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20 years of graduates This November sees the 20-year anniversary of BU gaining university status. What better way to mark the occasion than through a look at some of our graduates from the past two decades? Lydia Ward BA (Hons) Events Management 2010 Originally from south Devon, I moved to Bournemouth in 2006 to study for a four year Event Management degree. During these years I met and worked with some fantastic people and was lucky enough to make many great life-long friends. In 2008 I moved to London for a placement year at The Royal Society of Medicine’s event venue, One Wimpole Street. In 2010, having completed my demanding final year at Bournemouth University, I relocated back to London to work for Banks Sadler, a market leader in the Darren Jones BSc (Hons) Computer Aided Product Design 2009 After graduating, I returned to my placement year company, Fireco in Brighton. I was tasked with designing a new fire safety product, Freedor, that was launched in early 2011. Since its launch, Freedor has won Best Passive Protection Product at the Fire Excellence Awards and Best Mechanical Award at the British Engineering Excellence Awards (BEEAs). At the BEEAs, I was awarded Young Designer Engineer of the Year 2011. Since then, I have been improving 14 | BU & Beyond Events Agency industry. Having lived in London for two years, the fresh air of Devon called me back and I moved to Exeter to work for a large national company. My job now incorporates event management and business support and has great scope for career progression. Freedor’s design along with working on a number of other products, including the development of the product I designed in my final year at BU. Lindsey Connett Legal Practice Course 2007 After completing my Legal Practice Course in 2007, I returned to work for the Court Service before moving to Devon in 2008 to complete my training as a solicitor with Foot Anstey LLP. After qualifying in September 2010, I now practise in the area of clinical negligence; specifically the abuse of vulnerable adults by healthcare trusts or private care providers. I was part of the team responsible for a settlement of over £7 million in September 2011 for 165 claimants with learning disabilities who had suffered various forms of abuse whilst living in the care of an NHS trust. I now work full time, representing former residents, on claims arising from events at Winterbourne View, which was the private hospital featured on a BBC Panorama programme broadcast in May 2011 which used undercover reporting to show evidence of physical abuse and bullying of residents by staff. Outside of work, having recently discovered the world of running, I am training for my first 10k. Anyone who remembers me from my BU days will recall I am the least likely person ever to do this sort of thing! I am still in Bournemouth frequently due to family still living there, and it is always great to see the ongoing building works and buzz that surrounds BU.
Diane Shepherd (née Finlinson) BSc (Hons) Nurse Practitioner 2001 After graduating I moved to Harrogate, North Yorkshire to introduce patient streaming and facilitate the development of Nurse Practitioners (NP) in the local emergency department. In 2004 I became the first Nurse Consultant in the UK specialising in First Contact Care. I felt incredibly fortunate to be able to develop this role and continue to utilise my NP skills in the process. In 2006 I completed my Masters degree in Health Professional Ross MacLeod BA (Hons) Leisure Marketing 2005 After graduating I swiftly disappeared to Canada for the snowboard season; I had planned this as part of my gap year following four years studying in Bournemouth. This single gap year turned into four, and I found myself spending time in Borneo working as a dive instructor, beach lifeguarding in New Zealand and travelling around South America. This adventure was linked with annual summer returns to the beaches of Dorset where I worked as a beach lifeguard for the Royal National Lifeboat Institution, a job that opened the door to being able to utilise my Leisure Marketing degree. In 2010 I was given the opportunity to work at RNLI headquarters in Poole covering a maternity leave over the winter. I worked hard for the six month secondment and was pleased when the position was made permanent. Nearly three years on I’m still with the charity, working on safety prevention campaigns to keep the British public safer around the coast. My advice to graduates would be don’t rush for the ‘grown up’ job – it will find you soon enough, make sure you’ve enjoyed yourself first! Education and found this enhanced my existing knowledge and skills, whilst also enabling me to design and deliver a first contact care course using a blended learning approach. In August 2007 my husband and I made the move to Victoria, Vancouver Island, British Columbia (BC), Canada. On August 12, 2012 I completed my Masters in Nursing, Nurse Practitioner and again hope to pioneer the NP role within emergency care on the Island. In March this year I became the first non-physician, Director of Health Services for BC Corrections, which is a provincewide responsibility an amazing role that I feel very privileged to hold. Since moving to Victoria it has not all been about building new careers! My husband and I have enjoyed so many amazing experiences such as sea kayaking, whale watching, skiing, SCUBA diving in the Pacific Ocean, and for me in particular the fulfilment of a lifelong ambition to learn to fly. I continue to be eternally grateful to all of my tutors as I realise how much they enhanced my time studying. They gave me back my passion for nursing, empowered me to unlock the potential of my career as a Nurse Practitioner and I can honestly say that I have never looked back since. BU & Beyond | 15
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