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SUMMER SCHOOL OFFERS

FORETASTE OF UNIVERSITY LIFE
GCSE STUDENTS from across the country were given a foretaste of
undergraduate life thanks to the University.
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They were among the early visitors to the National Space Centre which
opened to the public on June 30.
About 50 teenagers attended the week-long summer school from July 1 to July
6. They attended lectures and seminars, met with staff and university students
as well as heard from those who attended last years summer school.
Academic Registrar Kathy Williams said: We are removing the mystique about
higher education and giving support and encouragement to school students who
are expected to gain above average A-Levels.
These students are identified as talented and gifted but they know very little
about what to expect at university. The purpose of the summer school is not
simply to provide a taste of higher education but to raise the aspirations of these
students.
Although widening access to higher education is the principle behind the
Government initiative, this particular target student population needs the
confidence and encouragement to apply, rather than any academic concessions,
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BIRTH OF MUSICAL PROTGS?

A STUDY carried out at the
University and shown on
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BBCs Child Of Our Time on
July 11 reveals for the first
time that babies remember sounds
they heard in the womb and
recognise them well into later life.
The study, by Dr Alexandra Lamont
from the Music Research Group at
the Universitys School of
Psychology, demonstrates how oneyear old babies recognise music
they were exposed to up to three
months before birth.
The discovery explodes the theory
that babies can only remember
things for a month or two and
suggests that memory could last a
great deal longer than that.
This provides important new
evidence for the influence of
nurture in early child development,
said Dr Lamont, who is a Lecturer in
Psychology.
She said: We know that the foetus
in the womb is able to hear fully
only 20 weeks after conception.
Now we have discovered that
babies can remember and prefer
music that they heard before they
were born over 12 months later.
The Child Of Our Time study

involved a small group of mothers
playing a single piece of music to
their babies for the last three
months before birth.
Dr Lamont said the music was
chosen by the mother so all
babies heard different pieces of
music while still in the womb. These
included classical (opera, Mozart
and Vivaldi), world (Spirits of
Nature), reggae (UB40, Ken Boothe)
and pop (Five).
Over 12 months later, eleven of the
babies were tested and showed a
significant preference for these
pieces of music compared with very
similar pieces of music they had not
heard before.
None of these babies had been
exposed to the pre-natal music in
the intervening period (i.e. from
birth to first birthday). A control
group of 11 babies tested with the
same pieces of music show no
preference for a particular piece.
Dr Lamont said: This small-scale
study suggests that deliberate and
extended pre-natal exposure to
music sets up a very long-term
memory trace for a particular piece
COO!: Dr Alex Lamont with equipment she

used for her test.
of music, and that this is

recognised and preferred over 12
months later.
However, these babies outstanding
musical memories are not at all
related to their intelligence. Dr
Lamont emphasised that there is no
evidence here that playing classical
music to babies helps make their
brains develop the babies perform
just as well with pop or reggae
music, and the same high levels of
musical memory are found in
babies from families where IQ levels
differ enormously.
SOUND VITAMINS ON SHOW

A PROJECT co-ordinated by the University that could
help older people to retain an interest in the wider
world and broaden their social links went on display
at Care Expo at the National Motorcycle Museum,
Solihull.
Funded by the EU, the Silver Bird project uses global
digital networks to provide elderly people with six
sound channels. The combination of quizzes, stories,
spiritual discussions, music, news and keep-fit
exercises are designed to improve physical mobility,
mental agility and connectedness with friends,
relatives and the outside world.
Silver Bird has been developed by Audio Riders, of
Helsinki, Finland. A consortium of four partners are
involved in the research, including the Department
of Psychology at the University of Leicester, who
have a long record of research on how sounds can

influence emotions and behaviour.
Finnish, Swedish, English and Hindi versions of
Silver Bird, with native speakers of these languages
will be piloted. A field trial has been running for
one month with Miinan Hoitolalt care homes in
Finland, and a UK pilot is about to start, with the
co-operation of The Anchor Trust care homes.
Dr Adrian North, of the Universitys School of
Psychology said: The preliminary findings so far
show that the major benefit of Silver Bird is its
social effect. The benefits, in turn, have knock-on
pastoral and financial implications for care homes.
When the well-being of their residents has been
improved they become healthier and happier.
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SMELLIEST PLANT BLOOMS AT BOTANIC GARDEN

NOT everything has come up smelling
of roses at the Universitys Botanic
Garden.
One plant that came into bloom at the
picturesque 16-acre attraction in fact
created quite a stink!
Director Richard Gornall said the smell
of the Snake Palm (Amorphophallus
Prainii), which lasts for only a few
hours, was absolutely disgusting.
While the smell is awful, the plants
foliage is something else, he said. It
is truly magnificent, with marbled leafstalks and a wonderful symmetry to
the leaf-blades.
Dr Gornall brought the plant back from
Indonesia in 1997. It is one of nine
ASTHMA
EPIDEMIC ALARM
THE NUMBER of pre-school
children with wheezing disorders
has doubled over the past ten
years, according to a study by
University experts.
Asthma has reached epidemic
proportions in Britain. One in
seven children approximately 1-
5 million now has the disease.

Professor Mike Silverman, Head
of Child Health at the University
who carried out the study, said
the increase covered all types of
wheeze from insignificant
wheezing to severe asthma
attacks.
The findings, published in The
Lancet, come from a comparison
of questionnaires sent to the
parents of 1,650 children in
1990 with a similar survey of
2,600 children in 1998. All the
children were aged between one
and five and lived in
Leicestershire.
Over the eight years there was a
significant rise in all types of
wheeze from 16% of children to
29%. The number of asthmatic
children rose from 11% to 19%,
while the proportion of children
admitted to hospital for
wheezing increased from six per
cent to 10%.
There was also an increase in
transient wheezing, a condition
that normally disappears by
school age from three per cent
to five per cent.
INVESTIGATION: Professor Mike Silverman

is investigating why airway disease has
increased so dramatically.
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The increase was not just linked

to allergies. The incidence of
viral wheeze, the response to a
similar plants at the Glebe Road

gardens and only the second to flower.
A plant fair and open day at the
gardens attracted more than 1,200
people.
virus infection, rose from nine
per cent to 19%. The rise on
respiratory problems could not
be linked to household risk
factors such as passive smoking,
gas cooking, pets or low
parental education attainment
because those factors declined
over the period, the team
reports.
Professor Silverman said factors
unrelated to allergies were to
blame for the rise. But he ruled
out traffic pollution as a likely
cause. Part of the increase could
be due to a greater awareness
of wheezing and asthma. But
other symptoms of asthma,
such as coughing, had not
increased over the decade.
The increasing prevalence of
viral asthma cant be explained
by allergies. There may be
something more fundamental
that has made airway diseases
increase, he said.
The explanation must be
environmental change over
recent years. Changes in diet,
hygiene, medications or even
road traffic could provide the
answer. More research is under
way to answer or solve these
issues.
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GLOBAL CONSORTIUM ANNOUNCES PLANS TO

SEQUENCE BANANA GENOME
SCIENTISTS from 11 countries including the University of
Leicester have announced the founding of an
international consortium to sequence the banana genome
within five years.
The scientists from governmental, university, and
nonprofit organizations will use the new genetic data to
enable developing-world farmers to grow bananas that
are able to resist the fungus Black Sigatoka, as well as
other diseases and pests.
The project involves Professor Pat Heslop-Harrison of the
Department of Biology at the University. Professor HeslopHarrison and his group study the biology of the cell
nucleus.
Bananas are a staple food for nearly half a billion people
worldwide, but their crops are increasingly lost to disease.
The genome sequence will also benefit US and European
consumers of the popular dessert banana, one of the
worlds most chemically dependent crops.
Ancient farmers selected banana strains that were
seedless and thus sterile, and grew the fruit through
vegetative sprouting, said Dr Emile Frison, Director of the
Montpellier, France-based International Network for the
Improvement of Banana and Plantain. Cultivated
bananas have, therefore, been at a near evolutionary
standstill for thousands of years and lack the genetic
diversity needed to
fight off disease. A
coordinated effort by
scientists worldwide is
needed to unlock the
diversity found in
bananas that still grow
and reproduce in the
wild.
The group sequencing
effort was launched at
a meeting held July 1719 at the US National
BANANARAMA: Plans to improve the
Science Foundation in
global yield and quality of bananas
Arlington, Virginia.
will involve Leicester Professor of
Scientists will map the
Biology Pat Heslop-Harrison.
banana genome using a
sexually reproducing
wild species of banana from Southeast Asia.
Banana will be the first exclusively tropical crop to be
sequenced, said Frison. More than a popular snack,
bananas are a staple food that many African families eat
for every meal. This is our chance to develop a crop that
wont fail for them and that may help lift them out of
hunger and poverty.
COMMUNITY SAFETY AT ISSUE

A CONFERENCE focusing on
community safety issues attracted
over 100 delegates to the University
at the end of May.
Organised by lecturers Jon Garland

and Andrew Silke of the Scarman
Centre, the conference, entitled
Community Safety: Contemporary
Issues and Perspectives debated

topics such as the evaluation of
crime prevention schemes; Section
17 of the Crime and Disorder Act;
partnership working; new
approaches to community safety and
integrating methods of crime
reduction. Speakers included
Professor Nick Tilley, who delivered
the opening keynote address;
Stephen Brookes, the Crime
Reduction Director for the
government office for the East
Midlands, and Professor Ken Pease,
who closed the conference.
The conference attracted delegates
from across the United Kingdom,
including police officers, academics,
community safety workers and local
government officers. It is intended
that the papers from the conference
will form the basis of a book on
community safety and crime
prevention issues to be published
early next year.
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OADBY HALLS
EVENT SUCCESS
OVER 90 people heard Donald Woods
give his views about the new South
Africa and his friendship with Nelson
Mandela at Gilbert Murray Hall on May
24. The second event organised by the
Oadby Halls Action Group was
declared a great success by the ViceChancellor, organisers and all who
attended. The event was opened by
fourteen-year-old Nathaniel Brown,
who read his poem, Freedom Cries,
which he wrote in response to the
story of Steve Biko. It was Nathaniels
poem which inspired Donald Woods to
come to Leicester to speak.
Mr Woods told of how the
Attenborough movie, Cry Freedom,
was as accurate as it could be without
testing the boundaries of audience
belief. He said that the reality was in
fact more dramatic and astonishing
than the film dared to show. When
asked why he acted as he did in
standing up against the Apartheid
regime, he said, I was in a situation
which if most people found themselves
in, they make the same decisions
we woke up one day to find we were
on the other side of the boundary line
which we didnt even know was
there.
Woods described the incredible
differences between the familys white
friends and their politically active black
friends. One day we would talk with
the whites about the swimming pool
being a bit cloudy, and then the next
night wed be at the Bikos hearing
who was in solitary confinement, was
he being tortured, and should we take
something to the prison?
His banning in 1977 isolated him from
the life he had previously enjoyed. As
a banned white person, it was the only
place in South Africa that was worse
for the whites. If you were a banned
black person you were a hero to your
community.but if you were a banned
white person you werent.
His opinion of the new South Africa is
that life is a hell of a lot better now
than it was before. He says of
sensational news stories about crime
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TAKING CONTROL: Claudia Wiseman, Matthew Niblett, Donald Woods, Karrin Singh, Sally
Brooks, Matt Day the infamous Oadby Halls Action Group!
and corruption in South Africa, What

weve found in South Africa is lots of
problems, but even more solutions.
He remains hopeful that South Africans
have the capacity to deal with their
problems in positive ways.
Students from The Lancaster School
wrapped up the evening with a
presentation celebrating the
importance of personal testimony.
Accompanied by music written by Tim
Cope, students read from Witness
Voices from the Holocaust edited by
Joshua Greene and Shiva Kumar. If
testimony offers no assurance of
averting catastrophe in the future, it at
least assures that what occurred in the
past will not be forgotten. That alone
would be a remarkable
accomplishment. They ended with an
appeal for a collection of books for
schools in black townships in South
Africa. Primary-age picture books, or
any books by African authors fiction

or non-fiction are urgently required
by the Books for South Africa charity.
Other books for primary, secondary or
tertiary students will be collected for
other schools in South Africa. Books
may be left at Browsers Bookshop in
Allandale Road, or at The Lancaster
School, Knighton Lane East.
The Vice-Chancellor praised the
achievements of the Oadby Halls Action
Group in founding its speaking
programme. The programme aims to
raise funds for educational facilities in
the Oadby Halls of Residence and at
the same time broaden students
exposure to learning.
For more information about the
Oadby Halls Action Group or about
the collection for Books for South
Africa, contact Karrin Singh on 0116
215 5454 or Matthew Niblett on
0116 215 6045.
FOOD RISK ASSESSMENT REPORTS PUBLISHED

