Venta 22 - University of Winchester

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Issue 22 Summer 2010
Trevor Baylis OBE
The Gambia
Shortlisted for THE
Awards
MBE for drama lecturer
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For alumni and friends of the University of Winchester
Lecturer Richard Cheetham runs across driest desert
Alumnus Steve Furst talks movies and mobiles
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VENTA / Summer 2010
VENTA / Issue 22 / Summer 2010
Welcome
Warmest greetings to all alumni and
friends of the University of Winchester.
The campus is lovely at this time of year and
very different from the snow-filled days we
experienced earlier this year. Views across to
the South Downs are as spectacular as ever
and St Catherine’s Hill looks down on us with
a smile.
The University continues to flourish in spite
of the chill winds of the economic landscape.
Our grant was encouraging, with a 1.6 per
cent uplift which puts us 34th out of 130
institutions in terms of our Funding Council
success compared to last year. We do need to
remain concerned, however, as when inflation
is taken into account this is, in real terms, a cut.
We are also mindful of the likelihood of further
reductions in funding later in the year.
Nonetheless, there is much to bring us cheer
and you can read some of the highlights
later in the magazine. I am particularly
pleased that recruitment continues to be very
buoyant with an increase of almost 30 per
cent in applications compared to last year.
Our postgraduate student numbers are also
very healthy and the prodigious momentum
continues with research and knowledge
exchange.
Our relationship with the local community
remains extremely important to us: financial
pressures will not change this. Links with the
diocese and the Cathedral are bearing much
fruit and we particularly enjoyed hosting
Education Sunday this year in partnership with
the Cathedral. I am also delighted that the new
Institute for Theological Partnerships is thriving.
Finally, a word about our global community.
We have a new Centre for Internationalisation
within the University which is a focus for
enhancing our activity world-wide. Links
with Africa are particularly in my mind at the
moment, as the Chancellor and I visited The
Gambia in February. The people we met were
inspirational. We are determined to work in
partnership with the University of The Gambia
and with Soma School and to facilitate visits for
both staff and students.
The University is also leading a Hampshirewide fundraising effort working alongside
Junior Schools to raise money for some new
classrooms in Soma School ready to be opened
in the year of the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee
(2012). So look out for more news of The
Gambia in later issues.
Thank you all for your continued support and
encouragement and wishing you all a very
happy and blessed summer season.
Professor Joy Carter
Vice Chancellor
Contents
Artist in residence................................ page 2
Trevor Baylis OBE................................. page 3
MBE for lecturer................................... page 4
Desert run.............................................. page 5
The Gambia........................................... page 6
Shortlisted for Leadership Award..... page 7
Steve Furst............................................. page 8
Costa Book Awards.............................. page 10
Great Wall of China............................. page 11
Winton Weekend................................. page 12
Charity cycle ride................................. page 13
Dating website...................................... page 14
King Alfred Campus in Spring
Back cover: Children from Soma School,
The Gambia. See page 6.
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Whilst every care has been taken to ensure the accuracy of editorial content, no responsibility can be taken for any errors and/or omissions. The views expressed in this magazine are not necessarily
those of the University of Winchester. All rights reserved. © University of Winchester 2010
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University News
University choir joins BBC semifinalists for gospel extravaganza
The University of Winchester
welcomed the ACM Gospel Choir, the
popular semi-finalists from the BBC’s
hit show Last Choir Standing, for a
special event in October.
The Choir headlined an evening celebrating
both modern and traditional gospel music,
supported by The S.O.N.G (Sounds of New
Gospel), Winchester’s own gospel choir.
The ACM Gospel Choir was formed three
years ago by students at the Academy of
Contemporary Music in Guildford. The choir,
headed by Musical Director Mark De-Lisser,
achieved national success in 2008 when it
impressed judges on the BBC talent show.
Since then it has produced a debut album and
has supported the British tenor Russell Watson
on tour.
The S.O.N.G at Winchester was set up seven
years ago by Foundation Music, which is
made up of students, staff and friends of the
University. The University choir has established
an outstanding reputation in the local area.
“Everyone in The S.O.N.G was excited about
taking part in this amazing event,” said Hannah
Williams, Choir Director.
“It was such an awesome opportunity,” said Liz
Taylor, a third year Psychology student at the
University. “To be part of two epic choirs joining
together for a night of passionate, soul-moving
music - it was definitely a night to remember.”
Actors performing A Tipping Point
The ACM Gospel Choir
New artist-in-residence
The Leverhulme Trust has awarded funding
for an artist-in-residence to work alongside
the University of Winchester and the
English Project on an exciting Word-history
Graphics Programme.
Mary Kuper is an artist and illustrator with
considerable experience in publishing, public
art and as an educator. She has a background
in linguistics and is particularly interested in
etymologies, the study of the sources and
development of words. This has led her to look
at ways in which the changes of meaning in a
word can be communicated visually.
The University team is headed by Professor
Anthony Dean of the Faculty of Arts and the
University’s linguists – Dr Kris Spelman-Miller,
Dr Carolin Esser and Dr Barbara Loester.
Regular interaction with undergraduates,
schools and the public will test the impact of
the materials once they are developed.
As a result of the artist-in-residence
programme the English Project, in conjunction
with the University of Winchester, hopes to
stage an exhibition, which will be a prototype
for the permanent display planned for the
Winchester Museum of the English Language.
“This is a wonderful opportunity for the
University,” explained Professor Christopher
Mulvey, Trustee of the English Project. “We
will be working with Mary Kuper for the next
12 months and together we will be developing
the first concrete exhibition materials for the
English Project. Mary is a brilliant artist; it will
be a privilege to work with her.”
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Dr Amanda Boulter, English lecturer
at the University of Winchester, has
developed a unique approach to tackle
the issue of climate change. The circus
show A Tipping Point was written by Dr
Boulter following work she had done with
Transition Town Shaftesbury, part of the
Transition Network which aims to address
climate change within local communities
and mobilise them to work against it.
The Eco Circus takes place in a solar powered
tent and is set to music by Amanda’s fellow
transitioner and composer Karen Wimhurst.
It features two clowns and a ringmaster who
tip the ‘seesaw of doom’ to the hot end and
battle with rubbish monsters and carbon
footprints before realising that what they do
and the way they live their life can affect the
whole planet.
Offering families a really fun experience and
giving them a way to think and talk about
issues of climate change together, it uses the
humour of clowning (bottom jokes, custard
pies, whizzing balloons, acrobatics, a clown car,
water pistols) to explain CO2 and show how
people can reduce their ecological footprint by
living more simply.
The Word-history Graphics Programme
combines language research and graphic design
in an original way.
“Etymologies in dictionaries are presented in
a condensed, technical format that is not easy
to read,” said Professor Mulvey. “The Wordhistory Graphics Programme will provide visual
representations that will reveal, at a glance, the
treasures hidden in the histories of words.”
