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● Crunchy Vegetable Sticks Served with a selection of
Mediterranean dips:
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● A Continental Cheese board served with Celery Sticks,
Radishes, and Grapes with an extensive range of
Savoury Biscuits.
● An array of Continental Meats served with Mixed Olives.
● A selection of Crusty Homebaked Rolls.
● Sweet Mignardises – a mixture of Cocktail Cakes.
● Two multi-purpose Sports Halls
● Four Squash Courts
● Swimming Pool
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● Keep Fit Classes
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MEET WELL! – Meeting and Function
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The University’s Conference Office can offer you a fantastic range of conference
and meeting facilities either at the Carnatic or Greenbank Conference Parks or
at the City Centre Precinct. We can host meetings from 5 to 550 people.
Did you know that the University has established an enviable reputation as one
of Liverpool’s top venues for weddings and other social functions? We can host
banquets for up to 320 guests with cuisine by award-winning chefs.
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THE UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL MAGAZINE FOR STAFF & STUDENTS
UK Student Recruitment Strategy 03 Who is safe from HIV Infection? 05
Jack Straw launches new dental course 07 CSD Helpdesk celebrates ten years 09
Volunteering for a day at the seaside 11 Ness Gardens set to blossom! 12 Champions of learning 18
April 05 Issue 202

Precinct Issue 202
contents
two
minute
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your say
UK STUDENT RECRUITMENT STRATEGY 03
IN BRIEF 04
OPEN ALL HOURS! 04
LIBRARY HOSTS GYPSY EXPERT 04
WHO IS SAFE FROM HIV INFECTION? 05
JOBS FAIR 06
TRADE EXPERTS VISIT LIVERPOOL 06
CHANGES TO MANAGEMENT OF CAPITAL PROJECTS 06
JACK STRAW LAUNCHES NEW DENTAL COURSE 07
ROYAL VISIT! 07
£5.3M AWARD TO DEVELOP NEW
COMPLEX MATERIALS 08
FIRST FOR UNIVERSITY PROFESSOR 08
CSD HELPDESK CELEBRATES TEN YEARS 09
RESEARCH REVEALS LINK BETWEEN
CAR THEFT AND ARSON 09
UNIVERSITY HELPS TSUNAMI VICTIMS 10
12TH LEVERHULME LECTURE 10
VOLUNTEERING FOR A DAY AT THE SEASIDE 11
WHAT IS THE MEANING OF LIVERPOOL? 11
NESS GARDENS SET TO BLOSSOM! 12
FRACTURED LEG BONE NOT THE END
OF THE TUTANKHAMEN MYSTERY 13
Cover story
UK Student Recruitment Strategy 03
The UK Higher Education sector is facing one of the biggest
shake-ups in recent history in 2006 with the advent of variable
tuition fees for undergraduate programmes.
Who is safe from HIV Infection? 05
University biologists have discovered how the plagues of the
Middle Ages have made around 10% of Europeans resistant to HIV.
Jack Straw launches new dental course 07
The UK’s first dental hygiene and therapy diploma to be
delivered on an outreach basis has been launched by Blackburn
MP and Foreign Secretary, Jack Straw.
CSD Helpdesk celebrates ten years 09
Opened in February 1995, the Computing Services Helpdesk has been
the single point of contact for issues relating to IT services.
Volunteering for a day at the seaside 11
In celebration of Student Volunteering Week, seven volunteers and two
members of staff from the University were part of a 111-strong team of
volunteers from universities across the North West who took part in a
regional beach clean event.
Champions of learning 18
The University has hosted a launch event for Aimhigher Greater
Merseyside’s exciting new ‘Champions Project’.
Please send your news and views to:
Janis Morgan
Corporate Communications
The University of Liverpool
19 Abercromby Square
Liverpool L69 7ZG
t: 0151 794 2251
e: precinct@liv.ac.uk
w: www.liv.ac.uk/precinct
Next copy deadline: 16 May
(June/July issue)
No issue in August.
Ness Gardens set to blossom!
Construction work has started on a £1.8
million visitor centre at the University‘s
Botanic Gardens at Ness on the Wirral
Peninsula - one of the University’s
Centenary Projects.
AIMES LAUNCHES WEBSITE 14
FINANCE SYSTEM ROLL-OUT TO GIVE
GREATER CONTROL 14
BUSINESS AND COMMUNITY NEWS 15
UNIVERSITY REPORT REVEALS STRENGTH OF
FEMALE-LED FIRMS 15
FLIGHT SCIENCE & RED NOSES! 16
RIVERSIDE MP VISITS ENGINEERING 16
ARCHAEOLOGY – PAST AND FUTURE 17
VETS GO NAKED FOR CHARITY! 17
VETS IN THE NEWS 17
CHAMPIONS OF LEARNING 18
MENTORING IN THE SPOTLIGHT 18
STAR STUDENT 19
LORD MAYOR’S INTERNATIONAL RECEPTION 19
GIGS FOR EYES 19
RACE FOR LIFE RETURNS TO LIVERPOOL 20
INTERESTED IN YOUR CHILD’S
LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT? 20
DEATH 20
TAKE NOTES 21
Our plans to establish an
International University in
China are gathering pace.
During March, a delegation
from the University, myself
included, together with
representatives from Xian
Jiatong University, visited
Shanghai to give a
presentation to the Chinese
government.
The University of Liverpool shares a long and
close relationship with China and its people,
and our reputation there is notably high. Our
Chinese student population has grown with
this reputation from just six students in 1931
to nearly 700 today.
We already have strong links with Guangdong
University of Technology, Shen Zhen
University, Beijing University of Chemical
Technology, Tongji University and Beijing
University of Post and Telecommunications,
and Liverpool is a popular postgraduate
destination for Chinese students. This makes
us an ideal partner for a joint venture of
this kind.
At the time of going to print, we are awaiting
an official response from the Chinese
government as to whether we have approval
to go ahead with the proposed campus. As
soon as we find out I will ensure this news is
quickly communicated to everyone via email
and in Precinct.
Vice-Chancellor,
Professor Drummond Bone

UK Student
Recruitment Strategy
The UK Higher Education sector is facing one of the biggest shake-ups
in recent history in 2006 with the advent of variable tuition fees for
undergraduate programmes. Preparations have begun in earnest.
Alongside Pro-Vice-Chancellor Professor Kelvin Everest, UKSRO
recently ran University-wide seminars on the challenges we face during
2006 and, in particular, the University’s response to variable fees,
as summarised below.
Tuition fees
From September 2006, no student who is
classed as domiciled in England, or a
member state of the European Union outside
of the UK, will have to pay tuition fees ‘upfront’.
Instead, they will be able to defer
payment of tuition fees until after leaving
Higher Education by taking out a ‘fee loan’
from the Student Loans Company which can
be repaid once they have left university and
are earning over £15,000 a year. Students can
apply for the exact amount their university or
college charges for their programme and the
money will be paid directly to the university or
college to cover the cost of fees. The
maximum tuition fee loan available will be
£3,000 a year for new students and around
£1,200 for existing students.
At the time of going to press, definitive
information on loans to meet tuition fees
(and maintenance grants and loans) for
students domiciled in Wales, Scotland and
Northern Ireland was not available.
Tuition fees at the University of Liverpool
From September 2006, we will charge tuition
fees of £3,000 per year to new UK/EU
undergraduate students.
Our Access Agreement was approved in
March 2005 – see next month’s Precinct for
further details and comparative data on other
university bursary and scholarship schemes.
The Agreement sets out the University’s
proposals for improving access, including the
actions which we intend to take to continue to
promote fair access, so that students from all
backgrounds are encouraged to apply to
study here.
The £3,000 per year tuition fee will only be
paid by students who start their programme
in September 2006 or after.
The full £3,000 tuition fee will not, however,
be payable for the following programmes:
• Year 0, i.e. the first year of the four year
foundation programmes based at Carmel
College, where the fee will be £1,200 for
Year 0 only and thereafter £3,000.
• The placement year of four-year
programmes where students spend either
a full year abroad or a year on placement
in industry, where the fee will be £600
for that year only.
Please note that these fees are based on
current Government guidelines and will not
rise by more than the rate of inflation before
2010 at the earliest.
Different fee rates apply for students who
are classed as ‘overseas’ students. Please
see the International Recruitment and
Relations Office website for details.
www.liv.ac.uk/international
Part-time students
Fees for part-time degrees will be the same
as those for full-time programmes but
charged on a pro-rata basis. If you study
part-time, you will not be eligible for fee loans.
If you are studying the equivalent of at least
50% of a full-time programme, you will be
eligible for the new package of support
introduced in 2004/05. This will include
means tested grants of up to £885 (2005/06
rate) for fees and up to £250 for programme
costs, targeted at those on low incomes.
NHS funded programmes
The Department of Health currently pays
the tuition fees of all home/EU students
registering on any programme within the
School of Health Sciences.
Financial support for living costs
The University intends to commit some
£6 million each year, as part of our Access
Agreement, to provide substantial bursaries
and scholarships in order to support
significant numbers of our students.
The Higher Education Maintenance Grant
From September 2006, for all new full-time
students from lower income households in
England, the UK Government will provide a
new income-assessed non-repayable Higher
Education Maintenance Grant of up to £2,700
a year. Around half of all new full-time
students are expected to receive a full or
partial grant – how much will depend on
personal income and that of the household.
If that income is around £15,000 or less the
student is likely to be eligible for a full grant
worth £2,700 a year. Partial grants are likely
to be available for those with a household
income of between around £15,000 and
around £33,000. Grants are payable in three
instalments – one at the start of each term.
Students from low income households,
who started university in 2004 or 2005
(or are treated as having started in 2005),
will continue to be eligible for the Higher
Education Grant of up to £1,000 a year
which was introduced in September 2004.
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Bursaries and scholarships available
from the University of Liverpool
The University will provide a bursary of a
further £1,300 a year to help with living costs,
if the student is in receipt of the full Higher
Education Maintenance Grant of £2,700
provided by the UK Government. This will
give recipients a total grant of £4,000 for each
year of their programme. We will also provide
all students in receipt of a partial Higher
Education Maintenance Grant from the
Government with a further £1,000 a year. It is
our intention to give these bursaries to eligible
students from Wales, Scotland and Northern
Ireland as well, provided that the appropriate
means-testing information can be made
available.
In addition to the bursaries identified
above, we will continue to provide targeted
bursaries for certain groups of students. We
are also introducing a number of Attainment
Scholarships in a range of subjects, which
will be available to high-achieving students,
including EU and overseas students.
EU students
Students from EU countries outside the UK
will also be charged tuition fees of £3,000 per
year from September 2006.
Through the more focused activities of the
Schools and Colleges Relations Team, the
development of the new Centralised Enquiries
and Applicant Response Service (CEARS),
and new publications such as the Student
Finance Information Booklet and the Mini
Prospectus, UKSRO is currently working hard
to prepare for the challenges of the 2006
recruitment cycle.
For full details of all the new financial
arrangements, new publications and more
please request a copy of the UKSRO 2006
Undergraduate Recruitment Bulletin from
sgarnett@liv.ac.uk