TWO workshop reports from the Medical Research Council (MRC)
Institute for Environment and Health (IEH) relating to the FORA project
Diet-Gene Interactions: Characterisation of Risk and Chemoprevention
and Chemoprotection: The Role of Dietary Intervention and How to
Measure its Effects have been published.
Scientists at the MRC Toxicology Unit and the MRC IEH, both located at
the University, have completed a series of four workshops and reports
as part of the Food Risk Assessment (FORA) Project which integrates
novel methods and new scientific findings into food risk assessment,
particularly in the context of diet and cancer. The project has been
funded by the Food Standards Agency.
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LAW STUDENT IS AMONG TOP IN THE COUNTRY

A POSTGRADUATE student has been selected among the
top three in the country in a law competition.
Haresh Sood clinched third place in Tomorrows Lawyer,
sponsored by commercial law firm Addleshaw Booth &
Co in association with The Times. The competition was
launched last year and this year was part of The Times
Annual Student Awards.
Entrants had to write an essay of 1,000 words explaining
why the successful lawyer of the future needs a
thorough understanding of their clients business to
deliver real commercial advantage. They also had to
detail a practical life experience they believed better
equipped them for a career in the law.
Haresh (24), from Nottingham, won 2,000. A
spokesperson for Leeds-based Addleshaw Booth and Co
said: We are looking for people with passion and drive,
who possess a real enthusiasm and motivation for
everything they undertake.
MORE FEMALE FANS

FOR FOOTBALL
A RECORD number of women are watching
football, and the crowds are becoming more
middle class, according to a new study by John
Williams at the Universitys Sir Norman Chester
Centre for Football Research.
Some 14% of Premiership fans are now women,
and they make up one-fifth of season ticket
holders.
A survey of 29,000 fans of top clubs in England and
Scotland says the majority of new fans are women.
It says 11% of fans now earn more than 50,000 a
year, with the largest numbers following London
teams. At Chelsea, they make up one third of the
crowd, followed by Wimbledon (23%) and Arsenal
(20%).
This compares with Sunderland (4%) and Everton
(5%). According to the survey Liverpools Anfield
stadium was voted the best ground to visit, with
Old Trafford, Stamford Bridge and Elland Road the
worst.
Middlesbrough, Bradford and Newcastle United
have the biggest proportion of locally-born season
ticket holders, on 84%. Manchester United has the
lowest, at 46%.
More than half of those questioned said they
supported a team because their father did, with 7%
replicating their mothers support for them.
SIGN OF THE TIMES: Haresh with his award in the Law Library.
The standard of entries was exceptionally high, matched

only by the outstanding individual qualities evident in
the personal submissions of all the contestants.
Merely qualifying as one of the six short-listed finalists
was an achievement in itself and the judges had a very
difficult task in coming to their decision following the
day of presentations.
Haresh, who already has an LLB from the University
which included a year in Italy as part of the course, is
now engaged in an LLM programme of Higher European
Legal Studies which will take him to Spain and France
during the course.
He impressed the judges not simply by his academic
abilities but also by the wealth of experience he has
gained in the commercial sector. At the age of 17 Haresh
worked with BBC Radio Nottingham and later set up his
own business Haresh Sood Productions to raise funds for
charity by annually staging shows, dramas, concerts and
conferences.
The organisation is now involved in charity fundraising,
business marketing and media and public relations.
The talented student has added to his experience
through membership of a range of committees including
serving as an equal opportunities officer and a Labour
students, chairman.
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511 MILLION YEAR OLD FOSSILS DISCOVERED

FOSSILS discovered in Shropshire have provided scientists
with the evidence for the earliest known occurrence of
crustaceans, the major group that includes such well
known animals as crabs, lobsters, shrimps and barnacles.
were recovered with acid techniques from limestone rocks

belonging to the Cambrian period of geological time and
are about 511 million years old. At that time much of
Wales and central England were covered by a shallow sea.
These fossils are also the oldest known find of an animal

with its body and complement of limbs preserved in three
dimensions. The discovery helps build up the picture of the
early evolution of life.
Professor Siveter said: A really exciting aspect of these

fossils is that they are preserved complete with their softparts such as limbs and they are in three dimensions, so
we can examine aspects of their biology and discuss their
relationship to various major groups of animals in detail.
The find was made by Professor David Siveter from the

Department of Geology at the University and Dr Mark
Williams of the British Geological Survey, Nottingham.
Together with a colleague from the University of Ulm,
Germany, they have published their findings in the leading
American scientific journal Science.
The tiny crustacean fossils, less than a millimetre in size,
NEW YORK
CHARITY RUN
FOR RAINBOWS
A POSTGRADUATE student from the
University aims to run the gruelling
New York Marathon in aid of
childrens charity Rainbows.
Tim Werry (25), who is reading for
his PhD in Pharmacology, plans to
raise funds for the hospice for
terminally ill children and their
families.
Tim, from Buckfastleigh in South
Devon, is appealing for companies to
support his charity bid helping him
to raise a total of 1,500 in order to
take part.
He said: The work of the Hospice
provides a humanitarian service and
is worthy of as much support as I
can give it. The Hospice requires
around 1.5million per year to
support its activities, and I am
aiming to raise at least 1500 to
donate to the organisation.
Tim is currently training to complete
the New York Marathon on
November 4. He is also a keen
footballer.
It is a tough challenge, but is
nothing compared to that facing the
families helped by Rainbows, said
Tim.
Anyone wishing to support Tim
should ring 07773 770 228.
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Such is the quality of preservation that we have hair-like

structures on the limbs that are less than a hundredth of a
millimetre in size. The discovery identifies an important,
geologically early source of exceptionally well-preserved
fossils and holds potential for finds of other types of
animals with soft parts from the same locality.
POLICING, ETHICS AND

HUMAN RIGHTS
A CONFERENCE at the University, hosted by the Scarman Centre,
attracted speakers from academic and practitioner backgrounds. They
included the Deputy Chief Constable of West Mercia, Peter Neyroud,
who gave the keynote address.
Other areas of human rights and ethics, which were discussed, included
human rights in action, the right to a safe crime-free life and the
ethical stance of Russian police officers. Papers were also presented on
the problems arising from competing demands for ethical policing and
effective use of public funds and the responsibilities, which are bound
up with rights.
Dr Louise Westmarland, Lecturer in criminal justice studies. said: The
conference was attended by 55 delegates, with senior officers travelling
from across Britain and Northern Ireland and academics from
continental Europe. A number of other public agencies were also
represented. One of the aims of the conference was to launch the new
Journal of Policing, Ethics and Human Rights.
A call for papers was made and it is intended that the new publication
will include, in its inaugural issue in summer 2001, a collection of the
conference papers.
SUMMER SCIENCE EXHIBITION
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PROFESSOR David Siveter from the Department of Geology, along

with colleagues from Oxford and Bristol, exhibited their cutting edge research
at the Royal Societys annual Summer Science Exhibition in London from July
3-5.
Their exhibit, entitled Virtual Fossils: Silurian Sensations Released from the
Rock, depicted the first ever detailed computerised 3-D images of soft-bodied
fossils. These are 425 million years old from the Silurian rocks in Herefordshire.
Open to the public and free to enter, the Summer Science Exhibition offered a
once-a-year opportunity not only to see the latest in cutting-edge science from
the UK and abroad but also talk to the scientists about their work and how it
might improve our lives in the future.
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JUST WHO DOES THAT BELL TOLL FOR?
TO A packed house, an Iranian poet and two musicians
gave a spirited performance at a Richard Attenborough
Centre lunchtime Spotlight, which had the audience
dancing if they could find the space.
The event was part of the National Refugee Week
celebrations and featured briefly on the BBC television East
Midlands news, MATV and Leicester Sound. The
performers, all professionals whose work is banned by the
Iranian government, are members of the Midlands
community of asylum seekers, living here in exile. The
event underlines what a rich cultural contribution to
society asylum seekers can make.
Except that while he was languishing in a Malawi prison

along with the cockroaches and rats, one of his fellow
political prisoners was a Leicester graduate in Mass
Communications Research.
Jane Pearson
Later the same evening there was an altogether quieter

affair at the Westcotes Library on Narborough Road, like
the earlier event, organised by the City Literature
Development Officer. The published poet and professor of
English, Jack Mapanje, talked about his years as a political
prisoner in his native Malawi, his time as a student in the
UK, and the racial prejudice his family had experienced
when he returned here some years ago as an exile himself.
What does this have to do with the University of Leicester?
Not a lot, I suppose.
SECURITY JOURNAL
THE LATEST issue of the Security Journal edited by staff
at the Scarman Centre at the University includes
striking new findings from research in England and
Wales; Australia, the United States and New Zealand.
Dr Rosemary Barberet, Lecturer in Criminal Justice at
the University and Professor Bonnie Fisher of the
University of Cincinnati, co-editors of the special issue
on Women and Security: International Perspectives,
state: So often public and private strategies to make
DISCIPLINE
HOPPING
A RESEARCH project in the
Universitys Space Research Centre
using techniques developed for space
research in the treatment of cancer,
has received a Medical Research
Council (MRC) Discipline Hopping
Award.
One of only 24 out of 64 applicants
to receive the MRC award, the
Leicester discipline-hopping team, Dr
John Lees and Professor George
Fraser, head the Universitys
BioImaging Unit. The funding is for
research they are carrying out in
people safer do not take womens special security

needs into account. This issue highlights the overlap
among women of threats to security in the home,
workplace, in institutions, in public life and in
cyberspace and suggests ways the security industry
might be more responsive to the particular security
needs of women.
There are sections of the presence of abuse and
violence in the lives of women offenders and the
situations that female taxi drivers face on a daily basis.
The journal also tackles the issue of cyberaggression.
collaboration with Andrea Murray, of

the Queens Medical Centre,
University of Nottingham.
They will investigate the use of a
microchannel plate imager for
visualising high-energy radionuclides,
used in treating cancer.
Radioimmunotherapy uses antibodies
to carry therapeutic radiation directly
to cancer cells, while normal cells are
protected from its toxic effects. Such
treatment has shown promise in
tackling various cancers, including
breast, bladder and ovary. However,
currently available techniques make it
difficult to visualise the effectiveness
of this approach at the tumour level.
The microchannel plate technology
underpinning the imager was

developed within the Space Research
Centre for cameras used on the
Chandra satellite, now in space and
used for X-ray astronomy. Its imager,
sensitive to beta particles as well as
X-rays, would seem to be ideal for
detecting radiolabelled antibodies
within tumour cells.
The research collaboration will assess
the performance of the microchannel
plate camera as part of the
development of a radiolabelled
antibody being developed at
Nottingham for the treatment of
bladder cancer, with the ultimate
goal of using it to monitor the
effectiveness of radiotherapy
treatment.
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INTERPROFESSIONAL
EDUCATION
care workers for the teamwork

required in the delivery of modern
public services.
THE CHIEF Medical Officer,

Liam Donaldson, was the
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keynote speaker at the
Universitys Inaugural InterProfessional Education conference.
The aim of the conference was to
promote the development of interprofessional education for health
and social care professions in public
and voluntary sectors, in line with
Government recommendations for
modernising services in
Leicestershire.
The conference considered how
Leicestershire should address the
changing requirements of
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LAUNCH: Dr Angela Lennox said

inter-professional education should be given
the highest profile.
professional training. The aim is to

develop a vision for future learning,
which will prepare health and social
Dr Angela Lennox, Director of the

Universitys Centre for Studies in
Community Health Care at Prince
Philip House, Leicester, said: We
believe that inter-professional
education should be given the
highest profile, so we are proud to
launch this inaugural conference
with the Chief Medical Officer,
Professor Liam Donaldson and to
follow his talk with Professor
Marshall Marinker who was the
founding Professor of General
Practice at the University of
Leicester.
Funding for the inaugural conference
came from the Leicester Health
Action Zone and the NHS Executive
(Trent).
MEDIA MANAGERS AT LEICESTER

MANAGERS of Media Services in Higher Education
from 36 universities in the UK (and one in Europe)
gathered in Beaumont Hall for their Spring
conference in April. Topics under discussion were
the new European Directive on copyright, setting
up digital image archives, strategic planning for
media services in universities and the challenges
of delivering courses over the web.
The keynote speech was by Professor Lewis Elton
and was entitled Educational Technology Has It
At Last Arrived? Delegates visited the new LWMS
distance learning theatre in the Maurice Shock
Building, and worked on a national benchmarking
project for the Media/AV sector with the Library
and Information Statistic Unit.
Nita Spektorov
SPACE SCHOOL LAUNCHES OLYMPIC CONTENDER

A LEICESTER student who is
to represent Britain in the
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2001 International Space
Olympiad in Russia later this
year was the lucky recipient of a free
place in the sought-after Space
School UK during the summer.
Sam McGauley, a student at
Gateway Sixth Form College,
Leicester, was able to brush up his
skills at Space School UK at the
University, in July, before competing
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in the British team in the Space

