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Reporter Issue 585October 2014

University artwork signed offDirector of Tate Britain Penelope Curtis unveils Sign for Art

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New gallery for SpecialCollections

University treasures to go on

display with help of Heritage

Lottery Fund grantPage 3

Performing theforgotten past

Dr Stephen Muir secures

grant to revisit the works of

Jewish artists

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Better together

The Universitys Sports team

and LUU join forces in new

strategy

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02 Leader column Reporter 585 October 2014

Alan Langlands

follow the election will certainly prompt change,and may have a bearing on our future plans.

This year, along with more than 60 otheruniversities, we face the prospect of nationalreforms to the Universities SuperannuationScheme (USS). The USS is no longer affordablein its current form and Trustees of the schemeare legally responsible for making sure that thereis enough money in the fund to pay membersbenefits, both past and future. Universitiesare committed to working with the UCU and

USS Trustees Board to make appropriatechanges, and discussions between employerrepresentatives and UCU and the USS JointNegotiating Committee are ongoing. Theoutcome of these discussions will be consideredby the USS Trustee Board which then has aresponsibility to trigger a formal consultationwith all USS members and their representativebodies, probably in the early part of 2015.The current estimated date for implementingany changes to the USS is April 2016, subjectto negotiations. Throughout the negotiationswe will keep the University community fullyappraised of progress through clear, impartial

communications.Moving from future ambitions to contemplationof the Universitys past, I was honoured to attendthe rededication of the Universitys BrothertonWar Memorial one of the most poignant andmoving events of the extraordinary Legacies ofWar (LoW) centenary project which continuesto capture the imagination of so many people,local, national and international. The ceremonycelebrated the men staff and students - withconnections to the University, who servedduring the First World War. Of the 328 nameson the memorial, 25 were added in Augustthis year after their stories were uncovered bycommunity researcher David Stowe, who isworking alongside our academic staff on theLoW project.

An accompanying exhibition University ofLeeds: Legacies of the First World War isnow open in the Parkinson Building. It tells thestories of some of the people commemorated by

the Brotherton Memorial, as well as setting outdifferent aspects of life at the University duringthe conflict, and I would urge you to visit it.

The rededication service was followed byAnthem for Doomed Youth, a concert that sawformer Poet Laureate Sir Andrew Motion andpianist Ian Buckle present poems and musiccarefully chosen to commemorate and reflectthe experiences of people caught up in thetragedies of war, in particular the First WorldWar.

This concert was held in the Clothworkers Halland formed part of the International ConcertSeries. Jillian Johnson and her team do asuperb job planning the series, and the breadthof this years programme and the calibre ofperformers is really something to celebrate. Irecently also attended and enjoyed an eveningfeaturing the Hall Soloists and pianist AndrewTyson one of the successes of the 2012 LeedsInternational Piano Competition (LIPC) andthere is much to look forward to as the yearprogresses. The current exhibition in the foyerof the Clothworkers Hall of work by our alumnaHannah Ostapjuk including a portrait of former

Vice-Chancellor Professor Michael Arthur served to remind me of the Universitys unfailingcommitment to supporting the arts and culture.

The work of the Friends of University Art andMusic (FUAM) also enriches the cultural lifeof the institution through its support for theStanley and Audrey Burton Gallery and theInternational Concert Series. Its enthusiasticpromotion of young artists and performers isespecially important. With the Universitys PublicArt Strategy now in place, the LIPC returning toLeeds next summer, and our diverse programmeof arts events and activities, I am confident thatthe Universitys contribution to the cultural life ofthe city and region will flourish and grow.

Leader column

Future ambitions andcontemplation of our pastFollowing a summer of achievement including strong student recruitment, campusimprovements, key appointments, grantsuccesses, the introduction of lecture capture,progress on developing the seven researchthemes, and a campaign to recruit 250 newacademic fellows we are now focusing on followthrough and new challenges for the year ahead.

As staff and students settle into the rhythm of theacademic year, its vital that we continue to moveforward.

Although there is no room for complacency,our quest to provide all our students with anoutstanding education and opportunities forpersonal growth continues to make great strides.The next phase of the Student EducationService project has been agreed, and will buildon the foundation of the Leeds Curriculum, thePartnership and LeedsforLife. We will continueto ensure that our programmes respond tostudent demand and the needs of employers.Collaboration and enterprise is ready to make

a step change, with the newly opened LeedsInstitute for Data Analytics well-placed to identifyand build important new partnerships. Plansfor a cultural institute, academic health sciencepartnership and Innovation and EnterpriseCentre will also enhance our capabilities. Ongoingwork is underway to articulate InternationalLeeds, tailoring our proposition to differentaudiences and countries, including creating anew pathway programme encompassing Englishlanguage tuition and foundation years.

The demands of the research and innovationchallenge facing the University are substantial.

We aim to secure our place in the UKs top10 research universities and to go further andfaster where we have existing strengths. Toincrease research income by 50% is a hugelydemanding target that will require a coordinated,focused approach. This means investing inpeople including our programme of newPhD studentships and academic fellowships;infrastructure in the form of new technologyplatforms where we already have greatsuccess in robotics and medical imaging; andpartnerships with other universities, industryand our major funders.

In the wider political arena, we await the Autumn

Statement to see what impact it will have onhigher education. My current sense is that thismay be restricted to some additional capitalfunding. The general election will follow in May.Although the main political parties have saidvery little about their plans for higher educationfunding, or indeed HE policy in general, thecomprehensive spending review that must surely


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The front cover shows Penelope Curtis, Librarian Stella Butlerand Keith Wilson with Sign for Art.

This project will open the collections toaudiences in Yorkshire and beyond by creating

a gallery where permanent and temporarydisplays can be supported by a diverseprogramme of workshops, talks, discussionsand activities.

Vice-Chancellor Sir Alan Langlands says: Weare incredibly proud of our Library with itsSpecial Collections of international importancewhich have been built up over the past century.I am delighted that this grant will allow usto bring these treasures to a much wideraudience.

The University also received a generous privatedonation from the Brotherton-Ratcliffe family

towards the project.

Work is expected to start on the new galleries, tobe housed in the iconic Parkinson Building onWoodhouse Lane, next spring, with a provisionalopening date of November 2015.

