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Welcome
It is my great pleasure to introduce you to the first
edition of our new magazine forever:keele, which is
being sent to 40,000 former students and members
of staff around the world.
thIS magazINE is the first hard copy publication produced by
the alumni office for several years, and we hope you will enjoy
catching up with the University and your fellow ex-students,
as well as keeping in touch with us electronically.
Inside you will find a look forward to Keele’s major plans for expansion
and a look back at the Chapel as it celebrates its 40th anniversary, as well
as profiles of alumni and news from the University.
these are exciting times for Keele, with an opportunity to open up a further
70 acres of the site, which has provided the opportunity to think about
the University’s long-term development. the vision is that Keele should
be “the ultimate campus university for the middle of the 21st Century”,
just as it was the template for other campus universities in the middle of
the 20th Century.
as well as developing on the new part of the site, we are also planning to
restore the University’s 617-acre campus and historic estate. However, the
Heritage, Lakes and Valley project is not simply a restoration project, but
aims to assist with the maintenance, improvement and development of
Keele’s woodland, parkland, gardens and heritage features to make them
suitable for contemporary use.
We are not just developing our campus – we are extending our range of
courses too. With professor richard Hays now at its head, Keele’s medical
school is going from strength to strength, and recruitment is now under
way for the new Osteopathy course. approval has also been granted for
the new Keele University school of pharmacy to accept students and the
University has been inundated with applications. We have been delighted by
the enthusiastic support of local employers, which has enabled us to offer
one of the strongest programmes of clinical placements in the country.
We are glad to welcome our alumni back to the campus, whether it is for
a special event – such as a reunion, public lecture or poetry reading – or
just a visit, and hope that this magazine will remind you of happy years
spent here at Keele.
Janet Finch
Vice Chancellor
what’S
INSIDE…
4 Every Little helps – a look
at Keele’s fundraising projects
5 building Keele’s Future –
Multi-million pound
expansion plans
8-9
celebrating
40 years of
the chapel
12-13 Out of africa –
african adventures
15 a Real “Dead-Ringer” for
Love – Keele wedding celebrations
16-17
International news and events
18-21
what happened to...?
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KEELE:NEwS
fundraising
from
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Welcome to the first edition of your new magazine
forever:keele, bringing you the latest news from
Keele University and from your fellow alumni. We
plan to publish a magazine every year in the spring,
with an online newsletter in the autumn.
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EvERy little hELPS
Please contact Leia bassett, Fundraising Officer, on 01782 583003 or l.bassett@keele.ac.uk
for more information on the above projects and fundraising activities at Keele university.
The provision of student bursaries and the
restoration of Keele’s historic campus are two
of the fundraising projects in which alumni can
get involved.
While targets of £1.3 million and £2.1 million
respectively have been set, the University is not
only interested in gathering financial support.
Whether you can contribute time or money,
fundraising officer Leia Bassett would be glad
to hear from you.
“Charitable donations have always played a large part
in contributing to the success of Keele University,”
she says, “and our alumni are key to the success
of fundraising here – not just in terms of financial
contribution, but in terms of volunteering, letters
of support, and advice and guidance from within
their own fields of expertise.
“Whether you feel able to give a donation, would
like to leave a legacy to the University, or act as a
volunteer, we would love to hear from you.”
the first major fundraising project, the innovative
Vice Chancellor’s bursaries will be available to
all students wishing to study at Keele. the 50
bursaries, of £4,000 per year for three years of
study, will be awarded on the basis of academic
excellence, regardless of background.
Other bursaries include support for medical
students, local students from rural communities,
ethnic minority students, foundation year students
and those wishing to study abroad.
the second project – Heritage, Lakes and Valleys –
seeks to maintain, improve and develop the
campus’s historic features and public park, making
them suitable for contemporary use by the public
and the University.
With 617 acres of woodland, lakes, open space and
built environment, Keele has one of the largest
green campuses in europe – all built around a core
historic estate developed by the sneyd family
across the 18th and 19th Centuries.
Other key fundraising projects include the 21st
Century Learning and research facility which
focuses on enhancing the Library, and a new
arboretum website.
Plans for expansion of the University and Science Park
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a leaflet ‘Plans for a 21st century
campus’ can be downloaded from
www.keele.ac.uk/development
KEELE has unveiled plans for a multi-
million pound expansion of the
University and Science Park, bringing
jobs and investment to the area and
improving the student experience.
the development of the 70-acre ‘phase 3’ site
to the east of the University aims to bring
£60 million of investment and 1,000 jobs to
north staffordshire, with staff and student
accommodation and buildings for academic and
commercial use planned for the site. around 38
acres will be for development and 32 acres for
roads, services, open space and landscaping.
site infrastructure work – likely to be funded
by regional development agency advantage
West Midlands – is expected to start in 2007. this
infrastructure, including roads and drainage, will
cost around £6 million and, if planning permission is
granted, the total development will take between
10 and 15 years to complete. a decision on the
application is expected in spring 2006.
the application proposes the retention of the
surrounding mature woodlands and the historic
Home Farm buildings, as well as new footpath and
cycleway links to the existing campus and emerging
Heritage, Lakes and Valleys project. new off-site
highway improvements and traffic calming measures
are also planned – for example, improvements to
the Keele road roundabout – and sustainability
is a common thread running through all aspects
of the proposals for the phase 3 site.
external development officer eric Kelsall said: “this
is a major planning application for the growth of
both the University and the science park, building
KEELE:NEwS
development
“We are firm in
our belief that
the development
of the ‘Phase ’
site will help in
the continuing
development
of North
Staffordshire…”
on the academic and economic successes of
recent developments like the Medical sciences
Complex and the Innovation Centres. It is part
of an integrated project which sets out Keele’s
ambitions for its role as the Ultimate Campus
University for the 21st Century.
“We are firm in our belief that the development
of the ‘phase 3’ site will help in the continuing
development of north staffordshire and help
the University and the science park to grow,
creating new high-skilled jobs and new academic
opportunities to help retain graduates and raise
local aspirations.”
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KEELE:NEwS
awards
tRIPLE wIN
Keele University’s conference team has
scooped a hat trick of honours at a prestigious
national ceremony.
the Conference park won awards for Best academic
Venue, Best Value for Money Conference Venue
and Best Conference and Banqueting staff at the
annual Meetings and Incentive travel awards.
In a first for the ceremony, Keele was the only
organisation to win more than one award on the
night, fighting off stiff competition from some
of the best in the business. the team even beat
the Best UK Conference Centre (Birmingham) and
Best UK Hotel (rudding park) to the coveted Best
Conference and Banqueting staff award.
Jenny deaville, Commercial director, was there with
her team to see them collect all three trophies.
she said: “to win these awards was just brilliant
and great recognition of the hard work of all
our staff. But the icing on the cake was to win
the Conference and Banqueting staff category.
as the awards are voted for by our customers
it just proves that all the hard work put into
maintaining service levels really does pay off.
We have always had superb feedback from our
customers who regularly say that our staff are
second to none. to have that acknowledged at
a national level is really motivating and the team
are absolutely delighted.”
the awards are voted for by Keele’s customers and
in the last ten years the team has regularly been
nominated, winning the Best academic Venue
category three times. this is the first year that
they were shortlisted in three categories.
the Vice Chancellor, professor Janet Finch,
said: “to win three national awards like this
is a tremendous feat for Keele Conference
park and I would like to pay tribute to the
hard work of everyone in the team who has
contributed to this achievement. Keele plays an
important role in the regeneration of north
staffordshire and our top quality Conference
park brings business to the area from all over
the country.”
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out more about Keele’s awardwinning
venue, then log onto:
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email enq@conf.keele.ac.uk
or call 01782 584023.
Honouring
a LEgEND
KEELE University awarded honorary degrees to legendary
goalkeeper Gordon Banks OBE and former Pro-Chancellor
Anthony Wood at its winter graduation ceremonies.
World Cup hero Gordon Banks – made doctor of the University
in recognition of his outstanding contribution to sport and charity work –
played 73 times for england, was a League Cup winner with stoke City and
Leicester City, appeared in two Fa Cup Finals,
was awarded the OBe in 1970 and was named
Footballer of the Year in 1972. However, his career
was cut short when, in October of that year, he
“It is the
combination
of achievement
of the highest
quality and
commitment
beyond self that
we honour today.”
was involved in a road accident and lost the sight in
his right eye. He had played 510 league games.
away from football, he has raised thousands
of pounds for charity, particularly for the
children’s cancer ward at the University Hospital
of north staffordshire.
at the ceremony University secretary and
registrar simon Morris said: “Gordon Banks is
the epitome of the successful sports star who
played football for the enjoyment of the game
and has, throughout his life, been an inspiration
to many. It is the combination of achievement
of the highest quality and commitment beyond
self that we honour today.”
Former president of the British Ceramic
Confederation, anthony Wood was also made
doctor of the University, in recognition of his
outstanding service to Keele. His links with the
University go back to 1985 when he became the
founding Chair of the Keele Concerts society.
In 1996 he was appointed deputy pro-Chancellor, served as pro-Chancellor from 2004 to 2005, and has
served on and chaired a number of committees, as well as being a member of Court and Council.
Vice Chancellor professor Janet Finch said at the ceremony: “His commitment to Keele has been
outstanding and founded on his enormous respect for the academic work of a University like this
and for the precious resource which we represent in the local area. He is a true friend to Keele.”
Gordon Banks OBE
NEw hEaD FOR
mEDIcaL SchOOL
PROFESSOR Richard Hays has joined
Keele University as Professor of Medical
Education and Head of the Medical
School. He was previously Chair of
Medical Education and Foundation Dean at
James Cook University, Queensland, Australia.
Internationally regarded as a leader in medical
education, he played a pivotal role in introducing
the new medical school at James Cook and leading
in the development of the innovative medicine
programme at the University.
Following graduation from the University of
Queensland, richard became a full-time Gp
providing a rural medical practice. His move
into academic life came when he was asked to
be a Gp trainer. after a month he decided he
wanted to learn more about medical education
and visited a local university to seek a course.
Instead he found himself undertaking a phd in
education psychology – becoming the first Gp
in australia to be awarded such a degree.
