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THE UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL MAGAZINE FOR STAFF
DECEMBER 2006
Open emotion
The Centre for Excellence in
Developing Professionalism
opens at Cedar House

CONTENTS
Quickglance
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03 A fresh approach
03 A bigger Russell
03 New appointment
04 New ground
04 A diverse policy
04 Movers and shakers
05 Xi’an VIP
05 A new strategy
06 New Alzheimer’s treatment
06 From the heart
06 Medical tour de force
06 Such BLISS
07 Cutting edge
07 Fighting early deaths in Malawi
08 Colourful beginnings
08 Newsinbrief
09 Liverpinion
10 CAVA sparkles in Liverpool
10 New treatment for Elephantiasis
10 City on celluloid
11 Buds blossom at Ness
11 Segway or not Segway?
12 The fun of the fair
12 Hill’s pledge
12 Poetic revival
13 A day in the life of...
13 CSD migration
14 Biological change
Coverstory
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Emotional practice
The Centre for Excellence in Developing
Professionalism opens at Cedar House
Xi’an VIP
University of Liverpool’s partner comes to town
Poetic revival
University project moves closer to final target
Shamelessly Dickens
Gillian Kearney helps recreate Charles Dickens’ ‘Penny
Readings’
Honey to the bee
Dr Craig Roberts on his love of beekeeping
14 The history of Holger Hoock
15 Emotional practice
16 Stationary study
16 VELO-drama
17 Making plans
17 E(RII)=mc2
18 Shamelessly Dickens
18 AIMing high
18 Full Dress!
19 Is Liverpool the new Hollywood?
19 Beefing up
20 WE REMEMBER
20 Remembering Rotblat
20 Deaths
21 A little Spanish
21 SaBRE award
21 Breast stroke
21 Irish studies
22 A short film
22 A magnetic force
22 Tropical award
22 Electing for success
23 Shutting up shop
23 Secret Santa
23 Like honey to the bee
23 The sound of Sefton Park
24 Christmas conundrums
24 ALL WINNERS!!!
25 Take Notes
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Vice-Chancellor’s
message
An announcement that the Higher
Education Funding Council for England
is to provide £75 million in additional
funding to support Science was very
welcome news.
As you will have read in Precinct,
the University of Liverpool has received
millions of pounds of investment in
Chemistry in recent weeks, recognising
the importance of this subject – but there
is always more that needs to be done
and we are calling on our partners in
schools to help address this.
Science subjects are strategically
important to the economy and society
but vulnerable because of relatively low
student numbers. It is now recognised
that a key part of the problem with
science provision relates directly to the
lack of student demand and that urgent
action is required in schools to address
this. Chemistry, physics and some
engineering subjects are also particularly
expensive to provide which adds to the
financial impact on institutions.
Nationally, the new funding from
HEFCE will support chemistry, physics,
chemical engineering, and mineral,
metallurgy and materials engineering, to
help maintain provision in these subjects
in universities and colleges while
demand from students grows.
Too often when we discuss science
provision we get caught up in stories
about more science department
closures, but where there have been
some closures, this has often coincided
with expanded departments elsewhere.
We cannot overestimate how important
it is for the UK’s economy that we
continue to produce graduates in these
key subject areas. The UK science base
is second only to the US – and this has
been achieved on lower funding than our
competitors. If this success is to continue
adequate funding in schools, colleges
and universities is essential.
On a lighter note, I would like to wish
you all the very best seasons greetings
and I hope you enjoy your festive break.
Professor Drummond Bone

A fresh approach
Meet new Chief Operating Officer Ron Calvert
S
eeking the views of students and
academics is key to the University’s
continued success, according to new
Chief Operating Officer Ron Calvert.
He came to the University in November
following a successful career in the NHS and
he says the health and education sectors
share many of the same challenges.
Ron said: “Some of the approaches which
are necessary in each organisation are very
similar, and the issues that they face are
similar too. There is a public accountability
factor and a sense of obligation to society, and
both hospitals and universities work in a quite
political environment in a fast moving world.”
Ron was born in Newcastle and was
educated in London and Salisbury before
returning to his home town to study Zoology at
University, and later an MBA. He discovered a
talent for squash and after graduation played
at a semi-professional level, while working in
the family wholesale bakery business.
When the miners’ strike hit the North East,
the business was forced to close and Ron
took his management experience to the Royal
Hull Hospitals. He then moved on to University
College London Hospitals. When their Chief
Executive was headhunted to University
Hospitals of Leicester, a £600 million NHS
trust which provides more healthcare than any
hospital in England, Ron followed him, taking
the role of Director of Operations.
He says he is now looking forward to using
his skills in the higher education sector.
“The University is a fascinating
environment,” Ron added, “and one of the
A bigger Russell
The Russell Group of research-led
universities has increased its total
membership to 20 institutions.
Queen’s University Belfast has been
invited to join the association, of which the
University of Liverpool is already a member.
The Russell Group has also appointed
its first Director General. Dr Wendy Piatt will
take up her appointment in January 2007.
She is currently Deputy Director in the
Prime Minister’s Strategy Unit and is former
Head of Education at the Institute of Public
Policy Research.
things that most attracted me is the added
dimensions of both commercial operations
and the international initiatives.
“The other thing that attracted me here is
that I had met the senior team and it struck me
that the University of Liverpool is a university
which is on the up. It has a very talented
top team which is striving to get it there.
This is obvious in the huge range of capital
projects which are underway and international
partnerships which are being forged, and
there is a big emphasis on research, as you
would expect from a Russell Group University.
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The University
is a fascinating
environment.”
Ron Calvert
“I am meeting lots of people at the moment
and still forming impressions but an early view
is that I would like to see better engagement
with students; as consumers and partners. We
need to canvas their opinion more often. I also
want to meet more academics who are working
at the sharp end, because they are our key
players. I want to learn from them, hear where
they think I can help and get them involved
in shaping the future of the University. I know
the Vice-Chancellor’s message is ‘invest,
collaborate and grow’ and I want to back this
New appointment
The Cockcroft Institute – one of the UK’s
flagship centres of excellence in accelerator
science – has appointed world-renowned
physicist Professor Swapan Chattopadhyay
as its Inaugural Director.
Professor Chattopadhyay is currently
Associate Director at the Thomas Jefferson
National Accelerator Facility in the US
and is renowned for breakthroughs in the
physics and technology of particle beams
and photon science.
He will take up his new post at the
Cockcroft Institute in March 2007.
philosophy by ensuring there is a devolution of
power and responsibility more towards the front
line of staff. I know nothing will be that obvious
before the Research Assessment Exercise in
2008 but we need to prepare for that now.”
Ron is married with a 10-year-old son,
Cameron, and lives in Southport. His hobbies
include following the fortunes of Newcastle
United - though he’s reluctant to discuss their
form this season! He’s also a keen film fan and
is eagerly anticipating trying out some of the
region’s famed golf courses.
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04
New ground
Students to get hands-on experience of the
construction industry
The Department of Engineering is
introducing an innovative practical
element to its degree programmes, giving
students real hands-on experience of the
construction industry.
All second year students will spend a week
in March 2007 at the Constructionarium in East
Anglia, a purpose built, two-hectare site which
provides a range of challenging teaching
and learning conditions. The site, based at
the National Construction College, includes
a scaled down river, three lakes, stabilised
flatlands, mountainous terrain, and specially
constructed ‘bad ground’ with porous strata
and high ground water.
Civil engineering contractor Edmund
Nuttall has agreed to support the project as
contractor-collaborator, which means that
the Liverpool Constructionarium will have
‘sponsors’ on-site who will provide building
A diverse policy
materials and machinery. In addition,
consulting engineers Mott MacDonald have
signed up as consultant-collaborator and will
provide on-site design expertise during the
Constructionarium week.
As part of the project the students will work
in teams of 20 to construct scale projects
using real civil engineering techniques.
Students will be involved in the planning,
costing, health and safety and practical
construction of each project. In the process
they are required to work as teams in terms of
effort and communication.
Dr Steve Millard from the Department
said: “The commitment from Edmund Nuttall
and Mott MacDonald is not just for one year.
They both see this as a rolling long-term
commitment to develop closer links with the
University and help with our CDIO-related
active learning and teaching projects.”
n The CDIO initiative is an innovative
educational framework for producing the next
generation of engineers. It provides students
with an education, stressing engineering
fundamentals set in the context of Conceiving
- Designing - Implementing - Operating
real-world systems and products. CDIO and
the active learning philosophy for teaching
is fundamental to the development of the
Liverpool Engineer.
The University has launched its Diversity and Equality of Opportunity Policy which aims to embed these principles within normal business
practice to ensure the University is accessible and viewed by everyone as a desirable place to work and study.
Frances Hewison, Head of Diversity and Equality, said: “We believe this is the best way to implement and sustain such wide-ranging
activities. Over the last year, the University has embedded diversity and equality into such processes as annual programme monitoring, the
academic planning process and professional development and review.”
The Policy provides a framework for the development of the University’s approach and emphasises the responsibility of all staff and students
to treat each other, and visitors to the University, with respect.
The detailed action plan which underpins the Policy is available on request from Frances Hewison and will be on the Diversity and Equality
website when it is launched as part of the new Human Resources website later this session.
Movers and shakers
n Dr Ian Carter, Head of Research and
Business Services, was awarded the status
of “Distinguished Faculty” at the Annual
Conference of the Society of Research
Administrators International, in recognition of his
contribution to the development and training of
the profession.
n Catherine Cochrane has been appointed
as the new Head of Regional Office within
Research and Business Services. Catherine
joins from the University of Sheffield and
will work on the University’s regional
engagement initiatives.
n Stephen Corran has joined Facilities
Management as the Design Group Manager.
He previously worked for Knowsley 2020, a
consultancy providing professional architectural,
landscape and engineering design services to
the Council and other clients.
n Beatriz Cutillas-Moreno has been presented
with the Best Scientist in Training award from the
British Society of Haemostasis and Thrombosis,
in direct competition with more senior PhD
students. Beatriz is in her first year as a PhD
student with Professor CH Toh in the Faculty
of Medicine.
ABOVE:
Students on a construction site
n Vet student Fran Reed has been recognised
by the British Small Animal Veterinary
Association. Fran, who undertook the research
while on the MSc in Veterinary Infectious Disease
and Control, won the award for her research into
feline calicivirus, a major pathogen of cats.
n Dr Richard Worden, Department of Earth
and Ocean Sciences, has been appointed
chief editor of the journal Geofluids. The journal
provides an international forum for original
research into the role of fluids in mineralogical,
chemical, and structural evolution of the
Earth’s crust.

