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Alumni NewsletterThe University of Buckingham Alumni Office | January 2016
Upcoming Events
Welcome to the 40th Anniversary Year!
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WelcomeDear all,
May I wish you all a very happy New Year (the Year of the Monkey!). I do hope that 2016 will be a wonderful year for you and your families and very much look forward to hearing from you with any news that you may wish to share with the alumni group.
As you will see throughout this newsletter the theme is the 40th anniversary and the events that we will be holding. Please do register your interest in advance if you would like to attend. There will also be events taking place overseas, with organisation for these being taken on by alumni in the various countries with support from the Alumni Office.
Sir Anthony will be travelling a lot this year and on each of his trips would very much like to have an event, however big or small, with our alumni. It is his aim to meet with as many of you as possible and to share his vision for Buckingham in the coming years. A timetable of trips arranged to date will be sent out in the February update with individual emails to countries he will visit giving more details.
During this year we will do our best to stay in touch with you and keep you updated on all the news from Buckingham. Any news that you would like to send us will be very gratefully received and please don’t hesitate to contact any one of us if there is anything we can do for you.
With very best wishes,Anne
Contents5 University News
6 Alumni News 7 Alumni Events
9 Overseas Visits
8 Photo Flashback
2 Announcements
Announcements
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10 Happy New Year and Contact Details
3 30th - 40th Anniversary
This year we celebrate the University’s 40th Anniversary, and we have a number of exciting events planned for 2016 to commemorate this anniversary. Many of the events will be taking place worldwide, and members of staff travelling will be to various locations to host events. There will also be two big events planned in the
UK.
One of the UK events will take place on 16th - 17th July in Buckingham on our campus, and the other, our largest anniversary celebration, will be on 4th November at The Dorchester Hotel in London. Further details
of all our anniversary events will be given at a later date.
We would love for as many of you as possible to join us and celebrate this landmark year. It is looking to be an exciting time for alumni, students and staff alike, so please keep an eye out for future updates.
To register your interest in our events, please e-mail Helen at [email protected]
The University of Buckingham is launching a new postgraduate course with KPMG Enterprise, which is the first of its kind to offer students entrepreneurial projects with start-up businesses.Working closely with advisors from KPMG Enterprise, the course will enable students to develop an entrepreneurial mindset and consultancy skills that they will put into practice, working in businesses
as well as in the classroom.Students will not be examined, but will be mainly assessed on the reports and presentations they
make to client companies after completing the projects with them.The MSc in Entrepreneurial Consultancy and Practice, which begins in January 2016, follows the
Government’s admission that entrepreneurial skills urgently need to be developed to improve the UK’s economic performance.
For more information on the course, please see:http://www.buckingham.ac.uk/business/msc/mecp
or contact Nigel Adams [email protected] Tel: 01280 820226 or Business Admissions [email protected] Tel: 01280 820236
Business School
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Buckingham Landmarks Since the 30th Anniversary
2006
2016
2015
After much adaptation and renovation of The Chandos Road Building,
The University of Buckingham Medical
School opened in 2015 and welcomed it’s first
intake of students.
The University celebrates it’s
40th Anniversary. In 1976 Buckingham opened
it’s doors to students from both home and overseas.
40 years later, the UK’s first independent University
continues to flourish, with far larger student numbers and fantastic statistics, such as
being named The Times and Sunday Times University of the
Year for Teaching Quality.
In 2006 the University
celebrated it’s 30th Anniversary, with a number of events to commemorate
the landmark year. Buckingham has changed
a lot in 30 years, and the University has
continued to expand and gain a great reputation
worldwide.
20142008
The Humanities Research Institute was founded in
2008. The institute brings together internationally distinguished scholars
working in the field of the humanities, to support their
research and to engage them in the life of the
University. The institute also runs a number of courses in
London.