Lord Warner
opens Medical
School Building
LORD Warner, Minister of State for
NHS Delivery within the Department
of Health, officially opened the
University’s School of Medicine
building in October.
the Medical school building on the Keele Campus
is a state-of-the-art development. the modern,
purpose built facility offers students a superb
learning environment and includes a large lecture
theatre, seminar rooms, It laboratory, an anatomy
suite, multi-user laboratories, a resource room,
student common room and social gathering
and refreshment areas.
Lord Warner said: “the establishment of a
medical school in Keele is a wonderful boost
to not only the academic reputation of this
area but also a matter of pride for the local
community.” all of the 35 fifth year medical
students passed their final exams last year, with
four students achieving honours. this was the
He developed a strong interest in how medical
education could be made more enjoyable
and effective and, while continuing an active
involvement in general practice, he went on to
take senior medical education roles in sydney and
the University of Queensland before becoming
Foundation dean at James Cook. He saw the first
medical students from James Cook graduate
last year before his move to Keele.
He has completed a Higher doctorate in
Medicine, has published more than a hundred
research papers, written several books and
won about three million australian dollars in
research funding.
professor Hays said: “at James Cook my role was
to establish a medical school and my work at
Keele will be to build on the foundations already
in place and develop the medical school here.
there are a lot of things about coming here
which are similar and recognisable.”
first cohort of locally trained medical students
and the announcement was a milestone for
both Keele and its nHs partners.
the students completed their first two academic
years at Manchester University, then moved to
Keele and north staffordshire for their three
years of practical study.
such has been the welcome they received that
half of the final year students have chosen to
stay in the area, and have taken their first junior
doctor posts in the University Hospital.
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medical school
21St cENtuRy
StaRgazINg
The southern hemisphere’s largest telescope –
backed by Keele University – was officially unveiled
in November by the South African President
Thabo Mbeki.
the southern african Large telescope (saLt) – also
known as africa’s Giant eye – is a new groundbreaking
project, which will enable astronomers
from six countries, including the UK, to study
more closely the lives of stars and the origins of
the universe. the gigantic telescope with its 11metre-wide
mirror will also be a truly 21st Century
facility, with researchers able to submit observing
requests and receive data back via the Internet,
meaning they will not have to travel to south
africa to use the telescope.
president Mbeki said: “saLt means that our
country will remain at the forefront of cuttingedge
astronomical research. the telescope will
enable us to observe the earliest stars and learn
about the formation of our galaxy which will help
us reveal clues about the future. We are also proud
that saLt will not only enable southern african
scientists to undertake important research, but also
provide significant opportunities for international
collaboration and scientific partnerships with the
rest of the world.”
the £11 million project, 400km north of Cape
town, is an international partnership backed by
six different countries including a UK consortium
consisting of the University of Central Lancashire,
Keele, nottingham and southampton universities,
the Open University and armagh Observatory.
Keele was represented at the ceremony by deputy
Vice Chancellor, professor Maggie pearson, dean
of the Faculty of sciences, professor Johanna
Laybourn-parry and dr pierre Maxted from the
astro-physics Group.
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Professor Richard Hays
The Southern African Large Telescope

KEELE:hIStORy
the Chapel
a DvD showing chapel life past and present, made for the 40th anniversary celebrations
by current student andy whitehead, is available for £5. Send cheques payable to Keele university
(chapel) to the chaplaincy assistant, the chapel, Keele university, Staffordshire St5 5bg.
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“It was very symbolic of
how things have changed.”
Chapel history
n services were first held in the Library reading
room at Keele Hall, and within a few weeks a
large army nissen hut on the campus was prepared
for services n GG pace was appointed as the
architect for a permanent chapel in 1958, and a
chapel appeal fund was launched in 1960 n the
original plans show a chapel faced with sandstone,
but the gift of bricks of the University’s choice
from the Berry Hill Brick Company resulted in
the Chapel being built in a striking blue staffordshire
brick. n It is three chapels under one roof, and
est. 1965
Celebrating
40 years of
the Chapel
whEthER you attended services or concerts or
only set foot in there for exams and graduation,
Keele’s Chapel is a familiar sight to all on campus.
While the earliest students convened in nissen huts, Keelites from the
mid-1960s had their own purpose-built place of worship, dedicated on
1 december 1965.
Former students and staff returned to the Chapel for the 40th anniversary
celebrations, which included a special service of thanksgiving – preached
by the Most reverend Vincent nichols, the archbishop of Birmingham,
and broadcast by BBC radio stoke – a display of the Chapel’s history and
a concert. the day was rounded off by dinner in Keele Hall.
Free Church chaplain ruth Maxey said: “the anniversary service showed
the shift to the ecumenical nature of Keele – we had two Orthodox clergy,
the roman Catholic archbishop preached and all the chaplains offered the
blessing. It was very symbolic of how things have changed.
“the Chapel is a real community, and is very diverse – there is a broad theological
and liturgical experience. people come from their own denominations and
are able to learn about each other. It’s a real family.”
was given Grade II listed status by english Heritage
in 1998 n the Chapel was dedicated on 1 december
1965, in the presence of the Queen Mother and
princess Margaret, the University’s Chancellor
n It is dedicated to the memory of sir John
Lennard-Jones, the second principal of the University
College of north staffordshire, as Keele was
once known n Winter and summer degree
congregations have been held in the Chapel since
1996, and since the early 1980s it has been used
for final examinations.
Thanks to Keele: The First Fifty Years, by J M
Kolbert, published by Melandrium Books.
camE to Keele as a believer, but the
“I experience of God there deepened my
spiritual commitment. the challenges and
questions in the Foundation Course led to me reevaluating
what I believed, and in the final analysis
believing more strongly. the belief and the strength
of Christians in Keele is not there in a building,
but there in people’s lives, for eternity.”
Jean Vann (Fenwick) (1964 English/Geography)
N around 1964, the BBC banned the hit song
“I Leader of the pack by the shangri-Las. there
used to be a sunday radio broadcast of a church
service on location, and Keele was chosen one
particular week – coinciding with the death of
Winston Churchill. someone rigged up a record
player in the lighting staging high on stage in
the Walter Moberly building (where services were
held before the Chapel was built) and Leader
of the pack went on at full volume about
halfway through the broadcast. University officials
were running around in a panic trying to find the
source of the sound. eventually they figured
out it was coming from backstage and raced up
the ladder to turn it off. too good a prank to
keep quiet and the student was expelled. those
were the days.”
Tony Barrand (1968 Philosophy/Psychology)
S an undergraduate I was at the inaugural
“a concert of the new Chapel organ. the
organ was the dreamchild of George pratt, then
director of Music and a superb organist himself.
Lionel rogg, one of the best organists of the time,
performed the recital. It was the first and only
time I have ever heard a Bach fugue played so
that it sounded as if the four voices were four
separate musicians – absolute magic.”
Keith Laws (1969 Chemistry/Physics)
uRINg my first year at Keele I made a Cradle
“D roll for the Chapel. It was an illuminated
sheet where the names of babies christened in
the Chapel were to be recorded. I have no idea
how many babies have been born at Keele and
christened in the Chapel since those days, but I
expect the sheet was filled many years ago now.
I always think how the Chapel exterior suggested
it was a dark and cold place whereas inside it was
welcoming and warm.”
Connie Robertson (1970 English/French)
y fondest memory of the Chapel was
“m the memorial service for a student who
had died in a cycling accident. as there were so
many people, we moved from the small chapel
to the main chapel and then had to open up the
internal doors, fill the vestibule and some of the
courtyard outside. What a witness to how she
was regarded. I also think this reflects one of the
things I loved about Keele – being a tight-knit,
campus University many of us had an enormous
circle of friends.”
Sarah Lundie (1988 French/Philosophy)
StILL retain an abiding memory of the
“I sheer architectural presence of the Keele
chapel. somehow, with its slab-sided contours,
narrow windows and huge cylindrical silos, it
always seemed to me alien: a spaceship which
had landed in the green fields, a massive and
forbidding dull gunmetal-grey presence beside
the warm brickwork of the Moberly building,
its bulk casting a dark looming shadow over the
nearby huts and offices. and yet I suppose the
buildings, like those who passed through them
over the years, embody the diversity and the
contradictions of the place.”
Brian Stewart (1972 Geography/Politics)
Thank you
to all who
submitted their
memories of
Keele’s Chapel.
Due to an overwhelming
response, only a selection are
printed here. See the website
www.keele.ac.uk/depts/uso/alumni
to read all the memories.
NE of my friends decided to help lighten
“O the situation during the days of student
politics and revolution. He chose to do this
by climbing onto the Chapel roof one night and
unfurling yards of paper so that the word ‘CaFÉ’
was spelled out. the ‘sign’ was duly photographed
and appeared in the University paper. Magically,
it became apparent to all that it was a joke, and
good order and tolerance started to return to
campus life... and some were left wondering
if it was only a coincidence that it was the
roof of the Chapel that was instrumental in
bringing peace to a potentially nasty breakdown
in communications.”
Dave Garry (1973 Geology/Physics)
KEELE:hIStORy
the Chapel
hE chapel remains deep in my affections as
“t I produced both Murder in the Cathedral
(1971) and Macbeth (1973) there. the most vivid
memories of Macbeth are of the final performance
when steve tingle, playing the first murderer,
managed to get his knife stuck in his cloak and
then into his leg while trying to murder Banquo.
He had to go off to hospital for treatment and
it was left to me as the director to rush off to
the drama hut to cobble together a costume and
get back to play a lowly messenger. the entire
cast gathered in great eagerness to watch me
being enthusiastically kicked down the stairs
by Macbeth.”
Nick Baggott (1974 French/English)
N the throes of the aftermath of a tragic love
“I affair I found myself one night in the Chapel,
seated at the organ and opening a favourite book
of Bach fugues. I was getting a bit worked up and
the stops were coming out – the atmosphere
in the dark, empty chapel was vibrant. Just as
I got to the end the Chapel doors were flung
open and in stormed a couple of the campus
security guards. they’d apparently been getting
calls from the staff houses because their windows
were shaking!”
Adrian Stern (1976 French & Economics)
uRINg my time as an undergraduate I
“D made very regular visits to the Chapel.