Leeds is the only library to have five of itsSpecial Collections awarded Designated status recognised as collections of outstandinginternational importance by the Arts Council.

The announcement by the HLF is part of a4.4m series of grants awarded to fourYorkshire institutions.

A treasure trove of raremanuscripts and books held at theUniversity of Leeds can go on showto the public thanks to a grantfrom the Heritage Lottery Fund.

The University boasts one of the finest

collections of rare books and manuscripts in theworld in its Special Collections, housed in theBrotherton Library.

The breadth of the subjects is exceptional,from exquisite photographs of pre-revolutionaryRussia to books dating from the beginning ofprinting, as well as archives of some of the 20thcenturys most influential poets and writers, andmuch more.

Now a grant of 1.3m has provided the finalpiece of the jigsaw for a 1.9m project for agallery where some of these can go on display Treasures from the Brotherton: Inspiring

Audiences and Engaging Communities.

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News

University treasuresto go on display withhelp of Lottery grant

Contents

News

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Opportunities for students

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Research and innovation

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Infrastructure and Sustainability

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International/Community Engagement

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Collaboration and Enterprise

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Valuing our people

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In the news

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Our people/honours

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News/small ads

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Events

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FAQs

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Chris SheppardThe University was saddened to hear of thedeath of former Head of Special Collections,Chris Sheppard. For almost two decades,his close bonds with a number of poets,artists, authors and donors had an extremelyinstrumental effect in making SpecialCollections the size and success that it istoday. Chriss close working relationship with

Chancellor Melvyn Bragg also helped secureLord Braggs literary archive for Leeds.

A memorial service for Chris will be held onFriday 6 March 2015. Further details will bereleased in February. A full obituary can befound at http://goo.gl/SdAcIM

Chris Sheppard

The Treasures team

Jacobean Travelling Library, 1617


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04 News Reporter 585 October 2014

A major new artwork has been unveiled on campus as part of asignificant refurbishment project at the University.

Funded by a donor to create new work andinteract with colleagues across the University,Helen Mort is the newest member of the

Academy of Cultural Fellows.

Poetry is something I have always loved,says Helen. I was an only child, so I grew upon my own. My mum used to read to me atbedtime, my dad was an English teacher andI used to listen to stories on the radio. Thesethings have a formative influence.

After winning a national writing prize at the

age of 12, she was given the chance to takepart in a week-long residential poetry course:That really started me off.

After completing a degree in psychology,Helen combined these twin passions inPhD research on the relationship betweenneuroscience and poetry. It was looking at

the extent to which neuroscientists and poetsare interested in the same thing about howwe think and how we process metaphors in thebrain.

A gift from alumnus Douglas Caster (Electronicand Electrical Engineering, 1975) will now allowHelen to develop her writing as a Cultural Fellowin Poetry, working in the school of English andbeyond. The Academy revives the tradition ofthe Gregory Fellowships, which saw a string oftalented creative artists take up residence herein the postwar years.

Helen sees campus as a fertile ground for hercreativity: The University has wonderful poetryarchives, and I want to write new work whichresponds to some of this material. I also want toestablish links between writers in the Universityand those elsewhere in the city.

I have spent a lot of time being extremelybusy doing lots of things. The most excitingthing about this is that it will allow me todedicate time and space to poetry.

Artist Keith Wilson, together with the Director ofTate Britain, Penelope Curtis, officially revealedthe Sign for Art sculpture in the newly openedBeech Grove Plaza. The afternoons eventscelebrated Wilsons creation and added anothernew artwork to the Universitys landscape.

Sign for Art represents Wilsons early yearsworking as an art instructor for deaf-blind adultsafter he left the Slade in the 1980s. ProfessorWilson says: Drawing two spaced fingertipsin a wave motion across the forehead of thestudent a tactile brainwave sign announcedthe arrival of the artist, the subject of art and theimminent activity of making art.

This modification of the British Sign Language,presumably derived from the making of abrushstroke, struck home and stayed with me.

The 5.1m (16ft 8ins) sculpture stands outsidethe newly refurbished Social Sciences Building,which is planning its own opening ceremonylater in the academic year.

The unveiling was followed by a joint talk onSculpture outdoors by Wilson and PenelopeCurtis in the Universitys Centenary Gallery.Curtis, Curator of the Leeds Henry MooreInstitute (2004-2010), says: Keith Wilson is avery singular artist whose work always has botha mischievous and a serious side. His forms

follow their material, and in this case the stelereferences represent not only the grave markersof the classical world but also the uprightmarkers of postwar minimalism.

The University is currently finalising a newPublic Art Strategy, an ambitious programmefocusing on public art that spans a widerange of the Universitys activities, includingresearch, student experience, communications,fundraising, audience development andbuilding partnerships locally, nationally andinternationally.

Dennis Hopper, the Universitys Director of

Facilities Management, has expressed a keeninterest in the strategy and the newest additionto campus artwork. He says: The proximityof the artwork and plaza to the refurbishedSocial Sciences Building means that this areaof campus is now much more welcoming andaccessible, providing a space where people canmeet, relax or simply pass through and enjoy.

Sign for Art is situated in the centre of BeechGrove Plaza.

News

Sign for Art unveiling

Poet Helen Mort joins Academy of Cultural Fellows

Penelope Curtis

Helen Mort

Crowds gather to celebrate the opening


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Each year the Universitycelebrates the achievements ofits postgraduate researchers,and bookings and competitionshave now opened for Showcase2014 the fifth University ofLeeds Postgraduate ResearchConference.

The conference will be held on Thursday4 December in the Great Hall and ParkinsonBuilding. Competitions include University of

Leeds Postgraduate Researcher of the Year,Postgraduate Research Poster of the Year,Postgraduate Research Image of the Year

and the Three Minute Thesis contest. Vice-Chancellor Sir Alan Langlands will presentawards to the winners at a closing ceremony.

Guests are also welcome at this popular event,which is always an enjoyable and informativepre-Christmas celebration of the major researchcontributions made by our postgraduate

researchers. To enter a competition or bookyour place at the event go to

www.pgrconference.leeds.ac.uk

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Placement celebrationsand successes

Opportunities for students

Postgraduate research conference 2014

Awards were given for Placement Student ofthe Year (sponsored by PwC) and Placement

Year Image (sponsored by Sensio Lighting).