TOP:
Professor Drummond Bone with the
XJTU delegation
Xi’an
VIP
University of
Liverpool’s
partner comes
to town
T
he University has welcomed a VIP
delegation from Xi’an Jiaotong
University, Liverpool’s partner in its
newly-opened institution in China.
The four-day fact finding visit included
meetings with academic and administrative
departments and a tour of the city.
Pro-Vice-Chancellor Professor Jon
Saunders, who hosted the delegation,
said: “As partners in our higher education
venture in China, the visitors were keen to
explore opportunities for future research
co-operation between the two universities.
They were also particularly interested in how
A new strategy
Plan will tackle academic challenges
T
he University has put a new
Academic Strategy in place to take
into account the rapidly changing
environment in higher education.
Variations in funding, in particular the
introduction of tuition fees, along with an
increasing emphasis on accountability
to students and other stakeholders,
greater competition from other education
providers, and the growing importance of
knowledge transfer activities, mean that the
University must position itself effectively in
this dynamic environment.
we deal with postgraduate research students,
administration and recruitment.”
The delegation consisted of Professor
Xu Li, Vice-Dean of the School of Medicine,
Professor Genshu Lu, Director of the
Research Institute of Higher Education,
Professor Xiaoping Song, Assistant to
the University President, and Wenbin Su,
Director of the Teaching Affairs Office of the
Graduate School.
MIDDLE: Professor Tao admires the corporate advert for the China project
on display in the Foundation Building
BOTTOM: Professor Drummond Bone greets Professor Tao
Professor Wenquan Tao, who was also
part of the visiting group, has recently been
appointed President of Xi’an Jiaotong-
Liverpool University in Suzhou.
The Strategy takes into account
the needs of both undergraduate and
postgraduate students – from their
recruitment, through to graduation and
on into employment and their future
professional development. It also considers
the needs of staff throughout their careers
at the University.
In addition, maintaining and developing
the University’s research excellence, as
well as its collaboration and partnerships,
are vital parts of the new four-year policy.
Pro-Vice-Chancellor Professor Kelvin
Everest said: “In past years learning
and teaching, and research, have been
considered separately and had their own
individual strategies. We realise that this
could lead to ‘blind spots’ - contradictions
or gaps in our strategic thinking.
“Having a single strategy means that we
do not enter into commitments in one area
without due consideration of the other. We
are a research-intensive university, and we
need to ensure that this defining aspect of
our identity is properly integrated with our
approach to learning and teaching.”
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06
New Alzheimer’s
treatment
Scientists have created a new chemical
compound that could be developed into
a drug treatment for Alzheimer’s disease.
The research team has used a family
of long chain sugars called Heparan
Sulphates (HS), found on nearly every
cell of the body, to produce a new
compound that can prevent the formation
of clumps of small proteins that form in
the brain. These clumps or ‘plaques’
disrupt the normal function of cells
leading to progressive memory loss
which is characteristic of Alzheimer’s.
Professor Jerry Turnbull and Dr Ed
Yates, from the School of Biological
Sciences, have discovered that the HS
sugars may play a key role in limiting the
development of the disease.
Professor Turnbull said: “We have
developed a new class of compounds
called ‘engineered heparins’ that could
possibly be developed into drugs to stop
small protein fragments called A-beta
peptides from forming in the brain and for
the first time treat the underlying cause
of Alzheimer’s. The compound, based
on the blood thinning drug, heparin, has
modified chemical structures designed
to optimise their desired activities and
reduce potential side effects.”
The compounds work by blocking the
beta-secretase enzyme, responsible for
snipping proteins into smaller fragments.
Despite its central importance to the
disease, there are currently no drug
treatments which target this enzyme
because it has proved difficult to find
inhibitors using traditional drug discovery
approaches. The new compounds,
based on the body’s natural substances,
may provide a novel route to effective
treatments for this debilitating disease.
Such BLISS
Professor Richard Cooke, of the Division
of Perinatal and Reproductive Medicine,
School of Reproductive and Developmental
Medicine, has received the BLISS
Neonatologist Lifetime Achievement Award.
BLISS is the premature baby charity,
and Professor Cooke received his award
from Dr Sheila Shribman, National Clinical
Director for children, young people and
maternity services. The award recognised
lifetime achievement through an
outstanding contribution to neonatal care
over the last 25 years. Professor Cooke
was described by one judge as having a
local, national and international impact on
the care of premature and sick, newborn
babies, while said his work had ‘towering
achievements’.
From the heart
Scientists receive boost for heart research
U
niversity scientists have been
awarded a prestigious grant by the
British Heart Foundation (BHF) as
part of a £4.2 million boost for research into
heart disease, Britain’s biggest killer.
Dr David Middleton and his team from the
School of Biological Sciences received
more than £100,000 towards their
research which aims to devise treatments
for improving survival rates in heart
failure patients.
Dr Middleton explained: “To pump blood
around our bodies effectively, heart muscle
cells must contract and relax in a rhythmic
way. Contraction and relaxation occurs
through the controlled flow of ions into and
out of the cells. Imbalances in the levels of
sodium and calcium ions can compromise
T
he Faculty of Medicine has held the
27th Sherrington Lecture which, this
year, was given by Professor Michel
Lazdunski, from Institut de Pharmacologie
Moléculaire et Cellulaire in Sophia-
Antipolis, France.
The title of the lecture was Sensing with
Ionic Channels and Professor Lazdunski
delivered a tour de force on how our
molecular and physiological understanding
of ion channels is shedding new light
on diseases.
The lecture was preceded by a very
successful School of Biomedical Sciences
symposium, with talks from Professor
Robin Crompton, Professor David Edgar,
Professor Munir Pirmohamed, Professor
Alexei Tepikin, Dr Sylvie Urbe, Dr Jeff
Barclay and Dr Ted Burdyga.
the heart’s ability to fill and pump, leading
to heart failure.
“This project aims to use state-ofthe-art
technology to examine how two
particular proteins interact with each
other in the membranes of heart muscle
cells to maintain normal sodium levels,
and how this interaction is altered in the
failing heart.”
Professor Jeremy Pearson, Associate
Medical Director at the BHF, added:
“Scientists working on BHF research are at
the cutting edge of their fields, furthering
our understanding of how to prevent,
diagnose and treat heart and circulatory
disease. We are delighted that scientists
in Liverpool are helping us in our efforts to
beat heart disease.”
Medical tour de force
Faculty of Medicine holds Sherrington Lecture
LEFT:
Dean of the Faculty of
Medicine, Professor
John Caldwell,
Professor Michel
Lazdunski, and
Professor Robert
Burgoyne
Sir Charles Sherrington was Professor of
Physiology for nearly 20 years until 1913.
In 1932 he received - along with Lord E
D Adrian - the Nobel Prize for Physiology
and Medicine for discoveries regarding
the functions of neurons.
In his honour the University
established the Sherrington Lecture in
1948 to be given every two years by an
outstanding scientist whose work has
made a significant impact in any aspect of
neuroscience. Ten Sherrington Lecturers
have been awarded the Nobel Prize for
Physiology and Medicine.
This year is also the 100th anniversary
of the publication of Sherrington’s
outstanding book, The Integrative Action
of the Nervous System.

Cutting edge
Hats off to Laser Engineering Centre
T
he Lairdside Laser Engineering Centre gave new meaning to the
term ‘cutting-edge art’ when it helped British sculptor Alastair
Mackie with his latest project.
Alastair used the 3D laser cutting capability of the Centre’s Prima
Laserdyne machine to produce his latest work, Bipolar. The work
features a genuine US Marine’s helmet into which an Islamic fretwork
pattern has been cut.
Not surprisingly the laser cutting of the item was not a simple
engineering project. Martin Sharp, Manager at Lairdside, explains:
“The whole project required considerable effort from Alastair, a CAD-
CAM software company and ourselves. It’s often the case that when
an artist attempts to introduce a hi-tech engineering process into his
work, what often appears as a relatively simple process becomes
problematic as the bounds of the technology are pushed.”
The concept was straightforward – take a 3D scan of the helmet,
superimpose the fretwork pattern and then cut it. However, the steps
leading to the programming of the laser cutting machine were not so
simple. A 3D scan of the helmet was easy to procure but the overlay of
the pattern proved much more difficult as the computer data couldn’t
be processed by existing software.
Terry Antrobus, from software supplier CAMTEK, stepped in to help.
“Most models that are processed for laser cutting, or other operations
TOP:
Alastair Mackie’s helmet sculpture
Fighting early deaths in Malawi
The Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine
(LSTM) and Liverpool Associates in Tropical
Health (LATH) are part of a five-year
programme to help reduce maternal and
neonatal deaths in Malawi.
Women in developing countries are 250
times more likely to die from causes related
to pregnancy than women in Europe. Malawi
in East Africa has one of the highest maternal
mortality ratios in the world, estimated as
984 deaths per 100,000 live births. Lack of
skilled birth attendants, drugs, equipment and
appropriate emergency obstetric care (EOC),
as well as poor access to health services, are all
contributory factors, particularly in rural areas.
The Health Foundation is funding a
programme to tackle this problem in three
districts of Malawi with a total population of
2,800,000. The programme, implemented by
a consortium which includes LSTM, aims to
reduce maternal and newborn deaths through
quality improvements in health facilities
and by mobilising communities through
women’s groups.
The LSTM team, which is headed by
Senior Lecturer Dr Nynke van den Broek, has
just completed a baseline survey in the three
districts, which are targeted in the project, to
assess the existing facilities. She said: “We
discovered that out of the 73 health facilities
which offer maternal healthcare services only
nine hospitals provided the full range of eight
life-saving EOC services and none of the rest
of the health facilities has all the recommended
six basic EOC services.
“The survey also showed that only 40%
of births are attended by a nurse, midwife or
doctor and that many women with obstetric
complications never reach a health facility.
Most hospitals and health centres are
understaffed and rural health centres usually
have only one or two midwives which are
inadequate to ensure continuity of services 24
hours a day, seven days a week.”
A main focus of the Consortium’s work with
the staff from the health facilities is to address
the shortcomings in quality of maternal and
newborn healthcare services, which includes
development of standards for quality of
obstetric care and maternal deaths reviews,
which are a starting point to initiate action on
the issues arising.
such
as milling
or turning,
are generated
by dedicated
engineering CAD
programmes, whose
formats are well-defined so
the software has no problem,”
he said. “However, this model
was derived from a 3D scan, with a
superimposed geometry. The result was a file that
could not directly work with the usual software, and it was necessary to
import the model into a CAD programme and ensure that it became an
‘engineering’ entity.”
The piece was completed with only hours to spare before Alastair
flew to Los Angeles for the exhibition. He said: “I was overjoyed when
the helmet arrived by courier the afternoon before my flight. To hold in
my hands what I’d only seen on a computer screen was thrilling.”
The piece was exhibited at the Mark Moore Gallery in Los Angeles
in Alastair’s solo show Sticks and Stones and six copies will be cut as a
limited edition.
ABOVE: Dr Nynke van den Broek
BELOW: Malawian mother and child
07

08
Colourful beginnings
Symbolism evidence unearthed by Archaeologist
ASenior Lecturer in Archaeology has
found evidence from Africa that
colours were being used in a symbolic,
rather than purely functional, way perhaps
300,000 years ago, considerably earlier than
previously thought.
Dr Lawrence Barham has been studying
tools and other artefacts left by ancient
humans at a site in Zambia. He discovered
that the range of mineral pigments, or ochres,
found there hints at the use of paint, perhaps
to mark the body.
If correct, it would push back the earliest
known example of abstract thinking by at least
100,000 years. Being able to conceptualise
- the ability to let one thing represent another
- was a giant leap in human evolution.
Larry said: “As an archaeologist I am
interested to find out where colour symbolism
first appears because for colour symbolism
to work it must be based on language.
Evolutionary psychologists tell us that the
neural capacity for language existed 500,000
years ago, so we should expect some
evidence to appear about this time, which is
before the evolution of our own species.”
His work over the past 10 years has been
based in Zambia where evidence of pigment
Newsinbrief...
use has been found at a site known as Twin
Rivers, an old cave complex occupied by
humans some 170,000-300,000 years ago.
The tools found at Twin Rivers show
evidence of increasing sophistication with
handheld tools replaced by small blades and
flakes that had to be attached to handles.
The emergence of this ‘composite’ technology
coincided with the systematic use of ochres.
Ochre is a soft stone that contains iron
oxides and it comes in a range of colours; at
Twin Rivers there are red, yellow, brown, pink,
black and even purple.
Larry continued: “If they are scraped, they
will produce a powder which can be mixed
with animal fat, for example, and used as
a paint, and I think that ancient humans in
Zambia wiped these pigments on their bodies,
using them in rituals - just as paints are still
used in some cultures today, to mark the
passage of warrior to elder, or the coming of
age of boys and girls.”
A number of claims have previously been
made for conceptual thinking in humans
hundreds of thousands of years ago. Many
of these claims relate to pieces of rock that
are said to represent the human form. The
Berekhat Ram figure from Israel and the Tan-
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] Sirco, the fruit drink developed by MerseyBio-based company
Provexis, has been featured on TV’s This Morning. Dr Chris Steele
discussed the benefits of the juice which contains natural tomato extract
and helps maintain healthy bloodflow.
] A research team, led by Dr John Goulermas of the Department of
Engineering, is undertaking an ESPRC-funded project to improve the
accuracy of diagnosing swallowing disorders. Dysphagia, the medical
term for abnormal swallowing, is often diagnosed using the ‘barium meal’
technique, where a patient is given some barium liquid to swallow in
front of an X-ray machine that records the swallowing. Video footage is
then later analysed by a doctor which is time-consuming and prone to
misdiagnosis. Dr Goulermas’ team is working on an automated analysis
tool that links the video footage to a computer which can track the
swallowing more accurately.
] Three students from the School of Dental Sciences, Claire Harwood
(dentistry), Diana Robinson (dental hygiene) and Joanne Taylor (dental
hygiene/therapy), have been awarded the Prize for Professionalism
2006 by the General Dental Council (GDC). The prizes recognise the
achievements of student dental professionals in the UK and the winners
received a certificate and financial award at a special ceremony.
] A textbook co-written by Dr David Pilgrim from the School of Clinical
Psychology has won the top prize of BMA Medical Book of the Year – as
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ABOVE: Ochre used as paint
TOP: Lupemban tools
Tan figure from Morocco, for example, have
been presented as the work of Homo erectus.
However, many sceptical researchers believe
these items are merely accidents of nature,
objects that have been moulded into human
form through chance geological processes.
Larry knows he has some way to
go to convince colleagues of his case.
“Archaeologists are a very cautious group.
We set high standards for accepting an
interpretation based on symbolism.”
well as the first prize in the Mental Health category – in the British Medical
Association’s Medical Book Competition 2006. A Sociology of Mental
Health and Illness was praised by reviewers as being “simply the best
textbook in the area of mental health sociology”.
] The Management School is holding a series of Management Forums
to help build strategic partnerships with senior business professionals,
develop networks and bring together academics and business leaders
to debate important management issues. The first Forum was centred on
innovation which, in the rapidly changing competitive conditions of today
and tomorrow, is a key issue for all types of business. A panel of speakers
offered their views on Innovation – overcoming the obstacles and learning
from success before an open discussion where individual innovation
issues and experiences were raised.
] One of the world’s leading chimpanzee experts was guest speaker
at a workshop on the early use of fire organised by Professors John
Gowlett and Robin Dunbar of the School of Archaeology, Classics and
Egyptology. Professor Richard Wrangham from Harvard University
presented his hypothesis on early diet: Cooking Humans: Why cooking
was a driving force in human evolution rather than a pleasant option. The
workshop, ‘Firing up the social brain’, was part of the British Academy
Centenary Project Lucy to Language, and featured a day of intensive
discussion on fire origins, fire ethnography, archaeology and myth.

