Headway 16

Courses for Careers, Learning for Life

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Autumn 2004 - Issue 16

Old GirlsJoin the Old Boys

Now auniversity college

The chapel of Ideas

Editorial headway Southampton Institute’s Alumni Magazine Autumn 2004

elcome to the sixteenth issue ofheadway, the magazine ofSouthampton Institute’s Alumni

Association. I hope you like the fresh newlook for the magazine.

This issue of headway is full of excitingnews about the Institute and its alumni. Inthe public eye a sporting alumnus hasachieved what no other footballer in theworld has managed. Marc Burrows scoredthe fastest ever football goal in history andwon a place in the Guinness Book ofRecords. Two seconds was all it took to puthis team one-nil up and give Marcautomatic fame across the world.

For those who chose to go behind thescenes, we feature two film graduates whoare both following interesting careers inthe industry. David Francis works as aproducer for ITV Granada Sport, a job thathas seen him film events such as FormulaOne and the Rugby World Cup, and JamesEaves has set up his own horror movie filmproduction company whose films havefeatured stars such as Stephanie Beacham,Uri Geller and Dominique Pinon.

I recently caught up with Chris Orr whosedesign company is based in a convertedchapel in Southampton Common. Sincegraduating in 1989, Chris has maintained atwo-way working relationship with theInstitute and all five of his full-time staffhave studied here.

Within the Institute itself, the 2004/05academic year has already got off to apositive start. We have recently beenawarded taught degree awarding powers

which has enabled us to become auniversity college, and we are now makingsuitable progress towards university title.Read more about this news on page 5.

The alumni updates at the back of this issuego as far back as 1974 so take a look to findout what your friends have been up to intheir career and personal lives. Keep sendingthe updates through to us either via ourwebsite or complete and return the carriersheet enclosed with this issue. We try toinclude as many of your stories as possible.

By the time you read this issue our newalumni website will be up and running.This will offer a brand new range ofservices including a reunion noticeboard,alumni news and fully comprehensivedetails of alumni benefits. It still containsthe very popular and successful on-linenetworking and e-directories so you cansearch for lost friends and make contactswith others in your industry. From thewebsite you can also update us with yourcontact details and career information.Take a look at www.solent.ac.uk/alumni

Before I sign off, I would like tocongratulate Paul Goodison for hisachievement in this year’s Olympics. The BSc(Hons) Maritime Studies graduate of 1999came a very commendable fourth in theoverall ranking of the Sailing Laser class,only just missing out on a medal.Congratulations also to the Institute’sstudent yachting team who recently becameworld champions after winning the StudentYachting World Cup in France.

Enjoy the issue.

Julia Fitzpatrick

Public Relations and Alumni Officer

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How to contact theAlumni office

NB Rowing Club's 10th Anniversary Celebration DinnerTo be held in April 2005 (exact date unconfirmed at time of going to press)For further details please contact Susan Hanley, Events and Planning Officer, Sport Solent on 023 8031 9775 ore-mail:[email protected] soon as details are confirmed they will be posted on the alumni website, so check www.solent.ac.uk/alumni regularly

Do you know George?We are looking to find out a bit about oneof the most prestigious members of theInstitute’s history. Known as George orEbeneezer, we gather he first came to lifein the seventies when sculpted by one ofour art and design students. He has beenat the Institute ever since, making hishome at various locations and now residesin the offices of the Principal’sManagement Group. He is quite a characterand has been a topic of conversation withmany alumni and staff from over the years.We would like to find out more about hishistory, particularly if anyone knows whocreated this sculpture, so if any alumni areable to enlighten us please contact thealumni office.