Being on-campus, we were subjected to hard
toilet paper in the Halls and in the Library. the
Chapel, however, provided soft toilet paper.
I recall well that at the time many woman
undergraduates carried their own supply with
them at all times. We men, of course, could not
risk a challenge to our macho-ness by doing so.
My strategic visits to the Chapel allowed image to
be maintained while at the same time preserving
the delicacy of the posterior. It was also very
impressive to announce, “I’m just off to the Chapel
for a few moments”, if parents were around.
especially so, of course, because one’s closer
friends knew what this code meant.”
Ian Neal (1979 Psychology/Biology)
y association with the Chapel concluded
“m on the last day of my finals exams. the
tradition was for friends to greet you outside
with shaving foam pies and champagne. I was
so excited by the prospect I ran out, tripped
over the step and skinned both my knees. My
moment of exam glory, and I’m crawling away
from the Chapel on all fours, laughing.”
Maggie Clune (1985 English/History)
EELE Chapel is where our friends got
“K married in 1996 (both Keele graduates –
stuart and Helen ross) and where I first met my
now husband – you could say it was love at first
sight across the aisle. I have fond memories and
much to thank Keele Chapel for!”
Claire Ross (Cavanagh)
(1996 Law/Criminology)
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brain bunnies
Back in the summer of
Marina Lewycka,
CREDIT: Ian Philpott
FORty years ago this year Honey magazine visited Keele’s campus
and spoke to some of the University’s brightest and most beautiful
female students about studying, socialising and sixties style.
forever:keele catches up with three of the ‘Brain Bunnies’ to
find out more.
award-winning novelist Marina Lewycka (1968 philosophy/english) says she
can’t remember much about how she came to be a “Brain Bunny” but she
certainly has fond memories of Keele.
the author, whose first published novel a short History of tractors in
Ukrainian beat the likes of terry pratchett to a comic fiction prize at Hay
Literary Festival, lived in Horwood Hall and later rented a farm cottage in
Madeley with friends.
“One of the reasons I came to Keele was because there were sheep grazing
around the students’ Union building,” says the 59-year-old, who teaches
pr and journalism at sheffield Hallam University. “It was so beautiful and
idyllic and rural.
“We were here for the student uprising in 1968 – the main protest was to get
a condom machine installed. We occupied the registry and got out our files.
despite all this I was very hard working and took studying very seriously. I
loved the Foundation Year – I couldn’t have written a book about tractors
if I hadn’t done that. It gave me confidence in science.”
although a short History… was shortlisted for the Orange prize for Fiction,
longlisted for the Man Booker prize and won the saga prize for writers
over 50, the title initially bamboozled critics and readers, leading amazon
to classify it under ‘agricultural machinery’ rather than fiction. In fact it is
a comic novel about an elderly Ukrainian widower in england and his two
feuding daughters.
Her untitled first novel was written entirely in longhand and the second
was rejected by a number of publishers, leading Marina, who was born
of Ukrainian parents in a refugee camp in Kiel,
Germany, to “give up on fiction”. Instead she
“It’s very
difficult once
you actually
become an
author – you
have much less
time for writing!”
wrote books on caring for age Concern, and
took a creative writing course.
“It’s not so much about what they teach you – my
book was substantially the same – but that was
where I met my agent,” she says. “a lot of it is about
‘who you know’. If I’d sent my manuscript in ‘cold’,
it would probably never have been published.
“I certainly couldn’t have written this book when
I was younger. When I was younger my books
were very angst-ridden and never got published
– I’ve got jollier in myself as the years have passed.
I definitely won’t be releasing the old ones, they’re
not relevant any more.”
But having wanted to be a published author for so
long, is it how she imagined it? “It’s very difficult
once you actually become an author – you have
much less time for writing! It’s all about trekking round to literary festivals and
drinks events – it’s very tiring and fills your brain up with useless stuff.
“But I am pleased it’s happened – I can’t complain. It’s just not quite how
I expected it would be.”
1966
Georgina Haynes (Lee)
( 6 American Studies/English)
“the team from Honey magazine came to Keele
in early summer 1966. the shoot lasted two days
and we were paid £2 for each photo that was
published in the article – so I got £6!
“there was a huge amount of hanging around waiting
to be made up. they brought all the clothes with
them and I certainly would not have chosen to
wear what I was asked to model!
“audrey and I were particularly subjected to
derision from fellow students who were watching
the ‘party’ scene with the Keele band. We were
wearing false hairpieces, false eyelashes and what
seemed to us to be cocktail dresses. no way
would we have gone to a party dressed like that.
Fortunately all this happened just before the
end of term so the spotlight didn’t last too long.
However, when the magazine came out in the
October we were pretty horrified to see the title
and we got some stick from people about that!
now I see it as a fun thing to have done and the
article has given lots of people much amusement
at my expense – especially my children!
“Keele was a great opportunity to spend four
years with some wonderful people, including
my husband John whom I met there nearly 40
years ago. I’m now a lay magistrate in the London
Family and Youth Courts and do other voluntary
work in and around dulwich where we have lived
for the last 30 years.”
ONEy was the bible of teenage fashion
“h and cool and could be purchased for the
princely sum of two shillings. We were photographed
in the summer of 1966 for publication in October,
and twiggy made her first front cover appearance
in that issue.
“the mid-sixties was the era of mini-skirts, berets,
boots, pVC and fake fur coats and these were the
outfits we were asked to wear – not the normal
student garb. the first shot was outside the Union
shop and I wore a Mary Quant suit, with audrey
Wright in fetching dungarees. there were several
takes for the line-up on the lawn outside Keele
Hall and there was much laughter and quite an
audience from the senior Common room!
“We all witnessed Barbara and audrey being
photographed in their incredible hairpieces and
jewelled false eyelashes for the party scene. It
took ages to get the required result. “I am still
in touch with Barbara whom I met on my first
day at Keele as we shared a hut by the Library
and I still have one battered copy of Honey – it
causes much mirth in my family especially with
my teenage daughters. after Keele I worked at
the BBC, on newspapers and in public relations.
after I married in 1986 and produced three children
in a year, I had a break and now work part-time
for the local schools in Wiltshire and as a tourist
guide in salisbury.”
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Barbara Richardson (Castell)
( 6 English/Politics)
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John Adnitt, pictured attending a parents’ evening with mums from the school
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adventure
Out OF
The school beforehand – located in a garage
EDucatINg
thE gambIa
JOhN Adnitt ( 62 English/History/
Education), his wife Margaret and
daughter R achael are trustees of
Albaraca School in The Gambia, which
is funded almost entirely by donations and
sponsorship from the UK. John’s involvement in
education dates back to his Keele days, having been
a teacher, principal and inspector. He says:
“the involvement in the Gambia initially was a
complete accident – we just wanted some warm
weather after a very soggy winter here. Most
tourists to the Gambia are invited to visit schools
and we had visited three already on holiday in 1996,
but our Gambian contact was very persuasive: his
friend ran a nursery school and he would like us
to go there. somewhat wearily we set off for a
visit which changed our lives, and we hope those
of the school’s pupils.
“What we found was a small lock-up garage, just
off the main road from serrekunda to sukuta.
In it 30 small children were huddled with no
tables, a single picture dictionary, no windows
or toilets, and only a painted patch of wall as a
blackboard. On subsequent visits over the next
year we discovered several ‘problems’ – that
much used word in the Gambia! the first was
that the so-called headmaster was never at the
school and had a full-time job in Banjul, and the
teaching was in the hands of two young, very
inexperienced and unqualified teachers. the
other main problem was that the owner of the
garage wanted to use it again and the school
was about to be relocated into a disused metal
container on nearby waste ground.
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“Our daughter rachael, horrified by the prospect
of 30 children roasting in a metal box, organised
a fun run for colleagues at work, raising more
than £3,000. In July she returned to the Gambia
to arrange for land to be purchased and the first
classroom to be built. the school was licensed
under its new name, albaraca, which means “thank
you” in Wollof, the main local language. the new
school opened in January 1998, the pupils and
two teachers transferring to a pleasant site, about
a quarter of a mile away with orange trees and
a large mango tree.
“eight years on we can report a lot of real progress.
We now have more than 130 children aged three
to seven, six teachers – including the two original
teachers, now fully qualified – and a head teacher,
and three classrooms and a medical room on an
expanded site. the school uniform has elephants
to represent ‘the power of education’. the
school’s stock cupboard is bulging with books
and equipment, donated by individuals and schools
in norfolk. there are excellent toilets and a water
pipe to the school.
“each child has a sponsor. Other sponsors help with
the training costs and salaries for the teachers
and caretaker. Major building projects have been
funded by special events and some very generous
donations. the most recent project has been the
successful installation of a solar panel to provide
electricity for lighting.
“Where will it all end? Who knows! Our instinct is
to retain the present scale and sustain it at a high
standard. Whatever happens it will be enjoyable
and challenging. Visiting the school, and seeing
the pupils enthusiastically learning to read and
count will always be a moving experience. Our
own outlook on life has changed radically as a
result of meeting people who are so cheerful
with very few possessions and very limited means
and prospects.”
those who would like to see pictures of the school and
find out more about it can visit the website: www.albaraca.com
For more information please contact John adnitt on ttindaj@hotmail.com
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He’s no stranger to long-distance motorbike rides but this November,
Dave Owen ( American Studies/English) is taking on one of his biggest
challenges yet – a ,000-mile ride through the mountains, jungle and
desert of South Africa to raise funds for the charity, Riders For Health.
Dave – a former music editor of KUSU’s Concourse publication and a
founder member of the Rough Diamonds Music Society – says:
“In February 2004 I rode 1,200 miles in 10 days, with 100 strangers, around
southern India on an old 1950s style 350cc royal enfield. We did this to raise a
minimum of £3,000 each for charity. the bikes did not go faster than 50mph
flat out and we rode through tea plantations, wildlife parks, virtual deserts and
busy cities. It was exhausting, dangerous and fun –
all at the same time! at the end of the ride the
bikes were given to the WWF whose rangers use
them to chase poachers in the wild areas. I also
rode 3,000 miles in eight days from stoke to just
outside Zagreb, Croatia, for a motorcycle rally
in august last year.
