40th Anniversary Celebration Weekend

40th Anniversary
Celebration Weekend
1976 - 2016
Friday 15, Saturday 16 and Sunday 17 July 2016
40th Anniversary Celebrations
2016 is a special year for the University
as we celebrate 40 years since our
foundation. We invite you to celebrate
with us at our 40th Anniversary
Weekend on Friday 15, Saturday 16 and
Sunday 17 July at the Hunter Street
Campus where we will have a great
programme of special events and
entertainment for the whole family.
An Evening with
William Shakespeare
Friday 15 and Saturday 16 July, 19:30 to 22:30
The University of Buckingham presents ‘An Evening
with William Shakespeare’ in celebration of the
400th anniversary of the birth of our greatest
playwright.
Students and staff will be performing
Shakespearian songs, sonnets, readings and music
in the Radcliffe Centre, and then the cast and
audience moves outside for a special performance
of ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ in the gardens of
Ondaatje Hall by candlelight.
ACT 1 - 19:30 to 20:30
A selection of Shakespearian songs, sonnets,
readings and music, in The Radcliffe Centre,
Church Street, Buckingham
INTERMISSION - 20:30 to 20:50
Refreshments will be served in the Radcliffe Centre
ACT 2 - 21:00 to 22:30
A special performance of ‘A Midsummer Night’s
Dream’ Ondaatje Hall Gardens, Church Street,
Buckingham
Please bring rugs to sit on (or small deckchairs if
you have restricted mobility).
Tickets are £7.20 each (price includes
refreshments) and are on sale from the
Buckingham University Website at:
www.buckingham.ac.uk/event/an-evening-withthe-bard-shakespearian-songs-sonnets-andvignettes-followed-by-a-condensed-performanceof-a-midsummer-nights-dream/
The Great University Cake Competition
Friday 15 July
Is your Victoria Sponge light and delicate?
Is your Coffee and Walnut Cake a delectable delight?
Do carrots jump for joy in your Carrot Cake?
Are your Flapjacks flipping delicious?
Do your Viennese Whirls twirl?
If the answer is YES; then you need to enter the ‘Buckingham Bakes It’ Competition
on Friday 15 July. (Open to all staff, students and their families)
Just bake your favourite cake(s) and bring it/them to Willow Bank by 11:00 on
Friday 15 July. It can be one large cake, small individual cakes, tray bakes or
cookies. They will be judged by three enthusiastic cake connoisseurs, and prizes
will be awarded.
There are three categories:
• Best Cake
• Best Cake (10 years old or under)
• Best Decorated Cake
All cakes will be kept and used for the Mad Hatter’s Tea Party at the Fete on
Saturday 16 July.
Get baking Buckingham and may the best cake win!
Photo by D Sharon Pruitt
Buckingham Bakes It!
The University of Buckingham
Medical School Open Afternoon
Saturday 16 July, 12:00-15:00
The University of Buckingham Medical School are opening their doors to the
public and showcasing the newest Medical School in Britain.
Visitors will not only be able to take a sneak peak at our clinical skills
labs and anatomy rooms, but also have a go with some of the simulation
equipment used in teaching our students.
We will have local GPs, current students and teachers all available to chat to
about Buckingham’s role in shaping the future medical landscape of the UK.
Milton Keynes Hospital will also be represented by doctors and facilitators
who will discuss the trust’s role as a university hospital.
If that hasn’t already piqued your curiousity, we will have a special guest
appearance from our canine friends, the Medical Detection Dogs, and a
‘Kiddie’s Medical Corner’!
To celebrate the 40th anniversary,
The Mad Hatter invites you to...
The Mad Hatter’s Tea Party
and competition for the best ‘Maddest Hat’!
Tea and cakes
Croquet
Poetry
Magic
Saturday 16 July
14:00-16:00
Willow Bank House Garden
Hunter Street Campus
A Tryal of Witches
Witch Trials
A re-enactment of a 1665 trial before
Sir Matthew Hale KT
Tea – Cakes – Croquet –
Magic – Poetry
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Guilty or Not Guilty - you will decide!
Celebration of the University of
Buckingham’s 40th Anniversary
Saturday 16 July, 19:30
The Man Who Knew Infinity
Drama/Biopic (109mins) (12a)
Starring: Jeremy Irons, Dev Patel, Stephen Fry, Toby Jones, Jeremy Northam, Kevin McNally
Directed by: Matt Brown
This film is based on the untold, true story of Srinivasa Ramamujan, one of
the great minds of his generation. He was a
self-taught mathematician who was admitted
to Trinity College, Cambridge, just before the
First World War.