Olympiad in Korolev, Russia in
October.
During the residential five-day
course, students at Space School UK
met space scientists and employers,
and explored the realities of such
topics as human space flight, Mars,
rockets, satellites, the Solar System,
stars and supernovae, extraterrestrial life, remote sensing and
the environment. Academic
disciplines involved ranged from

physics and astronomy to
engineering and astronautics,
geology, the environment and
humanities.
The five days were demanding and
intensive, but also included visits to
Astrium UK to see satellites under
construction and the newly-opened
National Space Centre at Leicester.
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YEARS OF
SERVICE
CELEBRATED
SILVER CELEBRATIONS
FOR STAFF
TWENTY-THREE members of staff at the
University celebrated 25 years of service
at a lunch held by the Vice-Chancellor,
Professor Robert Burgess, on June 18.
Those celebrating their silver
anniversary came from all corners of
the campus, including academic
departments, the Bookshop, Computer
Centre, Library and the Accommodation
office.
Michael Sackin, of the Department of
Microbiology and Immunology, said:
The University has grown much bigger
in my time, but the atmosphere has
changed remarkably little. It still feels
quite small and friendly. Ive been much
involved in University musical activities
from the outset. There have been many
wonderful landmarks and many eras,
mostly exciting and vibrant, but very
different from each other.
Christine Mawer, who works in the
Library, remembered: From the old
days of typed catalogue cards with only
printed resources available to aid in
cataloguing and classification, we have
moved into the new millennium, with
global automation and all the
innovations ICT has brought with it. The
Library building has also been an
historical experience in itself, from days
when we had to wear gloves in the late
70s to be able to file cards in near
subzero temperatures, to weeks of
tropical balm in the 80s, when the air
quality is reminiscent of a hot Mexican
TOAST: The Vice-Chancellor with some of those joining in their 25th anniversary celebrations.
beach. Lots of memories, lots of

changes and fortunately lots of very
informative and valuable colleagues
along the way.
Dr Johnathan Young, Department of
Geography and Warden of College
Hall, paid tribute to Margaret Smith,
College Hall Manager (both at the
lunch): The working relationship that
I have enjoyed with Margaret Smith
over the past 18 years since I have
been at College Hall has been
exceptional. I can honestly say that we
have not had a cross word in all that
time. She is simply the most loyal and
congenial colleague and friend that
anyone could wish for.
John Wilson, Director of Computing
and IT Services, has watched a
complete change of attitude in his
field: In 1975 computing was seen as
an expensive research tool for a few
scientists. It is now indispensable for
all staff and students and a way of life
for many, as fundamental as the

electricity supply. It has been very
interesting and challenging to work
with a wide variety of intelligent and
gifted people, both within the
Computer Centre and in academic and
administrative departments. I am
grateful for the opportunities afforded
me to work in such a key area over the
last 25 years.
Professor Stewart Petersen looked
forward as well as back: It is virtually
impossible to relate the job of an
academic now to that of 25 years ago.
Combined with the consequences of
promotion and seniority this means that
I could not have conceived 25 years ago
of the job I do now. Allowing staff to
develop professionally in ways which
best suit their talents and abilities is
what a University should be all about. I
only hope that we can preserve this in
the aggressive new order of the
university world.
UNIQUE HERITAGE GOES ON DISPLAY

VISITORS to an Open Day on June 23 at the Centre for
Urban History learned more about an exciting new
project to set up an oral history archive for
Leicestershire and Rutland.
They heard extracts from local oral history recordings,
and explored oral history sites on the internet, along
with slides of the Wharf Street and Walnut Street
areas of Leicester.
preserved for posterity thanks to a 370,000 cash

injection from the Heritage Lottery Fund.
The University, Leicester City Council and Leicester
County Council received the largest single grant to the
East Midlands from the Fund.
The pioneering project aims to draw together and
preserve 1,600 tapes made since the 1970s. This will
form a record of voices from the last millennium.
This public record of The Peoples Voice is being

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MANAGERS ARE
GETTING YOUNGER
IF THE growth of university courses on the subject of
management is anything to go by managers are getting
younger and more numerous.
In the UK, business and management studies remain
consistently the most popular courses, with students of
these subjects making up over ten per cent of all firstdegree students in the last academic year.
The University has been delivering management courses for
more than ten years, largely at post-graduate level. This is
about to change with the introduction of a new BA in
Management Studies.
We have watched the demand for management courses
grow and grow said Professor Peter Jackson, Director of
the Universitys Management Centre. During this period
we have developed expertise through research and
through teaching students from all over the world and
from major corporations. The time now seems right to
make that expertise available to wider groups of students.
And does the world need all these extra managers? There
is clearly a long-term growth in employer demand for
managers. But, maintains Professor Jackson, it is also
clear that changes in the world of work and employment
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have made the organisation of work more complex and

more intensive, placing a premium on managerial skills.
The ability to think strategically, to be able to problem
solve, to be numerate and to be able to present coherent
reports are all essential skills of management increasingly
needed in a range of occupations in the public, private and
voluntary sectors. We aim to equip our students to be able
to make a significant contribution across a range of
different employment situations and be able to adapt to
the changing demands of a world that will not stand still.
The new course starts in Autumn 2001.
For further information contact Mark Burridge on
0116 252 3954.
WINDOW ON GERMANY
A NEW seminar series on German History Germany
Today and Yesterday was launched at the
University.
The founders are three historians who have recently
joined the School of Historical Studies and work on
modern Germany. The series serves as a platform to
invite scholars working on a wide range of topics on
modern Germany to present papers in Leicester.
Everyone is welcome to attend: academics, students
and those interested from the public.
The topics of the first three seminars centred on
issues of nationality, citizenship and identity. Dr
Andreas Fahrmeir from the German Historical
Institute in London delivered a provocative paper in
March on The Myth of Ethnic Citizenship Law:
Nationality in Germany in a European Context, 18001960.
Antisemitism of Reason: Nazi Research on Jews and
Judaism was the title of the second seminar,
delivered by Professor Alan E Steinweis from the
University of Nebraska, currently Skirball Fellow at
the Oxford Centre for Hebrew and Jewish Studies.
The last seminar also dealt with the Nazi era. Dr
Alice von Plato, who is currently engaged in a
research project on City and Dictatorship at the
University of Hanover, showed in her paper, Town
Jubilee under the Swastika, how town jubilees were
celebrated in the Third Reich.
The seminars, held in the Marc Fitch Historical
Institute, 3-5 Salisbury Road, were well attended.
The planning of the next series in 2001/2002 is
already on the way and will include topics such as
film and literature in modern Germany.
Suggestions are welcomed by the convenors Dr
Claudia Prestel, Professor Dieter Schott and Dr Chris
Szejnmann. For further information please contact
Professor Dieter Schott on 0116 252 2766,
ds68@leicester.ac.uk.
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MOOSIC STUDY
REVEALS WAY OF
INCREASING www
MILK YIELDS
DAIRY cows produce more milk when
listening to REMs Everybody Hurts or
Beethovens Pastoral Symphony than
when subjected to Wonderstuffs Size
of a Cow or the Beatles Back In The
USSR a new study by music research
specialists at the University has found.
The 1,000-strong herds of Holstein
Friesian cattle preferred listening to no
music at all to being exposed to Muds

Tigerfeet or Bananaramas Venus, the
psychologists discovered.
Their milk yield rose by 0.73 litres per
cow per day when they were exposed
to slow music rather than fast music.
The results revealed a three per cent
increase in output when slow rather
than fast music was played.
Scientists Adrian North and Liam
MacKenzie from the Music Research
Group at the University of Leicester
School of Psychology exposed cattle to
fast, slow and no music at all over a
nine-week period.
The trials, at LCAH Dairies in Lincolnshire

and Bishop Burton Agricultural College in
Humberside, involved playing music to
the cows for 12 hours a day, from 5am
to 5pm.
Dr North said: These results are
statistically significant they reveal that
milk yields could be increased by 3%
simply by playing certain types of music
to the cows.
We have found that cows respond to a
pleasant auditory environment by
producing more milk. It seems that slow
music had the effect of alleviating stress
and relaxing the animals which resulted
in greater milk yields.
Lifelong Learning
LEICESTER AT RUSKIN
to all year groups is a tour of medieval Oxford led by Dr

David Parsons.
Guy Sumpter, a BA Humanities third-year student, gives

a flavour of a study week at Ruskin College, Oxford.
Last night is party night. A band is engaged and Evelyn the

college chef lays on a superb buffet. On the final morning
all year groups meet in plenary session to present prcis of
what they have learned. This could be a dry academic
occasion but Humanities students are inventive if nothing
else so the plenary session tends to take the form of a
stage review, with songs, sketches and wicked
impersonations of some of the lecturers. The third-years
also made a presentation to Dr Rob Colls, for whom this
was his last year as senior tutor at Ruskin. After six days
everyone is completely shattered and thankful to return
home for Easter. Lifelong Learning? Some people will do
anything for CATS points.
EVERY April for the last 12 years a coach load of about

sixty Leicester BA (part-time) Humanities students leaves
campus and makes its way to Ruskin College Oxford for an
intensive week of study. This event may be regarded as the
University of Leicester equivalent of Open University
residential schools, but it is so much better than Open
University because we already know one another, so there
is no social ice to break and from the outset we are
confident to contribute our ideas and feelings.
Ruskin College is situated in the Jericho district of Oxford,
about five minutes walk from the city centre, and is built in
the Classical idiom, a matter of supreme irony in a building
that commemorates John Ruskin, advocate of Gothic. Its
our moment of opportunity to have the university
experience we never had: the chance to enjoy our take on
the world. We bounce ideas and anxieties off tutors and
each other all through the day and well past closing time.
For details of the part-time BA in Humanities course

contact John Tompkins at Lifelong Learning on
0116 252 5901, jet13@le.ac.uk.
Activities are mainly divided into year group seminars and

field trips. Field trips are undertaken mainly by the firstyears, ostensibly because they are studying land and
landscape, but really because second and third years are
too burnt out to have the energy for such visits!
Seminars for the second-years included an intensive poetry
course with Nick Everett and Professor Bill Myers of the
English Department, and two days on Colonialism with Dr
Ruth Young from Archaeology. Third-years studied cultures
high and low with Dr Roey Sweet and Dr Robert Colls from
Economic and Social History from Sir Joshua Reynolds to
Educating Rita in five days. A popular optional outing open
SHARING EXPERIENCES: Leicester students at Oxford.
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AN EXCITING TIME
MY name is Sumayya and I have
been attending Vaughan College for
the past three years, studying parttime. In that time I have completed
three certificate courses and I am
currently on the BSc degree course.
Vaughan College has offered me
freedom of choice and flexibility
with my adult education, whilst
enabling me to maintain my
personal and social life. The tutors
and staff are very helpful, which is
important as it makes one feel
valued and welcome. The students
are from various backgrounds and
studying side-by-side with them has
given me a real insight into their
experiences and ideas. Everyone is
pleasant and I now count many of
my fellow students as good friends.
The whole atmosphere at Vaughan
College is friendly and welcoming
and there are good facilities too. It
is hard to summarise three
Sumayya Sabat.
wonderful and exciting years in a

few sentences all I can say is that I
have really enjoyed my part-time
studies at the University of
Leicester.
Sumayya Sabat has completed
the Certificate in Counselling
Studies, Certificate in Psychology
and Advanced Certificate in
Behavioural Studies. She is
currently studying for the
Advanced Certificate in Modern
Biology and the degree module
in Psychology, and is working
towards the BSc in Human and
Environmental Sciences.
Friendly, Approachable and
Helpful
During recent years, the
importance attached to lifelong
learning has increased dramatically.
The University of Leicester can claim
with justification to have
anticipated this trend, since it has
for many years provided for the
education of mature students at
Vaughan College Leicester,
University Centre, Northampton,
and elsewhere.
A wide variety of courses are
offered, up to and including
undergraduate and postgraduate
degree level. These enable people to
develop or change career direction
or, perhaps more importantly, to
undertake academic study for
learnings own sake. Staff in the
Universitys lifelong learning centres
are friendly, approachable and
helpful. The atmosphere is
welcoming and not at all
intimidating ideal for those who
may be considering higher
NEW NEWSLETTER FOR

LIFELONG LEARNING
A NEW eight-page newsletter, New Frontiers, has been produced by
the Institute of Lifelong Learning. Edited by Jackie Dunne, the
Institutes new Director of Continuing Professional Development, over
20,000 copies of the newsletter will be distributed three times a year.
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Guy Sumpter.
education for the first time. These
centres can also be regarded as
embassies of the university in the
community places where town
and gown meet.
In my own case, I completed a twoyear Certificate course in
Architectural History at the
Northampton Centre and I am now
in the final year of the BA (Hons)
degree course in Humanities at
Vaughan College. I have thoroughly
enjoyed my years studying at these
two centres and would strongly
recommend the Universitys lifelong
learning courses to anyone.
Guy Sumpter
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UNIVERSITIES CRUCIAL ROLE IN REGIONAL

