Issue 29 Spring 2014
Burma Road Student Village
opens
Student satisfaction
Crime and Justice Research
Centre
Children’s show starts UK
tour
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Alfred the Great
The search for his final
resting place
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VENTA / Issue 29 / Spring 2014
Welcome
Dear Friends,
I am pleased to be able to report that despite
ongoing uncertainty within the university
sector, Winchester continues to go from
strength to strength with buoyant recruitment
for 2013. This leaves us well-placed to take
advantage of the lifting of restrictions on
student numbers from 2015 onwards.
artist and now provides a fitting welcome to
the campus.
In November, I was honoured to be elected
as Chair of GuildHE, one of only two national
representative bodies for Higher Education. I
intend to do all I can at the national level to
promote the interests of smaller, specialist
universities, such as Winchester.
We have celebrated much success in national
league tables this year, rising 18 places
up The Sunday Times rankings and being
awarded seventh best modern university.
Much of this was down to our student
satisfaction levels, which were higher than
ever before. We were rated highest in the
country in Law, History and Archaeology
by our students (National Student Survey
2013). These results are testament to the
dedication of our staff and our commitment
to providing a top quality university
experience for all our students.
The past year has been an exciting one for the
University, with many new projects to enhance
the Estate. These included the official opening
in October of the Burma Road Student Village
with its state-of-the-art gym which is proving
very popular with students and the local
community. It has also been a joy to unveil
many new artworks on the campus, including
a portrait of our first Chancellor, Dame Mary
Fagan DCVO JP, and the striking sculpture The
Angel which was commissioned from a local
Our Department of Archaeology hit the
headlines nationally and internationally
with a key discovery in the search for the
final resting place of King Alfred the Great.
Alongside the community group Hyde900,
we were able to unveil the important
discovery of a pelvic bone which is likely
to belong to either King Alfred or his son
Edward. This demonstrated the power of
academic research to reach across centuries
and has really caught the public imagination.
University green initiatives
achieve multiple awards
The University of Winchester has
once again been praised for ever
increasing green honours.
As 2013 drew to a close, the University
received the city’s highest endorsement for
environmental performance – the Carbon Smart
Gold certificate – for the second year running.
The scheme recognises local organisations
which show effort in reducing their
carbon footprint. The University has made
carbon savings through sustainable waste
management, reduced energy consumption
and a robust carbon management plan.
It was also recognised with the Blake Lapthorn
Sustainability Award at the Hampshire Business
Awards 2013, which is designed to highlight
the best of the county’s thriving business
community.
The University’s reputation as a green
institution has grown significantly, and in
2013 was titled as Winchester City Council’s
Carbon Smart Business of the Year. In 2012
The University earned the title of Eco Business
of the Year for both Winchester and the South
Coast.
Graduation 2013 was once again a wonderful
celebration of the achievements of our
students. It was a pleasure to have some of
the first women graduates of the University
with us at Graduation, marking 50 years since
the first women graduated from the three year
programme. We also introduced a new
Vice-Chancellor’s Community Engagement
Award which was awarded this year to the late
Paul Chamberlain, a former member of staff
who did so much for his community. Paul sadly
died unexpectedly last August.
I hope to welcome many alumni at the annual
Winton Reunion in June. There will be a special
175th anniversary reunion weekend in summer
2016 and many other opportunities for alumni to
get involved in the celebrations during 2015-16.
Thank you to all our friends and alumni for your
continued support and encouragement and
wishing you a very happy Easter.
Professor Joy Carter DL, Vice-Chancellor
Contents
Vice-Chancellor chairs GuildHE...... page 2
Graduation 2013................................. page 3
Search for Alfred the Great............... pages 4-5
Awards for Journalism students....... page 6
Lecturer’s show on UK tour.............. page 7
Ethiopian eco-wilderness lodge...... pages 8-9
Irving Club tour Germany 1967....... page 10
Fresher to future: Psychology........... page 11
Gambian projects............................... pages 12-13
Student Union Presidents................. page 14
Obituaries............................................. page 15
Winton Club Reunion........................ page 16
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University News
ViceChancellor
elected as
Chair of
GuildHE
Professor Joy Carter, Vice-Chancellor
of the University of Winchester, is the
new Chair of GuildHE.
Vice-Chancellor of Buckinghamshire New
University, Professor Ruth Farwell, has served
as Chair for two terms, and welcomed the
appointment.
VENTA / Issue 29 / Spring 2014
Burma Road Student Village opens
The beginning of the current
academic year saw the grand opening
of the latest student accommodation
development, the Burma Road
Student Village.
Located adjacent to the King Alfred Campus,
the space offers 350 en suite bedrooms and
numerous state-of-the-art facilities, including
an extensive new gym.
“Over recent years, the University has
invested heavily in order to provide affordable,
sustainable and modern accommodation
for those studying here,” said Professor Neil
Marriott, Deputy Vice-Chancellor of the
University of Winchester.
The new buildings are divided into flats of six
to eight bedrooms and all have secure swipe
card entry systems, as well as energy-saving
features such as automatic lighting controls.
Student rent includes energy bills and access to
free WiFi. Seven bedrooms have been adapted
for wheelchair users and there are facilities
to assist hearing-impaired students. The gym
is split over two floors and hosts the latest
fitness equipment which is programmed with
advanced simulations. “For example, users are
able to cycle through the streets of Paris and
the display will react to the speed of travel,”
commented Professor Marriott.
A range of exercise classes run throughout the
year. Student, staff, community and corporate
membership is available.
The Burma Road Student Village opening
ceremony was held in October 2013, led by
Professor Dame Mary Fagon DCVO JP, Her
Majesty’s Lord-Lieutenant of Hampshire and
Chancellor of the University of Winchester.
“I know that Joy shares the values of GuildHE
members as specialist, student-focused, highquality teaching institutions with an important
contribution to the sector.”
Professor Carter is Chair of the University
Vocational Awards Council (UVAC), a Board
Member of the Quality Assurance Agency
(QAA), and is a Board Member of the
Universities and Colleges Admissions Service
(UCAS). Until recently she was Chair of the
Cathedrals Group of Universities.
Satisfied students
“It is more important than ever to make sure
that smaller, specialist, higher education
institutions have a voice within the sector,”
commented Professor Carter.
The University of Winchester has
risen by 18 places from last year’s
ranking in The Times and The Sunday
Times Good University Guide 2014.
Professor Carter was appointed as
Vice-Chancellor at the University of Winchester
in April 2006. She has now taken over as Chair
of GuildHE after Professor Farwell’s term ended
in November 2013.