“In november I am going to ride a 200cc Honda
off-road bike through mountains, jungle and
desert in south africa to raise funds for the charity
riders For Health. I have to raise a minimum of £4,000 by July. the money
helps buy the bike I will be riding, which at the end of the two weeks will
be given to the charity, together with a sum of money. the cash goes to
train a local medical person to ride and maintain the bike. they will then
use the bike to transport medicines to areas that cannot be reached any
other way. One village in which this has been tried has reduced malaria by
over 20 per cent already! as I work for a company which makes anti-malaria
drugs this is particularly close to my heart. We aim to buy at least 100 bikes
for health workers in Zimbabwe.
“In order to raise the money, I am putting on a number of gigs featuring local
and international bands and I am also holding auctions at which I will sell
equipment, clothing, books, bike parts – you name it, if I’m given it I will
sell it! “However, the main fundraising will come from the generosity of
friends, family, colleagues and acquaintances. I am quite happy to advertise
on my bike, helmet or jacket (provided the ad is for ethical business) and
all contributions are gratefully accepted.”
For more information contact Dave on 01782 516220
or email dave.m.owen@astrazeneca.com or
enduroafrica@dave-owen.co.uk . See also
his website at www.dave-owen.co.uk
OFF
thE bEatEN
tRacK
“It was exhausting,
dangerous and fun –
all at the same time!”
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relationships
thE gOOD
OLD DayS
Nafisa ‘Fiz’ Mamdani (200 English/Psychology)
discovered the ‘Keele Effect’ on a boat in the
middle of Lake Windermere…
“In early september I went to the Lake district for
a long weekend. It was a beautiful day, crisp but
sunny and I was on a little transporter boat in
the middle of Lake Windermere when someone
tapped me on the shoulder.
“I turned round and a rather elderly gentleman
asked whether the corner of a scarf poking out of
my rucksack was mine – I confirmed it was. the
scarf was my Keele scarf (in the original colours!)
and the gentleman had noticed it from the other
side of the boat!
“It turned out that the man was a Keele graduate
from the 1950s. He said the University was very
new when he commenced his degree and his
main reason for his choice was the opportunity
to do a foundation year, which he had apparently
found very helpful. We had a good chat about
how much we liked and missed Keele until we
reached our destination.
“It was only a little later that it sadly occurred to
me that I hadn’t even asked his name!
“I decided to share this story with you as I thought
it was lovely how Keele generates a bond between
people who would otherwise remain strangers,
and also how the Keele experience lives on in
graduates’ memories, old and new alike. You
never know – he may turn up to the 1950s Keele
reunion in May!”
“I thought it was
lovely how Keele
generates a
bond between
people who
would otherwise
remain strangers.”
Following in her footsteps
JOaNNa gOLDthORPE ( Psychology/HRM) had a shock when she
found she was pregnant just before starting her final year. Baby Ella
accompanied her to lectures and was babysat by students in the halls
at Keele while her mum sat her finals. Now nine years old, Ella would
eventually like to follow in Jo’s footsteps and study at Keele. Jo says:
Jo and Ella now
“It was the summer vacation before my final year
when I found out I was pregnant. a massive surprise,
to say the least! When the news had sunk in, I
decided to make the most of it, finish my degree
and wait for the birth. Ignorance made me very
optimistic! ella’s dad, tim, and I moved out of the
rented student house in stoke, got a flat and I
carried on with my studies at Keele. I remember
people taking photos of me in the Golfers when
I was heavily pregnant!
“ella was born on 25 March 1997 (at the start of the
easter holidays, conveniently!). Great friends made
studying easier, they got me stuff from the library
and helped with fieldwork for my dissertation.
Being pregnant actually made studying easier;
as I wasn’t drinking and partying there weren’t
any hangovers, or much else to do! I don’t know
whether I’d have got my 2:1 if it weren’t for ella!
“Friends were very excited and supportive of having a baby around – it
was a massive novelty. ella was looked after by friends both on and off
campus while I did my finals. I took her into lectures sometimes, strapped
to my front in the baby sling, and she nearly always slept through them!
she was always quiet in the library too! she also attended my graduation
in July 1997. I’m not sure what lecturers thought about a baby turning up
at their classes, they mostly said it was fine for her to attend lectures, but
any crying and we were out!
“after I left Keele it was very hard, as I missed my friends and the student
life and didn’t find it easy being at home all day with a baby. We moved
nearer to family so I had help, and could work, and eventually started an
Msc in research methods. ella’s brother Joseph was born in July 1999, and
they are very close, good friends (most of the time!). tim and I separated
a few years ago and ella, Joseph and I live in Cuddington, Cheshire. I’m
currently working as a researcher for Birkbeck College in London, covering
the north West region for the national evaluation of sure start.
“ella is a very happy girl. she knows all about her time as the ‘Keele Baby’.
she’s seen the photos and when friends who met at Keele got married at
Keele Hall last year, she was reunited with many ex-students who hadn’t
seen her since she was a few months old. We walked around the grounds,
and ella said she would like to come to Keele when she leaves school, and
study Zoology. as far as I know, that subject
isn’t available, but maybe it will be on the
prospectus in time for 2016!”
Left to right – Tim Whiteley, Huw Griffiths,
Abby Pritchard (with Ella) and Kerry Hyde
whEN Claire Murphy (2002
English/Educational Studies)
first came to Keele, little did
she know that she would meet
her future husband on her second day as a
Fresher. She married Richard Angrave (2000
Geography/Finance) last year and on the
morning of the wedding, the bells of Mottramin-Longdendale,
Gr. Manchester, rang out to
the tune of Keele University Delight Major, a
method composed by Richard, a former member
of the Keele University Society of Change Ringers.
The band of ringers included University staff
Phil and Rowena Gay, who also attended the
ceremony and reception.
A real
‘dead-ringer’
forLove
i:
how did you meet?
R: “We met on my very first day back in my final year – Claire had the
misfortune (or fortune I would say!) to be put in what the resident tutor
described as ‘the noisiest study block that she had ever come across’
(n block, Hawthorns, 1999-2000). We were in adjacent rooms and very
soon became an item. to celebrate our fourth anniversary, I treated Claire
to a weekend away at the north stafford Hotel in stoke and proposed
to her before going to peaches in newcastle for a meal (which was the
first place we went out on an official date).”
C: “I had only met one or two people in the block and they didn’t seem
very interested in talking but there was a loud party nearly all night on
the first night and I assumed they were Freshers too. It wasn’t until I
talked to richard that I found out that they were all third years. We
soon got to know each other and there was quite a lot of whispering
and matchmaking from our friends, which paid off quite quickly!”
what was your wedding day like?
R: “Our wedding day was the best day of my life. I must admit to waking
up with a slight hangover and a touch of the nerves, but a good oldfashioned
fry up and a peal on handbells soon got me focused! after that,
it was a cup of coffee and a quick peak at how england were getting on
in the ashes before getting myself ready for the ceremony. I was quite
nervous before Claire arrived, but when she arrived at the altar and her
bouquet was shaking, I realised I wasn’t the only one!”
C: “Our wedding day was fantastic and we both really enjoyed it. the weather
was nice but it was so windy that my veil blew off! the only thing that
didn’t quite go to plan was the champagne in the wedding car. When
richard undid the wire, the cork burst out, hitting him in the mouth so that
by the time we arrived at the reception venue his lip was quite swollen.
Luckily he got some ice to put on it and it went down eventually!”
how did you get involved in bell ringing?
R: “My parents both ring the bells and I was taught how to ‘handle’ a bell
when I was 11 years old in Leicestershire. I was an active member of
both the Keele University society of Change ringers and the north
staffordshire association. I was privileged to ring in a peal at st John’s
in Keele for the 50th anniversary of the University, which consisted of
a graduate from each decade of the University’s existence.”
C: “It’s just richard who is interested in bell ringing – although I do seem
to understand a lot about it now which is quite worrying!”
what are your fondest memories of Keele?
R: “I have so many fond memories of Keele, given that it is the place where
I met my wife and made so many friends during my time there. Overall
though I would say my fondest memory of Keele was the atmosphere;
the picturesque setting, the fantastic Wednesday and Friday nights out at
the Union and the feeling of all being part of the same community.”
C: “I will always think of my time at Keele with great affection as it was
such a brilliant place to be and I met so many fantastic people there.
I really enjoyed Wednesday and Friday nights at the union and I can
honestly say that I always had a good time there although many of my
memories are fairly hazy thanks to doubles for a pound and drinking
games before we went out!”
Did you meet your spouse or partner at Keele university? tell us your story for a chance to win
six bottles of Keele university wine. write to hannah crush at h.e.crush@keele.ac.uk
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international
EvENtS
at KEELE
6 and 7 may 2006 – Pioneers’
Reunion (graduates of 1950s)
6 may 2006 – 1aK (One year after Keele)
8 July 2006 – Summer cocktail Party
Summer 2006, date tbc – Keele in the city,
informal drinks event in central London
2 and 3 September 2006 – Keele Society
Reunion (graduates of 1970-1985)
28 and 29 april 2007 – Pioneers’
Reunion (graduates of 1960-1964)
6 June 2007 – golf Day
Summer 2007, date tbc – North
american homecoming
26 and 27 april 2008 – Pioneers’
Reunion (graduates of 1965-1969)
For information on the exciting and diverse range
of public lectures, cultural events, art gallery
exhibitions, workshops and Keele concerts on
the public relations website at www.keele.ac.uk/
depts/uso/pr
Keele in the city – an informal drinks
event in central London this summer
an informal event giving all former Keele students
the chance to socialise and network with each
other as well as with people from the University
at a central London location. It will be a good
opportunity for catching up with people, reminiscing
about Keele days, letting us know what you’d like
to see happening – and having fun!
date and venue are still to be confirmed – invitations
will be by email only so make sure we have your
up-to-date contact details. Contact Hannah Crush
on h.e.crush@keele.ac.uk
Friends of Keele Summer
cocktail Party – Keele hall
Lawns – Saturday, 8 July 2006
What better way to mark graduation week at Keele
and the start of the summer than with a cocktail
party held in the beautiful setting of Keele Hall
lawns? the Friends of Keele group will welcome
alumni to join them for an evening of live jazz
music, summer cocktails, chocolate fountain and
a buffet supper.
the Friends have pledged to raise £80,000 to
restore the footbridge in Keele’s historic estate,
having already pledged £4,500 to restore the
boathouse – and the evening will include a
fundraising raffle.
tickets, costing £25, are available from Julie Kershaw
on 01782 584169 or email j.kershaw@keele.ac.uk
For more information contact
John Easom, International alumni
Officer: j.c.easom@uso.keele.ac.uk
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water
DIcK
acROSS thE what do you remember about
Keele and your time at Keele?