DEVELOPMENT UNVEILED AT CONFERENCE
HIGHER education institutions in
the East Midlands are playing an
increasingly important role in the
economic development of the
region through innovation,
knowledge and technology
transfer.
Great progress has been made
since the establishment in 1997 of
regional development agencies,
and the creation of government
funding to support partnerships
between higher education and the
business community.
East Midlands universities
dynamic and exciting contribution
towards economic regeneration
was unveiled at a special
conference on July 3.
The conference, Innovation
Through Diversity: Higher
Educations Role in the East
Midlands, was attended by key
representatives from the regions
businesses, universities, the East
Midlands Development Agency
(EMDA) and other organisations.
The focus of the event was the

launch of a report outlining many
ways in which the regions ten
higher education institutions
contribute to regional development
and improved competitiveness.
Highlights of these activities
include knowledge transfer, the
education of high quality
graduates, economic regeneration
through directly relevant training,
business re-engineering and
lifelong learning.
The report illustrates the evolving
relationship between higher
education, the new regional
agencies and the economic and
social agenda they were set up to
address and further. It also provides
a comprehensive overview of the
broad spectrum of expertise within
the East Midlands. Key speakers
included Professor Robert Burgess,
Vice-Chancellor of this University
and Chair of East Midlands
Universities Association, and Martin
Briggs, Chief Executive of EMDA.
The university sector in the East

Midlands provides direct
employment for some 20,000
people and generates in excess of
750 million income, through
direct government funding,
research, commercial contracts
and export income from students
outside the EU. Although
teaching and research remain the
core activities in these institutions,
activities with business and the
community are essential, said
Professor Burgess, Chair of EMUA,
which represents the regions ten
higher education institutions.
Universities have long since shed
their ivory tower image. The
partnership between higher
education and business is a key
element in successful regional
development.
EMUA can provide additional
information, or answer specific
enquiries relating to the report
and the higher education
institutions it represents.
BUSINESS BRAINS SEEK TO UNLOCK FIRMS POTENTIAL

BUSINESS and industry in the East
Midlands are being urged to innovate
and unlock their potential by forging
strong links with the University.
The University, in partnership with the
East Midlands Quality Club, held a free
half-day practitioners event on June
27, sponsored by the Small Business
Service and the Teaching Company
Scheme.
Commercial Contracts and Intellectual
Property Manager at the University of
Leicester Kate Murray said: In this
rapidly changing world, maintaining a
competitive edge depends more on
how well knowledge, skills and
creativity are exploited.
Successful organisations are those that differentiate
themselves through continuous innovation of their
products, processes and practices. They create a
culture where people think ahead, see

opportunities and take calculated risks.
Success through continuous innovation
can be strengthened by bringing the
worlds of business and academia closer
together with universities playing a
central role as dynamos for change.
The event included case studies from a
companys perspective, a graduates
view, a perspective from an academic
involvement plus much more.
Linda Mee, of the East Midlands Quality
Club, added: The Teaching Company
Scheme is an opportunity for companies
to access the knowledge and skills of the
UKs expertise within universities and to
draw on this expertise by supporting key development
projects while developing talented graduates into
future business leaders.
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PROBE INTO
RETAIL CRIME
ANDREW Willis and Ken Livingstone of
the Scarman Centre have been
awarded a two-year ESRC research
award of 186,000 on retail crime.
Andrew Willis comments: Retail crime
disfigures one of the most important
parts of the UKs economy. The British
Retail Consortium (BRC) estimates that
there are nearly 4 million incidents of
shop theft costing more than 2 billion
a year. Crime threats jeopardise the
quality of the shopping experience for
customers and they have an adverse
effect on prices; they diminish the
working experience for staff, especially
when there is violent victimisation; and
they have an adverse effect on a
retailers profitability.
Dealing with the retail crime problem
requires a partnership of effort
between the police, retailers and their
staff and town centres and shopping
centres, including Home Officesponsored Safer Shopping and Retail
Crime Partnership schemes.
The Business Intelligence Crime System
(BICS) is a DTI/ESRC Management of
Information (MI) LINK programme
which seeks to secure the
development, implementation and

successful use of an electronic system
for collecting and collating and
disseminating information about
known and suspected retail offenders
across a wide geographical area.
The aim is to share
data for the
purposes of the
prevention and
detection of crime,
and the
apprehension and
prosecution of
offenders or
suspected
offenders, with
particular emphasis
on high-volume,
Ken Livingstone.
high-value travelling
thieves.
The research covers twelve areas across
the East and West Midlands and the
North East, including: Birmingham,
Coventry, Leamington Spa (Rugby,
Warwick, Nuneaton) Leicester city
centre, Leicester Fosse Park, Merry Hill,
Newcastle upon Tyne (including
Gateshead town centre and Gateshead
Metro Centre), Shrewsbury, Stoke on
Trent, Stratford upon Avon and
Wolverhampton. The sites have been
chosen to reflect the corridors (M1,
M4, M5, M6, M40, M42 and M69)
most likely to be
used by
professional,
semi-professional
and other
committed
thieves.
The research data
deriving from the
BICS project will
be used as to
inform the
promotion of
similar schemes
nationally and
internationally.
Andrew Willis
says: The
primary
beneficiaries
include towncentre retail crime
management
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(retailers, local government

and the police) and the
shopping public.
There are social benefits in
terms of improved quality
in the shopping experience,
as well as avoidance of the costs of
criminal losses, which are otherwise
borne by the retailer as diminished
profits or by the consumer as inflated
prices. Ken Livingstone adds: The
project will stimulate and provide
examples of best practice in crime risk
management, and the Scarman
Centre will publish and disseminate
research material in both academic
and professional outlets.
The results of the project will also lead
to commercial exploitation of the
software used in BICS, provided by
Retail Decisions plc (ReD), including its
application in other town-centre
crime reduction partnerships.
BICS will collect, disseminate and then
use retail crime intelligence in a
completely new way so as to allow
crime analysis by type of store
attacked, type of merchandise stolen
and its value, particulars of the
offenders modus operandi, details of
the day and time of attack, and the
name or alias of the offender,
together with circulation of a CCTV or
police photograph and previous retail
crime history. Sharing this type of
information will allow retail crime
partnerships to take a proactive
approach in dealing with known or
suspected offenders, including the use
of so-called exclusion orders to
prevent offenders from entering
stores in the first place.
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KNOWLEDGE
SHARING
Organisational Networks Unit) which

brings together researchers from the
Universities of Leicester, London and
Warwick.
THE MANAGEMENT Centre has

been awarded a grant (160,000 in
total) by the Engineering and
Physical Sciences Research Council
to investigate Knowledge
Management for Project-based
Learning.
The project involves a number of

major organisations from a range of
sectors Unilever, Land-Rover, BT
Labs, Birse Construction,
Peterborough NHS Trust and
Nycomed-Amersham. The aim is to
improve the way in which
organisations capture the learning
generated during projects.
This two-year project is supervised

by Professor Harry Scarbrough,
and is undertaken in collaboration
with the inter-University IKON
(Innovation, Knowledge and
Professor Scarbrough explained: At

the moment, many companies find
that the break-up of the team on
WORKING AT
HOME - WHO WINS?
WOMEN working at home who do higher
grade work are paid more on average than www
their equivalent office-bound colleagues
according to new research funded by the
Economic and Social Research Council as part of its 4
million Future of Work Programme.
completion of a project leads to

the dispersal of much of the
learning and knowledge
generated. This results in the
expensive and time-consuming
need to re-invent the wheel on
other projects. By focusing on the
organisational and behavioural
factors which encourage groups
and individuals to share
knowledge, the project aims to
identify a framework of
management practices through
which organisations will be able
recycle project-based learning
much more effectively.
Employers in the utilities sector are most likely among

private sector companies to offer the facility.
The number of people working mainly at home has
risen dramatically in the last two decades to 2.5 per
cent of the workforce, while those who said that they
work at home sometimes account for a further 22
per cent.
This is one of several surprise findings in a study which

explodes some of the popular perceptions that home
working is all liberation or all drudgery.
With encouragement from politicians and some
business leaders, the facility to work at home, at least
for some of the working week, is increasingly viewed
as a factor in promoting a more healthy work/life
balance.
Some employers see the granting of permission to
work at home as enlightened employment practice. Dr
Alan Felstead, from the Centre for Labour Market
Studies at the University, has identified some
unexpected facts about who
works at home, how much
they earn, and which
employers are most likely to
allow their employees to
work at home.
Alan Felstead.
Addressing the annual ACAS

conference in Harrogate, he
showed that the public
sector is more likely to offer
the option of home working
than private employers, as
are larger employers against
smaller companies.
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Business Bulletin
Bulletin
FIRMS HONOURED FOR EMPLOYING STUDENTS

BUSINESSES in Leicestershire that have made an exemplary
effort in providing part-time employment opportunities for
students while they are still studying were honoured at a
special awards ceremony at the University.
The Employer Awards Scheme was launched by the
University of Leicester Students Union last year, building
on the work of its Student Employment Centre. The Award
Scheme judged employers on the opportunities they offer

based on an understanding of present and future student
needs.
The judging panel, which included representatives from
sponsors Everards Brewery as well as Leicestershire
Chamber of Commerce, Leicester City Council, the
University and Students Union, assessed the duties
students are given, the training and induction
procedures and the overall benefits gained by both
parties.
The award winners were as follows:
AWARDS: Winners in the various categories are pictured with the ViceChancellor Professor Burgess, Emma Hamilton and with Mr Everard (back
row, right).
Small Category Runner-Up
Link Communications
Small Category Winner
Leicester Quaker
Housing Association
Medium Category
Runner-Up
Nicholls Colton
Testing
Medium Category Winner
Mecca Bingo
Large Category Runner-Up
Wesser and Partner
Large Category Winner
Leicester City
Football Club
Overall Winner
Leicester City
Football Club
CAREERS FAIR SUCCESS

THE CAREERS Fair at the University attracted some
700 students and 50 exhibitors.
The Fair and Careers Week hosted 17 workshops
of which 11 were run by employers. The most
popular were Interview Skills run by Arthur
Andersen; Image Building run by Eversheds;
Telephone Interviews by Lab Support Services; Job
Search in Science by Science Recruitment Group and

On-line Applications by wcn.co.uk
The Careers Week workshops were attended by 300
students.
JOB HUNTING: Hundreds of students gained skills and information during

the Careers Fair and Careers Week.
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Employer liaison officer Haniel Riviers-Allen said:

More companies were represented than at last
years fair an increase of seven companies. The
students came from many universities and
employers feedback was very positive.
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Degree Feature
GRADUATES
SUCCESS
CELEBRATED
FRIENDS and families from around
the world joined more than 3,400
students at the degree
congregations on July 11,12 and 13.
Addressing the graduands and

their families, Sir Michael Atiyah
talked of degree ceremonies in the
Lebanon, his fathers country, and
the cosmopolitan nature of student
communities, before concluding:
Approximately 2,100 undergraduate

students received Bachelors degrees
while higher degrees were
conferred on approximately 1,300
postgraduate students.
The degrees were conferred at six
ceremonies by the Chancellor of the
University, Sir Michael Atiyah, and
the Vice-Chancellor, Professor
Robert Burgess.
As you leave university the world

you will enter is changing fast, not
only in terms of the movement of
peoples that I have been referring
to, but also in terms of technology
and employment. You start with
the initial advantages of your
degree from Leicester, but you will
need to supplement this at various
stages and in different ways.
Some of you will acquire further
skills on the job, others will get
special training, some may go on
to higher degrees or research, and
some may return later to university
for additional courses. To keep up
with the world outside you will

constantly have to be educating
yourself. In fact the most useful
skill you can acquire at university is
that of learning how to teach
yourself. With libraries and the
internet, with universities offering
retraining programmes, there are
plenty of opportunities for you to
keep abreast of changes and I hope
you will do so.
As I said at the beginning,
graduation is really your
commencement. So I wish you all
well, may you have fulfilling lives,
both personal and professional and
may you serve not only your own
advancement but also that of your
community. Whatever happens, do
not lose the idealism of youth, but
temper it with experience and
realism.
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Space Centre
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ONE GIANT
FOR
T LEAP
R LEICESTER
Space Centre
The 53.3 million Millennium

Commission sponsored National
Space Centre, the brainchild of the
University of Leicester, opened to
the public on June 30. University
photographer Colin Brookes
captures moments from the
occasion.
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Degree Feature
Bulletin
Honorary degrees were awarded to the following people:

Mr Gerry Cinderby,
(LLD), Member of
the Universitys
Council, who served
as Treasurer from
1995 to 1999,
pictured with his
wife, Brenda, and
son, Steve.
Mrs Jean Humphreys, (MA),

honoured for her
contributions to the
development of the
University for over 50 years.
Sir John Robertson (Sir

Rob) Young, KCMG, (LLD),
British High Commissioner
to India and graduate of
the University.
Professor Jack Spence, (DLitt),

