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Issue 1: November 2011

Local gallery with

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Touring company

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A unique view

on theatre and

performance.

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Young businesses

‘to grow and prosper’.

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Image: Jane Askew, BA Fine Art 2009.

World champion

has Masters on

his mind.

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Stars on campus for

Avengers Anniversary.

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Contents

• Welcome 5• New Vice-Chancellor Appointed 6• Our creative arts 9• The Otter Gallery 10• Widening participation experts travel the 13

globe to share knowledge• Chichester heads prestigious partnership 15

providing EYPS training• English department goes from strength to strength 16• BBC short story success for Chichester writers 17• Past and present battle for sporting honours 19• 2012: the gender equal games, fact or fiction? 20• Sporting successes for Chichester alumni 23• Going for Gold in 2012 27• Delivering education excellence 28• Restoration of the Dome 30• Opening our doors to local business 32• Senior Vietnam military officials study at 34

University on summer programme• Discovering ourselves through threate 37• University has strong presence at 38

Edinburgh Festival Fringe• Young dynamic dance company enters sixth 41

year of performances• Department of Media Presents The Avengers 42

50th Anniversary Celebration• Specialist Music Academy for young musicians 45• Chamber orchestra to perform by royal appointment 46• Have you thought about postgraduate study? 49• Support your University to help others like 50

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Chichester

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Tel 01243 816002

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PERFORMANCE

Sunday Times Ranking: 72= (83=)

Student Satisfaction: 78.5%

Peer Assessment: 45.3%

Research Quality: 48.9%

UCAS Entry Points: 268

Unemployment: 8.4%

Firsts and 2:1s 50.2%

Student/Staff ratio: 15.3:1

Dropout Rate: 7.6% (14.1%)

VITAL STATISTICS

Undergraduates: 3,186 (705)

Postgraduates: 312 (805)

Teaching Staff: 184

Applications/places: 6,625/1,277;

5.2:1 (+24.3%)

Clearing Entry: 2.4%

Live in: 25% (60%) £80-£149

Bursaries: 56%: £308-£1077

Scholarships: None

SOCIAL MIX

EU/Overseas: 1.1%/0.4%

Mature: 16.2%

State School: 96.6%

Lowest Social Classes: 34.5%

Low-participation areas: 13%

One of the smallest and newest

universities in the UK, Chichester

has established itself as a popular

choice for school-leavers and

a top performer in the national

student survey, the 78.5%

Overall score this year ranking 26=

in the UK.

It’s not hard to see why, with one

campus set in the cathedral city of

Chichester and the other in the

seaside town of Bognor Regis, the

sunshine capital of the UK, there’s

plenty of opportunity to get a

culture fix and regular trips to the

beach.Chichester offers more than 300

courses from foundation level to

PhD and subjects from musical

theatre and sports coaching

science to adventure education,

commercial music and event

management.

Sport is a strength on and off the

field. About 10 scholarships are

awarded each year in sports from

rugby and football to hockey,

basketball and netball. Facilities

include tennis and netball courts,

grass pitches, climbing walls and a

floodlit all-weather pitch.

Means-tested bursaries benefit

just over half the students, and

range from £1,077 a year for those

starting this term who are from

families earning £25,000 or less to

£308 for students from households

with a joint income of £40,000.

STUDENT VIEW

Brendan McCarthy, students’ union

president:

“First impressions: happy smiley

people who are really helpful.”

Deal clincher: Being part of a small

university means you will feel more

like a person and not a number.

Facilities: Modern sports centre,

arts block and a new business

school and library on the way.

Worst feature: A small city means

there are few nightclubs.

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Recreated article fromThe Sunday Times(Unviersity Guide 2011).

Welcome to Alumnus thefirst edition of our alumnimagazine. This first issuereflects our breadth ofinterest and excellence.

Many of you will have been members of ourAlumni Association for some time and we’resure you’ll join us in extending a particularwelcome to our ‘class of 2011’ newlygraduating students, who automatically becomemembers of our Alumni Association atGraduation in November.

In the build up to the 2012 London Olympics,we are naturally inclined to focus on thesporting prowess of our alumni. Some, likeAmie Channon (page 24) and Ben Quilter(page 27), will now be training hard in their bidfor international supremacy; others, with noless dedication, will be preparing to maintainthe Alumni teams’ domination in the annualstudent v alumni sports fixture (page 19). Our strength in teacher training is displayed in several articles (pages 28 and 29) and the breadth of our arts provision isdemonstrated throughout.

The refurbished Dome building (page 30),which was opened in September byentrepreneur Helen Pattinson, founder ofChichester-based Montezuma’s, is well worth a visit by those of you familiar with the BognorRegis campus.

According to the National Student Survey, weare the top modern university for studentsatisfaction. We anticipate that this same spiritof camaraderie will extend to your AlumniAssociation. We can put you in touch withfellow alumni you may have lost touch with,offer a range of benefits from careers advice toalumni gifts (please see the alumni pages of ourwebsite for a full list of benefits) and, of course,we would very much welcome you back toeither the Bishop Otter or the Bognor Regiscampus for informal reunions and visits.

This is your alumni association and yourmagazine and we hope that future editions willinclude more pieces from and about you.Contributors would be most welcome and wethank those who have already offered to do so– we will be in touch with a view to you writinga short article for a future edition. We wouldalso appreciate your help in looking for ‘lost’alumni so if any of your fellow alumni have notreceived this magazine, please let us know andwe can include them on our mailing list.

You can email the Alumni Team atalumni@chi.ac.uk or ‘phone us on 01243 812155.

Welcome

Where are they now?

If you can help, please

get in touch

Jean Wiss-Rogers studiedMathematics at Bishop Otter Collegeand was taught by Canon and MrsEperson. Jean would like to hear fromanyone who has contact details for KayStanbridge who was at Bishop OtterCollege from 1958 to 1961. MissMurray was the Principal at that time. If you have any information, pleasecontact alumni@chi.ac.uk

Judy White would like to hear fromanyone who has contact details forLorna Pain who attended Bishop OtterCollege in 1967, 1968, 1969. If you have any information, please contactalumni@chi.ac.uk

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New Vice-ChancellorAppointedAnyone attending theUniversity in the past 30years is likely to have comeinto contact with CliveBehagg at some stage.

Since joining as a history lecturer, he has risenup through the ranks and at the start of 2011,he took over as Vice-Chancellor.

Professor Behagg still holds a Personal Chairin History, but his focus nowadays is leadingthe University through the ever-changingHigher Education environment, meeting theneeds and exceeding the expectations of themodern student while keeping the institutiontrue to its traditions and ethos.

Clive became Deputy Vice-Chancellor in 2005 before taking up the Acting Vice-Chancellor role in February 2010. The position was made permanent by theBoard of Governors after a thorough andrigorous open selection process.

In doing so, he became the Chair ofAcademic Board, Chief Executive’s Team,Academic Management Team and theStudent Forum, putting him at the heart of all that we do.

Much has changed since he joined Chichesterin 1976. Our campuses have expanded, thenumber of students each year has grown, andour reputation has grown to the level wherewe are ranked as one of the best modernuniversities in the country.

