variety
of projects within the ‘Santander Universities’ scheme.
The Vice-Chancellor said: “We are pleased to welcome Santander
to their new branch on campus and look forward to working with
Shabih Bashir won the
Alex Baugh Olympian
Caller Award for “Best
Overall Team Member”.
A winning team: Charlotte Allen, Zakeeya
Amin Tilly, Natasha Barefoot, Shabih
Bashir, Holly Beaumont-Wilkes, Philippe
Blenkiron, Trust Chitomere, Nikki Fardoe,
Hanita Gill, Phil Goodall, Rachel Hannah,
Luke Highstead, Rachel Hockenhull, Sarah
Jeremiah, Ian Mahoney, Stuart Mills,
Viktoriya Miskova, Mumbi Mwangi, Chris
Norwood, Kiran Pharhawa, Becky Phillips,
Zoe Richards, Matt Robinson, Craig
Shearstone, Sam Shephard, Neha Tank,
Kam Uppal, and Alex Baugh (Buffalo FRC).
Callers in action; the Vice-Chancellor
with the calling team at the Telethon
2010 awards evening; Shabih Bashir
Keele signs agreement
with Santander
them to develop new opportunities for Keele and for our students.
Keele is delighted to join the ‘Santander Universities’ network.
“This is an excellent example of how universities and business
can work together to promote innovation and knowledge
transfer in the global higher education environment.”

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Keele Key Fund 2008-2010
Projects
The Arboretum –
Footpaths and Signage
What makes
you so special?
– KUSU
Templar
Bar
Keele VE – Keele Village
Christmas Party
Campus
Watch
Keele
Concerts Society
6th Biennial
Int Conference on
‘Music since 1990’
GEO-Soc Field Trip
to Northumberland
VE@Keele –
Volunteering Project
Music & Technology
Exhibition
Nightline
European &
World Duathlon
Black History
Month at Keele
Athletic Union –
Honours Board
KUSU
Dancesport
Society
Keele VE Overseas
Challenge
Keele
Moth Project
Fishman
Scholarship
Keele Mediation Services –
1st in UK Universities
Human Rights India
Exchange Project
UNICEF
on Campus
International Cultural
Experience Programme
Keele Philharmonic
Orchestra & Choir
Shoestring
Magazine
Shifting
Landscapes
Moot Court
Project – School
of Law
Nurses
Welcome
Event
KUBE Radio
Broadcasting
equipment and
studio upgrade
Keele First
Responders
Unchosen
Film
Festival
Keele
Rag Week
2010
Keele Oral
History Project
KUSU Paintball
Keele Key Fund 2008-2010
Two contrasting case studies
Keele Students International
Overseas Challenge
Becky Wardell, project leader of Keele’s
student volunteering organisation,
VE@Keele, on an opportunity which
took Keelites beyond the Bubble
Overseas Challenge Thailand is an exciting and unique
volunteer programme facilitated by the charity Volunteers
for Educational Support and Learning (VESL).
VE@Keele feels that such an opportunity brings a range
of unique benefits both for participating Keele student
volunteers, KUSU and the University as a whole.
This is the second year for Overseas Challenge Thailand, which
we believe enhances the whole Keele student experience,
by developing key employability skills, building confidence
and raising awareness of issues in developing countries.
VE@Keele worked in partnership with Manchester Metropolitan
University (MMU) on the 2009 and 2010 programmes, supporting
and preparing volunteers for the challenge. This created a real sense
of ‘teamworking’ both at home and in Thailand, and provided an
opportunity for both institutions to share knowledge and experience.
Once in Thailand volunteers work in pairs to teach English at
primary schools in the rural province of Chiang Rai for a period
of four to six weeks. Encouraged to be creative in their teaching,
volunteers use existing skills and interests such as sport, music
Heritage and Environment
Fundraising officer Robin Cross
describes a donation that will
grow into a living tribute
Ros Davies
Keele alumnus Philip Davies (1971 American Studies/Sociology) has
visited Keele with his children, Andrew and Carolyn, several times
over the last two years to make his mark on the Keele landscape.
and games. Schools are rural with a diverse pupil base, including
children from a variety of local hill tribe communities.
Working with VESL, eight Keele students have already been
recruited for Overseas Challenge Thailand 2011. With the
help of VESL and previous Keele volunteers, VE@Keele looks
forward to supporting them to prepare for the experience.
VE@Keele is extremely grateful for the assistance of Keele Key Fund,
which has helped to provide vital resources such as volunteer visas,
first aid kits, essential volunteer training and in-country support.
Volunteer Megan Pritchard said: “Everything has the possibility
of hiccups along the way, but it’s overcoming them that was a
vital part of the whole experience. It made me laugh, cry, learn
about a new culture, see life in a different way and learn more
about myself. I feel I have grown up, gained confidence, made new
friends and had a life-changing experience. It was phenomenal!”
Working with Dr Peter Thomas and John Downing, head of grounds,
Philip has provided the Keele Key Fund with a generous donation
to enable the planting of a number of specimen trees around the
campus in memory of his wife Ros (Rosamund Davies (Patton) (1971
Russian/Psychology).
Phil and Ros first met at Keele in the 1960s, although their recall of
the details always remained rather vague. A chance encounter at the
University of Essex, where they were both postgraduates, led to many
conversations over coffee, often about Keele and friends in common,
and at last to a first date. When Phil proposed, Ros accepted, and
they started a life together that lasted until Ros’s death in 2007.
The trees selected by Philip were five varieties of rowan (Sorbus
aucuparia) since these would be recognisable in both America
and Russia and so linked their Keele subjects together. These
were planted in March 2010 along the boundary between
Keele Hall lawn and the farm land above, opposite the lake.
“Keele was very important to me, Ros and
many of our friends,” said Philip.
“We recalled the campus with affection and discussed how we might
contribute to its future. It is very pleasing that my donation could
be increased by 50 per cent through the Government Matched-
Funding Scheme to allow even more trees to be planted at Keele.”

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Thank you!
We gratefully acknowledge the
donations of the following
alumni, which we received between
1 January 2010 and 31 December 2010.
1954
Gilbert & Pamela
Ingram (Burrows)
Jenny Sorensen (Adams)
John Thomas
1955
Mr G & June Baker (Flux)
John & Rosemary
Barker (Harley-Jones)
Dick Bomford
Ray Garner
Rex Markham
Bob Miles
Mike Taylor
Reginald Ward
Peter & Ffrangcon
Whelan (Price)
1956
Eileen Clowes (Howe)
Stan Cooper
Margaret Homeyer
(Roberts)
Janet Murrell (Bailey)
Alan Stockley
1957
Mary De Soyres (Willis)
Bill & Pauline Hanna
(Jones 1959)
John Myatt
Jos & Pam O’Sullivan
(Claridge)
Angela Parsliffe
Aileen Roberts (Wycherley)
1958
Paul Bright
Bob & Margaret
Collicutt (Brown 1959)
John & Pat Fletcher
(Glayzer)
John Periton
Jack & Barbara
Thomas (Pennell)
1959
Ken Alderson
David Kerry
Peter Maybank
Gwenda Nicholas (Hale)
1960
Cliff Blakemore
John & Pat Dixon
(Pattison 1962)
Derek Edwards
John Johnson
Jim Pierce
Tony Scrase
Brian Vale
1961
Andy Black
Clive Borst
Barry Carter
Lorrie Fletcher (Lane)
David Jeremy
Barbara Laurie (Moss)
Don McIntyre
Pam Plampin (Wood)
Christopher Ransley
Monica Roberts (Freestone)
Brian Webb
Tony Winnall
1962
Joe Batt
Liz Blackman
Malcolm McRonald
Anne Parker (Morley)
Fos & Jill (1964) Rogers
Jack & Pam Telling
(Armstrong 1963)
Alex Wotherspoon (Harper)
1963
Tony & Jill Budd (Garnett)
Colin Bursnall
John & Sylvia Kane (Bishop)
Patrick Orme
Helen Percival
Keith Watson
David Wiseman
1964
Kay Bailey (Smith)
Celia Cheshire (Cossey)
Bob Crockford
Faith Flower (Heathcote)
Christine Francis
John Garrard
Nick Higgins
Tudor Jones
David Patterson
Peter & Carole Wilkinson
(Clague 1965)
Sylvia Woods
1965
Jenny Harrower (Johnson)
David & Shan Healey
(Poole 1968)
Michael Rowley
Rosalind Vernon (Cameron)
1966
Michael Appleby
David Ashton
Graham & Susan
(1967) Cooper
Elizabeth Key (Sloan)
Ernest & Jean Marsh
(Webber)
Sue Nightingale (Lyth)
Keith & Rose Toy (Milner)
1967
John Aldrick
Keith Cuninghame
Sue David (Herd)
David & Jennifer
Davies (Aylott)
Roger Fellows
Jonquil Hood
Malcolm Steven
Barbara Thomas (Stagg)
Edward Walton
1968
Linda Fryd
Mr & Mrs Geoffrey Hooker
Marian Jones (Llewellyn)
Jane Kingsbury (Wood)
David Nelson
Bill Proctor
David & Clare Radstone
(Woodward 1969)
Mike Ridley
Josie Wheeler (Smith)
Hilary Whittle (Fuller)
Pat Woods
1969
Judith Anderson
Geoffrey Bourne
Martin & Gill Burgess
(Hindle 1973)
Mary Bryning (Goodfellow)
Jean Ford (Fogg)
Jim & Jane Hough (Vincent)
Paul Kellett
Kaye Larbi
George Moore
Mary Mountjoy (Finigan)
Richard Slator
Philip Soar
1970
Stephen Booth
Keith Bradshaw
Sue Edwards (Horsman)
Linda Friis (Foster)
Anita Gerard (Clark)
David & Alison
Hodgen (Rowles)
Julia Ibbotson (Adams)
Andy MacMullen
Leo Pilkington
Rosalyn Redhead (Cook)
Connie Robertson
Steve Smith
David & Denise Todd
(Stracstone)
Felice Wright (Sister
Mary Anselm)
1971
Phil Davies
Stewart Eames
Lesley Hughes
Gill Laver (Mansbridge)
Frankie McGauran (Shaw)
Nick & Deb Meese
(Stephens 1972)
David Petch
Linda Sohawon (Goodall)
Alec Spencer
Mick Stringer
Jo Williams (Heald)
Diana Wright
1972
Ann Armstrong
(Whittington)
Peter & Chrissie Ball
(Walch 1974)
Malcolm & Lesley
Clarke (Thomason)
Hugh Coolican
Glynis Fenton (Howes)
Laurence Kennedy
Will Montgomery
Steve & Lorna Plant
Stephen Robinson
Marian Small (Smith)
Ian Snaith
Brian & Annie Stewart
(Cockerill 1975)
Austin Woodbridge
1973
Stephen Brooks &
Janet Phelps (1972)
Julian & Kate
Cashmore (Purnell)
Warren Colman
Jim & Sue Fisher (Jones)
Xandra Gilchrist
Fergus McGauran
Stuart McLeod
Ruth Nicolson
Shirley Sewell (Shirley)
Sue Steging
John Stokes
Sylvie Summer (Stumler)
1974
Peter Bradley
Jim Cassin
Margaret Cook
Christopher Graham
Brian Heaton
Ann Johnson (Canby)
Steve Johnson
John & Janet McCartney
(Barnes 1975)
Ruth Norris (Hossell)
Andrew & Sarah
Packer (Phillips)
Derick Parry
Fiona Pidgeon (Eddis)
Christine Spratt (Howells)
1975
Theresa Byles (Salisbury)
Larraine Curzon (Brannan)
Bev Hall
Nici Hildebrandt
Hamish McArthur
Susan McKenna
Gordon & Katy Mousinho
(Rutherford 1978)
Philip Retz
Lorraine Riley (Rabbage)
Ann Twiselton
Stephen & Alison
Walton (Broome)
1976
Christine Allen (Smith)
David Ayres
Pat Blackburn
Mark Fitzpatrick
Gina Hall
Brian Healey
Debbie Hildick-Smith
Richard King
George & Karen
Moore (Bartlett)
Alison Nicolson (Atkins)
Tony & Beverley
Rickwood (Hatch)
David Rustage
Barbara Vallonchini
(Domanska)
1977
Nigel Bentley
Elizabeth Bevins (Wakefield)
Madeleine Edwards (Wood)
Nick Hammond & Liz Kohn
Catherine Munday (Ramus)
Neil & Susan Murray
(Robinson)
Val Newman
Liz Stitt (Heyworth)
1978
Dave & Rebecca
Hill (Smith 1976)
Steve Russell
Helene Wander
Roger Wilson
1979
Bernard & Jane Besly
Steve & Carol Botham
(Stretton 1980)
John & Julie Dudley (Potter)
Alex Hunt
Anju Kaler
Teresa Macleod
John Patton
Carolyn Scott
Graham Stroud
Martin Webster
Tony & Noreen
Weighell (McGrath)
Andrew Wells
Howard & Penelope
Witts (Van Weede)
1980
Susan Thomas (Collins)
1981
Jonathan Brown
Norman Kent
Peter Wentworth
1982
Nigel Bartram
Mike & Nikki Cooper
(Tuck 1981)
Stephanie Crevis
David Ellis
Tony & Kay Goldrick
(Walters)
Simon Knock
Kath Parsons (Riley)
Timothy Hunt &
Helen Ross (1984)
Richard & Anne White
(Tebbutt 1981)
Mark & Suzanne Young
(Hyndman 1981)
1983
Amanda Croft-Pearman
Cicely Davey (Corke)
Andrew Eisner
Wayne Goodwin
Phil Isbill
Jean Marshall (Verney)
Catherine Martin (Davies)
Barrie Pope
Jeremy Sogno
1984
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Sports Centre (3)
Whether you are interested in team sport, using the gym
Self-Tour Map
Donation Form
facilities or joining one of the keep fit classes you can
have a look around. Ask at the reception desk for help.