Director of Studies at the
Royal Institute of International
Affairs (Chatham House) from
1991-97, and former Professor
of Politics and Pro-ViceChancellor of the University of
Leicester.
Dr Hugh Greenwood, OBE,

(LLD), businessman,
honoured for his
contributions to child
health worldwide.
Professor Colin
Humphreys, FREng,
(DSc), Professor of
Materials Science at the
University of
Cambridge. Pictured
with his wife, Sarah,
and daughter, Kate.
Mr Richard Pearson,
(DLitt), distinguished
economist, Director of
the Institute for
Employment Studies and
a graduate of the
University.
Dr John Taylor, OBE,

FRS, FEng, (DSc),
Director General of
the Research Councils,
and former Director of
Hewlett Packard
Laboratories. Pictured
with Professor Andrew
King, Physics.
Mrs Elvy Morton,
(LLM), who has
contributed to
community relations
in Leicester and has
organised the
African-Caribbean
Carnival for 17 years.
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Professor Sir Brian Follett,

FRS, (DSc), former ViceChancellor, University of
Warwick, honoured for his
contribution to Biological
Science Pictured with the
Vice-Chancellor, Professor
Robert Burgess.
Professor Liam
Donaldson, (DSc), Chief
Medical Officer in the
Department of Health,
and former Lecturer in
Community Health and
Senior Lecturer in
Epidemiology at the
University of Leicester.
Pictured with his wife,
Brenda.
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DELIGHT AT
LEICESTER HONOUR
Quotes from the honorary graduates:
THE University of Leicester has had a
very formative influence on my life
and career. I feel deeply privileged to
be receiving an Honorary LLD. It will
strengthen my links with and
affection for the University.
Sir John Robertson (Sir Rob) Young,
KCMG
I am pleased to return to Leicester
and to see it play its role as a major
university, helping the community
and the economy.
Mr Richard Pearson
I am delighted to receive an
honorary degree from the University
of Leicester where I spent 18 very

happy years.
Professor Jack Spence
I am delighted that the University
has chosen to recognise my
contribution to its governance by this
award of an honorary degree. The
University is continually improving its
performance and thus gaining
recognition as one of the top
academic institutions in the UK.
Mr Gerry Cinderby
It has been a rare pleasure and
privilege to be in at the birth of a
university and to see it grow through
succeeding stages to the large and
flourishing institution it is today. I
have known some of the people
whose generosity and vision created
the University College, and all of the
Principals and Vice-Chancellors who

guided it on its way from 1947 to
this day.
Mrs Jean Humphreys
I am delighted to be receiving this
honorary degree from the University
of Leicester for my work in materials
science. My research has involved
using a beam of electrons for ultrasmall writing so that the entire
contents of Encyclopaedia Britannica
can be written on a pinhead. My
current work involves new materials
which emit brilliant light of all
colours. It may be possible to make
a light-bulb which consumes much
less energy than at present and
which lasts for 60 years.
Professor Colin Humphreys, FREng
ERIC CELEBRATES DEGREE

SUCCESS AT 82
AT 82, Eric Lewinsohn was among the oldest students to be
graduating from the University. His remarkable achievement
of completing his MPhil and gaining his degree served as a
tribute to his parents who died during the Holocaust. The
subject of the study is also a testament to the courage of the
octogenarian for in it he revisits the Holocaust which
accounted for the death of millions of people.
WHAT A
TRIUMPH
PART TIME FULL

COMMITMENT
MOST students find

it challenging
enough to take a
degree. But Emma
Lister not only coped
with a liver
transplant during her
final year, but went
on to achieve a firstclass BA degree in
History of Art. Her
academic
performance won
her the Luke Herrmann award for the best
undergraduate performance and the Hilda Willis
Memorial Prize for the best undergraduate dissertation
(each award shared with a fellow student).
THE UNIVERSITY of Leicester Department of

Adult Education, in the Institute of Lifelong
Learning, celebrated a bumper crop of results
among its students graduating with BA
(Hons) in Humanities. Out of a total of 21
students, three achieved first class degrees
and 10 upper seconds.
Emma, who has cystic fibrosis, said: I was just so glad

to graduate. It was a difficult year and I am grateful to
everybody at the University for their support. I feel I
am very lucky.
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International Focus
A YEAR OF
DISCOVERIES
to the Philippines preceded my arrival

in Australia. New Zealand, Fiji and the
almighty US were next on the list but
an initial plan is exactly that, isnt it?
ON January 2, 2000, while many

others were still nursing postMillennium hangovers, I found myself
sipping a gin and
tonic on the shores
of the Red Sea. I was
spending the week at
a Diving College in
Egypt in order to
master scuba diving.
Here, amongst the
corals and brightly
coloured fish, I made
the decision to make
this year special to
me.
Theres simply not enough space here

to describe what I experienced, thatll
be in the book, but I will try to give
you a flavour of it.
Using savings
originally intended as
a deposit for a
house, I planned a
year abroad, to travel
and to broaden my horizons. I
resigned from the best job Ive
ever had and caught a plane to
Bangkok. Do I make it sound
easy? In many ways, it is!
For months, I toured South-East
Asia, crossing borders,
exchanging currencies, dealing
with very different people and
languages. I made new friends,
found out who were my true
friends amongst the old ones, and
found new things in me.
I left England during one of the
longest stock market rises in history, a
country enjoying a boom, where we
are bombarded with messages about
investment, technology, pensions, and
home ownership. I left behind the
Dome and Eye long before the foot
and mouth.
Instead I uncovered the treasures, the
natural wonders, the charm and the
dangers of the Orient.
I crossed Thailand, through recently
opened Laos to Vietnam. I saw the
horrors and the beauty that
characterise Cambodia. I sampled the
many cultured cuisines of Malaysia
and Indonesia. I was reminded of the
materialistic West in Guam, and
encountered the dragon in Hong
Kong and China. An all too brief visit
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I walked the Great Wall of

China and stood in awe of
the great temples of Angkor
in Cambodia. I stared down
the mouth of smoking
volcanoes in Java and
Bali and admired the
great Hindu temple
of Prambanan and
the Buddhist temple
of Borobudur. I joined
long lines of
Vietnamese school
children filing
respectfully past the tomb of the

great Ho Chi Minh in Hanoi. I relaxed
under the flying kites of Chinese
children in Bejings Tiananmen Square
unable to comprehend the rebellious
demonstrations that took place here
more than a decade ago. I wondered
at the master builders of the
Forbidden City, amazed at Shanghais
numerous gleaming towers and the
worlds tallest building, the Petronas
Towers in Kuala Lumpur. I climbed
quietly up the steps to the looming,
massive seated Buddha on Lantau
Island in Hong Kong. The scale and
size of the Three Gorges Dam Project
in China, constructed to harness the
mighty flow of the Yangtze River,
takes your breath away. As does the
massive army of terracotta warriors
assembled in battle formation
beneath the earth near Xian in
China.
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I enjoyed spectacularly good food

along the journey. I slept on trains,
boats, and beaches, and in huts,
jungle lodges and hotels. I rode
elephants, swam under waterfalls,
sang Karaoke, encountered a shark,
swayed with a Balinese dancer. I was
humbled by the generosity of polite,
respectful, mostly poor, people in all
countries.
I fell in love with the frantic swarm
of people in cities such as Jakarta,
Beijing, Bangkok, Hong Kong, Hanoi,
Ho Chi Minh,
Vientiane, Shanghai.
Even more seductive
were the quiet
moments, a deserted
mountain, an unspoilt
beach lapped by warm
seas, a valley of rice
paddies tended by
women in cone hats
and their oxen, a
bicycle ride through a
landscape of limestone
karsts.
A world unlike the one I am used
to. Where community is strong,
people often share all that they
have, where people treat you with
respect, where belief and faith is
unwavering, where good deeds are
rewarded in the next life. Where hot
water, toilet paper, a sprung
mattress, fresh clothes, cling film
wrapped chicken pieces, fresh cold
milk, a TV, and a roof over your head
are considered luxuries beyond the
means of many.
I got lost in a jungle with two
travelling companions, finally being
rescued long after the sun had set,
our torches were failing and our
food was gone. I almost drowned
when a strong current swept myself
and two companions three miles out
to sea whilst snorkelling. I had a
moment then
And I met the woman I am going to
marry later this year. An Australian I
met in Cambodia who was sitting
quietly on the verandah of a hotel in
Phnom Penh the day I arrived hot
and sweaty from a long bus ride
across the border from Vietnam.
Ill certainly remember this year!
Andrew Harvey
(BSc Mathematics, 1994)
Out & About
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EARLY BOOKING
ADVISABLE
NOW is the time to start booking next
terms audio visual equipment with AVS
Technical Support! Following last
academic years 30% increase in
equipment use, it is expected that
demands will again be high, so early
bookings are recommended.
Angela Jalota receives all the requests
via email, web booking form, telephone,
memo and in person before entering

them on the AVS computer database.
Only bookings sent by email to
bookav@le.ac.uk, or through the online
booking form on the AVS web site at
http://www.le.ac.uk/avs/bookav.html, will
be confirmed, although a booking
enquiry number will be given on other
bookings. Please remember that the
audio visual equipment is not included
with a room booking and must be
booked separately to ensure that it is
available and checked ready for use.
READY, SET, GO!: Angela Jalota gets

ready to receive equipment bookings
for the new academic year.
OUT TO RAISE FUNDS

A GROUP of University Library staff and their partners took
up the challenge of the fourth annual Walk of Life on June
10 to raise money for the Rainbows Hospice in
Loughborough. Rainbows Hospice cares for life-limited
children and offers respite care and support for their
families. With over 4,000 taking part, raising over 180,000
in pledged sponsorship for this charity, the Walk of Life
became the biggest community fundraising event Leicester
has yet seen.
Dr Tim Hobbs, University Librarian, was there at the start to
encourage the group. All 12 completed the15-mile walk,
which started and finished in Victoria Park, tired and aching,
but with only a couple of blisters between them. The group
raised over 800 for Rainbows Hospice, and declared their
intention of taking part next year and persuading a few
more of their colleagues to join them.
Lynda Chapman
PACING CHALLENGES: Library staff pictured before the start

of the Walk of Life: left to right, Heather Baines, Sharon
Sandhu, Alistair Chapman, Jas Sandhu, Claire Everitt, Stephen
Coates, Abi Bayes, Jim, Lynda Chapman and Becky Spendley.
LOOK AHEAD WITH LIFELONG LEARNING

Vaughan College, the
Northampton Centre
and the Richard
Attenborough Centre
now have new leaflets
available - containing
full details of part-time
courses (Vaughan
College and the
Northampton Centre), and concerts, courses,
exhibitions (Richard Attenborough Centre).
These publications can
be obtained by ringing:
Vaughan College
0116 251 7368
Northampton Centre
01604 251 801
Richard Attenborough
Centre
0116 252 2455
INTERNATIONAL PURE
MATHS WORKSHOP IN
LEICESTER
MAJOR advances in mathematics in
recent years have resulted from new
ideas providing unified approaches to
central subjects. A workshop to
highlight and develop new links
between Algebra and Topology will be
held in Leicester during the week
September 17 to September 21.
The meeting has attracted many of
the leading mathematicians in the
focus areas from Europe, the former
Soviet Union and North America. It
builds on a similar successful
workshop held here last year, and is
supported by the London
Mathematical Society through a grant
to Dr Nicole Snashall as well as by the
European Union.
John Hunton
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ENGINEERING A HANDS ON EXPERIENCE!