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In brief
Professor John Belchem, School of
History, will be speaking at the prestigious
Royal Society of Arts: Transforming Urban
Communities Symposium, in Providence,
Rhode Island in June.
A prizewinning novel by David Evans,
a former University lecturer in the
Department of Continuing Education and
later in the Department of Politics and
Communication Studies, was launched in
Manchester this month. A Touch of the
Sun explores love and political resistance
under apartheid and won the Crocus prize
for the best debut novel in 2004 by a
writer from the North West. Born in South
Africa, David was imprisoned for five years
by the Verwoerd regime before coming
into exile. The Liverpool launch is at
Hemingways, 52 Duke Street, at 5pm on
29 April.
In celebration of Einstein Year, Professor
Ronan McGrath and his research team
at the Department of Physics and Surface
Science Research Centre, exhibited at the
Institute of Physics event, Celebrating
Einstein Year: A Week in Science, which
was held at Bletchley Park, Oxfordshire.
The exhibit was called Forbidden Beauty:
Quasicrystals – advanced materials with
novel order and symmetry. Professor
McGrath has also been invited to give the
Annual Materials Lecture of the Royal
Microscopical Society for 2005 called
Forbidden Beautry: Quasicrystal Surfaces
and their use as Templates for
Quasiperiodic Nanosystems at the
University of Oxford.
Alan Moody is to take on the exciting
new role of Director of Regional
Development. From May, Lucille
Callaghan, current secretary to the
Director of Finance, will help Alan two
days a week.
Dr Maureen Watry, Head of the Library’s
Special Collections and Archives, has had
a book published. The Vale Press is the
story of typographer, publisher and wood
engraver Charles Ricketts (1866-1931)
and his famous press. The book is
published by Oak Knoll Press.
The University of Liverpool Bellringers
have been out in force again. This time
the bells rang out for the launch of
Liverpool Cathedral’s Centenary
Development Appeal and, later the same
morning, for the TSS Manxman Appeal,
which hopes to bring the old Isle of Man
passenger steam ferry back to
Merseyside for restoration and display.
Open all hours!
Apilot project between the Library
and Buildings and Estates will run
from 11 April until 20 May when the
Library will be open 24 hours a day,
Monday to Friday.
University Librarian, Phil Sykes, said:
“We’re currently working on a plan for the
Library for 2005 to 2009. One of our
underlying aims will be to achieve the
highest standard within the Russell Group
for the quality of support we provide to our
users and the convenience and availability
The Harold
Cohen Library
is to become
one of the
first Russell
Group
University
libraries to
open
24 hours.
of library services. The extension of opening
hours is an important aspect of this.
“We’re grateful for the
encouragement we’ve had from the
University for the 24 hour pilot and,
particularly, the support from our
colleagues in Buildings and Estates.
We’re optimistic that use will be high
– certainly the reception given to our
improved Christmas opening suggests
a considerable appetite for longer
library hours.”
The University Library Gypsy Collections recently played host to Dr Lutz Miehe
who is researching the persecution of Sinti and Roma (Gypsies) in Saxony-
Anhalt under the Nazi regime.
(l-r) Dr Miehe with Lorna Williams (Library) and Dr Rosenhaft
Library hosts Gypsy expert
Dr Miehe is an historian and civil servant
responsible for administering five memorials
to the victims of National Socialism and of
repression under the German Democratic Republic.
Dr Eve Rosenhaft from Modern Languages is
researching in the same field and, in 2001, acquired
for the Library an archive of photographs of Gypsies
from Central Germany, which includes rare images of
the camps in which Gypsies were forced to live under
the Nazi regime.
Their correspondence led to the meeting in
Liverpool to examine the photographs and compare
notes. Dr Miehe thus became the first international
scholar to examine the new collection – with the help
of a finding-list recently completed by Lorna Williams.
While in Liverpool, Dr Miehe also met members of the
Schools of History and Modern Languages and gave
a talk to MA students.

University biologists have discovered how the plagues of the Middle Ages
have made around 10% of Europeans resistant to HIV.
Who is safe
from HIV
infection?
Scientists have known for some
time that these individuals carry a
genetic mutation (known as
CCR5- 32) that prevents the virus from
entering the cells of the immune system,
but have been unable to account for the
high levels of the gene in Scandinavia and
relatively low levels in areas bordering
the Mediterranean.
They have also been puzzled by the fact
that HIV emerged only recently and could
not have played a role in raising the
frequency of the mutation to the high
levels found in some Europeans today.
Professor Christopher Duncan and Dr
Susan Scott from the School of Biological
Sciences, whose research was published
in the March edition of Journal of Medical
Genetics, attribute the frequency of the
CCR5- 32 mutation to its protection from
another deadly viral disease, acting over a
sustained period in bygone historic times.
Some scientists have suggested this
disease could have been smallpox or even
bubonic plague but bubonic plague is a
bacterial disease rather than a virus and is
not blocked by the CCR5- 32 mutation.
“The fact that the CCR5- 32
mutation is restricted to Europe
suggests that the plagues of the
Middle Ages played a big part in
raising the frequency of the
mutation. These plagues were
also confined to Europe,
persisted for more than 300
years and had a 100%
case mortality.”
Professor Duncan
Around 1900, historians spread the idea that
the plagues of Europe were not a directly
infectious disease but were outbreaks of
bubonic plague, overturning an accepted
belief that had stood for 550 years. Professor
Duncan and Dr Scott illustrated in their book,
Return of the Black Death (2004, Wiley), that
this idea was incorrect and the plagues of
Professor Christopher Duncan
Dr Susan Scott
Europe (1347-1660) were in fact a
continuing series of epidemics of a lethal,
viral, haemorrhagic fever that used the
CCR5 as an entry port into the
immune system.
Using computer modelling, they
demonstrated how this disease provided
the selection pressure that forced up the
frequency of the mutation from 1 in 20,000
at the time of the Black Death to values
today of 1 in 10.
Professor Duncan added: “Haemorrhagic
plague did not disappear after the Great
Plague of London in 1665-66 but continued
in Sweden, Copenhagen, Russia, Poland
and Hungary until 1800. This maintenance
of haemorrhagic plague provided
continuing selection pressure on the
CCR5- 32 mutation and explains why it
occurs today at its highest frequency in
Scandinavia and Russia.”
• On 11 March, The Times featured the
research as a full page spread.
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Jobs Fair
During National Student Employment Week,
organised by the National Association of
Student Employment Services (NASES), the
Careers Service held seminars and workshops
and a very successful Jobs Fair.
T
he Jobs Fair, held in Mountford Hall, was attended by
24 exhibitors and visited by over 1,300 students from
colleges and universities on Merseyside. Organiser
Richard Hogg from PULSE Student Employment
Service said:
“This is an excellent opportunity for students to
meet local and national companies and discuss
employment issues. It was a huge success and
we will be holding another Jobs Fair soon.”
For more details on forthcoming events visit:
www.liverpoolfairs.org.uk. For more information about
NASES visit: www.nases.org.uk
World trade experts
have travelled to the
University to discuss
the importance of
international markets
with the city’s business
community.
Trade experts
visit Liverpool
The experts visited the
University’s Management
School as part of
‘International Trade Week’ – an
initiative run by UK Trade and
Investment (UKTI) that focuses on
developing international markets
and boosting overseas trade with the
North West.
Joanna Lavan, from China
Connect, who has vast international
trade market experience, particularly
in relation to China and the Far East,
spoke at the event, as well as Paul
Eadie, Latin America Trade Adviser
for the UKTI. Mark Beresford from
business consultancy Strategem also
spoke on trade development and
investment overseas.
Dr Roger Levermore (pictured above),
the University’s Director of Study for
International Business, said: “I was
delighted to welcome such leading
experts in international trade to the
University. It was a good opportunity
for first-time exporters and companies
who had never traded overseas to
obtain advice on pursuing the benefits
international trade provides. It was also
most important for our international
business students to witness how
practitioners develop markets.”
The presentations were followed by
a question and answer session in
which Merseyside businesses and
students were able to find out how to
help their organisation prosper through
developing international markets.
Changes to management
of Capital Projects
The University is embarking on a significant capital
development programme in support of the
Corporate Plan. The Buildings & Estates Department
is responsible for delivering this programme and, to
help achieve this, the team has made some
organisational changes.
Major Capital Projects – normally with a value over £1 million – will now be
headed by Bob Dawson, Assistant Director (Capital Projects) and a Project
Management team including Ian Sheldrake, Tony Mathews, Ben Sidney and
Ian Quayle.
Minor Capital Projects – will receive equal priority with Dr Tony Allison,
Assistant Director (Operations and Maintenance) assuming control of the inhouse
Design Group until further notice. Tony will be assisted by Eddie Stanley
who has been appointed Acting Design Group Manager.
Please direct any queries to:
Desi Cochrane, Project & Design Team Secretary on 43182 or crndea@liv.ac.uk