Liverpinion
The
Park it!
Dear Precinct,
I was interested to read in November’s issue of Precinct
the latest whining from people who think they have a
divine right to park their cars wherever they like - double
yellow lines, on pavements, restricted parking zones.
We now have our own equivalent of the National Rifle
Association (NRA). The NRA considers that every
citizen has the right to bear arms regardless of the
consequences - here it seems that every car owner has
the right to park regardless of the circumstances. At a
time when the planet faces the incalculable threat of
global warming it seems that the only thing on the mind
of your average motorist is “where’s my parking space.”
Dr Steve Crowley
Department of Earth & Ocean Sciences
On the buses
Dear Precinct,
After reading the opinions in the November copy of
Precinct, I was appalled to see a member of staff produce
the statement - “I object to fighting for a space with a
student who lives two streets away on a perfectly good bus
route.” As a member of staff that has recently also ceased
to be a student, I find this to be not only a ridiculous
statement but also a very insulting comment.
While I appreciate that it may be frustrating for
members of staff that have difficulty finding a parking
space, it’s a simple fact that unlike staff permits, student
permits are not granted in anything other than essential
circumstances. I’m sure the statement is somewhat
hyperbolic, but it certainly isn’t the case that a student that
‘lives two streets away’ (or any other ridiculous situation) is
likely to be granted a parking permit.
In any event, the member of staff concerned would
do very well to remember that without the students, the
University simply would cease to exist! I firmly believe
that a culture of ‘blaming the students’ is (and should be)
entirely unwelcome in a HEI of this standing.
Richard Kerrigan
Library
2008
Putting up the barriers
Dear Precinct,
I’d like to echo the sentiments expressed in the
November issue of Precinct regarding the farcical parking
arrangements currently in existence on campus. Having
arrived late due to attending a dental appointment I drove
round campus for over an hour looking for a space but to
no avail. In the end I took a day’s holiday.
The most frustrating aspect is that while Facilities
Management seem to have no qualms in clamping staff
inappropriately parked, the same vigour does not seem
to be applied to those people parked without a valid
badge who are obviously at the root of the problem. The
more cynical among us might think that staff are having
to suffer this inconvenience to make the inequitable
implementation of car parking charges more palatable!
Bring on the barrier control system - provided the
barrier is to stop illegal parking rather than those who
cannot afford to pay the charges!
Kevin Keeling
Finance Office
Latin lights
Dear Precinct,
Those who pass by the Foundation Building at night may
have noticed that a number of lights appear still to be
burning on various floors. Perhaps this is because staff
are burning the midnight oil rather than that the University
is seeking to fulfil the command ‘Fiat Lux’ that features on
the University’s headed notepaper?
(name supplied)
Response from Patrick Hackett, Director of Facilities Management:
“We would urge all staff to conserve energy by turning off
their lights if they know they are last to leave their offices.
“In many of the University’s buildings, the night cleaning
teams turn off lights as they complete their work. In other
premises, lights need to be left on for security reasons.
However, we should all take responsibility and save energy
wherever possible.”
Your views. Your opinions.
Have your say at:
The Liverpinion, Precinct, Foundation Building, Liverpool L69 7ZX
t: 0151 794 2251 e: precinct@liv.ac.uk
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Liverpool European Capital of Culture 2008
CAVA sparkles in Liverpool
School of Architecture home to new initiative
T
he School of Architecture is home to a new research initiative – CAVA, the
Centre for Architecture and the Visual Arts – which is set to become a key
forum for debate in the University and the world beyond.
Professor Jonathan Harris, Director of the Centre, said: “CAVA is a very
exciting development in the research life of the School of Architecture. It has
been established to boost high-level research into architecture and the visual
arts in the region. CAVA will also initiate and co-ordinate Liverpool 2008 Capital
of Culture projects concerned with the visual arts, architecture, and the urban
environment.”
CAVA is bringing together an extensive network of universities, museums and
galleries, commissioning agencies and public bodies committed to the study
and production of the visual arts and architecture. The team is also hoping to set
up interdisciplinary collaborations with other groups within the University.
CAVA is co-directed by Dr Felipe Hernandez and supported by Judith Walsh,
researcher and co-ordinator.
For more information visit: www.liv.ac.uk/abe/home/cava.html
New treatment
for Elephantiasis
A scientist at the Liverpool School of
Tropical Medicine has helped identify a
new drug treatment for the disfiguring
disease Elephantiasis.
The distressing condition, caused by
filarial worms entering the patient’s blood
stream, is transmitted by mosquitoes.
The infection leads to gross swelling of
the legs or scrotum. Anti-worm drugs
are used to treat the disease by killing
most of the worm’s larvae in the blood
but they have little or no effect on the
adult worms which cause the conditions
leading to the swelling, nor do they halt
the progression of the symptoms once
the disease has developed.
Following trials in Ghana, Dr Mark
Taylor and an international team of
scientists from Bonn and Ghana,
have established that an antibiotic,
Doxycycline, which attacks the bacteria
inside the worm, not only kills adult
worms but also helps to relieve the
symptoms in those who have already
developed the disease.
Dr Taylor said: “The important
breakthrough with this trial is to show
that in addition to the anti-parasitic
effects of antibiotic treatment, we can
also improve the lives of individuals
suffering from the stigmatising
elephantiasis. We have also shown that
a shorter course of antibiotic is effective
at killing the adult worms, which are
responsible for causing the disease.”
City on
celluloid
T
he relationship between film and urban
landscapes was the subject of a unique
film symposium held at the University which
attracted researchers from across the UK.
The event was part of a wider City in Film
project that explores the relationship between the
moving image and Liverpool’s architecture, and
aims to create an online database of Liverpool
films for producers, researchers and film
enthusiasts in time for the city’s Capital of Culture
year in 2008.
The University’s first film symposium saw
experts discuss films that depict the way cities
have changed since the late 19th century to the
present day. The relationship between emerging
film practices and the urban landscape was also
discussed as well as the types of films shown
in city venues and the impact cinema has on
UK culture.
City in Film, funded by the Arts and
Humanities Research Council, is a collaborative
project involving Professor Robert Kronenburg
and Dr Richard Koeck, from the School of
Architecture, and Dr Julia Hallam and Dr
Les Roberts, from the School of Politics and
Communication Studies.
They are examining footage shot by film
pioneers such as Mitchell and Kenyon and the
Lumiére Brothers in the late 19th and early 20th
ABOVE: Judith, Jonathan and Felipe
ABOVE:
Shoppers stop to watch in Clayton Square
century which includes the first tracking shot
filmed from Liverpool’s overhead railway, and
footage taken of Dale Street in 1901 from the
front of a city tram. The project also examines
newsreels and council films, as well as the work
of the city’s amateur filmmakers and cine-clubs.
The City in Film team has been working
with independent film maker Angus Tilston in
producing a 12 minute long film from footage
found in Angus’ collection of Liverpool films.
The film portrays a journey through time from
Liverpool city centre in 1900 to the present
day and was shown on the BBC Big Screen in
Clayton Square.
For more information visit: www.liv.ac.uk/abe/
cityinfilm