IN JULY, a Montessori Summer School group spent a
day in the Department of Engineering. Organised by
Dr Simon Gill, the day provided many thoughtprovoking and absorbing activities. Students learnt
about the
application
of
scientific
Pics: Paul Smith.
principles
to engineer technological
solutions by the practical
design and construction of a
Pipe Inspection Gadget
(P.I.G.) and an electric motor.
PICTURES RECORD THE PICTURE ERA

ULAS (University of Leicester Archaeological
Services) has been commissioned to undertake a
photographic and building survey of the former
Cannon Cinema in Northampton by its new
owners, the Jesus Army Charitable Trust, who plan
to convert it into a worship and care centre.
The Grade II listed building, which has been empty
since 1995, is an exceptional example of art deco
architecture. Originally constructed for Associated
British Cinemas (ABC) as the Savoy in 1936, it was
designed by the companys architect, William Glen.
auditorium survives.
Building works are
shortly to
commence, and will
include the
restoration of the
magnificent entrance
foyers double
staircase and balcony
to their original
splendour. Although
primarily a
cinema it
opened with
the film
Broadway
Melody of
1936 - the building also has a stage, and
played host to the Beatles on their
national tour in the early 1960s.
Richard Buckley
One of the particular features of note is

the proscenium arch in the main
auditorium, with its distinctive
streamlined design, flanked by decorative
grilles concealing the organ pipes.
Sadly, the mighty Compton Cinema organ
which was restored for the cinemas 50th
anniversary, has been removed, although
the mechanism which lifted it up into the
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CITING PRAISE
Notelets
A NOVEL OPPORTUNITY
PROMPTED by enquiries about a reading group
organised by the University Bookshop, Helen
Adam at the Universitys Charles Wilson
Bookshop is considering starting such a group.
It is envisaged that members would have an
input into the general format of meetings, and
would all decide on the books (probably from
paperbacks, fiction, non-fiction, contemporary or classic novels) they
would like to read. By special arrangement with the University
Bookshop, the months choice could be purchased at a discount.
To start this group, we would need at least ten people, says
Helen. From my own reading group experience, having men and
women in the group makes for lively discussion.
Anyone interested should contact Helen at the Charles Wilson
Bookshop on 2000 or 3008.
ANDREW Wright, a Bennett Building Porter, has

written to Bulletin, praising the work of the
University gardeners. The Bennett end of the
main site has been a delight of marvellous colour,
he writes. On the first day of degree
congregations, I watched from the comfort of the
porters lodge as
Rachel, one of the
team struggled in a
gale and driving rain
to right a listing tree
in one of the tubs.
He also comments on
the floral displays for
degree week, which,
as he says, have
brightened up many a
lobby.
Student Pages
RACING AHEAD OF THE FIELD
Student Wins Journalism Award
UNIVERSITY of Leicester Law Student, Joanna Bott, has
won the Under 19 category of the Martin Wills Memorial
Trust Annual Racing Writing Awards. The Awards aim to
encourage aspiring young journalists who have an interest
in horse racing. Joannas winning article was titled Novices
With No Vices, and explains her experiences at her first day
at the races. The main theme of the article is the difficulty
that beginners face in understanding horse racing. Joanna
was encouraged to enter the competition by her mother,
who had read an advertisement in the national press.
competed at national level. I was overwhelmed to have

won such a prestigious award and meet so many
interesting people involved in racing, it was a fantastic
experience!, she says. And she is eager to accept new
challenges in her already busy life. She adds,Winning
the competition has rekindled my enthusiasm for
journalism!
Full details of the competition and Joannas article can
be found atwww.racenews.co.uk/martinwills.
Judging the final shortlist were Lord Oaksey (Chair),

Cornelius Lysaght (Radio 5 Live Racing Correspondent),
Alan Lee (Racing Correspondent for the The Times) and Dr
Catherine Wills (Art Historian and Governor of the Ditchley
Foundations). The winners and Lord Oaksey were
interviewed on Channel 4 Racing by Lesley Graham. This
year saw the competitions largest number of entries
the strongest weve seen, said Lord Oaksey.
Joanna was awarded 500 for her winning article, along
with numerous other rewards. These included an all
expenses paid trip to the Craven Meeting at Newmarket
Racecourse; the publishing of her article in The Racing Post
and Irish Field; tours of top trainers James Fanshawes and
Henry Cecils yards and overnight accommodation in
nearby Cambridge.
Joanna has a strong background in horses, and has
ON COURSE TO PICK UP PRIZES: Winner of the Under 19 category in

the Martin Wills Memorial Trust competition, Joanna Bott, with two
other category winners.
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Student Pages
HONORARY VICE
PRESIDENT
AWARDS
THE UNIVERSITY of Leicester
Students Union Council has
nominated four students as recipients
for the award of Honorary Vice
President of the Students Union,
thereby recognising their outstanding
contributions. They are:
James Banks
James Banks graduated from the
University of Nottingham in the year
2000. Whilst at Nottingham he was
heavily involved with Community
Action and Nightline. During his time
at Nottingham his work was
recognised as being above and
beyond the course of duty and he
was awarded Honorary Life
membership of the University of
Nottingham Students Union. James
was appointed as the Contact
Sabbatical in July 2000 for the
University of Leicester Students
Union. This year Contacts awareness
and involvement has grown to an
unprecedented scale and record
numbers of the University of
Leicesters students are working
within the local community. At the

end of the academic year James will
be stepping down as Contact
Sabbatical. As a result of his

outstanding contribution to life at the
Students Union, Union Council
unanimously voted to make him an
Honorary Vice President of the
University of Leicester Students
Union.
Tristram Hooley
Tristram Hooley graduated in English
from the University of Leicester in
1995, afterwards commencing study
for a PhD. During his time here,
Tristram has been politically active
within the student movement and has
campaigned continually against tuition
fees and the abolition of the grant as
well as many other causes. Tristram
has been very active within the local
community and has been instrumental
in setting up the Leicester Radical
Alliance and its magazine, Grassroots.
He has campaigned for a number of
students who stood for Sabbatical
positions and during 1999 he was a
close contender for the position of
Vice President Communications.
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In recognition of the way he has

played an integral part of the
Students Union over the last decade,
campaigning on behalf of many very
worthwhile causes, the Students
Union have named him an Honorary
Vice President.
Imen Derouiche and Nouredine
Ben Ticha
Imen Derouiche and Nouredine Ben
Ticha were Tunisian students who
were detained and arrested for
demonstrating about campus
conditions in Tunisia. Imen and
Nouredine were beaten and tortured
for being involved in the student
movement in their country and,
whilst in prison, they both went on a
hunger strike in protest at not being
able to study highlighting what
some people will and have to do in
order to gain an education.
Union Council decided that Imen and
Nouredine are examples of highly
motivated students who risked much.
Council also acknowledged that they
both have inspired our own awardwinning Amnesty International group
in Leicester, and would like to extend
support to Imen and Nouredine by
naming both Honorary VicePresidents of the University of
Leicester Students Union.
Graduate Relations
JOURNEY OF A LIFETIME
Psychology graduate
Yasmin Ali joined
millions of pilgrims
from around the world
performing the Hajj
the Pilgrimage to
Makkah (Mecca) which
is one of the five Pillars
of Islam. Here she
recounts how this
spiritual journey
proved to be the major
milestone of her life.
The Holy Kaaba.
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EARLIER this year I embarked on

the journey of a lifetime with
mixed emotions. I felt a childish
sense of excitement about
travelling on an aeroplane to a
new and exciting land and also a
little anxious at the thought of
being thousands of miles away
from home in an unknown place.
Despite knowing what my duties
were when performing the Hajj I
felt that I was unprepared for
what is such a consequential
event in a Muslims lifetime.
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recited softly and others with force and immense emotion.
The most striking thing for me was that not all of the
people around me spoke Arabic, they had come from
countries far and wide, for example, Afghanistan,
Indonesia, Nigeria, Turkey and in the market place a
number of different tongues could be heard. Yet here
around the Kaba, the voice of the pilgrims was one
Arabic verses flowed from peoples lips and everywhere I
turned their faces shone with pure joy as this was it we
had all finally arrived.
Pilgrims in Ihram.
I travelled with a group and, before going to Saudi Arabia,

we stopped in Amman, Jordan for a short time in order to
change into our ihram. For men, this is two white,
unstitched pieces of cloth to be worn throughout the Hajj
(women wear
normal clothes
Never before had I
which must be
experienced a sense of
simple). The
being a part of history.
ihram is a
symbol of purity
and aims to
create a sense of equality amongst the pilgrims the rich
and poor should not be distinguishable from one another
and should appear as they are equal before Allah
(God).
Upon completing the rounds of the Kaba we all drank the

water Zam Zam, which originally sprang from the ground
but today flows through taps throughout the mosque.
After completing a Tawaf (circuit of the Kaba), pilgrims
perform the Saii whereby they pace between two hills
known as Safa and Marwa it is between these two hills
that Hajarah (Hagar) ran when desperately searching for
water for her son Ismail (Ishmael).
On the first day of Hajj, following the example of the
Prophet Muhammad, pilgrims leave the city of Makkah
and travel eastwards to Mina which is virtually
uninhabited during the rest of the year. We spent our time
there praying and meditating. The next day we left for the
Mount of Arafat. Also known as the Mount of Mercy, this
is where the Prophet Muhammad gave his final farewell
sermon before he passed away. The Prophet is reported to
have said:
All mankind is from Adam and Eve. An Arab has no

superiority over a non-Arab. A White has no superiority
over a Black nor Black has any superiority
over a White person, except by piety and
good deeds.
I stared at the Kaba for a
very long time as I tried to
Many years later this statement reflects
commit to memory its beauty.
the essence of Hajj for all Muslims.
Upon arriving in Makkah our first

duty was to complete an Umrah
(the lesser pilgrimage). There was
an air of excitement as we walked
through the busy market streets,
for many of us it was our first time
in Makkah. The Kaba is a small cubic and simple
monument. It resides in the centre of the Masjid-AlHaram, a majestic mosque which has a grey marble
exterior and a vast courtyard surrounding it. We removed
our shoes at one of the great entrances to the mosque
and made our way to the centre to an open courtyard, the
sky was a bluey black and the stars made everything seem
very bright.
After sunset, the mass of pilgrims leave

for Muzdalifah literally an open desert
halfway between Arafat and Mina, again following the
example of the Prophet Muhammad. After having prayed
and collected a number of pebbles to be used later, we
slept under the stars for the short time we remained in
Muzdalifah until day break.
The Kaba is covered with a black cloth (Kiswah) which is

decorated with verses from the Quran in gold embroidery.
We gathered at a corner of the Kaba where the Hijri-AlAswad (the Black Stone) is located. The Kaba has been
rebuilt many times but this stone which the Prophet
Ibrahim (Abraham) placed himself, still remains. We circled
the Kaba seven times reciting specific prayers at each
circuit.
Despite the crowds this is where I truly felt the unity and
harmony amongst my fellow pilgrims. I literally felt myself
being carried along by the crowd and all around me I
could hear the melodious verses of the Quran, some being
A view of Mina.
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Graduate Relations
We then made the journey back to Mina. We rested for a
while, then left our tents and made our way to a place
where three large stone pillars are situated. We then cast the
pebbles that we had collected at the pillars. This is where
Satan tried to dissuade the Prophet Ibrahim from sacrificing
his son as he was commanded to by God. The Prophet
threw seven pebbles at the devil each time he blocked his
path and we do the same as a reminder to ward away bad
behaviour and impulses within ourselves.
The next ritual is the sacrificing of a goat or sheep this
does not have to be carried out personally! A small portion
is to be eaten by the pilgrim and the rest is distributed
amongst the poor. This act is a symbol of thanksgiving to
God. It echoes the willingness of the Prophet Ibrahim to
sacrifice his son and it also ties in within another pillar of
Islam providing for the poor
The end of Hajj is marked by EidAl-Adha, this is a day of
celebration as pilgrims remove their ihrams and cut (women)
or shave (men) their hair as a symbol of purity. The unity
amongst the pilgrims is spread across the world as Muslims
everywhere in the world take part in the festival of Eid.
Before leaving Makkah we performed a final farewell Tawaf
late at night. I watched groups from other countries
performing their Tawaf, some of them carrying their national
flags, I was overwhelmed as I saw that some were moving in
tight groups whereby the stronger members joined hands
on the outside whilst the weak were protected inside the
circle as they moved slowly as one to prevent people from
getting lost or injured I stared at the Kaba for a very long
time as I tried to commit to memory its beauty and the
sounds around me but even as I try and describe what I saw
and felt I know there is no substitute for being there and
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experiencing the Hajj.