It is now 57th in the overall league table and
the 10th best university in the South East. The
Student Union is ranked first in the South East
and in the top 10 in England.
The Guide identified the University as making
the biggest rise in the rankings, and is the
second consecutive year it has achieved
a significant leap forward. Winchester
degree students who completed the 2013
National Student Survey revealed a 100 per
cent satisfaction result in Law, History and
Archaeology; which rank these subjects as
highest nationally.
Alongside this, the British Quality Foundation
have awarded five-star recognition for overall
excellence (for the second time), making it the
only University in the UK to have been awarded
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twice in a row. The award recognises the
University’s well developed leadership culture
and student-focused approach.
Finally, postgraduate students from the
University have given a glowing report for
teaching, learning and career development
in the 2013 Postgraduate Taught Experience
Survey. In the major national poll, the
University out-performed other institutions by
scoring higher than the sector average.
PGCE Primary at Winchester scored particularly
highly. Students on the course gave a 95 per
cent rating in terms of career and professional
development.
“We are constantly striving to enhance the
quality of teaching and learning,” commented
Professor Neil Marriott, Deputy Vice-Chancellor
at the University of Winchester. “We shall
be using the results of this survey to plan
improvements for the coming years.”
University News
New Crime and
Justice Research
Centre launched
The University of Winchester
launched a new Crime and Justice
Research Centre last October.
The Centre enhances current developments
within the already well-established Winchester
Innocence Project (part of the Innocence
Network UK), and extend its interest to cover
research relating to the field of crime and
justice. The launch included a keynote address
by Michael Zander QC, FBA of the London
School of Economics, a highly distinguished
British legal scholar and expert on the British
legal system.
It is hoped that the new Centre will act
as a catalyst and forum for the sharing of
information and research among students and
experts at the University of Winchester.
VENTA / Issue 29 / Spring 2014
Graduation 2013
The University of Winchester saw
more than 1,800 students graduate
in the latest ceremonies, held in
Winchester Cathedral.
Over four days and through seven ceremonies,
the awards were presented to each student in
turn.
The event commenced with a special
procession, which included the University’s
African Drumming Ensemble, and travelled
from Abbey House to the Cathedral. The
ceremony was attended by dignitaries from
across the region, and the Chancellor, the
Board of Governors and senior staff from the
University.
Miriam Margolyes OBE, Honorary Doctorate
veterinarian, and the Elephant Valley Project
(EVP); an ecotourism programme that provides
an alternative approach to elephant care,
rehabilitation and conservation.
With over 40 members of staff, and 13
elephants in their care, ELIE provides local
people with employment without displacing
them from their land, giving them an income
which allows them to send their children to
school. It also offers gap year students and
tourists an opportunity to learn about the
elephants up-close.
University welcomes
series producer of
Dragons’ Den
Putul Verma, series producer of
Dragons’ Den, recently attended the
University of Winchester to present
her lecture: Ten mostly accurate tips for
working on factual TV.
A trained journalist to degree level, Putul started
her career as a national newspaper reporter and
entered television as a political researcher. She
then went on to produce and direct episodes of
Ibiza Uncovered, Coppers and Airline.
More recently she has been the series producer
of several flagship television series including
Come Dine With Me for Channel 4 (of which
she also produced and directed the pilot
episode), The Hotel Inspector for Channel 5 and
Masterchef and Dragons’ Den
for the BBC.
She specialises in high
profile, fast turnaround,
high volume series and is
currently series editor
for Homes Under
the Hammer for
BBC1.
Celia Imrie, Honorary Doctorate
Honorary Doctorates were awarded to operatic
soprano Claire Rutter; Paralympic gold medallist
Helena Lucas MBE; Dr Emmanuel Adjase;
artist Rosa Branson MBE; writer Patrick Gale;
vegetarian cookery writer Rose Elliot; and
actresses Miriam Margolyes OBE and Celia Imrie.
During the ceremony in which Jack received his
award, £350 was raised for the Elephant Valley
Project fund.
See page 17 for details on how to nominate
Alumnus of the Year 2014.
Honorary Fellowships were awarded to Lady
Joan Appleyard; councillor Chris Pines; Felicity
Hindson MBE; and Zoie Golding.
The Alumnus of the Year award went to Jack
Highwood, founder of the Elephant Livelihood
Initiative Environment (ELIE) in the Mondulkiri
Province, close to the Vietnamese border. It is an
economically-sustainable charitable organisation
that was set up to improve the health and welfare
of domestic elephants and to provide advice and
education to the local people.
ELIE runs several projects which include
elephant research, monitoring, a mobile
Jack Highway, Alumnus of the Year
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The University of Winchester
is working in partnership
with Hyde900, a cultural
community group, to find the
final resting place of King
Alfred the Great.
In January 2014
archaeologists from the
University confirmed they
had discovered part of a
pelvic bone, most likely to
be from Alfred the Great
or his eldest son, Edward
the Elder. This significant
find was announced to the
world’s media at a crowded
press conference and by a
BBC Two documentary team
that exclusively filmed the
project.
The Search for
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took place on the site of Hyde Abbey between
1995 and 1999, and that led her to an exciting
development.
Dr Tucker was advised of two boxes of bones
in the Museum’s storage facility that had been
identified as human, but not until some years
later after the excavation had ended and the
funding had run out.
Upon examining the remains, Dr Tucker’s
interest was piqued by a pelvis bone that had
been found at the site of the Abbey’s High
Altar. Radiocarbon dating showed it dated
from AD 895-1017. Osteological analysis found
it belonged to a man between 26 and 45+ at
death.
The Unmarked Grave, St Bartholomew’s Church, Hyde
King Alfred was best known for defending
Wessex against the Viking invaders, but he
also laid the foundations for a unified English
nation. He was above all passionate about
education and learning.
History recalls that when King Alfred died
in 899, he was interred in the Anglo-Saxon
cathedral in Winchester, known as the Old
Minster, along with his eldest son Edward and
his wife Ealhswith. From there the bones were
moved by monks to New Minster and then
Hyde Abbey.
Hyde Abbey was dismantled after the
Dissolution of the Monasteries in the sixteenth
century; the bodies remained there until a
prison was built on the site in 1788, when an
eyewitness reported the tombs were emptied
and the remains ‘thrown about’.
In 1866-67, an antiquarian claimed to have
excavated the bones of the Wessex royal
household from the site of Hyde Abbey. He
sold these to the Rector William Williams of
Saint Bartholomew’s Church in Hyde, who
reinterred them in an unmarked grave in the
late nineteenth century.