ABOVE: Dr Joanna Sharples
The University’s Botanical Gardens at Ness on
the Wirral is welcoming young plant lovers with
free storytime sessions for the under fives.
Each week during November the Education
Team at the Gardens read to excited tots and
hope this will lead to future support from the
local community.
Newly appointed Director, Kevin Reid, said: “We
want to extend our facilities and enthusiasm for
Ness to the widest possible audience, and consider
families to be vital to the future appeal of the
Gardens, particularly as a living resource within the
local community.”
Buds blossom at Ness
Joanna retires
Dr Joanna Sharples retires this month after
24 years’ service at Ness Gardens. Joanna
studied Marine Biology at the University
then went on to gain her PhD in 1972.
She later worked as a Lecturer and Senior
Research Assistant in the Department
of Oceanography. Joanna has made a
significant contribution to the operational
development at Ness and input to the new
Visitor Centre.
On the border
Staff, students and volunteers have joined
forces at Ness to tackle the Garden’s
herbaceous border which was last
redesigned in 1958.
Paul Cook, who is overseeing the
project, said: “When I started at Ness
Latest news from Ness Botanical Gardens
in February 2002, the long herbaceous
border had changed little in design and
some of the plants, notably the large
Pampass Grass, Cortadeira selloana
‘Sunningdale Silver’, had survived from
the 1960s.
“After waiting a season or two to assess
the planting and look at how the border
was being viewed by visitors, I decided to
make some changes. Grass paths were
put in to split the border allowing visitors to
wander through it. I also wanted to reflect
the changes in herbaceous planting and
add some new varieties into the scheme
so, over the last two years, with help from
the garden volunteers, the herbaceous
borders have been given an overhaul.”
Work is still ongoing on the border
but, once finished, it will be an impressive
feature in the garden for 2007.
Breaking news: Ness Gardens has been shortlisted for the Gardeners’ Question Time Northern Garden award
LEFT: Sean Cross, first year architecture student, tests the Segway
Segway or not Segway?
The Segway Personal Transporter (PT) is described
as an environmentally-friendly alternative to cars,
buses and trains, able to go anywhere a pedestrian
can. It claims to be able to take you 24 miles at
up to 12.5mph on one battery charge, emitting no
greenhouse gases and needing minimal parking space.
And at around £4,000, it’s certainly cheaper than a car.
So, could the Segway be a viable alternative to the car and,
more importantly, could it be the answer to our campus
parking problems? Gareth Brandwood from Facilities
Management certainly thinks so, and he has started a
petition to make them legal in the UK.
“I originally bought one so that I didn’t have to
take my car on short journeys around town. I live just
outside Liverpool so, with parking charges and congestion,
it was easier to use the Segway. I bring it into work sometimes and I’ve
even been around ASDA on it!”
Although it is widely used across the world – by the postal service
and the police among others - the Segway PT is currently illegal in the
UK except on private property with the owner’s permission.
“The Highways Act of 1835 renders the Segway PT illegal,” says
Gareth, “but, if we are trying to find more sustainable forms of transport
for the future, the legislation needs modernising.”
Gareth has set up a petition to legalise devices such as the Segway
PT on pavements and cycle paths in the UK. More than 400 people
have signed up to date and Gareth is hoping for a formal response from
the Prime Minister’s Office when the petition is sent in March 2007.
Visit the website: www.LegaliseSegways.co.uk
What do you think of the Segway?
“My team is fragmented all around the campus so it
would be good for getting from lab to lab but I’m not
sure I’d drive to work on one.”
Steven Bode, Engineering
“All the Building Managers should have them for
going between buildings and the mail room. It would
certainly be easier on the knees than a bike!”
Brian McDonald, Area Building Manager
“I think you might turn up to work a bit dishevelled
if you rode in on one of these, and I don’t think
there are any female changing rooms here to tidy
yourself up.”
Caroline Diaz, Research and Business Services
“It’s great fun to ride, but where would you park it?”
Richard Murphy, first year student, Architecture
“They look like they would take up far too much room
on a pavement, they’d be worse than buggies! I don’t
think we’ve got the climate for them either.”
Jill Hudson, Veterinary Preclinical Sciences
“They take the same space up as an adult and are far
move manoeuvrable than a buggy.”
Gareth Brandwood, Facilities Management
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Hill’s pledge
ABOVE: Professor John Innes (Head of the Small
Animal Hospital), Maud Van De Stadt-Gould
(Hill’s Pet Nutrition), Richard Nicholls (Corporate
Communications) and David Watson (Director of
Professional Affairs – Europe, Hill’s) touring the new
Small Animal Teaching Hospital construction site
at Leahurst.
Hill’s, which is the global leader in pet nutrition,
is investing £300,000 in the new hospital to
establish the Hill’s Pet Mobility Centre, which
will be operated by the orthopaedic staff in the
hospital. The corporate sponsorship adds to
the tally of fundraising successes for the new
hospital bringing the total pledged
to £3,686,524.
Poetic revival
University project moves closer to final target
A£280,000 fundraising campaign for the Liverpool Poets Archive
project is gathering momentum with a donation of £25,000 from
the Granada Foundation.
The acquisition of archives from Roger McGough and Brian
Patten will complement the remaining archives of the late Adrian Henri
which the University already holds. The archives are varied and, along
with drafts of poems, include diaries, letters from many celebrated figures,
posters, photographs, travel diaries and play scripts.
Development Manager, Amanda Price, from Corporate
Communications, said: “Roger McGough and Brian Patten are
delighted that the University wants to display their work. It means
that the material of the three poets will be kept together as a
complete collection and, importantly, will return to the city that
inspired them.”
The archives will be available for anyone to study in the
Special Collections and Archives in the Sydney Jones Library.
They will also be on public display in the newly renovated
Victoria Building in 2008 as part of the University’s
contribution to the Capital of Culture celebrations.
For more information, or to make a donation
towards this project, contact Amanda on
0151 795 4618 or email Amanda.Price@
liverpool.ac.uk
The fun of the fair
Thousands of students enjoy contact with employers
T
he Careers & Employability Service
has been busy hosting a variety
of careers fairs this term attracting
more than 4,000 students and graduates
looking to make contact with prospective
employers, secure work placements or find
term-time or vacation work to fit around their
studies.
The Autumn programme of events started
with the Liverpool Graduate Careers Fair
which attracted more than 60 of the UK’s
most prestigious employers and around
1,700 visitors.
The University then marked National
Student Employment Week with the Liverpool
Part-Time Jobs Fair hosted by PULSE, the
student employment service.
An Engineering Careers Networking
Evening and the Liverpool Law Fair
completed a successful term for the Careers
& Employability Service.
Gillian Graham, Events Officer, said: “We
are now looking forward to helping students
with their applications to the companies they
met at the fairs and are continuing to plan
what we hope will be more successful events
in 2007.”
For more details visit:
www.liverpoolfairs.org.uk
BELOW:
Roger McGough and Brian Patten
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A day in the life of...
Margaret Gascoigne
PA to the Vice-Chancellor, Margaret retires this
month. Precinct takes a look at a day in her life…
Typical day
08:00
Our day always starts early whether the VC is
in Liverpool or not. I prepare the agenda for
the day and documents for him in advance, as
I do for all of his meetings, but you never know
what might crop up unexpectedly. Overnight
emails usually have an element of surprise
contained within them.
08.30
Double check the VC’s diary for the day to
make sure everything he needs is ready.
Organising the diary takes up the majority of
my time. The VC has a number of roles, all
of which are hugely demanding. Alongside
his primary job here, I also have to take into
account his role as President of UUK and
as Chairman of the Culture Company, when
arranging meetings, events and visits. He also
has several other commitments which, while
not as high-profile, are just as important and
need to be factored in too.
09:30
I have my daily meeting with Becky, who
supports me in the office, about next week’s
diary and travel commitments. Next my
daily phone meeting with the PA to the Chief
Executive of UUK; today it’s about forthcoming
ministerial meetings. Although people might
see me as the ‘public face’ of the office, it
really is a team effort to keep things running
smoothly and I really appreciate the support
of all my colleagues, on both a professional
and personal level. I have regular contact with
all of the PAs to the VC’s key contacts and it’s
through these vital relationships that I am able
to do my job most effectively.
10.00
A diary clash arises which needs some careful
negotiation. Invitations to three different events
on the same evening have come in. Quite often
I have to make decisions on the VC’s behalf
as to which events take priority but in this case
all three are high-priority! An MP, HEFCE and a
charity to which the University gives bursaries
all require the VC’s presence. I have a word
with him between meetings and he manages
to get the timing of the ministerial meeting
rearranged slightly so that we can please
everyone.
12.30
Quick lunch, then start to prepare the VC’s
papers for Planning and Resources Committee
tomorrow. Quite a lot of briefing papers are
needed over the next few days and much of my
time is spent putting these together. Knowing
how busy he is, I expect he will read them on
the train down to London so they need to be
ready today.
15.00
The emails never stop but the majority I deal
with directly, putting aside the most timecritical
ones for discussion with the VC. Now
that Professor Graham Dockray has been
appointed Deputy Vice-Chancellor, it takes
the pressure off a bit as he represents the VC
at events our diary can’t accommodate and
deals with a large number of issues on the VC’s
behalf.
16.00
Take a call asking me to get some mince
pies for the delegation travelling to China.
Apparently, the Chinese academics at our new
institution in Suzhou have requested them!
I often get asked to buy presents for visiting
academics or VIPs, but I’ve never been asked
for mince pies before!
17.00
Finally get five minutes (literally) with the VC to
hand over the papers he needs and discuss
anything that has come in that he needs to do
urgently. We don’t often have the luxury of a
face-to-face briefing, but I’m always in contact
with him on the phone, email or Blackberry so
we are constantly communicating.
17.30
One last check of the email then it’s time
to go home. The thing about this job is you
never know what’s going to happen tomorrow.
It’s very unpredictable and sometimes quite
stressful but it’s ultimately been very rewarding.
CSD migration
The Computing Services Department
(CSD) has successfully managed the
migration of all staff and student email
and calendar services to Microsoft
Exchange – and even invented
some new software to help make
the transition as smooth as possible
for everyone.
Iain Stinson, Director of CSD, said:
“Early in the project planning stage, we
decided on the big bang approach,
closing the old student and staff
services down immediately the new
services were brought on line.
“Unlike a number of other
universities which have migrated to
Microsoft Exchange, we decided to
move all existing email and diary data
for our users, rather than leaving it to
each individual to do it for themselves.”
Microsoft provides a basic tool
to transfer email from other systems
into Exchange, which CSD were able
to adapt and use. However, the only
software available that could take the
University’s existing diary data and
transfer it into Microsoft Exchange had
a prohibitively high price tag, so instead
one of the project team wrote a tool
in-house to migrate the calendar data.
Vice-Chancellor, Professor
Drummond Bone, said “This has been
a major undertaking successfully
completed. Staff and students have
been transferred to the new system
with minimal inconvenience to them,
including moving all their data from the
old system into the new environment.
Email and calendars are both of
critical importance to the workings of
the institution and the new system will
ensure that the University now has a
sustainable and resilient infrastructure
for these key services.”
Some migration statistics:
Staff
n 8,609 staff email accounts transferred
n 660GB email data which comprised
9.75 million messages
Students
n 22,185 student email accounts
transferred
n 220GB email data which comprised
2.9 million messages
Calendar
n 3.07 million events transferred
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Biological change
University welcomes new European Marie Curie students
T
he School of Biological
Sciences has welcomed 12 new
postgraduate students, funded
by European Union Marie Curie Training
Fellowships, who will use post-genomic
science to work on the most important
areas of modern biology.
They have travelled from six European
countries (Germany, Hungary, Italy,
Lithuania, Poland and Spain), attracted
by the research opportunities offered by
the School. The Fellows will undertake
doctoral projects in two key areas.
One is the sensing and response to
the environment by plants (SENSIBLE
programme, led by Dr Meriel Jones),
where new developments are important
to respond to climate change and for
the agri-food industry, the EU’s biggest
economic sector.
LEFT:
The 12 Fellows
The other is to establish the function
of molecules such as proteins and
polysaccharides within large assemblies,
relevant to the healthcare, agrochemical
and pharmaceutical industries
(MOLFUN programme, led by Professor
Dave Fernig).
The Fellows are among 37
postgraduate students who started
research projects within the School this
autumn. The European Union funds
the training of researchers at excellent
European universities through the Marie
Curie Actions so they can develop their
own careers within areas important to the
community’s economy and future.
One further Marie Curie programme,
led by Dr Trish Murray (KIDSTEM
programme), also starts soon at the
School. This is a Research Training
Network of researchers from six groups
in Austria, Germany, Italy and UK. They
will investigate the potential of adult and
embryonic stem cells for regeneration of
damaged kidneys.
The history of Holger Hoock
Holger Hoock, Lecturer in the School of History, was
one of 24 scholars from only 10 UK universities to be
awarded a prestigious 2006 Philip Leverhulme Prize
for his internationally-recognised research in British
Cultural History.
Holger’s research has influenced two cognate
areas central to British and European history and the
wider humanities: the relationships between the state,
the arts, cultural patronage and nationalism; and the
history of commemoration and memory. His research
has expanded the boundaries of historical inquiry
through interdisciplinary research and he has also
engaged in innovative ways with public history and
the museum world.
Holger was appointed in 2005 under the Future Research Leaders Scheme. The prize
of £70k over two years will contribute greatly to the University’s RAE submission.
Deputy Vice-Chancellor Professor Graham Dockray said: “Holger’s award is excellent
news for both the School of History and the University as a whole. It allows us to build on
our expertise in this area in advance of the RAE and enhances the University’s reputation
for arts-based research.”
For more information on the prize visit: www.leverhulme.ac.uk/news/past_prizes/2006
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The
development
of the patient/
doctor
relationship has
huge benefits”
Dr Tom Kennedy
RIGHT: Unveiling the Lucretia Rathbone memorial at
the centre’s launch are Dean of Medicine Professor John
Caldwell, Project Director Dr Helen O’Sullivan, official
guest Jenny Rathbone, President of the Royal College of
Physicians Professor Ian Gilmore, and the Vice-Chancellor
Professor Drummond Bone