Jack Straw launches new dental course
The UK’s first dental
hygiene and therapy
diploma to be
delivered on an
outreach basis has
been launched by
Blackburn MP and
Foreign Secretary,
Jack Straw.
T
he diploma, run by the University,
has been specially developed to
provide training opportunities for
those living in areas with limited dental
provision. Jack Straw said:
“The University of Liverpool is
one of the UK’s top centres of
excellence in dentistry – this
course will ensure that areas
like Blackburn are better able to
recruit the dental professionals
they need.”
Royal visit!
Dr Jedynakiewicz was welcomed to
Dubai by His Highness Sheik Hamdan
Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Deputy Ruler
and Head of State of Dubai. In his lecture,
Dr Jedynakiewicz focused on the results
of clinical trials of new dental materials
that he has been conducting at the
University.
• The United Arab Emirates Dental
Conference is one of the largest dental
meetings in the Middle East and
welcomes delegates from all countries
across the world.
The University has established three teaching
centres in partnership with local primary care
trusts in Blackburn, Lancaster and Crewe. A
total of 24 students began studying towards
the new Dental Hygiene and Dental Therapy
Diploma in September last year.
Dean of Dentistry, Professor Cynthia Pine,
said: “Dental hygienists and dental therapists
are vitally important in local dental care
provision. We developed this outreach course
specifically to address the low numbers of
people going into the dental profession in
parts of the North West. We want to provide
opportunities in dentistry for people locally
and increase the likelihood of retaining those
skills in the local area.”
Jack Straw (MP for Blackburn), Debbie Haigh
(Burnley), Susan Smithies (Hyndburn), Janet
Holden (Accrington), David Peat (Chief Executive
Burnley, Pendle and Rossendale PCT) and the
Dean, Cynthia Pine.
Many of the students on the first course
are already experienced dental nurses.
They spend one day a week at the School
of Dentistry and the rest of the week at the
teaching centres and on outreach
attachments at local dental practices.
The course runs for 27 months and trains
students in a range of skills including oral
assessment, disease monitoring, dental
health education and treatments such as
dental scaling and polishing and
routine fillings.
Dr Nicolas Jedynakiewicz, Lecturer in Clinical Dental Science, was
an invited speaker representing the FDI World Dental Federation at
the United Arab Emirates Annual Dental Conference held in Dubai.
Dr Jedynakiewicz being welcomed to Dubai
by His Highness.
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Dr Jedynakiewicz with the President of the FDI
World Dental Federation, Dr Heung-Ryul Yoon from
Korea, and the FDI Programme Director, Dr Choo
Teck Chuan from Singapore.

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Professor Andy Cooper Professor Matt Rosseinsky
Chemists at the
University of
Liverpool have been
awarded £5.3
million to develop
new complex
materials for use in
areas such as
communications,
medicine, energy
storage, and
nanotechnology.
£5.3m award to develop
new complex materials
T
he grant, awarded by the Engineering
and Physical Sciences Research
Council (EPSRC), will be used to
develop materials with very specific
characteristics by assembling atoms and
molecules into novel forms as the basis for
next-generation technologies.
Project leaders, Professors Matt
Rosseinsky and Andy Cooper, received one
of only six grants awarded by the EPSRC as
part of its Portfolio Partnership scheme,
designed to provide long-term support to top
research teams with a proven track record of
achievement.
The main focus of the grant is the basic
science that will enable these future
technologies; that is, to answer questions
about how atoms, molecules, and small
particles assemble to form more complex
structures. The team also plans to develop
some specific materials for real applications
such as porous solids for gas storage and
polymeric materials for home and personal
care applications.
Professor Andy Cooper explained: “Without
an understanding of the basic ‘molecular
tool-kit’ that we use to build these materials,
it will not be possible to design more complex
structures in the future.
Professor Marianne Elliott, Director of the Institute of
Irish Studies, has recently delivered the Ford Lectures at
Oxford University.
A
series of six weekly lectures,
this is the most prestigious
series of lectures for a historian
of the British Isles to be invited to deliver
and a first for an University of
Liverpool professor.
Professor Elliott said: “It was a great
honour to be invited by the Ford
Lecture’s Electors, particularly since only
two of the 45 previous lecturers have
been women and there has been only
one historian of Ireland 27 years ago.”
Professor Elliott’s topic was Religion
and Identity in Irish History, ranging
from prehistoric Ireland to the present,
with the current Northern Ireland peace
process, a particular interest of the Institute
of Irish Studies, a recurrent theme.
• The lectures will be published by
Oxford University Press next year.
A major aim of organisations like the EPSRC
is to fund basic science that will support
and underpin the more directly applied
research that is going on in UK industry.”
Professor Rosseinsky added: “One of the
goals of this grant is to bring together a
range of techniques that work at different
length scales – for example, to assemble
both small molecules and much larger
particles to make complex structures with
new properties. Understanding and
ultimately predicting these assembly
processes is the key to designing new
materials. Our strategy is based on
synthesis but strongly supported by theory,
computer modelling and new automated
methodologies.”
“We are delighted to
receive this grant, which
reflects the high standing
of work in Materials
Chemistry at Liverpool.”
Professor Rosseinsky
First for University professor

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Opened in February 1995, the Computing Services Helpdesk has
been the single point of contact for issues relating to IT services.
The Vice-Chancellor and Delia Brettell (Helpdesk supervisor) holding the birthday cake, accompanied by
Sue Byrne (CSD’s Head of User Services) and the Helpdesk team: Nickey Travis, Ian Halsall, Steve Mason,
Amanda Partyn, Claire Hitchmough, Joanne Kehoe, Christian Bodart, Helen Mills, Tim Worthington, Peter
Adams and Ken Allen (the two other members of the team, Ian Richardson and Vicky Wheatley, were
unable to be present).
CSD Helpdesk
celebrates ten years
There are now three Helpdesks – one in
the main CSD building on Brownlow Hill
(building 31) and one in each of the two
main University Libraries adjacent to the
Information Support Desks. The main
Helpdesk is open from 8.30am-5.30pm
every weekday and the Helpdesks in the
Libraries are open from 9.00am-5.00pm
every weekday.
Research reveals link
between car theft and arson
From analysing police and fire service data and
interviewing offenders involved in car crime, Steve
Merrall, a researcher from the Department of Civic
Design, and colleagues from the Universities of
Liverpool and Huddersfield, showed that the link
between car theft and arson is much stronger
than previously thought.
Those vehicles not reported stolen are either
abandoned on the street and burnt out by a third
party (e.g. vandals) or have been burnt out by
those dumping unwanted (usually untaxed,
unregistered) vehicles in order to destroy
Email: helpdesk@liverpool.ac.uk or tel:
44567. There is a voicemail service to take
your messages – please remember to leave
your telephone and email contact details.
You can also report a problem or submit a
query to the Helpdesk via the Comments
and Questions link on the CSD webpages
or directly from:
http://www.liv.ac.uk/csd/comments.html
identifying evidence. The research indicates that
the latter scenario is more common. As steel
prices fell in the mid-1990s, increasing the costs
of legal vehicle disposal, it was cheaper for
individuals to dispose of unwanted
vehicles illegally.
Fire Safety Minister Phil Hope said the research
shows that police, councils and the fire and rescue
service must work together to reduce the numbers
of stolen or derelict vehicles being burned out on
our streets.
T
en years on, it continues to be
heavily used by both staff and
students and, to formally mark its
10th Anniversary, the Helpdesk in
Brownlow Hill received a visit from Vice-
Chancellor, Professor Drummond Bone.
The Vice-Chancellor met the Helpdesk
team who outlined how services had
developed over the last decade, and
the visit concluded with a tour of the
Computing Services machine room.
• When the Helpdesk opened in 1995, it
comprised one supervisor, Delia Brettell,
and three Helpdesk Assistants. The
number of Helpdesk Assistants has now
risen to 13, which includes two of its
founder members, Amanda Partyn and
Joanne Kehoe.
• The Helpdesk provides a wide range of
services to staff, postgraduate and
undergraduate students. These include
registration administration, fault
reporting, the sale of site licence
software, teaching centre bookings and
course bookings, in addition to a wide
range of general problems and queries
relating to computing.
• During this academic year, the number
of incidents handled each week has
averaged approximately 1,300 and,
during the first week of the Autumn term,
peaked at 2,335.
• In the first few months of operation,
some of the most common queries
were from users who had forgotten their
passwords or needed help in printing
their work. Ten years on, these continue
to be some of the most common issues
handled by the Helpdesk!
University research has
found that car thieves
intent on destroying
forensic evidence,
especially DNA, could be
responsible for more than
half of the cars
deliberately set alight on
our streets.
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University helps
Tsunami victims
Staff and students from the University united to show their support for the Tsunami Disaster
Appeal raising over £3,000.
The book sale.
T
he lecture is held triennially in
memory of the first Viscount
Leverhulme, and is given at the
University in recognition of its special
relationship with the Leverhulme family.
During his lecture, entitled, Back to what
future? Musical tradition in an age of
anxiety, Mr Kenyon discussed recent
seismic changes in classical music,
challenges in the area of repertory,
audience behaviour, funding and the
impact of these cultural shifts on our
understanding and enjoyment of music.
Nicholas Kenyon said: “Classical
music is at a turning point. Changes in
repertory, tradition and the way in
which people listen to music have had
a huge influence on our musical
culture. It is a time of great opportunity
for the future, but these opportunities
must be grasped with imagination and
vision if classical music is to be more
than a relic of the past.”
Nicholas Kenyon, CBE, was appointed
Controller of BBC Proms, Live Events and
Television Classical Music in 2000. He
played a key role in the BBC’s
programming for the millennium
celebrations, prior to which he was
Controller of BBC Radio 3. He spent much
of his early career working as a music critic
for publications including The New Yorker
and The Observer and has written the
biography of the Liverpool-born conductor,
Simon Rattle. He has edited four volumes
of BBC Proms Guides and edited the
influential volume Authenticity and
Early Music.
Over 150 staff and students –
including the three-legged
student! – participated in a
1.4-mile walk, which started at the Guild
of Students and followed a route around
the University campus. Money was raised
through the sale of commemorative
t-shirts and sponsorship. T-shirts from the
day are still available and can be
purchased from the Guild Office, 1st Floor
Guild of Students or the LSCA Office.
Another fundraising event on campus
was the joint Corporate Communications
and Centre for Lifelong Learning book sale.
Over £200 was raised from avid readers
and a raffle which was held on the day.
Steve and John, Porters from the Self-Catering Residences, half way through the walk.
LSCA is considering supporting Liverpool
City Council projects to support the affected
areas of the disaster including ‘twinning’ with
Galle in Sri Lanka.
They are also working with staff at
Philharmonic Court, who are planning a
memorial garden, to remember the students
who were killed in the disaster, and with an
international agency, Friends of the South,
which supported those affected in the
immediate aftermath of the tidal wave and
long term development projects.
For further information on any of the
projects the University is supporting,
contact lsca@liv.ac.uk
12th Leverhulme lecture
Music lovers had a rare opportunity to learn about changes in
the classical music world when the Director of the BBC Proms,
Nicholas Kenyon, visited the University to deliver the prestigious
Leverhulme Memorial Lecture.