Of course, we all remember that
we studied here and that has
affected our path through life. We all remember
people who were here and who will always be
precious and important to us. At Keele we found
out so much about ourselves, about each other
and about our place in the world... we did things
we had never done before and have never done
since. But, whatever our varied experiences of
Keele, the one thing every one of us has in common
is – this place. Keele is a community, an ethos
and an education all bound up in our experience
of a unique place.
When we imagine Keele, we all get a different
picture in our heads – so, what’s in your picture?
Is what you visualise still there? Has it changed? Is
what you think you remember what you actually
saw? Is it bigger and better – is the traditional
heart of the campus still beating? the only way to
find out is to Come Home and see for yourself.
north american Homecoming is planned for the
summer of 2007 so Keele alumni in the Usa and
Canada can build time at Keele into a business
trip or a family visit – or even into a holiday. We
will announce the definite dates very soon. We
will organise special events for you – some with
an american or a Canadian flavour but most with
a very British flavour. We will have fun things,
serious things, nostalgic things, special things
– most on campus and some off campus.
Ideas or suggestions for north american
Homecoming are welcomed. tell me what you
most want to do and why – and maybe even how,
where and when! I look forward to seeing you all
in the summer of 2007, if not before.
John Easom,
(ma Keele 1981 american Literature)
International alumni Officer
“Keele offered uniquely weird
combinations of subjects laid out like
a buffet. We were able to vary our
educational diet as we went along.”
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international
bLacKEtt ( 6 History/
Economics/Politics) visited Keele
University in March 200 to lead
a seminar for the David Bruce
Centre (American Studies) and by October he
was back again visiting friends and colleagues in
American Studies. But why would the Andrew
Jackson Professor of History at Vanderbilt
University, Tennessee cherish these regular
visits to Keele?
dick originally chose Keele for one reason other
than its academic rigour: “the prospectus stated
that all rooms were centrally heated, and having
been brought up in Barbados I decided that a
warm room was the most essential prerequisite
at an english university.” dick was one of Keele’s
first Caribbean-born students when he arrived
in 1965 and he valued the multidisciplinary ethos.
Keele offered “uniquely weird combinations of
subjects laid out like a buffet. We were able to
vary our educational diet as we went along.” dick
was determined not to follow his grandmother’s
advice and become a lawyer. she complimented
him, “You would make a good lawyer because you
tell such convincing lies”, but he insists that this
talent has since withered from neglect!
after completing his doctoral research at the
University of pittsburgh, dick became the John &
rebecca Moores distinguished professor of History
at the University of Houston in 1996. His research
into abolitionism and the anti-slavery movement
prior to the american Civil War prompted an
invitation to Vanderbilt in 2004.
dick was a great sportsman at Keele and he stood
out in the cricket, basketball and football teams.
the cricket team endured annual pre-season
drubbings by county sides only to enjoy success
in the inter-varsity season.
the basketball team was also exceptional and
exploited the skills of two americans – ralph
Bunch and Frank Vitello. However, the University
national championship tournament exposed the
fragility of their six-man squad and they fell in the
finals. It didn’t help that training took place in a
nissen hut – where every lob was intercepted
deftly by the roof beams!
dick’s sporting prowess was recognised by his
election as president of the athletics Union in
1967-1968, and his visits to Keele invariably include
a foraging expedition to the dusty aU archives
in the sports Centre, searching for photos and
cricket scorebooks from the “glory years” – “a
project worthy of the attention of a budding
archivist!” he laughs.
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what happened to…?
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Life after Keele. Find old friends, and
re-connect with peers from the past
in the ever-growing community of
Keele alumni. Join us as we discover…
what
happened to…?
Stanley cooper
(French/german)
thoroughly enjoying retirement, never enough
time in any day – getting quite expert after twenty
years of it. I enjoy the company of friends and
family and make myself generally useful in the
community. Keep in touch with old Keele friends
from my year – halcyon days. Whenever time
and tide permit I sail my boat, a great love. I went
to Keele in 1951 after the raF – very basically
qualified and always thought it a great privilege
to be there and what a great joy.
John Dixon (Politics/
Economics) and
audrey ‘Pat’ Pattison (1962 English/Politics)
We both became academics after leaving Keele –
John for six years at adelaide University, Oz, pat
teaching english in europe, ultimately at Graz
(austria) and Utrecht (Holland) Universities. John
was economist/administrator at the treasury
from 1979. We re-met in 1989 and after 15 years
of “living apart together” in england, Holland and
France, we settled down, married and reduced our
addresses to england and France in 2004. since
then we’ve spent two winters travelling round the
world, to visit John’s eldest son in australia.
6
John wicksteed
(Politics/Philosophy)
I am retired and enjoying grandchildren (in small
doses). I still look after my village cricket pitch
and am chairman and groundsman. I also chair
the village school governors. I drink rather more
than the recommended amount of beer and
have taken up water colouring, which gives me
pleasure although probably no one else. What
the hell – I’m happy!
6
Neil Kenyon (geology/
geography; 1996 DSc)
Kenyon MarineGeo is a consultancy in teddington,
specialising in geological hazards on the continental
shelf and slope. I continue in an honorary position at
the national Oceanographic Centre, southampton,
and as co-ordinator of the UnesCO training through
research Council, which has been taking young
researchers on scientific cruises to the deep sea for
fifteen years, using large russian research vessels.
6
Sue Parkin (Eldridge)
(French/Sociology and
Social anthropology)
I’ve been a teacher all my life and am currently
writing my phd in the linguistics department at
Lancaster University, where I also teach part-time
in the management school. I recently lost my
heart in Kenya – to a tiny church in ruiru (between
nairobi and the flame trees of thika). My next step
is to find paid work in the area – perhaps at a
university or college or a post with VsO. It would
be helpful if anyone from the pool of talented and
well-travelled alumni with experience of either of
these plans would care to get in touch.
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connie Robertson
(English/French)
I’ve recently been involved with the setting up of
a poetry website, one of the directors of which
is the poet Laureate andrew Motion. My work
continues as we contract more poets all the time.
(www.poetryarchive.org)
David Petch
(history/Philosophy)
after a career in the Civil service (MOd,
northern Ireland Office, Cabinet Office) I am
now a Commissioner with the Independent police
Complaints Commission.
Jonathan Smith
(geography/biology)
I am a nature reserve warden for the essex Wildlife
trust, managing a 600-acre coastal grazing marsh
on the Blackwater estuary. prior to this I spent
two years in singapore, seconded from the
Wildfowl and Wetlands trust, setting up their
first designated wetland nature reserve for the
singapore government.
Ian moncrieff
(geography/geology)
I was promoted to Commodore in november
2003 and after a tour as the head of all the royal
navy’s communications and information systems,
I graduated from the Higher Command and staff
course to take over the Joint Operational Command
of Commander British Forces in the south atlantic
based in the Falkland Islands. I am here for 18
months accompanied by my wife. Our sons have
remained at boarding school in the UK doing
a Levels and GCses respectively.
KEELE:PEOPLE
what happened to…?
1956 2003
0
gillian mcvey (wroe)
(maths/music)
In 1999 Gillian rejoined the regular army and is now
a Major. she has recently served in afghanistan
and Iraq. In 2000, “at the ancient age of 41”, she
became a mum and now has a very energetic
5 year old. she is currently at the services’ staff
College in shrivenham.
Lynda waltho (abbott)
(Economics/geography)
In 1997, after the General election I became
parliamentary assistant to sylvia Heal Mp, deputy
speaker, and in 2004, principal adviser to neena
Gill Mep. I was selected to stand for parliament in
april last year, and was elected on 5 May 2005, to
serve as Member of parliament for stourbridge.
Quite a year!
4
Liz meek
(greek/Roman Studies)
I have recently given up my full-time job at the
sunday times to work with my partner Glen in
his business Classic Hot air Ballooning (www.
ballooning.fsnet.co.uk). We operate advertising hot
air balloons and provide balloons for tV work and
events like elton John’s White tie and tiara Ball. I
still do shifts at the sunday times in winter and
edit the country’s only ballooning magazine.
6
alistair Dabbs
(american Studies/Politics)
I have been a freelance journalist and trainer
for 11 years now. I mostly write about graphic
arts, sport and travel. I train people in editorial
production techniques and edit a fortnightly
newsletter for sub-editors and designers. In real
life I’m a crushingly dull family man with a French
wife (an interpreter) and two bilingual offspring.
Other than that, I am a karateka, go snowboarding
whenever I can, and am currently in the middle
of an Open University course to attain an Ma
in art History. I miss my block-mates from Keele
but am bad at keeping in touch.
hsien-Jin teoh
(Psychology/Sociology)
after leaving Keele, I went to University of new
south Wales, and University of Western australia to
complete a Masters and phd in Clinical psychology.
Currently based at sunway University College,
Malaysia. Continued to be active in the red Cross
and scouts since leaving Keele and am also involved
in the army reserve. Hobbies include playing
bamboo flutes, history, writing and looking after
hamsters and ferrets.
4
Franco milazzo
(Statistics/history)
I left the safe world of permanent employment
and went to India for six weeks to re-train as
a Microsoft .net developer. I have started my
own company (eyetie It!) which provides web
solutions to blue-chip companies like Microsoft and
Lloyds tsB. please contact me if you need advice
on setting up your own company or becoming a
full-time geek or you want to say hi! no kids, no
wife… but who knows what 2006 will bring!