Prema Ghasemi (Medicinal Chemistry)received the Placement Student of the Year

honour for her work with GlaxoSmithKlineRandD, a science-led healthcare company.Psychology student Lucy McMichael won

the image competition with a photographtaken during her placement with Walk inLove International in Tanzania. The Careers

Centres Angie Willshaw received an awardfor her outstanding contribution to student

placements.Celebrations were also the order of the dayfor staff in the Employability Suite in theFaculty of Engineering, which has gone from

strength to strength during the 12 monthssince it opened. The Employability team

welcomed the success of students atthe first Placement Awards ceremony,

where students were recognised fortheir outstanding achievements, nominated bytheir employers. Georgia Hopkin (Computing)

received the award for Outstanding Performanceon Placement for her year at IBM, whilecertificates of achievement went to Chris Mould(Chemical and Process Engineering) for his

placement at Sellafield and Mazvydas Narvidas(Electrical Engineering) for his work with NationalInstruments.

In the past 12 months, the Employability

team has sent over 100 students on industrialplacement with companies such as Williams F1,

Microsoft, Airbus and TATA more than doublethe number in the previous year. The futurelooks even brighter as over 80% of first years

expressed an interest in completing a placement.Students registering for the placement degree

have a dedicated Work Placement

programme delivered in conjunction withthe Careers Centre to help them in theirplacement search.

The University welcomed back over 500 students whoundertook a placement year in the past 12 months with anevening of celebrations and awards at the Careers Centre.Professor Vivien Jones hosted the event, which gave studentsthe chance to share their experiences and be praised for theirefforts over the year.

Lucy McMichaels winning image

Attendees and speakers at last yearsPostgraduate research conference.

Engineeringplacementwin

ners

l-r:ChristopherMould,MazvydasNarvidas

,GeorgiaHopkin


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06 Research and innovation Reporter 585 October 2014

A University-led research project has attracted significant funding toshine new light on the forgotten works of Jewish artists.

Performing the Jewish Archive has been

awarded 1.53m by the Arts and HumanitiesResearch Council (AHRC) under its Care forthe Future: Thinking Forward Through thePast theme.

The project, led by Dr Stephen Muir of theUniversitys School of Music, will bring recentlyrediscovered musical, theatrical and literary

works by Jewish artists back to the attentionof scholars and the public, and stimulate the

creation of new works. Dr Muirs recent workhas drawn upon musical archives of Russianand Polish Jewish composers who found their

way to South Africa through various processesof displacement and migration.

Alongside Dr Muir, a multidisciplinary team

across four continents will focus on the years1880-1950 an intense period of Jewish

displacement to explore the role of art insuch upheaval. Performing the Jewish Archivestems from work done on several projects with

colleagues at both the University and LeedsCollege of Music.

Dr Muir says: All this work has built up a greatdeal of momentum at the University, paving

the way for this large grant.

A number of people across the University

were involved in providing support to theapplicant team. Dr Muirs research projectbegan when Louise Heery and AnoushkaKulikowski from the Funding Development

team in the Research and Innovation Service(RIS) helped him secure a small researchmobility award from the University in 2012 to

fund a trip to the University of Cape Town, oneof our partners. This was followed by a furthermodest award from the Fund for International

Research Collaboration in 2013.

With the groundwork in place, OdetteDewhurst from the Public Funding team set

up a series of initiatives to support Dr MuirsAHRC application. These included reviewingdrafts and organising practice interviews

for the team. Ged Hall from SDDU andSue Hayton from the Cultural and CreativeIndustries Exchange Hub were also part of thenetwork of support throughout the application

process.

Dr Muir says getting the AHRC award wouldnot have been possible without the help of

colleagues. He believes the grant has comeat an apt time for the University: The timeseems to be right for us to becoming a leading

centre for the study of Jewish arts, andresponses to experiences of repression, exileand displacement.

Its also a great opportunity for scholars froma variety of disciplines to take a fresh look atwhat archives are, how they function, and how

they might best be used in modern society.


Shedding light on Jewish art

October 2014

Dr Stephen Muir

The choir of the Tomackie Synagogue, Warsaw, c1929. Directed by David Ajzensztadt (left), Source: Yivo Institute for Jewish Research


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Five things you never knewabout open access at Leeds

Research and innovation 07Reporter 585October 2014

The Edge bigger and better

This summer, the gym at The Edge hasundergone a refurbishment, which includes

replacing all the Technogym equipment with the

latest cloud-integrated equipment, increasing

the number of stations to 250 and extending

weekend opening hours until 9pm. These

changes make The Edge one of the most enviable

facilities in higher education.

MSc Engineering Geologyreceives accreditationThe School of Earth and Environments MSc

Engineering Geology has received accreditation

by the Geological Society. The Geological

Societys accreditation scheme for taught MSc

programmes was introduced in 2007. It provides

added assurance to prospective students that aprogrammes teaching is of the highest quality

and has been approved by an independent body

of academics and industrialists. An accredited

degree reduces the amount of experience

required for graduates to reach chartered

geologist and chartered scientist status.

Business School scoresanother top 10Leeds University Business School has been

named a top 10 institution in International

Business (IB) research in a global survey recently

published in Management International Review.

In addition, based on citations, Professor Peter

Buckley is listed as one of the most prolificauthors in IB, as is Professor Constantine

Katsikeas, Research Chair in Marketing

and International Management, and visiting

academics Professor S Tamer Cavusgil, Chair

in International Management, and Dr Leonidas

Leonidou, Principal Research Fellow, both in the

Marketing Division.

As part of Open Access Week and to promote the software as a new norm in scholarshipand research the Library published the following little-known facts about open access atLeeds, which come from the White Rose Research Online open access repository.

News in brief

The 2014 Research andInnovation Support Conference Increasing Knowledge andOpportunity takes placeon Tuesday 2 December atWeetwood Hall.

This years event will provide an importantopportunity for research and innovation

professionals to engage with the newUniversity Strategic Plan. With keynotespeakers Dr Malcolm Skingle, Director of

Academic Liaison at GlaxoSmithKline, andProfessor Paul Stewart, Dean of Medicine,

the conference plenary will consider the

opportunities provided through academiccollaboration with important industrypartners.

