Bangoriad 2006 - Bangor University

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2006
Bangoriad
Cylchgrawn Prifysgol Cymru, Bangor
University of Wales, Bangor Magazine
Cynnwys 2
roeso i rifyn diweddaraf y Bangoriad. Adroddwyd y rhifyn diwethaf bod
trefn rheoli codi arian a chysylltiadau alumni yn cael ei hadolygu. Bu 2005
yn flwyddyn o newid cyfeiriad sylweddol i’r ddwy. Mae’r Brifysgol wedi
penderfynu ymgorffori’r swyddogaethau codi arian ac alumni o fewn y rheolaeth
ganolog. Roedd hwn yn benderfyniad hanesyddol gan fod y Brifysgol wedi
ymwneud â’r gweithgareddau hyn yn flaenorol trwy ddau gorff a arweinid gan
wirfoddolwyr - yr Ymddiriedolaeth Ddatblygu a Sefydliad Prifysgol Bangor.
Diolchodd y Brifysgol yn gynnes i’r Ymddiriedolwyr ac i aelodau’r Sefydliad am
gadw’r fflam ynghynn am lawer o flynyddoedd. I gael mwy o wybodaeth am eich
cymuned alumni newydd trowch i dudalen 18 os gwelwch yn dda ac i dudalen 30
am newyddion am newidiadau i’r rhaglen godi arian.
Y Gair cyntaf • The First Word
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Features
6 Satisfied Customers
Caring about students Bangor tops first national
student poll!
12 Canmlwyddiant
Cymdeithas Alawon
Gwerin Cymru
Sefydlu un o gymdeithasau
cerddorol hynaf a mwyaf
dylanwadol y genedl ym
Mangor
Y llynedd hefyd cynhaliwyd achlysur sefydlu alumni a chyfeillion Bangor yng
Ngogledd America. Cynhaliwyd hwn yn Harvard fis Hydref a cheir manylion pellach
ar dudalen 22. Ein cynlluniau ar gyfer y dyfodol yw adeiladu ar eich cysylltiad â
Bangor. Rydym yn ystyried ffyrdd o wella’r dulliau rydym yn cyfathrebu â chi drwy
e-gylchlythyrau a chyfleusterau ar-lein.
Yn dilyn cofio trigain mlynedd ers diwedd yr Ail Ryfel Byd, a’r miliynau a fu’n
ymladd yn y Rhyfel Byd Cyntaf, rydym yn dathlu a chofio bywyd cyn-fyfyriwr, Yr
Athro Harold Lawton, cyn-filwr ac academydd nodedig. Yn dilyn ei farwolaeth ef
yn ddiweddar, mae’n ymddangos mai dim ond saith o Brydain a fu’n ymladd yn y
Rhyfel Mawr sy’n fyw o hyd.
Yn awr rydym yn edrych ymlaen at 2007, pan fydd Bangor yn dathlu
canmlwyddiant gosod carreg gyntaf y Coleg ar y Bryn.
elcome to the latest edition of Bangoriad. It was reported in the last issue
that the management of alumni relations and fundraising was under review.
In the event, 2005 represented a year of substantial change and re-direction
for both. The University has decided to incorporate the fundraising and alumni
functions within its central management. This is an historic decision as the University
had previously engaged in these activities through two volunteer led bodies – the
Development Trust and the Bangor University Foundation. The University
expressed its gratitude to the Trustees and to Foundation members for carrying the
torch for many years. Please turn to page 18 to find out more about your new alumni
community and to page 30 for news of changes to the fundraising programme.
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Last year also saw the inaugural event for Bangor’s alumni and friends in North America
which was held at Harvard in October, further details of which are on page 22. Our
plans for the future aim to build on your connection with Bangor. We are considering
ways to improve our communication with you through e-newsletters and online facilities.
In the wake of the 60th Anniversary of VE Day and in remembrance of the millions who
fought in the First World War, we honour the life of former student Professor Harold
Lawton, veteran and distinguished academic. His recent death leaves only seven
known British survivors who fought in the Great War.
We now look towards 2007, when Bangor will be celebrating the centenary year of the
laying of the College on the Hill’s first stone.
12 Collaboration
Bangor’s commitment to
making a difference
22 Harvard welcomes
Bangor
Bangor’s inaugural event for
alumni and friends in North
America
26 Christina Coker
Bangor graduate honoured
for services to music
32Lest we forget
Bangor graduate Professor
Harold Lawton
Regulars
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Rhagair yr Is-Ganghellor
The Vice-Chancellor’s
Introduction
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Newyddion y Brifysgol
University news
12 Newyddion Ymchwil
Research news
18 Newyddion Alumni
Alumni News
Rachel Davies, Golygydd/Editor
20 Digwyddiadau/Events
Manylion Cyswllt
Cysylltiadau Alumni, Swyddfa Materion Allanol,
Prifysgol Cymru, Bangor,
Gwynedd LL57 2DG, DU.
Contact Details
Alumni Relations,
External Affairs Office,
University of Wales, Bangor,
Gwynedd LL57 2DG, UK.
Ffôn: + 44 (0) 1248 382223
Ffacs: + 44 (0) 1248 383268
e-bost: [email protected]
www.bangor.ac.uk/alumni
Tel: + 44 (0) 1248 382223
Fax: + 44 (0) 1248 383268
e-mail: [email protected]
Prifysgol Cymru, Bangor: + (0) 1248 351151
University of Wales, Bangor:
+ (0) 1248 351151
25 Calendr/Calendar
26 Nodiadau Dosbarth
Class Notes
30 Cronfa Ddatblygu
Development Fund
34 In Memoriam
3 Contents
14 Responding to
climate change
Bangoriad 2006
18 Alumni
Bangor
26 OBE for
Bangorian
12 Dathlu...
Cadwch mewn Cysylltiad
Mae’r cylchgrawn hwn yn cael ei ddosbarthu am
ddim i’n holl gyn-fyfyrwyr unwaith y flwyddyn. Ni
allwn ei anfon atoch oni bai bod eich cyfeiriad
presennol gennym – felly rhowch wybod i ni os
ydych wedi symud os gwelwch yn dda.
I newid eich manylion cyswllt, neu i roi unrhyw
newyddion inni, cysylltwch os gwelwch yn dda â’r
Swyddfa Alumni ar:
+ 44 (0) 1248 382223
neu e-bost: [email protected]
Keep in Touch
This magazine is circulated free of charge once a
year to all former students. We can only send you
the magazine if we have your current address –
please let us know if you have moved.
To update your contact details or to tell us your
news please contact the Alumni Office on:
+ 44 (0) 1248 382223
or e-mail: [email protected]
Cydnabyddiaethau / Acknowledgements
This publication is for graduates, former students, staff
and friends of the University of Wales, Bangor. The
articles printed here, to the best of our knowledge, were
correct at the time of going to press. The views
expressed in this magazine are not necessarily those of
University of Wales, Bangor or the Editor. For permission
to reproduce any article please contact the Editor.
10 Hysbys
22 Harvard
welcome
© University of Wales, Bangor 2006
Lluniau/Photography
Tegwyn Roberts, Gerallt Radcliffe, Rachel Davies, John
Wynne Jones, Gerallt Llewelyn, John Briggs, Elinor
Elis-Williams, Martin Roberts, Cowbois, Mel Parry.
Rhagarweiniad 4
Gair gan yr
Is-Ganghellor
ae’n bleser mawr dychmygu copïau o’r
Bangoriad yn cael eu danfon i
raddedigion Bangor mewn cymunedau
ymhell ac agos a phob un ohonoch, lle bynnag yr
ydych led led y byd gyda chysylltiad â ni yma yn
y Brifysgol ym Mangor. Rydym yn mawr obeithio
y byddwch yn cael pleser a boddhad wrth
ddarllen am ddatblygiadau yn eich Prifysgol a
newyddion am gyd-raddedigion eraill.
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Rydym yn parhau i ganolbwyntio ar y pethau
hynny sy’n bwysig i ni ym Mangor: ein henw da
academaidd am ragoriaeth mewn dysgu ac
ymchwil; ein staff a’n myfyrwyr; ein cysylltiadau
â’r gymuned ehangach a’r economi.
“Mae ein myfyrwyr yn
ganolog i’n cenhadaeth
a gwych o beth yw cael
nodi fod Bangor wedi
cael canlyniad rhagorol
yn yr Arolwg
Mae ein myfyrwyr yn ganolog i’n cenhadaeth a
gwych o beth yw cael nodi fod Bangor wedi cael
canlyniad rhagorol yn yr Arolwg Cenedlaethol
Cyntaf ar Foddhad Myfyrwyr. Dangosodd ein
harolwg ein hunain ymysg myfyrwyr bod 86% o’n
myfyrwyr yn ‘fodlon’ neu’n ‘fodlon iawn’ gyda’u
profiad fel myfyrwyr ym Mangor.
Yn ystod y flwyddyn rhoddwyd pwyslais newydd
ar ymchwil ragorol o safon ryngwladol wrth i’r
Brifysgol ymdrechu i wella ymhellach fyth ei safle
yn Ymarfer Asesu Ymchwil 2008 a datblygu
strategaeth
dymor-hwy
o
ymrwymiad
digyfaddawd i ragoriaeth mewn ymchwil.
Cenedlaethol Cyntaf ar
Foddhad Myfyrwyr.”
Un o uchafbwyntiau’r flwyddyn oedd yr
Eisteddfod Genedlaethol a gynhaliwyd yma ar
garreg ein drws. Fel prif ddarparwr Addysg Uwch
trwy gyfrwng y Gymraeg (mae hanner yr holl
fyfyrwyr sy’n astudio trwy gyfrwng y Gymraeg
yma ym Mangor) roeddem yn hynod falch o
wneud cyfraniad o bwys i’r Eisteddfod eleni.
Efallai i rai ohonoch ddod i’n gweld yno.
Rydym hefyd yn dechrau cyfnod newydd mewn
cysylltiadau â chyn-fyfyrwyr. Ein cronfa o dros
35,000 o raddedigion ar hyd a lled y byd yw un o
brif asedau’r Brifysgol. Rwy’n hynod falch o
gyhoeddi y byddaf yn lansio ein cymdeithas
newydd i raddedigion, ‘Alumni Bangor’, yn y
Diwrnod Agored i Alumni a Chyfeillion ar 24
Mehefin 2006. Gobeithiaf gyfarfod llawer ohonoch
bryd hynny. Byddwn yn parhau hefyd i symud
ymlaen â llawer o gynlluniau newydd yn ystod y
flwyddyn, yn cynnwys gwefan ryngweithiol.
Fel rhan o’n rhaglen newydd o roi blynyddol bydd
llawer ohonoch wedi cael galwad ffôn gan un o
fyfyrwyr presennol Bangor. Mae’r ymgyrchoedd
hyn yn hanfodol i godi cyllideb ar gyfer amryw o
brojectau, ond yn arbennig ar gyfer caledi
myfyrwyr, ymchwil i ganser a thrawsblannu
cnydau. Trwy’r sgyrsiau hir â’n myfyrwyr cafwyd
toreth o wybodaeth ryfeddol am yr ‘hen ddyddiau
da’ ac rydym yn dra diolchgar i’n holl gyn fyfyrwyr
am ymateb mor gadarnhaol.
Rwy’n ddiolchgar i chi am gadw mewn cysylltiad
â ni ac am eich cefnogaeth a’ch diddordeb
parhaus.
5 Introduction
“Our students are central to
our mission and it was
wonderful to report that
A word from the
Vice-Chancellor
Bangor performed brilliantly
in the first National Student
Satisfaction Survey.”
t is a great pleasure to imagine copies of
Bangoriad being delivered to Bangor
graduates in communities near and far; with
each of you, wherever you are on the globe,
having a link with us here at the University in
Bangor. We do hope that you will feel connected
to us when you read of developments at your
University and news of other fellow graduates.
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Our focus remains on those things that are
important to us in Bangor: our academic
reputation for excellence in teaching and
research; our staff and students; our links with
the wider community and economy.
Our students are central to our mission and it
was wonderful to report that Bangor performed
brilliantly in the first National Student Satisfaction
Survey. Our own student survey showed that
86% of our students are ‘satisfied’ or ‘very
satisfied’ with the quality of the Bangor student
experience.
provider of Higher Education through the medium
of Welsh (half of all the students studying through
the medium of Welsh are in Bangor) we were
delighted to be able to make a major contribution
to the Eisteddfod this year. Some of you may
have visited us there.
We are also beginning a new era in alumni
relations. Our alumni community of more than
35,000 graduates across the world represents
one of the University's greatest assets. I am
delighted to announce that I will be launching our
new graduate association, ‘Alumni Bangor’, at
the Alumni and Friends Open Day on 24 June
2006, and I hope to meet many of you then. We
will also continue to move forward with new
initiatives including an interactive website during
the course of the year.
During the year a new focus on excellent, internationally-rated research was highlighted as the
University strives to improve yet further its
position in the Research Assessment Exercise in
2008, and to develop a longer-term strategy of
uncompromising commitment to research
excellence.
As part of our new annual giving programme,
many of you may have received a call from a
current Bangor student. These campaigns are
vital to raise funds for a variety of projects, but
particularly for student hardship, cancer
research and our crop transplanting projects.
The long conversations with our students
produced a mass of fascinating information
about the ‘good old days’ and we are very
grateful to all our former students for such a
positive response.
A high point of the year was the National
Eisteddfod, held on our doorstep. As the major
I thank you for keeping in touch with us and for
your continuing support and involvement.
Newyddion • News
www.bangor.ac.uk/news
Newyddion y Brifysgol 6
Satisfied
customers!
n the first national survey of 50,000
first-year students published in the
Times Higher Education Supplement,
Bangor was considered to be the best
university in the United Kingdom for the
care and support offered to students.
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Bangor's students responded positively
to questions about how they were
treated during the application process,
how helpful staff had been during their
first year, how useful they found the
University's prospectus and web pages
and the quality of campus facilities.
Bangor was placed 8th for best campus,
and is ranked in 12th place overall,
having topped the 'most helpful'
category and featured strongly in others.
"At the end of the day, choosing the right
university and course comes down to
personal experience and that's why we
recommend that students considering
following a course at Bangor come to
visit the University during either a
University or departmental Open Day. We
place great emphasis on treating people
as individuals and on providing a caring
atmosphere and we're so pleased that
this is borne out by this survey," said
Carys Roberts, Head of Student
Recruitment at the University.
The University as a whole acquitted itself
well according to the results of this first
UK Student Satisfaction Survey, ‘an allround strong performer’ (Opinionpanel
“The University as a
whole acquitted itself well
according to the results
of this first UK Student
Satisfaction Survey”
Survey), but two departments, Modern
Languages and Music, scored the
highest points awarded for satisfaction in
their subject areas. It would seem that
students wanting to study modern
languages or music can do no better
than to choose to study at Bangor
according to their fellow students.
Bangor's Modern Languages department
recorded the highest overall satisfaction
rating for the subject, scoring 4.7 out of
a possible 5 along with only four other
departments (in all disciplines) scoring so
highly in all UK universities.
Department Head, Dr Carol Tully
commented; “As a department, we are
delighted. This reflects the care taken by staff
and the pride they show in their work. We
are very proud of our students, some from
difficult backgrounds, and it is wonderful to
have this level of recognition from them.”
According to the Times Higher Education
Supplement, Bangor's Music students
are the most highly satisfied performing
arts students in the UK.
"We aim to place students firmly at the
centre of all that we do", said Professor
Andrew Lewis. "We are a relatively large
but friendly department, bringing different
approaches to teaching and learning for
our students so that they can develop in
whichever way they choose, be it in
performance, composition or scholarly
study."
7 University News
Educating for Sustainable
Tropical Forestry
he School of Agricultural and Forest Sciences at
Bangor is one of five university consortium members
sharing their expertise to create an MSc course in
Sustainable Tropical Forestry which pools European
expertise in this area under an EC Erasmus Mundus
programme. The first year of study will take place at
Bangor, Copenhagen or Dresden, and a second study
year at one of the four remaining institutions in Denmark,
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Germany, France and Italy. These institutions lead the
European field in research and education in tropical
forestry, and their complementary skills will prepare EU
and non-EU graduates for the huge challenges in
contemporary tropical forestry. For further information
please contact Dr Morag McDonald,
e-mail: [email protected] , SAFS, University
of Wales, Bangor, Gwynedd LL57 2UW.