Send your news, views, queries andcomments to:

The Alumni OfficeSouthampton InstituteEast Park TerraceSouthampton SO14 0RB

T. 023 8031 9038

F. 023 8033 4161

E. [email protected]

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2 Principal’s WelcomeFrom Professor Roger Brown

4 Institute News A round up of what’s going on in and around the Institute

23 Focus on...Alumni in India

24 Alumni NewsYour news stories

27 Membership NewsAlumni Association - What’s in it for you?

28 Where are you now?Updates, weddings, reunions and obituaries

32 Gift Collection Purchase a memento from the Institute

33 Millais GalleryForthcoming exhibitions

3 Degree Awarding Powers Southampton Institute becomes a university college

11 Students on Show A showcase of work from the final year’s Degree Shows 2004

12 Old Girls join Old BoysInstitute v Alumni sports report

14 Divine Inspiration Chris Orr takes us to his Chapel of Ideas

17 Taking to the Slopes Ingrid Haukvik-Jensen combines her love of ski-ing with her career

18 Blood, Guts and GoreSouthampton Institute film graduate makes horror movies to keep you on the edge of your seat

20 Behind the ScenesProducing and editing footage of a range of sporting events across the world

22 What a Goal Marc Burrows scores the goal that putshim into the Guinness Book of Records

Centrefold Help for HardmoorHow you our alumni can help students of the future

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Principal’s Welcome headway Southampton Institute’s Alumni Magazine Autumn 2004

his academic year promises to be excit-ing for the Institute. So I thought I’dsketch out some of the things that will

be preoccupying us during the year, andwhich might also be of interest to alumni.

First and foremost we shall be celebratingour success in obtaining taught degreeawarding powers. This is a tremendousachievement for the Institute, a welcomerecognition of the high quality of ourcourses and awards, and a tribute to thequality and effort of our staff.

Getting our own taught degree awardingpowers will not only give us a good boost butset the Institute firmly on the road to ourultimate goal: a university title. In the mean-time taught degree awarding powers gives usthe right to call ourselves a university col-lege, though we have no plans for themoment to change our well known and dis-tinctive institutional name. Nor, sadly, shallwe be able to apply the new powers retro-spectively, which means that readers of head-way will not be able to benefit directly.

We are now preparing for a further visitfrom the Quality Assurance Agency to

assess our fitness for assuming a universitytitle. The visit is likely to take place earlyin 2005. Although we don’t know the pre-cise programme we can expect that theengagement will focus on the quantity andquality of advanced scholarship by staff,and the strength of the Institute’s claimsto be considered a distinctive, community-focused institution. I shall report onprogress in the next issue of headway.

Before then we shall be focusing heavily onstudent recruitment. Student numbers haveheld steady at the Institute in recent yearsalthough an increasing number of our stu-dents are coming to us as their first choiceinstitution. This reflects both word ofmouth – always our best recruiter – andstudents’ experience when they visit uswhilst applying. However, competition forstudents remains fierce and already thereare signs that the introduction of variablefees from 2006 is beginning to have animpact on student demand.

Continuing with the subject of success, I would like to congratulate SouthamptonInstitute’s student yachting team who haverecently become world champions afterwinning the Student Yachting World Cup inFrance. Having dominated the yachtingcompetition nationally for a while, it wasdelightful to see them go one better fromtheir second-place finish last year.

In fact, all our sailing teams have beenextremely successful but the Institute hasalso made considerable progress on a vari-ety of sporting fronts. Following our suc-cess in reaching 45th position in last year’sBritish University Sports Association rank-ings, we have moved up a further fewplaces this year and now stand at 39th.This is a very considerable achievementbearing in mind that only three years ago

we stood at 94th ! The new SportsFederation will help us to consolidate this achievement by pooling the talents,resources and commitment of the Sport andRecreation Service and the SouthamptonInstitute Students’ Union.

In December, the Board of Governors willdecide whether the Institute should levy atop-up fee of £3,000 for students joining usfrom October 2006 on full-time undergradu-ate courses. This compares with the present£1,175 although, unlike the position now,the fee will not have to be paid “up front”but can be repaid from subsequent earningsvia the tax system. It appears that mostinstitutions will be charging the full fee for the majority of their courses, and theInstitute seems likely to follow suit.

Whilst additional revenue from top-up feeswill be welcome, in the long run universitieswill only be able to survive if they are ableto obtain revenue from a number of sources,including their alumni and other associates.In May 2004 the Government published a report by the Vice Chancellor of theUniversity of Bristol about the scope andmeans of increasing voluntary graduate con-tributions, this being a major and quitelongstanding feature of American highereducation. We are currently looking at thereport and may decide to expand our effortsin this area.