Eco Circus
After successful pilots last year the show is
touring the south of the UK this year as well
as appearing at various festivals during the
summer.
One of Mary Kuper’s works
For more information please visit:
www.transitiontownshaftesbury.org.uk
University News
World-famous inventor of clockwork radio
presents University Enterprise Lecture
Trevor Baylis OBE, inventor of the windup radio and President of Trevor Baylis
Brands PLC, presented an Enterprise
Lecture at the University of Winchester
in March and opened a new intellectual
property room at the University’s
Winchester Business School.
The Enterprise Lecture titled Why Invent?
discussed the difficulties Trevor encountered
in getting his radio taken seriously and the
obstacles he faced in taking it to market. He
also discussed some of the problems that have
been facing inventors for centuries, illustrating
his talk with insights from his own colourful
career.
Prior to the lecture, Trevor officially opened the
Baylis Breakout Room at the Business School
at the University of Winchester. The room is
specially designed to enable students, staff,
businesses and their advisors to meet and
record their conversations, audio and video, in
order to protect intellectual property.
“We work in a knowledge economy,” explained
Professor Neil Marriott, Dean of the Business
School at Winchester. “Protecting intellectual
property is more difficult than ever – it’s not
all about patents. Creative, entrepreneurial
ideas can result in highly profitable business
ventures.
other universities have been asking about the
concept and are looking to have their own
versions,” added Professor Marriott.
“Trevor champions the protection and support
of inventors and innovators in the UK. The
Breakout Room is his brainchild and it’s great
that he’s taken such a close personal interest.
It will be the first room of its type and already
The new facility is for the University as well
as the local community and has been jointly
sponsored by Business Link, Finance South East,
the Federation of Small Businesses, and the
North Hampshire Chamber of Commerce.
Trevor Baylis OBE (centre left) with Vice Chancellor Professor Joy Carter, Deputy Vice Chancellor Tommy Geddes
and Professor Neil Marriott, Dean of Winchester Business School
University Professor leads Cathedral’s Space for Peace
on Holocaust Memorial Day
Space for Peace, an exciting inter-faith
event devised by Reverend Professor
June Boyce-Tillman MBE from the
University of Winchester, returned
for its second consecutive year to
Winchester Cathedral in January.
much of her life to music in education and
spirituality. “My experience of pieces involving
choice of this kind is that people become
very sensitive to their surroundings and to
one another. Some of the soundscapes were
very complex, as a number of pieces were
performed simultaneously in various areas
of the cathedral, and sometimes it was quite
simple with only one piece being performed.”
The inspiration behind the first Space for
Peace was the Professor’s choral piece
Peacesong, performed in Winchester
Cathedral five years ago.
Space for Peace on Holocaust Memorial
Day (27 January) brought together local and
national choirs, community choirs and school
choirs to sing from Jewish, Christian and secular
sources to create a musical vigil for peace.
Choral groups were situated around the
Cathedral, each with their own repertoire
of musical material, using the cathedral as
a resonant meditative space. The vigil was
created by the participants on the basis of
choice. Each group chose when to sing and
was invited to sing by the congregation. The
congregation moved around the building,
lighting candles, praying and participating in
creating the overall musical sound.
“I was delighted that last year’s event inspired
so many people,” said the Reverend Professor
June Boyce-Tillman MBE, who has devoted
Space for Peace: a meeting of faiths
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University News
Winchester Drama Lecturer awarded MBE
then took up an advisory post in Drama for
Hampshire LEA and was seconded to work at
the University of Reading. She took up her post
at Winchester in 1992 and since then she has
been actively involved in developing a portfolio
of work in Drama and Theatre in Education and
Applied Drama and Theatre.
A Senior Lecturer in Drama from the
University of Winchester received an MBE
in the 2010 New Year Honours List for her
outstanding services to higher education.
Annie McKean has worked in education for
most of her life and since 2003 has been
Artistic Director of an innovative prison theatre
company linking University Drama with HMP
Winchester.
“I was extremely surprised when the letter from
the Cabinet Office came through my letter box,”
said Annie. “It’s the kind of thing that you expect
will happen to other people and not to yourself.
None of us do what we do in order to win
accolades, however it is always great to know
that one’s work is valued and appreciated.
“I’m part of a team delivering the prison
theatre work and there are many who support
the work, particularly in the prison, as well as
undergraduates, graduates and ex-prisoners who
should feel part of the award.”
Last year HMP Winchester was awarded the
Koestler Trust Bronze Award for its prison theatre
project run in partnership with the University of
Winchester. In the same year the University’s
Playing for Time Theatre Company was awarded
a prestigious MacJannet Prize for Global
Citizenship in recognition of its ‘exceptional’
work with prisoners and undergraduate
engagement in volunteering and civic activities.
Annie McKean MBE
Under Annie’s guidance, Playing for Time Theatre
Company was set up by the Drama Department
at Winchester in 2001. Since then it has received
Arts Council funding and staged six productions.
This has brought together students engaged in
community theatre courses and programmes
across the University with prisoners, education
staff at HMP Winchester, professional directors,
designers and playwrights.
“Every student who has taken part since the first
project in 2003 should feel proud to have been
a part of this work,” explained Annie. “I hope
that the prisoners who took part in the projects
over the years feel that the programme made
a difference to them. All my working life I have
been committed to the ways in which the arts
can potentially transform people’s lives and
make a difference.”
Annie was trained at New College of Speech
and Drama in London and was Head of Drama
for two Inner London schools before taking an
MA in Women’s Studies at University of Kent,
Canterbury in 1987. She worked as an advisor
for Drama in the ILEA before becoming Head
of Drama at a rural comprehensive school. She
Students perform in The Government Inspector
University celebrates ‘Education Sunday’ at
Winchester Cathedral
The University of Winchester and
Winchester Cathedral celebrated the
work of education in Hampshire at a
special service in February with the
distinguished speaker Dr Stephen Reno,
Chancellor Emeritus, University of New
Hampshire USA.
Dr Reno preached on the theme of education
as an instrument for compassion. His
academic interests and publications are in
the field of comparative religion and he has
close connections with Winchester, receiving
an honorary fellowship from the University in
2003 in recognition of his distinguished career
in higher education.
“We were delighted to welcome Dr Stephen
Reno on Education Sunday,” said Professor
Elizabeth Stuart, Pro Vice Chancellor of the
University of Winchester. “He has been
working with the University for nearly 30
years now and has significant things to
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say about the place of religion in higher
education.”
Last year Dr Reno retired as Chancellor of the
University System of New Hampshire. Prior to
this he held positions as President of Southern
Oregon University, Associate Provost at
University of Southern Maine, Visiting Scholar
at Harvard University and Associate Dean of
Faculty at the University of Leicester.
Education Sunday also marked the launch of
The Charter for Compassion for Winchester,
written by young people from Peter Symonds
College, St Swithun’s School, Winchester
College and the University of Winchester.