The conference will offer a choice of 12

breakout sessions covering a wide diversityof topics including:

The role of postgraduate research students

in delivering the research agenda

The strategic initiatives underpinning the2014-2020 Strategic Plan from a central

and faculty perspective, and how we canwork together to deliver them

What academics want from research

support professionals

Developing medicines throughcollaboration

Harnessing research networks

to deliver strategy

Managing risk in research

Open innovation and creative thinking

techniques and clinical trials.

Early booking is recommended as places arelimited. Book your place (30 per person) at

http://goo.gl/e5kwwU

Research and Innovation Support Conference:Increasing Knowledge and Opportunity open for booking

There have been over one million downloadsof papers held in White Rose Research Online.

Open-access papers are downloaded andcited more than three times as often asequivalent articles available only throughjournal subscriptions.*

The most popular Leeds paper in White RoseResearch Online, Extinction from climatechange, has been downloaded more than36,000 times.

The most popular Leeds author is MalcolmHeath, Professor of Greek Languageand Literature, whose papers have beendownloaded more than 47,000 times.

You dont always need to pay to makeyour journal article open access. Many

subscription-based journals allow authors tomake a version of their paper open access byadding it to White Rose Research Online.

To make your paper open access, upload thepost-peer-review version of it into the Universitypublications database (Symplectic). Librarystaff will check any copyright restrictions beforemaking it openly available in the institutionalrepository, White Rose Research Online.

Find out more about open access at Leeds athttp://library.leeds.ac.uk/open-accessor [email protected]

* RIN (2014). Nature communications: a citation analysis (online). Available at http://goo.gl/MkjtKN


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08 Infrastructure and Sustainability Reporter 585 October 2014


A plug forsustainabilityTen electric vehicle (EV) charging points have beeninstalled on campus, together with a further twopoints at Devonshire Hall. The units have beenfunctioning since September and are available to allstaff and visitors to campus.

The installations were made possible followinga successful bid for funding from the Office

of Low Emission Vehicles. The EV spaces aremarked out clearly and only electric vehicles areauthorised to use them. Staff with access to anelectric vehicle can apply for a permit to park

and charge at an EV charging point. This will bedone on a first-come basis and a permit will

be issued accordingly. Permit holders will payparking fees according to the emissions banding

under current terms and conditions. Visitorsdriving an electric vehicle may park and chargetheir vehicle if there is a space available; theywill still have to pay the 5 visitor parking fee togain entry.

The units link to a nationwide network of

charging points. To charge a vehicle, users

register with the Charge your car website http://chargeyourcar.org.uk/ and can then

pay by phone, text or online. If you would liketo know more, please contact Majid Khan at

[email protected]

Sustainable Labsgo from strengthto strengthAs a research-intensive institution,the impact of our laboratorieson the environment can be hugeand, in recognition of this, aSustainable Labs working grouphas been established.

The group, chaired by Assistant ProfessorLouise Jennings (Institute of Medical andBiological Engineering), brings together

researchers, technicians, academics andservices from across the University to worktogether to improve and share best practice.

An example of work commissioned by thegroup is reuse@leeds:labs, which allowslab users to access the popular reuse site to

share or redistribute items such as equipmentor glassware that are no longer needed. Inaddition, the group hosts regular S-Lab* events,

seminars and guest speakers.

At the recent S-Lab National Conference Supporting World Class Science held at

Kings College London, the University rantwo well-attended sessions: one on engaginglab users with sustainability and the other

detailing the Universitys fume cupboardrefurbishment project. The refurbishmentof 64 fume cupboards in the School ofChemistrys Priestly lab saved 511 tonnes of

carbon, with an estimated energy saving of81,000 per annum. The initiative, which was

commissioned by the Energy team in EstatesServices, saw the University win an award forlaboratory environmental improvement duringthe conference.

* S-Lab provides guidance (eg cases, guides, white

papers), networking and tools on sustainability, especially

energy and resource efficiency.

Spotlight on energy use

The user-friendly tool allows immediate access

to data giving current and past energy use,displayed in a format of graphs and widgets.This allows independent explanations of why

different usage can happen, and gives staffand students the opportunity to think abouthow they can make a difference and reduce

energy use. The software can also be usedin the context of student education andresearch.

Although we have been using energy

software to manage consumption on campusfor a while, Energy Spotlight makes the datatransparent, accessible and available to staff

and students for the first time, says theEnergy teams Jason Jutha.

The University plans to reduce carbon

emissions by 35% by 2020/21, and EnergySpotlight is one way to improve awareness of

energy use wastage and involve everyone in

reducing it. By viewing the energy data of a

workplace or area of study, users can makechanges even small ones like turning offlights and computers that, done on a large

scale, can make a big difference. It will makecampus into a living lab

Energy Spotlight is monitored and maintainedin partnership between Estates Energy

team and the Sustainability Service:

www.leeds.ac.uk/energyspotlight

New, innovative software called Energy Spotlight will enablestaff and students to view the energy usage of campus buildings.


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Green Impact gears up for another year

Examples of Green Impact team actions

Changes introduced to the Green Impact initiative forthe 2014-15 academic year will make it easier for peopleto analyse their teams performance and decide whatevidence to include in the Green Impact workbooks.

Teams taking part in Green Impact for the firsttime will still have to complete all the criteriain the Bronze workbook. However, after this,

they now have two choices they can eithercontinue working their way through the Silverand Gold workbooks or they can undertake a

project that they set up themselves. This couldrange from a project in the office to a projectacross campus that demonstrates a drive

towards sustainability and raising awareness.

In the workbook, the criteria are now split, sothat each of them comes under one of theSustainability Strategy themes.

We hope that the changes will make it easierfor people to integrate sustainability into the

workplace says Emma Richardson, this yearsSustainability intern.

The Lifelong Learning Centre teams Coast

to Coast Challenge encourages staff toreduce their carbon footprint by walking,running or cycling to work. The aim is to

travel 3,073 miles from the west to eastcoast of America along Route 50, starting in

Ocean City, Maryland and passing through11 states before reaching the destination ofSacramento, California.