All in all, it should be an exciting year.

Best wishes

Roger Brown, Principal

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he new Monopoly Southampton gameis in the shops now and its creator,Southampton Institute graduate, Paula

Knights, returned to the city recently tolaunch the much anticipated game.

Paula, 28, graduated three years ago gain-ing a BA (Hons) in Advertising and nowworks in the marketing department at lead-ing London-based games company WinningMoves UK, which produces the MonopolySouthampton board. The board features 30of the city’s top landmarks including theSouthern Daily Echo, St Mary’s andSouthampton Common, with Southampton

Institute available on a ‘green’ square for £300.

Paula comments:

“It’s set to be the number one game thisChristmas, with already demand from HighStreet retailers phenomenal. We have hadto make thousands more games than atfirst anticipated because the response hasbeen so enormous.”

Nik Mahon, Senior Lecturer in HumanSciences and Communication and Paula’sformer lecturer, adds:

“It was great to see Paula back here withus. Hopefully she'll be able to give ourpresent Advertising students a few tips ongetting past go.”

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Above: The Chairperson of the Board, PaulaKnights, with current Advertising studentslaunches the Southampton edition of the traditional game.


he award of taught degree awardingpowers by the Privy Council, on theadvice of the Quality Assurance

Agency of Higher Education (QAA) and theDepartment for Education and Skills,acknowledges formally the quality of thestudent experience and the standards ofacademic awards at Southampton Institute.

Southampton Institute Principal, ProfessorRoger Brown, comments: “Being awardedtaught degree awarding powers is tremen-dous news, it recognises the sustainedprogress made by the Institute over the pastfive years. It gives official recognition to ourmaturity as an institution, to the quality ofthe student experience and to the standardof our awards, and it also means well-deserved recognition for our staff. This putsus in very good position for the next stage

of consideration for University title.”

Since 1992 Southampton Institute hasawarded its degrees and other higher edu-cation awards under an arrangement withNottingham Trent University (NTU). Fromnow on the Institute can award all taughtundergraduate and postgraduate degrees inits own name. They will be SouthamptonInstitute degrees.

Under the Higher Education Act 2004, insti-tutions with taught degree awarding powerscan apply for university title without firstgaining research degree awarding powers.

Students’ Union President Tristan Jewittsays: “The Students' Union is delighted thatthe Institute had been successful in itsapplication for degree awarding powers.Students will finally be able to haveSouthampton Institute on their graduation

certificates - I only wish it had come ayear earlier so I could have had aSouthampton Institute degree. This meansthe Institute finally is being recognised forthe quality of the degrees it teaches.”

Southampton City Council Leader,Councillor Adrian Vinson, adds: “Heartycongratulations to Southampton Institute.This is excellent news and an entirely fit-ting recognition of the vital contributionthe Institute makes to Southampton's sta-tus as a City of Learning.”

Obtaining taught degree awarding powersentitles the Institute to call itself a univer-sity college, however there are no plans foran immediate name change.

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Southampton Institutenow a university collegeSouthampton Institute became a university college on 1 November 2004, having been granted itsown taught degree awarding powers by the Privy Council. The Institute is now eligible to be considered for the award of full university title.

Above: Staff and students celebrate becoming auniversity college


andy Telford, President (atthe time) of the NationalUnion of Students, cut the

ribbon to officially open Students1st - Southampton Institute’s newstudent information centre at a spe-cial ceremony earlier this year.

Professor Roger Brown, Principal ofSouthampton Institute, welcomed thelarge number of guests and talkedabout the Institute’s investment innew ideas and facilities to supportstudents and praised the closeinvolvement of the Students’ Union.

The innovative centre brings togethera team of advisers who can them-selves provide a wide range of help tostudents or who can put them intouch with other professional or spe-cialist colleagues at the Institute.The advisers liaise with the facultiesand services to form a network thatsupports students. The aim is to pro-vide efficient and accessible informa-tion, advice and guidance to students,and to be more responsive to theneeds of the student community.

Located at the heart ofSouthampton Institute, the new Students 1stInformation Centre willenable students to makethe most of their time inhigher education.