Listen to Clive addressing an audience at anypublic event, and his passion for Chichestershines through every time. We are in goodhands as we move forward into the newacademic year and beyond.

Vice-Chancellor, Professor Clive Behagg.

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Far left: Unity Studios Trust; left:Yellow Interference, 2010Southern England National Open Art Competition winner,Chichester Fine Art lecturer Chris Aggs.

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Our creative arts

At Chichester, we provideartists with the expertiseand freedom to succeed,whether they are currentstudents or from the localcommunity. Find out moreabout our role in thecreative arts industry.

Unity Arts TrustThe Trust aims to support up-and-comingprofessional artists in Chichester at the outsetof their careers through the opportunity torent affordable studio space and receive careermentoring. Its creation was driven by seniorFine Art lecturer Tim Sandys-Renton, whocontinues today as the charity secretary,director and trustee.The organisation hastemporary studios for artists and craftspeoplein an industrial unit in Chichester, but is workingtowards permanent facilities as part of theGraylingwell redevelopment.

Further information can be found atwww.unityartstrust.org.uk

National Open Art CompetitionFirst held in 1996, the competition runs fromChichester each year and is organised by localsculptor Neil Lawson Baker. The event is nowconsidered one of the premier artcompetitions in the country, with a judgingpanel chaired by one of the founder membersof the Young British Artist group, Gavin Turk.

In 2010, Fine Art lecturer Chris Aggs won the Southern England Prize for his work ‘Yellow Interference’, which was then displayed in the Learning Resource Centre at BishopOtter Campus.

Sound UnitThe SoundUnit was officially opened in June2010 and is a unique experimental paviliondesigned by Walter van Rijn and made possibleby a remarkable collaboration between RollsRoyce Motor Cars, Chichester District Counciland the University. Designed by internationalartist Walter van Rijn, it is situated outside ourartOne building on the Bishop Otter Campusand aims to promote the idea that public artcan be aesthetically adventurous whiledisplaying sensitivity to the context of thecampus environment.

The location of a piece of public art on ourcampus signals our desire to open it up to thecommunity far more that we have donebefore. The fact that this project is acollaborative venture with the District Councilsignals that this is a shared vision – we areworking together to bring this about. Theinstallation of a piece of public art, funded bylocal business in a University location, is a smallstatement of a big intention.

Fine Art at the UniversityAll of these partnerships stem from therelationships formed by the experts in the Fine Art department, who continue to guidecurrent students on their individual journeys,giving them the freedom to explore studio andworkshop practice across a broad range ofskills and techniques.

The culmination each year is the Fine ArtDegree Show, a chance to showcase the bestof every student, opening doors for futureopportunities. An example of such has beendemonstrated by Sarah Ridley (2011), whoused the money gained from selling a piece atthe Degree Show to buy materials to make a16ft yurt, leading to the start of a possible newbusiness venture.

Below: Vice-Chancellor ProfessorClive Behagg with Walter van Rijnat the opening of the Sound Unit.

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The Otter Gallery

The Otter Gallery is an artspace that encouragesengagement, discussion andparticipation with visual art.

Our gallery hosts between 8 and 10exhibitions a year which are free of charge tovisit, among them shows for both ourundergraduate and postgraduate Fine Artstudents. The gallery is also home to adistinguished collection of 20th Century British art including work by Henry Moore,Patrick Heron, Stanley Spencer and Graham Sutherland.

Exhibitions at the gallery in recent monthsincluded Mervyn Peake: A CentenaryCelebration, featuring work by fantasy andfairytale illustrator Mervyn Peake, andCollection Conserved, which displayed picturesfrom the permanent collection that have beenrestored in a two-year programme funded bythe Bishop Otter Trust. Work by HansFeibusch - renowned for his church andcathedral murals – will begin to be displayedfrom 24 November.

Our Otter Gallery is home to an extensivecollection of art that includes works across alldisciplines. The permanent collection wasstarted in 1947 to inspire and inform ourstudents. The acquisition of quality work with inadequate monetary resources was ademonstration of the persistance by thecollection's founders to achieve their goal.

Today, the best of our collection is featured inan annual exhibition in the gallery, as well asbeing loaned out for displays in regional,national and international galleries. It is theambition of our gallery to build a digital versionof the permanent collection, allowing morepeople to view the pieces and increase thenumber of visitors to the gallery.

The gallery also hosts workshops andcommunity events. A series of creative writingworkshops, using the works on display in thegallery as inspiration, has proved highly popularwith staff, students and members of the public.They are led by Stephanie Norgate, seniorlecturer in our English and Creative WritingDepartment.

The Otter Gallery is located at the LearningResource Centre on our Bishop OtterCampus; admission is free. To see the gallery’sexhibition programme or find out about eventsand workshops, visit www.chi.ac.uk/ottergallery

Top, All over the Lilac Brine! FromMervyn Peake’s Rhymes withoutReason, courtesy of the MaisonD'Ailleurs; middle, Events andworkshops take place throughoutthe year; Bottom, CoordinatesExhibiton displayed a rich range ofthe individual journeys studentsembark on through the territoryof contemporary art.

Paul Feiler: Boats and Sea(Otter Gallery Collection).

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Lesley-Anne Holder (left) and Carole Nairn.

‘Moving Forward’ is the first stage of the Learner ProgressionFramework and introduces Year 6pupils at local primary schools toa university environment in a funand informative way.

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Widening participation experts travelthe globe to share knowledge

We have been sharing thesecrets of the University’ssuccess in attractingdisadvantaged students intoHigher Education with ourSwedish and Australiancounterparts.

Carole Nairn and Lesley-Anne Holder fromour Widening Participation team were invitedto Stockholm in February to present to thenational board meeting of Include, the Swedishwidening participation programme. In July, theywent to the HERDSA (Higher EducationResearch and Development Society ofAustralasia) conference in Queensland,Australia to give a poster presentation basedon their Learner Progression Framework,‘Moving Forward’, for which they finished thirdin the competition.

As well as undertaking the presentations,Carole and Lesley-Anne visited universities inSweden and Australia to see how they breakdown the traditional barriers for peopleentering Higher Education, and explored ideasthat could be implemented at Chichester in the future.

Carole, who is our Widening ParticipationManager, said: “Both the Australian and Swedishinstitutions were particularly interested in the workwe do at primary school level, and the LearnerProgression Framework we have introduced thisyear, which ensures we give students at all levelsthe right support and opportunities if they want tomove up the education system.”

“We learnt a great deal from the visits to Swedishand Australian universities, understanding howthey work with disadvantaged students, how theysupport students financially if they wish to go touniversity, and how widening participation activityis funded. During the Australian trip, it wasinteresting to learn how the universities help ethnicminorities by providing cultural support systems toencourage participation in higher education.”

“ In Australia, we were also able to look at theeffect of an increase in fees on students. Welearnt that the fee increases actually have alimited effect, provided that there are still goodadvice and information frameworks in place. We hope to implement some best practice thatwe learnt, allowing us to reach out to more youngpeople in the UK who may not have consideredgoing to university.”