Rhoi’r geiriau i’r gwaith
ae staff ym Mangor yn
arwain gyda’r gwaith o fynd
a’r Gymraeg i feysydd newydd.
Un o’r enghreifftiau diweddaraf
yw Geiriadur Termau Seicoleg –
y cyntaf eirioed o’i fath. Mae’r
Geiriadur yn ffrwyth cydweithio
rhwng yr Ysgol a'r Uned egymraeg yng Nghanolfan
Bedwyr. Cysylltwch â Dr Enlli
Thomas, Ysgol Seicoleg, Prifysgol
Cymru, Bangor: 01248 38 8180. Ebost: [email protected]
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ffynhonnell amhrisiadwy i nifer of
weithwyr proffesiynol.
Daeth Prif Swyddog Nyrsio dros
Gymru Rosemary Kennedy, i
Fangor i lansio cyfrol bwysig arall
– addasiad cyntaf Cymraeg o
feibl termau’r bydwragedd er
Cynhaliwyd cynhadledd o
athrawon ieithoedd Celtaidd o’r
America yn y Brifysgol ym mis
Mehefin. Ymhlith y pynciau y
trafodwyd oedd addysg
ddwyieithog ac adfywio’r
ieithoedd Celtaidd. Mae llyfr
Lexicelt, wedi’i greu yn rhannol
gan y Brifysgol, mewn cydweithrediad â Choleg Prifysgol
Dulyn, yn llyfr ymaddroddion
newydd ar-lein o’r Gymraeg i’r
Wyddeleg. Mae’r project yn cael
ei ariannu gan Ewrop, a’r
gobaith yw datblygu geiriadur
Cymraeg/Gwyddeleg llawn.
Tîm y Geiriadur
Seicoleg
mwyn helpu myfyrwyr i wneud eu
gwaith yn ddwyieithog. Ffrwyth tair
blynedd o waith yw’r Geiriadur
Bydwragedd Baillière a dylai fod yn
taff at Bangor lead the way with new Welsh language
initiatives. New dictionaries launched by the University
include the Dictionary of Psychology Terms and
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Baillière's Midwives' Dictionary in the Welsh Language
and a joint initiative with University College Dublin is
providing phrase translation from Welsh to Irish online.
Following in
the footsteps
of the acting
greats
C
reative Studies student Shane
Whisker has beaten some
intense competition to win a prestigious $25,000 Rotary Foundation
Scholarship. Shane hopes to
study at the world-renowned Lee
Strasberg Theatre & Film Institute
in Los Angeles next year. The
Rotary Foundation
Ambassadorial
Scholarship will finance
this keen young actor to
follow in the footsteps
of greats such as
James Dean, Marilyn
Monroe, Robert De Niro
and Al Paccino, who
all studied there.
Arian sylweddol
yn dod i Fangor
Yr Athro Merfyn Jones a’r Athro
Noel Lloyd (Aberystwyth)
ydd y Brifysgol yn derbyn dros £7.5 miliwn yn dilyn cyhoeddiad
gan Gyngor Cyllido Addysg Uwch Cymru (HEFCW).
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Mewn project ar y cyd rhwng Bangor ac Aberystwyth, dyfernir £5.5m yr
un i'r ddwy Brifysgol i sefydlu ymchwil ar y cyd ym meysydd gwyddor yr
amgylchedd, gwyddor deunyddiau, a'r Celfyddydau a'r Dyniaethau.
Newyddion • News
Hefyd yn sgil project ar y cyd yn ymwneud â Niwrowyddoniaeth
Wybyddol rhwng Bangor, Caerdydd ac Abertawe, mae Bangor
wedi derbyn £2m o'r £5.17m a ddyrannwyd ar gyfer project
Niwrowyddoniaeth Wybyddol.
Croesawodd yr Athro Merfyn Jones, Is-Ganghellor, y
cyhoeddiadau. Meddai: ‘Mae Bangor wedi gwneud yn hynod o
dda i ennill cyfran mor fawr o'r cyllid HEFCW. Mae hwn yn
fuddsoddiad sylweddol ac yn dangos bod Bangor yn cael ei
chydnabod fel canolfan gynyddol bwysig ar gyfer ymchwil a
buddsoddi yn y dyfodol.’
Strengthening the
Schools Liaison
Service
B
angor has recently
strengthened its Schools
Liaison Service – and we
would love to hear from former
students who are now
secondary school teachers.
As part of the University’s
marketing activities, the
Sioned Medi
Student Recruitment Unit
Jones
has recently appointed two
graduate trainees who play an active role
in the Schools Liaison Service, visiting
schools throughout Wales and parts of
England to give presentations to sixth
form pupils on topics such as Why go on
to HE, Applying to University and
Preparing your Personal Statement.
Graduate trainee Sioned Medi Jones, a
Media and Communications graduate
from Bangor said “I enjoyed every minute
of my time at Bangor and can talk from
personal experience when I’m discussing
university life at Bangor.
Through my new post I am
able to tell so many Year 12
pupils about the opportunities that Bangor offers
them.”
The pioneering Talent
Opportunities Programme
(TOP) has recently earned
high praise from Universities
UK. Other activities organised by the
Student Recruitment Unit include the
University Open Days, residential
programmes for visiting schools, a
School Lecture Programme and an
annual Summer School.
Teachers who would like to find out more
about the University’s Schools Liaison
Service are asked to contact the Student
Recruitment Unit on 01248 382005 or
Gor‘Estyn’ y safon
ae Ysgol Addysg y Brifysgol, sy'n un o brif ddarparwyr hyfforddiant yng
Nghymru, ac yn arbennig o ran hyfforddiant cyfrwng Cymraeg, wedi cael
adroddiad ardderchog yng nghyswllt Safonau ac Ansawdd mewn Hyfforddiant
Cychwynnol i Athrawon. Mae hyn yn dilyn blwyddyn o arolwg gan Estyn, Arolygiaeth
Ein Mawrhydi ar gyfer Addysg a Hyfforddiant yng Nghymru.
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Pwerdy i greu
wriedir sefydlu canolfan newydd ar
gyfer Diwydiannau Creadigol ym
Mangor a bydd yn gweithio i sefydlu
partneriaethau â chwmnïau cynhyrchu
teledu a chwmnïau eraill ym maes y
cyfryngau yng Ngwynedd. Bydd y
Ganolfan yn ymestyn yr amrywiaeth o
raglenni israddedig sydd ar gael yn
Gymraeg a Saesneg mewn ysgrifennu
creadigol, theatr, ffilm, astudiaethau’r
cyfryngau a newyddiaduraeth.
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Creativity Powerhouse
new centre for Creative Industries is
to be established at Bangor and will
work to set up partnerships with television
production companies and other media
firms in Gwynedd. The Centre will expand
the range of undergraduate programmes
in both English and Welsh in creative
writing, theatre, film, media studies and
journalism.
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he University's School of Education, a
major provider of teacher training in Wales,
and of Welsh medium teacher training in
particular, has received an excellent report on
the Standards and Quality in Initial Teacher
Training. This follows a year long inspection by
Estyn, her Majesty's Inspectorate for
Education and Training in Wales.
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9 University News
Major finance
comes to Bangor
he University will receive over
£7.5 million following an
announcement by the Higher
Education Funding Council for
Wales (HEFCW).
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In a joint project between Bangor
and Aberystwyth, £5.5m will be
awarded to each University to
establish collaborative research in
the areas of environmental science,
materials science and Arts and
Humanities.
In addition, a joint project relating
to Cognitive Neuroscience
between Bangor, Cardiff and
Swansea has resulted in Bangor
receiving £2m out of the £5.17m
allocated for a Cognitive
Neuroscience project.
Professor Merfyn Jones, Vice
Chancellor welcomed the
announcements.
He said: ‘Bangor has done
extremely well to gain such a
large share of the HEFCW
funding. This is significant
investment and shows that
Bangor is recognised as an
increasingly important centre for
research and future investment.’
Small is beautiful
he UK Laser Micromachining Centre (UK-LMC), recently launched
by Andrew Davies AM, is a recognised Centre of Excellence capitalising on expertise at the School of Informatics. One of only eight centres
in the UK, UK-LMC is a dedicated 'open access' facility developed solely to
assist commercial companies in developing their use of micro and
nanotechnology. Companies will have flexible access to state-of-the art laser
micromachining facilities and expertise at
the Centre. The technology has great
applications wherever miniaturising
provides an advantage, for example in
medical devices such as blood-sugar level
testing units for diabetics, sensitive gas
leak sensors and tiny electronic circuits for
modern consumer products such as
mobile phones and GPS systems.
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Prifysgol ar dân
dros beidio ’smygu!
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redir mai Bangor yw'r brifysgol gyntaf yng Nghymru i wahardd
ysmygu'n llwyr yn yr holl adeiladau a mannau sydd dan ei rheolaeth,
yn cynnwys ystafelloedd gwely mewn neuaddau preswyl. Mae Uned
Iechyd a Diogelwch Galwedigaethol y Brifysgol yn cydweithio'n agos
â Gwasanaeth Cymru Gyfan ar Roi'r Gorau i Ysmygu er mwyn darparu'r
cymorth hwn i staff. Mae Undeb y Myfyrwyr hefyd yn hwyluso gwasanaeth
cymorth a gwybodaeth gyffelyb i fyfyrwyr ac yn ystyried cyflwyno
ystafelloedd penodedig i ysmygwyr yn eu sefydliadau a'u cyfleusterau neu
wahardd ysmygu’n llwyr. Meddai Cofrestrydd y Brifysgol, Dr David
Roberts: "Mae gennym ddyletswydd i ddiogelu iechyd a diogelwch ein
holl fyfyrwyr a staff cyn belled ag y bo modd, ac i hyrwyddo amgylchedd
byw a gweithio iach. Rydym o'r farn bod gwaharddiad llwyr ar ysmygu yn
hanfodol i'n helpu i gyflawni'r ddyletswydd honno."
University on fire over no smoke!
angor is believed to be the
first university in Wales to
impose a total ban on smoking in
all University-controlled buildings
and areas, including student
bedrooms. The Occupational
Health and Safety Unit is
working closely with the All-Wales
Smoking Cessation Service to
provide support to staff who wish
to give up smoking. The Students'
Union is also facilitating a similar
support service for students and is
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considering introducing
designated rooms for smoking in
their bars or following suit with a
total ban. University Registrar, Dr.
David Roberts, said: "We have a
duty to safeguard as far as
possible the health and safety of
all students and staff, and to
promote a healthy living and
working environment. We believe
that a complete ban on smoking
is crucial in helping us to fulfil that
duty".
www.uwb-global.ac.uk/alum
ae’r Hysbys, y bws dysgu
cymunedol, yn gynllun
newydd cyffrous rhwng
Adran Dysgu Gydol Oes y Brifysgol,
y BBC a Bwrdd yr Iaith Gymraeg.
Mae’r bws yn cynnwys cyfrifiaduron a
stiwdio ddarlledu, ac mae tîm yn dod â
thechnoleg, dysgu a chyfleoedd
darlledu i gymunedau ar draws gogledd
Cymru. Mae’r tîm yn cyflwyno cyrsiau
byrion, sesiynau blasu, rhoi cyngor ar yr
amrwyiaeth o gyrsiau a gynigir gan yr
Adran Dysgu Gydol Oes ac mae cyfle i
bobl o bob oed ymgyfarwyddo a’r wê.
Newyddion • News
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Mae’r Hysbys yn rhan allweddol bwysig o
strategaeth gyffredinol y Brifysgol i
ddarparu dysgu hygyrch yn ein
cymunedau ac yn dangos ymroddiad y
Brifysgol i fynd ag addysg uwch allan i’r
gymuned.
Y ffordd
i ddysgu
ysbys, the new community learning bus, is an exiting initiative between the
Department of Lifelong Learning, the BBC and the Welsh Language Board. The
bus brings technology, learning and broadcasting opportunities to communities across
north Wales, with a team delivering short courses, taster sessions, advice on courses
available at the University and the opportunity to learn how to use the world wide web.
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Peer Guides of the Year Skill development
hilst the Student
Services Centre
is celebrating its
tenth anniversary, one of its
most successful projects
has become the biggest
scheme of its kind in the
UK. The Peer Guide
Scheme ensures that each
new student at Bangor is assigned a ‘peer guide’ who will be
on hand during those first few days at University to help
freshers settle in. There is an average of one guide for every
four new students. New students are given the chance to vote
for who they think deserves to be rewarded for their efforts.
Third year students Andrew Lewis and Stephanie Donoghue
were named 2006 Peer Guides of the Year for their determination to help first year students settle into University life.
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Shakespeare’s Street Savvy
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hilst Shakespeare recently
received somewhat of a modernisation by the BBC, the Globe Theatre in
London staged an entire Shakespeare
play in its original pronunciation in
August. Actors in Troilus and Cressida
recited their lines with accents believed
to have been heard on the stage during
Elizabethan times. The Globe was
advised by David Crystal, a word
expert in language and phonetics and
an Honorary Professor at the University.
prize success…
tudent Nurse Wendy Ellingford won the UK-wide
HealthWatch Competition and was presented with her £500
prize in October at the Medical Society of London by the
HealthWatch President, Nick Ross, of BBC Crimewatch fame.
HealthWatch is a charity which aims to protect people by
campaigning for thorough testing of all health care treatments,
both 'orthodox' and 'alternative'. Each year HealthWatch runs a
competition to
encourage students to
develop their skills in
evaluating research, so
that they are able to
judge whether there is
good evidence for
treatments.
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Storming ahead
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TORM FM, Bangor's Student Radio Station was shortlisted for two national awards in the Annual Student Radio
Awards supported by Radio 1. Third year English and
Journalism student, Emma Gascoigne was nominated for the
Best Female Presenter and second year Business with Marketing
student, Spencer George for Best Newcomer Award. Student
and staff volunteers from STORM FM rubbed shoulders with
Radio 1 DJs and celebrities including Emma B, Scott Mills,
Chappers and Dave and
host Steve Lamacq at the
Awards ceremony in
London in November.
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Yn
Anrhydeddu
Young scientists were engrossed in
extracting DNA with Professor Deri
Tomos at the Eisteddfod Science and
Technology pavilion, which the
University sponsored this year
yfarnwyd Cymrodoriaethau Anrhydeddus a Graddau er Anrhydedd
Prifysgol Cymru i nifer o bobl amlwg â chysylltiadau naill ai â
gogledd Cymru neu â’r Brifysgol (yn ôl trefn y seremonïau).
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In
Honour
Honorary Fellowships and Honorary University of Wales degrees
were awarded to several outstanding individuals with links either
with north Wales or with the University (in ceremony order).
Ms Catrin Finch
Telynores
Eisteddfod Eryri
oedd y Brifysgol yn
amlwg ar faes yr
Eisteddfod gyda
rhaglen eang o weithgareddau.
Traddodwyd darlithoedd niferus
gan academyddion a lansiwyd
nifer o lyfrau yn cynnwys
Abercynon gan Yr Athro Densil
Morgan ar fywyd a gwaith R S
Thomas a Codi Muriau Dinas Duw
gan Dr Robert Pope. Lansiwyd
geiriadur Cymraeg newydd
termau coedwigaeth ac amaeth
gan Lywydd y Cynulliad, Dafydd
Elis Thomas a luniwyd gan
Gomisiwn Coedwigaeth Cymru, y
Brifysgol a Chanolfan Bedwyr.
’R
Cafodd cymwysiadau egymraeg a chyrsiau Technoleg
Gwybodaeth yn y Gymraeg eu
harddangos gan staff Canolfan
Bedwyr, Gwasanaethau
Gwybodaeth a’r Adran Dysgu
Gydol Oes. Y Brifysgol oedd
prif noddwr yr Arddangosfa
Wyddoniaeth eleni, gyda
SERCO (partneriaid yn Technium
CAST ym Mharc Menai).
‘Roedd ymwelwyr wrth eu bodd
Nursing
Tsunami
victims
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gydag arddangosfa helaeth o
hen luniau o fyfyrwyr y Brifysgol
a bu’r Eisteddfod hefyd yn gyfle i
gynnal pump ‘Brecwast Busnes’
gan dynnu sylw at y cyfleusterau
a’r arbenigedd sydd gan y
Brifysgol i’w cynnig i fusnesau.