Remember your first day at Keele?
Title Forename(s) Surname
Address
Telephone
Email
Year of Graduation
The Keele
Today’s new students can use this
map to find their way around.
Retrace your steps to the main road.
One of the benefits of being a student at a
campus university like Keele, is that everything Postcode is
easily accessible. The Counselling Service, Student
Financial Support (4) and the Centre for Learning Facsimile
and Student Support (5) are all centrally located.
You may or may not need to use their services
but it is Subject(s) reassuring to know they are there.
Sports
Centre
Leave the Atrium down the steps/
ramp at the front and turning left,
walk under the bridge linking the two
halves of the building. Follow the path
alongside the car park, turning left at
the end. Cross the road and take the
first right turn to the Sports Centre.
4
3
Start
We suggest you start in the Chancellor’s Building (1).
Find your way to the main foyer – if you can see the
statue of Icarus you are in the right place. Depending
on which subjects you study, you could spend a lot of
time in this building as a number of academic schools
are based here.
You might want to take a moment or two to view the
current exhibition in the Art Gallery or stop off for a
refreshment break in Le Café or the Comus restaurant.
With your back to the art gallery, walk past Icarus
and the Westminster lecture theatre and you will
come into the Atrium and restaurant. (2).
Barnes Hall
A53 Newcastle to Nantwich
Medical School
Building
From main entrance
I wish to make the following donation to the Keele Key Fund:
Cross the road, go straight
£ ahead, and keeping the car park
on your right, follow the path in
I would like my donation to be anonymous
front of you.
As you follow this path, you will
1
pass the Post room on your right,
where students collect their mail
This is a singular donation by cheque. and the School buildings where
the science subjects are taught.
I have made this payable to Keele University
Walk between the refurbished
I would like my donation to be allocated to Bursaries & Scholarships
I would like to make a general donation to Hornbeam the Keele and Key Dorothy FundHodgkin
Buildings and bear left. At the Specifically:
I would like to make a donation to enhance top, the opposite Student the Lennard Experience Jones
Laboratories you have a choice.
I would like to make a donation towards the restoration of the Keele
I would like my donation to be allocated to Sports, Arts and Leisure
heritage and environment
I would like my donation to be allocated towards
I would like to make a donation towards the 2010/2011
Academic Excellence Holly Cross
annual project – restoration of the Keele Hall fountain
This is a regular donation from my bank.
I have completed If you the have Direct plenty Debit of time form you belowAlternatively, cross
I would like more information about leaving a legacy to Keele University
could turn right and walk to the road and walk
Holly Cross (100 metres) and down the side road
The Oaks (200 metres) en suite towards Lindsay
student accommodation, and Hall. Follow this
Name(s) of Account on Holder(s) into Keele village and the path/road until
Hawthorns Hall of Residence you come to
Originator’s ID 6Number
(about 10 minutes’ walk). The Lindsay Hall, on
Bank/Building Society Management Account Centre Number is located the left hand side.
8 5 8 1 7 8
here as well as a shop and The
Sneyd Arms pub. Once you
Reference
Branch Sort Code have looked around, retrace
your steps.
K K F N 0 9 2 2 – 4 1 5 9
Please pay Keele University Direct Debits from the account detailed in this
instruction, subject to the safeguards assured by the Direct Debit Guarantee.
Name and Address of your Bank/Building Society
Academic Schools
I understand that this instruction may remain with Keele University and, 7if so,
Lindsay details will be passed electronically to my Bank/Building Society.
Accommodation
Hall
Signature:
Gift Aid can significantly increase the value of your donation to Keele University, if you would like to take
advantage of this, please complete the form below.
Instruction to your Bank or Building Society to pay by Direct Debit
Catering outlets
The sum of £ Monthly Quarterly Annually Date:
Shops
Gift Aid Declaration
Toilets
Use this alternative
route to avoid all steps
Gift Aid Declaration – Maximising your gift
I wish Keele University to:
Social spaces
Lindsay Hall (around 6)
For security reasons it Treat is not this possible donation for
you to look inside a Hall Treat but all feel donations free to I make From from Lindsay the date car park, of this bear declaration left until I indicate otherwise
Launderette look around the grounds.
up some steps back to the ring The Clockhouse (7)
Using Gift Aid means that for every as Gift Aid donations
Home from home? Well perhaps not at road. Pick up the path again that Our Music students are
pound you give, we receive first an glance extra but once you have settled
follows the ring road to your
based in the Clockhouse – is
28 pence from the Inland Revenue, Signature
Date
in your room, added your own bits and right and walk to the bottom of it a coincidence this is well
helping your donation go pieces, further met a few people on your corridor the hill. The first right turn off the out of earshot of other
and had a chat in the kitchen over a cup road will take you along a drive teaching rooms?
1.
of coffee, you will soon feel settled.
and under an arch.
To qualify for gift aid you must pay an amount of income tax and/or capital gains tax at least equal to the tax that the charity reclaims on your
donations in the tax year (currently 28p for each £1 you give)
2. You can cancel this declaration at any time by notifying the charity
3. If in the future your circumstances change and you no longer pay tax on your income and capital gains equal to the tax that the charity reclaims,
you can cancel your declaration (see note 1)
4. If you pay tax at a higher rate you can claim further tax relief – ask us, or your local tax office for leaflet IR 65
5. If you are unsure whether your donations qualify for Gift Aid tax relief, ask the charity, or ask your local tax office for leaflet IR 65
6. Please notify the charity if you change your name or address
7. If you cease to be a taxpayer please let us know
Please return to: Keele Key Fund, Alumni Office, Darwin Building, Keele University, Staffordshire ST5 5BG
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Clockhouse
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Chancellor’s Building
9
Start
12
Banks, Shops
Keele Hall
13
Students’ Union
Walk through the courtyard and follow the
path to the beautiful tree-lined avenue, then
turn left across the gardens, and Keele Hall will
come into view.
The lakes and woodland have been recently
restored and have way-marked trails partly funded
by the Keele Key Fund. If you follow the path right,
past the Hall, a stroll by the lakes would eventually
bring you to the M6 and open countryside.
Finish
The road continues to
your right to Horwood
Hall, the venue for the
KPA (Keele Postgraduate
Association), the Health
Centre and staff housing.
However, cross straight
over and follow the path
for a hundred metres to...
Horwood
Hall
Keele Woodland
Walks
Keele Hall (8)
Tucked away, the imposing façade of Keele Hall may
come as a bit of a surprise. It was the home of the
Sneyds who made their fortune in coal mining but now
you are likely to see wedding guests in the Great Hall.
By descending the stone steps to the left of the Hall,
you will come to the cobbled courtyard. Walk out of
the courtyard, between the stone pillars and you will
return to the ring road.
Once you have had chance to look around, take the
path that runs parallel to the car park, with the Chapel
on your left and head back to the starting point.
The building on your right with the green entrance
porch is the 24-hour reception (13) from where the
Security team operate to provide support to staff and
students. Student Accommodation Lettings is also
based here. On returning to the Comus restaurant and
Chancellor’s Building, you may want to treat yourself
to some refreshments before setting off home.
Finish
Union Square (9)
Visit on any day when the sun is shining
and this is where everyone meets up.
Within a few minutes you can have
returned your library book, checked your
bank balance and popped into the Union
for a sandwich.
The Library (10)
Why not take a look in the Library – it is
rumoured that students can occasionally
be found here.
The Chapel (11)
Not to everyone’s liking but you have to
admit that the Grade II listed building is a
striking focus to the centre of campus.
Students’ Union (12)
The Union offers a great range of
entertainment to suit all tastes. There are
four bars, and two purpose-built venues,
K2 and the Ballroom, where a range of
music events are hosted. The Lounge
is the place to go for Big Screen sports
action and the Outback is an outdoor
area for students to enjoy. Do go and
have a look round in what is undoubtedly
the key venue for a lot of the non-study
activity on campus.
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keele:People
kusu
keele:People
International
“Community
and team spirit –
“Hi, I’m Kari Rittoo and I’ve
been lucky enough to have
been elected Students’ Union
President and get to stay
here in Keele, the place I love
the most, for another year.
The other Sabbaticals and I are excited about
the year ahead and there’s so much that
between the five of us we want to get done.
As I was thinking about this speech, and all
the things we’re hoping to achieve, it struck
me that possibly the most important aim we
really have is just to keep Keele exactly the
same; to keep in place all the quirky and weird
aspects of Keele and all the things that make
it feel so much like a home, because they’re
the reasons most of us chose to come here.
I was watching the “First Decade” DVD
made by alumni such as yourselves and
although obviously the campus is bigger, the
buildings are different, there’s an awful lot
more students now… so many other things
hadn’t changed. I was looking at pictures
of the annual summer Shakespeare plays
performed outside and thinking of my own
part in last year’s Midsummer Night’s Dream
and of the Merchant of Venice which some
good friends of mine are directing this year,
which will still be performed outdoors. I
was watching students pile into a phone
box to see how many students you could
fit inside and I was reminded of earlier this
year when I was doing the same thing with
the Yearbook team as one of the tasks
set to win the Student Scramble Party.
It might seem irrelevant that Keele won the
Student Scramble Party, and the O2 UK
Favourite University competition (internetbased
competitions where students had
to work together to complete different
tasks and gain points) but I think what these
competitions really show is that even though
all the competing universities had far many
more students than we do and should have
won easily, they didn’t. They didn’t, and they
never do, because they don’t get everyone
involved the way we do, they don’t have
the community or the team spirit that Keele
does. Overwhelmingly, I think, that’s what
makes Keele, Keele – and that’s why students
love it. I truly believe that while things have
changed and we’re so popular with students
now that we can’t keep everyone on campus,
we still have a feeling of community that no
other university can offer you like we can.
This is a place where you can’t walk to the
shop and back without bumping into friends
and classmates. Our union might not be the
biggest, but it’s the best. It’s the hub of social
life here at Keele, here to support students
in a way my friends who went to other
universities just don’t seem to find. Even our
Halls of Residence have their own bars which
add to the way in which Keele is one of the
that’s what makes
Keele, Keele ”
KUSU President Kari Rittoo
(2010 Educational Studies/
English) gave the following
speech at the Pioneers Reunion
last year – and we thought her
words would strike a chord
with Keelites of every era.
few places in Britain left where everyone
really still does know all their neighbours.