T
he beach clean, held with the
support of the Morecambe Bay
Partnership, was a fantastic way
for students to get out and make a positive
impact on a beautiful part of the North
West’s environmental heritage and raise
the profile of student volunteering in 2005 –
‘Year of the Volunteer’.
North West MPs tabled an Early Day
Motion in recognition of the valuable work
of student volunteers, especially the
contribution they make on a daily basis to
their local community.
In Liverpool, Student Volunteering Week
featured a range of events including the
launch of the sports hall at men’s hostel
Mildmay House, which was transformed
by 40 student volunteers in late 2004, and
the launch of social befriending sessions
at the YMCA. This was prompted by the
success of a similar project run by the
Homeless Action Group of Liverpool
Student Community Action (LSCA) at
Mildmay House.
In conjunction with Liverpool John
Moores University Volunteers, the
Volunteering Team at the University
organised ‘Filling in the Gaps –
volunteering for enhanced employability’
during Student Volunteering Week. The
programme included five seminars from
community organisations and a
volunteering fair with nearly 40 exhibitors.
Over 100 students attended the
seminars and nearly 500 people visited the
fair. Aintree Hospital Volunteers ran one of
the seminars and also exhibited at the fair.
• Student and staff volunteers at the University of
Liverpool take part in a diverse range of voluntary
opportunities everyday across the city including:
volunteer support workers at Victim Support,
assisting with children’s activities at a local
adventure playground, planning and running
fundraising events for both local organisations and
LSCA, and making use of accreditation methods
available to them including Millennium Volunteers
and the Higher Skills Development Programme.
What is the meaning
of Liverpool?
To launch a series of open discussions on this
theme the department, along with the Pool
Project – which is led by Liverpool-based artist
Jean Grant – hosted an open discussion entitled What
is the meaning of Liverpool? The aim of the event was
to discuss the impact of regeneration on the city using
the ‘pool’ of Liverpool as a starting point to help people
take a fresh look at their city.
Around 60 people from a wide range of
backgrounds across the city joined in the discussion
and raised many interesting points around creativity in
the city, particularly in the light of the Capital of Culture
2008. Mike Storey, Leader of the City Council,
commented on how he saw the future of the city
through his own history of family migration. He argued
for the need to take Liverpool out of the cycle of
poverty and to build on the confidence of the
city’s people.
Volunteering for
a day at the seaside
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In celebration of Student Volunteering Week, seven volunteers
and two members of staff from the University were part of a
111-strong team of volunteers from universities across the North
West who took part in a regional beach clean event.
Students on Morecambe Bay beach clean. Mike MacDonnell, Kevin Lea and Angela Connor,
volunteers from Aintree Hospital.
“For me, it’s a wonderful way of cementing our current relationship with the
University and highlighting our activities within the hospital. There’s a
mutual benefit as it helps students to develop their citizenship skills while
providing us with more people to interact with patients in a social capacity.”
Terry Owen
Volunteer Manager at Aintree Hospital
Did you know that the name ‘Liverpool’ originates from a tidal pool that once sat beside the town?
The University’s Department of Sociology, Social Policy and Social Work Studies (SSPSWS),
in conjunction with the Pool Project, is encouraging wide and open discussion on the future
of Liverpool through examining the impact of Liverpool’s ‘pool’ on the development of the
city, asking why it was apparently forgotten and if it has a symbolic role to play in the
future of the city.
Stuart-Wilks Heeg, lecturer in SSPSWS, commented:
“The cultural development of Liverpool needs to be
as inclusive and broad ranging as possible and
culture cannot, therefore, be prescribed, but should
wherever possible be allowed to develop
spontaneously.”
There was wide ranging discussion which raised a
number of areas for future debate, for example
people wanted to discuss the role of grassroots
culture in the cultural development of the city and
how we best foster risk taking and innovation in
regeneration. Everyone involved agreed the events
should continue in the build up to 2008 and should
focus on how the people of Liverpool can ‘pool’ their
resources to get the most out of the city.
Forthcoming events:
Thursday 14 April, 6.30-9pm, Hope at Everton,
Cornerstone, Shaw Street, L3. Follow-up event around
the theme of enabling and supporting grassroots and
diverse culture within the Capital of Culture and
regeneration in Liverpool. For further information email
mulletc@hope.ac.uk
Wednesday 4 May, 5.30-8pm, Starbucks, Bold Street.
Royal Society of Arts (RSA) Coffeehouse Challenge, a
lively debate and discussion about the role of modern
architecture in the regeneration of the North West of
England. For further information email
r.g.macdonald@livjm.ac.uk
If you would like to know more about the Pool Project,
or about attending or hosting future events, please
contact info@site-sight.demon.co.uk

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Construction work has started on a £1.8 million visitor centre at
the University‘s Botanic Gardens at Ness on the Wirral Peninsula
– one of the University’s Centenary Projects.
Ness Gardens
set to blossom!
Ness Gardens were
originally developed in
1898 as the family home
and botanical base of
Arthur Kilpin Bulley, one
of Britain’s foremost
supporters of the plant
collectors of the early
20th century. The whole
estate was gifted to the
University by Bulley’s
daughter in 1948, since
when it has been
expanded to its present
size of around 64 acres,
of which 46 are open to
the public.
T
he 107-year old gardens have been
given the green light on plans to
partially demolish the existing visitor
centre and construct a single storey, open
plan building, to include a central courtyard
area. A new car park and improved access
to the gardens will complement the new
development. Dr Ray Buss, who leads the
Ness management team, said:
“The new centre is the main
feature of a whole programme
of improvements. This
development follows a
detailed and intensive review
by the University, which
identified the need for a
significant investment in better
facilities, more attractive
displays and information in
order to widen the visitor
appeal of the Gardens.”
The new centre, which has an estimated
completion date of mid-summer 2005, will
increase the enjoyment for visitors, allow
‘under cover’ activities and extend the
length of the visitor services.
Despite some disruption, the gardens
will continue to open its doors to visitors
and host some large events including the
Summer Outdoor Evening Concert on 11
June with anticipated visitor numbers
of 2,000.

“Ness is not only a wonderful
garden, but it also houses
extensive and important botanical
collections, many of which can be
traced back to the pioneering work
of Mr Bulley, who founded the
Gardens in 1898. We are very
excited that this investment will
help us to maintain those
collections and improve the way
we interpret the plants and Ness
to our visitors.”
Dr Ray Buss
Did you Know? University staff can get in to the
Gardens for free during the week.
Artist’s impression of the new visitor centre.
Original x-rays of Tutankhamen’s body, taken by
scientists at the University, could throw new light
on the mystery of the young King’s death.
Robert Connolly with an original x-ray
of Tutankhamen's skull.
obert Connolly, Senior Lecturer in
Physical Anthropology from the
Department of Human Anatomy and Cell
Biology, is working with the Egyptian authorities to
analyse recent findings from a CT scan of the
mummy. He has been asked to comment on
suggestions by scientists that Tutankhamen died as
a result of an infection following an injury to the
femur bone.
Mr Connolly has re-analysed the original x-rays
of the leg, taken by Professor R G Harrison in 1968,
and has found no evidence, such as the
involvement of soft tissue, to suggest that the
fracture in the femur bone became infected. Mr
Connolly adds:
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Fractured leg bone not the
end of Tutankhamen mystery
R
“It’s possible Tutankhamen’s
leg injury could have been
sustained in an accident.
There are remarkable
similarities between his ribcage
injuries and those of a British
mummy – St Bees Man in
Cumbria – who sustained fatal
damage to his chest in a
jousting accident. It is,
therefore, highly possible that
the King could have died as a
result of a chariot or sporting
accident, or even at war.”
Original x-ray of Tutankhamen's
rib-cage
Another possibility is that the leg bone was broken
during the 1925 autopsy, during which the mummy
was sawn in half, just below the rib cage, for no
apparent medical or scientific reason. It is possible
that damage to both the leg bone and the ribs
occured at the same time, in an attempt by
scientists to find hidden gold in the cavities of
the body.
The original x-rays also revealed fragments of
bone in the skull, which led many to believe the
King could have been murdered by a blow to the
head. Mr Connolly, however, found that the bone
had been dislodged from the top of the neck and
not the skull as previously thought.
He continues: “It is possible that the
vertebrae could have been broken when
Egyptian priests removed the brain. We believe
there was a substantial delay between death
and mummification, during which time the
brain would have liquefied. The priests have
almost certainly drained the brain through the
base of the skull rather than removing it in the
traditional way via the nose.
“However, the bone was not caught
in the resin that the priests used to preserve
the body, suggesting that the bone was not
broken during mummification. It is more likely
that it was dislodged in the 1925 autopsy, as
scientists searched for possible treasures
hidden inside the skull.”
• This investigation is part of the continuing interest
in medical aspects of Egyptology in this University
going back to the work of Professor Richard
Caton, who was the first Professor of Physiology,
1881-1891.
• Mr Connolly has also conducted an analysis of
Lindow Man – the body found in a peat bog in
Lindow Marsh, Cheshire, in 1984, which is now
on display at the British Museum.