6
Stephen Dawson (French/
Russian/biology)
I spent five years in switzerland organising
and running UeFa Champions League matches
throughout europe as well as UeFa Cup Finals,
U21 tournaments and the super Cup. Following
a site visit to the Camp nou stadium in summer
2004, FC Barcelona offered me a job as Head of
Operations. I have been in this position since
January last year and am thoroughly enjoying the
challenges of the spanish and Catalan languages
and juggling a large amount of different events
taking place in the stadium.
Rhian cooper (taylor)
(history/Psychology)
I have been living and working in dallas, texas, for
more than three years after working at Middlesex
University where I got my Masters. I met a crazy
Yank at Keele University called William Cooper
and after doing long-distance across the pond
for four years I moved here just after we got
married. I now have a Green Card and I am selling
construction materials to texas contractors in a
male-dominated industry. so far it seems to be
working and I love the job and the people. Will is
working hard on his phd at the University of texas
at dallas and is fast becoming a walking brain.
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Ed cooper (computer
Science/Electronic music)
after leaving Keele I attended the Guitar Institute
in London for a year with my brother david and
we play in the definitive classic rock band Jack
Viper (www.jackviper.com). although we both have
day jobs to pay the rent, the band is gathering
momentum. We have toured in Germany supporting
the La Guns and have been offered slots supporting
the Brides of destruction. Our music has been
used as backing material on the recently released
dVd axl rose: the prettiest star.
200
Liam holly
(history/Politics)
I work for eF First in Xi’an, China, and I’m now
a resident of the people’s republic. I teach
english and history to a variety of students, from
school children to business directors. I am also
a partner in a teacher recruitment firm Howard
Consulting Group.
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what happened to…?
Due to an overwhelming
response to our mailing
last year we are only able
to print the names of
those who sent in their
news. Go to the website
www.keele.ac.uk/
depts/uso/alumni to
discover what everyone
has been doing…
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If you do not have access to the
Internet please call hannah crush
on 01782 583857 for a hard copy.
1954 Yvonne Baker; H John “tex” Cooper; June
Grocott (Kirkman); david Harvey; John Hilton; Geoffrey
Little; pamela Lloyd-Owen (Harris); edward proctor; Jean
robinson (schokman); Bryan saunders; anna ´swiatecka
(sister Jadwiga); John thomas; alan tipper; Yvonne
tipper (Jervis); alan Wilson; Warren Wright
1955 Joan ayres; Georgina Baker (Flux); Bernard
Gilhooly; alan Halfpenny; Brenda Jones (duthie); Maurice
Knights; rex Markham; Marion Mitchell; david t s
Morris; enid nussbaum; Ken parkinson; roland seymour
1956 Keith Clement; stanley Cooper;
rosemary dawe (thomas); Marjorie Hayter;
david Hunt; pat parfitt (dawson); Glennis salter
(palfreyman); eric taylor; Martin tunnicliffe
1957 Mary Bianco (Becker); richard Clarke; anne
docking (pearson); Jim docking; Keith parker; eleanor
pease (spray); dion Webb; Brenda Webster
1958 Joan Bareham (aspin); Mary Barrett (tuthill);
paul Bright; John dixon; Frederick robin edmunds;
Judith edmunds (Birkbeck); John Fletcher; pat Fletcher
(Glayzer); Joyce Jackson (Jones); dorothy Johnson
(Haines); doreen Jones (Hall); Ivan Jones; Bernard Lloyd
(Gibbons); Jean parker (arthur); John pearson; Judith
simms (Bryon); Christopher taylor; Geoffrey Williams
1959 dorothy Bell (pitman); patricia desai (Heneage);
John edwards; trevor england; Monica evans (robin);
susan Higginson (Boothroyd); Godfrey Minay; Maureen
Minay (Given); Gilbert rowland; robert taylor;
david thorne; Barrie Wetton; eleanor Will (Lane)
1960 Barbara alcock (swabey); John alcock;
peter Bailey; Cliff Blakemore; roberta Buchanan;
Gillian drummond (edwards); pauline Fletcher
(taylor); John Gee; Chris “ticker” Hayhurst;
ray Joyce; douglas McLaggan; angela Myers
(Mellersh); peter read; Harry santiuste; tony
scrase; Charles syms; Joan Wilson (Wallace)
1961 Keith Barker; Jean Curry (Forbes); eden
davies (Bird); sheila everard; Kath France (Bower);
John Idris Jones; Leo Lawrence; donald McIntyre;
ronald Mann; Valerie Mann (Hill); alexandra
podhorodecka (Giertych, Ola); Mike robson; alan
self; Christine Viney (Billingsley); John Wicksteed
1962 Joe Batt; ann Clitheroe (Mawson); Gary
Cowley; John dagger; ann Hall (Butcher); Lynn Jones;
rosemary Jones (Barclay); Malcolm Mcronald; anne
parker (Morley); audrey “pat” pattison; Cliff smalley;
sue smalley; Colin thomas; Janice turton (tranter);
alexandra Wotherspoon (Harper); Mike Young
1963 Judith Baren (Muge); Mike Buckmaster; pat
Buckmaster (Fidler); sheilah da silva (Cresswell);
peter davis; sue Gil (devons); John Kane; sylvia
Kane (Bishop); tessa Ottley (Gardner-Brown);
Barry pegg; Judith spurway (Bryce); John turner;
Keith Watson; elizabeth Young (Meadows)
1964 eddie ashton; pauline ashton; Kay Bailey
(smith); Jehanne Mehta (sylvia Mathews); Barbara
newby (Jackson); Janice platt (payton); Colin
smith; Jean Vann (Fenwick); sylvia Woods
1965 Graham Fisher; Geoff Harris; neil
Kenyon; robert Mehta; John rea; James
shaw; Ken Vann; Julia Whybrew (Baird)
1966 Gillian anchel (Foster); audrey Fogelman
(Corkan); Ken Fogelman; Hilary Gee; sue nightingale
(Lyth); roger player; Gilbert pleuger; Ken richards;
Jennifer robertson (Castle); david thomas
1967 roger Bayes; Ian Cutler; George duncan;
roger Fellows; John Macarthur; elizabeth
Morgan (Craig); elizabeth napier (tilley); Irene
smith (thompson); Barbara thomas (stagg)
1968 Bryan Holmes; Mary Kivell (Bonner); Christine
Mallett; terry Martin; John Meager; susan Owens
(Gough); sue parkin (eldridge); rosemary rijnks (Harrison)
1969 Chrissy allott; Colin argent; Wendy Blair;
Christine Bull (Knight); Malcolm Clarke; ann Felsky
(parker); steven Hodgkinson; ann Jones (purnell); Jill
Lauriston (Haines); Christine Macarthur (Martin);
Christopher Marks; alice Meager (Wild); John Mitchell;
John Moulton; Hector Munro; Beverley Walmsley
(Moule); Linden West; Chris Wright; sue Wright (Magee)
1970 John Clarke; suzanne evans (Hill); Maurice
Fairhurst; rob Hedges; Julia Ibbotson; david Lister;
Liz Markwell (Marsden); Jef Mason; philip newall; Jim
nicholson; tim patrickson; Christopher pellant; Leo
pilkington; Connie robertson; stephen smith; John
Whittingham; sr Felice Wight (sr Mary anselm)
1971 anne Baker; simon Blaxland de Lange; anthea
Comer (Hickman); Julian Comer; simon Glynn; ron
Graham; Irene Hampson; alan Harvey; Christopher
taylor; Frank King; Jacky north; david petch; Christine
shepherd (Langley); raymond symes; Judith Wilson
1972 Martin athawes; sheila Binns (West); Carol Birch
(Fidler); philip Blakeley; paddy Costigan; Glynis Fenton
(Howes); Jane James; George (Jurek) Kolorz; roy Mantle;
Ilze Mason (Ulmais); robert Murdoch; Miranda “Mandy”
phillips; J. Kenneth rose; Brian stewart; dorothy stubbs
(Wiggins); Jackie Westwood-demetriades (Westwood)
1973 John aherne; Wendy aherne (thompson);
Warren Colman; Michael Constantine; paula Cooper
(stewart); tricia Coverdale-Jones (Coverdale); Barry
davies; shirley dex; James Fisher; susan Fisher (Jones);
alexandra Gilchrist; rajinder Harrison (sohal); Jennifer
Hedges (anderson); elaine Henderson (Wheeler);
Michael Hunt; anita James (scarth); richard Jinks;
parvin Khan (Bokhary); edward Kubiak; Jackie Latham
(nield); Margaret Lee (davies); rachel nocera (Garnett);
elaine peeling (Welsh); Fred peeling; Wendy sayer;
Michael sheridan; Jonathan smith; Colin smyth; sue
tomlinson; alison tyler; peter Varden; david Wright
1974 John axford; elizabeth Bailey (Verber); Jenny
Barrett (Home); Keith Bartlam; ruth Beddall (Francis);
peter Bradley; Kristina Gibson (Brynjolfsson); david
Hudson; ruth norris (Hossell); Graham pearce; diana
pearce (Bulmer); Birgitte røsok; stuart ross; Christine