Cover Story
Emotional practice
Helping accelerate professional development in medicine
T
he University is leading the way
in medical education with a new
initiative which recognises trust,
empathy and communication are the key to
a healthy doctor/patient relationship.
The Higher Education Funding Council
(HEFCE) has awarded £4.5 million
to develop a Centre for Excellence in
Developing Professionalism in Medical
Students. This will allow the University
to build on its internationally-renowned
medical curriculum which is structured
around Problem-Based Learning (PBL),
and integrates the learning of basic medical
science with clinical practice.
The five-year project will involve
developing a programme of teaching
that will ensure students graduate with
the professional attitudes increasingly
recognised as important by the NHS in 21st
Century medicine. When fully developed,
the programme is likely to be extended to
medical schools across the UK.
Dr Tom Kennedy, Consultant
Rheumatologist and Director of Clinical
Studies in the Faculty of Medicine, has
been working with Dr Helen O’Sullivan,
Project Director, to build the reflective
learning aspect of the programme by
developing log books that score students
for participation in class and role play.
“Trust, empathy and communication are
absolutely integral to professionalism and it
is these attitudes and qualities that we are
trying to instil among future doctors in this
project,” he said.
“But it’s not about communication
for its own sake. The development of
the patient/doctor relationship has huge
benefits. In Rheumatology, for example,
it’s very important that we encourage
patients to play an active role in their
disease management.
“We try and foster a relationship of
openness and mutual trust. Patients
welcome this – they are becoming more
pro-active in learning about their disease
through the internet and frequently want to
understand more about their condition.”
The new programme will place huge
emphasis on extended role play to
challenge students in their approach to
learning. A session focusing on a patient
with alcoholism, for example, will require
the student to spend several hours outside
the classroom researching the condition
and considering how alcoholism affects
sufferers and their families. Other types
of role play might include ethical issues
such as explaining the options open to
a Jehovah’s Witness whose child needs
a blood transfusion, or helping a relative
to feel comfortable with a decision they
have made to withdraw life support to
a loved one.
The Medical Professionalism
programme will also develop mechanisms
of recognising and rewarding excellence
in clinical teaching for staff and enshrining
within the medical curriculum a system for
personal development, career planning
and reflection on professionalism that
allows a seamless progression to
postgraduate practice.
Professor Ian Gilmore, Consultant
Physician and Gastroenterologist at
the Royal Liverpool University Hospital and
Honorary Professor at the University of
Liverpool, performed the official opening,
before another special ceremony took
place. A historic plaque in memory of
Lucretia Rathbone, whose husband William
Rathbone VI established the Liverpool
Training School and Home for Nurses
in 1862, has been restored and placed
in Cedar House. William’s greatgranddaughter,
Jenny Rathbone, unveiled
this memorial on behalf of her family.
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Stationary study
Crosby beach statues help in marine biology
M
any people will be sorry to see the
statues on Crosby beach go, if
it is decided not to keep them in
Merseyside and they are packed off to their
next temporary home in New York – but a
team of marine biologists from the School of
Biological Sciences will be sadder than most.
In the year since its installation, Another
Place, the controversial artwork by sculptor
Antony Gormley, has become an unlikely
living laboratory, home to a thriving colony of
barnacles which have provided the team with
some important information on colonisation.
Dr Leonie Robinson, who led the study,
said: “The installation of the statues has
given us a unique opportunity to study the
colonisation of a man-made structure on the
shoreline. Because each statue is identical
in size and shape and made from the same
material, they provide a perfectly replicated
study design to test for the effects different
locations have on barnacle settlement.
“Each one is subject to different prevailing
currents and tides; some are totally
submerged at high water whereas some are
not, and it’s these variations that are crucial in
the study.
“We are really using them to test some well
established theories on the colonisation of
intertidal rocky shores. Although the key facts
about barnacle colonisation are well-known, it
is rare that such a perfect opportunity arises
to test all of them together in such a well-
designed ecological experiment.”
The idea to use art as a vehicle for
scientific research came as a result of a
discussion between Dr Robinson and her
colleague Dr Dave Wilson, who is also
involved with the study. They realised that the
Gormley figures were a unique opportunity
to have 100 perfectly matched but randomly
distributed test sites – the sort of replication
that is almost impossible to find otherwise.
The unusual study was funded by the British
Ecological Society and, if the statues are
relocated, the team hopes to set up some
collaborative research with scientists in
New York.
VELO-drama
Airport restrictions cause problems for Physics
I
magine standing in front of an exploding
house and measuring where all the debris
is going as it rushes past you, in the
hope of reconstructing a vase that you think
might have stood in the upstairs front left
bedroom. Particle physicists at the University
are building a device called the VELO to do
exactly that at the subatomic scale – but not
everything has gone according to plan…
The VELO is part of the LHCb experiment
being constructed at CERN, the European
centre for particle physics in Geneva. It is
so precise that it can detect the position of
particles passing through it to better than
a hundredth of a millimetre. Not only that,
but it is capable of doing so 40 million times
a second.
Dr Tara Shears from the Department
of Physics said: “The vase that particle
physicists are trying to find in this case is a
type of fundamental particle called a b quark.
The key to identifying a b quark (which lives
for a millionth of a millionth of a second) is to
reconstruct the very short distance it travelled
in that time – that’s why the VELO has to
be so incredibly accurate if it is going to
do its job.”
Liverpool physicists have completed
the assembly of the first three (out of 42)
VELO modules, the culmination of 10
years’ work. According to Professor Themis
Bowcock, leader of the Liverpool LHCb
team: “This is probably the most complicated
detector of its type ever produced, and is a
showcase for our scientific programme and
engineering skills.”
RIGHT:
Researcher, Matthew
Iles, studies one of the
life-size iron statues
RIGHT:
CERN in Geneva
Getting the modules to their destination at
CERN was another matter. Prototype modules
had previously been placed in special high-
tech transportation boxes and couriered by
n At the time of going to print, the Gormley
statues are due to remain on Crosby beach
until at least March 2007, while a planning
appeal to keep them is considered. While
that appeal is pending Sefton Council will not
enforce the removal of the statues.
air. When the actual modules were due to be
transported, however, the tight hand baggage
restrictions resulting from the potential terrorist
threat meant that the boxes couldn’t go in the
overhead lockers.
A solution had to be found, so Professor
Bowcock has had to drive the first three
modules to CERN personally. Only another
39 to go …
For more information visit: http://www.cern.
ch or http://lhcb-public.web.cern.ch/lhcb-
public/

Liverpool European Capital of Culture 2008
Making plans
Departments begin planning for events
T
he University is planning a series of
significant initiatives to support the city’s
status as European Capital of Culture
Year 2008.
Many departments have started making
plans for events, conferences, meetings
and projects or special programmes of
activity – and there are many more ideas in
the pipeline.
The Capital of Culture Steering Group,
chaired by Pro-Vice-Chancellor Professor
Kelvin Everest, meets quarterly to discuss the
University’s 2008 programme, and to consider
new ideas from departments. It is vital that this
group is kept informed of activity taking place
around the campus to avoid clashes internally
and within the city where feasible, and to
provide useful links and support.
The University has set aside a central fund
to support initiatives. Departments can bid for
support for their projects and will be asked
to complete an application form providing an
outline of activity, target audience and budget.
Corporate Communications is co-ordinating
the University’s Capital of Culture programme
and will support departments through this
process. Please contact Assistant Events
Manager, Catherine Gibson, on 54617 or email
catherine.gibson@liv.ac.uk
E(RII)=mc 2
A city in art
Queen views Liverpool science exhibit
A
team from Biological Sciences
has presented its research to
the Queen at a special event at
Buckingham Palace.
Professor Mike White, Dr Claire Harper
and the team from the Centre for Cell
Imaging were one of only 12 research groups
selected to demonstrate the work being
carried out in British universities.
The Liverpool team presented The
Language of Cells, its research into cell
communication which offers new information
about the relationship between proteins and
genes within cells.
The exhibition, which also included
presentations from the Natural History
Museum and Channel 4’s Time Team, took
The University is delighted to be sponsoring
the Ben Johnson’s spectacular Portrait of
Liverpool exhibition at the Walker Art Gallery
during Capital of Culture year. In 2005, National
Museums Liverpool (NML) commissioned the
artist to create a panorama of Liverpool that will
depict the city as it stands today.
The artist meticulously works with stencils
and an airbrush to apply the acrylic paint,
supported by his assistants who ‘plot’ buildings
on computers and mix colours.
As principal sponsor of this exciting initiative,
the University is able to give something tangible
back to the community within which it operates,
place in the State Ballroom and was viewed
by 900 selected schoolchildren and teachers.
Later, members of the Royal Family,
including the Queen, the Duke of Edinburgh,
Princess Anne and Prince Edward, and 500
invited VIPs enjoyed a private viewing of
the exhibits.
BELOW:
Ben Johnson works
from a scale model of
the city created by the
School of Architecture
“2008 promises to be a great year
for Liverpool and for the UK. The
programme they have unveiled offers
something for everyone and I am
pleased that really high-quality work is
at its heart. I can’t wait for 2008 and the
promise it offers to showcase Liverpool
on the international stage.”
Tessa Jowell MP, Secretary of State at the
Department of Culture, Media and Sport
boost the University’s profile and benefit from
corporate hospitality opportunities. As part of
our relationship with NML, special events will
be developed for staff and their families.
Ben Johnson said: “The project will
ultimately represent approximately 12 years’
work for one person to produce and I believe
will be a truly historic document for Liverpool
in 2008. It is built on Liverpool’s architectural
heritage and will be part of 2008’s legacy. I feel
very honoured that the University recognises
the ambition of my undertaking and I look
forward to our future collaboration.”
Ben Johnson will complete the artwork in
situ at the Walker from January-February 2008.
A Portrait of Liverpool will then be on public
display throughout 2008 and 2009.
BELOW RIGHT: The Queen enjoying one of the exhibits-
Thinking Einstein; experience Einstein’s world.
BELOW LEFT: The University of Liverpool Exhibit
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Shamelessly Dickens
Gillian Kearney helps recreate Charles Dickens’ ‘Penny Readings’
G
illian Kearney, star of Shameless,
led celebrity readers in a unique
Christmas event, recreating
Charles Dickens’ first public appearance at
Liverpool’s St George’s Hall.
The ‘Penny Readings,’ organised by the
University’s The Reader magazine, was held
in recognition of Dickens’ popular readings
which began in 1858 at the Philharmonic
Hall and, later, at St George’s Hall, attracting
crowds of more than 2,000 people. He
read extracts from A Christmas Carol, Little
Dombey and The Poor Traveller, insisting that
people were charged just a penny entrance
fee to enable all social classes to attend
– and the price remains the same today.
Gillian Kearney was joined by Vice-
Chancellor, Professor Drummond Bone,
Charles Dickens and
Liverpool
AIMing high
The Management School has welcomed a
prestigious visitor to the University.
Martha S Feldman, Professor of
Social Ecology and Johnson Chair for
Civic Governance and Public Management
and Professor of Management, Political
Science and Sociology at the University
of California, Irvine, was on campus for a
week-long visit.
Professor Feldman was a guest of the
University’s GNOSIS group, headed by
Professor Elena Antonacopoulou, and as
part of her visit she gave a well-attended
seminar on “Pursuing Scholarship at the
Highest Level”, drawing on her experience
as a senior editor of the influential journal
Organization Science.
The seminar was part of a series of
capacity building workshops held under
the banner of the Advanced Institute of
Management Research (AIM), and drew
scholars from the Management School
and across the UK.
Professor Philip Davis from the School
of English, Nadine Marshall, star of
The Smoking Room, Alastair Machray,
Editor of Liverpool Echo, and BBC Radio
Merseyside’s Angela Heslop. They read
from Victorian classics such as Charlotte
Brontë’s Jane Eyre and Charles Dickens’
A Christmas Carol.
Dr Jane Davis, editor of The Reader,
said: “We are fortunate today that literature
can be enjoyed in so many different forms
- individual reading, audio books, radio
plays, and film adaptations. During Dickens’
lifetime public readings were as popular as
today’s pop concerts and, as we approach
Liverpool’s Year of Heritage, it is essential we
recognise the value of reading and the ways
in which it can bring people together.”
n Dickens’ first visit to Liverpool was in 1842
when he stayed at the Adelphi Hotel
n In 1844 he chaired the annual Christmas
Soirée at Liverpool’s Mechanics Institute.
During this visit he researched the
characteristics of people living in Whitechapel
n On his final visit to Liverpool in 1860 he
was made an honorary member of the Literary
and Philosophical Society. A public banquet
Full dress!
Full dress uniform isn’t the usual attire
for members of the University’s
Audit Committee - but when you’ve
got to chair the meeting, then dash off
for a Royal engagement sometimes
your colleagues just have to accept your
unusual outfit!
However, the sense of occasion was
warranted as it was the last time Pro-
Chancellor, Michael Potts, will chair the
committee.
Michael is also High Sheriff of
Merseyside and, once the University
business was completed, it was time for
his other official duties as he headed off
to the Athenaeum Club in the city centre
to greet the Princess Royal. She was
attending a formal lunch hosted by the
Honourable Company of Master Mariners.
ABOVE:
Gillian Kearney
Clarification
was held in his honour at the Town Hall
n Dickens’ inspiration for The Uncommercial
Traveller was based on his research at
Liverpool Docks and visits to the workhouse
on Brownlow Hill
n Dickens’ final words on stage were:
“From these garish lights I vanish now for
evermore.” Three months later, in 1870,
he died.
BELOW:
Michael Potts with Director of Finance, Michael Yuille