Early in 2013 Hyde900, working with Saint
Bartholomew’s Church, petitioned Winchester
Diocese to grant permission to exhume the
remains of the Unmarked Grave.
Archaeologists from the University exhumed
the remains in March 2013. Dr Katie Tucker,
Researcher in Human Osteology at the
University of Winchester, led the exhumation.
She established that the bones, including five
skulls, came from a minimum of six individuals.
“All were adults: one definitely female, one
definitely male, two possible males and two
incomplete individuals,” said Dr Tucker. “These
people had suffered from multiple pathologies,
including common conditions such as dental
disease and arthritis.”
Radiocarbon dates revealed the skeletons
dated from about 1100 to 1500 AD, much later
than Alfred’s reign. Dr Tucker said the evidence
pointed to one conclusion: “The occupants of
the unmarked grave were not among the West
Saxon royal family.”
“Given there was no Anglo-Saxon cemetery
at Hyde Abbey, we began working on the
informed likelihood that this bone comes from
one of the members of the West Saxon royal
family brought to the site,” said Dr Tucker.
“Given the age at death of the individual,
and the probable male identity, the plausible
candidates are King Alfred, King Edward
the Elder, or the brother of King Edward,
Æthelweard. All were buried in the Abbey.
However, historical evidence indicates that
only the coffins of Alfred and Edward were at
the site of the High Altar. The discovery of the
bone in a pit dug into the graves in front of
the High Altar makes it far more likely that it
comes from either Alfred or Edward.”
The University of Winchester is now working
with its partners to continue the quest to find
further remains of Alfred and the Wessex royal
family at Hyde Abbey.
Find out more at
www.winchester.ac.uk/searchforalfred
As part of Dr Tucker’s research she contacted
the Winchester Museum Service to find out
more about a community excavation that
Dr Katie Tucker, Researcher in Human Osteology, University of Winchester
Pelvic bone
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University News
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Journalism students recognised
to find the next generation of pioneering
reporters.
One of the entries was put together on the
night of the Eastleigh by-election. They
combined a webcast, a live outside broadcast
from the count and post-result interviews
with candidates to create a package of
interactive coverage.
“We were absolutely delighted and proud to
be runners up,” said Kate Drummond. “Each
and every one of us put a lot of time into the
coverage, which took place throughout the
night.
“They have done fantastically well,” said Chris
Horrie, Programme Leader for Journalism at the
University of Winchester. “TV News Day is very
much seen as the main award and the students
continue to amaze the editors and others in the
profession with their professionalism, ambition
and energy.”
The TV News Day ensemble was led by
Simisola Adebosin, Harry Parkhill, Kate
Drummond and Ellen Millard, from the BA and
MA Journalism courses at the University. They
won the category with the Winchester News
Online (WINOL) Budget Special.
Additionally, third year students, Kate
Drummond and Jason French, and graduates,
Anja Elen Elkenes and Sam Ashton, came
runners up with two entries in the BBC’s
Student Innovation Awards 2013. This
nationwide competition scoured universities
Inaugural lectures
Researchers support
Nepalese peace process
Congratulations to Professor Neil
Messer, Professor Chris Horrie and
Professor Peter Billingham who
recently held their professorship
inaugural lectures.
Neil Messer, Professor of Theology at the
University of Winchester, presented Where
Science, Theology and Ethics Collide: The Case
of the Human Brain. It explored some of the
questions raised for Christian faith and ethics
by recent developments in neuroscience.
Chris Horrie, of the University’s School of Media
and Film, presented Rupert Murdoch: what next
for The Sun King? He delved into the world of the
entrepreneur and risk-taker, and speculated on
what the future has in store for his empire.
Peter Billingham, Professor of Modern Drama,
explored the extraordinary experiences of three
theatre companies touring during World War II
in Acts of Conscience: Performance, Pacifism and
Politics 1939-1945.
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“To be recognised for our commitment and
hard work is a very satisfying achievement.”
Journalism students and alumni from
the University of Winchester have
continued to gain national recognition,
winning best TV News Day at the
Broadcast Journalism Training Council
Awards and shortlisted for the BBC’s
Student Innovation Awards 2013.
Researchers from the University of
Winchester have been on a mission
to Nepal, helping religious leaders,
campaigners and policy makers find
common ground to reinforce the
peace process.
Dr Mark Owen and Dr Anna King from the
University’s Centre of Religions for Reconciliation
and Peace (WCRRP) have been working in Nepal
for the past three years and have run inter-faith
workshops within the country. Their aim is to
promote mutual understanding among the
country’s numerous ethnic and religious groups
as they move towards a democratic future.
“Our work supports and encourages interreligious, multi-faith groups to think about
Only four entries were shortlisted by a
professional panel of BBC judges. This was
comprised of John Baker, Head of the BBC
College of Journalism; Olivia Solon, Associate
Editor of Wired.co.uk; and BBC News
Presenter Philippa Thomas.
“The consistency of the award-winning
performance year after year means we
now have dozens of students in influential
positions throughout the media,” added Chris
Horrie.
what resources they can mobilise to positively
support and enhance the peace process,”
explains Dr Owen, Director of WCRRP. “It is
a slow process, but building a functioning
democracy cannot be achieved overnight. The
people of Nepal have to face and overcome
some very challenging issues.”
Their work also fed into a national event in the
capital, Kathmandu. The result of this summit
was the ‘Kathmandu Declaration’ – an action
plan identifying specific areas for religious
peace-building.
University News
VENTA / Issue 29 / Spring 2014
Paul Hollywood and Alex Langlands
PhD success
University of Winchester student and
presenter of numerous BBC2 series
Alex Langlands, has graduated with a
PhD in Anglo-Saxon History.
His studies included a blend of historical and
archaeological research, focusing on the early
medieval landscape of Wessex and the theme
of travel and communication. Alongside
working towards his PhD, he had an active
filming schedule for the BBC2 programmes
Victorian Farm, Edwardian Farm and Wartime
Farm. Each focused on the farming methods
used in the time period and were some of the
channels most popular factual programmes.
whilst also learning new and innovative ways
of thinking about this important part of our
nation’s history.”
In addition to the presenting, Alex lectures
part-time at the University and has worked on
a number of books relating to the TV series.
Alex has since starred alongside baker Paul
Hollywood in an episode of Paul Hollywood’s
Pies and Puds on BBC1 – tasking him to cook
traditional puddings the ‘old fashioned way’.
“I have had a thoroughly enjoyable time here
at the University of Winchester,” commented
Alex. “The PhD has enabled me to set in
motion some of my skills as an archaeologist
Currently, Alex has returned to the University
of Winchester in the Faculty of Humanities and
Social Sciences, in a post-doctoral position.