The School of Earth and Environment

organised a week-long event which coincidedwith Climate Week. They produced a displayof transport options to encourage staff to

take a more sustainable approach to travel.They also ran a pedometer challenge forcolleagues, bringing people together to talk

about being active.

Leeds University Business School introducedelectronic only submissions for assessments.

The International Student Office has

embedded sustainability to improve the

Global Cafs environmental impact. Caf

staff received training which emphasised theimportance of sustainable procedure, usingrecycled cups and stirrers and compostingteabags and biscuits. Paper cups are

recycled paper from Vegware, all tea and

coffee products are Fairtrade and biscuits areCooperatives own brand.

Geographys Green Impact team worked withTreesponsibility www.treesponsibility.com/to plant around 1,000 trees near Todmorden.

Crocus planting is now an annual eventorganised by the Sustainability Service. Thisyears planting will take place on 7 November

from 12-2pm in St Georges Field; meet atthe mausoleum at midday. Crocus plantingpromotes habitats for bees and other

invertebrates, supporting our BiodiversityAction Plan.

Colleagues take part in the annual crocus planting


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Collaboration and Enterprise

10 International/Community Engagement Collaboration and Enterprise Reporter 585 October 2014

Prospective students got a chance to practise their interview skills duringthe School of Dentistrys October open day.

International/Community Engagement

New initiative for Dentistryrecruitment

Breakthrough in medical andpharmaceutical research

The idea for mini-interview sessions was a resultof research undertaken by the school, whichfound that non-traditional applicants many of

whom who fit in the Access to Leeds category do not progress as well in the application

process as students from different backgrounds.

During the coaching sessions, potential studentswere tested on their communication skills,manual dexterity, ethical dilemmas, empathy

and social awareness.

Current students wrote the scenarios andpresented them to the applicants and were

on hand to pass on knowledge of their ownexperiences during the application process andgive helpful feedback on their applicants mock

interviews. Its hoped that the sessions will helpprospective students go into the real applicationprocess with confidence.

Around 100 young people took part in thesessions, and their feedback was excellent,says Naomi Tickhill, the facultys Admissions

and Quality Assurance Manager. They foundthe feedback from current students very useful,

and felt that the sessions helped them to identityareas where they could improve their skills in

preparation for the real interview process.

The student society Open Wide also ran afamily fun day at the School of Dentistry during

the open day to encourage and inspire evenyoung children to take an interest in dentistry.This featured a dentist dress up area, family

photoshoots, cardiopulmonary resuscitation(CPR) training, the chance to try materials tomake and fill teeth, and games to help develop

manual dexterity. It also provided visitors andfamilies the opportunity to sign up as patients of

the Leeds Dental Hospital.

For more details about the organisation andcontent of the open day, contact Naomi Tickhill

[email protected]

A University of Leeds spin-out is scaling up

with the potential to be a global business afterinvesting 10m in the launch of its alternativesto antibodies.

Wetherby-based Avacta Life Sciences,

which provides innovative diagnostic tools,consumables and reagents aimed at reducingthe cost of human and animal healthcare,

has created a new type of protein to replaceantibodies in the $55bn worldwide research,diagnostics and pharmaceuticals markets.

It is investing 10m in launching these newproducts, offering dramatic reductions inresearch timescales and opening up new

areas of drug discovery in both industry andacademia.

Avacta Life Sciences, part of the AIM-listed

Avacta Group, has created a catalogue ofwhat it calls Affimers, an engineered proteinalternative to antibodies, and is manufacturing

them at its site in Wetherby. The company is alsoproviding researchers with bespoke Affimers that

address their specific research requirementsthrough a custom service.

Antibodies have a worldwide market worth $55bn;

the majority is in pharmaceuticals, where a third ofall drugs in development are antibodies.

Professor Alastair Smith, a former lecturer andprofessor in the Universitys Physics department

and now CEO of Avacta Life Sciences, says:

Our patented technology offers reliable and easy-to-adopt solutions to some really widespread and

difficult problems in a global market worth billions,and we have the resources and backing to scaleup rapidly as demand grows.

The Avacta Group created Avacta Life Sciences toexploit the Affimer intellectual property it acquiredfrom the Universitys Institute for Molecular

Medicine.

The company is investing in productdevelopment and manufacturing capacity as

well as in commercialisation of Affimers. Inanticipation of this catalogue launch, it hasexpanded its senior management team with

the recruitment of Dr Matt Johnson, formerlyhead of R&D at Abcam, the market leader inantibody supply, to head up operations.

The company raised 10m in a shareplacing in May to support the scale up andcommercial launch of Affimers.

Professor Alastair Smith


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Valuing our people 11Reporter 585October 2014

Valuing our people

Team talk University Sports Office: Sport and PhysicalActivity (SPA) and Leeds University Union sports team

Youre a new team how did thatcome about and what will you bedoing?The formation of our new team has evolved

over the past few years, but is really one ofthe key outcomes of our Sport and PhysicalActivity (SPA) Strategy. Historically, the

delivery of sport for our students, staff and

the community has been split between theUniversitys Sports Development Team, based

at The Edge, and LUUs Activities Team. Ourteam will now work together to ensure thatwe deliver well-researched, well-resourced

and well-coordinated programmes, providingthe best possible sporting experience for ourparticipants.

Whos in the team?The team is a big one, with over 20 membersof staff were fortunate to now have one

of the largest sports development teamsin the sector. We have really experienceddevelopment professionals who will be working

together to meet the goals in our strategy.For the first time, we also have a number offull-time sports-specific positions in hockey,

swimming, netball, cricket and rugby.

Whats the latest news fromthe team?We are currently moving offices. Soon staff

from SPA will be located in a new, morestudent-facing sports office in LUU.

We were recently successful in securing

a funding grant from Sport England for220,000 to establish a new project thatfocuses on the development of opportunities

in seven sports: triathlon, running, cycling,rowing, orienteering, canoeing and climbing.This project has allowed us to recruit an

additional eight members of staff to supportits delivery. Weve appointed two new full-time head coaches in hockey and rugby

and are seeking to recruit a new full-timehead of rowing. We celebrated the LeedsVarsitys tenth birthday this year with over

13,000 spectators at the rugby union finale atHeadingley Stadium. Sport at Leeds will have

a new name, a new brand and a new websitevery soon.