Cymerodd y delynores Llio
Rhydderch ran mewn cyngerdd
yn yr Eglwys Gadeiriol a
drefnwyd ar y cyd gan yr Ysgol
Cerddoriaeth a Chwmni Fflach.
Enillodd un o fyfyrwyr yr Adran
Dysgu Gydol Oes, Sue
Massey, wobr bwysig Dysgwyr
Cymraeg y Flwyddyn. Dyfarnwyd
Gwobr Mair Elvet Thomas i
Elwyn Hughes, Uwch
Gydlynydd Cymraeg i Oedolion
yn yr Adran, am ei ragoriaeth fel
tiwtor ac am ysbrydoli dysgwyr.
Ymhlith y rhai a gafodd eu
hurddo i’r Wisg Wen oedd Dr
Jerry Hunter, Uwch Ddarlithydd
yn Adran y Gymraeg, a
gwnaed Dr Alwyn Roberts, cyn
Is-Ganghellor y Brifysgol yn
Gymrawd yr Eisteddfod.
hree months after the Asian
Tsunami, students from the
School of Nursing, Midwifery and Health Studies’ Wrexham campus
decided to respond to the overwhelming needs of the Tsunami Relief
Appeal. Fundraising locally enabled four Nursing Degree students and their
tutor to assist with the reconstruction of an orphanage in Sri Lanka.
Harpist
Yr Athro Herbert Wilson
Physicist and member of the
original team who worked
on the DNA programme and
a Bangor graduate.
Ffisegydd ac un o’r tîm
gwreiddiol a fu’n gweithio ar
y rhaglen DNA ac un a
raddiodd o Fangor
Mr Ieuan Wyn Jones AC
Arweinydd yr Wrthblaid
Leader of the Opposition Welsh
Llywodraeth Cynulliad
Assembly Government
Cymru
Ms Hafina Clwyd
Journalist, editor and former
Coleg Normal student
Newyddiadurwraig, golygydd a
chyn-fyfyrwraig y Coleg Normal.
Mr Elfed Roberts
Cyfarwyddwr yr
Eisteddfod Genedlaethol
Mr Medwyn Williams
Local award-winning
horticulturalist, Chelsea
Flower Show gold medallist
Garddwr lleol ac enillydd Medalau
Aur Sioe Flodau Chelsea
Yr Athro Roy Evans
Cyn Is-Ganghellor PCB
Gweinidog a bardd
Director of the National
Eisteddfod
Former Vice-Chancellor, UWB
Y Parch. John Gwilym Jones
Minister and poet
Ms Olwen Williams OBE
Consultant Physician Wrexham
Meddyg Ymgynghorol,
Maelor and Glan Clwyd
Ysbytai Wrecsam Maelor
Hospitals
a Glan Clwyd
Yr Ôl-Lyngesydd Alastair Ross CB, CBE
Clerk to the Worshipful
Clerc i Anrhydeddus Gwmni’r
Company of Drapers
Brethynwyr
Mr Carwyn Jones AC
Minister for the Environment,
Y Gweinidog dros Yr
Amgylchedd, Cynllunio a Planning & Countryside,
Chefn Gwlad yn y Cynulliad Welsh Assembly
Is-Lywydd Gr ŵp,
Ford Motor Co. Ltd.
Mr Richard Parry Jones
Group Vice-President,
Ford Motor Co. Ltd
Dathlu Canmlwyddiant
Cymdeithas Alawon
Gwerin Cymru
ISOD: ‘Tra bo dau’ – perfformiad o’r gân werin
odidog hon yn ystod un o seremonïau graddio’r
Coleg fu’n gyfrwng i gynnau diddordeb y
myfyrwyr ym maes alawon traddodiadol y genedl
BELOW: ‘Tra bo dau’ – a performance of this
glorious folk song during one of the College’s
graduating ceremonies ignited the students’
interest in the nation’s traditional songs and
melodies.
Clawr rhifyn cyntaf o
Gylchgrawn Cymdeithas
Alawon Gwerin Cymru o
1909.
The cover of the first
issue of Cylchgrawn
Cymdeithas Alawon Gwerin
Cymru from 1909.
ng Ngholeg Prifysgol Gogledd Cymru,
Bangor ym 1906 y sefydlwyd
Cymdeithas Alawon Gwerin Cymru (un o
gymdeithasau cerddorol hynaf a mwyaf
dylanwadol y genedl) dan arweiniad y Dr John
Lloyd Williams, brodor o Lanrwst a darlithydd yn
yr Adran Llysieueg. Yn dilyn ei benodi yn
Gyfarwyddwr Cerdd y sefydliad, aeth ati i drefnu
nifer o ganeuon traddodiadol Cymreig i’w canu
gan ei fyfyrwyr yn ystod seremonïau
cyhoeddus y Coleg. Wedi iddo gyfansoddi
nifer o ddramâu cerddorol ar eu cyfer,
cynyddodd y diddordeb yn yr hen alawon a
chychwynnwyd y mudiad a fu’n allweddol
bwysig yn natblygiad diwylliannol a
cherddorol Cymru’r cyfnod ac sy’n dal yn
weithgar heddiw. Sicrhawyd cefnogaeth
Y
rhai fel y Dr Mary Davies (gwraig Cadwaladr
Davies, Cofrestrydd cyntaf y Coleg), Lewis
D.Jones (‘Llew Tegid’) a’r Fonesig Ruth Herbert
Lewis, fu ymhlith casglyddion alawon gwerin
prysuraf y blynyddoedd cynnar hynny. Wrth iddynt
deithio o amgylch Cymru, darganfuwyd cannoedd
o ganeuon brodorol a chofnodwyd y cyfan naill ai
ar bapur neu drwy gyfrwng phonograph cyn eu
cyhoeddi ar dudalennau Cylchgrawn y
gymdeithas a ymddangosodd ym 1909.
Fel rhan o ddathliadau’r canmlwyddiant
eleni, bwriedir cynnal cyfres o gyngherddau
a chynadleddau undydd ynghyd â
chyhoeddi cyfrol i nodi’r achlysur arbennig
hwn yn hanes y coleg ac yn natblygiad
cerddorol Cymru gyfan.
Cymdeithas ‘Y Canorion’, sef carfan o fyfyrwyr
Bangor ddaeth ynghyd i ganu a chasglu alawon
gwerin yng ngogledd Cymru ym 1907-08.
The ‘Cantorion’ society, a group of Bangor
students who came together to sing
and collect folk songs
in North Wales
in 1907-08.
DDE: Adeilad gwreiddiol Coleg Prifysgol Gogledd
Cymru, Bangor (sef hen Westy’r Penrhyn Arms) lle
cafodd y mudiad canu gwerin cynnar gefnogaeth rhai
fel Yr Athro Harry Reichel (Prifathro cyntaf y Coleg).
RIGHT: The original building of the University
College of North Wales, Bangor (the former
Penrhyn Arms Hotel) where the early folk
music movement gained the support of the
likes of Professor Harry Reichel (the College’s
first Principal).
Dathliadau a digwyddiadau 2006
(Cynhelir pob digwyddiad ym Mangor, oni nodir yn wahanol)
Mawrth:
Cynhadledd undydd yn Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru,
Aberystwyth a chyngerdd gan Robin Huw Bowen
(telyn deires)
Ebrill:
Cynhadledd undydd yn Amgueddfa Werin Cymru,
Sain Ffagan a chyngerdd gan Delwyn Siôn
Hydref:
Cyngerdd Siân James a’r band
Tachwedd: Cyngerdd ‘Y Gân Gymreig’ - Gwyn Hughes Jones,
Annette Bryn Parry a John Ogwen
Rhagfyr:
Cyngerdd y gr ŵp gwerin, ‘Crasdant’ ac Arfon Gwilym
Ruth Herbert Lewis
The Welsh
Folk Song Society
celebrate their Centenary
he Welsh Folk Song Society (one of the
nation’s oldest and most influential music
societies) was established at Bangor in
1906 under the guidance of Dr John Lloyd
Williams, a native of Llanrwst and a lecturer in the
Department of Botany. Following his appointment
as the institution’s Director of Music he set about
arranging a number of traditional Welsh songs to
be sung by his students at the College’s degree
ceremonies. After he had composed a number of
musical dramas for them, there was a surge of
interest in the old melodies and this was the
starting point for a movement which was of key
importance in the cultural and musical
development of Wales at the time and which still
continues to do excellent work.
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[email protected]
As part of the centenary celebrations this year
a series of concerts and one-day conferences
will be held, as well as publishing a volume to
mark this very special occasion in the history
of the University and the development of
music in Wales.
Dr John Lloyd Williams
Celebrations and events in 2006
(All events to be held in Bangor, unless noted differently)
March:
A one-day conference at the National Library of Wales Aberystwyth and a concert with Robin Huw
Bowen (triple harp)
April:
One-day conference at the Welsh Folk Museum, St Fagans and concert with Delwyn Siôn
October:
Concert with Siân James and the band
November: Concert ‘Y Gân Gymreig’ - Gwyn Hughes Jones, Annette Bryn Parry and John Ogwen
December: Concert with the folk group, ‘Crasdant’ and Arfon Gwilym
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ollaboration continues to be
a major factor in the
University’s agenda and is
vital to its success. We continue to
work closely with local councils,
businesses, schools, community
groups, NHS Trusts and other
Higher Education Institutions on a
number of projects. These range
from providing cultural programmes,
participating in initiatives aimed at
bringing economic benefit to the
region, helping to raise standards of
health and social care, and ensuring
that education is accessible to all.
The University also leads the way in
the provision of Welsh language
learning in Wales and helps to
produce a fully bilingual workforce
for the area.
Cydweithio • Collaboration
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Responding to
climate change
The work and research undertaken
at Bangor can have real and tangible
benefits for people in the local
community, as well as nationally and
internationally. From environmental
conservation work, producing
valuable new research in the field of
Welsh culture and history, to directly
benefiting some of the world’s
poorest people.
ive large interconnected research
programmes concerned with water
quality in shelf seas are currently
being carried out in the School of
Ocean Sciences. The research, funded
by the National Environment Research
Council and the
European Union, is
using the Irish and
Celtic Seas as test
beds to study
ecosystem
functioning.
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Below: Satellite image of suspended matter
concentration in Irish and Celtic seas
suspended particulate matter in relation
to turbulence, plankton and nutrients,
and Dr Gay Mitchelson-Jacob and Dr
David Bowers are using satellite
imagery to remotely sense water
properties. Aided by state of the art
technologies aboard
the RV Prince
Madog, the School
of Ocean Sciences
has unrivalled
expertise and
capabilities in these
fields in the UK. The models derived from
these programmes will be essential for
the prediction of water quality and
ecosystem response to climate and
anthropomorphic change in shelf seas
that are especially susceptible to such
impacts.
“the School of Ocean
Sciences has unrivalled
expertise and capabilities
in these fields in the UK.”
Professor John Simpson and Dr Tom
Rippeth are generating fresh insights on
turbulence control of phytoplankton
dynamics and primary productivity, Dr
Sarah Jones and Dr Colin Jago are
contributing a new understanding of
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Challenging
Child Obesity
t seems that hardly a day goes by without
renewed media attention being given to the
growing problem of childhood obesity and
diet, with television programmes and
celebrities advising us what children should be
eating at home and in school. But these are
all late-comers to the subject.
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A lifeline
fter years of living under the threat of another devastating epidemic of downy mildew, a
disease similar to that which caused the Irish potato famine, India's poorest farmers have
been offered a lifeline in the form of a new disease-resistant hybrid. The hybrid, released early
in 2005, has been produced in record time using modern biotechnology techniques by a group of
scientists led by staff at Bangor's Centre for Arid Zone Studies.
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The crop in question is pearl millet; know as the poor man's crop because it grows in the hottest,
driest places where no other crop can survive. Tens of millions of people depend on its grain to eat
and its leaves and stems to feed their animals. The UK Department for International Development
funded an international team to develop the tools to read its genetic sequence. Resistant genes were
taken from pearl millet in Africa and India and introduced into one of the parents of the new hybrid.
No foreign genes were introduced and the hybrid was produced naturally so the product was the
same as that of traditional breeding and not genetically modified.
Until now agricultural biotechnology has been driven almost exclusively by the private sector for
farmers in the developed world. Now the poorest farmers in the world have a real chance of benefiting
from modern technology.
Bangor's Food Research Unit at the School
of Psychology has been looking at the issue
for over ten years. Its very successful Food
Dudes project has encouraged children in
several schools throughout the UK to make
beneficial long-term changes to their eating
habits. These changes are achieved through
the influence of the Food Dudes, cartoon
children who, with the benefit of a healthy
diet, are able to defeat their junk food 'foes'.
The children are introduced to the Food
Dudes through videos at school and they
receive small Food Dude rewards for eating
fruit and vegetables.
Ireland has now adopted the Food Dudes
model under a recently launched 1.2 million
Euros Irish Government and European Unionfunded project to improve the diets of children
at home and in school. Under the programme,
30,000 children at 150 schools will take part
in the project over the next 3 years.
‘The nature of the modern diet is at the heart
of urgent public health issues worldwide’, says
Professor Lowe, co-director of Bangor's
Food Research Unit, ‘so we are delighted to
be playing such a central role in helping to
improve the diets of children in the Republic of
Ireland. We hope that other governments will
now follow the Irish example.’
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Unique
Development
in Childcare
round half the accredited
behavioural analysts in the UK are
based at Bangor. This concentration of specialist expertise has enabled
the University to help develop an unique
care home and school for children with
developmental disabilities and
behavioural difficulties. The Bangor
Centre for Development Disabilities
Ltd, provides services to children of
secondary school age and comprises of
a care home setting with provision for up
to four residential placements and a
school which can educate up to eight
pupils. What makes the Centre unique in
the UK is the application of Applied
Behavioural Analysis (ABA) to the care,
educational and behavioural support of
young children with developmental
disabilities. More common in the USA
and Scandinavia, this scientifically based
method of teaching skills and treating
difficult behaviours is not currently
available for children in the UK.
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Cydweithio • Collaboration
The future
for fish
any of our familiar fish species
are threatened by climate
change, over-exploitation and
habitat degradation. Freshwater fish have
become the most endangered group of
vertebrates in Europe and North Sea cod
is now a threatened species. The School
of Biological Sciences has enhanced
its ability to develop the scientific basis of
fisheries management by appointing
Gary Carvalho as Professor of
Molecular Ecology and Dr Martin Taylor
as Research Fellow in Fisheries Genetics
and Conservation. Professor Carvalho’s
group was among the first to show that
over-fishing can reduce genetic variability
in exploited populations. Future populations of fish are vulnerable because their
reduced “genetic health” makes them
less able to survive environmental
change.
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The School is now one of the very few
European centres that focus on the
conservation of fish genetic diversity, with
the aim of minimising detrimental impacts
of natural and man-made changes to the
environment. Because of these strengths
in integrated fisheries and environmental
science, the Environment Agency has
identified Bangor as one of the universities with which it seeks to develop
close links, including the placement of Dr
Nigel Milner, its Head of Fisheries
Science within the School of Biological
Sciences. Professor Carvalho is also
heading the European arm of a panglobal initiative to create a database of all
living organisms which aims to record all
European fish DNA by 2010.
The Centre is an example of how
research and expertise within the
University can be used for the benefit of
the community, complementing and
building on services offered by local
authorities and other care providers in the
region whilst also developing its own
teaching and research role. The School
of Psychology offers the only accredited
MSc in ABA currently available in the UK.
Meaning in
chaos
ork undertaken by Professor
Alan Shore of the School of
Informatics and colleagues
within an EU-funded project published in
the prestigious journal Nature, has shown
that embedding light-based signals in
chaos is an effective means of transmitting
sensitive data. The demonstration of this
capability involved sending light-based
signals over a distance of 120 km using a
commercial fibre-optic telecommunication
network in the metropolitan area of
Athens. The chaos serves as a good
encryption system enabling the communication of sensitive information with no risk
of 'eavesdropper' access. This technology
could be used to support secure trading
on the internet.
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New Centre for
Neuroscience
ompletion of the School of
Psychology's Brigantia building
has enabled the School to realise
its vision of a Centre for Clinical and
Cognitive Neuroscience. The Centre
will house world-class teams investigating
the brain processes that underlie human
consciousness and behaviour in health
and illness. The research is providing a
better understanding of brain disorders
such as stroke, head trauma,
Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer's disease
and schizophrenia. The newly enlarged
building also houses key staff from the
Institute for Medical and Social Care
Research, the North Wales Clinical
School and the North Wales Department
of Public Health.