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AIMES launches website
The AIMES Centre
(Advanced Internet
Methods and Emergent
Systems), a pioneer
in the transfer of escience
to e-business,
has launched a new
website.
Finance system roll-out
to give greater control
The Finance Office is
rolling out the financial
package Agresso to
departments, in a move
designed to give greater
autonomy when ordering
equipment, consumables
and services.
The University is a business with a
turnover in excess of £230 million.
Since 1999, the Finance Office has
been keeping track of this money using
Agresso, a popular system used by 40 other
universities plus local government, charities
and large businesses. However, to date
departments have only had read-only
access to Agresso and many have used
other packages to produce orders and keep
track of budgets, presenting a major
problem for them and the University in terms
of accounting and meeting audit
requirements.
“Operating two systems in parallel is
expensive in terms of resources, requiring
the double entry of information, the need to
reconcile the figures in the two systems and
a time delay between information appearing
first in the local and later in the central
systems. Making the procurement facilities of
Agresso available to everyone will eliminate
these problems and empower departments,
which will be able to place orders up to
£5,000 with total autonomy.”
Susan McClelland
Systems Accountant
T
he website provides information
about the work of AIMES along
with an introduction to grid
computing and case study information.
Visitors can also find out about
forthcoming AIMES events including
general e-business seminars and more
focussed sector workshops on the
applications of grid technologies.
The Centre, which is part of the
University, is seeking to use next
generation computing to create new
business applications with the potential
to markedly improve business
competitiveness.
The site has been developed by local
agency Splinter in conjunction with AIMES.
Professor Dennis Kehoe, Director of
AIMES, said: “This site will provide
a useful resource for both the
academic community and local
businesses alike.”
To view the website go to www.aimes.net
Geoff Beard, Director of Procurement,
who has championed the use of Visa
Purchasing Cards by departments,
concurs with this view and believes that,
with the future leading towards web
requisitioning and e-procurement, the
roll-out is timely.
The basic building block of roll-out is
the procurement process (placing orders,
receiving the goods and dealing with
invoices), but it can also cover stores
matters and inventory keeping. It will
also include Purchasing Card (credit
card) transactions, replacing the manual
log with a web-based electronic log.
Scanning documents and linking them
electronically within Agresso will make
retrieval much simpler and authorised
users will be able to view the same
document simultaneously.
The University has opted for a gradual
approach to roll-out; so far two
departments have gone live with Agresso
- Electronic Engineering & Electronics
and CSD. The School of Biological
Sciences will be next with 15 other
departments in the queue. Roll-out is
scheduled to take 18 months.
Susan added: “This is an ideal
opportunity for departments to review
their business processes - maybe to
streamline, modify or to match
staffing patterns.”
To support the roll-out, the Agresso
Systems team has produced training
notes and online tutorials (using the CSD
provided ViewLet Builder software) which
will be available on the University website.
www.liv.ac.uk/csd

Business and Community news
Intellectual property
Dave Wibberley (pictured above) from the
Business Services team, in conjunction with
Liverpool John Moores University, has
organised an event for creative and cultural
academics, students, entrepreneurs,
businesses, and others from within the sector,
entitled Protecting your Intellectual Property
Rights in the Creative Industries.
The event includes expert guest speakers
such as Jill Durdin, Marketing Executive of the
Patent Office, Joanne Bibby, Company
Solicitor, MerseyTV (Hollyoaks, Grange Hill)
and John Sweeney, from the Mechanical-
Copyright Protection Society/Performing
Right Society.
Wednesday 20 April 2005,
1.15pm–6.00pm, Foresight Centre.
Places are limited. For further information and
to register visit:
www.liv.ac.uk/businessgateway/events
Environmental excellence
Business Services has contributed to an
event which gave researchers in the
Environmental Sciences the opportunity to
exhibit their technology and showcase their
knowledge and expertise to businesses and
public sector organisations in the North West.
Business Development Manager, Dr Amiel
Farrington (pictured above), said: “The event
was an excellent opportunity for the region’s
research base to engage with end-users and
forge collaborations with industry and sector
stakeholders.”
The environment is a fairly new agenda for
business and industry but significant interest
was shown in the event, which generated
several new leads and potential partnerships
for the University.
For further information on Business Services
support, visit:
www.liv.ac.uk/businessgateway or
contact 48355.
Trade union partnership
A unique partnership has been announced
which will help trade unions in the North West
to capitalise on the University’s research and
expertise. The partnership is designed to
assist unions in improving the lives and
opportunities for their members and the wider
community in the region.
The first significant event, organised by
Professor David Sadler (pictured above)
(Department of Geography), saw the launch
of the Work, Community, Region knowledge
transfer centre development project, cofunded
by the University’s Academic
Enterprise Fund and Amicus North West.
Over 50 delegates attended including Kevin
Coyne (Regional Secretary, Amicus), Frank
Hont (Regional Secretary, UNISON), Dave
McCall (Regional Secretary, TGWU) and
Baroness Margaret Wall. University
representatives included Professor Alan Irwin,
Dean of Social and Environmental Studies,
Professor Kelvin Everest, Pro-Vice-Chancellor,
and Dr Ian Carter, Director of Research.
If you would like to find out more about the
project, contact dsadler@liv.ac.uk or
chris.mclinden@liv.ac.uk
Innovation Network
As part of the support for the University’s
engagement with business and the wider
community, Business Services has received
funding from the Higher Education Innovation
Fund and the North West Development
Agency to establish an innovation network in
the region.
The Innovation Network will bring together
a diverse community of organisations and
people keen to improve and extend their
innovation performance and facilitate the
sharing of new concepts and latest thinking
on innovation.
A number of events are being planned for
direct face-to-face knowledge sharing
including talks by practitioners or leading
proponents on innovation, followed by
networking opportunities.
If you are interested in exploring management
issues associated with innovation, contact
Dr Noordin Shehabuddeen (pictured above
left) on 48571 or email: noordin@liv.ac.uk
University report
reveals strength
of female-led firms
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Dr Alan Southern from the
University of Liverpool Management
School (ULMS) has taken over
authorship of the Small Business
Research Trust (SBRT) quarterly
report, a major survey of nearly
12,000 small businesses.
T
he relaunched report reveals the
strength of female-led firms and
shows that these businesses
are already successful and are
optimistic of future growth.
Highlights from the report include:
• 44% of female-led firms recorded
sales growth in the third quarter of
2004 – 7% more than the rest of
businesses taking part in the survey
• 45.7% of female-led businesses
expected growth in the final quarter
of 2004
• 27.7% of female-led firms reported
employment growth in the third
quarter of 2004 – 10% more than
other businesses in the survey
• 20% of female-led firms expected to
take on more staff in quarter four of
2004 – 4% more, than other
businesses in the survey.
• 34.8% are in the wholesale and retail
sectors, 21% in real estate and 15%
are in education/health.
The survey also shows that female-led
firms are predominantly micro
businesses with 40% of women, with
lead management responsibility,
working for firms employing between
one and four people, with a further 26%
in the five to nine employee category.
However, in the employment category
of 10-19 employees, the number of
women leading firms falls to 16% with
just 14% of women leading businesses
in the employment category of 20-49
employees.
Dr Southern suggested there was a
glittering prize within grasp for the UK
if the entrepreneurial potential of
women can be harnessed:
“This certainly shows the impact
women can have on business. I'm
convinced that many more new
business can be created if women
can be encouraged to think about
starting-up.”

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Flight Science & Red Noses!
Riverside MP visits Engineering
Professor Gareth Padfield,
Head of the Department,
said: “This was an
informing exercise for our local
MP. It provided an excellent
opportunity to brief her on the
strength of the research activities
within the Department of
Engineering, the bright future
ahead with developments in
undergraduate teaching
programmes and the major
restructuring project which will
provide facilities to deliver them.
We also briefed Louise on some
of our regional research initiatives
including our work with the
Aerospace Innovation Centre,
Laser Depositioning and the
SuperSTEM Centre at Daresbury
(Scanning Transmission Electron
Microscopy).”
Louise Ellman wrote to the
department after the visit, saying:
“I am very keen to support the
work of the department and
would like to keep in touch
with developments. Everybody
went to a great deal of trouble
to put the presentations
together and I appreciate all
their hard work.”
RND ’05 flying team.
As part of the national Red Nose
Day (RND) fund raising event,
the Flight Science and
Technology Research Group in
the Department of Engineering
held a “Wacky Races – Catch the
Pigeon” flying competition.
Using the full motion Bibby Flight
Simulator to pilot Dick Dastardly’s
flying machine through Cobra
Canyon in pursuit of Yankee Doodle,
competitors flew around a racetrack trying
to set the fastest time to complete a lap
and were penalised for missing any gates.
Participants made a donation to enter
the competition and to use the X-Plane
flight simulator, while visitors dropped in to
get ‘refuelled’ with a tea, coffee and cake
sale. The event was supported by a local
flying school, Ravenair, which donated a
Flight Experience at Liverpool Airport as a
prize for the best flyer.
Over £200 was raised on the day and
Gavin Kennedy from Computing Services
was the winner.
For more information on Ravenair visit
www.ravenair.co.uk.
“It was a busy day but very rewarding,
not only because we contributed to
Comic Relief, but also because of the
huge smiles on the competitors’ faces
when they came out of the simulator.
Our thanks to all who took part.”
Helen Baker, a PhD student in the Flight Science
and Technology Research Group who organised
the event.
Louise Ellman, MP for Riverside, made a visit to the
Department of Engineering and was given an update
on new developments, including the Engineering
Refurbishment Project.

(l-r): Dr Barbara Watterson, Prof Rosalie David,
OBE, Anne Wolff (former student of Prof
Garstang’s), Hugh Flemming (Garstang’s
grandson), Jan Flemming, Flora Flemming,
Prof William Brice.
Archaeology at Liverpool
celebrated its centenary last
year, with a weekend conference
during graduation week. With an
eminent Japanese professor
starting a sabbatical in the School
in April, and a book to be
published at the end of 2005,
a review of the weekend was
long overdue…
Vets go naked for charity!
Students in the
Faculty of
Veterinary Science
have helped raise
money through
some very
strange, and very
rude, ways!
Firstly, they produced
a calendar with 12
tasteful black and
white photographs,
featuring Veterinary
students in various
states of undress!
The calendar was
sold to students and
staff in the Faculty
for £5.
‘Vet Valentine’ took
place in February and
was organised by first
year vets. The
students carried out
various ‘hits’ on
friends and a suitable
number of people
were humiliated in the
name of charity.
Six naughty nurses
surprised unknowing
students who were
attending lectures, while
it became a common
sight to see four halfnaked
blokes in wellies
parading around
campus accompanied
by loud music and some
raunchy dancing.
Other slightly nicer
‘hits’ included a team of
cupids hand delivering
roses and some lucky
girls being ‘Top Gun’
style serenaded.
More than 175 former students
(from the 1960s-2000s) attended
the two day event which included
a Gala Dinner, lectures and the conferment
of an honorary degree. Many had travelled
from all over the UK and Europe, and
Professor Jiro Kondo (from Waseda
University and a former HRF of the School)
and his wife made a special trip from Japan
just for the weekend. Professor Kondo will
be on sabbatical in the School in April for
six months.
The oldest attendee was Professor
William Brice who excavated with Professor
John Garstang, founder of the Liverpool
Institute of Archaeology, at Mersin in
the 1950s.
There was also a ‘living’ connection with
John Garstang as one of his grandsons,
Hugh Fleming, with his wife and daughter,
attended the conference. They had
interesting stories to tell about ‘grandpa’
Garstang, his wife Marie and their daughter
Other vet students,
not involved in these
acts, dressed up and
collected money in
Liverpool city centre.
Despite the bad
weather, £986
was raised.
Both fundraising
events raised money
for the Small Animal
Hospital and the Wirral
Children’s Toy Library,
a local charity for
neonatal children.
Archaeology –
past and future
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PEOPLE
Meroë (Hugh’s mother) who was born in
1910 and named after the site Meroë which
Garstang was excavating at the time.
Lectures covered topics such as the
origins of the Institute, Egyptology at
Liverpool, the study of the Near East at
Liverpool and classical archaeology. Patricia
Winker also gave a light-hearted look at her
30 years in the School, entitled: You don't
have to be mad to work here, but...
Professor Elizabeth Slater, Dean of Arts
and holder of the Garstang Chair of
Archaeology, presented on Archaeology
at Liverpool: New Beginnings, and the last
lecture, entitled Archaeology into the New
Millennium was given by Professor
John Gowlett.
Lord Professor Colin Renfrew, Disney
Professor of Archaeology at Cambridge,
was guest of honour and was made an
honorary graduate at the degree ceremony.
Vets in the news
Dr Alex German, Head of the Royal Canin Weight Management Clinic,
is pictured with Susan Schädlich from Germany’s Focus magazine, a
prestigious overseas publication, explaining how the clinic works. The new
clinic, which aims to address obesity in small animals, attracted extensive
media attention, both here and abroad.

