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WHAT’S<br />
NEW<br />
CONTENTS<br />
Welcome to the University of <strong>Bolt</strong>on magazine,<br />
packed with news.<br />
In this issue we see the development of the<br />
University’s commitment to build through<br />
partnership.<br />
In a unique partnership with <strong>Bolt</strong>on Council and<br />
NHS <strong>Bolt</strong>on, the University built the centre for<br />
health, leisure and research, <strong>Bolt</strong>on One, which<br />
opened in 2012.<br />
Now the University has opened a Centre for<br />
Advanced Performance Engineering on campus,<br />
together with professional race team RLR Msport<br />
(page 12-15). We are now the first University in<br />
the UK to have a professional race team on<br />
campus, giving our students unparalleled access to<br />
their industry and work experience throughout<br />
their studies.<br />
We are now working with dental care company,<br />
Ravat & Ray, who have just opened a practice on<br />
campus (page 18) with whom we have plans to<br />
expand into related courses in the future.<br />
Winning Government approval for the £10 million<br />
<strong>Bolt</strong>on University Technical College is a great<br />
triumph for the University and the town. <strong>The</strong> UTC<br />
bid has been led by the University, but again<br />
partnership working will be key to the UTC’s<br />
success. <strong>The</strong> Cohens Group and Ravat & Ray<br />
Dental Care will play a major role in developing<br />
the UTC that will focus on Engineering<br />
Technologies and Healthcare Sciences.<br />
Deana Morris<br />
<strong>The</strong> Editor<br />
All <strong>Bolt</strong> inquiries to:<br />
Deana Morris, Editor<br />
<strong>The</strong> <strong>Bolt</strong><br />
Communications and Publications<br />
University of <strong>Bolt</strong>on<br />
T: 01204 903007<br />
E: d.morris@bolton.ac.uk<br />
Writers<br />
Deana Morris<br />
Jordan Kenny<br />
Adam Martin<br />
£10m UTC for <strong>Bolt</strong>on<br />
New Engineering and Healthcare specialist<br />
college to open in 2015 3<br />
Courting success<br />
A new basketball academy opens on campus 6<br />
Dr Who’s SFX wizard joins us<br />
<strong>The</strong> man behind the monsters, Neill Gorton, is our new<br />
Visiting Professor 7<br />
<strong>The</strong> CAPE crusaders<br />
<strong>The</strong> first Centre for Advanced Performance<br />
Engineering of its kind 12-15<br />
Dentists on campus<br />
Working together: University of <strong>Bolt</strong>on and<br />
Ravat & Ray Dental Care 18<br />
With many thanks<br />
A round up of the Marriott Trust’s generous support 19<br />
Double doctorate<br />
A unique honour for New York College Group<br />
President, Elias Foutsis 20<br />
Understanding plant life<br />
A step forward in the search for climate-resilient crops 21<br />
Groundbreaking smart material<br />
Taking the pressure off for wheelchair users 22<br />
Welcome home<br />
Eighties alumni relive their student days 24<br />
Photographer<br />
Adrian Greenhalgh<br />
<strong>The</strong> Mayor’s town<br />
Cllr Colin Shaw gives us his <strong>Bolt</strong>on highlights 25<br />
Designer<br />
Spirit Associates<br />
Front cover: Racing cars as well as bicycles –<br />
Jason Kenny OBE with us at Autosport<br />
International<br />
Back cover: Promotion for the Creative Show at<br />
the University<br />
This newsletter has been printed by B & D Print Ltd (Leyland), who are members<br />
of the Woodland Trust and ISO 14001 accredited, using vegetable-based inks and<br />
using Forest Stewardship Council approved paper stocks.
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