The special service was a sung Eucharist and
included music by the University’s resident
choirs, the King Alfred Singers and The
S.O.N.G – Sounds of New Gospel.
The University Chaplain, Phil Dykes, with The
Charter for Compassion
University News
University lecturer runs across driest desert on Earth
Richard Cheetham,
Programme Leader on
BA Sports Coaching
and Development at
Winchester, took part in
the Atacama Crossing in Chile in March –
raising £5500 for the charity MENCAP.
The Atacama Crossing is part of the Four
Deserts race series which was named by TIME
magazine as number two on its list of the Top
10 Endurance Competitions in the World. The
Atacama Desert is 50 times more arid than
California’s Death Valley and temperatures
reached an astonishing 45 degrees.
Competitors race across 250 kilometres of
rough terrain including salt flats, rocks, marsh,
sand dunes and dry river beds carrying all
their equipment and food for the six days of
competition.
Richard was part of the Red Hot Chile Runners
team along with fellow team mates David O
Dwyer, Ross Stirling and Dave Lambert who are
all members of Basingstoke Rugby Club. The
team put in seven months of training, including
training programmes devised by Dr Barbara Yff,
Exercise Physiotherapist at the University of
Winchester. Barbara also gave the team advice
on recovery and dealing with the effects of
heat stress. “I had no idea the race would be
this tough,” said Richard shortly after his return
to the UK. “The constant heat, the terrain and
wear and tear on feet and body were relentless.
I lost the skin off the front of my left foot on
day three with 80 miles still to go and then the
skin off the front of my right foot with the long
march of 45 miles still to go on day five. The
combination of blistered feet and endless long
horizons took their toll.”
One team member was placed on an IV drip
on day three and another temporarily in the
medical tent through heat exhaustion. With
strict water rationing by race organisers,
they took extreme measures to keep cool by
lying down in an irrigation ditch and found
themselves craving salty foods as their bodies
reacted to the heat.
“To be part of the race was amazing,”
exclaimed Richard. “To know that this would be
the hardest thing I had ever done and that very
few people would ever do, 150 people started
the race and 121 finished, it’s only by looking at
the website with all the photos and speaking to
people have I begun to realise what has been
achieved.”
Richard Cheetham (far left) Programme Leader, Sports Coaching and Development with the Red Hot Chile Runners
After climbing Kilimanjaro two years ago, the
Red Hot Chile Runners are already looking for
their next challenge and have Aconcagua in
Argentina, the highest mountain outside Asia,
in their sights for February 2011.
University’s latest business facility
simulates life of busy city traders
Winchester Business School at the
University of Winchester opened a new
teaching facility in February. The new
Trading Room is complete with live stock
market feeds and other essential business
information.
“The Trading Room offers our finance students
the opportunity to experience what it is like to
be a stock market trader,” explained Professor
Neil Marriott, Dean of the Winchester Business
School. “It brings a difficult subject to life and
places students under simulated stressful work
environments, offering them a valuable insight
into the demanding world of city traders.”
The Trading Room was officially opened by
Professor Bruce Weber from the London
Business School. He is Director of the School’s
new Institute of Technology and a world-leader
in the field of trading simulation for teaching
purposes. Professor Weber co-developed
TraderEx, an interactive computer simulation
designed to provide hands-on experience
in making tactical trading decisions and
implementing them in different market
environments. At the opening, academic
colleagues were able to try out TraderEx which
is due to be introduced shortly on finance
courses at the Winchester Business School.
“The Winchester Business School is rapidly
gaining a reputation for innovation in terms of
curriculum development and teaching delivery
methods,” said Professor Marriott. “Alongside
our membership of the United Nation’s
Principles of Responsible Management, our use
of Web 2.0 technology and now TraderEx, we
are currently at the forefront of management
education in the UK.”
Whilst the new Trading Room is primarily for
business students, the Winchester Business
School is considering short courses for industry.
The new facility will also provide research
opportunities for faculty members.
Professor Bruce Weber from the London Business
School (left) with Professor Neil Marriott
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University News
Flourishing links
with The Gambia
Chancellor Dame Mary Fagan and Vice
Chancellor Professor Joy Carter visited
The Gambia and Soma School in March
to officially open the University of
Winchester classroom at the school and
see how donations from Winchester
alumni are helping to transform lives.
Spending time at Soma School and with the
children they got to see firsthand how the
money donated by the Winton Club, the
University of Winchester’s Alumni Association,
has helped improve the facilities within the
school by allowing them to buy furniture.
They were also able to see how the money
donated by the University has created a brand
new classroom block in stark comparison to
the old classroom which is still in existence.
“It was wonderful to be able to open the new
University of Winchester classroom in Soma
School and see the children enjoying the
furniture which was paid for by the alumni,”
said Professor Carter. “The people there are
a real delight and have a thirst for education
Professor Joy Carter in The Gambia with children from Soma
– we have a lot to gain from our continued
involvement.”
The University’s MA Education programme
has also been working with The Gambia,
taking nine local primary school teachers to
visit schools and educational officials in the
country in February. They also spent time with
local families and as a result the University
has been formally approached by the elders to
establish a bond of friendship with the village.
In June the University will launch an appeal to
raise £20,000 for the renovation of two further
classrooms at Soma School and enhance
facilities for girls studying at Tahir School.
Children and teachers in schools throughout
Hampshire will be involved in the project
with a target of opening the new facilities in
The Gambia in 2012, the year of The Queen’s
Diamond Jubilee.
More information about the appeal will be
given in the next issue of Venta and updates
will be posted on the University’s website.
University students perform aboard submarine
Students from the University of
Winchester teamed up with
professional street artists to perform
a centrepiece at the Light Night event
in March at the Royal Navy Submarine
Museum in Gosport.
Twenty students were involved, all studying BA
Street Arts or BA Performance Management.
They had been working with Periplum, a
professional street arts company, to devise a
new promenade performance which was central
to the celebrations at the Museum.
submarine, HMS Alliance, surrounded by
sound installations and performers in key
spaces. There were also a number of engaging
performances by students going on around the
museum site and on the quayside.
“It was fantastic to work with Periplum to
develop work that will be performed publically
in a really interesting, unusual and demanding
site,” said John Lee, Programme Leader for BA
Street Arts at the University of Winchester.
“Performance situations often change
dramatically from day to day. The students
learnt how to adjust whilst holding on to their
vision of the piece.”
The residency with Periplum has been made
possible with a grant from the Arts Council.
Hampshire County Council has also helped
fund the project through the Light Night and
Find Your Talent schemes.
Light Night also featured Nick Arnold, author of
the children’s book Horrible Science, and a light
show across Portsmouth Harbour courtesy of
the Royal Navy.
The students’ involvement was welcomed by
Bob Mealings, Acting Director of the Royal
Navy Submarine Museum, who graduated from
Winchester with a degree in History and English
in the mid-80s.