Following in the footsteps of millions and walking along the
same paths as the Prophets and their families, and their
companions was breathtaking, never before had I
experienced a sense of being a part of history. Never before
had I felt accepted amongst the community or so
comfortable in who I am as a Muslim, and as an individual. I
felt something during Hajj which is rare and that is peace,
peace with God, with myself and with others around me,
and as I have come to understand, this is the destination of
the journey of a lifetime.
FACTFILE
Hajj takes place over during the twelfth month of
the Islamic lunar calendar.
The Hajj, or pilgrimage to Makkah, brings together
Muslims of all races and tongues.
Makkah is the birthplace of Islam.
The Hajj is one of the five pillars of Islam, i.e. one
of the central duties of a Muslim.
The Quran (the Holy Book which is followed by
Muslims) narrates that the Prophet Ibrahim
(Abraham) and his son Ismail (Ishmael) built the
holy Kaba (or the House of God).
Muslims across the globe turn towards the Kaba
as they pray five times each day, prayer (salat) is
another pillar of Islam.
It was Prophet Ibrahim who established the rituals
of Hajj, one of which is Tawaff meaning
circumbulation of the Kaba.
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STAFF DISTINCTIONS
Professor Richard Baker (General
Practice and Primary Health Care)
has been invited to deliver the James
Mackenzie Lecture in 2003; this is the
highest honour the Royal College of
General Practitioners can bestow bar
the Presidency.
Professor Graeme Barker (Graduate
Dean) has been elected to serve on
the Executive of the UK Council for
Graduate Education, appointed to
English Heritages Stonehenge
Archaeology and Interpretation
Group, and elected President of the
Prehistoric Society.
Professor John Beeby (Pro-ViceChancellor) has been elected as a
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delegate of Individual Ordinary

Members to the Council of the
European Physical Society.
appointed a specialist adviser to the

Financial Committee of the Scottish
Parliament.
Professor John Benyon (Director of

Lifelong Learning) has been re-elected
to serve for a further term as Treasurer
of the Political Studies Association of
the United Kingdom.
Professor Ian Lauder (Dean of the

Leicester Warwick Medical School)
has been elected Treasurer of the
Council of Heads of Medical Schools
and will automatically become a
member of the Executive Committee
of CHUMS.
The Revd Professor Richard Bonney

(History) is serving as the
Representative of the Service Provider
Steering Committees on the
remodelled Management Board of the
Arts and Humanities Data Service. This
is in addition to his continuing to chair
the History Data Service Steering
Committee.
Professor Peter Jackson
(Management Centre) has been
Professor Marilyn Palmer (School

of Archaeological Studies) has
been invited by the Royal
Archaeological Institute to give the
Annual Young Peoples Lecture in
December 2001.
Professor Clive Ruggles (School of
Archaeological Studies) is the coauthor of a paper, Cosmology,
People
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Calendars and Society in Neolithic

Orkney: A Rejoinder to Euan MacKie,
Which has been categorically chosen
for the Antiquity Prize for 2000 as
Best and Most Enjoyable Contribution
in the year. He has also been
appointed with Professor Barker [see
previous page] to English Heritages
Stonehenge Archaeology and
Interpretation Group.
Antiquity is a leading archaeology
journal. Professor Ruggles and Dr
Barclays paper was a critical
examination of three related ideas.
The first is that society in Neolithic
Orkney was strongly hierarchical,
the second that precise
relationships existed between
monuments and sunrise and
sunset on significant dates in the
year, and the third that an
elaborate and accurate calendar
was in widespread use from
Orkney to southern England.
Professor Nick Standen (Cell
Physiology and Pharmacology) has
been elected to a Fellowship of the
Academy of Medical Sciences.
Dr Martin Gill (Scarman Centre) has
been invited to serve on the
American Society for Industrial
Security (ASIS) Foundation Board and
also to become an Honorary Member
of the Association of Certified Fraud
Examiners.
Dr Ian Harris (Politics) has been
offered a Hartley Institute Fellowship
for 2002/03 by the University of
Southampton.
Dr Laurence Howard (Sub-Dean,

Leicester Warwick Medical
School/Pre-Clinical Sciences) has had
conferred upon him an Honorary
Fellowship of University College
Northampton in recognition of his
contribution to the development of the
Colleges Centre for Healthcare
Education.
Dr Kamlesh Khunti (General Practice
and Primary Health Care) is to receive
the John Fry Award for 2001 from the
Royal College of General Practitioners
for outstanding research conducted by
a practitioner under the age of 40
years.
Dr David Lambert (Anaesthesia and
Pain Management) has been invited by
the Dean of the Medical School of
Hirosaki University, Japan, to lecture as
a Visiting Professor.
Dr Angela Lennox (Medical
Education) has been appointed a
Deputy Lieutenant for Leicestershire.
Dr Philip Lindley (History of Art) has
been appointed as an independent
assessor to advise the reviewing
committee on the Export of Works of
Art for the Department of Culture,
Media and Sport.
Professor Vince Newey (English) has
been elected a Fellow of the English
Association (FEA) and a Fellow of the
Royal Society of Arts (FRSA).
Dr Andrew Tobin (Cell Physiology and
Pharmacology) has had his senior
Biomedical Fellowship renewed for a
further 4/5 years by the Wellcome Trust.
AWARDS AND PRIZES

Mari Lloyd Williams, an Honorary Senior Lecturer
within the Department of Oncology, together with
Dr Mick Peake, lead Clinician for lung cancer, has
received an award from Cancer Relief of 36,000
to enable research into Needs Assessment of
Patients with Lung Cancer. This will be a two-year
quantitative and qualitative study to obtain views
of patients with lung cancer and their carers as to
their needs in terms of services, symptom control,
psychological and spiritual care. The study will
inform service provision and delivery locally and
will have implications for developing appropriate
care for lung cancer patients in other regions.
Professor Bryan Williams

(Medicine) has been awarded the
International Investigator Award
2001 for his research work in the
field of hypertension.
This prestigious award, judged by
an international panel of experts,
is given each year to a Clinical
Scientist who has made an
oustanding contribution to the
field of hypertension. On
receiving his award in June after
delivering his Prize Lecture at the
European Society of Hypertension
meeting in Milan, he said, I am
very proud to receive this. It is
testimony to the excellence of
cardiovascular research and
medicine in Leicester and to the
hard work and dedication of
many people who have worked
with me in the laboratories, the
Clinical Research Unit and the LRI
Hypertension Clinic over the past
10 years.
STUDENT DISTINCTIONS
Haresh Sood (Leicester LL.B.
graduate, currently LL.M. student
in the Faculty of Law) has been
awarded the third prize of 2,000
in the Tomorrows Lawyer 2001
Award competition.
The Universitys first VIII rowing
team has reached the last 32 of
the Temple Challenge Cup at
Henley Royal Regatta.
Dr Jennifer Thomson, an MRC Clinical Training

Fellow from the Division of Medical Genetics, has
been awarded the Raftery Prize in Cardiovascular
Sciences by the Medical Research Society at its
Spring meeting 2001. The award follows her
contribution to the work that led to the
identification of the gene causative of the
devastating vascular disease known as primary
pulmonary hypertension.
Dr Henrik Aronsson has recently been awarded a
postdoctoral fellowship from the Swedish
Wenner-Gren Foundation to work as a visiting
scientist with Dr R Paul Jarvis, Lecturer and Royal
Society Rosenheim Research Fellow in the
Department of Biology.
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DISTINGUISHED GRADUATE
Bruce Grocott received a peerage in the election peerages list published in June. Formerly Parliamentary Private
Secretary to Prime Minister Tony Blair and MP for The Wrekin, Bruce Grocott is a graduate of this University (BA
Politics, 1962).
RETIREMENTS
CAREER OF SCHOLARLY ACHIEVEMENT: A lunch was held in July to mark the
retirement of Dr Clive Dewey. Clive joined the Department of Economic and Social
History in September 1969. He has major reputation in the field of South Asian
Economic and Social History and has published a number of books and papers in the
field, as well as organising a series of international conferences. He was Harrison
Visiting Professor at the College of William and Mary in 1997. Clive (centre) and his
wife, Evelyne, seen here with colleagues and Peter Musgrave, Head of the
Department (right), will live in France.
LONG AND DEDICATED SERVICE

On Friday, June 29, a reception was held to mark the
impending retirement of John Woodliffe, who leaves the
University at the end of September, having worked at
Leicester for over 30 years.
John joined the Department of Law in 1968, having
previously held a lectureship at the University of Hull, and
was promoted to a Senior Lectureship in 1975. John has
always been a person who is extremely loyal to the
Department and University and a person who was very
caring for the students. This latter point, I can personally
attest to in that, when I first arrived at Leicester as an
undergraduate in 1975, John was my personal tutor and
certainly helped me as I pursued my undergraduate career.
Johns contribution to both the Department and the
University has been immense. In particular, when James
Fawcett resigned to go to Nottingham in 1995, John was
seen as the obvious person to replace him as Dean of the
Faculty. I understand that he was initially reluctant to take
on this role and, in the first instance, agreed only to do it
for two years. He grew into the role, however, and
performed it extremely well. He took his responsibilities as
Dean very seriously, both within the Faculty and in the
wider University, and was meticulous in all his work.
In addition to be being a dedicated teacher and immensely
loyal colleague, John is
also a significant scholar.
He is well respected by
fellow International
Lawyers and his book, The
Peacetime Use of Foreign
Military Establishments
under Modern
International Law is
regarded as a significant
contribution to the
subject. He has also
maintained an abiding
interest in environmental
issues and it is entirely
characteristic of John that,
VALUED COLLEAGUE:
when we were putting
John Woodliffe.
together a typical student
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week for the Departmental brochure, he secured the

inclusion of a trip to the bottle bank.
John has been a real mainstay of the Department and he
will be very much missed by colleagues all around the
University. It was good to see so many people at his
reception and that his wife, Pat, was able to attend. We
wish them both well in retirement and very much hope
that they stay in touch with us. His retirement leaves a
large hole in the Department. We will always regard him
with respect and affection.
Professor Mark Thompson
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A POSITIVE CONTRIBUTION
On Thursday, May 31, more than 150 people gathered in
the Charles Wilson Building for a reception for Ian
Paterson, Chief Photographer of AVS Photography, to
mark his retirement from the University after 33 years of
service, and to wish him well for the
future. Ian, whose wife, Patsy, and
his daughter joined him for the
occasion, was presented with a new
bicycle and a cycle helmet.
Ian Paterson hails from Scotland.
After school in Edinburgh, he
started an apprenticeship in
photography, later joining the Royal
Navy (Fleet Air Arm), as a Naval
Photographer. In 1968 he took up
the post of Photographic
Technician, in the Universitys
Central Photographic Unit. When
Ian joined the Unit, there were six
staff, serving the Departments of
Geology and Geography, and
latterly the University as a whole,
from a series of randomly located
rooms in the Bennett building.
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Chancellors, Pro-Vice-Chancellors, honorary graduands,
and all the Medical Deans during his years here. He has
also been a most efficient Health and Safety
representative for the whole of AVS, another role for
which he will be sorely missed.
Ian has also witnessed many
landmark occasions. Probably one of
the most dramatic was the collapse
of the Bennett Building roof in 1973.
Following this, the CPU were
scattered throughout the campus for
two years, like nomadic tribesmen,
with outposts in Chemistry, Charles
Wilson, Attenborough and the Astley
Clarke buildings. It is quite ironic,
that five years ago, the nomads
again broke camp and moved into
the Fielding Johnson Building, only
yards from where they began in
1966. In fact, the Print reception
area, is where the original darkroom
was located.
The large assembled company of

friends and colleagues at the
reception were delighted with the
photographs on display - Ian as a
The amalgamation of Print,
baby, naval rating, experienced sailor,
ON YER BIKE!: Ian Paterson, with Nita Spektorov.
Graphics, TV Production and
photographer, and posing as Dean of
Photography, offered many new
Medicine - and expressed warm and
challenges and opportunities. Ian, an unfailingly cheerful
affectionate wishes for Ians future. Though there is little
and polite Chief Photographer, led the unit through the
chance that his active lifestyle will change. He will no
metamorphosis of black and white photography, through
doubt continue to take an active part in the life of his
to colour and finally, digital imaging.
home village, Countesthorpe hes served on the Parish
During his time here, Ian has seen many changes within
Council, founded a twinning association with a similar,
the University and recorded numerous pioneering events,
well situated village in France whilst making good use of
including space research projects and DNA fingerprinting.
his new bicycle!
He has photographed all the Chancellors, ViceNita Spektorov
CHAPLAINS SAY FAREWELL

On June 6 the Chaplaincy said farewell to Vincent Price
and Fiona Cownie, two long-serving Chaplains. Both of
them have thoroughly enjoyed their eight and five
years respectively working with the Chaplaincy. At the
reception held for them, Ian McIntosh said, Fiona has
particularly helped the Chaplaincy to engage with a
complex institution and to pioneer partnerships across
the faith communities. Vincent has made a significant
contribution to work with student groups and a trip to
Iona, and his listening skills have been much valued.
Both have also played a major part in the centres
redecoration. We thank them for their enormous
contribution which has been given alongside other
work commitments.
GENEROUS SUPPORT: Quaker Chaplain Fiona Cownie and
Methodist Chaplain Vincent Price.
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Volunteer to Become a School Governor and

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The School Governors One-Stop Shop (SGOSS) would like
your help to find school governor volunteers. There is a
pressing need to find many more talented people for local
schools. All children deserve the highest standards in
education; it should not be left to chance.
School governors form the largest volunteer workforce in the
UK. There are 370,000 governor places nationally, but
between 10 and 15 per cent of them are vacant. In some
inner-city areas, the vacancy rate exceeds 30 per cent. In
Leicester, there are currently over 130 vacancies.
There is a real need to fill these vacancies, some long term,
with a cross section of talented people who reflect the
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EIGHT HONORARY DEGREE