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Putting Students 1st

he quality of information,advice and guidance providedby Careers and Jobshop has

been recognised by the GAB, anindependent body which assessescompanies and organisations againstthe matrix Standard and awards thematrix Quality Mark. The matrixStandard is a national quality stan-dard for organisations deliveringinformation, advice and guidanceservices for learning and work.

Careers and Jobshop is committedto providing an efficient and effec-tive advice and guidance service toall of its customers, including stu-dents, graduates and diplomates.The importance of the Careers andJobshop to the whole Institute isreflected in the first destination ofgraduates in 2003, with 80.2%going into employment, 5.8% tofurther study and only 6.4% unemployed (The remaining 13.4%were either pursuing other activi-ties, such as travel, or the informa-tion was unavailable.)

The Registered Matrix Assessor usedkey indicators to measure currentactivities covering the delivery andmanagement of the service. Manyareas of good practice were identifiedincluding: location, publicity, increas-ing job prospects for minority groups,career workshops, creative use ofresources and staff development.

David Trought, Careers and JobshopManager, comments:

“This matrix accreditation recognis-es the hard work and commitment ofthe Careers and Jobshop team. I wasin no doubt that the team producehigh quality information, advice and guidance and it's excellent forthis to be recognised by an external assessment.”

The career ambitions ofSouthampton Institute students have been given a major boost with theaward of the Matrix QualityMark from the GuidanceAccreditation Board (GAB)to the Institute’s Careersand Jobshop service.

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isual Arts Technician DavePoulton who has been workingat the Glastonbury Festival for

over nine years and volunteered withthe Wise Crone Cafe, raising moneyfor charity, joined them. Dave com-ments:

“Students love it because they sayit’s a time they feel they can provethemselves. I hope that we canexpand the Institute’s involvementthere in future years.”

Southampton Institute was the onlyhigher education facility to havebeen offered these exclusive oppor-tunities, with all the Institute vol-unteers being gifted free tickets andpasses as part of the scheme.

The students worked behind the sceneson the Avalon stage and providedmaterial for Radio Avalon. The thirteenvolunteers also had the opportunity toshow their own films at the festival,encouraging potential students to lookat the Institute as a place that pro-vides courses that are useful, creativeand vocationally based.

For the first time, Mediaand Journalism studentswere given the chance toactively work at this year’sGlastonbury Festival.

SouthamptonInstitute goes to Glastonbury

VAbove: Institutepromotionalcows overlookthe GlastonburyFestival site.

...The aim is to provide efficient andaccessible information,advice andguidance tostudents...”

Above: Mandywas full ofpraise forStudents 1stand encouragedthe Institute topromote itsservices when-ever possible

Guests were also invited to view thefacilities in the Information Centreand the Assistive Technology Centrewhere tours and equipment demon-strations took place.

Professor Roger Brown, comments:

“A crucial part in the success of theventure – from conception to execu-tion – has been the close involve-ment of the Southampton InstituteStudents’ Union. Their input andsupport has been invaluable in mak-ing what could have been a cliché –“putting students first” – a reality.Southampton Institute already hada good reputation for student sup-port and has been praised in manyevaluation reports for its friendli-ness and the way in which staff putthe interests of students first.Students 1st is making sure thissupport is effective and easilyaccessible for all students.”

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conference organised by theSouthampton Business School(SBS) was held in September

entitled, ‘Enhancing Chinese stu-dents’ experience in British HigherEducation’. It is further evidence thatthe Institute is serious about ensur-ing the appropriate support mecha-nisms are in place for the increasingnumber of overseas studentsenrolling on undergraduate and post-graduate programmes.

The conference dealt with issuesincluding assessment, student inte-gration and group-based learning.Workshops were used to discuss areassuch as language difficulties, culturaldifferences and learning styles.Delegates and contributors came fromacross the UK and China.

Tom Thomas, Dean of SBS comments,

“In recent years there has beentremendous growth in the number ofChinese students in UK higher educa-tion. Last year there were around30,000 Chinese students studying in the UK. For many universities theoverseas market has become a signifi-cant income generator. However, weshould not simply take the moneyand expect to treat overseas studentsas if they were home students. We need to ensure that additionalsupport mechanisms are put in place.This is true for many overseas stu-dents and not just those from China.”