The team were so successful in presenting theirwork that Wes Streeting, former head of theNUS and a passionate advocate of wideningparticipation, has subsequently labelled ourUniversity a “pioneering institution” at aconference in London.

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We are leading aconsortium of institutionsto provide Early YearsProfessional Status (EYPS)training across the SouthEast as part of thegovernment’s commitmentto improve support for families.

Early Years Professional Status (EYPS) is theprofessional qualification for practitionersworking with under-5s, equivalent to QualifiedTeacher Status for working with 5-18 year olds.

Our Head of Childhood and Youth Studies, Pia Parry, said: “We’re absolutely delighted thatwe have been successful in applying for theprovision. EYPS training has the potential to makea real difference to the support for young childrenand their families; it will help many disadvantagedchildren by training people to better understandand cater for their needs. We hope to encouragepeople to consider a career change to working inan early years setting, as well as broadening thedemographic of early years workers.”

The partnership of six educational institutionsallows training to be provided at a variety oflocations across London and the South East.Between all the institutions, there will bearound one-thousand fully subsidised places,which include bursaries for some and supplycover at the early years' place of work.Partnering us are the universities ofWinchester, Brighton, Portsmouth andCanterbury Christchurch, as well as Tribal Education Ltd.

Training will be available across four pathways,from 6-month part-time courses to 24-monthfull-time courses, all of which are open topeople who already work with young children,or simply people looking to develop theircareers. The recruitment process will begin inNovember, with the first cohort of studentsbeginning their training in January 2012.

Chichester heads prestigious partnership providing EYPS training

EYPS was piloted in September2006 and rolled out across Englandfrom January 2007. We have beeninvolved from the beginning andhave consistently maintained a high standard of tuition and results throughout.

Profile of Pia Parry

Pia has worked with children and theirfamilies or carers in a range of statutoryand private organisations in health,education and social care over the past30 years. Her career in early years workbegan in a day care nursery for 120 children and further developed asshe learned more about children withdisabilities, child protection and familysupport. In later years, her role as apractitioner expanded to include workwith children and others who hadexperienced trauma and abuse. 15

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We are recognised as one of the leading Englishand Creative Writingdepartments in the country.

Our members of staff are award-winningwriters, the work of our students is recognisedat many prestigious literary events, and theNational Student Survey ranks our departmentin the top five in the country for studentsatisfaction.

Our department has produced a number ofpublications in recent years, bringing togetherthe works of staff, students and alumni. This is a selection:

A Track of Light: Poems about Chichester and West SussexEdited by senior lecturer David Swann, thispublication features poems by Chichester Poets,a group made up of our students and staff.

Minting the Sun: A New Selection of Ted Walker’s PoetryHead of Department Dr Diana Barshamteamed up with Dr Ross Hair from theUniversity of Portsmouth to produce ananthology that draws on the archive of Walker’swork that is held by the University library.

Dreaming BeastsTongues and Strings is our own literary cabaretevent, giving students and staff the opportunityto share their stories and poems. Thisanthology, which includes a free CD, is the best of those works, as chosen by editors David Swann and Hugh Dunkerley.

Mouth OgresAn earlier edition of the Tongues and Stringsanthology, edited by Swann and Dunkerley.

To enquire about purchasing any of these titles,please email english@chi.ac.uk

English department goes from strength to strength

Chichester is a place

of inspiration and

development for

many writers

Read about the successes of some ofour alumni who took their first steps onthe road to success at our University.

• Sally Fadelle, who graduated in 2005,has a won a contract with thepublisher SAF to write the authorisedbiography of Edgar Broughton of theEdgar Broughton Band.

• Masters graduate Melanie Whipmansaw her short story ‘Baking Blind’placed on the final shortlist of 20 forthe prestigious 2011 Bristol ShortStory Prize.

• Juliet West, Creative Writing MAgraduate, has seen her work selectedfor inclusion in The Sunday TimesMagazine’s Online Edition, along withcurrent PhD students Ellie Piddingtonand Katherine Orr.

• Two further MA graduates havechosen to launch their new books atthe University in 2011. Tina Smart,who set up Green Sunset Books aftergraduating, released ‘TomorrowInsha’allah!’ through her ownpublishing house, while ChristianDeFeo launched ‘Mister Shah’ withthe same house.

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Our reputation as a hub of writing has beenconfirmed by the success of Professor AlisonMacLeod and Katherine Orr in the nation’smost prestigious short story competition forBritish based writers.

Alison, who teaches in the Department ofEnglish & Creative Writing, and Katherine,who is studying for a PhD in Creative Writingat the University, were both named in theshortlist of five for the BBC National ShortStory Award 2011. In the end they were bothbeaten to the Award by Canadian writerD.W. Wilson, but both writers were humbledto be nominated.

Alison, who was nominated for her story ‘The Heart of Denis Noble’, said: “It was anextraordinary honour to be shortlisted for thisaward. How wonderful that the BBC has carriedon supporting and celebrating the short storyform. It means such a lot to writers in thiscountry. It’s a funny, lovely coincidence thatKatherine and I landed together on the sameshortlist. I’m thrilled for her. She’s a brilliantstory writer.”

Katherine, who writes as K. J. Orr, said: “It was such an honour to be shortlisted - I amabsolutely delighted. ‘The Human CircadianPacemaker’ is a story I loved writing.”

Thresholds: Home of the international short story forumCross the threshold, join the conversation.Like doorways and other thresholds, a greatshort story lets us step into lives, acrossworlds and through states of mind.

Whether you're a reader with a love of theshort story, a short story writer or a student,register now at THRESHOLDS to find outmore and join the conversation.www.chi.ac.uk/shortstoryforum

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Results

Fixture Result Winning Team

Ultimate Frisbee 15-2 Alumni

Men’s Basketball 76-62 Alumni

Women’s Basketball 69-59 Alumni

Men’s Football 5-4 Alumni

Women’s Football 6-3 Alumni

Women’s Hockey 2-1 Current

Women’s Netball 27-12 Alumni

Women’s Rugby 13-5 Current

Mixed Volleyball 2-0 Alumni

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Past and present battle for sporting honours

Sports Day at the end ofeach academic year is one ofthe biggest events on thecalendar in terms of Alumnireturning to the University.

Some return to catch up with former students,others wanting to prove they still have what ittakes in their chosen sport, even though theymay not regularly play anymore.

From the moment the programme of fixturesfor Alumni vs Current is announced, thecompetitive spirit begins as pride is at stake forboth sides. Current teams have gelled at a unitover the course of the year, and the event isthe opportunity to demonstrate their qualityagainst those who went before them. Alumniteams take the match-up equally serious, insome cases calling on international athletes tobolster their squad, Amie Channon in theUltimate Frisbee team being a prime example(see feature elsewhere in the magazine).

Although the winter months are swiftly uponus, attention will soon be turning to the 2012fixtures, and for those graduating this autumn,the next opportunity to meet up with the classof 2011 will be at this event, so it is importantto keep contact details with the AlumniAssociation up-to-date to ensure theopportunity is not missed.