I’d just like to say that I’ve been lucky enough
to find my partner and my best friends for
life while I was studying here – and yet, ‘lucky’
doesn’t really seem the right word to use. To
find friends for life at Keele isn’t a matter of
luck, it’s an inevitability, and I’m so glad that
it’s the majority rather than the minority of
students here who experience that. In my
first week at Keele, I went for a drink with
my new neighbour, and after a few vodkas
at least, she announced to me that I was her
new best friend forever. Three years later,
she is my flatmate, and more importantly she
is indeed my best friend for life. That’s what
Keele is to me, a uni yes, but mostly it’s a
second family… and here, no matter where in
the world I am, will always be my home. It has
changed me from a small, incredibly shy girl,
to a girl who had the courage to become the
Student President – and I don’t think many
places in the world could have ever done that.
So I’ll finish by saying
thank you for coming back
and I hope you’ve enjoyed
it so much you’ll come
back again soon. From
Keele’s students to our
pioneer alumni, cheers!”
“I fell in love
with Keele the moment I arrived”
Dr Farah Faizal (1989 International Relations) was appointed
High Commissioner of the Republic of Maldives to the
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland in
March 2009. She was the first woman in the Maldives to
obtain a PhD and has a keen interest in human rights.
Why did you choose
to come to Keele?
Keele captured me from the moment I had
a glance at the prospectus. The university
looked gorgeous and I had always wanted
to go to a campus university. Of course the
International Relations department was already
well-known then with Professor Alan James as
its head so it was a very easy choice for me.
What were your first
impressions of the University
when you arrived?
I fell in love with Keele the moment I
arrived. We had a very warm welcome
from the students who were helping the
Freshers. And the department was excellent
in looking after the newcomers as well.
So I felt at home from the first day.
What is your favourite memory
of your time at Keele?
I have lots of favourite memories. A group of
us camping overnight in the IR department
corridor so that we could be first in the queue
to get the tutorial groups we wanted would
be one of the highlights. Seeing snow for the
first time and sledging on the hill near Keele
Hall is another. But what stands out most was
participating in a public demonstration for
the first time in my life. Students from Keele
joined other university groups to protest
outside South Africa House to try to pressure
the then South African government to release
Nelson Mandela. It made me experience what
‘freedom of expression’ truly meant and made
me dream of the day that we can have true
democracy in my country. Of course it was
several years later that we finally achieved it.
How is Keele University
regarded in the Maldives?
I believe there have been a few students from
the Maldives at Keele. But I am sure we could
do with a lot more publicity not just about the
courses available at Keele but also about the
rich campus life and the wholesome university
experience that one gets from Keele.
Have you kept in touch with
the University and what
do you think of it now?
I have always been in touch with Prof James
and Dr Lorna Lloyd. Last year I returned to
Keele to give a lecture on the Maldives and
Democracy. It has changed a lot since my
days with several new departments and
buildings. But I was happy to see a lot of
the old university still there and the ‘Keele
ambience’ still there. Of course I am part of
the alumni group so I get all the news now.
Tell us a bit about your
career and how you got
to where you are now
I was part of the democracy movement
to bring change to the Maldives which had
experienced a 30-year-old autocratic regime.
I also worked for a while in the United
Nations Population Fund as well as working
as an independent researcher/consultant.
What is the biggest issue facing
the Maldives at the moment?
We are an infant democracy so the biggest
issue facing the Maldives is the struggle to
properly institutionalise democracy in the
country. Separation of powers is something
quite new to the country and the people
of the Maldives are on a very steep learning
curve. Climate change is another threat that
is very much a reality today, unfortunately.
What are your plans
for the future?
I would like to return to the Maldives
at some point in time and work there,
especially on women’s issues and also work
with underprivileged young people to try
to make life a little better for them.
Is there anything else you
would like to add?
I wish Keele all the best for the coming years.
MEETING
MORGAN
Morgan Davison is the first
recipient of the new NAFKU
Scholarship. This annual
award was created through
the generosity of North
American alumni and helps
to fund a postgraduate course
for an American or Canadian
student at Keele University.
Morgan is studying for an MA in Human
Rights, Globalisation and Justice, and
Alumni Officer, John Easom, caught up
with her part way through her course.
John: So, Morgan, has Keele lived up to the
expectations you had when you first applied?
Morgan: Oh yes, it has! My course is
fantastic and everything I hoped for. I feel so
welcome here and I love the environment;
and I have made some great friends.
John: Have you found a favourite
place on campus?
Morgan: It has to be going for a run every
morning along the woodland paths by the
lakes. And Keele Hall is so beautiful.
John: What has been the biggest surprise?
Morgan: I went to India for four weeks as part
of my course – that was wonderful, one of the
best and most important experiences of my life.
John: Are your sights set on life after Keele yet?
Morgan: Yes. My goal is to work for an NGO
in the human rights field and my studies at
Keele will help me get there. I overcame a lot
of objections to come and study in the UK but
I am so glad I stuck with pursuing my dream.
More background:
www.keele.ac.uk/alumni/
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nafkuscholarships/nafkuscholars/
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much has remained the same across the years. We asked a Keelite from every
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1. Anna Świątecka (Sister Jadwiga OP)
1950-1954 English & Philosophy
Why Keele? I was doing maths and sciences when
my science teacher told us about the University
College of North Staffordshire where there
was the opportunity to study a wide range of
subjects. I knew immediately this was where
I wanted to go. When I came for interview,
Keele Hall and its grounds confirmed my choice.
Not quite 18, I arrived with about 150 others
at its very beginning – the very first term.
No favourite memories, just vignettes: The
first lecture in Keele Hall given by Lord Lindsay,
followed by Beaver’s Geography and Gallie’s
Philosophy; later, in a Nissen hut, Vick on
Sound, Lawlor on Donne, and, of course,
Sammy Finer. I remember going up Keele Hall steps in an academic
gown and being called Miss Swiatecka – so sophisticated! Fencing
on the balcony of Keele Hall and hops on alternate Saturdays; being
taught cricket by Prof Blake and camping near Ilam one summer;
romantic walks in Keele woods; and balls, for which we chalked
the floor in the Senior Common Room and washed up the glasses
afterwards, imbibing what was left over in the bottles; Shakespeare
plays in the courtyard and by the lake; candle-lit dinner à deux at
midnight on the lawn below the Hall; getting tipsy on Menna Gallie’s
elderberry wine and sending a telegram to Winston Churchill.
The effect on my life? Coming to do sciences and changing to
English and philosophy; growing up ‘in the pursuit of knowledge in
the company of life-long friends’; re-connecting with God, which
led me to be a Dominican; and now, as I live fairly nearby, renewing
a sense of belonging through the ecumenical Chapel Community.
So ‘Thanke God for all’ and its initiators for Keele in particular!
2. Bill Proctor 1963-1968 English & Politics
I applied to Keele because I knew my mind
needed stretching. My fate was decided,
however, the moment I alighted from the bus
and began to walk – in school suit and old
duffle coat – through driving snow towards
Keele Hall. Keele offered an unusual intellectual
challenge, but more important at the time
was something elusive but seductive about
that cold and bare landscape, and also the
warmth and humour of my interview. Together
these persuaded me that Keele would be
my real home for the next few years.
My memories of Keele almost all relate to
the campus: crisp winter walks with a current
beloved through the woods; early morning summer walks from one or
other Horwood Women’s block back to Lindsay L in happy defiance of
the “hours rules”, touching my forelock to the night porters on the way;
enjoying Sunday morning hymns in the Chapel from an illicit berth in Hut
3; and happy nocturnal strolls for pints of strong tea at Keele Services.
The Foundation Year was a much greater challenge than we realised.
We had to absorb great volumes of ideas and facts, but we also
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needed the mental agility to produce a passable essay on town
planning one week, on Shakespearean tragedy the next, with Malthus
and Darwin next in line. We came together as a real community, with
a shared scholastic experience strong enough to bridge the gaps
between our different studies in later years. It was great training
for a journalist or a civil servant, but it equipped us all to face the
interdisciplinary challenges of real decision-making in a real world.
We were very privileged young people, and I think we knew it.
3. Brian Stewart 1968-1972
Geography & Politics
“Whatever else you do at Keele, you need
to cultivate your sense of the ridiculous.”
These words from a tutor welcomed us as
new arrivals to the imposing surroundings of
Keele Hall. We wondered what he meant. Four
years (and 40 years) later, I think we know.
I contemplated a handful of prospectuses
when preparing to leave my school in rural
Scotland and was intrigued by the infinite
possibilities of Keele’s Foundation Year.
Keele seemed to seek, and attract, students
who did not fit a standard mould: mature
students, mavericks, iconoclasts, rebels…
and me. Diversity is one of Keele’s enduring
characteristics and still one of its strengths.
The adventure of the Foundation Year meant discovering the
world “From Plato to NATO”. We pondered the Big Bang theory,
gloomy Hobbes and elegant Descartes, and laughed at the physics
professor’s hair-raising demonstrations of static electricity.
We were looked after by cleaning ladies who called us “duck”, and
were fed three times a day by Mr Murden, all too often with the
notorious Navarin of Lamb. At weekends we experimented with
Vesta curries and ventured sporadically into the outside world.
Student life revolved around the Union. Like an ocean liner, its open-plan
architecture offered utilitarian offices, pigeon-holes and noticeboards
on the lower floor; an open stairwell led to bar and lounge, where Nello
held court. It was a shared space for a single student community.
Ridiculous? A few aspects, perhaps. But Keele encouraged us to think,
to ask questions, to keep a broad perspective, to look for connections
and to understand. Keele taught us to analyse, not to proselytise. We
learned to challenge, not to acquiesce. Equally important, we found
kindred spirits, lifelong friends and – for me – a lifetime partner.
I have since had a full and interesting career as a British diplomat in
some of the most fascinating and troubled regions of the world.
I believe I got that opportunity largely because of the education
and the experience I gained at a unique and special place: Keele!
4. Luisella O’Shea (Parietti)
1987-1990 Classics & Psychology
Why did I choose Keele? Easy! Firstly, I wanted
to do two subjects and Keele was the only
place that would let me combine Classical
Studies and Psychology. Secondly, I am
from Birmingham and I fell in love with the
greenery, the trees and fields, the peace and
tranquillity of the countryside. Of course,
once there, I soon realised the price you
pay for that is the unmistakable smell of the
pig farm when the wind changed direction!
I didn’t want to go too far from home so I
turned to the map at the back of the UCCA
book and centred the lid of the aspirin bottle
on Birmingham, drew round it and then had
a look at what fell inside the circle. Keele ticked all my boxes.
As I Ieft Keele I met John O’Shea who became my husband. He was
entering his final year and then did an MA while I was unemployed, so
I returned to Keele to be one of the first Primary PGCE students under
Professor Tim Brighouse. All in all, I spent six years either studying at or
commuting up and down to Keele. We got engaged at the cast and crew
party in the Clock House courtyard after the end of Romeo and Juliet.
The things I remember are small details: Mr Wallace (Classics)
keeping his rubber bands on the horns of a beautiful bull’s head
on his desk, plastic bags hanging out of people’s windows instead
of risking a communal fridge, the Alright Bar with its galleried
upper floor and littered with people sitting on the floor, midnight
raft races on the lakes, the chip van in the Union car park.
I would always start to grin as I left Digbeth coach station on a
Sunday to head back, feeling guilty that I secretly called Keele my
home, as I didn’t want to upset Mom. I still see it that way... it’s like
Hotel California, you can check out but you never really leave.
5. Caroline Artis 1980-1983
History & Sociology
I chose Keele because I loved the campus
feel and the students I met; and the option
to study four subjects in my first year was
unique. I arrived as a Modern Historian and
three years later I produced a dissertation on
Medieval Staffordshire, a transformation that
would have been difficult anywhere else.