This conference is the first of manyevents that will be organised in thecoming years that will deal with howthe Institute supports all of its stu-dents, whether they are from the UKor overseas. Tom Thomas continues,“We need to learn more about thebest ways of supporting such stu-dents so that everyone will have anappropriate and rewarding experi-ence during their stay with us.”

More details about the conferencecan be found on the SBS web-site:www.solent.ac.uk/sbs

The Chinese experience

Above: TomThomas withtwo of the conference delegates

n a drive to find the key torenewing the economic prosperityof European port cities and their

surrounding areas, SouthamptonInstitute is contributing environmen-tal expertise to a new internationalpartnership initiative led bySouthampton City Council.

The research is being carried out aspart of the European Union fundedproject, NEW EPOC, (ReNEWingEconomic Prosperity for Port Cities),

which consists of nine port citiesfrom seven European countries,including Bilbao, Bremen, Cherbourg,Southampton and Taranto. ThroughNEW EPOC, which is halfway throughits three-year duration, SouthamptonCity Council is promoting the city as an ideal location for maritimeresearch and a base for high technology businesses.

At a recent meeting in Trieste inItaly, partners showcased work in

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progress. On behalf of the Institute,Professor David Johnson and KatePike from the School of Maritimeand Coastal Studies added an evalu-ation of green shipping initiativesto an earlier analysis of shippingimpacts. The next step will be tocritically evaluate the effectivenessof environmental management meas-ures in place at partner ports.

“This work feeds directly back intoboth our postgraduate and under-graduate curriculum”, explainsProfessor Johnson. “Trieste is anexcellent case study of a port cityfacing up to the challenges of re-inventing its urban waterfront,whilst retaining the integrity ofcenturies of maritime heritage.”

The NEW EPOC partnership will provide a forum for the sharing ofexperience and best practices inport city development, enabling thepartner cities to address socio-eco-nomic issues arising from globalisa-tion of world markets and theimpact of new technology on maritime economies. By encouragingthe development of spin-off activities, the project hopes to create new jobs and ensure the portcities and their local communitiesprosper into the next century.

Above: Triestein Italy wherepartners show-cased work inprogress

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he RINA-BMF Student NavalArchitect prize was offered forthe first time this year and is

awarded to the student from the BSc(Hons) Yacht Manufacturing andSurveying course who makes the bestpresentation of their final-year proj-ect to a group of experts drawn fromthe small craft industry. The RINA-BAe Systems prize is awarded to thebest project presentation by a stu-dent from the BEng (Hons) Yacht andPowercraft Design course.

Each of the three short-listed stu-dents from each degree was required

to give a 15-minute presentation tothe judges and defend their work ina Q&A session. The panel consistedof Trevor Blakeley (CEO RINA), DavidMoody (Moody Yachts), Peter Tier(Tier & Adams) and Jerry Turner(Dubois Naval Architects).

The winners for 2004 are JamesHammond with his investigation intothe long-term viability of spray upprocedures for marine craft (RINA-BMF prize) and Simon Maguire withhis preliminary design of a 7.5 metresports boat (RINA-BAe Systemsprize). Both will be graduating

from the Institute this November.

Robin Loscombe, BSc (Hons) YachtManufacturing and Surveying CourseLeader, comments:

“Events such as these are of enor-mous value to the students and staffof Southampton Institute. They actas a showcase for students’ work andprovide an ideal ‘launch pad’ forundergraduates about to embark ontheir careers.”

Yacht Engineering students from Southampton Institutesubjected their final-year projects to industry scrutinywhen they competed for two prizes offered by the RoyalInstitution of Naval Architects (RINA) in association withthe British Marine Federation (BMF) and BAe Systems.

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Industry recognises yachting excellence

Above: Thepanel and winners withSimon’s designin the fore-ground: (L-R)David Moody,Jerry Turner,Simon Maguire,JamesHammond,Trevor Blakelyand Peter Tier

r Brown became Principal of theInstitute in 1998, and hasdemonstrated significant

achievement in educational leader-ship, helping to shape the nationalagenda on a number of major policyissues. A publisher of many articleson policy making in higher and fur-ther education, his second bookQuality Assurance in HigherEducation: the UK experience since

1992 was published in February 2004.