Sid Fletcher, Sports Development Managerfor the Students’ Union, looks back to thissummer’s event:“The May Bank Holiday saw the return of morethan 100 graduates to the Bishop Otter Campus,for a day of sporting fixtures against currentstudents. Both sets of teams were keenlymotivated to play across six sports for the pride of current and ex-students.

The day kicked off on the top field with UltimateFrisbee, a dominant display from former playersSam Gumbie, Matt Smith and current GreatBritain player Amie Channon resulted in aconvincing 15-2 win to the Alumni Team. The firstfixture on the Astroturf was women’s football, adominant first half display led by Alumni CaptainLaura Streeter, saw the half time score 2-0. Aspirited second half display led by current GiftedSports Scholar Charley Boswell saw the currentstudents come back into the game. However, thehonours went to the Alumni Team 6-3.

In the Sports Hall, mixed volleyball made awelcome return to the schedule, with this year’shonours going to the Alumni Team 2-0, a side thatincluded two former Club Presidents. The women’sbasketball tipped off next in the Sport Hall. Astrong starting line up saw Alumni take the earlyinitiative, but the current team led by Emma Hicksand Jacquelyn Jobey, both a constant threat fromthe perimeter, kept the score line close. Theexperience of Cooper, McEwan and Over saw theAlumni team win a thriller 69-59.

With National League players featuring on bothteams, the men’s basketball match that closed theaction in the Sports Hall had all the makings of anexciting match-up. Current BBL player JasperChiwuzie and Bognor Pirates duo Joe McLaren andStuart Hardyman guided the Alumni to an earlylead, our current team responded well throughPride Nyathi and Adam Hield. Another thriller wasedged by the Alumni Team 76-62.

On the netball courts, the Alumni attack was ledby several of last year’s BUCS first team squadincluding Anna Howson and Gemma Lowe.Despite the best efforts of the current students,the strength of the opposition was too much andthe Alumni Team triumphed 27-12. A packed“field of dreams” saw the women’s rugby fixturetake to the stage with former captains facing thecurrent team. Despite the efforts of the Alumni,featuring Claire Abbott and JJ Hudson, the currentteam edged a close match 13-5.

The day culminated on the Astroturf with the finaltwo fixtures. Up first was the men’s football, withthe Alumni Team led by Ez Calvin and featuringseveral former first team players. Another thrillingencounter was edged by Alumni 5-4.

The final fixture was women’s hockey; the Alumniteam led by Siobhan Aherne narrowly lost to thecurrent team 2-1.

Afterwards current and ex students gathered inthe Zee Bar to reminisce and celebrate the day.Overall, the Alumni Teams won seven of the ninefixtures played. Many thanks to the Sports Activityand Research Centre team and the Zee Bar staff for their support on the day, and to allcurrent and ex students for contributing to afantastic day of sport.”

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Gender equality in sportwas the topic of discussionfor an international panel of experts at the Universityin an event to mark theofficial launch of the AnitaWhite Foundation (AWF).

The Foundation is named in honour of the former University staff member andGovernor who chaired the organisingcommittee for the first world conference on women and sport in 1994.

It will provide a central point of focus for scholars and activists in the worldwidewomen and sport movement. It has two maincomponents: an archive of original materialsrelating to the women and sport movement,and a fund that will enable women leadersfrom developing countries to accessdevelopment opportunities and resources at the University.

The celebratory discussion forum took place in September, hosted by Dr White, and chaired by Dr Elizabeth Pike, GeneralSecretary and President-Elect of theInternational Sociology of Sport Associationand Head of the Sport Development andManagement department at the University.

On the panel were Professor Jay Coakley(Honorary Fellow, University of Chichester)and current leaders of the women and sportmovement in the UK and internationally:Raija Mattila (Co-Chair of the InternationalWorking Group on Women and Sport),Professor Kari Fasting (President ofWomenSport International), and Sue Tibballs (CEO of the Women's Sport and Fitness Foundation).

Dr Pike said: “It was the right topic to mark thelaunch of the AWF, as it looked back on theconference for which Anita was responsible andthe progress made since then, as well as lookingforward to ways in which the University cancontribute to the education and development of future women leaders.”

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Launch of the Anita WhiteFoundation, September 2011. From left, seated, Chair Dr Elizabeth Pike (Head ofDepartment, Sport Developmentand Management at the Universityof Chichester), Professor CeliaBrackenridge, Professor Jay Coakley.Seated centre, Dr Anita WhiteOBE, Raija Mattila (Co-Chair of the InternationalWorking Group on Women andSport), Professor Kari Fasting(President of WomenSportInternational). Seated front right, Sue Tibballs (CEO of the Women's Sport and Fitness Foundation).

Pictured at the Anita WhiteFoundation launch, 14 people,including Dr Sarah Gilroy,Executive Dean, who alsoattended the first internationalconference on women and sportheld in Brighton in 1994.

From top, local boxing coachAshley Sutherland (left) and Paul Robinson, programme co-ordinator for the sportscoaching science course; Far right, ladies rugby, threeChichester alumni have brokeninto their respective internationalteams; Right, badminton, netball,five-a-side football and UltimateFrisbee have been identified asfour sports benefiting from SportEngland National Lottery fundingto encourage students and staff to play more sport.

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Our international reputationfor sporting excellence isgrowing each year asincreasing numbers of alumni are making a namefor themselves on and offthe field of play.

Sports coaching graduate benefits local boxersYoung boxers from the Chichester area arebenefiting from the expertise of a sportscoaching graduate who used the University tomake a mid-life career change.

Ashley Sutherland (Sports Coaching Science,2010) was working as an electrician, travellingacross the country with his business. Realisinghe was spending too much time away from hischildren, he decided to make a change to hislifestyle and follow a career path that wouldalso incorporate his passion for martial arts.“I completed a sports science access course atcollege, with the aim of going into sports coaching,”said Ashley. “I subsequently joined the Universityof Chichester, signing up to do the sport coachingscience degree.”

The course aims to develop effective coachesthrough the application of sport and exercisescience, and includes a work placement in thefinal year. It was this placement for Ashley thatmarked the start of his new career for him.“I did a work placement at the St Gerards BoxingClub in Chichester under head coach GerryLavelle, and I had a job with them by the end ofthe first day. I became part of a team and myinfluence was helping some of the boxers toconsider turning professional,” he said.

The club has members aged from seven yearsold up to their mid-30s, and Ashley quicklybecame the club’s sports coaching expert onthe amateur side. The knowledge he gainedfrom the degree course was also influential inthe future direction of the club. Ashley said:“Within six months of me joining, we decided that the amateur side of the profession neededreorganising and because we had boxers ready to go professional, we decided to take the club that way.”

Ashley acknowledged that as well as expertise,the course has given him greater confidence inhis abilities, and the kudos of being one of thebest qualified professional boxing trainers inthe country. He is also looking to the future: “In the next few years, I may come back and do a Masters course. I would love to keep my links with the university and use the facilities to train the professional boxers.”