What gives people in the teamthe most job satisfaction?The nature of our team and the breadth of our

sporting offer means that we get satisfactionfrom different things. It may be supporting

an Olympic athlete to balance the demandsof their study, training and competition byworking with academic departments; providing

an opportunity for a student to engage ina sporting activity for the very first time;introducing school swimming programmes to

engage local primary schools; or working withour sports club committees to understandhow much impact their roles have on both

the students they are responsible for and theirfuture career prospects. What is consistentin the programmes we deliver is that our

participants have the very best experiencepossible.

What challenges does the teamface in 2014-15?Weve set a target of becoming number onefor sport experience in the UK and havedeveloped a robust plan to try to achieve this

in the next four years. A key to the realisationof this vision will be how we successfully

engage and work with partners to supportour work. Recent accomplishments includeworking with British Rowing and Leeds

City Rowing Club to support the new 1mboathouse and developing partnerships withGrammar School at Leeds, Yorkshire Jets

(netball), England Hockey and England Rugbyto support full-time coaching positions. Weplan to open an indoor tennis centre, indoor

cricket centre and closed-loop cycle track, allof which will support the achievement of thenew strategy.

Tell us something surprisingabout your workWere a key partner in the Leeds TriathlonCentre, widely regarded as the most

successful triathlon training programme inthe world. Current University students suchas Gordon Benson, Liam Lloyd and Hannah

Drewett, recent graduates including Alastairand Jonny Brownlee and Tom Bishop andLeeds Connected athletes such as Non

Stanford and Lucy Hall have won a total of 17medals at Olympic, Commonwealth or World

Championship events since 2009. The entireUSA team has only won eight!

Ready for action (l-r): Ben Mays, Nick Manning, Carl Brown, Kasia Joniec, Patrick Craig, Kate MacKenzie, Emma Mackenzie-Hogg,Safia Zerdazi, David Bond, Natalie McGuire, Greg Hull


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Research by Dr Graham Askew (School of

Biomedical Sciences) discovered that malepeacocks, which are renowned for their attractivedisplay feathers, were not significantly affected

by the train of feathers when taking off for flight.He observed that the feathers, which weigharound 300g, made no significant difference to

their flight performance, even when comparing

this to the performance of the same peacockswithout their trains. The story was featured by

The Huffington Postand Science.

Voice of Russia ran a story about Sir BobKerslake, the outgoing head of the civil service,who had suggested that there would be five more

years of public sector job spending cuts. Thestation interviewed Professor Malcolm Sawyer(Leeds University Business School) on the

topic, who argued that, if there was growth inthe future, there would be no need to cut publicspending in order to get rid of the deficit.

The University teamed up with Marks and

Spencer to offer a new MOOCInnovation: thekey to business success which began on 15September. BBC News online reported the new

online course and included a comment fromProfessor Neil Morris, Director of Digital Learningat the University.

Dr Guy Ziv (School of Geography) co-authored a

study which found that a decline in populationsof pollinatorssuch as wasps and bees could bea threat to the nutrition of many of the worlds

most poorly fed areas. Dr Ziv spoke to BBC RadioScotland about the new study; the story was alsocovered by Phys.organd Bangladesh Today.

Dr Jana Javornik (School of Sociology and SocialPolicy) wrote an article for The Conversation

UKin which she discussed problems with the

UKs childcaresystem, comparing it to Nordiccountries where the approach to universalchildcare remains a source of policy inspiration.

A new 1m boathouse, which was set up as a

result of a partnership between the University,Leeds University Union, British Rowing andLeeds Rowing Club, opened in September

for rowers across Leeds to use. The projectwas funded by the University of Leeds, BritishRowing, Sport England and WREN, and will

give rowers access to various facilities includinga training and meeting room and easy entry tothe canal. The story was featured by BBC News

online and Rowing and Regattamagazine.

12 In the news

In the news

Reporter 585 October 2014

Dr Gail Nicholls, Director of Admissions at

the School of Medicine, was interviewedby the Guardianabout what admissions

staffare looking for during interviews. DrNicholls said that not only are they looking ata students academic potential but they are

also interested in their social awareness andresponsibility.

BBC Breakfastinterviewed Stephen Fayle(School of Dentistry) about dental healthproblems in pre-school childrenafter Public

Health England released a report showingthat the problem was on the increase.

BBC Ones Who Do You Think You Are?

visited the University with Sheridan Smithto meet Professor Derek Scott (School ofMusic), who provided historical context to theactresss great-grandfathers banjo playing.

Students from the School of Mechanical

Engineering were brought in to help sculptorFiona Banner create a piece of artworkcalled Chinookfor her exhibition at the

Yorkshire Sculpture Park. A feature abouther work and the students support wasposted by the Telegraph.

BBC News online published an articleabout Sigmund Freud75 years after hisdeath. Dr Nicholas Ray (School of English)

commented in the BBCs feature aboutwords and phrases now embedded intoour everyday language that were originally

popularised by Freud.


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Our people/honours

Reporter 585October 2014

Professor Cath Noakes (School of CivilEngineering) has been awarded the 2014Construction and Building Services Divisionprize by the Institution of Mechanical Engineers(IMechE).

Professor Noakes leads a research groupfocusing on building ventilation design andindoor air quality, with a particular focus onengineering control of airborne infection inhospital environments. Her group uses acombination of experimental and computationalmodelling approaches to explore fundamentalquestions around how infectious microorganisms

are dispersed in buildings and to understandhow ventilation design or air cleaningtechnologies can best be applied to reduce risks.Professor Noakes delivered the annual IMechElecture at the award ceremony to an audienceof students, academics and engineeringprofessionals about her research and thechallenges of future research and design.

Publishers Brill of Leiden presented EmeritusProfessor Keith Elliott(Theology) with aFestschrift entitled Texts and Traditions,containing 19 essays from international scholars.

The presentation took place during the annualmeeting of Studiorum Novi Testamenti Societas,the main academic body representing universitylecturers in New Testament studies. The editorsof Texts and Traditionsare Peter Doble andJeffrey Kloha, both former Leeds PhD students.