Dr Mike Barnett is the Head of theTechnology Research Centre and hasprovided a fresh direction for theFaculty of Technology’s research in a number of successful ways. Dr Barnett’s outstanding externalstanding and recognition has beenrecognised by a variety of organisa-tions including the InternationalMaritime Organisation (IMO), the

Nautical Institute, World MaritimeUniversity, Institute of MarineEngineering, Science and Technologyand the European MaritimeIndustries Forum.

Dr Alina Kaczorowska has an estab-lished national, European and international reputation for herwork on international law. She hasundertaken original research in sev-eral fields of international law andhas published in English, Frenchand Polish. Dr Kaczorowska hasdeveloped innovative courses ofstudy and other curriculum develop-ments in the Institute’sSouthampton Business School. Shehas established and now managesthe School of Law’s internationalexchange programme and has initi-ated projects aimed at the interna-tionalisation of the School of Law.

Dr Barnett will be giving his inaugu-ral professorial lecture entitled:“Hindsight and Forecast: The JanusPrinciple in Maritime safety,” onTuesday 25 January 2005 6.15pm. Ifyou would like to attend please call023 8031 9038 or e-mail:[email protected]

Southampton Institute’s Academic Board recently approvedthe awarding of professorial title to three members of staff.Dr Roger Brown, Principal of Southampton Institute, hasbeen awarded the title of Professor of Higher EducationPolicy, Dr Mike Barnett is Professor of Maritime Safety andDr Alina Kaczorowska is Professor of European Union Law.

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Above: (Left to right) Professor’s MikeBarnett, Roger Brown and Alina Kaczorowska


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his year, via its chairmanshipof the LEADER (LocalEmployers Acting on Diversity,

Equality and Race) Employers Forum,the Institute joined the NationalMentoring Consortium’s (NMC)Undergraduate Ethnic MinorityMentoring Programme. Twelve stu-dents participated with mentors fromlocal and regional organisations suchas Ford, Inland Revenue, HampshireConstabulary, Hampshire Fire andRescue, Southampton Institute andFry Samuels Consultancy.

The programme matches studentswith working professionals from localbusinesses, to help the students gainsupport and experience and to prepare them for entering the worldof work. This is a one-to-one rela-tionship where students have theopportunity to improve their personal and professional skills.

At the recent NMC 10th AnnualAwards Ceremony in London, LeeBenning, who will graduate this yearwith a 2:1 BA (Hons) Business withE-commerce, and Silvana De Bellisfrom the Inland Revenue, were suc-cessfully nominated as SouthamptonInstitute’s and LEADER’s Mentee andMentor of the year.

Sunny Takhar, Lee’s mentor andSouthampton Institute’s EqualitiesProject Officer, nominated him forthe progress that he has made to

achieve his goal of setting up hisown business following his gradua-tion this year. Sunny comments:

“I decided to become a mentorbecause I always wished I hadsomeone to help me find out what Iwanted to do with my life when Iwas younger. I feel my own commu-nication and time management skillshave improved as a result of becom-ing a mentor. I have really enjoyedworking with Lee, and it has beengreat to see him become morefocused and confident.”

Lee Benning, SouthamptonInstitute’s Mentee of the year, adds:

“As well as helping me to improvecertain skills such as time manage-ment, my mentor Sunny helped meto see what I really wanted to doupon graduation, Sunny was instru-mental in helping me to obtain aplace in a business incubator unitrun through Southampton Institutewhich is designed for people settingup their own businesses. She put mein contact with the right people andencouraged me to network.”

The Institute has also been runninga career enhancement scheme for itsminority ethnic students, entitledMERITS (Minority Ethnic RecruitmentInformation Training and Support).This aims to provide student partici-pants with the ability to develop the

skills required to successfully enterthe graduate labour market.

MERITS consists of classroom-basedseminars covering topics such asinterview technique and CV writingas well as short unpaid work placements. Students have beenplaced with organisations such asHampshire Constabulary, BBC, HSBCand the National Health Service.