spratt (Howells); eric taylor; Hattie Warner
1975 Betty albon (Gear); roger “toj” Brandon; Martin
Cornish; roland Goodbody; anne Hall (thackray);
Beverley Hall; robert Harrison; deborah Hemmings
(sherwood); Liz Hirst; aileen Loxton (Kean); Christopher
Mills; Lorraine riley (rabbage); susan smith (Green);
annie stewart (Cockerill); Joan turner; Jeff Wenlock
1976 Christine allen (smith); Brian Carter; patrick
Cordingley.; penny Gibbings (Buchanan-Wollaston);
roger Golten; Oonagh Harpur; Moira Houghton;
William Lawton; Venera Lawton (Falletta); Jean
rodriguez; John shorter; simon thomas; peter Varden
1977 Martin Bates; Gordon Boyce; sorrel
Brookes; neil Coates; Katharine Hairon (nicolson);
Ian Hunter; Ian Moncrieff; John papaioannou;
Kim parry; angela richards; Martin spires;
rodney thorpe; eileen Unsworth (darwin);
Hilary Walker (savill); raymond Woodfine
1978 Kevin Belton; Graham Benmore; alan Cale;
Brian Carter; andrew Howlett; andy Hunter;
richard King; Carole Lee (Gay); alexander McKee;
peter Maude; andrew perry; rick potter; peter
reimer; steven russell; Frances spencer
1979 Jackie Bennett; Ian Betts; steve Botham;
Mark Bradley; derek Bridgett; paul Cunningham;
Kay Ferris; adam Gold; dawn Golten (Jones);
Irene Haigh (Crawshaw); William Llewellyn; John
patton; Hazel rutherford (Bradfield); Linda
stammers; david threadgold; richard Wilson
1980 alison Bate (Godfrey); Janie Bennett (evans);
Carol Botham (stretton); richard Cross; tim Cotsford;
Helen Cunningham (archer); Caroline Fordham;
peter Kirkbride; angela Lawrence; Gillian McVey
(Wroe); Clare Marsh (rule); tim pointon; terence
simmons; seyi taiwo (adeyemo); Maggie thurman
(Bloomfield); annette Williamson (thompson)
1981 sarah Beerbohm; theo dennison; Kathryn
de Vries (trigg); John easom; Jim Gould; Winifred
Kind; Janet Mcparlan; elisabeth Middup; richard
Moverley; Helen nellis (Jones); Lorna sheath (smith);
Lynne thomas (perris); Lynda Waltho (abbott)
1982 Ian armstrong; nicky Belchere (Laming);
stephanie Crevis; sophie James; robert Kotey; Carol
Mason (nash); tehmi Morris (Master); Kath parson (riley);
Gillian Welsford (Barnes); sean rourke; Jane Weston
1983 paul Bentley; philippa Broadfoot (Vas);
Mike Cattermole; Janet Cesar (thorne); Martin
Cooke; Cicely davey (Corke); Olwen enright; dave
Gambling; Charles Gould; Mike Greenwood;
Gordon Howard-smith; sean Kehoe; Jean Marshall
(Verney); Catherine Martin; dave Murtagh; Gerard
O’Kane; Caroline sene (shannon); Jayne Ward
1984 simon ainley; susan Birks; Catherine
Butcher (emerson); stephen Field; debbie Grafton
(Bilner); Ian Harris; Victoria Hewitt; Mel Jackson;
simon Marsh; Liz Meek; John newman; Michael
raphael; elizabeth romaine (dodds); paul smith
1985 dawn dickens; rosie Golby; ro Gorell
(Mee); andrew Gosling; Jane Jennings (Heaton);
Francesca Kehoe (naughton); tony McClennan;
Masego pigeon ndwapi (Makunga); sandro plaicidi;
Jonathan powner; susan ralph (smith); pascale rder;
paul regan; neil Weston; Lavinia Wilson (Bale)
1986 nicholas Barnett; Jonty Bloom; alistair dabbs;
Julia Groombridge; essex Havard; steven Hunt; simon
Miller; Carol-ann Müller-Jones (Jones); Grace Osuman;
sharon petruccelli (thomas); rosalind roscoe (Francis)
1987 Marcus Brown; sian Carrel (Green); ashley
Carter; sally dixon (Botterill); peter Farrie; simon Glass;
ann Holden (duhaut); duncan Maggs; ngozi Ozoh
(Mbamali); Jeannette thomas (France); rosemary tysall;
Fiona Vehle (Harrison); patricia Wright; Mohd Yunos
1988 stephen Brookman; atir darr; soraya eshtyaghi
(Knight); stephen Green; elizabeth Jarvelainen
(Bardsley); Kate Jenkins; Calvyn Yow Kong Laang;
Christopher Largay; alison Leach; Helen Lightfoot
(Farres); sarah Lundie; John Mason; John Morrison;
Jonathan powner; aly speed (robins); Hsien-Jin teoh
1989 emma Jane Bentley-debat (Bentley); Martin
Berkeley; paul Browning; Jonathan Clark; Judith damerell;
atir darr; Michèle drew (day); rob Henderson;
alistair Hindmarsh; adam Konowe; Joanne Morrison
(Longbottom); Ian rhodes; Helen rice-Birchall
(Bradshaw); simon rice-Birchall; nicola Waring
1990 alison Blades (Fenton); Gwyneth Cairns (ellis);
susan Cannings (Bottomley); tony Challinor; Michelle
Clark (rainford); susannah Cornish (Broadbent); philip
Hamm; Laura Ichajapanich; david Martin; suzliaton
Mohamed said; alison Morris (Key); Kanwulia Odogwu;
sandy steyger (alexandra duly); Vassilis thomopoulous
1991 Mark Brooks; simon Brown; alexia
Christodoulou; aelwyn Guest; debbie Hawker
(Lovell); Helen Kinsey-Wightman (Kinsey); Clare
Oglesby (robbins); tim pointon; Jonathan powner;
Celeste slater (Chooi); Claire Wright (Greaves)
1992 david Carpenter; david Collins; John Greenwood;
Lisa Hardy (Farryan); paula Harding (Larsen); paul
Hardy; Chris Hudson; samantha King (Bell); sylvia
Lowe; Graym Macmillan; Lucy Matthews (Coles);
stephen parkinson; Jane sayer (purkess); Harriet
Warner (Barlow); Joanna Winska (Chmarzynska)
1993 simon Bagley; Frances Baker; Louise Bell
(tracey evans); Christopher Booth; Manju Bala Booth;
Karen Casteron; anna davey; philip ditchfield; simon
Fox; paul Harding; Cherryl Hartland; Ian Hollingsbee;
Jacqueline Holmes (Lumb); Catherine “Kate” Innes;
Kadara Iwangita; Joanne Kirkham; agnes McWilliam;
sheila Martin; ngu Humphrey Morcho; Lisa Morris
(Helmsley); emma pigott; erna-Karin polden; Christine
potier (nadjarian); tim potier; Carol ronan-Heath
(ronan); Mary smith (newby); Graham squires;
aideen stacey (Breheny); Carl stonier; Felicity stubbs
(theobald); Orhan tatar; Ioannis Vournous; alma Wood
1994 Helen addams; Catherine Bates (Howells);
david Brazier; steve Brown; Carolina Castillo (del
saz-Orozco Huang); neil Coe; Martin deane; teresa
dudek; Magdy el-sanady; Victoria everall (sopwith);
teresa Heffernan; Kirstie Hudson (ross); emma
Hurst (Breeze); dorothea Justin; philip Keenan; niki
Khoroushi; Michelle Leggett; philip Line; Franco
Milazzo; Miriam parkinson (Owen); nicholas robb;
Helen squire; Wilson Wang; daniel Whitehead
1995 dan Baker; elizabeth Carter; Joan Clarke-smith;
Matthew Cole; david Craik; Mark dowson; Gareth
Hyland; Chris Jones; renaud Lachenal; Joanne Leonard
(troman); rob Leonard; Karen Macdonald (Law); amanda
Marques (napoletano) ; paulo Marques; ali Montet; njeri
Mucheru-Oyatta (Mucheru); Christiane Orf-Leisinger
(Orf); dave Owen; elizabeth payne; polydoros polydorou;
Kenneth price; Jayne shipp (Walker); Mitchell Waterman
1996 ayal amitai; Muhammad azhar; Louise Bennett
(King); James Briggs; Mpolai Cadribo; Man Fan alan
Cheung; Katharine Chivers; Helen davies; stephen
dawson; sarah dixon (Hunt); Carl Fay; neal Hawkins;
patrick Hughes; roland Kandiah; Kathryn Moss;
Gareth noble; annuka Oksanen; Matthew perry;
Barry roberts; sylvia schaab (stumpf); Ken smith;
athanasios theodoratos; Kate thomson (poyner)
1997 Julie amps; Kenneth andrew; rebecca
andrew (Lindley); richard Briand; Gillian Broadley;
andrew Bruton; Chris Cartwright; pam Cleaver; rhian
Cooper (taylor); nicholas Crowhurst; andrea Finney;
Michiyo Fujita; Joanna Goldthorpe; Cathy Green
(threadgold); Jo Grindrod; Julie Hanks; Will Hatton;
alun Hughes; Miltiadis Kakkos; Maria King (dolley);
Victoria Laithwaite (Green); Marc Limon; rosemary
Lunt; sara Kinsley-smith (shortis); Josephine Knight
(nightingale); Chrishanthi pushpananthan; richeldis
robb (tyler-Whittle); alison roberts (Craig); Charice
rolle; Christine ross; Jon short; Joanna simms;
emma tovell; Celine Usiku; Jacqueline Velagapudi
(Cox); Kimberley Wiggins (Bennett); philip Young
1998 rob adams; Mike Bethel; nowsheen Bhatti;
david Brazier; Kenneth Brooks; Laura Broomfield;
Jennie Buckingham (Clayton); Louise Cheetham; Juliet
Corwood; ruth Cowl; Mahadzir din; aline downie;
deborah Gascoyne (Fraser); nicole Gilroy; Jennifer
Glennie (Wiseman); Helen Glover; torben Greve;
rachel Handley; sue Jacob; Winston Kabia; Melanie
Kirk; Jane Knight; petri Leivonen; sarah Lowe (Braker);
Bram Mertens; ruth newton; Barnabas panayiotou;
Michelle russell; Martin saxon; John skelley;
andrew starr; Melanie Viner; Claire Washington;
Carole Watkin; sara Wolsey; nigel Woolliscroft
KEELE:PEOPLE
what happened to…?