Undergraduate Sarah Pearsallwon the EisenthalPrize for her application to the BiochemicalSocietys summer studentships. Sarahsapplication was the highest quality receivedby the society, and allowed her to take on aneight-week placement with Dr Roman Tuma in

the Faculty of Biological Sciences. Sarah andDr Tuma worked on the project Engineering ofhexameric helicases to translocate specific RNAmolecules. Following her placement, Sarah hasbeen invited back to round off her research andpresent a report at a lab meeting.

Dominic OKey (School of English) was one offive students from the University shortlisted inthe 2014 Undergraduate awards. Dominic was

the overall winner of the Media and the Artscategory with his paper entitled Bela Tarrs TheTurin Horse: the (in)visible animal. Dominic isnow studying for his Masters degree in Critical

and Cultural Theory.

Leeds graduate, Dr Nick Lydonhas been

awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Medicinefor his instrumental role in the developmentof Gleevec, a drug which transformed two

previously fatal diseases into treatable conditions.Following his degree ceremony, Dr Lydon gavean audience of around 160 staff and students a

lecture on the development of Imatinib and thepotential for targeted cancer therapies.

The Leeds Alumni and Developmentteam has been awarded a Council for

Advancement and Support of Education(CASE) award. The International Gold Circleof Excellence award was presented to the

team for their Court of Benefactors book.

The book recognises donors who have givenmoney and resources to the University. It

details the history of philanthropy at Leedsand recognises the gifts and the differencesthey have made. Each page is dedicated

to a donor such as Dr Arnold Ziff, Frank

Parkinson and the Clothworkers Company.

The book was one of 3,000 nominations forthe CASE awards. The Circle of Excellenceawards programme aims to recognise

accomplishments with a lasting impact which

demonstrate the highest professionalism andoutstanding results.

Kathryn Fisk led the project, and acceptedthe award with Phil Steele, Simon Jenkinsand Fridey Cordingley at the CASE annual

conference.

Professor Theo Raynor(School of Healthcare)has been given a Lifetime Achievement awardby the Royal Pharmaceutical Society.

Professor Raynor has pioneered innovative,

patient-centred research in communicatingmedicines information over the past 35years. His research has informed significantimprovements nationally and internationallyin the information supplied by pharmacists topatients.

Theos research has had an influenceworldwide, particularly through his recentresearch collaboration with the universitiesof Wisconsin and Sydney. Theo has advisedthe Commission on Human Medicines, theEuropean Medicines Agency, the EuropeanParliament and the US Food and Drugs

Administration. In 2012 he was appointed aFellow of the Royal Pharmaceutical Societyand made a member of its Expert AdvisoryPanel.

He is now focusing on how best to presentbenefit and harm information without whichhe believes patients cannot be truly informed- and is advising European Commission-funded research on how patient informationleaflets can be improved.

Dr James Pickeringhas received theLearning Technologist of the Year

award from the Association for LearningTechnology.

The national award runs across the entireeducation sector and celebrates excellentpractice in the learning technology field. Itis awarded to an individual who has madean outstanding contribution to the use oftechnology in education. Candidates werejudged on four key areas including theirimpact on the practice and their abilityto manage research, support or enablelearning through the use of technology.

Dr Pickering says: Im immensely proud

to have won this prestigious national awardin recognition of my use of technologyin supporting student education. I havealways looked to use technology to supportmy teaching as it not only enables studentsat the University to access key resourcesbut students around the world to engage inlearning resources that can support themin their education.

Members of the Alumni and Development teamreceive their award

Professor Theo Raynor

Dr James Pickering


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All colleagues are invited tosubmit their nominationsfor the Universitys Womenof Achievement femalemembers of the University withoutstanding achievements suchas an external prize or awardin their field for exceptionalresearch, teaching, scholarship,technical or professional work

since January 2012.This is the third Women of Achievement

programme, which will culminate in March 2015when the Equality Policy Unit will hold a specialcelebration event. This will increase the visibility

of these inspirational role models and include anexhibition of photographic portraits of the womenbeing honoured.

Previous Women of Achievement includeBeverley Kenny (Head of Catering andConferencing), undergraduate Ella Jakubowska

and Professor Anne Neville (School ofMechanical Engineering).

Nominations should be submitted to

[email protected]

by Wednesday 19 November.

Athena SWAN update

The Faculty of Biological Sciences has again achieved the Athena SWAN Bronze award.

Originally gained in 2009 and renewed in 2013, a team led by Professor Anne King wassuccessful in achieving this award for the faculty in September.

The Athena SWAN Charter (www.athenaswan.org.uk) recognises andcelebrates good employment practice for women working in science,engineering and technology (SET) in higher education and research.

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Women of Achivement (clockwise from top left) : Rawia El Rashidy, Beverley Kenny, Ella Jakubowska, Professor Liane Benning,Professor Sheena Radford, Jennifer Rodley, Professor Bridgette Bewick, Professor Griselda Pollock

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Events

Events 15Reporter 584October 2014

Professor John Plane (School of Chemistry),member of the Atmospheric and PlanetaryChemistry group, will give a lecture on thesame day that the European Space AgencysRosetta Mission attempts to deploy its Philaelanding module on the surface of a cometthat has recently come from the Oort cloud the first time such a challengingmanoeuvre has been attempted.

The lecture will focus on comets asthe source of most of the cosmicdust in the solar system, and theimpacts of the roughly 100 tons of thisdust entering our atmosphere each day.

Professor Plane studies the chemistry ofplanetary atmospheres. He directs theChallenger laboratory at the University

The Bolton Lecture 2014 Cosmic Dust and Comets

12 November. 5.30-6.30pm, Conference Auditorium 1

which is dedicated to exploring atmosphericprocesses, many involving the metals whichablate from meteors.

The lecture series is named after ScrivenBolton (1888-1929) whose bequest enablesthe University to provide an observatory withwhich undergraduates can learn practicalastronomy. Book early to attend this freelecture via http://goo.gl/NLePwSEnquiries to Sarah Gardner [email protected] phone 0113 343 3881.

Campus Bee Network lectures

The Campus Bee Network has planneda lunchtime lecture series, with local andnational speakers covering a variety oftopics including bee diseases, campusresearch and national initiatives. If you

would like to know more or get involved,email [email protected] lectures will be advertised on theEvents pages of the corporate, For Staff andSustainability websites during the comingweeks.