Is Liverpool the new Hollywood?
Directors and stars flock to the city to film
TOP: Delia Smith (centre) with (l-r) Dr Roger Levermore, Liz Crolley, Michael Wynne Jones, Director of
NCFC, Dr Geoff Pearson, Neil Doncaster and Andrew Cullen, NCFC Marketing Director
LEFT: The Foresight Centre was transformed into a film set
RIGHT: Cathy Tyson and co-star Stewart Wright at MerseyBio
Forget the dreaming spires of Oxford
or the gritty streets of Manchester,
this year the campus at the University
of Liverpool seemed to be the UK film set
of choice for directors looking for historic
buildings or high-tech labs to feature in their
productions.
The Foresight Centre had its fair share
of fame with the former hospital chapel
transformed into a turn of the century A&E
waiting room for the BBC drama Casualty
1906 starring Cheri Lunghi, which was
screened on 3 December.
The building also doubled as the vaults
of the British Museum in ITV’s The Outsiders,
starring Nigel Harman. Although the drama
was set in such glamorous locations as
Malta, Barcelona, Paris and Rome, most
of the filming actually took place around
Merseyside.
Liverpool-born actor Cathy Tyson filmed
scenes for her latest production, Bonkers,
in the labs at MerseyBio, one of which also
doubled up as a police interrogation room.
Other stars have visited the University
this year in a range of capacities from public
speaking to student lectures to charity events.
TV chef Delia Smith made an appearance
at the Management School in her role as
Director of Norwich City Football Club to speak
to MBA students on the Football Industries
course. Norwich is renowned for continuing
to implement best practice in its management
and Delia and the club’s CEO were happy to
share their expertise with the students.
The 2006 series of Public Lectures brought
some well-known faces to the University
with Alan Hansen, Sir Ranulph Fiennes and
Everyman founder Terry Hands all giving
entertaining speeches.
And our honorary graduates also included
some household names with actors Alison
Steadman and Pete Postlethwaite, and
Liverpool Poets, Roger McGough and
Brian Patten, all awarded honorary degrees
this year.
Filming at the Royal was arranged through the Corporate Communications department and substantial
donations have been made by the companies to the Victoria Building fundraising campaign
ABOVE:
Ian Botham is interviewed before his walk
Beefing up
Staff from the Division of Haematology
helped Ian Botham on his latest walk in
support of childhood cancer charities.
The Beefy Bowls Out Teenage Cancer
Walk 2006 saw Botham visiting 17 cities
across the UK. The Liverpool leg took
him past all the Leukaemia Research
Centres and Teenage Cancer Trust Units
and developments in the city, including
those based on campus.
The team from Haematology not
only helped identify patients to meet Ian
Botham during his stint in Liverpool, but
also rattled tins in the city centre and
along parts of the route.
Professor John Cawley, Head of
Haematology, said: “We see young
cancer patients every day here so
we know the difference this kind of
fundraising can make to their lives. As
Leukaemia Research Fund (UK) is a
major contributor to the research work
of the Division, it was good to be able to
give something back.”
A total of £3,452 was collected on
the day and, to date, over half a million
pounds has been raised for Leukaemia
Research and the Teenage Cancer Trust.
Visit: www.bothamwalk.com to donate.
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WE REMEMBER
The University held a service of
remembrance to honour the memory of
students and staff who gave their lives
during wars and conflicts.
The service was held in the entrance
hall of the Victoria Building where the
University has two memorials, one is to
commemorate more than 200 members
of the University who died during the
First World War, and a second is in
honour of those who died in the Second
World War and other conflicts.
People from across the campus, led
by the Vice-Chancellor, the Deputy Chief
Operating Officer, John Hoskinson, the
secretary of the University’s Military
Education Committee, Dr Ian Pickering,
and Mark Douglas from Facilities
Management, joined the Reverend
David Taylor who presided over
the service.
All stood in quiet reflection as
Hannah Dickie, a student from the
School of Music, played the Last
Post. The Last Post marks the end of
a soldier’s day and is used as a final
farewell. This was followed by a two
minutes’ silence at eleven o’clock.
We will remember them.
Please note that the University will
be unable to hold a Remembrance
Day Service in the Victoria Building
in 2007 due to building renovations,
but a suitable alternative location
will be found and communicated as
soon as possible. It will return to the
entrance hall of the Victoria Building in
November 2008.
ABOVE: Ian Pickering, Mark Douglas, the Vice-
Chancellor, John Hoskinson and Reverend David Taylor.
Remembering Rotblat
Special event to celebrate Nobel Peace Prize winner
T
he life and work of the late Nobel Peace
Prize-winning scientist and University
academic, Professor Sir Joseph Rotblat,
was celebrated by his friends and colleagues
at a special event.
Sir Joseph, who died last year aged 96,
was renowned for his contributions to nuclear
and medical physics and, subsequently,
his efforts to limit the proliferation of nuclear
weapons, for which he was awarded the
Nobel Peace Prize in 1995. He spent 11
years in Liverpool, carrying out research and
teaching nuclear physics at the University.
Fellow scientists and close friends of Sir
Joseph met to remember his life and work
at a conference entitled War and Peace,
organised by the Medical History Society and
the Department of Physics, and supported
by the Friends of the University. A series
of presentations by colleagues and former
students recalled Sir Joseph’s life as a
respected humanitarian and his remarkable
career as one of the world’s most celebrated
physicists.
Sir Joseph left Poland in 1939 to join the
Department of Physics under Sir James
Chadwick – winner of the Nobel Prize for
Physics for his discovery of the neutron. It was
during his time at the University that he and
Sir James realised the feasibility of nuclear
weapons, which prompted them both to join
Deaths
Dr William Randolph Tyldesley
Lecturer (Clinical) in the Department of Dental
Surgery from 1962, progressing to Senior
Lecturer (Clinical) in 1970 and to Reader
(Clinical) 1977
Dr Tyldesley held the office of Dean of Dental
Studies/Director of Dental Education from 1985
to 1989 and was a member of staff until his
retirement in 1992.
FROM LEFT:
The Conference speakers:
(back row l to r) Professor
Kit Hill, Simon Coleman,
Professor Peter Williams,
Diana Preston and Dr
Philip Mayles (front row
l to r) Bryce Halliday, Dr
John Curry, Dr Jack Harris,
Sally Milne (Sir Joseph’s
personal assistant) and
Bruce Kent.
the Manhattan Project in 1943 to help create
the atom bomb before hostile countries were
able to.
Sir Joseph left the project on grounds
of conscience and went on to become one
of the founder members of the Pugwash
Conferences, whose aim was to abolish
nuclear war. He continued to enjoy a
distinguished career in the field of medical
physics at St Bartholomew’s Hospital in
London but regularly returned to Liverpool,
making his final visit to the city in 2003, when a
lecture theatre was opened in his name.
Dr Peter Rowlands, from the Department of
Physics, said: “Sir Joseph’s time at Liverpool
helped to lay the foundations for the reputation
the department has today - his work had great
impact here.”
The event also marked the launch of a
book, War and Peace: The Life and Work of
Sir Joseph Rotblat by Dr Rowlands, which
includes a previously unpublished script
of the Roscoe lecture Sir Joseph wrote for
his appointment as an Honorary Fellow of
Liverpool John Moores University, as well as a
series of personal photographs and papers by
all the speakers attending the conference.
Copies of the book are available, priced
£15 plus £2.12 postage, from Adrian Allan,
University Archivist, email ara@liv.ac.uk
The University regrets to report the death of the following:
Dr Martin Woodward
Honorary Senior Fellow in the Department of
Computer Science
Dr Woodward was a Senior Lecturer in the
Department of Computer Science from 1975
to 2002 before becoming an Honorary Senior
Fellow.

A little Spanish
Toddlers take part in University language lessons
A
group of children aged three and four have been
taking part in weekly Spanish lessons at the University
Children’s Centre.
The pilot sessions, taught in four week blocks, have proved
so popular with the children that many of the parents are looking
to continue this new learning opportunity next term. The children
have been taught vocabulary through songs and have learnt
numbers, greetings, and animals.
Jean Graham, Manager at the nursery, said: “A number of
the children’s parents have shown an interest in learning the
language themselves so that the skill can be used as a family.”
The University Children’s Centre, managed by Local Solutions,
one of the leading social enterprises in the North West, prides
itself on embracing other cultures and languages to give children
the best possible start to their learning journey.
RIGHT: Anna Luackner
SaBRE award
T
he University has received an award from SaBRE, the
organisation which Supports Britain’s Reservists and Employers.
Susan Rutherford, Director of Human Resources, accepted a
Certificate of Support in recognition of the help and understanding the
institution gives its staff who are also reservists in the Armed Forces.
The award was presented at the annual Merseyside SaBRE
reception, which took place at the Sherrington Building. It was hosted
by Dame Lorna Muirhead, Lord Lieutenant of Merseyside and attended
by staff and students who are reservists or members of the University
Service Units. The guest speaker was the Vice Chief of Defence Staff,
General Sir Timothy Granville-Chapman, and other guests included
the Duke of Westminster, and the University’s Deputy Chief Operating
Officer John Hoskinson, who is Chair of the Military Education
Committee.
Visit www.sabre.mod.uk for more details about the work of SaBRE.
ABOVE: General Sir Timothy Granville-Chapman and Susan Rutherford
Breast stroke
Members of staff in the Management School took part in a
sponsored swim in aid of Breast Cancer Care raising more
than £700.
The team completed an impressive 638 lengths of
the Sports Centre swimming pool. Dr Garance Marechal
completed her target of 60 lengths in the quickest time,
and Joe Fawley achieved a personal best of 100 lengths.
FROM LEFT: Dr Frank Shovlin, Professor
Marianne Elliott, Charlie Swan and his wife.
BELOW: Staff from the
Management School
Irish studies
More than 200 people
from Merseyside’s
business community
attended the Institute of
Irish Studies’ 10th annual
fundraising sporting
dinner. This year’s guest
speaker was Charlie
Swan, one of the all-time
great Irish jockeys and
now a successful trainer.
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FROM LEFT: xx
Breast stroke
As reported in the November issue
of Tropical Precinct, Draward Alexis Nzila, from
the Department of Pharmacology
and Dr Alexis the Liverpool Nzila, from School the Department of Tropical
Medicine, of Pharmacology has wonand the the Royal Liverpool Society
Pfizer School Award. of Tropical AlexisMedicine, is pictured has with been
presented Professor Martin with the Rees, Royal President Society of
Pfizer the Royal Award. Society, Alexis and is pictured Dr Annette at
the Doherty, ceremony Senior with Vice-President, Professor Martin Pfizer
Rees, GlobalPresident Researchof &the Development Royal Society,
and Dr Director Annette of the Doherty, Sandwich Senior Vice-
President, Laboratories Pfizer Pfizer. Global Research
& Development and Director of the
Sandwich Laboratories Pfizer Awards.
Electing for success
It was congratulations all around for
winners of the Caroline Elliot Memorial
Prize in the Faculty of Medicine.
The Faculty held an ‘Elective
Evening’ to celebrate the
achievements of Laura Astall, Ian
Riley and Manoj Wijesinghe, who had
taken an ‘elective’ module in their
third year. An elective can be any
medicine-related work lasting five
weeks, either in the UK or abroad.
The prize-winners gave
presentations on their elective
experiences to an audience which
included the parents of Caroline Elliot,
a medical student who was killed in
an accident, who kindly donate the
annual prize of £600.
At the same event, student Nick
Peterson was presented with a
prize of £500 for coming third in
the Medical Defence Union (MDU)
National Elective Competition.
A short film
Life in Liverpool caught on camera for IRRO
A
short film about life as an
international student in Liverpool has
been launched by the International
Recruitment and Relations Office (IRRO).
Campus in the City, which was produced
by Corporate Communications, includes
footage of students, the University campus
and city landmarks. It is available to view
on the IRRO website and will be used
alongside the University prospectus to show
potential students what the University has
to offer.
Ursula Henry, Deputy Director of IRRO,
said: “Not all international students are able
to visit Liverpool and so we thought we
would bring Liverpool to them by creating
this short introductory film. It is important
that the students have a voice and so we
were keen to let our current students show
A magnetic force
MARIARC competition to attract new researchers
The Magnetic Resonance and Image Analysis Research Centre (MARIARC) has
held a competition to attract new researchers to the Centre.
MARIARC has state-of-the-art neuroimaging facilities, including a 3 T Siemens
Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) system and a Magnetoencephalography (MEG)
system. Together, these technologies can capture the brain in action, with both
excellent spatial and temporal resolution.
The competition was designed to encourage researchers across the University to
use these facilities in their research, and the eight finalists presented their proposals to
a wide audience.
Dr Sophie Wuerger from the School of Psychology won with her proposal for a
functional MRI (fMRI) project entitled Is multisensorial biological motion special?
Kate MacIver of the Pain Research Institute was runner-up with an fMRI study of
central nervous system reorganisation following spinal cord injury.
For more information visit: www.liv.ac.uk/mariarc.
those thinking of joining the University what
their life is like in Liverpool.
“International students are particularly
interested in learning about what life is like
here. For example, what sports facilities we
have, what the halls of residence are like
and how accessible the city centre is. By
depicting this on film, potential students can
get a real look at the University and hear the
opinions of those who know it best.”
The film highlights the leading position
that the University has in the UK and
worldwide in areas of research. A broad
range of the facilities and societies available
to students feature in the film, ranging from
theatre groups to sports.
Campus in the City can be viewed at: www.
liv.ac.uk/international/video.studentlife.htm