“It’s something different and imaginative
that we had not tried before,” said Bob. “The
museum is rarely open in the evening but is
in fact quite an exciting place to be at night
because of all the lights from Gunwharf and
the rest of Portsmouth Harbour. The great
thing about working with the students is that
they bring a new perspective to the way the
submarine can be experienced and understood.”
The piece involved the audience walking
through dry-docked World War II era
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Students from the University of Winchester performing at the Royal Navy Submarine Museum
Photo courtesy of Paul Carter and Find Your Talent – PUSH
University News
University of Winchester shortlisted
for Leadership and Management Award
The University of Winchester has
been shortlisted for the prestigious
award of ‘Outstanding Leadership and
Management Team’ in the 2010 Times
Higher Leadership and Management
Awards.
The Times Higher Education (THE) awards
are the most coveted prizes in UK higher
education. The winners of the Times Higher
Education Leadership and Management Awards
will be announced at an awards ceremony
on 17 June at the Grosvenor House Hotel in
London.
“Winchester is delighted with the news that it’s
one of the finalists for Outstanding Leadership
and Management award,” commented
Professor Joy Carter, Vice Chancellor of
the University of Winchester. “The award
recognises the quality of leadership and
management in every part and level of the
University.
we’re delighted that this
award recognises their
achievements,” added
Professor Carter.
“In particular, it highlights the quality of our
student experience, the recent Institutional
Audit following success with Research
Degree Awarding Powers and the Research
Assessment Exercise (RAE), our financial
stability despite the turbulent higher
education environment, and the building
developments on campus, such as the
University Centre and the re-development of
our sports facilities to create the Winchester
Sports Stadium.
Last year the University was shortlisted in
the Leadership and Management Awards
for ‘Outstanding Estates Initiative’. In other
THE awards the University was shortlisted
for ‘University of the Year’ in 2009 and
‘Higher Education Institution of the Year’
in 2005. The University was also shortlisted
for ‘Outstanding Student Financial Support
Package’ in 2006.
“These achievements and others are
testament to the hard work of our staff and
The universities also shortlisted for the
‘Outstanding Leadership and Management
Team’ award are Derby, Exeter, Liverpool John
Moores, Loughborough and Newcastle.
Vice Chancellor of University of Southampton visits
University of Winchester
“I have really terrific memories of my
time at Winchester,” said Professor
Don Nutbeam (Education 1974 to
1978) who took up his new position as
Vice Chancellor of the University of
Southampton in the autumn and now
lives in Chilworth with his wife Sarah
Choules (Education with Art 1974 to
1978).
he reflected. “I found myself at a teacher
training college as that was all I could think to
do from my very limited family circumstances.
The experience I had in Winchester built my
self confidence and exposed me to other
areas of study and in doing so, opened up
opportunities. I think that’s what higher
education in general needs to be more about;
it has become, in some cases, a bit limiting.”
“No question about it, I had four wonderful
years here,” he said on a recent visit back to
the King Alfred campus. “I’m very impressed
with the new University Centre, especially
the informal learning café, but although
some things have changed, the place looks
remarkably like I remember it.” Prior to
returning to the UK, Don was Academic Provost
and Deputy Vice Chancellor at the University
of Sydney. “It is hard work moving around the
world,” he said. “But it has its bonuses. This
Christmas we were finally able to have our
extended family with us, something we’ve not
had for a long time.”
Don reinforced this belief in English Education
is just too Narrow published in The Guardian
in January. “In my article I bemoaned the fact
that we seem to be forcing young people into
ever narrower choices. Some 18-year-olds are
sure what they want to do, and I’m not saying
we should get in the way of them pursuing
their goal to become an organic chemist,
school teacher or a doctor. But there are so
many young people who aren’t that certain of
their study and career direction and are going
to leave university into an uncertain world
of work. We need to create universities that
allow students the opportunity to develop
their potential in a variety of ways. Winchester
University is of the size and nature to offer this
kind of experience to its students.”
Don’s research career spans over 30 years
and during that time he has held senior
positions in universities, health services and an
independent research institute. Between 2000
and 2003 he was Head of Public Health in the
UK’s Department of Public Health, leading
policy development on a range of public health
challenges.
“I don’t believe that I was an exceptional
young guy when I turned up at Winchester,”
With tough public spending cuts ahead, the
new Vice Chancellor of Southampton is hoping
to work more closely with Winchester as well
as other universities in the central south coast
region. But alongside his busy new job he is
also looking forward to pursuing some of his
own hobbies and interests well outside the
educational sector.
“As a student, I was a very keen sports
participant and spectator. I continued to play
rugby into my 30’s and “retired” from playing
football last season. I’ve recently started
playing golf rather badly. My children will also
tell you that I have this slightly nerdy obsession
with manned space flight,” confesses Don. “I
have a rather impressive collection of astronaut
autographs and memorabilia. I have met
astronauts, visited the Kennedy Space Flight
Centre and I’ve even been on a day’s astronaut
training. Now I’m waiting for Virgin Galatic to
become cheap as I have a real ambition one
day to see earth from space!”
Don Nutbeam playing rugby for King Alfred’s College in the 1970s
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Feature
Most recognisable for his role in the
Orange mobile phone cinema adverts,
Steve Furst’s career has spanned more
than 20 years in the entertainment
industry. With roles in Little Britain, both
St. Trinian’s films and his successful alterego Lenny Beige, he has carved a career
that many would be envious of.
The 42-year-old father of two told us of his
memories of Winchester and how tough the
entertainment industry can be.
Why did you choose to study at
Winchester?
I remember vividly walking from the train
station to College on a beautiful day. The
lecturer that interviewed me had an office
that overlooked the Dytche and I remember
thinking “This is nice”. It was also not being
quite good enough to do a vocational course
because I hadn’t done youth theatre or much
at school in terms of acting. Winchester was
the only place to give me a real opportunity
which becomes very attractive at that point in
your life.
What is/are your fondest memory(ies) of
your time at King Alfred’s?
I still have very good memories – they’re
quite vivid. I remember being pushed through
the Student Union on a shopping trolley at
massively high speed and thinking it was
hysterical. The memories are very strong
because there were so many milestones in
terms of my life. Having my first girlfriend as
I went to an all-boy’s school, amazing pubs,
playing in a band here and running a lot of
things – I was amazingly proactive. Being on
the meadows in the summer, sat outside the
Cathedral – very few to do with academia I’m
afraid.
You studied Drama, Theatre and
Television. How well did the course set
you up for a career in television?
It didn’t at all. Well, I have chosen to do
something that doesn’t really have a course.
What it did do was the whole experience, and
there were certain people who captured my
interest in various areas that still remain with
me. There was a bizarrely eclectic bunch of
lecturers. We had an African Theatre expert,
Michael Atherton, who was astonishing. I
never in a million years had any idea about
African Theatre and it is now something I have
an appreciation for. It did change me as a
person and the life experience is fantastic and
that seems to be the most important part.