I lived in Horwood B Block, with eight girls on
the top floor and around 15 boys below us. I
have amazing memories of sitting on the lawn
outside the block chatting about everything,
especially the Falklands War and Margaret
Thatcher. We played everything from Frisbee to
football. My friends did a huge variety of courses
and those conversations and that diversity have stood me in good
stead for the rest of my life and career. I still see several of that group
to this day and Sara Hayes (née Fenoughty) is Godmother to my son.
I remember fondly: camping in the woods, walking to Keele Services
in the snow to buy things on a Sunday, occasional lunches at the Swan
with Two Necks or the Sneyd Arms, five-a-side football, badminton
and meeting people totally different from those I had grown up with.
Keele made me think about a world beyond the one where I
grew up, and gave me the confidence and self-belief to move
to London and start a career in finance and taxation. This has
resulted in me travelling many times around the world, living for
a time in Tokyo, and becoming a Partner at Ernst and Young.
I’m not sure I realised at the time what a great choice I was
making, but now I recommend Keele to everyone!
6. Andy Hodder 2004-2007
Business Administration & Human
Resource Management
I chose Keele for two reasons. The dual
honours programme first brought the
University to my attention; when I arrived
for an open day I immediately felt at home.
Keele was the only place I wanted to study.
I was lucky to live on campus throughout my first degree and
those years in Barnes Hall were great fun! I will never forget
exploring the woods and lakes with friends and squirrels
for company, and nights out in KUSU and the KPA.
From an academic point of view, I enjoyed studying as an
undergraduate so much that I am now studying for a PhD
within the Centre for Economics and Management.
My role at Keele has evolved over time and when I became a
postgraduate student in 2007, I was appointed as a Resident Tutor
in Horwood Hall. My experience as a student at Keele has enabled
me to offer advice and guidance to students on a number of issues.
Since January 2008, I have taught on a number of first and third year
undergraduate modules within Keele Management School and in 2010
I was nominated for an award for Excellence in Learning and Teaching.
Being at Keele has had a tremendously positive impact on
my life. For me, Keele is simply home. I thoroughly enjoy
campus life and I have met some amazing people!
7. Danny Walker 2010-2013
Politics & International Relations
I’ve been at Keele for only a few months and yet
it seems a lot longer. I first came here in summer
2009 on an Open Day. From then on, I knew
that Keele was the university for me. I was so
determined to get offered a place that I used
up four of my five UCAS options on courses at
Keele; that must be some kind of a record! The Admissions Team must
have taken pity on me as I received four offers of places. I got the grades
to match the offers and on 19th August 2010 I was confirmed as a Keelite.
So far, I’ve had an incredible time. It’s sometimes difficult to
adjust to university life, but Keele is a brilliant place to be. With
the majority of first years and third years living on campus, it’s
really reassuring for a newbie to be in such a friendly place.
I’ve got friends at university in London, Birmingham, Manchester
and Liverpool and they all tell me the nightlife is the big draw
for them. In my opinion, Keele’s secluded nature and stunning
campus are among the things that make it great. It doesn’t
need the big sights and sounds of the concrete jungle.
I’m lucky to be at Keele and I’m looking forward to the rest of
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what happened to…?
what
happened to…?
1955
June Baker (Flux): I retired many
years ago, having taught Biology.
I often wonder what my life would have been
like when I had my interview in Guildford for a
teaching post – Biology or Chemistry. I decided
on Biology and three years later married the
Chemist. We’ve now been married 52 years.
Maurice Knights: I was a Labour member on
Southborough Town Council for 12 years. I
served for 16 years as a school governor.
Enid Nussbaum (Felix-Williams): Banana boat to the
West Indies in 2005 and round the world on three
container ships in 2006; round the coast of Wales on
a Trinity House vessel in 2007. Now happily settled in
a new development in Newcastle, three miles from
Keele, after 56 years living on the University campus.
Maurice Spiers: Married with three children and one
grandson. Ran 100 yards for English Universities in 1952.
Taught Politics at Bradford University. Retired early
in the 1980s to run a business. Just self-published ‘My
Philosophical Investigations. A Personal Enquiry’.
1956
Pat Parfitt (Dawson): After a
lifetime in teaching at all levels I
returned to Keele to teach the PGCE course!
Retired in 2000 and moved to West Sussex.
Married to Clive, who was also at Keele, for 53
years with two children and five grandchildren.
Philip Marchand: I count as a
1957 retiree, living in the south of
France, dividing my time between writing,
painting and keeping up with friends.
John “Jos” O’Sullivan and Pamela O’Sullivan
(Claridge): We have put the rural idyll behind us and
retreated to a snug little burrow inside the ancient
walls of Ludlow. Pam tends a courtyard garden,
works tapestry, listens to Schubert, and tries to stop
Jos drinking too much wine. Jos, published “Long
Ago and Far Away” in 2007 and has now published
“The Artful Tax Dodgers (It’s Your Pocket They’re
Picking)”: a “partial, prejudiced and jaundiced
overview of a working life in the Inland Revenue”.
John Thomas: In the early 1970s I
1958 was lining up for the 3000m walk in
the Inter-Counties Championships. As the starters’
marksman came along the line to check our positions
I recognised him. When he reached me I said, “I
was at Keele with you.” He looked at me and said,
“So you were”. It was Dickie Float (1955). He was a
good sprinter at Keele. I became a senior Athletic
official and we have met at Athletics since.
David Wilson: I played cricket for Staffordshire
between 1959 and 1966 and lectured in Manchester
from 1963 to 1979 and in Archaeology at Keele
1979 to 1991. Married Vicky (ex-professor’s
secretary) 1990. Now in Gloucestershire, writing up
excavation reports and watching sport on Sky.
Jeremy Rivers: Still working part-time at
1959 Glencoe Outdoor Centre, as a freelance
IBM instructor in project management, and as a reader
in the Scottish Episcopal Church. I celebrated my 50th
wedding anniversary to Maureen in August 2009.
1960
John Dixon: I am still commuting to and
from Compiègne where Pat Pattison
(1962) mainly lives. We are now married and keeping
active – mostly cruises and archaeological visits to
France, Germany, Italy, Canada, USA, Syria and Norway.
1961
Barry Carter: Retired from teaching
(secondary, TEFL, further and higher
education), I am enjoying explorations of children’s
fiction of the 1920s to 1960s. I correspond and meet
with Basil Cooil (1961) since his emigration to the USA
in the 1960s.
of education, particularly the recent politics of
education in England. Now retired with many Keele
friendships still intact, six grandchildren and a large
garden. I am married to Kathy (Baily) (1966).
David Wiseman: I have just wound up my
maths tutoring business. I was a maths teacher
for 42 years in Letchworth. From 1972 to 1974 I
researched Mathematical Learning and Concept
Formation for an MEd. I was a ski instructor for
many years and although I shall be 70 next month
I am still a very keen skier and continue to train
and holiday with other British ski instructors.
1965
Jennifer Harrower (Johnson): I compose
and choreograph dances, illustrated
poems etc. I have now completed four volumes of
Circle Dances and Volume 5 is in progress. I work
voluntarily as a Reiki practitioner in Exmouth.
Chris Johansson (Robinson): I am into my ninth
year on the Costa Blanca of Spain. Still enjoying
life here despite the rigours the credit crunch
has brought. Occasionally I do a bit of TEFL
but mostly I idle about or go to U3A activities.
I am in a book group, a calligraphy group, and a
Spanish history group. I also belong to a writers’
group, which is a great interest. I write a blog
about my life in Spain, “Chris on the Costa”.
1966
Colin Ball: My novel “Dupuytren’s
Contracture: A tale of distortion
and deception” was published in October 2010.
Keith Ovenden: Written various books – The
Politics of Steel (1978), Ratatui (1984), O.E. (1986),
Apartheid and International Finance 1989), A Fighting
Withdrawal: the Life of Dan Davin (1996), The Greatest
Sorrow (1998) and Quick Bright Things (2000).
1967
Gillian Emery (Butt): I am now
married to Jack Emery (1967).
Clive Sims: I’m about to retire as a Consultant
Forensic Psychologist in the NHS. With the current
changes in the NHS it is not a moment too soon.
Malcolm Steven: I finally retired a couple of years ago
after a working career spent almost entirely in HR.
I worked with companies as diverse as Rolls-Royce,
OCL, Deloitte, BT, Simon and Schuster/IBD, Viacom
and a greatly under-rated bijou little consultancy
called Malcolm Steven Associates Ltd. Mostly I was in
London but there were spells in the Home Counties,
the East Midlands and the Middle East. I enjoyed
pretty much all of it and I would happily do most of
it again, especially my four years at Keele. I have never
regretted my decision to retire to the gym, pub, bridge
club and golf course (more or less in that order!).
1968
Wendy Bonk (Coughlan): I live
close to Hamburg and still teach
part-time at the University of Hamburg.
John Howkins: I’m a writer and consultant, Chairman
of BOP Consulting and a Board Director of HandMade
plc and HotBed Media Ltd. Also a Director of Screen
East, the UK regional screen agency. I have a small
consulting business in China and have a joint venture
with Info-Space in Beijing, am an investor in the
Shanghai Creative Industries Investment Company
and am Chief Advisor to the Old Canal Development
Zone, Wuxi. I’ve advised numerous multinational
companies, businesses, government organisations and
cultural agencies and worked in over 30 countries. I
was the Founder and Director of the Adelphi Charter
on Creativity, Innovation and Intellectual Property
(2006) and Copyright 1710-2010) (2010) and devised
the London Intellectual Property Advisory Service
(“Own It”). I worked with Time Warner Inc and
HBO Inc from 1982 to 1996. I am Deputy Chairman
of the British Screen Advisory Council, Member of
the United Nations Advisory Committee on the
Creative Economy and a Council Member of the
Arts and Humanities Research Council. I am a former
Chairman of the London Film School. Books include
“Communications in China”, “Four Global Scenarios
for Information”, “The Creative Economy”, “CODE”,
“Dutty’s Dare” (with Zhao Li) and “Creative Ecologies”.
Susan Owens (Gough): I moved to Torquay in July
2006 after 24 years in Chislehurst. Was it the right
thing to do? I feel I am only just beginning after three
years to break down established barriers. As for the
rain, well, you have never seen anything like it!
Hugh Thompson: Spent 35 years as a freelance
business journalist writing for the Times, Telegraph,
Guardian etc as well as editing trade papers and
working as a press consultant. I became effectively
self unemployed three years ago and decided
to call it retirement. I spent a year going round
the world with my wife Vivien – which included
working as a volunteer teacher in Sri Lanka. This
year I have spent two months teaching in Nepal
at a school for orphaned Sherpa children.
1969
Lynda Antill (Allan): I am currently
President of Project Linus UK, a
volunteer network of needlewomen making comfort
blankets and quilts for sick and distressed children.
David Henderson: I left Keele in 1969, six years
after having started in 1963. I graduated from
the Open University in 1983. I served in the
army from 1970 until 1992 and am currently
a Basic Skills tutor for the Royal Navy.
1970
Jo Beverley (Dunn): Ken Dunn
(1970) and I spent over 30 years
in Canada and we are now back in England.
Jeremy Cooper: Retired 1999 from being a
Producer/Director – social science TV, radio,
video, audio at BBC Open University Production
Centre. Now freelancing for fun as a web designer,
video editor, video cameraperson, etc.
Marylin Dixon (Cox): After a few years of flirtation
with teaching, I moved into the gas industry where I
worked for nearly 20 years firstly within IT and then
as a business analyst. I took voluntary redundancy in
2002, re-trained to teach TEFL and travelled round
the world, coming to rest in Cambodia where I
remained for nearly four years. Now teaching full
time in the UK in Leamington Spa, which I love.
Stephen Everett: Now living in northern
Cyprus, having retired in 2009 as a senior
solicitor. I worked at United Co-operatives and
Co-operative Group for six years after a career
in private practice in Bradford and Leeds.