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PEOPLE/AWARDS
Champions of Learning
Emy Onuora, Director of Aimhigher Greater Merseyside, presenting Jessica Graham
(Broadway Community School) with her award for designing the 'Champions' logo.
The University has hosted a launch event for Aimhigher
Greater Merseyside’s exciting new ‘Champions Project’.
Students from the project.
T
he Champions Project will work
initially with more than 100
youngsters from across Greater
Merseyside over the next six months as
they research and produce their own films
examining the barriers and solutions to
progressing to Higher Education.
Launching the project, the Director of
Aimhigher Greater Merseyside, Emy
Onuora, said: “The Champions film project
is just the start of the process. These young
people will become Champions of Learning
on Merseyside and, with the help of the
project, will motivate and inspire other
young people to get the most out of
education and to aim higher in life.”
The students, plus their enthusiastic
supporters from home and schools,
attended the event to hear Pidgin
Productions, and award winning young
filmmakers from Croxteth Community
School, talk about how involvement in an
action learning project such as film can
have an enormous impact on motivation
towards learning.
The students are committing much of
their own holiday and weekend time to
complete the films, which will be premiered
in Liverpool in October.
“The involvement in action learning is an important process that will raise
aspirations and attainment and help develop team building, communication
and problem solving skills.”
Tricia Jenkins MBE Head of Widening Participation at the University.
The University's Careers
Service joined forces with
its counterparts in
Merseyside's other Higher
Education Institutions to
host an event celebrating
the success of the Outlook
Diversity Mentoring
Programme.
Mentoring in
the spotlight
Outlook aims to promote diversity and enhance
the employment prospects for disadvantaged
groups through a mentoring scheme with local
employers. This year over 200 students across
the HEIs are taking part.
Guests had the opportunity to listen to
personal accounts from students and mentors
who have benefited from the scheme, and
afterwards, network with employers and Careers
Service and Outlook staff.
Several students also received certificates
and there was a special award for ‘Long Service
to Outlook’. This was an award for employers
who have supported the scheme over the last
five years through acting as mentors, workshop
presenters and sponsors. Recipients of this
award included Ian Duckett, a Careers Adviser
at the University, who has supported the
scheme as a workshop presenter.
“Taking part in the
Outlook Mentoring
Programme was a
fantastic experience
which really helped
increase my confidence
in making decisions
about my career. I was
given the opportunity to
shadow my mentor and
as a result gained firsthand
experience of
sitting in court and
listening to a judge.”
Kunbi Molajo, a Law graduate who took part in
the scheme while in her 2nd year at the
University. Michael Hardman, a partner for
Berrymans Lace Mawer, mentored her and, three
years on, she now works as a paralegal for the
same law firm.
Merseyside Diversity Mentoring is a
partnership comprising the University of
Liverpool, Liverpool John Moores
University, Liverpool Hope University
College and Edge Hill and is supported by
the Higher Education Careers Services Unit
(Graduate Prospects), the leading UK
provider of graduate careers and
recruitment solutions.

Richard Williams, a postgraduate student from the
Institute of Irish Studies, has been awarded three
prizes for his undergraduate final year dissertation.
Star student
Richard graduated in June last year with a first class
degree from the School of History. His dissertation dealt
with the Cunard-White Star merger and the decline
of North-Atlantic shipping in the period between c.1930
and 1936.
His prizes came from the British Commission for Maritime
History, the Liverpool Nautical Research Society and the Friends
of Liverpool Museum. Richard’s supervisor, Professor Robert
Lee, said:
“Richard is to be congratulated on producing an
excellent dissertation and a first-class piece of
historical research based on an extensive use of both
primary and secondary sources.”
Lord Mayor’s
International
Reception
Students at the Town Hall.
The Lord Mayor of Liverpool, Councillor Frank
Roderick, has hosted a reception for
International Students at Liverpool Town Hall.
The reception, which is held annually, was well attended by
international students studying at Liverpool’s three Universities.
The event, organised by the International Support Team, is a
great opportunity to welcome international students to the city of
Liverpool and does much to enhance the reputation of the city.
At the reception six students won travel vouchers by entering a
competition in which they had to answer questions relating to the
city. Five of the winners were University of Liverpool students.
Gigs for eyes
Damian Farnell, a lecturer in
Ophthalmic Imaging, raised
money for the Foundation for the
Prevention of Blindness with two
live bands playing at the Pilgrim
Pub. This gig was the first in a
series of concerts called “Gigs
for Eyes” that aims to raise
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AWARDS
Richard with Professor Lee (left) and Andrew Pierce, Chairman of the Friends
of Liverpool Museum.
The Boogie Wonder Band.
A lecturer in the Department of Medicine has organised
a charity event on behalf of the St Paul’s Eye Appeal.
money to support the research
work of both clinicians in St
Paul's Eye Unit, Liverpool and
of the vision scientists in the Unit
of Ophthalmology, University of
Liverpool. Damian said: “It
was a great night, and we
raised £360.”
For further details and photos from the gig visit:
http://pcwww.liv.ac.uk/~dfarnell/gigs_for_eyes.htm

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AWARDS
This July, Cancer Research UK's Race for Life, the
popular 5km, women-only fundraiser supported by
Tesco, will be returning to Liverpool for the 8th time.
Race for Life returns
to Liverpool
Sunday
17 July
at Aintree
Racecourse
Organisers have been delighted by
the support and commitment
Liverpool’s women have shown
for Race for Life in the past. In 2004, over
3,700 women in the area raised £175,000.
This year, Cancer Research UK is hoping
to top that figure with a fundraising target
of £180,000 for the 4,000 women taking
part in the Liverpool race. In total, Race
for Life is aiming to raise £23 million.
The money raised by those taking part
provides much needed funds for Cancer
Research UK’s continuing work to cure
cancer faster. Cancer Research UK is
currently funding a range of research at
the University of Liverpool. This includes
fundamental research into pancreatic,
lung and skin cancer.
As always, spaces in Race for Life are
strictly limited, so why not sign up today?
The event is open to women of all fitness
levels it is the money you raise, not the
time you complete the course in, that is
important.
To enter Cancer Research UK’s Race for
Life visit: www.raceforlife.org or call the
hotline on 08705 134 314.
Interested in
your child’s
language
development?
Dr Caroline Rowland from
the School of Psychology
is collaborating with colleagues
from the University of
Manchester on a two-year
Economic and Social Research
Council (ESRC) funded research
study on language development
in children.
She needs to recruit children aged
approximately 2 years 7 months, from
Merseyside or Wirral, to participate in
the study entitled The Acquisition of
Auxiliaries in Early Child Language.
The children will be studied
longitudinally for eight months using
a mixture of naturalistic speech
recordings and elicitation studies
designed to encourage children to use
certain words. The study will give us a
deeper understanding of how children
learn to use language.
If you would like further information,
or would like to register an interest in
your child participating in the study,
please contact Debbie Anderson
(research assistant) on
0151 794 1111 (ext. 41111).
Death
The University regrets to report the death of:
Clarissa J Stevenson
a former member of staff and a mature
postgraduate research student in Public Health
who had recently successfully completed her PhD.