Shutting up shop
After nine years the Victoria Sandwich bar,
on the first floor of the Victoria Building, is
closing, making way for the refurbishment
of the new Museum and Gallery.
Owners of the sandwich bar, John
and Kath Moore, had decided to retire
after the closure but have been roped in
by their son Glen to run the Life Sciences
and Biosciences sandwich bars instead.
Glen said: “John and Kath, together
with manager Pauline, would like to thank
all customers for their support over the
years and special thanks to Professor
Peter Goodhew and Steve Plant from
Engineering, who helped us establish the
sandwich bar.”
ABOVE: Pauline, Kath and John (front) with Glen
(back, right) and some of their loyal customers.
Secret Santa
Staff have been doing their bit to bring
seasonal cheer to children in desperate
situations around the world.
Since 1990, Operation Christmas Child
has helped more than 47 million boys and
girls, sending out gift-filled shoeboxes
across Eastern Europe and Africa.
Carol Buckman from the Graduates
into Employment Unit and Joy Vogt from
Human Resources jointly collected more
than 100 boxes donated by staff.
Last year, Samaritan’s Purse, the
charity that manages Operation Christmas
Child, collected more than 7.6 million
shoeboxes and distributed them to
children in 95 countries.
For more information visit:
www.samaritanspurse.org
ABOVE: Carol and Joy with some of the boxes
Like honey to the bee
Dr Craig Roberts on his love of beekeeping
Dr Craig Roberts, Lecturer in
Evolutionary Psychology & Behavioural
Ecology in the School of Biological
Sciences, has taken up a very unusual hobby.
He told Precinct how relaxing with a book
at Christmas turned into an obsession…
“By chance, I picked up a book on
beekeeping last Christmas - by New Year, I
had decided this was for me.
I was intrigued by the bees’ complex
behaviour and the challenge to work
with them to achieve a joint aim – honey
production. This was confirmed after a
weekend course in April, and in May I bought
my first bees at an auction on the Wirral.
Driving the hive through the Tunnel was a
scary experience!
Beekeeping is one of the oldest forms
of food production and it appeals to the
‘Good Lifer’ in me. I have two hives on a local
farm, but plan to move one to my allotment
next year.
My first colony produced 40 jars of honey,
with enough left over for the hive to survive
over the winter. I sold most of these within
a few weeks; others are being saved for
Christmas presents and I’ve entered some in
local honey shows. Beekeepers also make
mead or collect wax to make candles or
furniture polish.
I show the bees to anyone I can. Everyone
worries about stings, me included! I’m happy
to say no visitor to the hives has yet been
stung, although I have been. Ironically, it was
once we’d left the hives, I hadn’t checked I
was clear of bees before I took my suit off - I
do now!
Generally they’re calm and take little notice
as we work through the hive.
It’s an ideal hobby. With one or two hives,
you only need spend about an hour or two
a week between April and August. Pick a
good day and enjoy being outside, watching
the workers come and go. There is a ready
community of beekeepers to help you out,
with active local societies and some real
characters - and there’s always more to learn.
No year and no colony is the same.”
Do you have an unusual hobby? Let us know at precinct@liv.ac.uk
The sound of Sefton Park
A psychologist, a philosopher and a
musician are collaborating on a fascinating
project giving people new perspectives and
experiences of Sefton Park.
Elvira Perez and musician Harry Sumnall,
from the School of Psychology, worked
with Mark Ball from Liverpool John Moores
University on the Sefton Park Audio Walk,
a guided tour of one of Liverpool’s most
important public spaces.
Elvira explained: “The audio walk explores
the acoustics of the park in their organic
state, its music and its lyrics. The soundscape
has been created using binaural microphones
and studio post-processing.”
CREDIT: Patrick Hannegan/The Times
The
project
was
developed
in collaboration
with Soundnetwork, a
programme of sonic artistic
activity for Liverpool Biennial,
and media arts organisation, Folly.
For more information and to download
the MP3 file of the walk, visit: http://
soundnetwork.org.uk/users/members/
membersfiles/seftonparkwalk/index.html
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Christmas conundrums
Can you finish our festive fun for free food?
As this is the Christmas issue of Precinct, we have put together a festive University-related quiz for you to enjoy with your mince pies!
One lucky reader will win a three course lunch for four people, including two bottles of wine to toast your success! The meal will be
served in Private Dining Room One, No.5 Abercromby Square. Second prize is a 3-course bistro lunch for four people (without drinks).
Both prizes to be taken during January 2007.
Email your answers to: precinct@liv.ac.uk by Wednesday 20 December. The winners will be picked at random from all entries
and announced in the January issue. Good luck!
1. What year was the Victoria Building opened and who was the architect?
2. Including residences, on how many sites does the University hold a
property interest?
a) 5-9
b) 10-14
c) 15-19
3. What is the name of this building?
4. In m2 gross internal area, how big is the University’s estate? Is it
a) 450,000 m2 – 5000,000 m2
b) 500,000 m2 – 550,000 m2
c) 550,000 m2 – 600,000 m2
5. How many car parking places does the University have on its main
campus?
a) 1,800-1,900
b) 1,900-2,000
c) 2,000-2,100
6. Harold Cohen donated funds of £100,000 and was due to lay the
foundation stone of the Harold Cohen Library on the day he died. What else
did he donate to the University?
7. What is the connection between the Philharmonic Public House in Hope
Street and the University?
8. What year did Staff House open at 4 Abercromby Square?
ALL WINNERS!!!
Congratulations to the winners of the Royal Mail presentation stamps, featuring
Captain Noel Chavasse, from October’s issue. The answer was Captain Noel
Chavasse lived at 19 Abercromby Square and the winners were:
Jonathan Ashworth, Student Dr Daniel Hill, Philosophy
Joan Finn, Blundellsands Alan Knowles, Chemistry
Stuart Foster, Sydney Jones Library Steve Potter, Finance
Arthur Garnett, Facilities Management Joyce Raynor, Sydney Jones Library
9. What is the location of the Mitzi Solomon
Cunliffe sculpture?
10. What was this building originally purchased
for and what used to live in the building with one
of the Professors?
11. Which Faculty was this building built for?
12. What was the former use of this building?
The winners of November’s competition were:
Chris Silker, Procurement
Kate Alldred, School of Reproductive and
Developmental Medicine
Delia Brettell, Computing Services Department
The answer was: the word Scouse was originally a variation of
lobscouse (probably from the north German sailor’s dish Labskaus),
the name of a traditional dish of Scouse made with lamb stew mixed
with hardtack eaten by sailors. (www.wikipedia.org).
The winners each received a signed copy of Liverpool
800: Culture, Character and History.

Art Group
] The University Art Group would like to attract
new members. 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. For
further information on the Art Group please
contact the Hon Secretary, tel 01704 531709.
Catholic Chaplaincy
] Celebration of Mass. Each Sunday, Tuesday,
Wednesday and Thursday during term-time at
12.30pm followed by refreshments. At St Philip
Neri Church, 30 Catharine Street. For more
information on all Chaplaincy services and
activities visit: www.cathchap.org.uk
Continuing Education
] The Continuing Education programme offers
more than 300 part-time courses each year
for members of the public. University staff and
students are welcome to join CE courses and can
pay a reduced fee for most courses. New courses
start from January 2007 and a free prospectus is
available on request or visit the website.
Courses take place weekly evening and
daytimes, and linked days, on the University
precinct, and at other local centres in and around
Merseyside. Subjects include: Archaeology and
Ancient Languages, Art and Art History, Business
Studies, Creative Writing, Literature, Geology,
History and Local History, Information Technology,
Languages, Music, Philosophy and Religion,
Science, Sociology, and Welfare Benefits Law.
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 CertHE can
be awarded in Archaeological Studies, Creative
Writing, Historical Studies and Music.
For a full programme and further information
visit: www.liv.ac.uk/conted/ or email conted@
liverpool.ac.uk or tel 0151 794 6900/6952.
Duncan Society
] Wednesday 10 January, 6pm. Evidence
and Change in the NHS by Ruth McDonald,
Researcher in health policy. Blackburne House,
Blackburne Place, off Hope Street, L8. For
further information visit: www.liv.ac.uk/ssp/
duncansociety
Liverpool Astronomical Society
] Friday 19 January, 7pm. TTL – Telescope design,
installation and maintenance by David Thomson.
] Friday 16 February, 7pm. 14 Pioneers of
Astronomy by Bob Mizon. In the Gibberd Room, in
the Roman Catholic Cathedral. For more information
contact Gerard Gilligan, tel 44270.
Liverpool Medical History Society
] Thursday 1 February 2007, 5.30pm. The Secret
Treatment: A History of the Obstetric Forceps
by Professor Bryan Hibbard (Cardiff). For further
information contact the Hon Secretary, Avril Brodey,
School of History, 9 Abercromby Square.
Liverpool Mozart Orchestra
] Saturday 17 February 2007, 7.30pm. Beethoven
– Leonore Overture No 3; Mozart – Violin Concerto
No 4 – K218; Saint –Saens- Introduction and Rondo
Capricciosa and Brahms – Symphony No 3 with
Mark Heron and Jiafeng Chen. In Pacific Road,
Birkenhead. For further information and ticket prices
visit: www.merseyworld.com/lmo
Liverpool String Orchestra
] The Liverpool String Orchestra makes serious
music for fun on Monday evenings under Neill
Jackson’s encouraging, enthusiastic baton. £3 per
session, £1.50 for full-time students. Unitarian Church
Hall, on the corner of York Avenue and Ullet Road,
L17. Tel 0151 427 3791 or visit: www.geocities.
com/mosslea2001
Liverpool Welsh Choral
] Thursday 14 December, 7.30pm. Carols and
Brass - a sparkling evening, full of good cheer and
seasonal spirit. Narrated by Roger Phillips from Radio
Merseyside. With the Liverpool Welsh Choral, Northop
Silver Band and Bishop Eaton School Choir. In the
Philharmonic Hall. For tickets tel 0151 652 6374 or
0151 709 3789.
Pensioners’ Club
] Meetings held on the first Friday of each month in
the large lecture theatre, Continuing Education, 126
Mount Pleasant at 1pm.
] Friday 5 January 2007. Cheese and wine party.
Bookings and further information from Rosemary
Morris tel 0151 632 5581.
Renaissance Music Group
] Sunday 10 December, 8pm. Christmas and
Venice – the Christmas story in works by composers
who were associated with 16th century Venice,
including Giovanni Gabrieli and Orlando de Lassus.
In the Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral. Admission £6
(concessions £4) on the door.
School of Music
Sunday 10 December, 7.30pm. Mozart celebration
featuring Requiem, Masonic Funeral Music, Little
Masonic Cantata and Ave Verum Corpus with the
combined choirs of Hope and Liverpool Universities
and the Metropolitan Cathedral Cantata Choir with
conductor Stephen Pratt. In the Cornerstone Festival,
Hope at Everton. Tickets £8 and £5 (concession) tel
0151 291 3578 or on the door.
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Staff Christian Fellowship
] The Staff Christian Fellowship meets for
Bible Study, discussion, fellowship and prayer
every Tuesday during term-time in the Anglican
Chaplaincy (Mulberry Court). The meetings begin
shortly after 1pm and end by 1.50pm, but it is
understood that some may have to arrive late or
leave early. All are welcome, whether you can come
regularly or only occasionally. Tea and coffee are
provided. For further information visit: www.liv.
ac.uk/www/qq73/ulscf.htm
Women’s Club
] Friday 5 January. Baroque harp evening
recital by Sarah Ridy from the Anglican Cathedral.
Wednesday 10 January. Behind the scenes visit
to Liverpool Playhouse. Wednesday 7 February.
Guided tour of Conservation Centre.
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 £10
annual subscription you can make new friends,
meet like-minded members of the University
community and take part in a wide range of
enjoyable activities.
For more information, tel 0151 670 1413. For
details of all events coming up and for general
information visit: www.liv.ac.uk/womensclub/
Calling all Antipodeans!
] A couple of staff from the University, one
from Australia and one from New Zealand, are
looking for other Antipodeans who would like to
meet for a meal in early January. It would have
been ‘barbie’, but it will be too cold by then! If
you would like more information, or just want
to talk about non-contentious issues like rugby,
cricket and the origin of the pavlova, email Sue:
s.purnell@liv.ac.uk
University Lodge of Liverpool
] The Masonic Lodge for students, graduates
and staff of the University meets the 2nd Monday of
the month during term-time at the Liverpool Medical
Institute, 114 Mount Pleasant. New members
welcome. Contact Mike Jones tel 0151 608 3193.
Call for papers
] Proposals for papers are sought for a
prestigious conference at St George’s Hall in
September 2007 to mark the 800th anniversary
of the granting of the letters patent to Liverpool.
Reflecting Liverpool’s location at the intersection
of competing cultural, economic and geo-political
formations, the conference will be structured
around a set of concentric and widening circles:
Liverpool and the North of England; Liverpool
and the Irish Sea; Liverpool and the Atlantic; and
Liverpool, the empire and beyond. It would be
appreciated if contributors could address their
proposals to one of these spatial frameworks, but
the organisers welcome free-standing proposals on
any aspect of Liverpool’s history, culture, character,
image and identity. Abstracts of 250-500 words
should be sent by 31 December to Dr Graeme
Milne, School of History.
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Christmas at No 5
] Book now for the Christmas Carvery at No
5, the University’s eatery in Abercromby Square,
and receive a complimentary glass of wine or fruit
juice. Booking are being taken for Wednesday 13
December to Friday 22 December and menus
are available to view online, visit: www.liv.ac.uk/
educatering
See the quiz on page 24
for the chance to win a
New Year treat at No 5!
Improving NHS clinical trials
] The University of Manchester’s Manchester
Medicines Network, an outreach programme
dedicated to advanced-level education, training
and research on all aspects of medicines to
meet the needs of the NHS, pharmaceutical and
biotechnology industries, is holding its second
annual conference. Called Better NHS Clinical
Trials- Interfacing NHS, Industry and Academe. The
two-day conference will take place on Monday 29
and Tuesday 30 January 2007 at the Manchester
Conference Centre, Sackville Street, Manchester.
For further details contact Jill Playfair, Administrator
for the Manchester Medicines Network, email jill.
playfair@manchester.ac.uk or tel 0161 275 2371 or
visit: www.pharmacy.manchester.ac.uk/mmn/event/
School of Health Sciences
] Translating Research into Clinical Reality is
the theme of the School of Health Sciences’ one
day national research conference for Allied Health
Professions (AHP) and Nursing Professionals, to be
held on Wednesday 18 April 2007 in the Foresight
Centre. The conference will showcase the excellent
range of research undertaken by AHP and Nursing
professionals across the UK. For further information
contact Angelika Stoker email stokera@liv.ac.uk or
visit http://www.liv.ac.uk/healthsciences/
insight
For sale
] Spacious 1st floor purpose-built apartment
in conservation area in Mossley Hill, L18. GCH, dg,
security-entry system, 2 large bedrooms, ample
storage space, lounge with pleasing outlook and
sizable private balcony. Kitchen-diner, integrated
appliances, new large walk-in shower room.
Convenient to all transport to University. OIRO
£189,950. Tel 0151 724 6162.
] Stylish Kymco ZX50 Scooter 2002. Mileage
9,200KM, silver colour. Very reliable and cheap to
run, excellent condition and easy to park. £700.
Tel 0151 425 2115 or 07760 261029 or email gill.
varley@liv.ac.uk
] Child’s battery operated quad bike. Ideal
Christmas present, would suit 3-6 year olds.
Excellent condition. Cost £80 new, sell for £40. Tel
0151 425 2115 or 07760 261029 or email
gill.varley@liv.ac.uk
] Beautiful old fashioned stone house in the
quiet city of Vaulnac in Périgord in France. 3 large
bedrooms, 1 bathroom (possibility for a second),
laundry, 2 toilets, kitchen, dining room, dressing
room, and library space. Two storerooms and a half
grange are available in the exterior, with 1000m² of
Red brick
land. All roofs are new. £130,000.
Email ln_ar@yahoo.fr or visit: http://www.assohorizons.com/bcg/
] Computer desk in perfect condition. £15. Contact
Jean Wilson after 6.30 pm tel 0151 292 6158.
] XBOX & Pad. Excellent working condition,
no box. £50 ono. Tel 0151 729 0690 or email
m.bird529@btinternet.com
] Detached 2/3 bed bungalow in quiet location
in South Rhyl, Wales. Easy access for local
amenities and retail park with supermarket and
access to A55 expressway. Lounge, kitchen/diner
with annexe, bathroom/wc, dg, Economy 7 gch.
Front and enclosed rear gardens off road parking,
annexe has ramp access with 36” wide UPVC door.
£137,500. No chain. Tel 01745 332982.
To Rent
] Superb two bed apartment in Allerton on
a small development just over one year old.
Comprising of fully fitted kitchen, lounge/diner,
bathroom, blinds, laminate flooring, secure entry
and reserved off road parking. Excellent transport
links to city centre close by. Contact David to
arrange a viewing and for details of a special rental
offer, tel 07973 635 602 or email allgeneral@dsl.
pipex.com
] Good sized room in fully furnished 4 bed
house in Crosby. Rear garden with seating and
BBQ facilities. Close to shops and pubs. Off
street parking, on bus routes and easy walk to
Blundellsands station. Non smoking only. £350
pcm. Rent includes council tax, gas, elec, water,
cable tv and broadband with own cable box in
bedroom, plus weekly house cleaner. Email aricat@
blueyonder.co.uk
] Fully furnished room in Waterloo with private
bathroom. Nice river front apartment to share with
owner. Easy walk to Waterloo shops and station.
Suit mature non-smoking student, £650 pcm. Rent
includes council tax, gas, elec and water. Email
Mike.Hassett@social-services.sefton.gov.uk
The new issue of Insight, the magazine for alumni and friends of the University,
is now available.
If you would like a copy contact the Publications Team, Corporate Communications, tel 42251 or
email precinct@liv.ac.uk
The new issue of Redbrick, the magazine for stakeholders of the University, is
now available.
Including stories on the ‘Shakespeared brain’ and the University’s impact on the regional economy. If
you would like a copy contact the Publications Team, Corporate Communications, tel 42251 or email
precinct@liv.ac.uk