International recognition for female alumni rugby playersWith World Cup fever gripping rugby fansacross the globe this autumn, three femaleAlumni and international rugby players werewatching with added interest as they cheeredon their male counterparts.

Ashley Rowlands (PE QTS, 2008) was backingher native Wales, while Claire Purdy (SportsStudies and Sports Management, 2001) andEmma Croker (PE QTS, 2005) supportedEngland in the tournament in New Zealand.The three are all now regular players on thewomen’s international rugby scene, with Ashleymaking her debut in the Women’s Six Nationstournament at the beginning of 2011. They allbroke onto the club and country stage followingsuccessful campaigns with the University rugbyteam during their time at Chichester.

For Emma, her rugby ambitions are combinedwith her focus on the London 2012 Olympicsin another discipline. Emma is an Englandweightlifting champion, and has her sights seton a Team GB place in her home tournament.

Sporting successes for Chichester alumni

Students and staff to

GetActive

The University has secured £72,000 in National Lottery funding from SportEngland to encourage more studentsand staff to play sport. It is part of theGetActive project, a mass participationlegacy from the London 2012 Olympicand Paralympic Games.

Developed for students on bothcampuses in partnership with the SportsActivity and Research Centre (SARC)and the Students’ Union, GetActive willintroduce an intramural programmeacross four sports: five-a-side football,netball, badminton and ultimate Frisbee,as well as multi-sport circuit trainingclasses. Staff will also be able toparticipate in organised sessions, as wellas having the opportunity to use thefitness suite during dedicated staff-onlytimes. The project is being co-ordinatedby Perry Northeast in SARC, and isexpected to run for a three-year period.

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GB squad for PE graduateRepresenting their country in the sport theylove is the highest honour for many athletes.Whether it be in front of millions of peoplearound the world, or against fellowcompetitors from across the globe, flying theflag for their home country is the pinnacle inmany disciplines.

Amie Channon (BA Physical Education andTeaching, 2010) is working hard to do justthat, having been selected for the GreatBritain squad in the rapidly-expanding sportof Ultimate Frisbee. She was one of a groupof women who flew to Slovenia in August to take part in the European Championships,her first opportunity to win silverware at senior level.

Amie, who teaches at BridgemaryCommunity Sports College in Gosport, has astrong competitive spirit, so it will be nosurprise to learn that she is not a stranger tosuccess. As well as rising up through thenational ranks from junior to senior level, shehelped establish our Ultimate Frisbee team atthe University, with lecturer Matt Smith.

“When we first set up the team, all we wantedto do was to get people involved in the sport andhave fun. However, we soon realised we had agood team so we entered championships andalthough we didn’t win, we did far better thanwe ever imagined for our first year,” said Amie.

Once she joined Chichester, her internationaland university sporting careers ran in parallel.Performing well at university level kept her inthe mind of national selectors, who soonmade her captain of the GB Under-20 squad,a side she led to a tournament victory firsttime out. Even when she became too old tocompete at that level, she continued to play arole in the coaching set-up when she did nothave her own playing commitments at Under-23 level.

Back on campus, the interest in UltimateFrisbee had grown by the time Amie hadreached her fourth year, and Chichesterbecame one of the leading women’s sides inthe country, despite being a relatively newuniversity to the sport.

One suspects that her greatest achievementson the international scene are yet to come.This summer’s European Championship inSlovenia was her first at GB senior level,having successfully come through the trainingteam to be selected in the final squad.

But all of this success does not come cheap –both in time and money. “ I picked up thissport when I was 16 and it has taken over mylife!” said Amie. “There are a lot of weekendsaway, and I have a strict fitness programme to follow. I have to do most of that off my ownback, as a lot of my fellow GB players are basedin London and other areas of the country.Thankfully, I am still able to use the Universityfitness facilities, and also have equipment andcolleagues at the school I can use to motivateand train me.”

Financial constraints are also a consideration.Ultimate Frisbee is an amateur sport, soAmie is constantly searching for sponsorshipto allow her to continue to take part at anational level. Amie said: “Added to that, I ’vegot to find the right work-life balance, especiallyas I ’m coming to the end of my first year out of University and coping with the demands of a new job.”

But why Ultimate Frisbee, and why is theresuch an increasing interest in the game? Amieputs it down to a combination of factors thatyou won’t find in many other disciplines. “First of all, there is no referee – it is self-refereed, which means the level of respectbetween players on both sides is so muchdifferent than other games. You have to learn to control your emotions in the heat of the moment, and with that element of thegame, you build strong friendships both on and off the pitch.

It is also an accessible game, with very little andinexpensive equipment needed to get going.From that simple start, I have proven it can leadto travel across the country and even the world,and you meet so many new people by attendingcompetitions and training camps.

I also strongly believe the sport can have an impact on the moral development of youngpeople, and I wrote my dissertation on this. I have also introduced it into the school where I teach, and the response has been great. My Year 11 football team have become Frisbee geeks!”

More information about Ultimate Frisbee can be found at www.ukultimate.com

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A double world judochampion has praised the University for supporten route to the top. BenQuilter became Britain’s first visually impaired judochampion for 12 years whilestudying for his Masters atthe institution.

Ben, 28, won gold at the World JudoChampionships in Turkey in March 2010,beating Iran’s Eigdar Habiboll in the 60kgweight category. He repeated his success and retained his title in 2011.

Ben combines his training at the British JudoPerformance Institute in Dartford withstudying for a masters degree in sport andexercise physiology at our Bishop OtterCampus in Chichester. Ben also completed a three year undergraduate degree with us.

He said: “I train at Dartford between four andsix hours every day, apart from the one day a week I am at the University. The University, and in particular my lecturers, have always been understanding throughout my time here.They have allowed me the extra time off that I need, extended deadlines and arrangedadditional tutorials. This allows me to manage my time and balance my training, competitionand study without any of them suffering.”

After the euphoria of becoming worldchampion, Ben returned to the UK to train and catch up on his University workwhile everyone else was on their Easterbreak. However, his mind quickly turned to preparations for the 2012 Paralympics in London.

“I have a number of domestic and international competitions between now and2012, but I will be ranked number one going into the Paralympics. I also have a EuropeanChampionships and a World Cup at some pointbefore 2012. Generally, it is more of the samehard training and trying to improve technically to give myself the best chance of repeating this success in London.”

Ben Quilter, double World Judo Champion.

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Delivering education excellence

Two Education academicsdiscuss their backgrounds inthe field, and how theUniversity can respond tothe Coalition’s White Paper.

The future of teacher training – what it means for ChichesterThe Coalition Government published a White Paper in November last year. This 86-page document in turn could radicallychange the overall education landscape andimpact quite significantly on the University’swork in Initial Teacher Education andContinuing Professional Development.

Tony Weaden, Head of the Educationdepartment, summarises the plans and gives his initial thoughts on how Chichester may respond.

“The Government plans to continue to raise thequality of new entrants to the teaching professionby ceasing to provide Department for Educationfunding for initial teacher training for thosegraduates who do not have at least a 2:2 degree.It will be expanding Teach First, offer financialincentives to attract more of the very bestgraduates in shortage subjects into teaching, andenable more talented career changers to becometeachers. However this will still only amount to 2% of the teaching workforce.