2012
The Dickens Journals online project was started in 2006, and was completed in time
for the Charles Dickens bicentenary in February
2012. The project created complete online editions of
Dickens’s weekly magazines, Household Words and All
the Year Round, which had previously been very difficult
for the public to access. A huge achievement for our
English Department.
In 2002 when the School of Education first opened,
there were just 12 students enrolled. In 2014 over 400
trainee teachers were participating in our PGCE
courses.
2012 The extensive
renovations to one of our campus buildings, Prebend House, were finished in 2012. The
building is now barely recognisable from the run down shell it once
was!
University News
Vally Konstantopoulou (Politics, Economics and Law, 1981) has published a revised edition of
her book, A new revised edition of my book “Introduction to film
aesthetics”.Vally also keeps an up-t0-date
blog, which can be accessed here:http://vallysdiary.blogspot.gr/
Her book is available to read on her blog, via this link:
http://vallysdiary.blogspot.gr/2015/05/introduction-to-film-
aesthetics-by.html
*Both Vally’s book and blog are in Greek
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Alumni News
Chyma Anthony (LLB 2006, LLM 2007) and Ifeyinwa Anthony (nee Joe-Njoku) (LLB 2012),
welcomed their daughter Giada Ubadi Anthony, (pictured above at 8 weeks old), into the world
on 12th September 2015.
Ifeyinwa was studying at The University of Warwick for an
LLM in International Corporate Governance and Financial
Regulation, and gave birth just three days after submitting her
dissertation! She was awarded a Merit overall for her LLM.
Many congratulations!
Jawad Sarwana (LLB, 1998) has been listed on the Global Panel
of Mediators of CEDR (Centre for Effective Dispute Resolution).
From 1st January 2016 to 31st December 2017, he will serve as
Co- Chair of the International Bar Association Mediation
Committee. Jawad will be the first Advocate from Pakistan to serve
in this position.
Our congratulations go to Jawad on this great achievement.
The University Refectory is revamping it’s style and menu for the New Year. The refectory will now be known as The
Mill Restaurant, and will offer waitress service. The catering team have also expanded the menu and lowered prices
considerably.
Some of the office favorites include the 8oz Sirloin Steak with chips, onion rings and peas for £5.95, and the Loaded
Nachos with mozzarella, cheddar cheese, guacamole, salsa and sour cream for just £1.50! Yum!
The changes will take effect from 18th January, and with the new lowered prices the catering team aim to please
staff and students, but also the public. The Mill Restaurant will be open Monday - Friday, 8am -
5pm.Please come down and try out the changes!
Ayomiku Ojeyomi (nee Babalola-Elewa) (International Studies, 2007) has welcomed a son into
the world. Iteoluwakiisi Ojeyomi was born on 21st June 2015, and
is Ayomiku’s second child.
Her daughter, Oluwafunmilore, is now 3 years old, and is pictured above holding her baby brother.
We send our congratulations to Ayomiku on the birth of her son,
and our best wishes for the future.
Paul Musetti (Educational Leadership, 2015) has been
appointed as Headteacher of St Christopher’s Preparatory
School in Wembley Park.
Many congratulations on your new position, Paul, and all the
best for the future.
Steve Amisah (MSc Fisheries Biology, 1989), has been promoted from Associate
Professor at Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and
Technology (KNUST) to Full Professor. Steve is also Dean of
the faculty of Renewable Natural Resources at KNUST.
After doing his MSc at Buckingham, Steve left
to complete a PhD at Hull University, graduating in 1998.
Many congratulations on your success, Steve.
It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of one of our lecturers, Mr Peter Farquhar.
Peter passed away on 25th October 2015 at the age of 69. He had lectured at the University of Buckingham since 2011, in the subject of
Romantic Poets and the Modernists.
A lovely obituary for Peter is available to read via The Guardian: http://www.theguardian.com/education/2015/nov/18/peter-
farquhar-obituary
Our thoughts go out to Peter’s family and friends at this difficult time.