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Neuroscientists at the School have
already made two breakthroughs which
have been reported in international peerreviewed science journals recently. Firstly
by extending our understanding of the
complex brain processes involved in
reaching and grasping actions, and
secondly in successfully combining two
different methods of measuring brain
activity to ascertain when and where
short term memory is processed. The
results were published in Current Biology
and Neuroscience respectively.
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Playing a
supporting
role
ifty postgraduate researchers
have been recruited to work on
research and development with
small local companies as part of a
successful European Objective 1 bid.
The project prepares individuals for
careers as researchers whilst
strengthening the region’s research
and technological base. Partnerships
between the University and
businesses have been formed in
environmental goods and services,
biotechnology, chemical,
aquaculture, software, professional
and health services as well as
tourism sectors in north Wales. The
projects provide opportunities for the
placement of researchers into
industry and brings Higher Education
and business together to generate
recruitment prospects and compete
with more prosperous regions.
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Ymchwil newydd yn taflu goleuni ar Gymru
ae Tir Newydd: Agweddau ar
Lenyddiaeth Gymraeg a’r Ail Ryfel Byd
gan Yr Athro Gerwyn Wiliams o Adran y
Gymraeg yn ymchwil newydd a gwerthfawr
ym maes diwylliant a hanes Cymru. Yn y gyfrol
ymdrinnir â barddoniaeth a rhyddiaith a
ysgrifennwyd yn ystod y rhyfel, yn cynnwys
profiadau uniongyrchol rhai a fy’n ymladd ac
ymateb gwrthwynebwyr cydwybodol. Hefyd
ystyrir y modd yr edrychwyd yn ôl ar
ddigwyddiadau’r cyfnod cythryblus hwnnw
mewn llenyddiaeth a ysgrifennwyd wedi’r rhyfel.
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nowledge Transfer
Partnerships’ (KTP’s) have
provided an excellent
platform for many departments to
start linking with businesses and
promote the expertise of staff, and
Bangor continues to expand its
diverse portfolio of business
support activities and partnerships.
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One recent successful KTP at the
School of Informatics has
enabled a local company to
develop a new product and
break into new markets. Vision
Support is a charity providing
support for visually-impaired
people in the north Wales and
Chester region. VST (Vision
Support Trading), its trading arm,
offers commercial transcription
services (to large print, Braille and
audio) which allow organisations
to comply with the Disability
Discrimination Act. Profits are
covenanted back into the charity.
The recently completed project
involved accessing University
expertise to develop state-ofthe-art IT systems which
automate transcription services
that were previously low margin
and labour-intensive. The
company has won new clients,
such as MBNA and M&S Money,
and is entering new markets.
This heightened profile is helping
to improve transcription quality
and the standard of service for
visually-impaired customers. The
company has doubled its
workforce and has moved to
new enlarged premises.
elebrating the launch of Tir Newydd, a comprehensive literary critique of Second World War-related Welsh
literature, (left-right) Prof Gwyn Thomas, Mrs Eryl Nikopoulos, Mrs Luned Meredith (daughter of the
late Alun Llywelyn-Williams) and author Prof Gerwyn Wiliams of the Department of Welsh.
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yflwynwyd Gwobr Gwyn Alf Williams
BAFTA Cymru am y gyfres ddogfennol
Cymry Rhyfel Cartref America a ddarlledwyd ar
S4C. Roedd y gyfres, a sgriptiwyd ac a
gyflwynwyd gan Dr Jerry Hunter (Adran y
Gymraeg), wedi ei seilio ar ei ymchwil a’i lyfr ar
hanes y Cymry yn y Rhyfel Cartref.
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r Jerry Hunter of the Department of
Welsh receiving a BAFTA Cymru. Dr
Hunter's research was presented as a three hour
television series and book which outlined the
history of the Welsh in the American Civil war.
A company
with vision
©Huw John
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According to Wendy Wedmore,
Chief Executive of VST, ‘The KTP
has made a significant
contribution to improving our
profitability and customer service’.
Alumni Bangor 18
ydym yn hynod falch o
gyhoeddi lansio cymuned
newydd graddedigion Prifysgol
Cymru, Bangor: ‘Alumni Bangor’.
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Fel un a raddiodd o CPGC, Y Coleg
Normal neu Goleg y Santes Fair,
rydych yn awr yn aelod o 'Alumni
Bangor', sef rhwydwaith byd-eang o
35,000 o alumni. Daw ‘alumni’ o’r gair
Lladin ‘alum’, y gellir ei gyfieithu'n fras
fel 'cyn-fyfyriwr'.
Alumni Bangor
Trwy Alumni Bangor mae’r Brifysgol
yn ceisio cynnal cysylltiadau gydol oes
â’i chyn-fyfyrwyr, hyrwyddo eich
cyflawniadau a hwyluso cysylltiadau
rhwng hen ffrindiau, adrannau a
chydweithwyr. Mae Alumni Bangor yn
fwy na chasglu cyfeiriadau cyn-fyfyrwyr.
Mae’n bartneriaeth ac rydym yn
gobeithio y bydd yn un ddefnyddiol - a
phleserus - i chi.
Yn fwy na dim, rydym eisiau i chi
fwynhau perthynas dymor-hir â’r
Brifysgol a fydd o fudd i chi o ran
cysylltiadau, cyfleoedd, cyngor gyda
gyrfaoedd, cefnogaeth mewn busnes,
dysgu gydol oes a gwasanaeth i
Fangor. Er eich bod wedi ein gadael,
cofiwch bod y Brifysgol yn dal i fod yn
adnodd defnyddiol i'w graddedigion.
Cofiwch hefyd, os gwelwch yn dda,
mai chi yw’r llysgenhadon gorau dros
astudio ym Mangor. Gellwch ysgogi ac
annog eraill i astudio yma a gweithredu
fel cynghorwyr a mentoriaid i fyfyrwyr
presennol a graddedigion diweddar.
Byddem yn falch iawn pe baech, fel
aelodau, yn cymryd diddordeb byw ym
mywyd eich Prifysgol.
Bwrdd
ymgynghorol
efydlwyd Bwrdd Ymgynghorol
Alumni i weithredu fel cyswllt
effeithiol rhwng y Brifysgol a’i
graddedigion. Mae’r Brifysgol yn
ddyledus i wirfoddolwyr Sefydliad
Prifysgol Bangor am sefydlu gweithgareddau alumni ar dir cadarn ac am y
cydweithrediad a’r cyngor a gafwyd
ganddynt i hwyluso’r newidiadau mewn
gweithrediadau alumni yn y Brifysgol.
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Cynhaliwyd cyfarfod cyntaf y Bwrdd
Ymgynghorol ar 6 Ionawr 2006. Cylch
gorchwyl y Bwrdd, sy’n cael ei gadeirio
gan y Cofrestrydd, Dr David Roberts,
yw rhoi cyngor ar weithgareddau
diweddar alumni a rhai y bwriedir eu
cynnal yn fuan. Os hoffech gael eich
ystyried i fod yn aelod o’r Bwrdd yn y
dyfodol, a fyddech cystal â chysylltu â’r
Swyddog Cysylltiadau Alumni yn
[email protected]
Mae manteision bod yn aelod yn
cynnwys, ar hyn o bryd:
• Cylchgrawn Blynyddol i Alumni
• Diweddaru eich manylion ar-lein
• Gwasanaeth am ddim i anfon
e-bost ymlaen
• Chwilio am gyfoedion yn y
cyfeiriadur alumni ar-lein
• Help i gael hyd i ffrindiau coll
• Bwrdd negeseuon
• Anfon rhith gerdyn post
• Siopa ar-lein yn ein siop anrhegion
• Cymorth a chyfarwyddyd ar gyfer
cynnal aduniadau a digwyddiadau
• Cymorth i sefydlu cymdeithasau
alumni newydd yn eich ardal
• Mynediad at gyngor a gwybodaeth
am yrfaoedd a chyfleoedd i
wirfoddoli fel mentoriaid.
ydd Alumni Bangor yn cael ei
lansio’n swyddogol gan yr IsGanghellor yn ystod diwrnod agored
eleni i alumni a chyfeillion. Ceir manylion
pellach am hyn ar y dudalen nesaf.
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Gyrfaoedd a Chyfleoedd / Careers and Opportunities: www.bangor.ac.uk/careers
19 Bangor Alumni
Alumni Bangor
e are delighted to
announce the launch of
the new University of
Wales, Bangor graduate
community: ‘Alumni Bangor’.
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As a graduate of Bangor, Normal
College, UCNW or St. Mary’s
College, you are now a member
of ‘Alumni Bangor’, a worldwide
network of 35,000 alumni.
‘Alumni’ is taken from the Latin
‘alum’, which translates loosely as
‘former student’.
Through Alumni Bangor, the
University aims to maintain lifelong
links with its past students,
promote your achievements and
facilitate contact between old
friends, departments and
colleagues. Alumni Bangor is not
simply about collecting the
addresses of former students, it is
a partnership which we hope you
will find useful – and enjoyable.
Most of all, we want you to enjoy
a long-term relationship with the
University that is mutually
beneficial and useful for you in
terms of connections, opportunities, careers advice, business
support, lifelong learning and
service to Bangor. Although you
have left us, please remember that
the University is still a resource for
its graduates.
members, to take an active
interest in the life of your University.
Advisory
Board
n Alumni Advisory Board has
been established to provide
an effective interface between the
University and its alumni. The
University is indebted to the
Bangor University Foundation
volunteers for establishing alumni
activities on a sound footing and
for the co-operation and advice
offered in bringing about the
changes to alumni operations
within the University.
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The first meeting of the Advisory
Board was held on 6 January
2006. The remit of the Board,
chaired by Registrar Dr David
Roberts, is to give advice on
recent and planned alumni
activities. If you would like to be
considered for membership of the
Board in the future, please
contact the Alumni Relations
Officer at [email protected]
Membership benefits currently
include:
• Annual Alumni magazine
• Update your details online
• Free e-mail forwarding service
• Search for classmates in the
alumni online directory
• Help finding lost friends
• Message board
• Shop online at our gift shop
• Support and guidance for
reunions and events
• Help with setting up new alumni
associations in your area
• Access to careers advice and
information and opportunities
to volunteer as mentors
lumni Bangor will be
launched officially by the ViceChancellor at this year’s alumni and
friends open day, further details of
which are to be found overleaf.
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Please also remember that you are
the best ambassadors for studying
at Bangor. You can inspire and
encourage others to study here
and be advisors and mentors to
current students and recent
graduates. We would like you, as
Ambassadors for Wales
search is being launched by the Wales International Consortium,
part of the Welsh Assembly Government, to find current students
and international alumni who are willing to be Ambassadors for Wales
and talk about their experiences of studying in Wales. If you would like to
take part please complete the online questionnaire at:
www.walesinternationalconsortium.com/students/alumni_questionnaire.php
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Cefnogi Busnesau / Business support: www.bangor.ac.uk/innovation
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Diwrnod Agored
ar gyfer alumni a chyfeillion
Dydd Sadwrn, 24 Mehefin 2006, Neuadd Prichard Jones
Digwyddiadau • Events
Rhaglen
9.25: Croeso gan Lywydd y Brifysgol, Yr Arglwydd Dafydd
Elis-Thomas
9.30 Y Brifysgol a’r dyfodol - Yr Athro Merfyn Jones,
Is-Ganghellor
10.15: Coffi a chyfle i edrych ar arddangosfa ffotograffeg
swyddogol y Brifysgol
10.45: Darlithoedd y bore: • Cefnogi Adfywiad Rhanbarthol Y Gwir Anrhydeddus Dafydd Wigley
• Cyfrannu tuag at ddatblygiadau mewn gofal meddygol
ac iechyd - Yr Athro Ian Russell, Sefydliad Ymchwil
Meddygol a Gofal Cymdeithasol
• Hyrwyddo Iaith a Diwylliant Cymru - Meri Huws,
Dirprwy Is-Ganghellor
• Newid Hinsawdd – Yr Athro John Farrar,
Dirprwy Is-Ganghellor
12.15: Sesiwn Gwestiynnau yn cael ei chadeirio gan yr
Arglwydd Dafydd Elis-Thomas
1.15: Cinio Bwffe
2.30: Gweithgareddau’r prynhawn:
• 'Yn y Dechreuad oedd y Gair' - Arddangosfa’r
Archifdy: Llyfrau prin crefyddol gan gynnwys Beiblau
o’r 7fed ganrif.
• Taith dywys o amgylch y Prif Adeilad yn
canolbwyntio ar Gelf, Pensaerniaeth a Hanes yr
adeilad, Gwilym T Jones
• Ymweliad ag Undeb y Myfyrwyr:
Bywyd y myfyriwr yn 2006
6.30: Derbyniad a swper yn Oswalds yng nghwmni Llywydd
y Brifysgol a’r Is-Ganghellor
I gofrestru cysylltwch â'r Swyddfa Cynadleddau:
Ffôn: +44 (0) 1248 388088. e-bost: [email protected]
Ffurflen gofrestru: www.bangor.ac.uk/alumni
Annual Alumni and
Friends Open Day 2005
Prof. Merfyn Jones with Ray Footman,
Barry Teasdale and Anne Roberts.
he Open Day was hosted by the School of Business and
Regional Development at the University on Saturday 9
July. Morning presentations provided an overview of activities
in the School and Innovation Unit, followed by a tour of the
new Centre for Advanced Software Technology.
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Open Day for alumni and friends
Saturday, 24 June 2006, Prichard Jones Hall
Programme
9.25: Welcome from the University’s President,
Lord Dafydd Elis-Thomas
9.30: The University and the Future
Prof Merfyn Jones, Vice-Chancellor
10.15: Coffee and viewing of official University Photographic
Exhibition
10.45: Morning Lectures • How the University supports economic regeneration Rt. Hon. Dafydd Wigley
• Contributing to advances in medical care and
health - Professor Ian Russell, Institute of Medical
and Social Care Research
• Promoting the Language and Culture of Wales Meri Huws, Pro Vice-Chancellor
• Climate Change - Professor John Farrar,
Pro Vice-Chancellor
12.15: Question Time chaired by Lord Dafydd Elis-Thomas
1.15:
Buffet Lunch
2.30:
Afternoon’s activities:
• ‘In the Beginning was the Word’ – Archives
exhibition of rare religious books and documents
including Bibles from the 7th Century
• Tour of Main University Building (Art, Architecture &
History) Gwilym T Jones
• Visit to Students Union: Student Life in 2006
6.30:
Reception and Dinner in Oswalds
To register please contact the Conference Office:
Tel: +44 (0) 1248 388088 e-mail: [email protected]
Registration form: www.bangor.ac.uk/alumni
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Business Matters
The English
Department
angor Business School is
introducing a lecture series
called Business Matters
which aims to enthuse, challenge
and inform business professionals,
entrepreneurs and scholars from all
of Wales’ diverse industry sectors.
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a £14m Objective 1 funded project
to extend and widen the mission of
the Business School: namely to
support business communities in
Wales through sharing and
disseminating knowledge and
enhancing business networks.
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Charismatic leaders, role models and
leading thinkers will focus on current
and relevant business and economic
issues impacting upon Wales.
Business Matters will be launched
at the University. The event will
begin with a networking
opportunity, canapés and drinks
reception and we would like to
extend a special invitation to the
Business School’s alumni to attend.