Children’s show starts UK tour
Interactive children’s show
Uluzuzulalia, directed by University
of Winchester Lecturer Dr Yvon
Bonenfant, has begun its UK tour at
the city’s Theatre Royal.
Uluzuzulalia allows children between six and 11
years of age to explore the creative, scientific
and artistic potential of their own voices during
a live performance staged inside two hi-tech
tents. When children enter the performance
tents, actors guide them to use their own
voices to contribute to the show and explore
different sounds as they play a part in the
unfolding story. Special effects and lighting
help to visualise the noises they make.
Dr Bonenfant is the Programme Leader for
the University’s Doctor of Creative Arts in
Performing Arts. He worked in collaboration
with the Theatre Royal Winchester, The Point
in Eastleigh and local schools to fine tune the
project before its national tour.
“The tour is an exciting opportunity to bring
audiences around the UK a dynamic show that
makes children the stars of their own vocal
performances, without the pressure to ‘sing
well’,” said Dr Bonenfant.
Uluzuzulalia is part of Dr Bonenfant’s Your
Vivacious Voice project, which has received
nearly £200,000 in funding from the Wellcome
Trust and Arts Council England.
For more information visit
www.yourvivaciousvoice.com/uluzuzulalia
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Alumni News
VENTA / Issue 29 / Spring 2014
Former students build
eco-wilderness lodge in Ethiopia
Guy Levene OBE and alumnus Yvonne Levene, owners
of Bale Mountain Lodge
In 2009, alumnus Yvonne Levene (BA
English with History 1978 to 1981
and PGCE 1981 to 1982) and her
husband Guy Levene OBE, a former
British Army Colonel, were posted
to Ethiopia. This was the start of a
new adventure that has seen them
construct an eco-wilderness lodge
in the Bale Mountains National
Park. Here is Yvonne’s story of their
journey.
Yvonne and her husband Guy had travelled all
over the world with the military, with Yvonne
teaching where she could. An event in October
2009 changed their lives forever.
“Our younger son, then just 17 years old, broke
his neck playing rugby for his school in the
UK. He was rendered paralysed from the chest
down,” says Yvonne. “His aim in rehabilitation
was to go to Ethiopia which he did in
December 2010, and partly because of his
accident we decided to apply for the first wave
of military redundancies in March 2012.”
A year before, the Ethiopian Wildlife and
Conservation Authority (EWCA) had taken
steps to secure the future of the Bale
Mountains National Park, which is around a six
hours drive south of Addia Ababa. They were
seeking investors to develop a high-end lodge
in the park in order to increase revenue and
provide employment. This was to reduce cattle
grazing, agriculture and deforestation.
“We applied and were accepted to develop
the first lodge to be granted an operator’s
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concession within an Ethiopian National Park.
We chose to locate our development within the
Katcha clearing of Harenna Forest, a 1,000km2 of
pristine wilderness forest and home to amazing
numbers of endemic birds, animals and reptiles.”
The building of the lodge started in 2012
and opened in October 2013, with some
accommodation open. Yvonne and Guy aim
to have it fully operational in mid to late 2014.
The main material used is local stone but there
will be a circular thatched dining room. There
are three rooms within the vicinity of the lodge
for guests with mobility problems or those who
prefer to stay in the lodge area. There are 12 other
bedrooms located in the forest that allow guests
to have views of the forest clearing or mountains.
“BMNP is truly an amazing place. The Sanetti
Plateau rises to 4,350m above sea level and
acts as a water storage tower for 12 million
downstream users who live in the dry Somali
and Afar regions of Ethiopia. There is a need
to preserve the ‘sponge’ effect on the plateau
and the water storage of the trees in the tropical
cloud forest. The plateau is also home to the
rare Ethiopian Wolf – there are 550 in the world,
350 of which live in the Plateau. We are working
very closely with the government to minimise
negative practices and promote conservation.
“One of our problems is that it has been
difficult to put a ‘label’ on the lodge, but we do
aim to not just be a tourist destination but a
facilitator of education and wider knowledge.”
Yvonne and Guy have employed a naturalist
and an ornithologist from Kenya, who is
developing wildlife and environmental tours
and also helps to co-ordinate research teams
that visit the lodge. Part of the lodge includes
a research block and at the moment there
is a team from Utah University who are
studying the effects of bird numbers within
the forest. The Levenes’ journey and the lodge
have captured the attention of national and
international press, having featured in The
Times, The Telegraph, Conde Nast Traveller and
Alumni News
VENTA / Issue 29 / Spring 2014
Former Winchester archaeologist
uses Great War expertise to
analyse unique model
The Independent, with features in The Guardian,
Wall Street Journal and Travel Africa magazine
to come.
“We are trailblazing in what may be a new era
for Ethiopian tourism. We are trying to set new
standards in Ethiopia and are determined to be
an ethical and conservation driven company,
which benefits Ethiopia and those with whom
we live and work.
“I never expected when I was a student that
my life would take such a turn and we would
always be happy to welcome fellow alumni to
what we believe to be one of the most amazing
places on Earth,” added Yvonne. For more
information visit www.balemountainlodge.com
Eco features planned at the lodge
include:
• E lectricity will be generated through the
lodge’s ‘micro-hydro plant’ diverting
water from one of the streams through
turbines before re-entering the stream
• W
aste biodegradable materials will
be used to generate bio-gas in order
to provide for heating the water and
cooking in the service quarters
• D
rinking water will be purified by taking
water from the clear mountain stream
and passing it through slow-sand
filtration
• E very bedroom will have a wood burning
stove and the wood will be sourced
from sustainable plantations outside the
National Park
Archaeologist Martin Brown (History
with Archaeology 1984 to 1987) has
been working at the site of a first
world war training camp in Cannock
Chase. He has been analysing an
unusual tactical model used during
the Great War that was built and
used after the Battle of Messines in
Belgium in June 1917.
Martin is a recognised expert in the
archaeology of the Great War and has
excavated at Messines. He worked on a small
exploratory phase of the works on the model
since 2007. He is currently working with No
Man’s Land, the European Group for Great War
Archaeology, assisting in the analysis of the
model and will manage the excavation and
interpret the results.
“It is thought the model was used in a camp
to train new recruits in the New Zealand Rifle
Brigade who had just arrived in the UK from
New Zealand,” says Martin. “In part the model
seems to have been for training and it’s easy to
imagine a sergeant with a long stick pointing
out significant places and describing the battle.