Stanley and Audrey Burton Gallery

public events in November

November at the Gallery begins with LifeDrawing with Robert Oldfield held on thefirst Saturday of every month. However, theNovember session is already sold out, so booknow for December to avoid disappointment!

On Saturday 8 November visitors can make

and glaze their own ceramic piggy bankor gargoyle with Mark Burns Cassell. Allresources and materials are provided. Markwill take the work away at the end of thesessions, and fired pigs and masks will bereturned to the gallery for collection.

The workshop is open to all over 11 years ofage. A refundable charge of 5 is required onbooking, returned on arrival at the workshop.Cancellations within 48 hours of the event willnot be eligible for a refund.

Award-winning poet Suzannah Evans returnsto the gallery on 15 November to run acreative writing workshop, using creativewriting prompts inspired by prints, originalworks, books and more, focusing on thepostwar era.

Visit http://library.leeds.ac.uk/art-gallery for details of the full programme.

Professor Sheena Radford lecture

Tuesday 11 November from 4.30pm

The Vice-Chancellor is inviting staff to an event

honouring Professor Sheena Radford, who hasbeen elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society.The recognition is the highest accolade inBritish science and recognises Sheenas seminalcontributions to understanding how proteins foldand function biologically.

In the lecture, Professor Radford will explainhow researchers have had to grapple withthe dynamics of proteins at a molecular levelto understand how proteins fold, and howthis knowledge is now beginning to helptowards developing therapeutic strategiesagainst diseases of protein misfolding such asParkinsons and Alzheimers. In this public lecture

she will also trace her own personal journey fromfundamental science to the fight against proteinmisfolding diseases and to the award of FRS. Thelecture will be aimed at a general audience andwill also be an opportunity to explain the workof the Universitys Astbury Centre for StructuralMolecular Biology, one of the worlds leadingcentres of research in the field.

Folding proteins: from Astbury to amyloid andageing, will be given by Professor Radford onTuesday 11 November from 4.30pm in theGreat Hall. The lecture will be followed by adrinks reception in Parkinson Court North from

5.30pm. The event is free, but places are limited.Register your attendance athttp://sheena-radford.eventbrite.co.uk

The Adventures of Andy Kershaw

Saturday 8 November, Refectory, 8-11pm

Broadcaster Andy Kershaw returns to theUniversity as part of Leeds University Unions75th anniversary celebrations. The Adventures of

Andy Kershawhas become a hugely successfulhighlight of many literary festivals. The two-hour audiovisual presentation treats audience

to recollections from a life of rock and roll andon the frontlines of some of the worlds mostextreme and dangerous countries. Tickets for

the event cost 12.50 and can be booked onlineat http://goo.gl/fAsPJw

Pendentif Thursday 6 November, 7-10pm

One of the most brilliant and fresh bandsof the new French Scene, Pendentif, willplay at Mine, in the Union, on Thursday 6November. The five piece, led by singerCindy, take inspiration from UK bands suchas Metronomy and Pulp. The concert startsat 7pm, followed by a French music after-party. Their debut album Mafia Douce wasreleased in 2013. The concert is organisedby Dr Isabelle Marc and Dr Stuart Greenfrom the European Popular Musics ResearchGroup and Professor David Platten in theSchool of Languages, Cultures and Societies,with support from CCI Exchange, IgniteFund and French Bureau Export. Tickets are4.50 or 2.50 with a valid NUS card.


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20 FAQs

Whats your favourite part aboutthe job?

I like meeting the different people at theUniversity. There are so many differentcultures, people whove never even tasted

coffee before. Its bizarre. You get to meet

some interesting, and sometimes wacky,people. Theyre all very nice to get on with.

Why are Great Food at Leeds andHugo different?

Hugo is an identity to the University. Peopleenjoy sitting outside and relaxing to Hugosplaylists. Great Food at Leeds offers people a

warm service and places where they can eatgood quality food at reasonable prices. Theteam try to change the menus and give a bit

of a variety. They think of the different peopleat the University and make sure they can have

food that they could get back home, whetherits Chinese, Mexican, Spanish or Italian food.Its catering for different cultures all in onespace.

Whats your favourite thing to buyfrom Hugo?

I enjoy a straight Americano with a croissant ora pain au chocolat.

Whats your favourite thing to dooutside of work?

I like watching films and listening to music.

My favourite movies are historical films, going

back to Roman and medieval times. Myfavourite artist is David Bowie hes a classicartist. You can mention Bowie and talk about

all the greats Brian Eno, Lou Reed, Iggy Pop;he produced and made records for them all.

Which three people would youinvite to a dinner party?Id like my parents to be there. And Id

probably invite Queen Elizabeth I. She wasso highly thought of during her reign, but alsocaused a lot of trouble. It would be interesting

to get an insight into her ideas.

Are there any plans to dosomething more with Hugo?

Hugo can be moved around, so this maybe something we will explore in the future,possibly taking him up to Weetwood Sports

Park for events held there at the weekend. Wewill definitely tart him up at Christmas withlights and music, and offer some warming vin

chaud. Well stick the heating on, too, becauseit gets cold in there!

What is your most frequentlyasked question?

Are you French? or Do you speak French?

Because of the van I get that question a lot!


What is Hugo, the Camionette Cafe?

Camionette means van in French, and Hugois a vintage French Citroen HY Van a coffeeshop on wheels where you can get freshly

made strong European coffee plus a range ofFrench treats such as croissants, patisseries

cakes. We even sell freshly baked baguettesthat you can take home for your dinner justlike the French! We do lattes, cappuccinos,Americanos whatever people want, we can

make it.

How did the idea for Hugocome about?

The idea came from a desire to have a uniquecatering offer on campus, something a bit

different, which became the Hugo. Its veryunusual and has actually become a focalpoint, not just to students but to the people

who work here.

How many people work in Hugo?

Myself and Dan are the main people whowork here. Hugo is now open until 7pm, so we

alternate split shifts between the morning andthe afternoon. We also have people from theRefectory who cover our breaks when needed.

How long have you worked here?

Ive worked at the University for over a yearnow. Ive been involved in Hugo for about sixor seven months.

FAQs

Rowland Taylor, Barista in Hugo

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