Simon Glynn: After Keele I hitched overland through
Europe and Asia to India, where I stayed for a while,
before returning the same way. I then worked as a
Research Assistant at The Open University, before
doing an MA in Philosophy at McMaster University in
Canada. I met my now ex-wife and we went back to
India, again overland and hitchhiking. Eventually
returned to England, and did a PhD in Philosophy at
Manchester University, where I then taught as a
Lecturer. From there to Liverpool University and then
with my ex-wife and two young sons, I came to the
USA, where I taught in Michigan, then at University of
Georgia. My wife and I divorced, and 20 years ago I
came to teach at Florida Atlantic University, Life is
good, and when I am not teaching philosophy, often
to functionally illiterate students, working on my
research, or going to the recent Keele USA reunion
with Rick Lewak (1970), Mark Hill (1974) and others in
Southern California (which was a blast!) I travel in Asia,
Europe and South America, sometimes alone but
often with my sons.
Julia Ibbotson (Adams): I am still senior lecturer
at the School of Education, University of Derby,
teaching postgraduates on our MA, EdD and
PhD programmes. I am also a researcher and
writer, and am setting up my own consultancy
as an educational adviser with the intention of
working fully from home in the near future.
Daniel Joseph: I went on to study at Keele under
Prof RG Swinburne for an MA in Philosophy of
Religion. It might look as though I have retired from
the church, but I remain an Archpriest in the Russian
Orthodox Church, as well as a Chaplain and Lecturer
at the University of Derby. My grandson George is
now 13 months old and I am very proud of him.
Martyn Truman: I spent seven fantastic years at
Keele and made some wonderful friends. I first came
in 1967 and enjoyed it so much I came back to do
research with Dr Lainé in Physics until 1976. I then got
a job as a Mathematics teacher in Cornwall. I retired
from the same school in 2009. My son Paul started
work in 2010 as a Teaching Fellow in Mathematics
at Keele so it seems as if he has completed a loop.
It must be fairly rare for a son to be teaching in the
same university department that (tried) to teach his
father! We recently visited (first time in 34 years) and
I nearly drove him mad by saying “It wasn’t like this
when I was here!” I realise there is a lot that has stayed
the same; it still looks like a wonderful place to live
and learn in the widest sense of those words. Keele
(both the place and the people) had a hugely positive
effect on me and I constantly think back to the
wonderful time I spent there and the people I met.
Neil Alldred: I went to Cameroon
as a volunteer and stayed for five
1972
years, marrying a Cameroonian. After a Master’s at
Manchester, I taught at the University of Malawi for
two years before joining Oxfam as Field Director
for Zaire and then a raft of NGO management
positions (ActionAid in Burundi-Rwanda, ALERT in
Ethiopia, ALIN in Senegal) completing 23 years in
Africa before settling in Northern Ireland where I
now run the International Development Programme
for the University of Ulster. I am fortunate in seeing
no difference between my day job and the issues I
see as important in my life – no alienation here!
John Bowers: Still working but part time as a
volunteer with the Citizens’ Advice Bureau.
Jane James (Aldworth): I am involved in
bringing systemic approaches to education and
schools including the use of constellations. I
believe we were the first married couple to
live on campus in student accommodation.
Will Montgomery: Retired from secondary headship
in 2005 and done a variety of part-time teaching since,
currently some adult literacy and numeracy. Retired
from veterans’ rugby in 2009 after a final game for
Macclesfield Veterans XV on tour at my home town
club of Ballymena. Currently keeping fit by walking.
keele:PEOPLE
what happened to…?
2010
Miranda Phillips: I live in St Albans and was very sad Linda Petty (Payne): I was a head teacher of a primary
Find out what your fellow Keelites got up to after leaving the Bubble.
to miss the last reunion. I still work part-time but very school for 15 years and retired in 2009. I enjoy having
Colin Barnes: I have MAs from Reading
much looking forward to retirement and more time the time to concentrate on music. I’m still playing the
1962 and East Anglia and a PhD from
for contact with old friends. My life is incredibly full flute and have taken up the saxophone. I am learning
Manchester University. I have been a visiting lecturer
with three grandchildren and two god-daughters Spanish, designing and knitting garments for my six
at Leeds University Business School and Swansea
in Uganda. I enjoy living so close to London for the step-grandchildren and reading – a real luxury!
University and I am a Visiting Fellow in Environmental
cultural feasts! Our local towns are pretty good too! Eva Zissimides: I have moved to Greece. I
Economics at Cranfield University. I also work as
Jamie Roper: Still working in the Business School at was formerly married to the present Prime
economist in the UK and Europe and have worked
Staffordshire University, but now lecturing parttime.
Abroad quite a lot with external examining and we have a son aged 27 years.
Minister of Greece – George Papandreou
in Africa, Asia, North Africa and South America.
Tony Barrand: I have retired from my position
and teaching taking me to countries like Singapore,
Ian Moncrieff: I have been in the
at Boston University but I am maintaining
Germany and Spain. Managing to drink real ale, 1977 Royal Navy since 1976 and now
my singing and writing activities.
fell-walk and scuba dive despite encroaching
retiring from active Service after 34 years. I had
decrepitude. Might even get the cross-country skis
Roy Lowe: Taught in schools and
three commands – HMS Nottingham, Endurance
1963 universities and published on aspects
out again, given the unseasonably early snow. and Commander of British Forces in the
Steve Plant: I stayed in North Staffs and got a Falklands. I am now a Rear Admiral and my final
job with Stoke City Council. I was a Planner then appointment was as The National Hydrographer.
manager of a Planning team, then an IT person and I was appointed CBE in 2010. I live in Exmoor
manager of an IT team. After 33 years I took early National Park; married to Marion with two sons.
retirement and I love every minute of it. Very busy,
Michael de Vertueil: I worked in London
currently converting a white van into a campervan, 1978 for two years then Switzerland with
so will be touring the UK and abroad soon.
1973
Cherry “Chiz” Judge (Aston): I’ve
lived in South Africa since 1982 and
remarried in 1991 to Steve Judge. My artistic leanings
won in the end and I’ve been working as a graphic
designer and Apple computer systems manager for
Standard Bank for 17 years. I still enjoy the creativity
as much as ever. I spend many of my weekends
showing my beautiful young Boxer dog, no kids just
the dogs! We intend to retire to the Kwazulu-Natal
coast to an old property which we rent out... be an
exciting renovation project for our retirement.
Stuart McLeod; I wrote a novel “Enjoy the
Dance”, published as “Gutman” in 2001: Before
returning to work as a librarian I enjoyed
writing five books on the history of local
Northampton businesses and organisation.
1974
James Acheson: I took up a lectureship
at the University of Canterbury, in
Christchurch, New Zealand. I completed a PhD and
worked for 30 years, teaching English literature.
My thesis on Samuel Beckett was published in
1997, and a second book, on John Fowles, in 1998.
My wife and I have two adopted children.
Roger Errington: Retired as Head of Adoptions. Now
a bookseller and parish secretary. My wife Veronica
(Jacquier) (1975 ) is National Secretary of the Third
Order Carmelites. Two grown-up sons and a daughter.
David Frost and Patsy Frost (Anderson): We retired
in 2008 after long careers in teaching. Patsy retired
as Advanced Skills Teacher in Mathematics and
me as Head of Year. We spent the last two years
renovating an outbuilding on our property in France
and begun operating as a B & B under the Gîtes de
France label. We have also established a company
dedicated to intensive mathematics revision, offering
residential courses during school holiday periods.
1975
Bob Hawkes: Now sold the villa in
Spain and back in UK permanently.
Elected to serve on District Council and busy with
DIY to fix the years of neglect while in Spain!
Andrew “Bill” Barton: After working
1976 on audit and accounting projects in the
UK and in Brussels I am now heading an internal audit
function in Dubai. It is very hot here in the summer.
René Kostka: Works in his own practice for bodyoriented
psychotherapy in Zurich. He has two adult
sons, lives with his wife Verena in an old house and
loves to hear what old friends are up to these days.
Paul McLoughlin: Albert the ref is now living
in Wales with his wife and four daughters.
the World Economic Forum; for the last 20 years I
have been building a financial technology software
company in Paris. Married with one daughter.
Julian Mahy: Working in North Wales, Keele is not so
far away and I have visited the campus several times
recently as my son is now in his final year at Keele.
Rick Potter: I have kept an interesting balance
between engineering recruitment and music – the
former paying the bills, the latter still very much
a daily involvement. Having not become rich and
famous as a rock star in London, I moved to Newcastle
and took MMus in Composition, then returned to
recruitment whilst playing semi-pro. Business moved
me to Glasgow in 1991. I married Fiona five years ago
and we have a seven-year-old son and a 21-year-old
stepson. We now live in a little Argyll village, where we
both work from home with a wonderful view across
Jura. I stopped playing rugby five years ago, but still
motorcycle (wonderful roads) and play regularly in
the local hotel’s music nights. I discovered an interest
in gardening and a passion for rhododendrons, and
am involved in the local National Trust garden.
1979
Sheena Brook (Ward) and Richard
Brook: We live part-time in Somerset
and part-time in London. Richard is Chief Executive
of SENSE, the charity for the deaf blind. Sheena
has retired from special needs teaching and is
enjoying village life. We are grateful for the gift
of two lovely daughters and two grandsons.
Paul Burgess: Solicitor and Board Member at
Emerson Group for 23 years. Married to Elaine
for 25 years, with two children at University.
Renovated an old building into a home on Lleyn
peninsula and just acquired a boat – so lots of
time spent in Abersoch Bay. Still actively involved
in sport; rugby, cricket, tennis, swimming.
Ashley Howells: Just re-elected to Newcastleunder-Lyme
Borough Council as Tory
Councillor for Loggerheads and Whitmore.
Michael O’Connor: I left the Olympic Lottery
Distributor in January 2010 and I am now CEO
of Consumer Focus – a public body which
campaigns for a fair deal for consumers.
Charles Stewart: I am still gainfully employed as
a policy manager in property law at the Ministry
of Justice. This followed a move three years ago
from Education, where I had spent about 20 years
in national curriculum, teacher supply, school
organisation and student loan debt sale. I am still
in touch with former Keele staff from the Russian
Studies Department. I still enjoy my Russian and I
look forward to all the alumni events I can make.
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what happened to…?
1980
Alison Bate (Godfrey): I now live in
Melbourne, Australia, and work as
Head of Middle Years overseeing 600 students and
50 staff. I teach a couple of classes in French and
German though a lot of my time is spent developing
curriculum and delivering educational initiatives.
Teaching is just as fickle a beast here as ever it was
in the UK. Too late to become a rock’n’roll star now.
Married Gerard whom I met at London University.
We have three children and two dogs. Aside from
the fact that Australia is a long way from home
and it costs us a fortune to keep travelling back,
life is pretty decent and certainly a lot warmer.
Christopher Sturton: Living in Squamish, Canada.
Philip Wain: Went on an MSc in Computing at
North Staffs Poly and have worked in the IT industry
for the last 20 years, building up a consultancy
business in Software Quality. I would love to hear
from old Keele friends especially SF Soc buddies.
Simon Daly: Married with one child.
1981 Careers in criminal justice in UK and New
Zealand. Still interested in sport, arts and travel.
Melanie Greenwood: I left journalism after
nearly 20 years in 2008. Then as editorial
manager at a PR company and left to launch my
own in 2009. I’ve got four children, aged from
6 to 27! Married Tom Henry, a journalist and
writer, and we live with a whippet and a cat!
Nigel Peters: Have worked in the food industry
for 26 years mostly in distribution and supply chain
capacities collecting an MA and an MSc along the way.
1982
Peter Bird: My second book, a collection
of short stories and a novella, ‘The
Moon Can’t Wait,’ came out last Christmas.
Chris Bullick: I am one of the managing partners of
Pull Digital, an Internet Marketing Agency.I worked
first for Procter & Gamble for eight years and then
for Motorola, where I ended up as EMEA Director
of Marketing in Frankfurt. Since then I have worked
as a Marketing Consultant and founded Pull Digital
in 2008. Married to Sara, settled in Hampshire and
have two kids, one working and one at University.