Dafydd Wigley will be launching
the series with a lecture on ‘The
economy of Wales after Objective
1’. Mr Wigley currently chairs the
Business School Advisory Board
and the Board of Directors for the
Management Development Centre,
Hamilton on 01248 382644 or
e-mail [email protected]
f you would like to contribute to
the next edition of Staple, the
English Department newsletter,
please contact the Editor by e-mail:
[email protected] or
16 Pwll-y-Min Cres, Peterstonsuper-Ely, Cardiff, Vale of
Glam, CF5 6LR. If you would like
to receive the next edition by email please send your address to
[email protected]
Dr Einir Young
For further information, dates and
to reserve free tickets for this and
forthcoming Business Matters
events please contact Bethan
Bangor yng Nghaerdydd
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Pat Boaden
addressing guests
oedd y Brifysgol yn hynod falch o groesawu ffrindiau ac alumni i
ddarlith a chyfarfod a gynhaliwyd ddydd Iau, 16 Mehefin 2005
yng Nghanolfan Mileniwm Cymru. Ein siaradwr gwadd oedd Dr Einir
Young, Cyfarwyddwr Ysgol Astudiaethau drwy’r Gymraeg y
Brifysgol a Chymrawd Ymchwil yn y Ganolfan Astudiaethau Tir
Cras dra adnabyddus. Yn narlith Dr Young, ‘Tu hwnt i Fangor – PCB
a’r Byd Ehangach’, cafwyd arolwg o waith sy’n cael ei wneud ym
Mangor gyda’r nod o ddileu bygythiad newyn mewn gwledydd lled
sych gydag incwm isel yn Affrica a rhannau o Asia a'r Americas.
Bangor in Cardiff
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School of Ocean Sciences
Association (SOSA)
id you graduate with a marine
degree from Bangor?
Do you receive the School of
Ocean Sciences Association
newsletter The Bridge?
Do you know about the School of
Ocean Sciences Association?
at Menai Bridge. All past students
are automatically members, though
we can only keep in contact with
you if you keep us up to date with
your address! The next date for
your diary will be the 60th
Anniversary celebrations in 2008.
The School of Ocean Sciences
Association (SOSA) was formed
in 1994 by former staff and
students of the School. It
encompasses all graduates and
anyone else who wishes to stay in
contact with the School. Its
volunteer officers produce a regular
newsletter and hold reunions mainly
Please send any information,
changes and requests to:
Dr E G Mitchelson-Jacob,
SOSA Membership Secretary:
School of Ocean Sciences,
Marine Science Laboratories,
Menai Bridge, Anglesey LL59
5AB, UK or e-mail:
[email protected]
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he University was delighted to welcome friends and alumni to a lecture
and meeting at the Wales Millennium Centre on Thursday, 16 June. Our
guest speaker was Dr. Einir Young, Director of the University’s School of
Welsh Medium Studies and Research Fellow at the highly renowned
Centre for Arid Zone Studies. Dr Young’s lecture, ‘Beyond Bangor – UWB
in the Wider World’ presented an overview of some of the work undertaken
at Bangor towards negating the threat of famine in semi-arid, low income
countries such as Ethiopia and also parts of Asia and the Americas.
Bangor Alumni
Association
Pakistan (BAAP)
r John Perkins hosted the second dinner for Bangor alumni and
friends at the Marriott Hotel in Islamabad on 4 December. Thank you
to all who attended. If you are interested in attending or in helping to
organise future events to enable graduates from Pakistan to network
and meet other alumni in their country, please contact the BAAP Country
Co-ordinator, Amer Khalil ur Rehman.
e-mail: [email protected] • Mobile: 0300-8422158
Tel: +(92 - 51) 927 2150 (Day Time) or +(92 - 42) 572 6986 (Sundays)
To join the mailing list e-mail: [email protected]
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Alumni and friends
he University of Wales, Bangor’s
inaugural event for Alumni and
Friends in North America, October 6th –
9th, 2005 was held in Cambridge,
Massachusetts in conjunction with
Harvard’s Annual Celtic Colloquium.
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We would like to thank the Celtic
Department at Harvard for generously cosponsoring this event and to our Alumni
Representative for North America, Dr
Brian Clifton, for making all the arrangements on our behalf.
Thank you also to everyone who attended.
As a result of your positive feedback, we
are pleased to announce that Bangor will
be running a series of activities for friends
and alumni in North America over the next
five years. We hope that you will be able to
join us for future events.
www.bangor.ac.uk/alumni/northamerica
BELOW: The Bangor event was featured in ‘Ninnau’,
The North American Welsh Newspaper. Some of the
Bangor friends and alumni also visited MIT.
Pictured below on the front page are Alan Shaw,
Rachel Davies, Brian Clifton, Siân Hope, Olga
Roberts, John Jones, Arturo Roberts, Wynn
Humphrey Davies, Susan Moen, Charles Green
and Kelvin Williams outside the Maria Stata Center.
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in North America, October 2005
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4
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Pic 1: The activities of the National
Welsh American Foundation were
outlined by its President, Dr Philip
Davies.
Pic 2: Mr Lloyd Jones of
Pennsylvania has
created a
permanent
endowment through
the National Welsh
American Foundation
to support entrepreneurial students in
Bangor. He gave a
passionate talk about
the importance of his
family roots in north
Wales and how he
wishes to support an
entrepreneurial-led
economy in Wales.
Pic 3: Dinner at the
Harvard Faculty Club.
Pic 4: Professor Patrick
Ford, Professor of Celtic
Studies at Harvard, stressed
the value of connections in
Wales. The continuing
exchange programme between
Bangor and Harvard’s Department of
Celtic Languages and Literatures has
enabled Harvard students such as
Kate Olsen to enjoy a happy and
fulfilling time at Bangor.
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Pic 5: Dr M S Vijay Kumar, the
Assistant Provost and Director of
Academic Computing at MIT, pictured
here with Professor Siân Hope and
Professor Wynn Humphrey Davies,
spoke about Pervasive Technology
and Educational Opportunity.
Pic 6: Professor Catherine McKenna,
newly appointed Head of the
Department of Celtic Languages and
Literatures at Harvard confirmed the
importance of the links between her
department and Bangor. Here she
addresses guests at the Harvard
Faculty Club Dinner.
Pic 7: (left to right) Dr Brian Clifton,
Mrs Barbara Clifton, Professor
Bernard Rands, Professor Wynn
Humphrey Davies and Mr Alwyn
Owens. Harvard’s Professor Rands,
former student and member of staff
at Bangor, described ‘a musical
odyssey’. Professor Rands is a worldrenowned composer.
Mr Alwyn Owens, former student and
former Head of Informatics, gave an
entertaining account of the early days of the
University which was built by funds raised by
local quarrymen.
Pic 8: Guests at the Harvard Faculty
Club Dinner.
Pic 9: Professor Eric Sunderland
thanking Dr Brian Clifton on behalf of
the University.
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Cymdeithas Cyn-fyfyrwyr Bangor
Dyddiadur
20 Mai 06: Taith Wanwyn
(Arweinydd Aled Jones, Rhuddlan)
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2
3
4
23 Medi 06: Cinio Blynyddol
Am ragor o fanylion am yr uchod ffoniwch Ella
Owens ar 01248 712573 neu e-bostiwch at
[email protected]
1 Cinio Blynyddol yn Oswalds ym Medi
Ein Llywydd, J. Dilwyn Williams yn cyflwyno Meri
Huws, Cadeirydd Bwrdd yr Iaith ac un o Ddirprwy
Is-Ganghellorion y Brifysgol, fel ein gwestai.
Taith Wanwyn 2005
2 Gwyn Mathews, Llanrhaeadr Dyffryn Clwyd yn
rhoi peth o hanes hen Eglwys Sant Ioan Ysbyty
Ifan i ni ar ein taith drwy Uwch Aled.
3 Rhai o’r criw yn mwynhau awyrgylch yr eglwys.
4 Megan a Deri Thomas, Ella a Gareth W Jones yn
olrhain hanes teuluol ym mynwent eglwys
Llanfihangel Glyn Myfyr.
London Bangorians
hakespeare meets the Millenium Dome” could well
describe the exhilarating interpretation of Pericles
which we saw at the Globe Theatre in September.
With a Gower, not from South Wales as I imagined, rather, as
he told us from Sierra Leone via South London, and a cast
who were accomplished acrobats as well as Thespians, this
was an event not to be missed!
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Our programme is always varied and at the AGM in April,
Liam O’Carroll gave a hugely entertaining and endearing
presentation entitled “A Blind Bit of Difference”. We’re already
looking forward to his next talk to us, but in the meantime,
look out for him on your TV screens.
In the summer, we reveled in the tranquility of Standen in West
Sussex. The house is a superb example of the work of the
architect Philip Webb, friend of William Morris, and is full of
work by Morris and Co., and Arts and Crafts contemporaries.
We are most grateful to Angela and Bill Filmer for their warm
welcome and splendid hospitality which we enjoyed in the
evening at their home in nearby Lindfield.
Through the generosity of the Development Trust, a group
of us were able to attend a lecture at the Royal Geographical
Society by Dr David Thomas of the School of Ocean
Sciences entitled: “Drifting on the Antarctic Pack Ice”.
Another memorable event, and we learnt a new word that
evening… Paleoecobiogeochemistry!
For the past few years, a number of us from London have
attended the Annual Alumni and Friends Open Day in Bangor.
This year we once again valued the insight this event gives us
into the Bangor of the twenty first century, particularly the
chance to meet staff and to experience first hand their
enthusiasm and dedication.
Our Autumn meeting took the form of A Seasonal Miscellany,
firstly Bangor in New England in the Fall, in which Margaret
Hewitt gave us an enthralling hot-off-the-press account of
Bangor’s Event for Alumni and Friends in North America,
October 6th-9th, held at Harvard and secondly October in
Prague - a quick look, presented by me, at the history and
sights of the Czech capital.
Dates already fixed for 2006 as follows:
April 8th: AGM
June (tbc): Summer Outing - Claydon House, near Buckingham
October 14th: Autumn Meeting - “A Year at Kew”, presented
by Dr Peter Brandham, RBG Kew
Please make a note of these dates and do come along. We
appreciate that there are ever increasing demands on your time,
but we can guarantee you a warm welcome, good food, good
company and a thoroughly enjoyable time.Your society needs you!
Please contact me, Robert Burns, Hon. Secretary at:
Hazel-Dene, 28, Stapleton Hall Road, Stroud Green, London
N4 3QD. Telephone: 020 7263 3358 (1571 service available)
E-mail: [email protected]
Finally with great sadness, I have to report the passing of Muriel
Williams. Muriel as a student was evacuated from University
College, London to Bangor during the Second World War. Whilst
in Bangor she met Owen Williams, romance blossomed, they
duly moved south and for many years they were both loyal and
valued members of the London Bangorians.
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Llythyrau
Letters
Calendr
Calendar 2006
Elfen bwysig o arlwy ddiwylliannol y Brifysgol yw cyfres Cerddoriaeth ym Mangor, newydd ei ail-lansio.
Am ragor o wybodaeth ynglŷn â chyngherddau a rhestr lawn o digwyddiadau cyhoeddus y Brifysgol, ewch i
www.bangor.ac.uk/community, neu cysylltwch â Dr Hazel Robbins 01248 388142 [email protected]
receive a copy of the Bangoriad from you on a regular
basis, and I thank you for that.
I noticed in the latest issue (Bangoriad '05) an item on
page 27 about David (Dei) Wyn Williams. I was really
thrilled to see this, as Dei and I shared digs for three years
while studying at Bangor all those years ago. I had
completely lost contact with Dei, and have from time to time
attempted various searches for him, but without success. I
have not seen him or had any contact with him since he left
Bangor in 1964.
Thank you so much for your help. I have now reestablished contact with Dei. We had a long chat on the
phone, and no doubt there will be many e-mail exchanges.
We hope to be able to meet in the near future, possibly in
Moelfre where we both have contacts there. It's a small world.
Thanks again to the Bangoriad and your team for
making it possible for us to re-establish contact after more
than 40 years.
Diolch yn fawr,
John F Hughes
PhD Electronic Engineering, 1965
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y heartfelt thanks to Bangor Alumni Office which has
been kindly dispatching Bangoriad with remarkable
consistency. I should like to make a note that each issue
keeps on refreshing my memory of the University where I
was once a student and with equal importance informs me
of the progress that has been going on since. Even though
it is unlikely that I will visit Bangor in the near future, I am
well aware that I belong to the family of Bangor Alumni.
Mebrate Mihretu
MSc Forestry, 1983
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hank you for sending me the Bangoriad earlier this
week, which I am enjoying reading.
A small snippet of information for your records, mindful
of the concluding comments in the article by Tim Haines. I
graduated from Bangor in 1975, with joint honours in
English and French. My wife graduated at the same time
with a single honours degree in French. 30 years on,
almost to the week if not the day, our son Richard will
graduate (12th July - English with Journalism). But I'm
making no promises about the third generation!
John Woodall
BA Hons English/French, 1975
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hank you for your invitation to attend the alumni open
day. It was so good to meet so many ex-students. We
really enjoyed the day and it will stay in our minds for a
long time.
Dr Kareem Al-Zubaidi and Nasira K. Hamdan
PhD Biochem/Soil Science, 1984
MA Economics, 1980
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A vital string to the University's cultural bow is the Music at Bangor concert series, recently re-launched.
For more information about concerts and other public events please visit www.bangor.ac.uk/community
or contact Dr Hazel Robbins 01248 388142 [email protected]
8 Ebrill
Cyfarfod Cyffredinol ‘London Bangorians’
Cysylltwch â Robert Burns, Ysgrifennydd Mygedol
Ffôn: 020 7263 3358. [email protected]
8 April
London Bangorians AGM
Contact Robert Burns, Honorary Secretary
Tel: 020 7263 3358. [email protected]
Penwythnos 1af Gŵyl y Banc Mai
Penwythnos Blynyddol ‘Hen Hogia’
Cysylltwch â Llywydd yr Undeb Athletau
Ffôn: 01248 388003. [email protected]
1st May Bank Holiday
‘Old Boys’ Weekend at Bangor
Contact The Athletic Union President
Tel: 01248 388003. [email protected]
3 Mai
Darlith Gyhoeddus
Y Gwir Parch. Dr Barry Morgan, Archesgob Cymru
Teitl i’w gadarnhau (Darlith yn Gymraeg)
6.00 p.m. Prif Ddarlithfa’r Celfyddydau, Prif Adeilad y
Brifysgol, Ffordd y Coleg
3 May
Public Lecture
The Most Rev Dr Barry Morgan, Archbishop of Wales
Title to be confirmed (Lecture in Welsh)
6.00 p.m. Main Arts Lecture Theatre, Main University
Building, College Road
20 Mai
Taith Wanwyn Cymdeithas y Cyn-fyfyrwyr dan
arweiniad Aled Jones, Rhuddlan
Cysylltwch ag Ella Owens
20 May
Old Students’ Association Spring Outing under the
leadership of Aled Jones, Rhuddlan.
Contact: Ella Owens
26 Mai
Darlith Gyhoeddus
Philip Pullman - Strangeness and Charm
6.00 p.m. Prif Ddarlithfa’r Celfyddydau, Prif Adeilad y
Brifysgol, Ffordd y Coleg
26 May
Public Lecture
Philip Pullman - Strangeness and Charm
6.00 p.m. Main Arts Lecture Theatre, Main University
Building, College Road
Dyddiad i’w gadarnhau
Digwyddiad yn y Cynulliad Cenedlaethol i
gyn-fyfyrwyr a chyfeillion
e-bost: [email protected]
Date to be confirmed
Event in the Welsh Assembly for alumni and
friends
Mehefin (dyddiad i’w gadarnhau)
Taith Wanwyn ‘London Bangorians’
Claydon House, ger Buckingham
June (tbc)
London Bangorians Summer Outing
Claydon House, near Buckingham Contact Robert Burns,
Honorary Secretary
24 Mehefin
Diwrnod Agored i Alumni a Chyfeillion
Neuadd Prichard Jones, [email protected]
24 June
Open Day at the University for Alumni and Friends
Prichard Jones Hall, [email protected]
8 Gorffennaf (a dyddiad yr Hydref i’w gadarnhau)
Diwrnod Agored Prifysgol Cymru Bangor i
Ddarpar Fyfyrwyr
Cysylltwch â’r: Uned Recriwtio Myfyrwyr, Ffôn: 01248
388143 / 01248 382005 neu e-bostiwch:
[email protected]
8 July (and October date to be confirmed)
University of Wales, Bangor’s Prospective Student
Open Day
Contact: Student Recruitment Unit
Tel: 01248 388143 / 01248 382005 or
email: [email protected]
23 Medi
Cyfarfod Cyffredinol a Swper Blynyddol
Cymdeithas y Cyn-fyfyrwyr yn Oswalds
Cysylltwch ag Ella Owens
23 September
Old Students’ Association Annual General Meeting
and Dinner at Oswalds
Contact: Ella Owens
14 Hydref
Cyfarfod Hydref ‘London Bangorians’
‘A Year at Kew’ gan Dr Peter Brandham, RBG Kew
14 October
London Bangorians Autumn Meeting
‘A Year at Kew’, presented by Dr Peter Brandham, RBG Kew
Contact Robert Burns, Honorary Secretary
Tachwedd (dyddiad i’w gadarnhau)
Darlith a Chinio Blynyddol Peirianneg
November (to be confirmed)
Annual Engineering Lecture and Dinner
Nodiadau Dosbarth 26
Bangor
graduate
honoured
CHRISTINA COKER studied music
at Bangor and graduated in 1976.