However, there are also elements of more
subtle training – the model represents the great
battle honour of the Rifle Brigade and where
they won their Victoria Cross but also lost quite
a few of their mates.”
Once the model has been cleared and
recorded, Martin will devise and ensure the
protection of the monument. It will be reburied under geo-textile, sand, mesh (to deter
burrowing animals) and topsoil, with a final
layer of grass and heather mix to improve the
wider habitat.
The project is funded by Staffordshire County
Council (as landowner) and Natural England.
The excavation has also had significant public
involvement, involving up to 30 volunteers per
day, including local people, serving military
personnel and military historians, assisting with
the excavation and recording.
Martin Brown, Archaeologist
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Alumni News
VENTA / Issue 29 / Spring 2014
Blast from the Past: Memories of Irving
Club Volpone tour
In 1967, the Irving Club (Drama
Society) at King Alfred’s College took
their annual production (Volpone
by Ben Johnson) to Germany. Roger
Coates (Cert Ed Handicraft 1964
to1967) was on that tour and shares
his memories.
“These productions were the annual drama
highlight of the year and we filled the Great
Hall for a few nights with an audience from the
College and the city. The popular, charismatic
Drama Lecturer Brian Watkins was the moving
force behind all this. There was a quite a lot
of study and lecture time diverted to the
production. A few weeks after the last curtain
call Brian came up with a jolly wheeze. It seems
Volpone was a set text for secondary students
of English in German schools. What if we took
the play on tour around Germany? I guess that
was Brian’s question. Those of us who said yes
or showed a glimmer of interest started to put
things together.
“On a sunny morning in April, we drove off
for Dover and the ferry. A rota of friends sat
beside me on the bus to chat and see that I
did not nod off. At about 8pm we drove into a
schoolyard to be met by students and parents
– they were our hosts for the night, and my
digs had a parking space for a bus.
“Early the next morning, we returned to the
school and spent the day setting up the stage
for the night which was a lot of work – we set up
in a hall we had never seen, plugs that needed
changing, dressing rooms to fix up and the
janitor to keep sweet. We had a dress rehearsal
by 5pm and it was like a travelling circus without
elephants! Brian was the ringmaster and the
curtain went up to a full house of eager students
who knew every word of the play!
“The following morning everything was
re-loaded and we moved on. We did that in
four places and always opened on time. The
hospitality was wonderful and we had a civic
reception in Giessen, a tour to the border to look
at East German guards looking at us and had
amazing hospitality from our family hosts – all of
which made for a truly memorable experience.
I reflect with joy that all it cost each of us was
£7! It would be wonderful to share a nostalgic
fest of memories with any students on that
trip. I have a photo and article from the Fuldaer
Zeitung, 12 April 1967.”
Mexico meeting for alumni
Two Winchester graduates met in
Mexico after their respective roles
brought them together as part of a
visit to the country by the Minister
for Universities and Science, David
Willetts MP.
Lena Milosevic (BA English and Drama 1978 to
1981 and PGCE 1981 to 1982) is the Country
Director of the British Council in Mexico
and Martin Doel (BEd 1976 to 1980) joined
the delegation as CEO of the Association of
Colleges. Both Lena and Martin’s roles focus
on increasing links in education and forming
strategic partnerships between the two
countries.
Martin Doel; former UK Ambassador, Judith Macgregor; Minister for Universities and Science, David Willets MP;
and Lena Milosevic
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If you were part of that trip or part of the
Irving Club company please email Roger at
[email protected]
The Irving Club gathers
Lightening the load after gear box problems
South Bank Sky
Arts Awards
Two former University of Winchester
students have achieved recognition
at this year’s South Bank Sky Arts
Awards.
British comedian, actor and musician Nick
Helm; who is currently starring in BBC3’s Uncle,
was presented with The Times Breakthrough
Award by fellow TV comedian, Stephen Mangan.
Theatre designer David Shearing was one of five
recipients to be awarded with a Sky Academy
Arts Scholarship. This included
a £30,000 bursary as well
as mentoring from Sky and
the arts industry to help
develop his skills in order
to progress his work to the
next level.
Nick Helm
Alumni News
VENTA / Issue 29 / Spring 2014
Fresher to Future: focus on Psychology
Chris Heaslop
(BSc Psychology
2007 to 2010)
Business
Psychology
Consultant,
Kaisen
Consulting
“After leaving Winchester, I applied for an MSc
in Occupational and Organisational Psychology
at the University of Surrey. The course
allowed me to build on the foundations of my
undergraduate degree by applying what I had
learnt into the context of business psychology.
“Kaisen Consulting did a presentation during
my Masters course, and I was keen to work
with them so I jumped at the chance when
they advertised for new psychologists on
the BPS website. As a consultant, I am
responsible for the delivery of their suite of
leadership and assessment and development
solutions to clients. This includes assessment
of leadership capability and potential,
leadership coaching, leadership development
and leadership strategy.
“Since joining, I have had a breadth of
experience working with different clients
delivering assessment and development
services to managers from the agriculture,
engineering, financial services, legal,
pharmaceutical, professional services, retail
and utilities sectors.
“I enjoy the variety; there is always
something new every week, whether it
is working with a different client, a new
solution, or on a new type of project
– there is rarely a dull moment. Also I
have the opportunity to work with some
of the top business professionals in the
world and I find helping them to improve
their workplace performance immensely
rewarding. In addition, the people I work
with inside Kaisen are outstanding business
psychologists and there is an air of openness
and professionalism that I find very inspiring.
“To work in this field you need a passion
for psychology and leadership, an open and
challenging mind and good insight into
people. Because there is extensive personal
contact with senior leaders within clients,
professional credibility and strong oral and
written communication skills are important.
Well-developed relationship management and
project management skills, and an interest in
pursuing your own professional development
are also key personal attributes.
“The degree at Winchester really ignited my
passion for psychology; I was always interested
in it before, and the quality of teaching
and support from the lecturers helped me
realise that I wanted to pursue a career as a
professional psychologist.
“One piece of advice I would give to students
about to graduate is to ensure that if you
do a course that it is accredited by the BPS.
Internships are worth their weight in gold, but
make sure that it is with a reputable company
and do your research before you apply.”
Inspire students with your success
Become part of our Fresher to future
initiative.
where there is information and profiles of some
of our graduates and what they are doing now.
The University of Winchester takes great pride
in our graduates and we want to share your
success. We have created a dedicated webpage
We hope that this will inspire our prospective
and current students to achieve their potential
and gain an insight into the wide range of
careers available to them after university.