It will also reform initial teacher training so thatmore training is on the job, and it focuses on keyspecifics including the teaching of early readingand mathematics, managing behaviour andresponding to pupils’ Special Educational Needs.

There is a plan to create a new national networkof Teaching Schools, based on the model ofteaching hospitals, giving outstanding schools therole of leading the training and professionaldevelopment of teachers and head teachers.

Finally, there is an intention to increase thenumber of Local and National Leaders ofEducation: excellent head teachers who providesupport to other schools.

We are well placed to engage with the overallagenda and the extent to which we are able tograsp and run with some of these opportunitieswill dictate whether the Education Departmentgrows or shrinks. Of course, the former could haveresource issues which would need to be plannedfor. Running a suite of undergraduate programmesand maintaining large postgraduate or graduateteacher programme cohorts would require morelarge teaching spaces as it could result in an overallincrease in student numbers.”

Primary Education leader completesdoctorate on race equality and itsimplementation in practiceVini Lander began her studies more than fiveyears ago, completing it on a part-time basiswhile continuing in her role as programme co-ordinator for the course, based at the BognorRegis Campus.

She said: “I started my Doctorate in Education atthe Institute of Education in London, and the firsttwo years of this taught doctorate were veryinteresting and intellectually stimulating. I wastaught by world-class researchers and professors,people whose names I had seen on researchpapers or books. It was enthralling to ask themquestions and have a dialogue with such scholars,but equally stimulating was working withprofessionals from across a number of disciplinessuch as medical education.”

Dr Lander carried out her doctorate on the rhetoric-reality gap which exists in thepublic discourse on race equality and itsimplementation in practice, an area she hasbeen interested in throughout her career inschools and higher education. “The doctorateprovided the opportunity to research this area with particular reference to the preparation of pre-service teachers.”

Tony Weaden, Head of Education Department.

Seal of approval from

external bodies shows

mark of excellence in

teaching standards

‘Outstanding’ OFSTED provisionWe have been graded as ‘outstanding’ for its provision of both primary and secondaryteacher training following our most recentOFSTED inspection.

During the inspection, more than 30 schoolswere visited by the OFSTED inspection team.They observed classes taken by trainees as well as interviewing ex-trainees, mentors,professional tutors and head teachers.

The Inspectors Report particularly commendsthe ‘very strong leadership team’, the ‘strengthof partnership with schools’ and ‘high qualityprofessional training’.

Each year approximately 450 teachers graduatefrom the University and a majority go on towork in schools in the region. The University is the third largest provider of PE secondaryteacher training in the UK. In addition, 43students are taking the employment-basedGraduate Teacher Programme, a relatively newapproach to teacher training. This innovativepart of the provision was graded ‘Good’.

Vice Chancellor Professor Clive Behagg said:“We have been producing first class teachers for this region for many years and now we havegained the recognition we deserve thanks to a superb partnership with primary and secondaryschools, expert tutors and wonderfully dedicatedstudents. The public is right to ask whether highereducation courses are value for money – this inspection shows that for Chichester’s Teacher Education programmes the answer is ‘yes, outstandingly so!’”

National College for School LeadershipNational Leadership and Training FrameworkIn December 2010 we became a member of the National Leadership and TrainingFramework, which is managed by the NationalCollege for School Leadership. The Frameworkis formed of 41 national providers, and we arethe sole Higher Education Institution in theSouth East region.

We currently have a four year contract, which allows us to further bid to deliver theGovernment’s Leadership and TrainingProgramme for schools. This is a prestigiousand advantageous position, in which we willmaximise the strong partnership that we havewith our stakeholders to secure furthercontracts within the Framework.

We welcome the opportunity to liaise with our key partners and would be pleased to hear from you if you would like to discuss this further. CPD@chi.ac.uk

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Dr Vini Lander, Head of Primary Educationand Teaching (above right).

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Restoration of the Dome

The Dome at Bognor RegisCampus has become one of the most significantbuildings in the town after a multi-million poundrefurbishment.

Built in 1790, the Dome has had a long and exciting history as a Royal residence,accommodation for trainee teachers, and nowas a state-of-the-art business centre and hometo the School of Enterprise, Management andLeadership (SEMAL).

The refurbished building was officially opened by Helen Pattinson, co-founder of Montezuma’s chocolate, an inspirationalentrepreneur that current students shouldaspire to emulate. More than a hundredbusiness leaders, local dignitaries and our staff were present to see the unveiling of a commemorative plaque and to celebrate a new chapter in the building’s life.

In his speech to guests at the official opening,Vice Chancellor, Professor Clive Behaggreflected on the history of the building, andhow its various improvement works have runparallel with regeneration in the town andsurrounding area, as well as for the University.

Its most recent works will go a long way tosupporting the current programme ofregeneration in Bognor Regis and its sub-region, with the University working closely with the Local Economic Partnership to offer opportunities for our graduates and local people.

The official opening also coincides with theintroduction of Enterprise Education, whereevery one of our students will have theopportunity to take modules on enterpriseeducation as an accredited part of their course.

From an educational perspective, its facilitiesand environment are said to be on a par withthe leading business schools in the country, andbeing part of the University with the higheststudent satisfaction level of all modernuniversities, we believe it gives us somethingunique to offer to our prospective students in the future.

Vice-Chancellor Professor CliveBehagg (left) in conversation withguests at the opening, which was conducted by Helen Pattinson,co-founder of Montezuma’sChocolate (above right).

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Artist plans of the refurbished Dome.

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The first occupants of thenewly-created incubationunits have taken upresidence in the DomeEnterprise Centre at ourBognor Regis Campus.

The facility, which has been developed on theground floor of the Dome as part of its recentrefurbishment, boasts a business lounge, workzones, a central café for informal meetings andan 80-seater auditorium.

It also has dedicated space for start-upcompanies as part of an initiative to supportnew businesses. The space provides both‘hatchery’ facilities for companies that are intheir infancy – perhaps set up by localentrepreneurs or by students still studying atthe university – where they will also be able tobenefit from coaching to help them evaluateand develop their business ideas. ‘Incubationunits’ will follow for those that are off theground but not quite flying high enough to go it alone completely.

The business space will be available atcompetitive rates and offer the distinctadvantage of placing businesses in the sameplace as the University’s business supportservices and academic experts.

Two of our alumni are the first to move intothe hatchery units – former Masters studentsHannily Bendell and Thomas Pickard have setup Replica, a small-scale contemporary dancecompany specialising in performance andeducation.

Mark Barber, Business Incubation Manager anda Sports Studies Alumni of the University, said:“The aim is that with the support of the teamaround them, young businesses such as Replicawill grow, prosper and move on to private sectorpremises, making way for new companies tobenefit from the excellent support on offer.”

More established businesses will also be able to take advantage of the facilities. Informalmeetings can be held in our café, whilst theBusiness Lounge may be more appropriate forthose where more confidentiality is required.Meeting and seminar rooms and a boardroomwill also be available to book and a virtual officeservice will soon be coming online.