She was appointed as the National
Foundation for Youth Music’s first
Chief Executive in April 1999 and
was awarded an OBE in the
Queen’s Birthday Honours list in
2005 for her services to music.
What did you do after graduation?
Immediately after graduation, I celebrated with friends – valued
friends with whom I had worked closely and lived alongside,
sharing so many experiences during the 3 previous years at
Bangor. I then spent the rest of the summer doing two part-time
jobs. I traveled for 3-4 days per week between London and the
South of France, as a bi-lingual courier for a coach tour company.
On the other days I was employed to teach English as a foreign
language to young adults. This was my first introduction to
teaching, with the bonus of being paid to be a tourist in London!
Youth Music - The Story So Far
The National Foundation for Youth Music (Youth Music) was set
up as an independent charity in 1999, initiated by the Department
for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) and Arts Council England.
Taking on three roles as funder, development agency and
advocate, Youth Music has started to transform the landscape of
musical opportunities in the UK.
Youth Music’s mission is to support music-making activities for
0-18 year olds who would otherwise not get the chance.
Key Achievements - since 1999, Youth Music has:
• Benefited over one million participants
• Made over 1700 funding awards
• Distributed National Lottery funds totaling £54m
• Created employment for over 8,000 music leaders
and trainees
• Provided music-making opportunities in 98% of local
authority areas throughout England
• Developed and funded 24 Youth Music Action Zones
(22 England, 2 Wales)
www.youthmusic.com
In my final year at Bangor, with graduation looming, I wasn’t quite
sure which path I might want to follow. I had considered
postgraduate study but in the end opted for a P.G.C.E. and
teaching. I successfully completed a one-year P.G.C.E, awarded by
Bristol University. I then took up post as a teacher of music and
French in a secondary school in Kent. Although I enjoyed teaching
(particularly organising and leading extra curricular music activities), I
felt too constrained within a very self-contained school environment.
Through experience, over the years, I can say categorically that I
prefer and thrive in work environments which are outwardfacing, multidisciplinary, and involve working across diverse
networks. In fact this is exactly the type of environment I am
working in now as Chief Executive of Youth Music.
In the thirty years (it doesn’t seem that long!) since I graduated
my work and progression has been an organic, cumulative
process. I have never planned any particular career path for
myself – perhaps I should! What I have tended to do is follow
my interest, trust my instincts as to what feels right for me and
aim to do every job to a very high standard. Where I have felt I
was starting to tread water in terms of my learning and/or
contribution in a job, I have moved on.
My work in music, the arts more widely and education has
included teaching, administration, project management,
managing change within organisations, policy development,
political advocacy and more. I have worked in and with the
public, private and voluntary sectors, across local, regional and
central government, within the UK and internationally. Youth
Music is the second organisation I have built up from scratch
and a job into which I have been able to plough all the skills
developed, knowledge and experiences of my working life.
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Do you recall the highlights of your course at Bangor and
your ambitions when you were a student?
My main ambition when I was at Bangor was to get as much out of
my time there as possible and enjoy it – learning, making music
(mainly playing viola – also some piano and French horn, as second
and third studies) and socialising. I didn’t have ambitions to forge any
specific career – I just knew that whatever I did subsequently would
have to be something meaningful and helpful to people, was likely to
be connected to music and the arts more widely, and I would do it
passionately and to the very best of my ability.
There were many highlights at Bangor – some were related just
to the music department: performances, playing in the
University orchestra or chamber groups – especially those
working with fellow student
musicians, experimenting with and
developing our own compositions.
launch event of early years research into music making for under 5’s.
• Internal meetings, desk work, reading.
Do you recall what made you want to come to Bangor to study?
The University’s reputation for having a lively music department,
I wanted to be somewhere where I felt I would be part of a
vibrant music community, William Matthias’ reputation as a
composer and encourager of young musicians, the location,
landscape and scenery of course (N.B. no-one told me about
the rain though!), and the opportunity (which I took) to learn
some Welsh was a bonus.
What are your fondest memories of your time at University?
I have very fond memories of fellow students and lecturers alike.
With students – I valued the friendships formed and nurtured,
conversations into the night/early morning, discussions (always
animated, sometimes heated) over coffee during the odd
missed lecture (sorry!). I am particularly grateful to those
lecturers who knew how to inspire and encouraged me to want
to learn more, even in some seemingly pretty obscure areas of
study. All in all, I had a very productive and enjoyable three
years at Bangor.
Do you have any advice for current
students or recent graduates wishing to
forge a career in music, education and
the arts?
I would offer the following advice:• Students should be both realistic and aim
to be well informed. The music/arts organisation field particularly is diverse and vibrant. It
is not one that has carefully laid out career
route maps – this presents both challenges and opportunities,
especially for those wishing to try out different options and variety
of work experiences. Building up your own portfolio career in this
way is very satisfying. However if a 9-5 job with secure tenure
and high earnings are your main motivations, this is not the field
for you!
“...I had a very productive
and enjoyable three years
at Bangor...”
However, one highlight struck a
chord and was particularly
memorable because it was very
much in tune with how I tend to
think and what appeals to me in my
work – i.e. making connections and having variety. As part of
the B.A. (Hons) Music course, I also studied French and Drama
subsidiaries. I remember being delighted in my first term that
the courses in all three subjects were focusing on the same
historical period. I was therefore constantly exploring and
cross-referencing parallel strands across Music, French and
Drama from different perspectives, and relating all this to
development in society. Someone had obviously given thought
to planning across departments in the University!
Making connections continues to be an important part of what I do
– in my own professional development and in placing Youth Music’s
work in a much wider context of future societal development.
As for variety, the course at Bangor offered a great deal. In the
music department at Bangor we were strongly encouraged to
take the initiative and create our own activity, to add to the
variety already on offer. I hope this is still the case.
I am pleased to say that in my current job I do not have a typical
day or week. To give a flavour, the last 14 days has included:• Houston, Texas – received award (‘Women of Influence’) from
National Basketball Association, met with influential Black
Americans, including Kenneth Chenault, CEO American Express.
• Westminster - meetings with various members of Houses of
Commons and Lords.
• Manchester – attendance and speech at performance by
young people from the Greater Manchester Youth Music
Action Zone (GMMAZ), one of 24 developed and funded by
Youth Music in England and Wales.
• Keynote speech – national conference, Specialist Schools and
Academies Trust.
• Youth Music Audit Committee - finance meeting with Trustees.
• Introductory speech and “anchor” for Youth Music’s national
• Talk to a range of people working in the field at various stages
in their careers/working lives – get informed about the options.
• Build up your work experience – ask if you can
observe/shadow, volunteer etc.
• With regard to qualifications, awards and other kinds of
validation, beyond undergraduate study consider carefully
whether or not the content (course of study etc.) is really
meaningful and helpful (e.g. building knowledge and skills) for
your own improvement and potential future employment.
• If you have a particular area of employment in mind, check
out not only what qualifications and experience employers in
the field are looking for, but also why. Some employers may
be looking for attributes, skills and knowledge you have
and/or have the aptitude to acquire quickly. If you know what
they are looking for and why, you can judge better how you
might fit and be ready to persuade an employer of your
suitability.
Above all - commit to being a proactive lifelong learner. If you
discover a mission – stay focused. Make and take opportunities
to develop your skills and knowledge, understand and play to
your strengths, stay flexible – ready to consider all possibilities
and take risks, value people, work hard, try and stay healthy,
and HAVE FUN.
Nodiadau Dosbarth • Class Notes
I consider my job at Youth Music to be a huge responsibility and
privilege – I put a great deal of time, effort, commitment etc. into
it - it deserves nothing less. Since graduating I have always
continued to be active as a musician. These days I also enjoy
supporting my teenage twin daughters in their music making
and other extra curricular activities. I do, however, find it difficult
to achieve a healthy balance between my job and the rest of my
life – I’m still working on it!
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mhle maen nhw nawr? Ewch i’r
bwrdd negeseuon ar
www.bangor.ac.uk/alumni i
ddarganfod mwy! Gobeithiwn ehangu’r
cyfleuster hwn yn y dyfodol. Gwefan
wedi ei diwygio ar y ffordd!
Nodiadau Dosbarth • Class Notes
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here are they now? Please visit
the message board on
www.bangor.ac.uk/alumni to find
out! We hope to expand this facility in
the future. Improved website on the
way!
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‘My Bangor education has
been so helpful for me’
erath Mudiyanselage Herath
gained his MSc in Rural Resource
Management in 1993 from the School
of Agriculture and Forest Sciences under
a scholarship granted by the Overseas
Development Administration of the British
Government.
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“I became one of the Deputy Land
Commissioners of Sri Lanka and in
1995 I was promoted to Provincial Land
Commissioner of the North Western
Provincial Council. Three years later I
was appointed as the Provincial
Commissioner of Local Government. In
2001 I became Secretary to the
Provincial Ministry of Agriculture, Lands,
Irrigation, Animal Production and Health
and Agrarian Services in the same
Council. As I opted to join the Central
Government, in 2004 I was appointed
to my present position as the
Government Agent to Puttalam District,
which is one of the twenty-five administrative districts in Sri Lanka. My
education in Rural Resource
Management has been so helpful for
me to perform my duties professionally,
efficiently and effectively.
In 2001 I gained LLB from the Open
University of Sri Lanka and took oaths as
an Attorney-at-Law of the Supreme
Court of Sri Lanka in 2002.
I am eager to read about my classmates in
‘Bangoriad’ as I may not be able to see
them again. They were all very kind to me
during my stay in Wales. I record special
thanks to Anne Hadcroft, Fiona Perkins,
Rachell Hussell, Richard Sobey,
Alistair Gray and Jo Hughes. Machoa
and Casmir Ngowi from Tanzania were
my hostel mates in No.10, Regeant Street.
Kesetsena Molosiwa from Botswana
was in the adjoining hostel.”
If you would like to get in touch with
Herath Mudiyanselage Herath, please
contact the Alumni Office on:
[email protected] or telephone
+ 44 (0) 1248 382223
Cadair i Tudur Dylan
bardd Tudur Dylan Jones enillodd Gadair yr Eisteddfod Genedlaethol am yr
ail dro. Graddiodd mewn Cymraeg ac Addysg yn ac mae’n dysgu yn awr yn
Ysgol Gyfun y Strade. Enillodd Gadair Eisteddfod yr Urdd 1988 a Chadair
Eisteddfod Genedlaethol ym Mro Colwyn yn 1995. Cafodd ei gadeirio yno gan ei
dad, John Gwilym Jones, a oedd yn archdderwydd ar y pryd.
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raduate Tudur Dylan Jones (Welsh and Education, 1986) won the National
Eisteddfod’s Chair for the second time in August 2005.
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Gwobrau Cerdd
y Gymdeithas
Ffilharmonig
Frenhinol
afodd darn cerddorfaol Reservoirs
gan y cyfansoddwr Cymreig Guto
Pryderi Puw (Cerddoriaeth, 1993),
sydd hefyd yn ddarlithydd yn Adran
Gerdd y Brifysgol, ei enwebu ar restr
fer Gwobrau Cerdd y Gymdeithas
Ffilharmonig Frenhinol, un o wobrau
mwyaf clodfawr y diwydiant cerddorol.
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Mae'r cyfansoddiad wedi'i ysbrydoli gan
gerdd R S Thomas, sy'n disgrifio boddi
cymoedd i ddarparu dŵr i ddinasoedd
diwydiannol Lloegr.
Gyda Guto Pryderi Puw wedi sefydlu ei
hun fel un o gyfansoddwyr mwyaf
addawol ei genhedlaeth, mae'r wobr
hon yn garreg filltir arwyddocaol yn ei
yrfa. Mae Cerddorfa Genedlaethol
Gymraeg y BBC wedi penodi Guto fel
cyfansoddwr preswyl y gerddorfa tan
diwedd 2008. Ar hyn o bryd mae'n
gweithio ar ei ail gomisiwn gan BBC
Radio 3 ar gyfer y Gerddorfa
Genedlaethol i'w berfformio yn ystod
gwanwyn 2006.
ormer student and current Music
Lecturer at Bangor, Guto Pryderi
Puw's orchestral piece Reservoirs was
nominated for this year's Royal
Philharmonic Society Music Awards, one
of the most distinguished awards in the
music industry. The BBC National
Orchestra of Wales has appointed Guto
as the orchestra’s resident composer until
the end of 2008. He is currently working
on his second commission by BBC Radio
3 for the orchestra to be performed
during Spring 2006.
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A consumer
industry
arolina Almonte Fernandez
took an MSc in Consumer
Psychology in 2002-3. Since last
May 2005, she has been working
at AmBev (American Beverages)
as Manager in the Marketing
Research Department. AmBev is
asssociated with InBev, the largest
brewer in the world.
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’Since studying for my bachelor
degree, I knew I wanted to do
something different - and new for
the Dominican Republic.
Consumer Psychology as a
subject attracted me when I took a
marketing course on my first
degree. I started looking for
options around the world, finding
Bangor the most appealing, both
in terms of academics and location
and being also an opportunity to
visit Europe for the first time.
What I liked most about Bangor
was the scenery and it closeness
to others towns with beautiful
places to visit. The safety of the
campus is another plus, and the
student life is wonderful!
After completing my MSc it only
took me a few weeks to find a job.
I returned from Wales in
September, and by mid October I
was working at Horwarth
Consulting. I worked with several
clients such as Unilever, in
qualitative studies and quantitative
studies. I also worked as a Focus
group moderator.
After a year, I got an offer from
AmBev (American Beverages) as
Marketing Research Manager. I'm
now in charge of all the studies
we run, quantitative and
qualitative. I was the provider and
now I'm the client!
Do I think the course improved my
job prospects? Indeed it has! The
academic side of the course
helped me to improve my CV, and
the experience of living abroad for
a year and sharing with so many
different cultures has given me an
advantage working in a multinational company.
What advice would I give to
anyone considering postgraduate
study? If you can do it, don't miss
the chance!!! In this competitive
world, in order to succeed you
have to differentiate yourself from
the crowd - postgraduate study is
the answer, and Bangor is a great
place to do it!
gÜx@láztãxÇ [tÄÄ
Country House Hotel and Spa
ae cyfraddau aelodaeth arbennig ar gael i alumni, cyfeillion a staff Prifysgol
Cymru, Bangor yn spa gwesty gorau gogledd Cymru.
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• Seibiant penwythnos moethus
• Seibiant spa penwythnos
• Aelodaeth spa a gym (disgownt sylweddol) –
ar gael hefyd i bartner/priod (yn yr un cyfeiriad)
Dyfynnwch ‘Prifysgol Cymru, Bangor’ (daw’r cynnig i ben 31 Mawrth 2007)
Ceir disgownt i’r cyfraddau ar gyfer cynadleddau, cyfarfodydd a chiniawa preifat yn
Nhre-Ysgawen ar gael drwy’r Swyddfa Alumni.
Ffôn: 01248 382223, e-bost: [email protected]
pecial member rates available for University of Wales, Bangor alumni, friends and
staff at north Wales’ finest hotel spa:
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• Luxury weekend breaks
• Weekend spa breaks
• Spa and gym membership (substantial discount)
also available to partners/spouses (at same address)
Please quote ‘University of Wales, Bangor’ (offer
ends 31st March 2007)
Discounted rates for conferences, meetings and
private dining at Tre-Ysgawen available through the
Alumni Office. Tel: 01248 382223,
I just wanted to thank Bangor
University, and let you know how
good the experience was and all
the knowledge I got from the
MSc. Bangor will always be a very
memorable part of my life.’
Rubbing shoulders
with Nobel Laureates
chool of Sport, Health and Exercise Sciences graduate student,
Jamie MacDonald was invited to the 55th meeting of Nobel
Laureates in Lindau, Germany in June. Jamie, who is now working
towards a PhD at Bangor, was one of only around 500 PhD student and
young researchers worldwide to be selected to attend the event.