] Apartment in Sefton Park L17, Lark Lane. 2
bed, 1st floor, fully furnished, 20ft lounge, kitchen,
bathroom, gch & dg, private parking & gardens. £700
pcm, professional only.
Contact Dave tel 07920 108 722.
] Fully furnished, modern apartment in Minster
Court, a popular gated estate in Crown Street, L7.
2 minutes walk to the University, 15 minutes to
Lime Street. GCH, dg, washing machine and other
amenities included. Female owner occupies the
single bedroom in the flat occasionally. No pets
or smokers. Rent £450 per month, includes bills
and charges. Email sue_gari@hotmail.co.uk or
tel 07804 870335..
] Furnished 2 bed mid terraced house in
Garston. 2 bedrooms, gch, washing machine,
cooker, fully carpeted and decorated. Excellent
transport links to city centre with good shopping
facilities, sports centre conveniently located. Strictly
no pets and no smokers. Would suit professional or
mature student. Deposit £525. £525 pcm excluding
bills. Contact Mike tel 07813 181270 or email
mad1_davis@yahoo.co.uk
] 3 bed terraced house, 3 reception rooms, in
convenient quiet location near Lark Lane and Sefton
Park. On bus routes to town and University. Recently
decorated and in very good condition throughout.
Rent negotiable around £675 pcm. Available
immediately. Email juliac@liv.ac.uk
] Furnished or unfurnished first floor flat on Ullett
Road. In small mansion block. Attractive communal
gardens backing on to Sefton Park. High ceilings,
large rooms, newly decorated and newly fitted
bathroom with shower. Secured car parking facility for
more than one car. Short-term furnished, long-term
unfurnished possible. £595 pcm excluding utilities but
including service charge. Tel 07812 088146.
] Flats in Victorian house for professional people
adjacent to Sefton Park. Friendly, self contained, gch,
well furnished, fitted carpets, spotlessly clean. Access
to a large garden. Non-smokers preferred. Prices vary
according to size, £300-£400 pm inclusive of heating.
Tel 0151 727 1074.
] New luxury apartment in Central Liverpool,
L3. 2 double bedrooms, fully fitted kitchen, luxury
bathroom, dining and lounge area with balcony
overlooking city centre. Secure entry and allocated
car parking with 24 hour concierge service.
Available furnished or unfurnished from £650 per
month plus utilities. Tel 0151 420 0172 or email
dclarkson@ecokem.co.uk
] Waterfront house. Excellent views over
Liverpool Marina and the Anglican Cathedral, 3
double bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, large balcony,
private parking and garage. Quiet, safe location,
short drive or cycle to work. £900 pm. Tel 07811
334807 or email ppnixon@liv.ac.uk
] 2 bed luxury flats. Close to Sefton Park with
easy access to University. Tel 0151 281 1120.
] 2 bed first floor flat in Minster Court within
walking distance to both universities, the RLUH and
the city centre. Fully furnished, dg, new kitchen, new
bathroom suite, electrical shower, fridge, freezer,
washing machine, microwave, laminate floor,
intercom, car parking facilities and building security
and caretaker services. £520 pcm including service
charges (£70). Tel 0151 708 0522 (after 6pm) or
07961 107160 (Mobile).
] Room in a nice 3 bed semi detached house
in Brampton Drive, 5 minutes walk to the University.
Fully furnished with new household appliances,
smoke and burglar alarms, front and back gardens,
and car parking space. £65 including bills and
council charge. Females only. Contact 0151 708
0522 (after 6pm) or 07961 107 160 (Mobile).
] Large one bed fully furnished flat in
Liverpool city centre. Close to all amenities and
the University. Secure underground car parking
available. £550 pm. Contact David tel 07989
576946.
] Fully furnished 2 bed mid-terrace house
off Greenbank Road, L18. Close to Greenbank
Park and Smithdown Road. Fully fitted kitchen with
dishwasher, gch, two reception rooms, study, one
double, one twin bedroom, tv and dvd, outside
THEKEYarrives online.
Alumni Weekend 2007
] Noticeboard
seating area with BBQ. Excellent bus links to city
centre. Sorry no pets or smokers. Ideal for postgrad
or professionals. Available mid-December to end
June 2007. £600 pcm. Contact Catriona tel 0151
733 4613 or email celigertwood@hotmail.com
Wanted
] Pair of crampons to fit size 6/7 boot. Will make
good offer for a second hand pair in reasonable
condition. Use is likely to be for a couple of weeks
only, so do not want to waste money on new ones.
Email scfc@liv.ac.uk
] American scholar, part-time PhD in the School
of Architecture, seeks furnished housing near city
centre for three-four weeks in March 2007. Quiet,
non-smoking, congenial. Though I am not seeking
a swap per se, my Pasadena, CA home will be
available, and at other times I can offer housing
(bedroom and bath, extra office) close to transit
and downtown. Contact Barbara Lamprecht email
blamprecht@covad.net
] Medium to large bird cage required to house
a pair of love birds will consider paying reasonable
price or exchange for cd/mp3 player. Email Arthur.
Garnett@liv.ac.uk or tel 6905.
Available
] Tuscany holiday house and adjacent cottage.
Superb setting at the foot of the Pratomagno
Mountains. Florence, Siena, Arezzo, San Gimignano
and numerous other wonderful places in easy
reach. Air conditioning, large garden, bbq. Ideal for
walking, sight-seeing, restaurants, wines, swimming,
art, architecture and much more. For information,
availability and prices visit: http://freespace.virgin.
net/gp.ck/ or email gp.ck@virgin.net
] Luxury apartment in Costa del Sol, Spain. 2
bedrooms/2 bathrooms in the prestigious Miraflores
complex, midway between Fuengirola and Marbella.
Close walking distance to beach, bars, restaurants
and shops. For further information please visit:
www.mirafloresholidays.co.uk or contact Jan tel
01743 761070.
The marketing team in the University’s Business Gateway has developed a new digital version of The Key.
Mailed to almost 7,000 external contacts, and distributed to 1,500 staff throughout the University, The Key gives
a snapshot of University activity to the external business and public sector communities. Already available in
HTML or as a pdf, a new digital format of The Key has been added to the website, allowing pages to be turned
on screen. Take a look at www.liv.ac.uk/businessgateway/thekey/ to see The Key online in action.
Can you give an afternoon tour, demonstration or presentation in your department
on Saturday 8 September 2007?
The Alumni Relations Office would like to invite academics and departments to
meet graduates from 25, 30, 40 and 50 years ago.
If you want to find out more, please contact Emma Smith tel 46940 or email
emma.smith1@liv.ac.uk

- Books for all the family
- Great gift ideas
- CDs and DVDs
- Cards and gift wrap
- Stationery
Blackwell University Bookshop, University of Liverpool Alsop Building, Brownlow Hill, Liverpool.
Tel: 0151 709 8146 Email: liverpool@blackwell.co.uk

thorised and hazardous parking. Students
currently only receive parking permits if
they are blue disabled badge holders or
need their vehicles for part of their course.
Some may also receive permits if they have
dependent children. Every application is assessed
according to the person’s individual
circumstances.”