For more information, contact Mark Barber on01243 812103 or email m.barber@chi.ac.uk

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State-of-the art facilities within theDome at Bognor Regis Campus.

Hannily Bendell and Thomas Pickardof the Replica contemporary dancecompany in their new offices.

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Senior Vietnam militaryofficials study at Universityon summer programmeSenior officials from theVietnam Ministry of PublicSecurity learnt about policeand military leadershiptraining through a courserun at the University.

Organised by the International ShortProgramme Unit, the focus of our programmewas on leadership training in the police, thecriminal justice system, military security andairport security.

Visits were arranged to the Royal MilitaryAcademy at Sandhurst, the Police Staff Collegeat Bramshill run by the National PolicingImprovement Agency, airside at GatwickAirport and to Chichester Police Station.

Steve Corcoran, Director of the InternationalShort Programme Unit, said: “Over the summer,we have run 21 different types of courses forinternational teachers and teacher trainers, andwe were delighted to welcome these senior officialsfrom Hanoi, the capital of Vietnam, for a coursethat expands our portfolio.”

This programme for senior Governmentofficials is one example of our growingreputation on the international scene in thefield of International Continuing ProfessionalDevelopment (ICPD). Last year, we becameone of five higher education institutions in theUK that the British Council now activelypromotes to the Government in China as beingthe best in the country for this type of training.

As a result of this agreement, the ProvincialGovernment of Fujian Province has selectedChichester to provide a nine-week programmefor its Key English Language Teacher Trainers,the first time that we have worked with theFujian Province.

We have also been chosen by the BritishCouncil to deliver a course to a group of SuperTrainers from China, an elite group of EnglishLanguage Teachers from across China to leadand bolster initiatives in English Languageteacher training.

Delegates from the VietnamMinistry of Public Security on their visit to the Royal MilitaryAcademy at Sandhurst.

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Scenes from studentperformances.

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The ShowRoom Theatre hastaken the time to try and pindown what it is we reallyenjoy about running a venuewithin a University.

We came to the conclusion that what wereally embraced was the ability to providespace and facilities for artists to explore andexperiment with new ideas, in a safeenvironment. Through this collaboration ourstudents were given the experience ofworking alongside professional artists (anextremely valuable experience for anybudding theatre and performance makers)and seeing the process in which this workdeveloped. What was born out of thisrelationship with artists and theatre makerswas our Formations series.

The ShowRoom’s Formations series has beenrunning for the past four years. Because ofthe clear success of this strand of our work,and the response and demand from artist andaudience to do more, we are now movingtowards a new strategy to consolidate andbuild upon this highly successful initiative and become a Formation venue.

As a University department, our focus andconcern is with the generation of new workand artists, and with this we hope that artistslooking to the ShowRoom for support willhave similar outlooks and agendas.

As always, The ShowRoom is a venueoffering a unique view on theatre andperformance and embraces anyone to comealong and discover something new.

For details of the 2011-12 programme, visit www.theshowroomchichester.co.uk

Discovering ourselvesthrough theatre

Main image, Gregory Maqoma &Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui, Southern BoundComfort; right, Cupola Bobber, Way Out West, the Sea Whispered Me;far right, bgroup, about around.

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This summer saw sevendifferent theatre acts made up of our PerformingArts students and staffperforming at the EdinburghFestival Fringe.

The groups took to the stage during August at the biggest arts festival in the world, whichfeatures around 21,000 performers in morethan 2,500 shows.

Fringe First award winners, and graduates of the Chichester's innovative MA in TheatreCollectives, The Paper Birds (Kylie Walsh,Jemma Mc Donnell and Elle Moreton), returnedto Edinburgh’s Pleasance Theatre for the worldpremiere of a new production based on ournation's love affair with alcohol. Weavingtogether hundreds of real stories and booze-based confessions, Thirsty tells the story of onenight, leaping from nightclubs to working men'sclubs, from the happy hours to the early hours.Fusing live music, text and physical theatre,Thirsty delves beyond statistics, facts and figuresto the faces and voices of everyone who likes adrink, asking why, as a nation, are we so thirsty?

Maiden Theatre, an all-female interdisciplinarycontemporary theatre company who exploreparticular thematic concerns by takinginspiration from the real, raw and everyday life,will be performing (Between Brackets).Graduating students Lily Beck, Carla-MarieMetcalfe, Annie Smith, Ellis Seamons and SteffPasson performed the hour long production, a playful yet thought provoking piece, adeconstruction of Pygmalion, which exploresmodern day Britain as a fairytale world.

Sleeping Trees comprises of three young artistswho create devised theatre that fuses physicalperformance and dark comedy throughreinterpretation of old forgotten stories, with a modern twist. Joshua George Smith, JohnWoodburn and James Dunnell-Smith aregraduating Performing-Arts students whopresent The Magical Faraway Tree. This is a darkand hilarious tale which tracks the journey of anunfortunate young boy and his quest to save hisill stricken mother – the play is an adultadaptation of the novel written by Enid Blyton.

Bootworks Theatre is a multi-disciplined groupof artists led by senior lecturer, Robert JudeDaniels. Robert, James Baker and Andy Robertsare the core members of the company and arecommitted to making high quality and originaltheatre and performance. They performed afive minute adaptation of Oliver Jeffers' award-winning The Incredible Book Eating Boy everysix minutes in the world-famous and uniqueBlack Box Theatre, using live performance,puppetry and playful back projection.

Wide Eyes Theatre Collective, a group of four of our graduates, is committed to creatinga performance that tackles culturally relevantissues, and strives to be unique, exciting andchallenging. The Collective performed BlackMirrors, a story that maps the development ofa Sandhurst graduate and his early career in theforces based on interviews taken by the castwith soldiers over a period of three years.

Graduating student Jack Brooks performed asolo piece entitled Bond, James Bond. This piecefeatures forty minutes of Jack as the charming,sophisticated, dangerous, rational, admirablesecret agent with all the action, girls and villains.

Wizards Theatre, a collaborative companyfounded by Marten Cox and Alexander Wiffen,two students who have recently finishedstudying for a degree in Performing Arts at theUniversity, performed The Undoing of Man.

University has strong presence at Edinburgh Festival Fringe

Growing presence

Dr Ben Francombe, our Head ofPerforming Arts, said: “For many years,we have had a growing presence at theEdinburgh Festival Fringe, which reflects the drive and enthusiasm of our graduatesto really grasp the opportunities to make a career in performing arts. We take a pro-active approach to supporting ourstudents and graduates who are appearingat Edinburgh, acting as creative and criticalmentors and feeding into and helping todevelop the quality of their work. It is just one of a significant number ofinitiatives that we take to support ourgraduates in setting themselves embarkingon a creative career.”

Edinburgh Festival Theatre literaturefor Maiden Theatre, Sleeping Trees,Bootworks and Wizards Theatre.

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Right, SleepingTrees; Below, The Paper Birds.

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mapdance is our MA studentperformance set-up – nowestablished as an excitingcompany of young, dynamic dancers.