1999 erwienna abu-Bakar; david Bates; azza Brown;
Christopher Bullen; James Bunn; pat Cunniffe (Millard);
Felix Grison; alun Jones; Katie Jones (Bottomley); sonja
Jones; stephen Knight; pam Leach; Kaisa Muhonen;
deepika naruka; Christine parry; thomas parker;
Hazel smith; sebastien tisserand; stephanie tourlet
(Horwich); sarah Webb; Karen Whittle; philip Xuereb
2000 amy Bell; robert Bishop; Vicki Blackburn
(Butler); Claire Butterworth; anthea Chapman;
amanda Chesson; Mark Corus; Jemma Cuthbert;
alessandra de Marco; sergei donskov; sheila Finn;
Quendreda Geuter; stephen Griffiths; Christian
Hoyer; Heather Kammann (Martin); Muniandy Kannan;
Fahad Karamatullah; Irene Koukopoulou; Julie Lenner
Mcdonald (Lenner); sian Manning; alan norman;
Carole postlethwaite; Maggie reid (Osgood); Jean
robertson-Molloy; Jessica shenton; amanda skelton;
Katherine smith; Matthew smith; Caroline snell; Joanna
somaraki-panaretaki; Joanna townley; Constantina
tsikkouri; Joana Vidal; Margaret Wakelin; Michael Wall;
Christian Ward; rachel Ward-Christopher (Ward);
Valerie White; andrew Wood; Maria-rallou Zotiadou
2001 sarah allen; Kheng ang; samantha ayton;
James Beere; Jenny Berrisford; Hayley Broomfield;
Leong Hee Chan; ed Cooper; samuel Cooper; sally
davenport; James davies; emilie delattre; Christopher
dewhurst; Charlotte don; Gary Fitchpatrick; Jeremy
Graves; Jenny Gray; Kevin Griffiths; Laura Haynes
(Hill); Cherry Hooper; Chris Jamieson; Bernadette
Johnen; andrea Marsh; Kate Mitchell; Kathryn Moss;
Jan petry; abdul shahid; emma turner; Marilyn
Wale; Jennie Watts (Hobbs); rory Webber
2002 andrea allen (stretton); emma Barnbrook;
andrew Bradshaw; Kristine Brayford-West; Helen
Campbell; Katie Crutchfield; nicola Cureton; stuart
davidson; Michelle draper; Carolyn evans; Kate
Farmer; Vikki Gill; Laura Gledhill; simone Groebli;
Laura Hart; Mark Haynes; Belinda Hazzard (teal); ayse
Holmes; nigel Lea; andrew Mackay; emma Maier;
paul Malbon; Victoria Manning; Lynn Mcadam; Helen
Miles; Chris Moors; Leah Morrison; Louise Munton;
Frances parker (Middleton); paula roberts; Lara
Valdebouze; rachel Vokes; Joanne Warhurst (Ward);
sarah Watson; ashna Yates; samantha Znowski
2003 Ben allen; Claire ashmead; emma Birkkett; Kate
Blackmore; alison Cundiff; Martin davies; Henry day;
Matthew evans; Mary Hesson; abby donald; Helen
Fryer; Chris Gorman; Wendy Hall; Liam Holly; Jenni
Kilvert; alan Kirkup; andrew Law; amanda McGowan;
Grant McKindley; dina Mistry; Helga Morgan; Catherine
Mortimore; elysia nisan; azizur rahman; tom roberts;
Jean robertson-Molloy; Mathew salvaris; Katrin
schmidt; andrew Venn; Geertre Vink; Christopher
Walsh; andrew Watts; James Winfield; Victoria Yates
2004 sarah Bartley (Harding); Chengetai Chinake;
dan Johnson; Joseph Cockburn; neha desai; selina
docherty; Karen eley; sarah Greene; Becky Hale;
donna Hui Hui; andrew Hutt; sarah Johnson (abbey);
ryan Jummun; Gordon Keay; nicole Lederle; abigail
Morrison; Jenna palmer; nireeja pradhan; amber
regis; Kirsten ritzenthaler; Gina shokooh; Laura
Fyfe smith; richard sutton; Katherine Vine
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obituaries
IN bRIEF…
Inter-regional knowledge
transfer success
The Office of Research & Enterprise at Keele has
been successful in a bid for EU Inter-Reg funds
in partnership with Staffordshire University,
The Business Innovation Centre in Staffordshire
and Stoke-on-Trent City Council. This North
Staffordshire consortium will liaise with partners
in Brittany, Stuttgart and Cork and will form a
Knowledge Transfer best-practice network.
all the regions involved have identified the
importance of knowledge and innovation
in their future growth paths. they all share
a key goal of transferring knowledge and
innovation to generate greater levels of output,
employment and economic development.
rosi Monkman, regional enterprise manager in
ore, said: “all of the participating regions have a
relatively high percentage of small and mediumsized
enterprises (sMes). these businesses need
continuous drivers, regular injections of rigorous
research and foresight to support the development
of new and improved products and services. Our
participation in this project is very complementary
with Keele’s strategy and will increase the level
of interaction with local businesses.”
Enterprisefest 2006 success
EnterpriseFest 2006, a one-day event aimed
at encouraging new, growing and established
businesses to embrace the idea of building
a sustainable and ethical business in the 2 st
Century, was held in the Chancellor’s Building
in February.
the one-day event was organised by the Office
of research and enterprise and sponsored by
Mercia Institute of enterprise, Winning Moves,
staffordshire Business environment network,
BMW and the science Learning Centre.
the theme for the day was, “people, planet, profit –
Building a sustainable and ethical Business in the
21st Century”. the event was attended by about
300 people, made up of large and small businesses,
students and local schools.
the delegates saw how successful businesses have
made environmental, social and ethical concerns
part of their everyday working practices and
received general business advice concerning all
aspects of business start up and growth. the
event also featured an Organic Market Hall where
delegates, staff, students and other visitors to the
campus, could buy alternative environmentally
friendly products.
in memory
ObItuaRIES
Staff
Eva Kolinsky: professor of modern
German studies 1991 to 1999
John Levitt: former Head of adult education
Professor Ian millar: Head of the department
of Chemistry from 1975 to 1983 and
deputy Vice Chancellor 1977 to 1978.
mary Pratt: wife of Professor george
Pratt, director of Music/Warden,
at Keele from 1964 to 1985
David Stevens: former anglican Chaplain
Sam yates: in-house computer expert
in the Communication & neuroscience
department from 1968 to 1995
alumni
Listed by year of graduation
Rosemary Dawe (née thomas)
(1956 History/Geography)
the Reverend Dr gordon catherall
(1971 doctorate – British Baptist
Involvement in Jamaica 1783-1865)
Stuart Kidd (1971 american studies/
History; Ma 1972, phd 1980)
martin Jenkins (1975 Law/sociology)
helen Ross (née Jones) (1975 english/Law)
Stephen Drewett (1978 economics/Geography)
Susan weir (née cooper)
(1981 Biology/psychology)
Jillian Knight (1981 english/Greek studies)
Sheila greatbatch (1994 History/
sociology & social anthropology)
Donna webb (1997 pGCe)
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Please see the website www.
keele.ac.uk/depts/uso/alumni
for further information
Susan Daniels
Congratulations
FROm KEELE
Sir Richard mottram ( 6 Economics/History/Politics), Downing Street’s
intelligence and security chief, was made GCB of the Order of Bath in the
New Year’s Honours List. He took up his position as Security and Intelligence
Co-ordinator in November 200 and was previously Permanent Secretary of
the Department for Work and Pensions from May 2002, having entered the
Civil Service in 6 . He also chairs the Joint Intelligence Committee.
Professor Patrick thornberry, professor of International Law at Keele,
has been made a Companion of st Michael and st George (CMG), having
been nominated by the Foreign secretary on behalf of the Foreign and
Commonwealth Office. the citation is specifically for his services to
international human rights. professor thornberry is a former Chairman of
Minority rights Group, the human rights nGO, and is currently a member
of the Un Committee on the elimination of racial discrimination.
Owen Powell, who founded and has run for many
years the World Affairs Group at Keele, has been
made an MBE for his services to adult education,
specifically for his work in relation to WAG. The
World Affairs Group attracts speakers of the
highest distinction and is regularly attended by
200- 00 local people.
helen Kinsey-wightman (1991 politics/psychology)
received an MBe from the Queen for services to
British education in the philippines, in July 2005.
the Pogues – including Jem Finer ( Computer Science/Sociology &
Social Anthropology) – were presented with the Lifetime Achievement
Award at the 2006 Meteor Ireland Music Awards at The Point Theatre
in Dublin on Thursday 2 February. The Pogues were formed by Shane
McGowan, Spider Stacey, Jem Finer and James Fearnley in London in 2,
and re-released their festive classic Fairytale of New York last Christmas
to raise money for charity.
The winners of the alumni update form prize draw were Emily brough
(2002 Environmental Management/Human Geography), Seyi taiwo ( 0
Economics/Politics), mathew Salvaris (200 Computer Science) and
Elisabeth middup ( Education/Biology). Thank you to all who returned
their forms.
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If you or someone you know
has something to celebrate,
contact hannah crush at
h.e.crush@keele.ac.uk
Susan Daniels (1980 History/politics), Chief
executive of the national deaf Children’s society
and disability rights Commissioner was named
in the new Year 2006 Honours List for services
to children with special needs.
Helen Kinsey-Wightman
gOOD LucK!
tO mark Mencap’s 60th anniversary, the charity’s
chief executive Jo williams (1971 applied social
studies/sociology & social anthropology) is leading
a team taking part in “the toughest footrace on
earth” – the Marathon des sables (6-17 april).
Jo and her husband rob are leading a team of
14 people in the gruelling event, which involves
running/walking across 150 miles of the sahara
desert carrying all the necessary equipment to
survive the experience. temperatures will rise to
49° during the midday heat, dropping to freezing
at night.
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For more information or to
sponsor the team, please contact
Kate tintner on 020 7696 5566 or
kate.tintner@mencap.org.uk
twO former KUsU sabbatical officers are
running the London Marathon on 23 april
to raise money for good causes.
Paul mccaffrey (president 2004-2005) is raising
money for BLIss, a charity that exists to increase
the survival rate of babies born prematurely or
sick in the UK. He and his twin sister were born
three months prematurely, so this is a very special
charity for their family. For paul, you can donate
securely online by credit or debit card at the
following address: http://www.justgiving.com/
pmccaffrey
ben hurley (formerly known as Ben rodway, Vp
Communications 1999-2000) is raising money
for the Mental Health Foundation, in memory
of his friend, journalist roberta Gray, who lost
her long fight with depression and took her own
life on new Year’s day. Ben says: “I wanted to do
something, even if it’s a tiny, miniscule something,
to try to help people around us who are going
through the pain roberta suffered.” For Ben you
can donate securely online by credit or debit card
at www.justgiving.com/gofasterben
Justgiving.com automatically adds 28%
gift aid if you are a uK taxpayer.
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KEELE:PEOPLE
congratulations
you can donate securely
online by credit or debit
card at www.justgiving.com
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