For more information on how the Five Counties Scholarship could help you, please contact admissions at: [email protected]
Photo Flashback
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Do let us know if you are in this photograph, and what year you think it was taken!Please e-mail any answers you have to Lucy, at [email protected]
If you have any old photographs that you would like to share in the newsletter, please let Lucy know on the e-mail address above.
Last Month...
Thank you to everyone who responded to the picture in the
December Newsletter.
it has been suggested that this photograph was taken at The Swan
Ball in either 2004 or 2005.
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Future Events 2016For your diaries, here is a list of the events taking place during next year. Please e-mail Helen at
[email protected] for more information and to book your place.
February
Tuesday 9th - Lecture by David Jacques on research at Stonehenge: ‘Return to Blick Mead - Exploring the Mesolithic Origins of Stonehenge’s Ritual Landscape’
Thursday 25th - Concert by The Metzger Ensemble: ‘Golden Flute and Silver Strings’
March
Tuesday 15th - Annual SSAFA Lecture - Eva Schloss MBE, Holocaust survivor and stepdaughter of Otto Frank: ‘A Survivor of Auschwitz and Anne Frank’s Step Sister’
Friday 18th & Saturday 19th - Graduation Ceremonies 2016
Saturday 19th - The Swan Ball
May
Wednesday 25th May - Concert by the Adderbury Ensemble
July
Saturday 16th - Sunday 17th - A weekend of 40th Anniversary celebrations on the University campus
November
Friday 4th - A dinner and dance event is to be held at The Dorchester Hotel in London. This is our big 40th Anniversary celebration in the UK
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Overseas Visits
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From all of us at the University of Buckingham, we would like to wish you a Happy New Year and send our very best wishes for 2016.
We look forward to seeing what this year will bring for us, and are excitied to celebrate our 40th Anniversary with all of you.
Please keep your eye out for more information about our Anniversary events, we would love to see you all at one (or more!) of them.
Our telephone numbers are listed below, and for email queries, please e-mail [email protected] and we will get back to you as soon as possible.
Contact Us
Anne MatsuokaHead of Alumni and Graduation
Tel: +44 (0) 1280 820338
Pam LindsayData Coordinator
Tel: +44 (0) 1280 820133
Lucy CatoAlumni/Graduation
Publications CoordinatorTel: +44 (0) 1280 827507
Helen WattsAlumni/Graduation Events
CoordinatorTel: +44 (0) 1280 827522
Trip Schedule
Hong Kong: January 18, 2016 - January 25, 2016Guangzhou: January 26, 2016 – January 29, 2016
In Hong Kong I will be joined by Anastasiya Ostapchuk (International Studies, 2009) from the Medical School. Please get in touch if you’ll be free to meet during these dates.
[email protected] [email protected]
Dr James Slater, Senior Lecturer in Law and Director of the Part-Time LLB, will be visiting Canada in February 2016.
Dr Slater will be in Toronto on the weekend of the 27/28th February 2016, and will be attending a recruitment fair on Sunday 28th. However, on Saturday 27th February, Dr Slater will be organising an alumni lunch, and would love as many
alumni as possible to attend.
More details will follow, however for now, if you are interested in attending the lunch, please e-mail Dr Slater on:
Canada
ChinaOur new Marketing Officer, Ben Charlton will
be travelling to China in the new year. Ben would like to send this message to you all:
Greetings from Buckingham, and a warm hello from me!
As the new international officer I will be covering East and South-East Asian countries.
I’ll be visiting this region throughout 2016, starting with Hong Kong and Guangzhou, and will be keeping you up-to-date with my trips
overseas to hopefully meet some of you over a coffee or dinner.
Y E A R S
‘Flying on Our Own Wings’
The University of Buckingham celebrates...
16TH - 17TH JULY 2016 | A WEEKEND OF CELEBRATIONS ON THE UNIVERSITY CAMPUS
4TH NOVEMBER 2016 | A DINNER AND DANCE EVENT AT THE DORCHESTER HOTEL IN LONDON
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