As we prepare this new magazine for <strong>Kent</strong>, the students are arriving for the start <strong>of</strong> term. Construction work is progressing well on the new Medway campus and the numerous building projects on and around campus – particularly the new accommodation at Tyler Court and improvements to the Gulbenkian Café – are complete or nearly so.The International Office has been frantic, organising coaches and cars to collect students from the airports. Academics, back from conferences, research projects, finishing books, are once again at the end <strong>of</strong> their phones. Student registrations are flooding in by internet and the first mailing for the November graduation ceremonies is out. In the Alumni Office, plans for the 40th Anniversary Reunion weekend, 8–10 April 2005, are taking shape. This new look for the Bulletin – the first <strong>of</strong>ficial redesign for ten years – is in honour <strong>of</strong> the <strong>University</strong>’s 40th (2005).We hope you like it. Please let us know if you do – and if you don’t! The spring 2005 <strong>KENT</strong> will be a special 40th Anniversary issue. It will feature <strong>Kent</strong> ‘families’ where, for example, parent and child, husband and wife or aunt and niece are <strong>Kent</strong> graduates.We know <strong>of</strong> over 3,900 ‘family’ alumni, but are sure there are more. Please write to us if you’re from one at kent-the-mag@kent.ac.uk or by post at the address opposite. Universities have been much in the news recently, mainly because <strong>of</strong> the tuition fees debate. From 2006, <strong>Kent</strong> will charge £3,000 for its undergraduate degrees, but the <strong>University</strong> is committed to enabling financially disadvantaged students to continue to come to <strong>Kent</strong>. Huge thanks to all those among you who have already responded favourably to our requests for donations, and also to those who help <strong>Kent</strong> in other ways – by volunteering on Court, at the Careers Fair, at Education Fairs across the world, by spreading the good word about <strong>Kent</strong> to your colleagues, friends, families. The new biannual <strong>KENT</strong> will be sent to alumni worldwide who stay in touch with us – through email, returning a carrier sheet, a phone call, a note or a visit – and to <strong>University</strong> staff and Friends.We hope you enjoy this issue. Please let us have your suggestions, your letters, your news and, if you move, your new contact details. We hope we can look forward to seeing you during the 40th Anniversary year if not before. Killara Burn Posie Bogan Editors Cover detail: Boules Europe is firmly on the <strong>University</strong>’s agenda.Around 1,000 students come from within the European Union and many <strong>of</strong> its UK students spend a year abroad as part <strong>of</strong> their studies. Increasing numbers <strong>of</strong> staff are now working with counterparts in other European universities.This year <strong>Kent</strong> launched the <strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> the Transmanche, working with the three Lille Universities and the <strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> the Littoral to <strong>of</strong>fer innovative, interdisciplinary, bilingual, double degree programmes.These include a range <strong>of</strong> courses at Masters level with undergraduate courses scheduled to run from next year. Postgraduate courses are also taught at the <strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Kent</strong> at Brussels, which is predicted to expand significantly in the next ten years. For further information about the <strong>University</strong> and Europe email: europrojects@kent.ac.uk To find out more about the Transmanche <strong>University</strong> email: transmanche@kent.ac.uk Design Third Eye Design, Tel. 0141 332 3335 www.thirdeyedesign.co.uk Printers xxx Special thanks to Chris Lancaster and Lesley Farr in the <strong>University</strong> Print Unit; Sarah Kovandzich, freelance journalist; Karen Bayfield, Katie van Sanden and Hilary Saunders in C&DO Editors Killara Burn and Posie Bogan Communications & Development Office <strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Kent</strong> Canterbury CT2 7NZ Tel. 01227 824345/823581 Fax. 01227 827912 Email: kent-the-mag@kent.ac.uk www.kent.ac.uk/alumni <strong>KENT</strong> replaces the <strong>Kent</strong> Bulletin and is published in spring and autumn every year for alumni, staff and friends <strong>of</strong> the <strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Kent</strong>. It is sent to all alumni worldwide who regularly update or confirm their contact details with us. <strong>KENT</strong> the magazine for alumni, staff and friends <strong>of</strong> the <strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Kent</strong> – 43 Autumn 2004 Opposite Drill Hall, Medway Campus, before refurbishment 2
Contents 4 News 8 Development news 9 Riding the waves <strong>of</strong> change 12 Business links 13 Shaping the world: alumni pr<strong>of</strong>iles 16 New frontiers 19 Work, your flexible friend 20 Keeping up with <strong>Kent</strong> graduates: accountants 21 Who’s what where 23 Making a difference 24 Events 3
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