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ART GROUP
The University Art Group would like to attract new
members and membership is open to present and past
members of staff, students and the Women’s Club.
Associate membership is open to those with no
affiliation to the University.
The Group holds an annual 3-week summer exhibition in
Senate House, which attracts over 100 entries of
paintings, sculpture, ceramics, pictorial embroidery and
photography, mostly for sale. There is a one-off joining
subscription of £5 and modest hanging fee for
exhibitions.
For further information, please contact the Honorary
Secretary, Miss Pamela Vose tel 01704 531709
CONTINUING EDUCATION
in the Centre for Lifelong Learning
Continuing Education courses are open to members of
staff and students. You can view the current programme
– regularly updated - at our website –
www.liv.ac.uk/conted/ or contact us to request the
current prospectus.
Subjects include: Archaeology and Ancient Languages,
Art and Art History, Business Studies, Creative Writing
and Film Studies, Literature, Geology, History and Local
History, Information Technology, Languages, Music,
Philosophy and Religion, and Science.
New courses starting soon include:
Art and Art History
• Photography: The Urban Experience – 10 weeks from
Thur 14 April 1.30-3.30
• An Introduction to Looking: Image, Text and Myth –
Sats 16 and 23 April 10.00-5.00
• Exhibitions at Tate Liverpool: The Kahnweiler
Collection – Sats 16 and 30 April 10.00-5.00
• Art in Action: Life Drawing – Sats 7 and 14 May
10.00-5.00
• Art in Action: Flower Painting in Watercolour (location
Ness Gardens) – 5 weeks from Fri 22 April 10.30-
12.30
Business and Management
• Further Aspects of Management Accounting –
5 weeks from Wed 18 May 7.00-9.00
• Competing for the Future – 8 weeks from
Thur 19 May 6.30-9.00
Level 2 courses:
• International Enterprise – 8 weeks from
Mon 11 April 6.30-9.00
• Managing Change – 8 weeks from Tues 26 April
6.30-9.00
• Brand Strategies – 8 weeks from Tues 10 May
6.30-9.00
• Business: Doing Well by Doing Good – A Corporate
Social Responsibility Workshop – 4 weeks from Wed
11 May 6.30-9.00
• Creative Marketing: The Use of Metaphor and
Symbolism – 4 weeks from Mon 20 June 6.30-9.00
Creative Writing
• Getting Published – Sat 16 April 10.00-5.00
English Literature
• The Russian Short Story – 5 mtgs from Tues 12 April
10.30-12.30
• Reading English Literature: The Last Ten Years – 5
weeks from Tues 12 April 7.00-9.00
• Great Shakespeare: Anthony and Cleopatra/Much Ado
about Nothing – 18 April and 16 May 10.00-4.30
• European Literature in English: Vicious Triangles –
5 weeks from Fri 22 April 10.30-12.30
• English Literature Saturdays: The Book of Job –
Sat 23 April 9.30-4.30
• A Brief History of Rhyme (location Southport) –
10 weeks from Fri 29 April 1.00-3.00 (repeated
3.30-5.30)
• English Literature Saturdays: Virgil, The Aeneid –
Sat 7 May 9.30-4.30
History and Local History
• Women and Science (location Chester) – 10 weeks
from Wed 13 April 2.00-4.00
• Heirs to Papists: The Blundell Family and Little
Crosby (location Crosby) – Sats 16 and 23 April
10.00-4.00
• The Landscape in British Folklore (location Ormskirk)
– Sat 14 and 21 May 10.00-4.00
• The Making of the English Landscape – Thur 30 June
and 14 July 10.00-4.00
Information Technology
• Windows and Microsoft Office (at Weatherhead
School, Wallasey) – 10 weeks from Tues 5 April
7.00-9.00
• Adobe Premiere: Video Editing – 5 mtgs from Thur
14 April 6.30-8.30
• Introduction to MySQL – 8 mtgs from Thur 14 April
6.30-8.30
• Web Page Design using MS FrontPage – 10 mtgs
from Thur 14 April 6.30-8.30
• 3D Graphics and Design – 5 mtgs from Wed 20 April
6.00-8.00
• Visual Basic for Microsoft Applications – Sats 30
April/7 May 9.30-4.30
• Macromedia Flash for Creative Web Animation –
Sats 30 April/7 May 9.30-4.30
• E-mail, the Internet, and Worldwide Web – Sats 14
and 21 May 9.30-4.30
Summer Languages
• Greek for your Vacation – 10 weeks from Wed 20
April 5.00-7.00
• Italian for your Vacation – 10 weeks from Wed 20
April 6.00-8.00
• Spanish for your Vacation – 10 weeks from Wed 20
April 6.00-8.00
• French for your Vacation (Refresher course) –
10 weeks from Wed 20 April 5.30-7.30
Philosophy and Religion
• Paul’s Letters: Romans – 10 weeks from Mon 11
April 10.30-12.30
• The Prophets: Hosea to Micah – 10 weeks from Mon
11 April 1.30-3.30
• Pagans, Christians and Jews: Fifth to Seventh
Centuries – Wed 13 April 6.30-9.00
Psychology
• Freud’s Major Case Histories: Phobia and Peversion
– 10 weeks from Tues 12 April 7.00-9.00
Science
• Investigating Subsurface Cheshire: Practical
Geophysical Surveying (location Northwich) – 4 days,
Mon 9-Thur 12 May 9.30-4.30
Non-accredited courses at Ness Botanic Gardens
• Border Planning – Sat 16 April 10.00-4.00
• Right Plant, Right Place – Sat 14 May 10.00-4.00
• Creative Writing Day – Sat 25 June 10.00-4.30
• Most CE courses offer University credits which can
be accumulated towards a University award or as
evidence of achievement for personal or vocational
purposes. At 120 credits a Cert.HE [120 credits] can
be awarded – in named subjects of Archaeological
Studies, Creative Writing, Historical Studies and
Music.
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NOTICE BOARD
• Members of staff and full-time students can pay
a reduced fee for most courses.
Further information from Continuing Education at
126 Mount Pleasant, tel 0151 794 6900/6952,
email conted@liverpool.ac.uk, website
www.liv.ac.uk/conted/
FRIENDS OF THE UNIVERSITY
Wednesday 20 April, 2.30pm. Dr Andy Sawyer, Science
Fiction Librarian and world expert on John Wyndham,
will give an illustrated talk, The Return of the Triffids, and
show some John Wyndham archive material. Taylor
Room, Sydney Jones Library. Tickets £5. Light
refreshments.
For further information, contact Sue Irvine, Alumni Office,
Corporate Communications, tel 0151 794 2269.
LIVERPOOL MOZART ORCHESTRA
Saturday 7 May, 7.30pm. Mark Heron returns to conduct
two performances of a programme that includes two
great and always popular classical symphonies –
Beethoven No 8 and the more lightly scored Schubert
No 5. Pyramid Arts Centre, Warrington. For tickets
contact the Box Office tel 01925 442345.
Saturday 14 May, 7.30pm. Programme as above. Pacific
Road, Birkenhead. For tickets contact the Box Office tel
0151 647 0752.
For further information, visit
www.merseyworld.com/lmo
LIVERPOOL WELSH CHORAL UNION
Saturday 7 May, 7.30pm. The Armed Man: A Mass for
Peace (Karl Jenkins), soloists include Rachel Smith,
Stephen Davis and Anthony Cleverton. Philharmonic
Hall. Tickets £21, £18 and £15.
For further information, visit www.lwcu.freeserve.co.uk
Tickets available from Mavis Owens tel 0151 652 6374
or email mavis@lwcu.freeserve.co.uk
MUSIC - WEDNESDAY LUNCHTIME CONCERTS
The Foresight Series
27 April. LLC Arts Centre Classical Ensemble. Another
performance by talented musicians from our local FE
college.
25 May. School of Music Student Recital. A range of
solo and ensemble performances.
Foresight Centre Chapel, 1pm.
The Merseyside Connection
13 & 20 April and 4 & 11 May. Student Mini Recitals. A
chance for our 3rd year performance students to try out
the venue of their final examinations. University Theatre,
Rathbone Building, 1pm.
For further information, tel 0151 794 3096 or email
music@liv.ac.uk
PENSIONERS’ CLUB
Meetings held on the first Friday of each month in the
University Senate Room, Senate House, Abercromby
Square (unless otherwise stated) at 1pm.
6 May. AGM at 1.15pm followed by History of the
Cunard Line by Kevin Bargen.
3 June. Antarctic Surveys by Mr D Taylor.
1 July. River Pilot by Mr J Rafferty.
Membership is open to all retired staff of the University.
Bookings and further information from Mrs Rosemary
Morris tel 0151 632 5581.