If you would like to tell us your stories then
please email: [email protected]
Visit: www.winchester.ac.uk/future
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Alumni News
VENTA / Issue 29 / Spring 2014
Supporting deaf children in The Gambia
Alumnus Malcolm Garner has set up
a project to support deaf children
in The Gambia after a long career
working in education in the UK.
Malcolm Garner (BEd 1966 to 1970) was one
of the first students to study the degree at King
Alfred’s College and just before he finished his
studies he visited a school for the deaf.
“I was immediately fascinated by the challenge
that this disability presented to the learning
process and the strategies that could be used
to minimise its impact,” says Malcolm. “As a
result I went to work in a school for the deaf
and a year later trained and qualified as a
teacher of the deaf (TOD). This set the course
of my career and for the next 37 years I was
involved in special education, 28 of them as
Head of Education Support Services for sensory
and other areas of Special Educational Needs
(SEN) in Avon, Staffordshire and Birmingham.”
It was this work that led Malcolm to the
Gambia. In 2003, he was co-driver in delivering
a minibus overland to be donated to the School
for the Blind in Serrekunda and decided to take
hearing aids and other audiology equipment to
donate to the nearby school for the deaf – the
only one of its kind in the country.
“I found that there were no qualified TODs in
Gambia at all and there was no-one able to
make effective use of the equipment I had taken.
Nor were there any arrangements for the routine
testing of children’s hearing and almost no use
of hearing aids. As a result I decided to see if we
could do anything to improve the situation and,
with a handful of other TODs, set up the Gambian
Deaf Children Support Project (GDCSP).”
The Project group have since returned every
year and run many courses for the staff from
the special school, and numerous other courses
for teachers from mainstream schools, tutors
from Gambia College of Education and also
for Senior Education Officers from all six
regions of the country. The aim has been to
raise expectations and ensure people realise
it is quite possible to educate deaf children,
provided appropriate support is in place.
Malcolm and his team also trained the first
peripatetic (or itinerant) teachers of the deaf,
paid their salaries and bought them motorbikes
so they could travel and visit deaf children
in local schools, as well as providing support
and advice to their teachers and families. In
September 2012 they assisted with the opening
of the first unit for deaf children, attached to a
mainstream school. This was in an inland area
with no previous educational provision for deaf
children.
Both these initiatives have been very successful
and have been adopted as models by the
Gambian Ministry of Basic and Secondary
Education (MOBSE) who have trained and
now employ 36 itinerant teachers for SEN, all
equipped with motorbikes, to work across the
whole country. In the latest development the
MOBSE is planning to open two more units for
deaf children in mainstream schools later this
year.
Meanwhile GDCSP has worked closely with
other charities to provide a mobile hearing
clinic with trained medical and educational
staff and to develop sign language interpreter
and other support for deaf students and adults.
Malcolm says: “A fundamental principle in
all our work has been to provide the skills,
understanding and equipment necessary for
Gambians to do the work themselves, rather
than them becoming dependent on us to do
it for them. Only in this way can the work
possibly become self-sustaining.”
To find out more about the GDCSP and the
latest news please visit the website
www.gambiandeafchildren.com
Alumni Association Survey 2013
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Many thanks to those who responded
to the survey included in Venta 28. We
received 380 online responses and 50
by post.
Winchester’s Alumni Association. One thing
is clear from the results – the name Winton
remains firmly in most alumni memories of
Winchester.
We are reviewing the results and using your
answers and comments to help us plan the
future of The Winton Club – the University of
In response to the questions about Venta you
asked for more stories about alumni so we
need you to tell us about yourselves.
Please email [email protected] if you
have an interesting tale to tell.
Corinne Mackenzie
Development Manager
Alumni News
VENTA / Issue 29 / Spring 2014
Gambia Project
The current fundraising total stands
at over £40,000 with donations
continuing to help support children
and their education in the community
of Soma in The Gambia, West Africa.
The new facilities officially opened in 2013
were four refurbished classrooms and new
toilets at Soma School.
While the work to improve school life will
always be a priority for the Gambia Project,
ensuring that the children of Soma have
sufficient rice to eat is another. The women of
Soma who work in the rice fields from early
morning until late in the day walk – often
barefoot – across wooden bridges that are in
extremely poor condition. Thanks to the funds
raised by the Gambia Project, work to build one
new bridge began in September 2013 but an
estimated £9,000 is needed to replace all the
bridges.
New bridge
Before replacement of bridge
If you would like to contribute to the Gambia
Project, donations can be made online via the
University’s Virgin Money Giving webpage.
Please see www.winchester.ac.uk/gambia
for the link and further information.
Friends of Foundation Music Association
The new Association is open to
anyone who wishes to support
the music-making activities of
Foundation Music at the University
of Winchester. It is perfect for those
alumni who were perhaps a member
of Foundation Music as a student
or a member of a choir or ensemble
before Foundation Music started
in 2000 or studied a music-related
course.
Foundation Music (FM) is the University’s
extra-curricular music department and
is located within the Student Services
Department. FM runs vocal and instrumental
ensembles, workshops, concerts,
performances and community based events
on campus, in Winchester, and in the local
and wider community. There are no auditions
and membership is free and open to anyone.
Details of our ensembles and activities can be
found on our website at
www.winchester.ac.uk/music
• I nvitations to concerts and friends tickets
discounts where available
• Reserved premium seating at on campus
concerts on request
• Special friends events and concerts
• The chance to become directly involved in
the lively musical life of the University
• The opportunity to donate directly to FM
and know your money is directly helping
the music-making
• The knowledge that you are directly
supporting and involved in some amazing
music-making that has a direct and
positive affect on the students, staff and
members of the local community who are
involved
How to join
Membership costs £10 per person per year (1
August-31 July). Reminders will be sent out by
email and subscriptions must be paid by 31
August to continue membership or it will be
suspended until subs are paid.
To join, send your name, postal address,
email, telephone number and a cheque (made
payable to University of Winchester) to:
Friends of Foundation Music, University of
Winchester, Winchester, Hampshire, SO22 4NR.
Alternatively you can pay by cash in person
at the Foundation Music office on campus
or at any FM event. Acknowledgement and
membership number will be sent by email
following receipt of your cheque.
Membership benefits include:
• Regular e-updates on FM activities
• Advance notice of concerts
• Bi-annual newsletter detailing recent events,
members news, concert reviews and topical
articles
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Alumni News
VENTA / Issue 29 / Spring 2014
Reminiscences of a past SU President
Peter Bamford (Cert Ed 1959 to 1961)
“I had the particular good fortune to be elected
President of the Students’ Union of what was
then King Alfred’s College for 1960-61. Our
year group of 140 students were unique as we
were the last single-sex entry to an all-male
college, we were the last entrants to the
two-year course and we were the last group to
include a significant number (including myself)
who were old enough to have experienced
National Service. These circumstances as
much as anything else gave our year group
a particularly strong sense of cohesion from
which I as President benefited greatly and
which has sustained a strong web of continued
contacts amongst us over the subsequent
years.