TRE-YSGAWEN HALL
Capel Coch, Llangefni,
Isle of Anglesey LL77 7UR
www.treysgawen-hall.co.uk
01248 750750
[email protected]
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Where are they now?
"I was very pleased and very honoured when I learned of my selection,"
said Jamie, who earned his place by his research into the limitations to
exercise and functional capacity due to muscle wasting in chronic renal
failure. "I wanted to do a clinical PhD, using my Sports Science
background to address some of problems that patients of chronic
disease suffer from that are often ignored by the medical profession.”
Brian Hayes (English/Latin 1955) is searching for Mr Evan John
Jones (Welsh/Biblical Studies 1955)
"I was very interested in meeting the laureates and learning about their
motivation. It was an opportunity to see what it takes to be working at the
top levels of scientific research”.
Please contact the Alumni Office if you can help:
Richard Hearn is searching for Steve Jermy and Malcolm Cooper
(Applied Maths and Physical Oceanography degrees 1976)
[email protected]
Cronfa Ddatblygu 30
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Ad-drefnu
Wrth ochr y newidiadau i weithgaredd cysylltiadau alumni y
Brifysgol bu newid cyfeiriad sylweddol hefyd i’r
Ymddiriedolaeth Ddatblygu.
Y newid allweddol yw y bydd y projectau y ceisir arian ar
eu cyfer yn cyd-fynd â’r blaenoriaethau a bennwyd gan y
Brifysgol. Bydd y projectau y rhoddir blaenoriaeth iddynt yn
ystod yr ychydig flynyddoedd nesaf, yn cynnwys yr Ymarfer
Asesu Ymchwil 2008, Canolfanau Astudiaethau Iechyd,
Astudiaethau Creadigol, Gwyddor yr Amgylchedd,
Ysgol y Gyfraith ac adnewyddu Prif Adeilad y
Celfyddydau. Fe wnaeth yr Ymddiriedolwyr groesawu’r
datblygiadau hyn, yn arbennig gan y bydd y Brifysgol eisiau parhau i ffurfio
partneriaeth â gwirfoddolwyr. Cytunodd yr Ymddiriedolwyr i drosglwyddo eu
cyllid, a oedd wedi ei bennu i adrannau academaidd, i’r Brifysgol er mwyn
galluogi adrannau i gyfuno cronfeydd canolog o’r Brifysgol, ac arian yr
Ymddiriedolaeth Ddatblygu, i fuddsoddi mewn ymchwil.
Mae’r holl gronfeydd eraill a bennwyd (tua £2m) wedi aros yn yr
Ymddiriedolaeth Ddatblygu.
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Rhoi Blynyddol
Trefnodd Llio Wyn Richards ddau delethon yn 2005 fel rhan o'r rhaglen roi
flynyddol. Mae'r rhaglen hyd yn hyn wedi codi £100,000 trwy
addewidion i gynnal amrywiaeth o brojectau, ond yn arbennig ar gyfer caledi
myfyrwyr, ymchwil i ganser a phrojectau trawsblannu. Rydym yn ddiolchgar
iawn i’n holl gyn-fyfyrwyr sydd wedi rhoi ymateb mor gadarnhaol.
Cronfa Ddatblygu
Cymwynaswyr
Mae Anrhydeddus Gwmni’r Brethynwyr yn parhau i ddarparu cymorth
allweddol i lawer o’n myfyrwyr a phrojectau ymchwil. Fel y nodwyd y llynedd,
mae cefnogaeth y Brethynwyr yn awr yn cael ei hailgyfeirio i gymynrodd
Thomas Howell, sydd wedi ei lleoli yng ngogledd Cymru, ac mae’r trefniadau
newydd yn gweithio’n dda.
Unwaith eto, mae Ymddiriedolaeth Cemlyn Jones wedi bod yn noddwr
o bwys sydd wedi galluogi’r Ymddiriedolaeth i grynhoi gwaddol i gynorthwyo
myfyriwr PhD mewn Archaeoleg Môr, yn ogystal â Dr Cecil Jones, y
Cymrawd Cemlyn Jones. Derbyniwyd cefnogaeth allweddol bellach hefyd oddi
wrth: Mr Goronwy Cleaver (Y Gyfraith), Parry Williams
(Cerddoriaeth), Ymddiriedolaeth George Thomas (Canolfan
Astudiaethau Tir Cras), Mr Lloyd Jones, Cymdeithas y Gyfraith
Gwynedd, Sedan House, BIC Eryri, Kirby Laing Foundation, Natext
UK Ltd, Merrill Lynch Investment Managers, Yr Athro Gordon
Conway a Dr Tom Parry Jones.
Trefnwyd darlith Tom Parry Jones ar entrepreneuriaeth ar y cyd â Chynllun
Addysg Beirianneg Cymru ac fe’i cynhaliwyd yn Llandudno ym Mawrth 2005.
Fe wnaeth Mr Carwyn Jones, y Gweinidog dros yr Amgylchedd, Cynllunio a
Chefn Gwlad yn Llywodraeth y Cynulliad, roi anerchiad ardderchog i
gynulleidfa o dros 300 o ddisgyblion o ogledd Cymru.
Un o’r codwyr arian mwyaf llwyddiannus yn ystod y flwyddyn oedd Dr Judy
Hutchings, sy’n arwain project Blynyddoedd Rhyfeddol Cymru yn yr Ysgol
Seicoleg. Mae’r gwaith arloesol hwn yn broject wedi ei seilio ar dystiolaeth
drwy Gymru gyfan a’i nod yw datblygu rhaglenni i leihau’r perygl o ddatblygu
problemau ymddygiad ymysg plant ifanc. Mae canlyniadau cyntaf yr ymchwil
helaeth hon yn galonogol iawn, nid yn unig ar gyfer y plant cyn-oedran ysgol
sy’n ymwneud yn uniongyrchol â’r rhaglen, ond hefyd i’w brodyr a’u chwiorydd.
Cyhoeddwyd yn ddiweddar iawn fod Llywdodraeth Cynulliad Cymru yn rhoi
cyllid newydd i ledaenu’r rhaglenni ar draws Cymru. Bydd awdurdodau lleol yn
gallu gwneud cais am ran o'r cyllid i hyfforddi staff i redeg y rhaglen
Blynyddoedd Rhyfeddol i rieni. Rhoddir yr hyfforddiant gan Dr Judy Hutchings.
Mae cymynroddion yn dod yn rhan fwy amlwg o’n gweithgareddau ac yn
ystod y flwyddyn fe wnaeth yr Uned Dementia ac Adran y Gymraeg
dderbyn cymynroddion i gefnogi eu gwaith.
Dymunwn ddiolch i’r holl roddwyr a gyfrannodd at amrywiaeth eang o
brojectau dros y flwyddyn.
JOHN WYNNE JONES, Cyfarwyddwr yr Ymddiriedolaeth Ddatblygu
4
Lluniau
Lluniau:
1 Alastair Ross, Clerc Cwmni’r
Brethynwyr, a dderbyniodd
Gymrodoriaeth er Anrhydedd yng
Ngorffennaf 2005.
2 Yr Athro Andrew Lewis
gyda’r tri Ysgolor Parry Williams
am 2005 – Hannah Lock,
Victoria Hodgson a Laura
Kestell. Ar y chwith mae Dr Ann
Lloyd Jones, merch y diweddar
Athro Parry Williams.
3 Traddododd Carwyn Jones y prif
anerchiad yn yr achlysur a
drefnwyd ar y cyd gan Tom Parry
Jones/Cynllun Addysg Beirianneg.
4 Mr Carwyn Jones, (canol),
yn y ddarlith/arddangosfa Dr Tom
Parry, gyda Dr Tom Parry Jones
(chwith), y Dirprwy Is-Ganghellor
Mark Baird, Wyn Griffiths ac
Austin Matthews, Cyfarwyddwr y
Cynllun Addysg Beirianneg.
5 Daeth cynulleidfa fawr o bobl
ifanc i’r ddarlith ac arddangosfa
Tom Parry Jones.
6 Bu’r Is-Ganghellor yn y Cinio
Addysg yn Neuadd y Brethynwyr
gyda dwy fyfyrwraig a enillodd
wobrau, sef Cara Hughes a Dawn
Fisher. Ar y chwith mae’r Meistr,
Mr Martin Sankey, a’r Clerc, y
Dirprwy Lyngesydd Alastair
Ross, ar y dde.
7 Myfyrwyr a gymerodd ran yn yr
ymgyrch telethon diweddar.
8 Dr Judy Hutchings, Jane
Davidson, Gweinidog dros
Addysg a Dysgu Gydol Oes, Yr
Athro Merfyn Jones a'r Athro
Carolyn Webster Stratton
31 Development Fund
6
Re-organisation
Alongside the changes in the University’s alumni relations function there have
also been significant changes to the fundraising programme and the
Development Trust.
The key change is that the projects for which money will be sought will
dovetail into the priorities set out by the University. Those projects, for which
priority will be given over the next few years, include the 2008 Research
Assessment Exercise, Centres for Creative Studies, Health Studies,
Environmental Science, the Law School and the restoration of the Main
Arts Building. The Trustees welcomed these initiatives particularly as the
University will continue to want to form a partnership with volunteers.
The Trustees agreed to transfer its funds earmarked for academic departments to the University to enable the departments to combine central University
funds and the Development Trust money to invest in research.
All the other earmarked funds (about £2m) have remained in the
Development Trust.
Annual Giving
Llio Wyn Richards organised two telethons in 2005 as part of the annual
giving programme. The programme has so far raised £100,000 in pledges to
support a variety of projects, but particularly for student hardship, cancer
research and crop transplanting projects in arid countries. We are very grateful
to all our former students who have given such a positive response.
Benefactors
7
Photographs:
1 Alastair Ross, Clerk to the
Drapers’ Company was awarded
on Honorary Fellowship in July
2005.
2 Professor Andrew Lewis with the
three Parry Williams Scholars for
2005 – Hannah Lock, Victoria
Hodgson and Laura Kestell. On
the left is the late Professor Parry
Williams’ daughter Dr Ann Lloyd
Jones.
3 Carwyn Jones delivered the
keynote address at the joint Tom
Parry Jones/Engineering
Education Scheme lecture.
4 Mr Carwyn Jones, (centre)
at the Dr Tom Parry Jones
lecture/exhibition, with Dr Tom
Parry Jones (left), Pro ViceChancellor Mark Baird, Wyn
Griffiths and Austin Matthews,
Director of the Engineering
Education Scheme.
5 The Tom Parry Jones lecture and
exhibition attracted a large
audience of young people.
6 With award winning students
Cara Hughes and Dawn Fisher,
the Vice-Chancellor attended the
Education Dinner at Drapers’ Hall.
On the left is the Master Mr
Martin Sankey and the Clerk
Rear-Admiral Alastair Ross on
the right.
7 Students who took part in the
recent telephone fundraising
campaign.
8 Dr Judy Hutchings, Jane
Davidson, Minister for Education
and Lifelong Learning, Prof Merfyn
Jones, Vice-Chancellor and Prof
Carolyn Webster Stratton
The Worshipful Company of Drapers’ continues to provide a vital life-line
to so many of our students and research projects. As reported last year, the
Drapers’ support is now being redirected to the north Wales-based Thomas
Howell bequest, and the new arrangements are running smoothly.
Again, the Cemlyn Jones Trust has been a major benefactor which has
enabled the Trust to build up an endowment to support a PhD Marine
Archaeology student as well as Dr Cecil Jones, the Cemlyn Jones Fellow.
Further critical support was received from:
Mr Goronwy Cleaver (Law), Parry Williams (Music), George
Thomas Trust (Centre for Arid Zone Studies), Mr Lloyd Jones,
Gwynedd Law Society, Sedan House, BIC Eryri, Kirby Laing
Foundation, Natext UK Ltd, Merrill Lynch Investment Managers,
Professor Gordon Conway and Dr Tom Parry Jones.
The Tom Parry Jones entrepreneurial lecture was organised jointly with the
Engineering Education Scheme Wales (EESW) and was held at Llandudno in
March 2005. Mr Carwyn Jones, Minister for Environment, Planning &
Countryside at the Welsh Assembly Government delivered a fascinating address
to an audience of over 300 north Wales pupils.
One of the most successful fundraisers during the year was Dr Judy
Hutchings, who leads the Incredible Years Wales project, part of the School of
Psychology. This pioneering work is an evidence-based all Wales project for
young families to develop programmes to reduce the risk of developing conduct
disorders. The first results of this extensive research are very
encouraging, not only for the pre-school children directly involved in the
programme, but also their siblings. The Welsh
Assembly Government has just announced
8
that new funding to extend the availability of
programmes throughout Wales is being
provided. Local authorities will be able to bid
for a share of funds to train staff to run the
Incredible Years parenting programme. The
training will be given by Dr Judy Hutchings.
Legacies are becoming a more significant
part of our activities, and during the year the
Dementia unit and the Welsh
Department received legacies to support
their work.
Our thanks go to all donors who contributed to a wide variety of projects
over the year.
JOHN WYNNE JONES, Director, Development Trust
Development Fund
5
As featured in The
Guardian 1.11.05
Lest we
forget…
ROFESSOR HAROLD W. LAWTON,
P
was born on July 27, 1899. A
Bangor graduate, he was a
distinguished authority on 16th and
17th century French literature. One of the
last survivors of the Great War, he is thought
to have been the last surviving Allied
soldier captured on the Western Front. He
died on December 23, aged 106.
33 In memoriam
arold Walter Lawton was
born in Stoke-on-Trent, the
younger son of William T.
C. Lawton, owner of a tile-laying
and mosaics business. He was
educated at Middle School,
Newcastle-under-Lyme, and Rhyl
Secondary School. After being a
member of the OTC, he was
conscripted in 1916.
constable whilst continuing his
work at the university and helped
to brief allied infiltrators by giving a
series of talks to British soldiers
and airmen on the French people
and customs. He later discovered
that his name appeared on a Nazi
list of ‘wanted’ intellectuals to be
selected for ‘special treatment’ in
the event of a German invasion.
Young Harold would have put
himself forward for officer training,
but the near-collapse of his father’s
business due to the fall in orders
during the war left insufficient funds
to buy officer uniform and
equipment. Instead, he joined the
Royal Welch Fusiliers as a private
soldier but was transferred to the
Cheshire Regiment. During his
active service he was incarcerated
by the Germans in 1918 after being
captured on the Western Front.
In 1950, he took up the Chair of
French at Sheffield University, and
later became Pro Vice-Chancellor
from 1961-1964.
H
He survived active service, and
after demobilisation in early 1919,
academia took centre stage and he
studied at the University of Wales,
Bangor, where he obtained his
Masters degree in 1921. He left
two years later to pursue a
doctorate in Latin and French at
the Sorbonne.
After retiring in 1964 Lawton spent
fifteen years on Anglesey where he
and his wife enjoyed walking,
sketching and beachcombing and
they travelled frequently to France.
Among his honours were the
Médaille d'Argent de la
Reconnaissance Française in 1946,
Officier d’Académie and Chevalier
de la Légion d’honneur of France,
the last awarded to him in 1999 in
recognition of his service to France
during the First World War. He
married Bessie Pate in 1933. She
predeceased him, as did their two
sons. He is survived by a daughter.
On his return to Britain, he became
lecturer in French at University
College Southampton, 1926-37,
during which time The Archbishop
of Canterbury, Cosmo Lang, asked
him to make a typescript of William
Gladstone’s vast daily journal. He
became Professor of Modern
Languages at the university in 1937.
Lawton was an excellent raconteur
and caricaturist, with a sense of
humour best reflected in the
numerous limericks he composed.
He often wiled away duller moments
at committee meetings doing vivid
caricatures of those present. Harold
Lawton was reading Harry Potter in
French at 103, and continued to do
the Telegraph’s crossword with his
daily glass of malt whisky.
When hostilities broke out again in
1939, Lawton became a special
His death leaves only seven known
British survivors of the First World War.
Harold’s entry in the University’s registration book, April 1919
With the horror of the trenches
about to slip from living
memory, here are Professor
Lawton’s own words.
hen I was 18, I was called
up and joined the Royal
Welch Fusiliers, before transferring to
the Cheshire Regiment - which was
just a matter of changing the buttons.