Your career took off in a big way with the
character Lenny Beige – how did he come
to exist and how did he get so successful?
I did stand up, and then I ran a board games
nightclub which was very successful and was
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one of the things that gave birth to the Easy
Listening scene in the mid-90s which also gave
birth to Lenny Beige. Within three months he
became huge. I had a Channel 4 special, two
BBC2 series and appeared as a co-presenter on
Night Fever on Channel Five for two years.
One of the reasons he got so big so quickly
was because my musical director was a
penniless man called Guy Chambers, who then
went on to become Robbie Williams song
writer, and once he started writing for him
we got Robbie involved with the club and got
written about a lot. Then everyone started to
come and we started to sell out.
How did you come to appear in Little
Britain?
I started out with Matt Lucas and David
Walliams, we were all doing the comedy circuit
together and they asked me to be involved.
You are probably best known now for
your appearances in the Orange mobile
phone cinema adverts – does this bother
you?
I’ve never had any negative feedback for them.
The love for that campaign is so strong I’m so
lucky to have been part of it. It’s also got me
to work with some of the most extraordinary
people.
You’ve met some really famous people
like Snoop Dogg, the late Patrick Swayze,
Spike Lee and Elton John through the
Orange adverts – have you ever been star
struck and, if so, by whom?
Not often but it’s usually by someone who is
a contemporary. Trevor Nunn came to see the
play I’m doing (Steve recently appeared in Wet
Weather Cover at the King’s Head Theatre in
London) and he was in the front row – he’s one
of the great theatre directors in the world and
he was so gushing afterwards that I did find
myself getting a bit (gasps). But when it comes
to the Orange adverts I’ve never really been
star struck as such. Elton John and Stephen Fry
were great.
Did you think that the adverts would be
as successful as they have?
No, no one ever does. And they didn’t plan
them to be. They were the first company
to say “We’re sorry, we’re screwing up your
film-going experience – it’s our fault, sorry.”
that people actually thought “How nice!”
The people who write them are the best
copywriting people in the business.
You recently appeared in the new St
Trinian’s movie The Legend of Fritton’s
Gold as Arbuthnott – can you tell us a bit
more about the character you play in the
movie and what was it like to film?
I don’t really do much. I was rung up about
two days before they wanted me for the
original St Trinian’s movie and said “Are you
free?” I said yes, and they said they had a role
for me as a bank manager and I said “Ok, fine.”
The thing about doing something where you
do just the one scene, often you’re going to be
cut out but this was such a key scene where I
serve the school with a writ or they get closed
down that there was no way they were going
to cut it out. The boys who directed it then
asked if I wanted to do the second one and I
said yes.
You star in the film Malice in Wonderland
(2010), a modern take on Alice in
Wonderland; can you tell us a bit more
about the character you play?
I play a character called Mo. He’s an exballroom dancer who is miserable but he has
a fabulous moustache. It’s a small scene and a
weird little film, very dark and set in gangland
Britain with Danny Dyer. I still haven’t seen it
as I hate watching myself but by all accounts
it’s a great little film.
Have you had any low points in your
career, periods of unemployment, and
how did you get through that?
Humour always. Fear galvanises your creativity
– little ideas become real and your back
against the wall mentality comes through.
I know how the business works now and it
took me a long time not to be a bit angry
or bitter. The amount of knock-backs we’ve
had for pilots - over two or three years I was
involved in some great pilots and for whatever
reason they just don’t get made. It takes a
while to go “Ok, that’s fine – it’s not me”. It’s
about your script or pilot being on the right
desk at the right time. After Little Britain I then
got the Orange gig because I’d been doing
voice-overs for the people who made them so
it’s all relative.
What advice would you give your fellow
Winchester alumni who are trying to
make their mark in the Performing Arts
world?
Arm yourself with experience. The one thing if
you want to move into film and TV is that it’s
so much easier to shoot stuff yourself, make
it yourself and get it out there. I never did
enough of it when I was here and I regret not
using the college facilities. It means that the
good stuff can be seen – there’s no substitute
for experience.
What is next for you in your career? Any
upcoming projects?
I have film ideas in the pipeline but moving
into new media areas is something that
interests me and something that I want to
spearhead. We’re creating a Lenny Avatar and
an online world of Lenny Beige to make him
international. It’s trying to go from the real
world to the virtual world.
Steve Furst
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Alumni News
Winchester graduate’s Guantanamo Boy
shortlisted for prestigious Costa Children’s Book
Award 2009
The book has also been well received by
the charity Reprieve. “Over 20 kids have
had to grow up in solitary confinement in
Guantanamo Bay with fewer rights than
the iguanas that crawl all over the island,”
said human rights lawyer, Clive Stafford
Smith. “These boys have spent the years
when they should have been in school held
in a maximum security prison. Through the
eyes of Khalid, Anna Perera tells their story.
It is an important one, well-constructed, and
one that needs to be widely read.”
A harrowing novel for teenagers about
Guantanamo Bay, the notorious
American detention camp, written
by a graduate from the University of
Winchester was shortlisted for last
year’s Costa Children’s Book Award.
Guantanamo Boy by Anna Perera was
published in February 2009 and tells the
story of Khalid, a 15-year-old boy who is
abducted and held at Guantanamo for two
years without charge. The idea came to the
writer after she attended a benefit for the
charity Reprieve which fights for the rights of
people on Death Row and the detainees of
Guantanamo and secret prisons.
“I heard how children had been held at
Guantanamo and immediately decided
to write this story,” explained Anna who
graduated from Winchester’s popular MA in
Writing for Children in 1999.
“The title came to me straight away and I
began reading and researching on a daily
basis. I wanted my book to provide a window
for young adults to view and form opinions
about issues they might have seen on the
news.”
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Guantanamo Boy was joined in the Costa
Children’s Book Award 2009 shortlist by Solace
of the Road by Siobhan Dowd; Troubadour by
Mary Hoffman and The Ask and the Answer by
Patrick Ness.
Anna Perera
Costa Award judges praised Guantanamo Boy
describing it as; “An important and moving
story of an ordinary teenage boy innocently
caught up in a modern-day nightmare which
exposes the shortcomings of contemporary
justice.”
“The MA in Writing for Children at Winchester
helped me a great deal,” said Anna Perera.
“I thoroughly enjoyed the opportunity to
concentrate on my writing, share my work with
other students and learn about the publishing
industry. I was also able to form a critical basis
for what I was doing and explore how my stories
could possibly fit into this notoriously difficult
business. All of which stood me in good stead
when I came to write Guantanamo Boy.”
Alumni News
Katie walks the
Great Wall for
charity
Katie Sherjan (Education Studies and
Art, 1998 to 2000) recently walked the
Great Wall of China for local charity
Have a Heart. The trek of 120km took
Katie 10 days but she raised an amazing
£3000. Determined to raise money for
a local cause, Katie chose Have a Heart
who support children’s organisations
throughout Hampshire.