“My job had several elements: reading out
notices after meals (the entire student body
ate at one sitting per meal in the dining
room in the main old building); exhorting
and cajoling my fellow students as seemed
desirable or necessary; presiding over meetings
of the College Student Council and over full
meetings of the whole student body; and in
general representing that body both to the
College authorities and to the outside world.
Thus for instance, I was able to persuade a
large number of students to turn out and
cheer our football team on to victory in a
local cup final and I was the recipient of the
trophy in November 1960 for Best Guy in the
Winchester Guy Fawkes competition (I should
emphasise that it was not I that was adjudged
Best Guy, but the towering giant christened Alf
King that the KAC students had built).
“Meals were formal occasions, presided over
by the College Principal or, in his absence, by
one of his deputies. If arriving late or having
to leave early, one bowed in or out. Dress
was jacket and tie, with cravats allowed in
summer. Maintaining this relative formality
of dress was relatively easy, because I was
the voice of the collective will. However,
even in my year in office a shift in mood
was becoming detectable: the sixties were
about to start swinging and the student body
was younger (with the passing of National
Service), larger and co-educational, and
the odd formalities were about to be swept
away. Chapel attendance was to be a victim
of these changes; in my year, attendance at
morning chapel after breakfast and before the
start of the working day was expected, if not
universally practised.
“Social life at College in those days centred
on the junior common room/coffee bar (no
alcohol in College); popular haunts in town
included the Two Bare Feet coffee bar and
the Battery Inn in Romsey Road. The elected
College Council included the Entertainments
Secretary, whose job it was to promote and
organise events such as the termly Ball or
dance visits to local ladies’ colleges such as
those in Salisbury and Chichester.
“I look back on my two years at King Alfred’s
College with enormous pleasure and am
glad still to be in touch with many of my
contemporaries. I look back on my year as
President with both pleasure and pride; it was
one of the major formative experiences of my
life, and I remain deeply indebted to those who
did me the honour of electing me.”
Student Union Presidents and Vice-Presidents, past and present, at a recent celebration
SU Presidents
I have had a very enthusiastic response to my call for names of Student Union Presidents – probably the best response ever
to an article in Venta. Thanks for all the emails, phone calls and running around at Reunion resulting in this updated and
almost complete list.
1957/58 Gus Walters
1958/59 Philip Shelton*
1959/60 David Johnson*
1960/61 Peter Bamford
1961/62 Colin Ranger (or
Marshal?)*
1962/63 Brian Nichols*
1963/64 Chris Seaman*
1964/65 Nigel Cragg
1965/66 Revd John Perkins*
1966/67 Roger Coates
1967/68 Peter Tamplin*
1968/69 Ned Foster*
1969/70 Terry Wincott
& Peter Lambert
1970/71 Alastair Snow*
1971/72 Dave Marchment*
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1972/73 Phil Kingsley-Jones*
1973/74 Alastair Stevens
1974/75 Norman Mather*
1975/76 John Dennis*
1976/77 John Dickens
1977/78 *
1978/79 James Walker
1979/80 James Walker
1980/81 Mark Baxter*
1981/82 John Wilson
1982/83 Kevin Gillespie
1983/84 Sarah Gobran
1984/85 Jeremy Jury
1986/87 Phil Cass*
1987/88 Jayna Tyler
1988/89 John McKenna
1989/90 Adrian Daubney*
1990/91 Adrian Daubney*
1991/92 Nick Jermyn
1992/93 Vanessa Bowcock*
1993/94 Matt Alder
1994/95 Stewart Dove
1995/96 Phil Stocks
1996/97 Chris Hulse
1997/98 Chris Hulse
1998/99 Matt Horne
1999/00 Shelly (Michelle) Donaghy
2000/01 Neil Yates
2001/02 Michelle Codrington
2002/03 Ben Rogers
2003/04 Paul Baker
2004/05 Martin Rennison
2005/06 Jes Oliver
2006/07 Katie Curtis
2007/08 Steve Bowers
2008/09 Steve Bowers
2009/10 Jimmy Weighell
2010/11 Seb Miell
2011/12 Seb Miell
2012/13 Harry Stow
2013/14 Sophie Farmer
*No contact details held by the
Alumni Office. Please email any
information to:
[email protected]
Corinne Mackenzie
Development Manager
Alumni News
VENTA / Issue 29 / Spring 2014
Annette
Williams (BEd
Drama 1975 to
1979)
During her time at King Alfred’s College,
Annette, who died in March 2013, took a full
part in College drama productions, both in the
John Stripe Theatre and in the beautiful openair setting of Mottisfont Abbey.
Among the plays in which she acted were
Guys and Dolls, The Boyfriend, Waiting for
Godot, The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie and Love’s
Labour’s Lost. At the time of her death she was
sales director of Jellycat, a highly successful
company producing children’s toys. She leaves
a husband and a son.
Paul Chamberlain
Paul Chamberlain, who has sadly died
aged 68 following a short illness, was
one of the towering figures of King
Alfred’s College which he first joined in
1984 and the University of Winchester
from which he retired in 2010. During
his time at Winchester he played a key
role in the development of Performing
Arts. Indeed, under his directorship
from 1995-2002, Performing Arts
became the most popular subject in
the institution, apart from teacher
training, and underpinned the stability
of the College for a number of years.
By the time Paul came to Winchester he was a
highly successful theatre director having been
Artistic Director at the Live Theatre Company,
Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, the Orchard Theatre
Company in Barnstable and Associate Director
at Theatr Clwyd. He had a particularly close
relationship with C.P. Taylor and premiered
many of his works including Bandits (which was
dedicated to Paul), Some Enchanted Evening
and A Nightingale Sang. All this experience and
expertise he brought to bear on his teaching at
Winchester.
At Winchester he directed many productions
from A Midsummer Night’s Dream to The
Vikings in Britain. His close collaboration with
his colleague, friend and head of the School of
Performing Arts, Steve Hawes, resulted in some
notable productions including Triangles: A Play
on Shakespeare’s Sonnets and Original Sin. He
was Chair of the Winchester Hat Fair from
1988 to 2001, a Director of Winchester Theatre
Royal from 1990-1994 and a Board Member of
the Proteus Theatre Company.