Jo Goossens (Abbott): Married with three children,
living in Canada and teaching French. Also teaching
part-time in the Faculty of Education at a university.
David Jones: Recently set up my own
company after 10 years as director and
head of security for MTV and BSkyB.
James Nainby-Luxmoore:
1983 Married to Aine Nainby-Luxmore
(Fitz-Gerald) with three children.
Cheryl Pope (Cresdee): After a “practice marriage”
I have remarried and have two daughters and
a step-daughter. My husband is studying for a
PhD and I like to think my positive experiences
of Keele have helped to influence him!
Janice Ayers (Worrall): My daughter,
1984 Angela Nelmes (2009) graduated
at Keele last summer in Medicine, 25 years
after I graduated. Keeping it in the family!
Chris Beeching: Part-qualified accountant then
Deputy Director of the Cyclists Touring Club. Later
I was the youngest departmental manager in the
country at Kent County Council Public Rights of Way
Dept. Married to Buffy; four children aged nine to 20.
Karsten Kirchner: I lived in Ghana from 2001 to
2006 but now returned to Germany. If anyone needs
anything to do with marine technology get in touch!
Miranda Mawer (Barry): Moved to New Zealand in
March 2010.
Steve Rowe: Married Pip Kear (1985) and
had two kids but Pip died in 1998. Now married
to Belinda with three more kids and living in
Sydney with land, dogs and chickens.
Mary Rasefske (Toolan): After returning to the
USA I graduated from Hartwick College and
began teaching elementary music. I have been
teaching for 25 years. Married for 21 years and
have three children. In my spare time, I write and
have been published in several magazines.
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1985
Polycarp Ambe-Niba: I did an MA in
Translation at the University of Montreal,
followed by a PG Diploma in Education (TFSL) at
McGill University. I worked briefly as translator in
Toronto before returning to my home country of
Cameroon, in 1991. I did a PG Diploma in Conference
Interpretation in Cameroon in 1994. Thereafter I
worked as Translator/Interpreter for the Cameroon
Bishops’ Conference until 2001 when I left Cameroon
to go and work for the pan African Postal Union in
Arusha, Tanzania. In 2002, I joined the staff of the
UN International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda until
December 2009 when I relocated to Cambodia,
to work at the UN Assistance to the Khmer Rouge
Tribunal. That is where I am currently working.
Warwick Cairns: I have a new book out in April
2011 called “In Praise of Savagery”. It’s about
“A journey to the heart of Africa via Harlow,”
adventure, lost kingdoms, sheep and goats,
savage murder, and getting slightly drunk on
poor-quality sherry, among other things.
Mandy Seddon (Bent): Married to Peter for 17 years
with two sons.
Pascale Reder: Still in Avignon, working at University
of Avignon for Algerian-French scientific co-operation.
1986
Nick Barnett: I run a small flying
school – Staffordshire Microlights
– only 30 minutes from the University. I give a
discount to Keele Alumni so take the controls
yourself for a really memorable time.
Steve Delany: Currently an Operations Geologist
in Oil and Gas industry. Previously worked in
Uganda, Yemen, Papua New Guinea, Siberia,
Ethiopia, Angola, Mauritania, Algeria, Albania,
Kazakhstan, Norway, Australia and others.
Lisa Jack (Adnitt): Lisa married Steve Jack
(1985) and they have two daughters, Annette
and Kat. She qualified first as an accountant but
then moved into academic life, and is currently
working at Portsmouth Business School.
Tracey Maxwell (Goddard): Married to Keith
Maxwell (1984) and happily teaching in Somerset. Our
daughter Sophie was the ninth member of the family
to start at Keele in 2010 and another daughter will
reach HE age in six years – will we make double figures?
Rod Slip: Currently on assignment for Oxfam Australia
experiencing the joys of domestic air services in Papua
New Guinea. Here by way of a range of obscure work
locations but with a family base in Leeds. Awaiting a
new round of “when you reach the back of beyond,
turn left and then ask” assignments for Oxfam GB.
1987
Ian Brown: Living happily in Windsor
running an IT company having
previously lived in Germany for eight years – who
says you never use your degree subjects!
Sarah Davies (Slater): I went to Chester Law School
and did Articles in Liverpool. I was a Solicitor in
private practice in Liverpool for a number of years
specialising in adoption, children, family and mental
health and became a Partner. In 2002 I was appointed
a Tribunal Judge with the special educational needs
tribunal and mental health review tribunal.
Austen Hypher: Settled in Boston, USA.
Mark Kent: Still at BT, still married.
Pete Rhodes: Running my own company specialising in
sports marketing and events that benefit charities and
good causes. Married, then divorced with three boys,
one of whom is keeping up the tradition and playing
for Derbyshire U10s at cricket. Soon to re-marry!
Peter Tench: Any Thorns from my era? A couple
of us meet for a beer in London – you’re welcome
to come along!
Maria Woods (Norris): Have travelled a lot as a
teacher. Worked in Milan then Taiwan, where I
met my husband Ralph. Our daughter was born
in Singapore and we then moved to Brazil for
six years. We are now working in Bermuda.
1988
Mhairi Billington (Donlan): Married
with two boys. Working in performance
sport and already hyped up about 2012. Very
into competitive triathlon and running – which
might surprise those who knew me at Uni!
Bill Evans: After a couple of decades in the Ministry
of Defence I joined DWP in 2009. Between Nov 2008
and May 2009 I served in the British Army in Iraq as
ward-master in the Field Hospital in Basra, Iraq.
Philip Gillingham: I was awarded the Vice-
Chancellor’s Award for Outstanding Contribution
to Research in 2010 at Deakin University,
Australia, after completing my PhD in 27
months and for a strong publication record.
Jonathon Hope: Worked in Hong Kong for five
years as China specialist stockbroker, continued
for another fifteen in City of London. Left in
2009 and now a consultant helping to modernise
healthcare. Happily married and first book on
overcoming suffering will be published soon.
Tim Howle: I have been appointed as Professor of
Contemporary Music at University of Kent.
Gordon Okafor-Ross (Ross): I continued study to
get my PhD in music. I set up a recording studio in
Wales and composed for several orchestras, had a
piece performed by BBC Symphony in the Proms
in 1996. Then I became senior lecturer in sound
technology at Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts.
In 2006 I became music programme manager for
Liverpool Culture Company planning and delivering
the music for the European Capital of Culture
celebrations in 2008. Now I’m director of Creative
Universe Ltd. music production and consultancy.
1989
Simon Burney: I married Sarah
Jones (1990), and we are living
in Worcester, with two sons; currently an
RBS Director in Motor Sector Banking
Huw Edwards-Westlake: Shortly after leaving I moved
to Catalunya to try out a different culture. Love got
in the way and I never moved on. More than twenty
years and two kids later, I am an English teacher in
a Spanish school and responsible for international
projects. I have worked a lot teaching English in
private companies and also in the local university.
1990
1991
Joanne Waltham (Clark): I recently
started my own online business selling
innovative and practical baby products and gifts.
Julie Bloor: I am Principal
Designate of Shirebrook Academy
in Derbyshire which opened as the first
Academy in Derbyshire in September 2010.
Nikki Greenway: Relocated with work
to Warwickshire in summer 2009, and
now Head of IT at OfQual.
Zainab Omar: Currently in Doha since July 2009.
Last job at Shell was Corporate Affairs Manager in
BLNG, Brunei. Left Shell after 25 years of service and
now working in the Oil and Gas Industry in Qatar.
1993
Helen Clark (Smith): I lived in
Japan and Nepal before meeting
my husband Tom. We have two children and
live in Derbyshire and teach in Sheffield.
Zoe Mitton: I qualified as a Librarian and worked at
the British Library and with Manchester University
in their Deansgate library. I retrained as a Careers
Adviser and am now deputy head of a university
careers service. Not married but I have been with
my partner for seven years and am very happy.
Deirdre O’Brien: Worked around London for a few
years – nursing and auditing the Health Service. Then
packed my bags and moved to Saudi Arabia, where I’ve
largely stayed for the last 14 years except for about
six months in Australia. Now married to an Aussie
so will be heading back there to live – sometime!
Simon Peberdy: I was Head of Languages and
Housemaster at Pangbourne College, also organist
of the Falkland Islands Memorial Chapel. Didn’t
have much family time (Justine and three kids) so
in 2007 I gave it all up and we moved to Austria. Ski
instructing in the winter, various jobs in the summer,
living hand to mouth. Kids happy (and bilingual).
Intention was just for a year, but we’re still here!
Carol Ronan-Heath (Ronan): After two stints
in London and 5 years in Geneva, I am now
a solicitor working in-house for Emirates in
Dubai. Married to Mark Anderson. No children
but a lovely Westie called Molly instead!
Desmond Royle: I moved to London and about to
move to the outskirts. Married, no kids yet. I’m still in
touch with Anita and I hear Matt is a copper, wow!
1994
Maqbool Al-Awaira: I am still working
for the same Financial Establishment in
Oman. I have finished a PG Diploma in Management
from Lincoln University and thinking to pursue
further studies in financial management.
Susan Baker: I own an art supply shop.
Vicky Barsky (Avery): Living and working in the USA
since 1999.
Lisa Butler (Jarman): Had two lovely girls with
husband Mark. Now Assistant CEO at a disability
charity called Optua. I enjoy singing, theatre,
writing murder-mysteries and family trips away
in our caravan – off to Latitude this year.
Martin Deane: I am now living in Barbados
managing a small supermarket. I am married
to Ann Marie and have two children.
Michelle Duesman (Dannen): I taught 3rd and 5th
grade for six years before having my two children.
I am now home enjoying my time with them.
Juriah Abdul Hamid: Retired from government
service. Formerly a lecturer in teacher’s
college and later responsible for curriculum
development for teacher training with the
Ministry of Education in Malaysia.
Alan Hodgkinson: Mainly Adult English teaching
in FE – last six years in a prison. I still do Drama!
Michael Keaveny: I followed Keele with a PG at
Leicester Uni. I have been working at Morgan Stanley
since 1997. Married to Miriam since 2000, we have two
fantastic girls and another baby due imminently!
Jeanette Larkinson: I’ve been working at Umicore
(precious and non-ferrous metals) since 1996 as QA/
Credit Insurance Manager. I have a son born in 2001 and
married Lloyd, who I met just after leaving university.
Philippe Magalon: and Vicki Magalon (Parker) met
at Keele. Philippe moved to Wirral to work in industry
before doing PGCE in Liverpool and then taught until
2007. We have three sons and now live in Scotland
where we both teach at the Independent school that
our boys attend. Vikki did a PGCE, taught for seven
years in Wirral followed by five years in Liverpool.
James Ryan: Working in Trinidad.
Robert Swift: I have been working for 13 years in
telecommunications and after working for Orange,
have now moved to the United Arab Emirates.
Joanna Waddington: I attended College of Law
Chester and have lived in Oxford and London working
as a PA. Now returned to live near Llangollen and work
in Chester. Diagnosed with Hodgkin’s Lymphoma two
years ago I worked part-time and continued going
to the gym throughout and am now in remission.
My hobbies are the gym, trying to do up my country
cottage and I am always planning my next holiday!
1995
David Galvez-Casellas: Married Nicole
and we have three children. Started a
PhD at Emmanuel College on Argentinean literature.
Worked in Germany and Andorra as Spanish and
English teacher at language schools, schools and
vocational training institutions. Worked as headmaster
and educational curriculum technician. Collaborated
as freelance writer in journals and history publications.
Co-wrote the book “Cortãzar sin barba” with
Argentinean film director Eduardo Montes-Bradley. In
2009 nominated General Director of the Department
of Vocational Training and Technological Education
Development (Ministry of Educcatio, Andorra).
Eric Jeanpierre: Now a university lecturer
and co-trustee and founder of the charitable
project ‘Books for Sierra Leone and Sudan’.
Nick McIntyre: Completed my PhD from
Manchester University. For the last 10 years, I
have owned and managed a popular hotel in
Blackpool as well as pursuing other business
interests. Fondly remembered as ‘The Padre’
of the unofficial ‘Rough Diamond’ Association,
I am looking to organise a reunion.