Katie set off on her trek in March experiencing
the highs of the spectacular scenery in China
and the lows of aching legs and bad weather.
“No one told me that the Great Wall is almost
all steps!” said Katie. “The walking itself was
very hard work but the main challenge was
the weather.” With temperatures dropping to
minus nine and the trek being accompanied
by heavy snow, many of Katie’s overnight
stops had no hot water or heating due to the
conditions but despite this Katie found the
experience truly memorable.
“I would go back and do it all again tomorrow
if I could - even with the cold!” said Katie.
“We smiled all the way through and just
got on with it. The team spirit we had was
amazing; everyone helping each other along
the wall and in the evenings. I have made
some friends for life.”
The trek has since inspired Katie to take on
another challenge with the people she met in
China and they are currently planning a trek
to either Costa Rica or Everest Base Camp in
2011.
Katie sitting on the Great Wall of China
Pilar makes Madelyn’s wish come true
The Legend of Leonora, a children’s book
written by University of Winchester
graduate Madelyn Tarrant, has been
published three years after her death.
Madelyn (MA Writing for Children, 2004 to
2007) passed away in 2007 but during her
time on the course had written the book as
part of the Word Image and Changing Media
module. Shortly after Madelyn’s death, fellow
graduate and friend Pilar Armida (MA Writing
for Children, 2004 to 2005) decided to show
the story to the publishing company she was
working for in Mexico. They loved the idea and
decided to publish it in Spanish.
“The day I received an e-mail about Madelyn
passing away, I was driving back home from
work and couldn’t stop thinking about Madelyn
– about her family, about the fact that I had
hardly been in touch with her since I’d left
England, about the classes we took together,
and then I thought about Leonora,” said Pilar.
“I’d saved every single piece of writing that had
been read in class, and I was sure I still had a
copy in one of the binders where I kept all my
MA paraphernalia. As soon as I got home I
searched through them, and sure enough, there
it was. It wasn’t planned at all – it just felt like
the right thing to do at the time.”
Pilar admits to having bittersweet feelings
about the book’s publication. “I wished then,
as I do now, that I had thought of it before so
Madelyn would have been able to see her story
become a book,” she explained.
Madelyn’s husband David doesn’t share in
Pilar’s regrets however, and is delighted to have
his wife’s book in print. “It’s a wonderful legacy
for Madelyn,” he said. “I feel very proud that
my wife’s book is being read by children all over
the world and we live in hope that it will be
published in English.”
A parent and child enjoy The Legend of Leonora at a
book fair in Mexico.
What’s in a name?
In this edition of Venta, it’s the turn of the
Tom Atkinson building to fall under the
spotlight.
Thomas Atkinson was appointed as a lecturer
at King Alfred’s College (now the University
of Winchester) in 1927. Originally he taught
physical education and then went on to become
Master of Method and then a Senior Lecturer in
the education department, whilst also teaching
in the history department.
In the First World War he served in France
and later went on to join the army gymnastic
staff and the staff of the 12th Infantry Brigade.
Just before the Second World War he ceased
teaching physical education and concentrated
on education, becoming Senior Tutor
When the college closed in 1940, due to the
War, he was appointed Assistant County
Education Officer for Hampshire, commanded
the Stanmore Home Guard and also the Army
Cadet Battalion. He returned to the college in
1946 when it re-opened and eventually retired
in 1959 after 32 years of service to the College.
The Tom Atkinson building
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Alumni News
Winton
Weekend
This year’s Winton Weekend saw Team
Alfie’s launch their revenge on Team
Winchester after two years of narrow
defeats at the hands of the students.
By the close of play on Saturday 20
February, the graduates had already
won the weekend by nine games to three
regardless of the Sunday fixtures.
As the results were announced on the Saturday
night there was much celebration from the
300 returning graduates who had fought hard
for the win, none more so than Team Alfies
Men’s Football 2nds who drew two all with
Team Winchester but then went on to win on
penalties.
There were some brave performances from
Team Winchester, Women’s Football scored
10 goals, but it wasn’t enough to stop the
graduates from racing away with the most
convincing win for years.
Winchester to the end making, for me, a very
memorable weekend and I hope everyone
enjoyed every aspect of it.”
This year’s winner of the Steve Tomlinson Men’s
Rugby trophy was Dave Greenway and winner
of the newly introduced McKinley Lukes Men’s
Basketball trophy was Ryan Shutt. McKinley
Lukes was an American Exchange student from
2007 and a member of Men’s Basketball who
passed away in January.
Vice President of the Student Union and
event organiser, Jez Davis, said “Both Team
Winchester and Team Alfies represented
The current and past men’s basketball teams pose with the McKinley Lukes Trophy before their match
Final Scores
Men’s Basketball:
Team Winchester 51 – Team Alfies 52
(In honour of McKinley Lukes)
Women’s Basketball:
Cricket:
Men’s Football 2nds:
(Team Alfies won 4 – 3 on penalties)
Men’s Football 4ths:
Women’s Hockey:
Tennis:
Mixed Hockey:
Men’s Volleyball:
Horse Polo:
Women’s Volleyball
(In honour of Rainy Qin)
Netball:
Rounders:
Women’s Football:
Men’s Rugby:
(In honour of Andrew Numan and Steve
Tomlinson)
Men’s Hockey:
Women’s Rugby:
Final score:
McKinley Lukes Memorial Trophy:
Ryan Shutt
Steve Tomlinson Memorial Trophy:
Dave Greenway
Player of Winton:
Ashleigh Greenslade (Women’s Rugby)
Team of Winton
Men’s Basketball
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Alumni News
Huw cycles 10,000 miles for ShelterBox
Huw Thomas (Social and Environmental
Studies, 1984 to 1986) and his wife
Carolyn will begin a 10,000 mile tandem
cycle ride in August to raise money for
the charity ShelterBox, a UK run disasterrelief charity that provides shelter and
aid to victims of disaster throughout the
world.
Starting in Vancouver the husband and wife
team will ride all the way to Florida, arriving in
December. From there they will travel to New
Zealand to cycle the length of the two islands
before cycling from Brisbane to Melbourne. The
last leg will take them across Europe eventually
reaching ShelterBox’s HQ in Cornwall by July
2011.
disaster response agencies around.”
Huw and Carolyn have a blog set up to
document their trip:
http://tandem10.wordpress.com – you can
read more about why they are doing it and
make donations. For more information about
ShelterBox please visit www.shelterbox.org
“We want to tell people about the work done
by ShelterBox and inspire them with what
we’re doing,” said Huw who worked for the
charity between 2006 and 2007. “We’ve
already got groups of Girl Scouts in northern
Texas who want to ride with us and get their
families to cheer us on as we ride into town.
That’s the kind of thing that will make all the
bad moments just vanish.”
Siti Ayeesha, who lost her home in an earthquake in
Java in 2006, is Huw’s inspiration for the trip.