In 2002 Paul took on a new role at the
University as Director of Regional Academic
Programmes and took a key role in
development of our former Basingstoke
Campus at Chute House. Under his leadership
the University developed a number of
significant partnerships with external bodies,
including most successfully, the multinational
IT and management consultancy company,
Logica (now CGI). Such partnerships brought
the University additional student numbers
which enabled it to enjoy significant growth.
Community engagement was always dear
to Paul’s heart. He was Chair of Community
Action Hampshire.
Paul retired in 2010 but continued to engage
with the Higher Education sector through his
work as a reviewer with the Quality Assurance
Agency and with Winchester in particular
by taking on a roving brief which included a
spell as Acting Head of Psychology. He also
continued to work as a freelance theatre
director.
Generations of students were inspired by Paul’s
teaching, many colleagues benefited from
his interest and wisdom, all of us enjoyed this
generous, kind and jovial man.
In memory of
We have recently been notified of the
death of the following alumni and
former staff. We send our condolences
to their families.
Mr G H J Hall
1931 to 1933
Mr George (Mick) Stiles
1933 to 1935
Mr William E P Winder
1938 to 1940
Mr John (Jack) Dennis O’Grady 1948 to 1951
Mr Derek Mills
1950 to 1952
Mr Trevor Thomas Payne
1951 to 1953
Mr Peter Vernon Edkins
1952 to 1954
Mr Clifford G Harper
1953 to 1955
Mr Ian W McPherson
1953 to 1955
Mr Richard Simmons
1953 to 1955
Mr John W Johnston
1955 to 1957
Mr Brian E Ricketts
1955 to 1957
Mr Graham Barclay
1961 to 1964
Mr Timothy Michael Curran
1962 to 1965
Mr John H Turner
1962 to 1965
Ms June B A Webb
1963 to 1965
Mr Derek Hill
1966 to 1978
Ms Annette Williams
1975 to 1979
Mrs Christina Young (nee Lowsby) 1979 to
1982
Revd Anne Barton
1994 to 1998
Mr Paul Chamberlain
1984 to 2010
Mrs Prisca J F Tremeer
2007 to 2011
Also the three following ATS (1946)
members of the Winton Club:
Mrs Marie I Dove
Miss Barbara Kersley
Mrs Kathleen J Willis
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Alumni News
Tell us your story
Do you have any news or stories that
you would like to share with us? The
Alumni office is gathering stories
for the next issue and would love to
hear from you. So get in touch on the
contact details below
Email: [email protected]
Telephone: 01962 827532
Special offers and
benefits for alumni
The recent Alumni Association Survey
revealed that many graduates do not
know about the discounts and deals
that are available to members. So
here is a quick reminder.
VENTA / Issue 29 / Spring 2014
Winton Club Reunions
Last year’s Winton Club Reunion took place
on the sunny weekend of 28 to 30 June
and brought together hundreds of alumni
from across the UK and abroad. Most took
advantage of the new en suite accommodation
provided in the Queen’s Road Student Village
and attended the organised events while others
used the opportunity to drop in for a drink or a
picnic on campus with old friends.
The toast ‘The University of Winchester and
Winton Club’ was proposed by Tommy Geddes,
University Ombudsman, with responses by
Vice-Chancellor Professor Joy Carter DL and
Dick Allwood, Year Secretary 1970 to 1973.
The preacher at the Reunion service was The
Reverend Dr Peter Waddell, Dean of Chapel.
Dates for Reunion 2014 are 27-29 June and
for 2015, 26-28 June.
The traditional Saturday luncheon was
attended by 142 alumni and staff from across
a wide range of years with John Shannon
representing the 1935 to 1937 year group and
more than 40 celebrating their ‘40 years on’.
We were especially pleased to welcome a
number of alumnae celebrating their ‘50 years
on’, representing the first female graduates
from the three-year course, 1960 to 1963.
• S cholarship discounts for postgraduate study
at Winchester
• D
iscounted bed and breakfast rates on
campus
• Half price Winchester Student Union venue
hire
• London theatre discounts
• Holiday cottage discounts
Find out more at:
www.winchester.ac.uk/alumni
Find a Friend
Neville Dearden (Cert Ed 1959 to 61)
is looking to contact David Cotton
(Cert Ed 1959 to 61).
If you are in touch with David or have any
information please contact the Alumni Office.
Email: [email protected]
Winton Club Committee – new
member
We are pleased to announce that Timothy
(Tim) Toghill (English with History, 1982 to
1985) has been elected to serve on the Winton
Club Committee.
Law Society and eight as Head of Governance
at Citizens Advice. I am aware of the value of
the Winton Club Committee and will bring a
high level of commitment and realism to it.”
Tim says: “I had three fabulous years at the
University of Winchester, or King Alf’s as was
then. I made friendships, had experiences and
learnt a great deal along the way. I hope that
current and future students have the same
opportunities that I did and they enjoy it as
much. I’ve been back a few times and helped to
arrange 10 and 20 year alumni reunions.
“I have experience of being a governor and
trustee with a number of organisations
including 10 years as Regional Director of the
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Tim Toghill
Alumnus of the Year
Alumnus of the Year 2013, Jack Highwood
(BA Archaeological Practice 2001 to 2004)
Alumnus of the Year award
The University of Winchester Alumnus of the Year formally recognises and celebrates the achievements of an alumnus of the University, or one of its
predecessor institutions, who have made outstanding contributions to society through:
• Considerable community/voluntary dedication
• Career success in any area with a number of notable achievements
• Exceptional courage in the face of adversity
• Heroism or dedication to others
Nominations procedure:
• Please go to www.winchester.ac.uk/alumni to download the nomination form
• Nominations may be made by alumni, staff, students and governors of the University of Winchester
• N
ominations should include details of how the nominee has made a significant contribution in one or more of the above categories. Additional brief
information, such as press cuttings or a CV, may be included in support of your nomination
• The competition is open to all graduates of the University of Winchester, University College Winchester and King Alfred’s College worldwide
• Please note that self-nominations are not accepted
• A panel of judges will shortlist nominees and select a recipient
The award will be conferred at Graduation each year.
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The Angel is an eight foot bronze cast,
by artist Amy Goodman, suspended on
the wall of the Main Building. It has been
dedicated by the Right Reverend Tim Dakin,
Bishop of Winchester.
More of Amy’s art can be seen around the
King Alfred Campus and at West Downs,
including welded steel animal sculptures
which represent the University’s concern for
animal welfare and sustainability.
The University of Winchester
a Fairtrade University
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FAIRTRADE Mark.