Gail Haigherty (Jones): In London for 10 years
as a primary school teacher before moving to
Colchester and becoming a full-time mum to two
girls. Intend to return to teaching soon-ish!
Dave Owen: Ridden motorbikes for charity in
southern India and South Africa; ridden motorcycles
around Australia and across Europe. Written and
published articles on all motorcycle events since 2004
in motorcycle magazines, national and international.
Aris Zacharoff: I got married in April 2010.
1996
Ruth Abbott: I moved to Cyprus
with Lazaros immediately after
University. We married in 1999 and now have two
boys and have lived in Larnaca for 12 years.
Sabiha Bauer (Khan): I feel very privileged to
have found a teaching position at a German and
English school in Munich teaching my favourite
subject, music, to children between three and
six years old. And what’s most important, of
course, having enough time and energy for
family life as the mother of three young girls.
Joanne Cornfield: I am married and have two children.
I live in Leeds and work part-time as an ecologist.
Nicholas Kimani: Nick spent a few years in London
and then moved back to Kenya. After a few years in
academia, he moved to Australia for a PhD and then to
Cape Town for a post-doc. He is now back in Kenya.
Yuko Kojima (Ohashi): I worked as an office clerk at
a small trading company in Japan. I often remember
England and Keele as my best cherishing memory.
Dan North: I am now teaching film studies at
the University of Exeter and living in Cardiff.
Sonia Meadows (Outhwaite): I married fellow
Keele graduate Robert Meadows (1997) in
2002 having met at Keele in 1993. I qualified as
a solicitor in 1999, and have worked in Essex,
London and Surrey. We have a baby boy.
1997
Catherine Allen (Sands): Moved to
Tokyo and working at the British School.
Helena Curtis: Worked as a geography teacher
for a while, married and had three babies.
Lawrence Grant-Woolley: Currently working
as a Senior Production Geologist at Shell
(PDO Petroleum Development Oman)
Riaz Hussain: Since completing CPE I gained
admission at the College of Law in Bloomsbury. I
have been studying on the weekend programme.
I have yet to eat the Dinners and I have not yet
secured pupillage. My interest is in the criminal bar.
Jon Short: Although my immediate plan was to
pursue a glittering legal career, things did not go
according to plan. I have pursued other avenues
and currently work in housing with emphasis on
leaseholders’ rights and responsibilities so my legal
skills are being put to use. I have many fond memories
of the Union, chips and cheese and The Place in
Hanley. I am very proud to have studied there and
as “Take That” once sang, I will “Never Forget” the
place on top of a hill with its own microclimate!
1998
Stephanie Abbott (Carless): Living
and working in Warwick. Married to
Tom since 2005 with a son aged two and a half.
Gwyneth Harding: I embarked upon employment in
Primary Education. I went on to study at Manchester
Metropolitan University for a BA in Professional
Studies in Education, which was an achievement as
I was studying while in full-time employment. I am
now studying an MA in Education (Primary). Keele has
always stayed close to me and while I studied at Keele,
I remember my two young sons accompanying me
and attending the crèche there during school holidays.
Keele impacted upon my youngest son so much that
he is now at Keele studying Computer Science.
Marie Kendrick (Almond): Married in 1998 to Mark.
Worked as a buyer for an IT company and then for a
Charity for disabled children. Mum to two children
(age 4 and 6). Currently working as a Degree Course
administrator for the University of Liverpool.
Jamie Pratt: After four years of not doing much
apart from running the popular “Shimmee” night I
left Keele and did a Masters in Cultural History. Then
I went to work making ridiculous short films about
people doing stupid stuff for Eurotrash. After that
went to work as a newsreader on the South Coast
before becoming the Group News Editor for the 7
KMFM radio stations. I left to work at ITN and Sky
before ending up as the London writer for CNN.
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Got disillusioned with the media in general so took
a sabbatical and am now running a community
radio station in Canterbury as well as editing the
University of Kent’s student newspaper and website.
Eva Shammas Chell (Shammas): I married
Stephen Chell (1998) in 2003. We have since
had a son and a daughter. I am currently
a senior associate in the corporate law
department at a leading law firm in Cyprus.
Amanda Seys (Etherington): Married Ray Seys (2001)
whom I met in my final year. Spent several happy
years living in Newcastle and teaching History in
Tunstall. Now living in Telford with our two gorgeous
sons, teaching History at the 6th form college where
I once studied and sending many, many students to
Keele... all of them know that I am sick with envy!
Ken Williams: I moved from management in a local
authority and embarked on a PGCE at Sheffield
Hallam University. I taught mathematics for six years
in secondary schools and I am now employed as a
lecturer teaching Electrical and Electronic Engineering
at Sheffield College. In 2010 I started on the Keele
MBA Education programme – I can highly recommend
it. It was also good to be back on the campus as a
student – I must be a glutton for punishment!
1999
Chris Broomhead: Married
Louise Buggins (1997) in 2005.
Melanie Ealing: Joined the Civil Service in 2000,
working for the Immigration Service then Home
Office. Living in Epsom, just around the corner
from the racecourse, with husband Mark and
son Charlie. Not planning to return to work
until Charlie starts school – lucky me!
Andreas Hilger: Consultant Head surgeon since 1998
at Ipswich and Norwich Hospitals and Clinical Teacher
at University of Cambridge. Associate Professor of
Surgery at St George’s University of Grenada.
Sarah Stratton: I am working at the Open University.
Change and Risk Management has become the norm.
2000
Nelson Almeida: I’m back
in Recife, Brazil, teaching at
Universidade Federal de Pernambuco in the
Music Department. I play double bass in the
group ‘oQuadro’, instrumental armorial music.
Mark Corns: Went to the USA, came home, got
a job, stuck at the job, met a girl, got married,
we had a baby, another one is on the way.
Gemma Droughton (Jones): Having co-ordinated
my wedding to Jim in August 2009 and the extension
of our home the same year, I’m now considering a
change of career – perhaps to event management.
Oliver-John Keetch: Currently working at
the British Embassy in Rangoon, Burma
Michelle Smalley: I gained my clinical doctorate
in psychology from Southampton University then
specialised in neuropsychology and gained PG
diploma from Glasgow University. I have been living
and working in Cardiff as a neuropsychologist for
five years and was recently awarded the title of
honorary senior lecturer at Cardiff University.
Matthew Smith: Married Emma Williams
(2002) whom I met in final year when she was
in her first year. Been together for ten years
now and married for over five years. Enjoying
a peaceful life in the Cheshire countryside.
2001
Catherine Clawley (Heraty): I stayed
at Keele for a PGCE in Secondary
science. I then went to teach Biology in Seaford,
East Sussex and now I live in Devon. Still teaching.
James Fleet and Sarah Fleet (Allen): We
married in 2006, having met at Keele. We had
a little boy in April 2007 and in January 2010
had our second child, a beautiful baby girl.
Adam Frankenberg: I went to Manchester and took
an MA in Jewish Studies. I am in the final stages of
writing my PhD thesis. I have been accepted onto
the Rabbinical programme at Leo Baeck College,
London, but I am doing a year in Jerusalem first.
Vincent (Adam) Gaine: Vincent graduated from
his PhD in Film and Television Studies at the
University of East Anglia in 2009. He is looking for
a lectureship in Film, Television, Media or Cultural
Studies anywhere in the English speaking world.
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2002
Andrea Allen (Stretton): Currently
working as Head of Music in a large
secondary school. Married Colin in 2005 and have
two sons. Also conduct a local brass band.
Mike Beattie: Moved back to London. I married
Helen Ashpool (2002) in October 2010.
Nick Brown: I spent three years working for
Tarmac UK Ltd as a Deputy Quarry Manager and
Blasting Supervisor. In 2007 I moved to Michelin
Tyres. I spent three years as a Truck Sales Account
Manager in Liverpool and then moved up to my
current role as Regional Fleet Account Manager,
managing the contracts for large haulage fleets.
Phil Evans: I am a post-doc at the University of
Leicester, working on the Swift satellite. I married
Beth Evans (Dean) in Keele Chapel in 2003.
Diane Roberts: Followed my degree with an MRes
and a PhD. I am now working ‘up the hill’ in the
Keele Research Institute for Primary Care and
Health Sciences.
Jo Taylor: I recently completed training to be a
cognitive behavioural therapist and am working
in a psychology service in Hackney. I’m about to
marry my Keele boyfriend Tom Colley (2002).
We’ve been together for more than nine years!
Alexandra Treppke: After graduating from the
University of Frankfurt I worked for two years for the
Frankfurt Book Fair film department before going to
Los Angeles to work at United Talent Agency, one of
the Big Nine of Hollywood. I returned to Germany
to work in TV production in Munich. I am now
assistant to the Board of a subsidiary of All3 media.
Andy Tyler: I started working in St Albans in 2005
then moved jobs in 2007 to pursue a career in
geotechnical engineering.
Gary Wadeson: Accountant, working in Wigan.
Norah Morgan: Just home, church,
2003 and I hear reading once a week at the
village school.
Tim Quy: I spent several years working as a Sports
Development Officer before finding my true
passion in teaching. I qualified as a PE teacher
last September after a PGCE through Bedford
University. I am teaching English as well as having
my own form group. In the future I hope to teach
overseas and complete further study in Education.
Eloise Swain (Mason): I met Ben Swain (2004) on
Hallowe’en 2000 and we finally got together in
December 2000. Ben made the move to live with me
in our first home together in 2005. Then, after eight
years together (and much ‘gentle persuasion’ from
various people, Ben proposed on Christmas Day,
2008. We got married in 2010 and it was the most
amazing day of our lives. Many friends that we
made at Keele University came to celebrate with
us and the theme of the music in the evening was
‘student union cheese’ as this is where we went
on so many dates! Our last dance was also to Take
That, ‘Never Forget’, an old Student Union favourite.
Thank you Keele and all our wonderful friends!
Andy Venn: Living in London and hugging trees
for a living.
Alex Wong: I trained to become a solicitor at a top
30 UK law firm. I qualified as an Oil and Gas solicitor
then went onto work in public sector for a short
period on complex local government matters. I am
now legal counsel for a FTSE 100 company working
on large scale international construction projects,
procurement and outsourcing. I live in the southwest
but can be found in London HQ every so often.
Mohamed Zamzam: I am living in London
now and missing Keele days so much.
2004
Fariha Abdullah: I have returned to
my homeland of Pakistan after getting
experience with the School of Social Relations and
Centre of Social Gerontology. The subject was very
new at that time in Pakistan so I got involved in social
work (freelance). In 2008 I got the opportunity to
teach at the University of Peshawar as a visiting fellow.
The Department of Social Work started the subject
of Gerontology in 2009/2010 and I teach the subject
to postgraduate level. The Department has become
the Institute of Social Development Studies (Social
Work, Sociology and Anthropology) so I feel proud
to be one of the specialists in Social Gerontology.
Michael Adamson: Joined the RAF as a
commissioned officer. I have since completed
tours in the Falklands and Afghanistan.
Tom Allsopp: I teach English in Walsall. I am also
trying to become a stand-up comedian in my spare
time and, somewhat bizarrely, I’m writing a musical!
Christopher Bartlett: Worked in Japan for two
years after graduation on the JET Programme.
Completed PGCE History at Bristol in 2007, with a
spell at a high school in Oregon. Taught in Colombo,
Sri Lanka during 2007/2008 and now working in
an independent school just outside London.
John Boxall: I did various jobs before
settling into a role of valuer for stock.
Elena Calvo-Marti: I went on to study Biotechnology
in Barcelona. I graduated summer 2009, and
am about to complete a Master’s in Scientific
and Technical Translation in Pompeu Fabra
University, Barcelona. Apart from that, hoping to
become a professional scientific translator and
save money to move in with my boyfriend!