His genius for mathematics took him from the
slums of Madras to working with theorist G H
Hardy, who initially thought that his approach was
a hoax. Spurred on by his mentor, Ramamujan
overcame racism and the rigidity of academia to
revolutionise the field with his startling theorems,
which he attributed to divine inspiration.
Duck Race
Duck Race
Sunday 17 July, 12:30 ( judging for the
‘Best Dressed Duck’ will be at 12 noon)
Prizes for the best dressed duck and for the race
winner. Barbecue and bar available and picnics
welcome. Lots of children’s activities and family
fun.
The race will be followed by Caribbean Music by
Mighty Jamma Steelpan and the Chancellor’s Cup
Sports Competition.
Ducks are £2.00 and available from the University
Bookshop and Santander on Hunter Street.
All proceeds go to the Alumni Annual Fund Charity.
For more information contact Jane Russell: 01280
820216
Clore Lab Tours
Escorted tours of the Clore Labs
The University of Buckingham, Sunday 17 July, 13:00-15:00
Since 1986, internationally important research has been conducted
at the University of Buckingham into obesity, type 2 diabetes and
metabolic disorders. Take a tour and talk to the doctors, scientists
and researchers involved in this ground-breaking work right here
in the heart of Buckingham. Find out how they are developing new
treatments and drugs to improve insulin sensitivity and harness the
power of plants and alternative medicine to combat these common
diseases. All welcome.
Programme of events
Saturday 16 July, 12:00 - 16:00
Time
Event
Venue
11:00
Alumni Coffee Hour
All alumni and their families are welcome
Staff Dining Room,
Tanlaw Mill
12:00
The 40th Anniversay Fete opens
Children’s rides, bouncy castle and face-painting
Beloff Lawn,
Hunter Street
All day
‘Dress Like It’s The 1970s’ Competition
Prizes for the best dressed and photobooth!
Beloff Lawn
All day
Campus tours
Find out why we’re top for teaching quality, graduate
employability and campus safety
Marketing Building
(near Santander)
All day
Food and drink available
(BBQ food, popcorn, candy floss, pizza, drinks)
Student bar,
Tanlaw Mill
12:00-15:00
Medical School Open Afternoon
Guest appearance from the Medical Detection Dogs
Medical School,
Chandos Road
12:00-15:00
The Winslow Concert Band
Playing family favourites from across the decades
Beloff Lawn
13:00 & 14:00 The Buckingham Bullets - The University cheerleaders
Beloff Lawn
14:00-16:00
The Mad Hatter’s Tea Party
Hosted by the English Department
Willow Bank House
Garden
14:00-15:30
A Tryal of ‘Witches’ (Entrance by free ticket)
Old Gaol Museum
14:00-16:00
‘Try a Sport’ - An activity for the whole family
Try football, basketball, netball, badminton, ultimate
Frisbee and meet a polo pony!
Basketball Court,
Hunter Street
17:00-19:00
Alumni Supper
By invitation of the Vice-Chancellor
Willow Bank House
19:30-22:30
An Evening with William Shakespeare
(Ticketed event)
The Radcliffe
Centre and
Ondaatje Hall
Garden
19:30
The Film Place - Special screening
The Man Who Knew Infinity (2015), starring Jeremy
Irons
The Film Place,
Chandos Road
Building
Programme of events
Sunday 17 July, 12:00 - 16:00
Time
Event
Venue
11:00
Alumni Coffee Hour
All alumni and their families are welcome
Staff Dining Room,
Tanlaw Mill
11:00
The Chancellor’s Cup
The competition includes mixed football, volleyball,
Ultimate Frisbee and rugby played by teams from
across the University. Come along and cheer them on!
Ford Meadow Sports
Field (across the
river from Hunter
Street)
12:00
The 40th Anniversary Fete re-opens
Caribbean Music by Mighty Jamma Steelpan
Beloff Lawn,
Hunter Street
12:00
Judging and prizes for the Best Dressed Duck
Tanlaw Mill
12:30-13:00
The Annual University Duck Race
Prize-giving for the winning duck
Tanlaw Mill Stream
13:00-15:00 BBQ and Bar
Picnics welcome
Tanlaw Mill
12:00-15:00 Fete, children’s rides, bouncy castle, face-painting
Beloff Lawn
13:00-15:00 Escorted Tours of the Clore Laboratory
You can learn about the internationally important
medical research into obesity and type 2 diabetes
that is being undertaken and talk to the doctors
developing new drugs and treatments.
Clore Lab, Hunter
Street
15:00
Tug-of-war
The final event of the Chancellor’s Cup competition
Beloff Lawn
15:30
Presentation of the Chancellor’s Cup and Cake
Cutting Ceremony by Paul Wheeler, Chairman of
Buckingham Group Contracting
Beloff Lawn