CEREMONIES IN 2002
During the Autumn term the
Honorary Degrees Board will
consider nominations for the
award of Honorary Degrees in the
academic year 2001/2002. These
ceremonies (on 7 February and 10,
11 and 12 July 2002, together with
a special ceremony to be
associated with the British
Association meeting in the
University in September) will fall in
our 80th Anniversary year.
Members of the University are,
therefore, invited to come forward
with appropriate nominations to
mark this special year.
The Board will wish to have
evidence that, for most cases,
those nominated are of national,
and indeed of international
standing, but also to ensure that
the Honorary Graduands will
include some individuals who have
made very significant local
contributions.
Nominations must be made in
writing and should include the
nominees full name, title and
address and be accompanied by a
supporting statement and a CV.
Nominations should be sent, in
confidence, to the Vice-Chancellor
by Monday, October 22, 2001.
providing the highest possible quality

of education. Governing bodies
normally meet once or twice per term
and usually in the evenings.
As well as the obvious benefits to the
school, being a school governor offers
a number of benefits to the individual
and their employer. Governorship can
be a valuable personal development
opportunity. Individuals can develop and acquire new skills
and extend the range of their experiences. As a governor you
can also gain satisfaction from making a real difference in
shaping childrens future.
Completion of an application form does not commit you to a
school right now, but is an expression of interest. This enables
the SGOSS to start the matching process and you have the
opportunity to decide whether the role is right for you.
Talk to the SGOSS now on 0870 241 3883 or email
info@schoolgovernors-oss.co.uk or write to School
Governors One-Stop Shop, 64 Essex Road, Islington, London,
N1 8LR (website www.schoolgovernors-oss.co.uk).
International Essay
Contest for
Undergraduates
The Contests organisers, the
Permanent Mission of the Islamic
Republic of Iran to the United
Nations, in cooperation with
UNESCO and the School of
Diplomacy and International
Relations at Seton Hall University,
New Jersey, USA, invite
undergraduate students to
envision how the Dialogue among
Civilizations can better prepare
the peoples of the world,
especially the youth, for the
challenges of tomorrow.
The Contest, in Celebration of the
United Nations Year of Dialogue
among Civilizations, will select ten
winners (winning essays
announced by October 31) and
award each a $1,000 scholarship,
round-trip airfare and
accommodation for a 5-day stay
in New York during the first week
of December 2001. Winners will
attend the culminating events of
the Year of the Dialogue among
Civilizations at the United Nations
and present their essays (winners
are responsible for arranging to
obtain their US entry visas).
undergraduates should first be

submitted to Professor John
Holloway, Pro-Vice-Chancellor,
University of Leicester, University
Road, Leicester LE1 7RH, by
September 26. The University is
requested to select one essay for
submission to the Dialogue
among Civilizations International
Essay Contest. Essay format
should be between 900 and 1,200
words in length, excluding
sources.
Further details are available on the
following web sites:
United Nations:
www.un.org/Dialogue
Secretariat at Seton Hall
University:
http://diplomacy.shu.edu/dialogue
(telephone 973 275 2515, email
dialogue@shu.edu)
The Permanent Mission of the
Islamic Republic of Iran to the
United Nations: www.un.int/Iran
The International Centre for
Dialogue among Civilizations:
http://dialoguecentre.org
Please contact Barbara
Whiteman on 0116 252 2676
for a copy of the essay contest
guidelines.
Entries from University of Leicester

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welcomes new members. Join the choir on Wednesday,
September 5 in the Secular Hall, Humberstone Gate
(opposite Sainsburys), 7.30 9.30pm. Previous singing
experience not necessary. Basses/tenors especially welcome.
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NVQ Assessor Awards

The Universitys Staff Development Centre is looking into the
feasibility of applying for recognition as a registered centre
for NVQs. To help with this process it would be useful to
know if any University staff have NVQ Assessor Awards
(D32/D33/D34).
Staff with these qualifications who would like the
opportunity to assess NVQs are asked to contact Helen
Clarke, Training and Development Officer, on 0116 252 5211
as soon as possible.
Dates for your Diary

A MORE COMPREHENSIVE LIST OF EVENTS IS AVAILABLE ON CWIS
SEPTEMBER
Tuesday September 18
University of Leicester Open Day for all departments. To
receive a programme or further information contact 0116
252 2674, fax 0116 252 2447, email admissions@le.ac.uk;
Internet http://www.le.ac.uk
OCTOBER
Thursday October 4
University of Leicesters 80th Anniversary Day. The 80th
Anniversary is being marked by celebratory events in the
next academic year. A provisional programme of events can
be seen at http://www.le.ac.uk/press/80th.html
SPOILT FOR CHOICE: ARTS EVENTS

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Saturday August 18 Saturday
August 25
Leicester Castle Park Festival. For
details of events ring 0116 252 8978.
Thursday August 23 Saturday
September 8
Leicester Haymarket Theatre: Rent. Smash
hit musical back for just 19 more
performances. Ring 0116 253 9797 for tickets.
Friday September 7 Saturday September 29
Nottingham Playhouse: Dick Barton Special Agent. Comic
romp based on the classic radio series. Ring 0115 941 9419
for tickets.
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Saturday 8 September Thursday 18 October

City Gallery: Adorn, Equip. Group exhibition of new
equipment designs for disabled people. Special workshops
on September 22 and October 13. Ring 0116 254 0595 for
further details.
Wednesday September 12 Friday September 14
Nottingham Royal Concert Hall: Victoria Wood. Ring 0115
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Thursday September 13 Saturday September 22
Leicester Haymarket Theatre: Top Girls. Co-production with
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Saturday September 22
De Montfort Hall: Anuradha Raudwal live in concert with
Devashish Das Gupta and Bollywoods finest musicians.
8pm. Ring 0116 233 3111 for tickets.
Sunday September 23
De Montfort Hall: Benjamin Brittens War Requiem
presented by the Bardi Symphony Orchestra and
Chorus, conductor Andrew Constantine. Ring 0116 233
3111 for tickets.
Friday September 28
De Montfort Hall: Caribbean Carnival Extravaganza. For
details and tickets ring 0116 233 3111.
Saturday September 29
De Montfort Hall: Imperial Circus of China. 8pm. For tickets
ring 0116 233 3111.
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ACCOMMODATION WANTED
German university mathematics lecturer, wife and two
daughters, seek spacious three or four-bedroom house,
with garden, in which children can play in, in the area
south-east of Leicester from mid August/September 1.
Email dnotboh1@gwdg.de, telephone 0049 55081679.
ACCOMMODATION WANTED
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from Rumania is seeking accommodation
(room in house/flat) from October until the
end of December 2001. If you can help,
contact crss@le.ac.uk or ring 5930.
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HISTERICAL
REVELATIONS
A OR A/S levels? It matters not, as History examinees
continue to reveal new light upon those dark and not-sodark corners of the past.
British politics in the eighteenth century were fraught and
divisive, especially in the 1760s when George III was
trying to avoid political fractions. To this end he
employed one of his favourites, Lord Bute, who had
sinister hands! Still, before long corruption was on the
way out. 1789 was the annus mirabilis, when a new
world dawned with the French Revelation.
Lord Melbourne was reinstated as Prime Mister in April

1835; a reference perhaps to his relationship with the
young Queen Victoria before Albert arrived! His
government was clearly fired up by this the Dean and
Chapter Act of 1840 dealt with the problem of residential
cannons in cathedrals. Presumably this was a decommissioning process. Elsewhere in the Church of
England, the Oxford Movement looked to the medieval
past for inspiration, leaving no stone unturned as its
members decorated their churches with sacraments,
ornaments and vestiges.
It was a visionary age. We are told that nineteenthcentury census returns are a useful staring point for the
study of society. Well, focus carefully on the columns,
and hey presto! Most migrants into Leicester between
1851 and 1881 would either be single or married. Simply
amazing!
By the twentieth century, the British soldier was not what

he had been. There was, for example, the apparent
decline in physical fitness revealed by recruitment figures
for the Boar War. It must have been the result of animal
instincts! Nevertheless, by the 1940s, American troops
clearly had the edge there was a lot more to the GIs
than just their money; women were dazzled by their
charm, confidence and whit.
Moreover, Lord Liverpool died in 1827 and was

succeeded by some very weak leaders like Lord Waterloo.
A decade later, the Chartists did not fail; they were just
defeated. It must have been because they were
lumbered with an impractical political gender. And not
necessarily the fair sex, for the census tells us the martial
status of female domestic servants.
Never trust your host! Or you might end up like one

personal guest of Sir John French, who enjoyed a
privileged potion. Yet nothing could be quite as final as
the Phoenix Park Murders in 1882 where Lord Cavendish
and his assistant Burke were fatally murdered.
Elementary, my dear Watson!
David Johnson
Feature
EXERCISE 2:
ITS BETTER TO TRAVEL HEALTHILY
IF donning kit to take a work-out fills
you with dread and you think Lycra is
the name of the next boy-band, then
dont despair. The good news is that
you can still take enough exercise in
your workwear to get a health
benefit.
One good way to increase the casual
amount of exercise which you take is
to build small extra bits of it into your
daily routine. Take the stairs rather
than the lift. Hiking up to the fifth
floor of the Charles Wilson for your
munchies might be too much to start
with but you could start by hopping
out at the third and starting from
there. As you get fitter try and walk
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all the way. Build a reward system in.

Walk all the way its your favourite
chips?
Other ideas include getting off the
bus a stop earlier than you need and
walking the rest of the way.
Alternatively, buy a car parking pass
for Freemens Common and not main
site. That way you are guaranteed a
one kilometre walk every day.
Best of all would be to bike to work.
There are secure, well lit, covered bike
sheds around the campus and the
Charles Wilson has showers.
Whatever you do aim to just do a
little more than you do now!
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PRIZE CROSSWORD 55
by Seivador
TEN PRIZES THIS MONTH: First correct entry of the draw a

three-course lunch for two in the Carvery, donated by the
University of Leicester Catering Services, second correct entry
15 book token, donated by the University of Leicester
Bookshop, third, fourth and fifth correct entries 10 book
voucher from Smiths, sixth correct entry a bottle of wine,
courtesy of the Bulletin, seventh correct entry 5 book token,
courtesy of the Bulletin, eighth, ninth and tenth correct entries
presentation sets of Royal Mail stamps.
Entries (in a sealed envelope, clearly marked) to
PRIZE CROSSWORD COMPETITION, PRESS & PUBLICATIONS OFFICE, FIELDING
JOHNSON BUILDING BY NO LATER THAN NOON ON FRIDAY 7 SEPTEMBER.
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WINNERS OF PRIZE CROSSWORD 54:

A three-course lunch for two in the Carvery, donated by the University of Leicester Catering Services Colin Ferris, Biology; 15 book
token, donated by the University of Leicester Bookshop Dr A Young, Psychology; a bottle of wine, courtesy of the Bulletin Gary
Pinch, Microbiology and Immunology; 5 book token, courtesy of the Bulletin Rebekah Jukes-Jones, Centre for Mechanisms of
Human Toxicity.
Clues Across
1. Celebrity is in trouble up tree (6)
5. Body to dry up on boards (6)
8. Quick to return for sin (4)
9. Tear it up for rags, perhaps (6)
10. A cross starting to charm (6)
11. Policeman crept on so sinuously (9)
15. Superior pure: ones coming over (5)
17. Before use, read extract (3)
18. Angry buccaneer, quietly leaving (5)
19. Ingenuity displayed by the smartest (3)
21. Very first vehicle for minister (5)
24. Band can re-play country music (4,5)
26. Guinea-pig: its in a hole (6)
27. Series of fast rallies from the stars (6)
28. The only flatfish (4)
29. Initially, sand often covers e.g. the Pyramids (6)
30. Is nothing to stop containment of depression? (6)
PRIZE CROSSWORD 54 SOLUTION
Down: 1 Soda. 2 Arsenic. 3 Coypu. 4 Paediatrician. 6 Eyrie or

Eerie. 7 Ironside. 8 Spiral. 13 Trouvre. 15 Pulpit. 16 Tribute. 18.
Theme. 20 Split. 21 Tear.
SALAD DAYS
Across: 1 Seascape. 5 Semi. 9 Dishy. 10 Esparto. 11 Annuli. 12

Reels. 14 Recapitulated. 17 Until. 19 Instil. 22 Emeriti. 23 Louse.
24 Even. 25 Knitwear.
Clues Down
1. Theres war and suffering in this republic (6)
2. Vegetable too apt to disintegrate (6)
3. Tried fire to make one intimidated (9)
4. The very central progenitrix (3)
5. Heavy tread may immobilize vehicle (5)
6. Civil coppers with time to replace cocaine (6)
7. Complete group of conservationists in the Republic (6)
12. Lover is wan when thrown over (5)
13. Morning coffee otherwise is taken in twilight (9)
14. Alternatively caught by a whale (4)
16. Liar changes currency in Italy (4)
19. Device to add up account in a business (6)
20. Start to snarl up journey (6)
22. Little Bear ingests her sweet child (6)
23. It may go into locks, making a wave! (6)
25. A ship swallowed by the deep (5)
27. Self-proclaimed greatest in quality (3)
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A BACHELORS
LIFE FOR ME!
Medical Genetics student Andrew
Bright found his first modelling
assignment quite relaxing,
particularly as it was part of an all
expenses paid seven-day trip to
Bodrum in Turkey. Andrew won
Club 18-30s annual search for an
amateur model, resulting in a
picture of him on the front cover of
the new summer 2002 brochure!
MASTER OF
LETTERS
To mark Fathers Day, the
Royal Mail organised a photoshoot
on campus with Leicester-based
actress Joy Ramage posing. A fake
post-box was placed in front of
the Library and books made a
handy prop for the occasion.
Picture: Jason Tilley
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