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NOTICE BOARD
WOMEN’S CLUB
Membership is open to female staff, partners of male
academics, female postgraduates, alumni and students.
Male partners are also welcome to join in our varied
programme of activities. For a £5 annual subscription
you can make new friends and join in the fun! For more
information, tel 0151 428 5963.
19 April. Afternoon Cream Tea at the Vice-Chancellor’s
Lodge.
5 May. Guided tour of Liverpool Museum’s new galleries
by Emma Martin.
10 June. Summer Party: evening ‘Dinner Cruise’ on the
River Dee.
30 June. Guided tour of the University Art Gallery
sculptures by Matthew Clough.
For details on these events, tel 0151 342 9436 or visit
www.liv.ac.uk/womensclub/
General
Freedom, Caring and Asian Philosophy
Tuesdays, 5.30-7.00pm, Seminar Room 1, Philosophy
Department.
12 April - Ways of Being Selfless
19 April – Reasons for Caring
26 April – Ways of Being Free
All by Leverhulme Trust Visiting Professor, Mark Siderits,
exploring ways in which resources from Asian
philosophical traditions might prove useful in addressing
current concerns over the source and role of values in
our lives. For further information, tel 0151 794 2788.
For sale
PC (Tower) - Windows 98; AMD Duron(tm) processor
750mhz 128.0MB Ram PC133 133mhz RAM, 10Gb
Fujitsu UMDA100 H/D, Jetway 663AS PRO Motherboard,
Artec 50x UMDA33 CDROM, LiteON 12x10x32 Burn
Proof CDRW, 1.44 MB Floppy Drive; Creative Labs
Soundblaster PCI128 Sound Card, 32MB ATI Range 128
AGP Graphics Card with Tvout, TRUST ISDN PCI Card.
£75 ono. Contact Linda tel 0151 795 5121 email
l.j.marsh@liv.ac.uk
Desktop computer with 19" Hansol monitor Athlon
XP 2200+, 768 MB DDR
RAM, 80 GB 7200 HDD, Nvidia 440 MX 64 MB Graphics,
Creative Audigy 5.1 Sound Card, Hauppauge TV Tuner
card, Modem, LAN, 6 USB 2.0 ports, 1 IEEE port, Labtec
Speakers, Keyboard, Mouse. I will format the hard drive
and reinstall the operating system. Please do not
hesitate to ask if you need more information. £495 ono.
Contact Santanu Chakraborty email
santanoo@hotmail.com tel 07765 654013.
Beautiful 3 bed terraced house in Mossley Hill L18
Original features, stripped floors, feature fireplaces, new
kitchen and bathroom, part-doubled glazed, gch.
Convenient for Allerton Road shops and restaurants etc.
£235,000. For details email
houseforsale@hotmail.co.uk.
Lovely 3 bed town house in Allerton Priory 2
bathrooms, lounge/dining room, small fully fitted kitchen,
small manageable garden in peaceful surroundings, fully
carpeted, curtains, blinds. Would suit young
professionals. £225,000. Tel 07980 908408.
Four bed terrace in quiet cul-de-sac near
Greenbank Park, L18 Tel 0151 733 7104 or 07891
465810 (mobile).
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House in central West Kirby, Wirral 3 storey,
Victorian semi in quiet road, 3 mins walk to station.
GCH, 2 receptions, kitchen/diner with wood-burning
stove. 6 beds, bathroom, additional downstairs
cloakroom. Lovely sheltered, sunny garden. New roof,
but retains many original features. £399,950.
Tel 0151 625 6339 or email
skrj.emmerson@virgin.net
Spacious and peaceful flat 3/4 bedrooms in Grade II
late Regency terrace located in parkland a few minutes
from the University, original features but fully modern,
private parking, no chain. £235,000 tel 0771 0161869.
Character sandstone cottage in Gateacre Village
Conservation Area 2 beds, 2 living rooms, front & rear
gardens (rear south facing), full dg, gch., fully tiled
modern bathroom, useful cellar. Garage available. Very
convenient all amenities. £159,950. Tel 07946 011737
or email rsnelson7@hotmail.com
Moses Basket (Index) dressed with luxury Broderie
Anglaise, including quilt, canopy and mattress - almost
new. Graco Mirage Travel System (car seat included)
a compact travel system, light and easy to manoeuvre,
ideal for trips about town, suitable from birth - in
excellent condition. Fisher-Price Vibrations Bouncer,
this bouncer has a vibration system, which helps to
calm anxious or crying babies. Fun farm animals keep
baby happy. European bottle warmer never used - as
new. All items are properly washed. £110. ono. Contact
Bonnie email chakrabo@liv.ac.uk or
tel 07974 786266.
Liverpool PhD gown, hood and cap in excellent
condition £250. Tel 0151 625 3579.
Silver Toyota Corolla 2001 reg. Low mileage,
excellent condition, MOT and fully taxed, £3,900.
Tel 0151 794 4001.
To rent
Spacious 2 bed, 2 reception room, part furnished
1st floor apartment in quiet residential neighbourhood
in South Liverpool. 3 mins from Aigburth Station (8 mins
from Central Station). Non smoking. £500 per month
plus services and Council Tax. Tel 0151 427 6664 or
email ianbrad@liv.ac.uk
Gorgeous large furnished room in shared attic flat
in Cressington Park L19 Wooden floors, views of
river, close to train station, all mod cons, good
amenities. Would suit postgrad or staff. £210 pcm.
Call 0151 427 3570.
Bright, warm room in quiet private house near
Lark Lane Large kitchen, all mod cons, own bathroom.
Would suit academic/postgraduate. Tel 07708 669450.
Furnished double-sized room in nice 3 bed semi
in a popular residential area of Childwall, L16. Excellent
local amenities, right next to bus route into University.
Garage, driveway, parking. All mod cons (modern fitted
kitchen, washing machine, telephone, Internet point, TV,
microwave), DG, GCH, nice garden and only 10 mins
by bus to city centre (2.5 miles). £250 pcm excluding
bills. Postgrad or professional non-smoking female.
Tel 0151 722 0775.
Room available in fully furnished terraced house
in Cressington GCH, washing machine, microwave,
shower, etc. Situated 2 mins walk from Cressington
Merseyrail station, 9 mins journey to Central station.
Would suit staff or mature student requiring quiet study
area. £60 per week inc all bills except phone. Short or
longer term OK. Tel 0151 494 9306 or 07791 197520
(after 7pm).
classified
Spacious single room in 3 bed house to share with
2 male PhD students in Ingrow Road, L6. Sky TV, GCH,
DG, ff kitchen and bathroom, washing machine,
security system, walking distance from University and
hospital. On major bus route into city centre. Ideal for
postgrad or medical student. Non-smoker. £217 pcm
plus share of utilities. Contact Ben tel 07921 077600
or email bcarter@liv.ac.uk
Available
Free computer screen Good condition, 14" LG
colour monitor, Studioworks 44i. Pick up from central
Liverpool. Email lynn.buchanan@liv.ac.uk
Professional word processing theses, dissertations,
CVs, letters, tables - laser printing - good rates. Contact
Jill tel 07891 465841.
Well-appointed house in Southern Spain, Costa de
Luz. Sleeps up to 9. 5 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, garden
and pool. 5 minutes walk from lovely beach. El Puerto
de Santa Maria, Nr Cadiz, Andalucia. Prices from
£400pw according to date and occupancy.
Contact Tilly Gilmour tel 0151 427 3775 or email
tillygilmour@virgin.net.
Southern Ardeche – France Beautiful old converted
barn high in Cevennes mountains, sleeps 6. Own
entrance, terrace and paddock, deep country -
spectacular landscape - views to 100 miles. More
wildlife than people. Walk, ride, swim in rivers.
Great markets. Eat, drink, sleep well. £475 pw.
Tel 02077 226 740 or email v.brinton@which.net
Home Computer Solutions - upgrade and repair.
Virus and Spy ware specialist. Flat rate, no callout
charges. Microsoft trained. If your computer is running
slow, contact John on 0151 677 1776 or 07905
627066.
How much could you save with the Utility
Warehouse? Low cost landline & mobile phones,
Internet and the UK's cheapest domestic gas &
electricity. Visit www.telecomplus.org.uk/mhplus or call
freephone 0800 458 4935.
Log Cabin in Windermere. Sleeps 6, tastefully
decorated, TV, video, microwave, washing machine etc.
Swimming pool, gym, sauna, tennis court, pub,
restaurant, quiet spot on the hill. Contact Karen Nobel
tel 44327 or 07813 151182.
Cartoonist for hire for weddings, birthdays and
engagements. Have the unusual at your ‘do’, your
guests can be drawn on the spot, also available for
conferences, seminars etc. Special commissions
undertaken, birthday gifts, retirement, 40th, 50th any
occasion. For that special gift of a personalised
cartoon/caricature framed or unframed. For further
information tel 0774 6979828 or email
awgarnet@liv.ac.uk
Delightful 19th Century cottage in East Devon
Rural location 15 mins walk from Budleigh Salterton
and the River Otter. From £200 per week, sleeps 5 in
three bedrooms. Phone Stan Roberts on 0161 306
4501 or 07980 269205.
Pen-yr-Heol Barn Luxury holiday let. Sleeps 10/11.
Secluded barn conversion, ideal for walkers, situated in
the Brecon Beacons National Park. Visit
www.breconcottages.com or tel 01874 676446.
Driving tuition New VW Polo, excellent pass rate,
student and staff discount, competitive rates. Contact
Simon tel 0151 531 6301.

Are you graduating
this year?
A
As you are
coming to the
end of your
studies, we’d
like to give you
information
about alumni
relations
services and
activities.
s a graduate, you will remain a member of
the University for the rest of your life, so
we’re keen to maintain contact with you.
We’ll send you information to keep you up-to-date
with developments at the University, and news of
fellow graduates, via Insight, the magazine for
alumni and friends of the University of Liverpool.
We are currently developing an events
programme, so there will also be opportunities to
attend our reunion events in the future. We can
also help you to organise your own reunions and
help to keep you in touch with old friends.
Further information is available on our web
pages at www.liv.ac.uk/alumni
There will also be more information and a
contact form in the pack sent to you prior to
graduation, so do look out for that, and you can
contact the Alumni Office on alumni@liv.ac.uk or
telephone 0151 794 2269.
We look forward to hearing from you once
you graduate, and to keeping you informed
about the University and Liverpool.
Sister Helen Prejean.
Tuesday
29 November 2005,
Sherrington Building, 6.30pm
Sister Helen is the author of the bestselling book
Dead Man Walking, based on her experiences
visiting inmates in Louisiana’s State Prison. The
book was also turned into a major film starring
Susan Sarandon and Sean Penn. Sister Helen will
provide an account of her prison ministry and
specifically the experiences that inspired her to
write Dead Man Walking.
For further information contact Siân Winston,
Events Manager on 0151 794 6986 or email
sian.winston@liv.ac.uk
Your publications
The following University publications are available to all staff for use at
conferences, meetings, overseas trips, recruitment and any other events
at which you might want to promote the University and its activities.
Annual Report 2004
Financial headlines plus brief
updates on our most recent
achievements in research,
Learning and Teaching,
Widening Participation and
business reach-out activity,
as well as our continuing
international collaborations.
100 Facts
Small, portable promotional publication
showcasing 100 facts about the University to
celebrate our centenary.
Please contact the Publications team on 42250/1 or email: precinct@liv.ac.uk
Red Brick
Sister publication to the
Annual Report. An externallyfocused
magazine containing
features highlighting the
wealth of research across
all Faculties, plus wider,
strategic articles on the
future of the University and
Higher Education.
Precinct
Back issues are available of
our monthly internal magazine
for staff and students.
There are also a limited number of mini road atlases and copies of Waterfront: A Pictorial Celebration
of Liverpool by Guy Woodland, which can be given as gifts to visitors, etc.
Sir Robin Knox-Johnston, CBE RD -
A life at sea. Monday
5 September 2005,
Sherrington Building, 6.30pm.
Sir Robin Knox-Johnston was the first person to sail
single-handed and non-stop around the world in his
boat Suhaili in the Golden Globe Race. He won the
Jules Verne Trophy for the fastest circumnavigation in
1994. Sir Robin will talk about his life at sea and also
about the Clipper 05-06 round the world yacht race,
which will start and finish in Liverpool.
Commodore Ronald Warwick. Wednesday
16 November, Sherrington Building,
6.30pm.
The links with the University of Liverpool continue with a
public lecture given by Commodore Ronald W Warwick,
former master of the Queen Elizabeth II and current
master of the new Queen Mary II, to celebrate the
Capital of Culture Year of the Sea. Commodore Warwick
made Cunard history in 1990 by sailing in command of
the same ship as his father, the late Commodore
William E Warwick, who was the first Master of the QE2.
Commodore Warwick will also be awarded an honorary
degree for the University of Liverpool in July 2005 in
recognition of his contribution to the shipping industry.
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Public lecture 2005 – Sea Liverpool Public Lectures
Tim Severin - The Brendan Voyage.
Tuesday 25 October 2005,
Sherrington Building,
6.30pm.
Tim Severin is renowned for his voyages, which
reconstruct those of ancient and medieval
travellers, and the books and documentaries,
which describe those adventures. Perhaps the
most famous is the Brendan Voyage, a hazardous
journey across the North Atlantic in a leather boat
in the wake of the medieval Irish monks who may
have journeyed to Iceland, Greenland and
Labrador. Other sea trips include the Sindbad
Voyage from the Oman to China in an Arab dhow,
the Ulysses and Jason Voyages in a Greek galley
around the eastern Mediterranean and as far as
Georgia, and the China Voyage by bamboo raft
across the Pacific Ocean. His other land voyages
were equally spectacular.
Refreshments will be served afterwards in the
foyer. The public lectures are free but places are
limited - you will need a ticket to gain entry. Please
call 0151 794 2650 for your ticket(s).
For further information contact Siân Winston,
Events Manager on 0151 794 6986 or email
sian.winston@liv.ac.uk