The couple hope to raise an impressive
£100,000 for ShelterBox and have been
training hard to ensure that they won’t be too
exhausted at the end of each day to give talks
to local people about the charity. “I’ve never
lost my admiration for the charity and what it
continues to achieve,” Huw told us. “Working
out of a small warehouse down in Cornwall it
has developed enormously over the past 10
years and is now one of the most effective
Huw and wife Carolyn on their tandem
University Scarves
The University now has scarves for sale
to all staff, alumni and students. They
feature the University’s Coat of Arms and
are 100 per cent British wool.
If you would like to buy one, please send
a cheque for £23 (£21 for the scarf and £2
P&P) made payable to the University of
Winchester to The Alumni Office, University
of Winchester, FREEPOST RLXR-GHZX-KLYX,
Winchester, SO22 4NR. We will dispatch
your scarf as soon as we receive payment.
Alternatively you can buy over the phone
with a credit or debit card; Please call 01962
827403.
American
Exchange 1985
Brian’s in the driving seat
Brian Ricketts (Education, 1955 to 1957)
has written a book, entitled Passion for
Older Cars, detailing his love for older cars
and has included a chapter on his time at
King Alfred’s College (now the University
of Winchester).
Brian has dedicated much of his life to
restoring a staggering number of old cars and
even found one of them appearing in the BBC
detective series Campion. His time at King
Alfred’s has lead to an enduring affection for so
many different types of car. Books are available
from Brian and are priced at £15. If you would
like to purchase a copy then please email us in
the Alumni Office and we will put you in touch
with Brian.
Email: [email protected]
Tel: 01962 827403
In the last issue of Venta we placed a
notice from Ralph Sczygelski who was
asking for people to get in touch if they
remembered him from the American
Exchange in 1985. We are delighted to
report that Ralph has now been put
back in touch with Jeff Johnson, a fellow
American Exchange student, who saw
the notice and responded to the Alumni
Office.
They are now both looking to find more
people from their days at King Alfred’s College
and are asking again for anyone to get in
touch.
If you remember Jeff or Ralph email:
[email protected]
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Alumni News
Sitting in a Tree
Drama graduate Trisha Champaneri
(Drama Studies, 2002 to 2005) has
launched a new dating website Sitting in
a Tree which offers an alternative way for
those looking for love to find their perfect
match.
Alongside two of her friends, Roya Dabir-Alai
and Nicky Croxford, the trio have been
enjoying success with the Sitting
in a Tree matchmaking service
for three years but decided
to branch out into online
dating services after hearing
stories from clients who were
disappointed with other dating
websites on offer.
“The site was created with the vision of solving
the issues our members raised and to make
online dating fun rather than a chore,” says
Trisha. “After you’ve been on a date, you’re
asked how accurately a person resembles their
profile - this creates trust within our online
dating community. If people fail to match their
profile, we ask them to change it to encourage
honesty. We don’t want people on the site who
are telling porkies, it’s not fair to other users.”
Surprise Ruby
Wedding
Anniversary
for Richard and
Louise
Richard and Louise Lee (1964 to 1967)
were surprised by their children in
December when they organised a Ruby
Wedding Anniversary party for their
parents on the same spot that they met.
The Food Hall on the King Alfred Campus
played host to the party which was originally
the site of the old canteen at King Alfred’s
College where Richard and Louise first met
over 40 years ago. “We had absolutely no idea
that a party had been planned,” said Louise.
“It was a total surprise which became a lovely
occasion. We initially thought we’d accidentally
stumbled into a university ‘do’ but then felt
quite overwhelmed.”
Around 50 family and friends, including
other alumni, celebrated with the happy
couple as they toasted 40 years of marriage.
Congratulations to Richard and Louise from the
Alumni Office.
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They offer a range of events for singles to
meet and can still offer a more personal touch
through their matchmaking service. “The
three of us are very good at reading people,”
explains Trisha. “We follow our instincts and
I think that’s the key to it all. We tend to go
with our gut and it’s not really failed us yet!”
With a baby, a handful of engagements,
and plenty of other happy couples
matched through their service, they
are certainly proving successful
however they‘re kept on their toes
by the occasional piece of amusing
feedback they get.
“We set up a couple a while back
who started out having a lovely date,”
Trisha explains. “As they got to know about
each other, it somehow came out that the
guy’s sister had stolen the girl’s ex-boyfriend
in a sordid affair! Obviously we could never
have known that but, needless to say, they
didn’t meet for a second date.”
To find out more visit:
www.sittinginatree.co.uk.
Reunion
This year’s annual Winton Club Reunion
will take place from 2-4 July.
The weekend’s main celebrations will take
place on Saturday 3 July with the traditional
reunion service, luncheon and AGM. Mick
Brookes, General Secretary of the National
Association of Head Teachers, will propose the
toast at lunch.
If you didn’t receive a Reunion invitation and
you would like to attend, please contact the
Alumni Office.
Tel: 01962 827403
Trisha (right) with friends Roya and Nicky
Desperately
Seeking
Nathan Johnston (1991 to 1995) is trying
to find old friends Segun Oguntola
(Media, Film and Television Studies, 1992
to 1995) and Victoria Edmunds (Media,
Film, Communication and Drama Studies,
1993 to 1996).
If you have any information on where they are
now and how to get in touch with them please
contact the Alumni Office.
Tel: 01962 827403
What’s On
Winton Club Reunion 2, 3, 4 July 2010
60s/70s Disco 3 July 2010
90s Bop 24 July 2010
Masters Open Evening 15 September
2010 5-7pm
Alumni News
In memory of…
We have recently been notified of the death of the following alumni and former staff. We send our condolences to their families.
Mr S W Grainger
1937 to 1939
Mr B Talbot
1939 to 1941
Mr K Why
1946 to 1948
Mr G M Gibson
1948 to 1950
Mr A A Beck
1950 to 1952
Mr R Clark
1951 to 1953
Mr R F Adlem
1952 to 1954
Mr M J Wallis
1952 to 1954
Mr J Gunner
1953 to 1955
Mr R Winterbottom
1957 to 1959
Mr D F Bowers
1956 to 1991
Former Head of Human Movement
Mr A Tickner
Mrs S Lewis
Mrs J Craven
Mr J R Pallister
Mr G D Barnes
Former Vice Principal
Mr P Martin
Mr C D Morley
Mr A C Knight
Mr J Bhorla
Mr P Hutton
Miss N Coates
1962 to 1965
1963 to 1966
1965 to 1968
1967 to 1970
1968 to 1972
1969 to 1972
1971 to 1975
1975 to 1978
1992 to 1995
1993 to 1999
1994 to 1997
Obituaries
Guy Barnes
Died 26 September 2009
Douglas Francis Bowers
3 August 1926 to 5 February 2010
Guy Barnes was appointed Vice Principal of
King Alfred’s College in 1968. During his four
years in this post he played a key role in the
developing college which offered various
teacher training courses of one, two, three and
four years duration, including a course based
in Basingstoke. He ensured that during his
four years as Vice Principal the relationships
with Hampshire teachers and education
administrators were strengthened to the
advantage of all.