Our MA Performance Dance has grown from a longstanding tradition of postgraduate studyin dance at Chichester. It offers dance artists atdifferent stages of their artistic lives the chanceto undertake a Masters degree or Diplomalevel course.

No longer a company in its infancy, mapdancerecruits nationally and internationally, andperforms a diverse repertoire by renownedand upcoming contemporary choreographers.This year’s mixed programme offerssomething for everyone and will appeal to both the experienced dance-goer and toaudiences new to the genre.

Over the coming year, the company isperforming works by Nigel Charnock, Matteo Fargion, Saju Hari, Detta Howe andKeira Martin. It is a mixed repertory that offersa refreshing mixture of dance theatre, intricatelyrical choreography, fluid released movementand intriguing humour.

In addition to the performance programme,mapdance will be engaging in a range ofeducational work including residencies, one-offworkshops and the opportunity for youngpeople to perform alongside the company,opening the show with a specially created‘curtain raiser’ – guaranteed to bring anaudience of friends and family. Visitmapdance.org for more information.

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Stars from the hit TV seriesThe Avengers were reunitedfor the first time in 40 yearsat the University in June tocelebrate half a centurysince the programme’slaunch.

The passing of time since the series was airedin the 1960s presented obvious challenges inrespect of cast availability. Some had passedaway, while others had moved on in their lives with no desire to revisit that stage in their careers.

But for every one person who couldn't makeit, another two eagerly made their way to ourChichester campus, making it the biggest castand crew reunion in 40 years.

With 200 people filling the ShowroomTheatre both days of the weekend gathering,it became the 'must attend' event forAvengers fans, some travelling thousands of miles to hear first hand from the stars infront of and behind the camera.

This event was much more than a convention.It was an academic study into a ground-breaking series that attracted a globalfollowing. The depth of interview with thespeakers means there is now an archive forresearchers and fans alike to call upon,cementing its place as a trend setting series.

There was naturally glamour, humour andquirkyness over the weekend - superfan PaulO'Grady was the headline host, interviewingHonor Blackman and Linda Thorson on themain stage and compering the charity auctionheld in a recreation of the Hellfire Club. Ourevent received worldwide media attention,local TV broadcast live from the campus andinterviews with stars were played onprimetime national radio.

It was truly a University-wide event. Existingstudents took the once-in-a-lifetimeopportunity to design and dress the campus in an Avengers theme, and worked long hoursduring the weekend to support guests anddelegates. Staff from a wide range ofdepartments also gave up their weekend tobe part of the experience. We wait to see ifsomething on this scale will ever be repeated,but the stories and photos will forever betalking points for everyone involved in theevent. www.chi.ac.uk/theavengers

Dr Adam Locks from the MediaStudies department interviewingwriter and producer Brian Clemens.

Department of MediaPresents ... The Avengers50th Anniversary Celebration

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Guest host Paul O’Gradyinterviewed leading stars from theshow including Linda Thorson (main image) and Honor Blackman(above).

Crawley based beatboxer,Dominic McMahon (aka Krystal Gob).

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The University ofChichester Music Academy(UCMA) is a specialistacademy aimed at talentedand enthusiastic youngmusicians between the agesof 8-18 who wish to engagewith music in a creative andstimulating environment.

As junior members of the University, UCMAstudents will receive a ‘University Lite’experience that offers high-level practicalinstruction as well as dynamic approaches to experiencing and writing music in a broadrange of styles. As one of the largest specialistmusic departments in the country, we areuniquely placed to offer this provisionthroughout the South of England tocomplement and extend curriculum-basedlearning and opportunities for music-making,as well as to nurture emerging talent.

The UCMA operates Saturday sessions at oneof our three regional centres in Chichester,Horsham and Worthing. UCMA runs inparallel with both the school and universityyear, with ten sessions in both the Autumnand Spring terms, and five sessions in theSummer term finishing before the busy exam period. A team of highly qualified staff,with the support of undergraduate andpostgraduate students, deliver workshops in the following:

• Playing Music (ensembles and bands)Start the day with playing- either within a group improvisation, rock band, or withina smaller chamber ensemble exploringclassic repertoire from the 18th century tothe present. Improve your sight-reading and learn to listen and interact with fellow musicians.

• Listening to Music (music history and aural skills)An opportunity to broaden yourunderstanding of style and genre throughcareful listening in a lecture/ seminarpresentation. This session will put the ‘aural test’ of any music exam into contextand ensure improved results.

• Writing Music (composition and theory)Learn the ingredients of musicalcomposition and improve your musicalgrammar. This session will help with yourtheory tests as well as the compositioncomponent at GCSE, A-Level and for other public exams.

• Experimental Activities (includingAfrican drumming, contemporarymusic ensembles, music technology,conducting opportunities, concerts and showcases)Expect the unexpected! These fun sessionswill introduce a plethora of musical ideas to spark the imagination and open newavenues for musical exploration. Alongsidethe activities mentioned above, there willalso be opportunities to workshop yournew compositions with fellow students and professional musicians.

By auditioning each candidate we are able to tailor these sessions to directly support a student’s individual needs, and whereappropriate, UCMA students will be able to access additional activities such as weekdayensembles and workshops (working alongsideand inspired by undergraduate students), useof our extensive library and studio facilities.UCMA students also receive free access to a varied programme of concerts and performances.

UCMA students may also apply to have one-to-one instrumental lessons at the Universityduring the week from one of the team ofspecialist teachers. However, in most casesthe UCMA aims to work in partnership withstudents’ existing instrumental teachers as weappreciate that many students will already bereceiving high quality instrumental tuition.

Students will be guided and encouraged to set their own individual challenges at thebeginning of the academic year. Shortprogress reports will be provided by staffmembers at the end of the Autumn andSpring terms before self-assessment andreview in consultation with the RegionalCoordinator in the Summer term.

For information please Email:ucma@chi.ac.uk

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The University ChamberOrchestra will perform at St Paul's Cathedral in thepresence of HRH PrinceCharles as part of a concertprogramme that takes themacross Europe and Americain 2011-12.

They will travel to Louisiana to take part in a professional festival of music, as well asperforming in Wintertur and St Gallen inSwitzerland at the two conservatoires there,as well as at the Saltzberg Conservatoire.

The University Symphony Orchestra hasalready performed a concert at ChichesterCathedral, in which they played GustavHolst’s The Planets to a sold-out audience.The concert, which was in aid of the Princessof Wales’ Royal Regiment Trust, also saw the orchestra accompany internationallyacclaimed soloist Emilian Dascal, as heperformed the UK premiere of a new violaconcerto written by Thomas SchmidtKowalski, dedicating his performance to the brave men and women of the Regiment.

The University’s Head of Orchestral Studies,Crispin Ward, said: “The standard of musicmaking at the University has risen to such a highlevel in just a few years that students came herefrom across the world to be a part of these veryspecial performances. It was a very excitingevening in aid of a very worthy charity.”

The Chamber Orchestra embarked on a tour of the Channel Islands in the summerof 2010. It was the first orchestral tour of its kind held on the islands and saw theOrchestra play to packed auditoriums inGuernsey, Jersey, and Sark during their two-week trip.

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