Gordon Keay: I joined a marine conservation
project in Fiji for six months. I travelled and worked
overseas for three more years before returning to
the UK for Christmas 2007. In 2009 I completed
an MSc in Innovation and Design for Sustainability
in Cranfield University. Following on from there
I interned in an environmental consultancy
for three months and then found a position in
Nottingham. I work for Middlesex University in
partnership with Social Enterprise East Midlands.
Becky Hay (Hughes): I am now married and living
outside Chester in North Wales. I qualified as a
solicitor and specialise in Criminal Defence.
Ellie McKenna (Nalliah): Had a baby boy in
June 2009 and married my partner of seven
years, Ciaran, in Armagh Cathedral in 2010.
Natalie Simpson (Rozwadowski): I have
returned to Keele to work in HR!
Ruth Stone: I was shortlisted in the Final
Four of Women of the Future 2008.
2005
Charlotte Garrity: I went
on to study at Staffordshire
University where I graduated with an MA in
Broadcast Journalism. I went on to work in
radio before moving into Public Relations.
Natalie Hargreaves: I am a qualified barrister. I
completed my postgraduate legal education at the
College of Law, Chester, and London and I was called
to the Bar by Lincoln’s Inn in November 2007.
Jenny Lu Xiangqu: I moved to Hong Kong two years
ago from Shanghai. Last August I married a fellow
graduate from the Keele MBA programme. Thanks
to Keele I met my husband Stanley Lau (2005) and
we had a really good time. We have been planning
to go back to Keele for celebrating our anniversary.
Linda Lucking: I was ordained as a minister in the
Church of England in June 2010 at Lichfield Cathedral.
Roxy Rudzik-Shaw (Rudzik): Married Timothy in
2010 in Keele Chapel on our 10th anniversary. Moving
to London. Currently working on my own online
counselling service as a self-employed counsellor and
supervisor. Still very interested in music, singing, songwriting,
art, photography and travel in my spare time.
Luke Thomas: Married Tamsin Grund (2005) this year.
We met at a political society in Keele in the third year.
Paul Wagner: Taught English and Computing
in rural Sri Lanka, backpacked around India.
Worked as a consultant for SAP America
installing Enterprise Software. Currently working
developing SRM Software, with interest in System
Dynamics, sustainability, GIS and Data Security.
2006
Victoria Beer: Nearly four years
after Keele I finally feel like I have
achieved what I set out to when I left school for
University. I am the Company Administration Coordinator
for a company which owns and operates
care homes for adults with learning disabilities.
I am happy in my job and know that I would not
be where I am today without my degree. I am
responsible for all administration for the head office
and I work closely with the financial controller
and managing director. Best of all I have my own
office – which I have always dreamt about!
Michael Lynch: Finally finished after taking an
extra year! Started working for the Border and
Immigration Agency in London in April 2007.
Matt Martin: I attended Nottingham Law School
to study the LPC. I was offered a training contract
at Walker Morris in Leeds. Prior to commencing
my training contract I took some time out to
travel and spent 18 months working as a paralegal.
I will become a qualified solicitor in 2011.
Marina McKenna: Went into care work and deputy
managed care homes for the past few years. Am now
taking a career change and doing voluntary work.
Matthew Russell: Moved to Edinburgh for a year
to study for a Master’s degree in education theory,
only to come right back to the Midlands afterwards.
2007
Jodie Burch: I took a year out to
travel and teach. After returning
I moved to London where I have been for two
years, working in Marketing. I am looking at
going travelling again for a year, next year.
Richard England: I have worked in Reading and
Nigeria since leaving Keele, and am now living
and working in Kazakhstan since early 2009. I got
married in June 2010, and will be moving on to
the next country and adventure early in 2011.
Emma “Thaila Skye” Hainsworth: I went straight into
the Purchasing Department at Lafarge Aggregates.
I then became a Buyer for Lafarge UK Services and
am loving it! I bought my first house in November
2009 right near work. Things have not been perfect
though... I became ill due to a very aggressive form of
Crohn’s Disease and had to have emergency surgery.
I now have an ileostomy (I called my stoma Stan!).
Now I’m feeling better I will return to work and
decorate my new house! I miss everyone, especially
those in Hawthorns K-Block and Templar Bar!
Lucy Hinton: Currently living with my partner
in Sevenoaks and working at Hever Castle.
Victoria Howells: I moved back to live with my
parents back in South Wales. I started working
at Bentley Motors in Crewe in October 2007 and
managed to find some nice people to live with from
the church I was attending, and they have been like
a second family to me. I am now heavily involved
in church with the Children’s and Youth Work. In
December 2008 I was made redundant and found a
new job as an administration and marketing assistant
in Hanley. In 2009 I got the keys to my new house
and got engaged to my partner. We get married
in October 2010 and we are settling into the new
house together. There have been ups and downs but
I am happy with the outcome. Life at Keele will be
a big part of my life and a memorable one at that.
Jennifer Johnson: Moved down to Milton Keynes
from Manchester last year and have since moved
house again! Now working at the Open University.
Andrew Painter: Moved to Melbourne, Australia.
Frances Ward: I’m working for the Prison Service and
enjoying every minute. Missing the student lifestyle
but the working lifestyle definitely has its benefits.
Rainbow Xia (Zhao): Got married and had a baby.
2008
Maggie Atkinson: I took up the role of
Children’s Commissioner for England
in March 2010. I am a Secretary of State appointment
accountable through Parliament for presenting the
voices and views of England’s 11 million plus children
and young people to those in power and also maybe
the law. It’s a high profile role in a country that can’t
decide how it views or values its children and young
people. In July I received an honorary doctorate at
Northumbria University in recognition of a lifetime’s
work for and with children and young people.
Roxanne Armitage: Currently applying for the Royal
Air Force. I spent every weekend in 2009 practising
motocross and every Sunday racing motocross. I am
one of only a few girls who ride. I went on a road trip
around France and Belgium in a FIAT Punto 1.2 and
slept in a tent at a different location every night.
Mary Breeze: I returned to Keele to
study a PGCE in September 2010.
2009
Cassandra Chidlow: Currently
studying the LPC at Chester College
of Law and looking for a training contract.
Jonathon Craig: Still at Keele completing
my nurse training (DipHE Adult).
Amelia Hamson: I started working at a magazine
publisher as Editorial Assistant as soon as I finished my
final year.
Erika Karlsson: After one semester as an exchange
student at Keele I graduated in 2009 from Uppsala
University. I became a teacher for younger children
and work as a teacher at a nursery in Stockholm.
Joshua Lawrence: I moved to Japan on the JET
programme. It has been an amazing experience so far;
one that I would recommend to anyone who wants to
travel, have a fun teaching job and be a local celebrity!
Kirpal Nketiah: I just completed an MSc
in Counselling Psychology at Keele.
Kimberley Wright: Currently working towards a PhD
in biomedical imaging at the University of Birmingham.
William Liu Zichu: I am working in an accounting firm.
I never imagined becoming an auditor but it seems an
interesting career.
2010
Ian Moncrieff
Janet Vitmayer
Joe Bonsor: Now pursuing MSc in
Palaeobiology at the University of Bristol.
Rebekah Clark: After working as a Learning Support
Assistant in a sixth form college I got a job as Welfare
Advisor at University of Manchester Students’ Union.
It’s great to be back in a university setting. I am also
getting married next year to Paul Ollerenshaw
(2007) whom I met on my fourth day at Keele.
Tom Dylan
in memory
Alumni
Geoffrey Little (1954)
John Stanier (1954)
Christine Walters
(Brummitt) (1956)
Stuart Milner (1957)
Tony Lewis (1958)
Ian Dunbar (1959)
Peter Bradshaw (1964)
Michael Harding (1968)
Colin Jackson (1970)
Staff
Flo Andrews, former
housekeeper at Hawthorns
Hugh Berrington, former
Politics lecturer
Rachel Birtles, student
database manager
Antony Flew, former
Professor of Philosophy
Peter Hornby, Senior
Research Fellow within
Charles Copp (1972)
Alistair Henley (1972)
John Munro (1973)
Pauline Storey (1978)
Jane Tavener (1982)
Matthew Colton (1983)
Phil Barker (1985)
John Sandiford (1985)
Rick John (1986)
Karen Yuill (1987)
Ellie Green (1988)
the Centre for Health
Planning and Management
Allan Lloyd Smith, former
lecturer in American Studies
John Naylon, former senior
lecturer in Geography/
director of the Centre
for Iberian Studies
Peter Parkhouse, former
physics tutor in education
Janet Waye, library assistant
Kirsty Hodgson: I completed an MRes in Music
at Keele in 2009 and then moved to The Open
University to undertake a PhD in Music.
Dominic Kelly: “To the world we knew, when
love was such an easy game to play, yester
me, yester u, yesterday-Keele” – seriously!
Phil Nuttall: Went to work as a Banker for HSBC.
After 18 months, moved to New York, where I
currently reside. No plans to return to the UK.
Daniel Richards: I am currently on the MoD Graduate
Training Scheme and in Bristol. The scheme offers me
the opportunity to become a chartered engineer and
to manage projects of various sizes and budgets.
Phoebe Tackie-Oblie: After Keele I decided I
hadn’t had enough of education and went on to the
University of Nottingham to train to be a doctor,
building on the medical sciences I learned at Keele. I
live in Derby and my pre-clinical years are at the Royal
Derby Hospital, before I move on to the Queen’s
Medical Centre in Nottingham. I hope to graduate in
2012 when I will have decided that it’s time to get a job!
Dan Thurston: Halfway through a graduate
entry medical degree.
Nick Turner: Working in private practice
since graduating, I was appointed 2nd team
physiotherapist for Lancashire County Cricket
Congratulations
from Keele
Fiona Woolf (1970 Law/Psychology)
has been elected as one of the two
Sheriffs of the City of London, only
the third woman to hold this office.
Janet Vitmayer (1976 American Studies/
History), was appointed a CBE in the New
Year’s Honours List for services to museums.
She is the chief executive and director
of the Horniman Museum in London.
Rear Admiral Ian Moncrieff (1977 Geography/
Geology) was appointed a CBE in the Queen’s
Birthday Honours List for his work as a UK
National Hydrographer, responsible for
John Nichols (1988)
Carol Haynes (1992)
Robert Lee (1998)
Robert Bishop (2000)
Marijke Evans (2004)
Patrick Cody (2006)
Pierre Guilliams (2006)
Wendy Pointer (2007)
Kellyann Jobson (2008)
Hannah McAllister (2008)
Bruce Williams, former
Professor of Economics
Ted Williams,
former Professor
of Electronics
Allan Worthington,
technical manager in the
School of Physical and
Geographical Sciences
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Club in April 2009. Also managed invitations on to
two Sir Ian Botham Charity Walks for Leukaemia
Research, as a volunteer physiotherapist.
Cristoffer Vestli: I really learned how to taste, enjoy,
smell and drink beer at the Sneyd Arms in Keele village.
This pub is promoting the very best of British culture
and I have been on several beer tasting arrangements,
practising the knowledge I got at the Sneyd Arms.
These entries were
received during 2010
and were correct at the
time of receipt. They
may have been edited for
length. The full versions
can be found online at
http://www.keele.ac.uk/
alumni/whathappenedto/
advising and representing the MOD and Her
Majesty’s Government at the highest level
in all maritime National and International
bodies that regulate, guide, set standards and
deliver services for the Safety of Life at Sea
in hydrography and navigational charting.
Professor Richard Evershed (1982 Chemistry)
has been elected a Fellow of the Royal Society
(FRS) in recognition of his excellence in the
field of analytical organic chemistry and
biomolecular archaeology. He is currently
Professor of Biogeochemistry in the School
of Chemistry at the University of Bristol.
Tom Dylan (2002 Politics/Philosophy)
was made Norwich’s first Green Party
Lord Mayor in May 2010.
Dragon’s
Den For Keele
Keele’s legendary Dragon
mascot has moved from
Keele Hall into a new home.
Built by Keele’s Estates team, and
funded through the generosity of Keele
alumni and the Keele Key Fund, the new
“Dragon’s Den” enjoys pride of place in
the atrium of the University Library.
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