Always known as
“Doug” or “Dougie”,
he was an only
child brought up in
Leamington Spa. He
trained as a teacher at
Loughborough where
he met Sheila, his
wife, and they were married in 1953. Following
his Teacher’s Certificate (1950), Teaching
Diploma (1951), Diploma in Advanced Study of
Education (Reading 1968), he graduated with a
BA from the Open University in 1973.
Special mention must be made of his
contribution to many Winchester churches
as a lay preacher. In 1972 he left Winchester
to become Principal of St Paul’s College,
Cheltenham, and continued his association
with King Alfred’s College by attending
reunions of The Winton Club.
The Right Reverend Colin James
20 September 1926 to 10 December 2009
Colin James was exofficio Chairman of
the Governing Body at
King Alfred’s College,
now the University of
Winchester, from 1985
to 1995 – one of his
many responsibilities
as Bishop of Winchester. He gave time, thought
and energy to his role and the demands of a
much changing higher education college.
Colin showed humour and leadership in what
were quite challenging times and was always
prepared to offer advice and support to the
College. In October 1996 the College awarded
him an Honorary Doctorate for services to the
institution.
His first teaching post was at Barnstaple
Grammar School and in January 1956 he
joined the Physical Education department
at King Alfred’s College, becoming Head of
Department in 1974.
Friendly, kind, jovial, energetic and loyal,
Douglas was a great sportsman and a skilled
gymnast. He was a very good rugby player in
his younger days, and enjoyed fishing and golf.
Devoted to his students, he was an excellent
role model and actively supported the Winton
Club. Until 2009 he regularly attended
Reunion.
To his wife Sheila and his children Linda and
Brian we extend our sincere condolences.
The Alumni Association and the University
will be organising a fitting tribute to Dougie at
the University and we are developing ideas at
the moment. Once a decision has been made
on the most appropriate tribute we will be
asking for donations from Alumni and current
students. If you wish to make a donation at
this time, please contact the Development
Manager Corinne Mackenzie on 01962 827532
or email [email protected]
Mr P Knight
Mr A Numan
Mr R Coles
Mr B Feia
American Exchange
Miss R Qin
McKinley Lukes
American Exchange
1998 to 2001
1999 to 2002
2001 to 2004
2006
2006 to 2009
2007
London theatre
tickets
Westendtheatre.com is one of the UK’s
premiere websites for booking London
theatre tickets and has large allocations
of tickets to premium shows, and
discounts and special offers to a wealth of
West End musicals and plays.
They have set up a special Theatre Club for
University of Winchester alumni
www.westendtheatre.com/winchester
that brings together their latest offers and
discounts.
This month sees their biggest Spring Sale
to date featuring thousands of reducedprice tickets to West End shows including a
spectacular new production of Bizet’s opera
Carmen at the O2 Arena, a Mamma Mia! free
dinner and cast Q&A offer plus discounts on
Alan Ayckbourn’s Bedroom Farce, David Essex in
All The Fun of the Fair and musical long-runners
Billy Elliot, Priscilla, Sister Act and Oliver!
Finally, they have brought back their famous
Fantastic Fridays hotel and theatre promotion,
providing a 4 Star West End hotel and best
seats to a show for only £79 per person on
Friday evenings. Shows in the promotion
include Wicked, The 39 Steps, Grease, Chicago
and Bedroom Farce.
All offers and tickets are subject to availability.
Check the website for details:
www.westendtheatre.com/winchester
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Alumni News
University Development Fund update
“A big thank you to all our alumni whose
generosity continues to transform the
lives and opportunities of our students”,
says Corinne Mackenzie, Development
Manager. The Development Fund supports
student bursaries, learning and teaching
resources, sports facilities and Foundation
Music. Your donations also go towards
scholarships for students who need help
to meet their research or travel costs
associated with their study, e.g. travel
to Africa to work on our projects with
schoolchildren in The Gambia, Ghana and
Uganda.
Children from Soma
The Winchester Business School is growing
from strength to strength, assisted by alumni
donations and a significant grant from the
Bulldog Trust.
meetings with potential backers to protect
their intellectual property.
and the Gift Aid (excluding transitional relief)
will be matched.
Applications to a new Accounting and Finance
undergraduate programme, launched last year,
have more than doubled this year. The move of
Business School staff and students to the West
Downs campus continues and undergraduate
teaching was relocated there in February.
Innovative facilities opened this year include
a Trading Room to simulate a trading floor
and the Baylis Business Breakout Room where
budding entrepreneurs can digitally record
The great news is that every £1 given to
the University’s Development Fund is being
matched by £1 from the Government under
a scheme running until 31 July 2011. The
Matched Funding scheme includes donations
from individuals, charitable trusts and
foundations. If you are a UK tax payer and you
make a gift of £100 to the University, the cost
to you is £100 but the value of your support to
our current students is £253 because the gift
If you would like to make a donation please see
the Alumni pages on the University’s website
where you can download donation forms and
find other useful information. You will also see
a link to our new online fundraising website
with Virgin Money Giving.
If you have any queries, please telephone
Corinne Mackenzie on 01962 827532 or email
[email protected].
Photo courtesy of the FA
Jonathan trains with England team
Jonathan Gribbin (seventh from right, standing in front of Peter Crouch) with the England Football Team
In the last edition of Venta we brought
you news of Jonathan Gribbin (Primary
Education with Design and Technology,
1996 to 2000) a Team GB and England
blind footballer, whose achievements at
the Paralympics in 2008 earned him a
silver medal.
Jonathan has been working hard along with
his teammates to prepare for this summer’s
Blind World Football Championship being held
at the Royal National College for the Blind
in August. The team played a friendly game
against Germany in April where Jonathan was
named Man of the Match for his outstanding
performance in their 2-0 victory.
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England has been drawn against Spain, South
Korea, Japan and Columbia in their group for the
tournament and to help the team prepare for
the competition they enjoyed a joint training
session with the current England squad in March.
Training alongside Stephen Gerrard, David
Beckham, Wayne Rooney and the rest of the
England team, Jonathan and his teammates
were able to compare hopes and aspirations
ahead of the action-packed summer with
hopes that both teams could come away
winners.
“We’re pleased to avoid the big teams in
Group B so hopefully we can hit our targets,
make the semi-final, and then progress from
there,” said England Head Coach Tony Larkin.
Former England international George Cohen
praised the squad after a training session at
Wembley Stadium in April: “I think these guys
are absolutely fantastic and have better ball
control than I did all those years ago.”
We hope to follow-up on Jonathan’s progress in
the Winter edition of Venta and will be keeping
a close eye on the Championships when they
take place in August.
If you would like to buy tickets for the
championships then please go to
www.blind2010.com
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