I went for training in Yarmouth. I was
a good shot, for one thing.
“W
On June 24 1916, the German navy
bombarded the town. They moved
past us very quickly, firing on our
billets. I don't think anybody was
killed. Later on, Jerry got an
opportunity to send something a bit
bigger over, and he did, in the shape
of a Zeppelin airship, which dropped
bombs on the town. I was posted to
the front in France but it was all very
chaotic. Regiments were being
amalgamated and you didn't really
know from day to day where you
belonged. In December 1917, we
We weren't there for long but it
seemed like a very long time
indeed. They moved us by cattle
trucks to Westphalia, where I was
sent temporarily to a camp in
Limburg, then on to Minden. Here,
I was given a job peeling potatoes.
The prisoners were divided into
two groups - the better educated
and the others. Fortunately, I was
in the former group, which was
given much lighter duties. The
others were put to hard manual
labour. After a while, I was moved
off to a much bigger camp, which,
I must say, was well run. I was
there when the Armistice was
signed. We'd been expecting it.
I arrived back in Rhyl in
December 1918, only to be told
“We held on for a long as we could, but we had no
supplies of ammunition or food for three days...”
were attached to the 4th East
Yorkshire Regiment and we went to
Béthune.
The line hardly moved and all I can
really remember is the noise, the
cold and the fact that we were
hungry and seemed to have
permanently wet feet. In April of the
following year, as the Germans were
on the offensive near Armentières, a
Portuguese battalion was overrun
and I ended up with six Durham
Light Infantrymen in a trench. We
had to dig a temporary line with
hand tools. We were completely cut
off. We held on for as long as we
could, but we had no supplies of
ammunition or food for three days
and, when the waves of Jerries
came over, we had no option but to
surrender. They took us prisoner
and we were put in a "cage" for a
few days. We were then transported
to Lille, to a prison they referred to
as "the Black Hole" because so
many of its prisoners died of
disease. The flu epidemic was rife,
and killed huge numbers there.
The prison was a fort that had
originally been built by the French. We
were all put into one great, massive
room. It was absolute hell. There were
Abridged obituary reproduced by kind permission of the Telegraph.
shelves on the walls and men lay
on these shelves wherever they
could. Some of the men had been
hurt and some hadn't. I'd never
known anything like it.
that I had been demobbed too
early, so I was sent back to the
army, where I was given an office
job filling in discharge papers!
I carried on with my French
studies after the war, obtaining an
MA (Honours) degree at the
University of Wales at Bangor in
1921, followed by a fellowship in
1923. I then went to Paris and
read for a doctorate in Latin and
French Renaissance literature at
the Sorbonne.
I obtained a double-first degree
and stayed on at the Sorbonne as
a junior lecturer for two years. Paris
in the 20s was an extraordinary
place and I was fortunate to have
been there. I spent much time in
Montmartre among the artists and
in the Latin Quarter browsing
through the fabulous book stalls.
In 1999 I became a Chevalier de
la Légion d'honneur - an honour
bestowed by the French on all
surviving veterans of the Great
War. It is a great honour and one
which gives me enormous
pleasure. I have always loved the
French people, their language
and, indeed, their cuisine!”
Edited extract from Last Post: The Final Words From Our First World War Soldiers by Max
Arthur, pub. Weidenfeld & Nicolson, RRP £18.99. Reproduced by kind permission of Max Arthur.
Copyright: text © Max Arthur, 2005
In memoriam 34
In memoriam
Nesta Haf Dolben (neé Owen)
1927-2005
Nesta Haf Owen was born on 8 May
1927 near Corwen. In 1945 she
obtained a place at Bangor to read
Classics but shortly before her final
examinations she became seriously ill
with T.B. She recovered and returned in
1949 to re-sit her final year and was
awarded a BA degree in 1950.
During this year she met her future
husband Cyril Dolben who graduated
in History and Geography in 1952.
They married in 1953 after he
completed his PGCE in Bangor. Cyril
died in 1969 at the young age of 42.
Nesta returned to work as a supply
teacher in Southport in 1968 and later
as a full time primary school teacher.
From 1975 to 1992 she taught French
at Worden Comprehensive School and
also taught Latin in the late 1970’s until
the subject was dropped from the
curriculum. She was later promoted to
Head of the Languages and also served
as a branch representative of the
NASUWT for many years.
Nesta died of lymphoma on the 21
May after a brief and unexpected
illness. She is survived by her four
children Gwyn, Linda, Alan and
William and by her seven
grandchildren.
Benjamin Richard Feaver 19142005
Benjamin Feaver came as a mature
student to Bangor to study Forestry
and graduated in 1946. He was
appointed to the Forestry Commission
and posted to Aberdeenshire where he
was in land acquisition and advised
private estates. He was awarded a
Churchill Studentship in the 50s and
spent a year in the USA studying
American forestry practice, in particular
mechanisation. He rose to Divisional
Officer but resigned in the late 50s and
joined Joe Harcourt Roberts (Bangor
1943-47) in running and developing
Little Milford Forest Nurseries in
Pembrokeshire until his retirement.
He was a keen and knowledgeable
countryman, a good shot and low
handicap golfer who in his youth had
played in the Open. He had a great
interest in photography and during his
time in America made a wildlife film
which was shown on ‘live’ television
when he appeared with Peter Scott.
Ben became Chairman of the West
Wales Field Society and was for a time
a divisional member of the Royal
Forestry Society Council. He is
survived by his widow Vera and two
step-daughters and their children.
P.W.T. Henry (Abridged)
Cynthia Hatfield (neé Williams)
1947-2004
Cynthia Hatfield was a student at the
Normal College 1966-1969. Her
teaching career was spent mainly at
Ysgol Mair and Blessed Edward Jones
High School, both in Rhyl. She died
suddenly whilst on holiday in France in
July 2004 and is survived by her
husband, Dennis (UCNW, 1964-1967),
and two children, Michael and Kathryn.
Gwilym Vaughan Jones
Un o’r Felinheli oedd Gwilym Vaughan
Jones a bu farw ddiwedd Ebrill 2005.
Er yn deithiwr brwd, adawodd o erioed
ei filltir sgwar – yn Y Felinheli a
Bangor yr ymgartrefodd gydol ei oes.
Collodd ei wraig Winnie, un mis ar
ddeg cyn ei farw disyfyd yntau.
Cofir amdano fel organydd medrus
iawn Capel Tŵr Gwyn ym Mangor
Uchaf. Yn Awst 2000 daeth yn
Drysorydd Cymdeithas Cyn-fyfyrwyr
Bangor, ac roedd wrth ei fodd yn
gwneud y gwaith yn fanwl a gofalus.
Roedd Gwilym Vaughan yn
gymeriad unigryw. Yn annwyl, hoffus a
brwdfrydig – boed ef o blaid neu yn
erbyn y mater dan sylw. Chwith fu ei
golli o’n plith mor sydyn.
Crynodeb gan Ella Owens
Gwilym Vaughan Jones
Honorary Treasurer of the Old
Students’ Association, he passed away
in April 2005.
Rev Richard Jones 1919-2005
Richard Jones was born in Betws
Garmon and raised in Waunfawr. He
graduated from Bangor with a BSc in
chemistry in 1939 and went to work for
Celanese in Derby, where he became a
lay-preacher during the war.
Mr Jones then worked for Shell in
Ellesmere Port, became a lecturer in
Liverpool and in 1947 he was elected a
deacon in Anfield Road Church. In
1955 he gained his masters degree in
theology at Mansfield College and he
became minister of Hyfrydle, Holyhead.
Five years later he became minister of
Charing Cross Welsh Chapel in
London where he met his wife Dorothy,
a sister at Charing Cross Hospital.
Married in 1968, they moved to
Cardigan where sons Huw and Deiniol
were born, but in 1972 Mr Jones took
up a teaching post at Ysgol Emrys ap
Iwan, Abergele. He then became
minister in Trefnant, but was still a
supply teacher at Ysgol John Bright,
Llandudno and Ysgol Glan Clwyd, St
Asaph.
His hobbies included Welsh
literature, eisteddfodau and fishing and
he also supported local charities. His
proudest moments came when he
baptised his five grandchildren.
Reverend Jones preached his last
sermon at Trefnant in 2004.
Ruth Elizabeth Jones (neé
Hobbs)
I first met Ruth Hobbs in October 1951,
in our second year in the School of
Agriculture, UCNW, Bangor, one of
only two girls in the year.
Ruth was a totally committed
student. In final year she qualified for
the Honours year but decided not to
take it. Instead she went as farm
administrator and accountant to the
University College farm for a year. With
her parents owning a Welsh Black
cattle stud she took a particular interest
in the University’s Welsh Black stud
and in practical farming activities as
well as the academic side of
Agriculture.
My memories of Ruth will be of a
lovely lady, a committed student, of
impeccable integrity and as a lover of life.
Professor Haydn Lloyd Davies (Abridged)
Derek A Ratcliffe 1929-2005
Derek Ratcliffe, one of the greatest
nature conservationists and field
naturalists of the modern age, died
suddenly en route to his annual
ornithological and botanical expedition
in the far north.
Born in London in 1929, he grew
up in Carlisle. His earliest passion was
for butterflies and moths; gradually it
became a passion for birds, on which
he became a world authority.
In 1947 Derek went to Sheffield
University, where he took a first class
honours degree in botany. He started
out studying zoology, but switched to
botany having fallen under the spell of
the brilliant botanist, Professor Roy
Clapham. He moved to Bangor
University for his PhD which was
awarded in 1954. His thesis detailed
the mountain vegetation of Snowdonia
– a work which to this day is still used
to study the impact of pollution in the
mountains.
Thomas Idris Rees O.B.E. 19182005
Tom Rees was born in South Wales,
educated locally and graduated in
agriculture and forestry at UCNW in
1939 where he also met his future wife
Betty, a physics undergraduate. He
joined the Colonial Forest Service in
1940 and was posted to southern
Nigeria. Shortly afterwards he was
called to the Colours and
Commissioned into the West African
Frontier Force at Kaduna. With the loss
of Malaya, the shortage of rubber
became acute and, unusually, Tom was
released from the Army and put in
charge of a scheme to harvest wild
rubber from the Nigerian Forest
Reserves.
Following his discharge, he was
promoted to Senior Assistant
Conservator of Forests posts in
Western Nigeria. He retired from the
Service in 1959 and was appointed air
photo interpreter to the Forestry and
Land Use Section of the Directorate of
Overseas Surveys.
In 1962 Tom was engaged in a
joint venture with FAO investigating the
position of forest inventory work in
British Guiana, leading to a period of
field work in that country to initiate a
forest inventory. In 1966 collaboration
with the UN Special Fund Agency
followed with the development of
proposals for a forestry development
project in Jamaica, implemented by
Tom between 1968 and 1971. In the
late 1960s he was also involved in
work in the British Solomon Islands,
New Hebrides, Fiji and in British
Honduras.
In 1972 Tom became acting
Director of the Land Resources
Department of the Directorate of
Overseas Surveys until mid 1974. He
then became head of the newly created
Department of Planning and Scientific
Coordination and continued in this role
until he retired in May 1978. He was
awarded the O.B.E. in 1975.
Tom Rees was an outstanding
officer in the Colonial Forest Service
and a man of great integrity. He is
survived by his son and daughter and
by four grandsons.
Thomas Adam Sunter
1979 - 2005
Thomas Adam Sunter was killed in a
tragic canoeing accident in Dumfries,
Scotland on 4th December. He came
from Manchester and studied
mechanical engineering at Strathclyde
University and then completed a
teaching qualification at Bangor. He had
been a physics teacher at Cockermouth
school since September.
John Francis Walker 1929-2004
A native of Crosby, Liverpool, John
Francis Walker was evacuated with his
family to the Mold area in 1940. He
attended the Alun County School and
then took a BSc in Physics at Bangor.
He then did research under Professor
Edwin Owen and was awarded a PhD in
1953 for work on the Atomic Structures
of Metals and Alloys, using the
technique of X-ray Diffraction.
After a period with the UK Atomic
Energy Authority in Sellafield, he
joined the Atomic Energy Canada in
1964 working at Deep River, followed
by Pinawa.
In Canada he enjoyed many
activities – backpacking, camping,
sailing and photography and he
returned regularly to North Wales
where he loved walking in the
Clwydian Hills.
After retiring he and his wife,
35 In Memoriam
Dorothy, visited the Czech Republic in 1990
as volunteer teachers of the English
Language, and again in 1991 for a further 18
months.
He will be remembered as a quiet, gentle
and humorous man. He leaves his wife
Dorothy, children John and Sarah and
granddaughters Abigail and Shelby.
Provided by G.I. Williams
John Wholey 1928-2005
John Wholey graduated in Forestry in 1952.
He was appointed to the Colonial Forest
Service in Nigeria where he served until 1962
retiring as Conservator of Forests. He then
had an appointment in the Planning
Department of Norfolk County Council but,
finding this unfulfilling, emigrated to
Australia and had an appointment for 4-5
years in New South Wales Forest Service. He
returned to the UK and again had a planning
appointment for a few years with Staffordshire
County Council before joining the Forest
Department in Hong Kong. Here he was
largely responsible for the conversion of the
forest reserves in the New Territories into
National Parks and for their subsequent
development. He is survived by his widow,
Alice (who accompanied him in all his
appointments) and by two sons.
Mansel Williams
Mansel Williams of Bangor was director of
education for Caernarfonshire for 26 years,
retiring in 1974.
A native of Swansea, he attended
Swansea Grammar School and then Swansea
University gaining an honours degree in
Physics. He taught in London for six years
and then joined the RAF as a navigator. He
later went on to be a navigating instructor.
In 1946 he was appointed deputy director
of education for Caernarfonshire, becoming
director two years later. He was closely involved
in the work of the Welsh Joint Education
Committee and in the University in Bangor.
Mr Williams played an important role in
the development of technical education in the
county and in setting up both the
Caernarfonshire Technical College and
Llandudno hotel and catering college, which
later merged with Llandrillo Technial College.
He became a CBE in the Queen’s Birthday
Honours in 1974.
Nan Wynn Williams
Nan Wynn Williams was Lady President of
the Students’ Union in 1963-64. At the age of
forty four, she died suddenly but peacefully
on August 29 at her home in London.
Nan undertook every task with energy
and commitment and her unswerving loyalty
to her colleagues made her very special. After
graduating and taking her teaching diploma
she travelled widely in Europe, the USA,
Canada and the Far East. She once said that
she found people of great interest and not
intimidating because she was fascinated by
others. Others were just as fascinated by Nan
and her success in student politics and the
travel trade was a result. Her presence was
pure joy and she will be sadly missed but
remembered with affection.
Euryn Ogwen (Abridged)
Codwyd Baner y Brifysgol er cof am yr
aelodau staff canlynol
The University Flag was flown in
tribute to the memory of the following
members of staff:
Mr Gwyn Thomas
Cyn Gofrestrydd yn y Coleg Normal / Former
Coleg Normal Registrar
3 Mehefin/3 June 2005
Mrs Catherine Evans
Aelod o staff yn Llyfrgell yr Ysgol
Cerddoriaeth / Member of staff in the Library
of the School of Music.
20 Mehefin/20 June 2005.
Mrs Angela Jones
Aelod o staff yng Ngwasanaethau Gwybodaeth
(Adeilad Deiniol) / Member of staff in
Information Services (Adeilad Deiniol)
9 Medi/9 September 2005.
Mr Ian Boardman
Aelod o staff yn yr Ysgol Nyrsio,
Bydwreigiaeth ac Astudiaethau Iechyd.
Member of staff in School of Nursing,
Midwifery and Health Studies.
15 Medi/15 September 2005.
Mr Geraint James
Cyn-ddarlithydd y Coleg Normal / Former
Lecturer of Coleg Normal.
10 Tachwedd/10 November 2005
Mr Roy Pickard
Cyn-aelod o staff yn yr Ysgol Gwybodeg
(Ffiseg) / Former member of staff in the
School of Informatics (Physics)
14 Tachwedd/ 14 November 2005
Obituaries in full with translations are
available at www.bangor.ac.uk/alumni
or from the Alumni Office.
Dr Anthony Ruston
Cyn Ddarllenydd mewn Mathemateg a
ymddeolodd yn 1977/ Former Reader in
Mathematics who retired in 1977.
5 Gorffennaf/5 July 2005
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