The Institute is looking to expandboth schemes and ideally wouldwelcome any alumni who would bewilling to act as mentors, andorganisations that are willing tooffer placements to our students.A mentor training session will betaking place this autumn. If youwould like to become involved orfind out more information, pleasee-mail [email protected] or [email protected] or telephone023 8031 9838 and speak toSusannah Hall or Fiona Celeghin.

National data indicate that minority ethnic graduates find it more difficult to obtainwork when compared with their white peers. To address this disparity, the Institute hasjoined a national scheme to raise aspirations and improve the career prospects of thedisadvantaged and minority ethnic graduates.

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Left: A group ofstudents on theMerits schemeCentre: SoniaAndrews, whorecently graduated fromthe LLB Lawcourse, undertook awork placementat the CrownProsecutionService inEastleigh viathe Merits programme.Right: Lee withhis Mentee ofthe year award.

...The Merits scheme provides student participantswith skills tosuccessfullyenter the graduatelabour market...

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he Institute awarded a numberof prizes to students of its localand regional feeder schools and

colleges including Eastleigh College,South Downs College, St Vincent’sCollege, Cowes High School, andGuernsey College of FurtherEducation. An Institute member ofstaff attended their end-of-year cere-monies to award students for theireducational enthusiasm, commitmentand achievement.

In July, for the third year running, agroup of students from Esher Collegewere invited into the Institute toexperience life as an undergraduatefor a day and a night. They weregiven lectures in Media Production

and Digital Media enabling them tolook at past students’ work, see thefacilities and undertake group work-shops. They also experienced thesocial aspect of student life, bygoing out bowling and for a mealwith current students followed by anovernight stay in the Chantry Hallsof Residence.

These residential visits are proven towork as they often help with thestudents’ decision-making processwhen deciding what path to takeafter further education.

How can you help?

If you are now in the teaching pro-fession or head of your subject area

within a local or regional school orcollege, why not organise for yourstudents to visit the Institute? Theteam also goes out to schools or col-leges within a 40-mile radius of theInstitute to deliver talks to studentsand parents on various topics includ-ing student life, the cost of going onto higher education, interview practice, the reasons for going on tohigher education, writing a personalstatement and UCAS applications.

If you would like to becomeinvolved, contact Zoe Green,Education Liaison Manager on 0238031 9539 or [email protected]

As the new academic year gets underway, the Education Liaison team at the Institutereflects upon a number of initiatives that took place during the last year, involvingprospective higher education students from local feeder schools and colleges.

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Encouraging students into Higher EducationAbove:Students fromlocal colleges experienced life as anundergraduate

n June, 25 students from TottonCollege took part in a number ofmedia and IT workshops which

related to the work which they producing at college. Whilst stayingat Chantry Halls of Residence, theywere given campus tours, night-timeentertainment and a trip to a localten-pin bowling complex.

In the months of June and July, 47

pupils plus staff from WoodlandsCommunity School, Weston Park BoysSchool and Chamberlayne Park Schooltook part in a range of tailor-madeactivities including sports, productdesign, fashion, journalism, creativethinking, web design and maritimeengineering. This is the first timethat Year 10 pupils have taken partin a residential Summer School.

As part of the residential, FEAmbassadors from Taunton’s and CityCollege, who were trained bySouthampton Institute, talked to thepupils about their experiences of further education.

The residential and the Ambassadorsscheme are all Aimhigher projects.Aimhigher is a government initiativeto raise aspirations of young peopleand to get them to think that highereducation is for them by giving apositive and balanced view of higher

education. Geeta Uppal, WideningParticipation Officer, comments:

“By holding the residential on campus, it is giving the students asreal as possible experience and mak-ing them aware of the opportunitiesavailable to them beyond school andcollege. The key groups that we aretargeting are first generation intohigher education, which is essentialto the Institute’s WideningParticipation Strategy.”

To promote the opportunitiesoffered by higher education,the Institute’s WideningParticipation team hostedresidential Summer Schoolsto find out whatSouthampton Institute isreally like.

Summer Schools

Above: Over500 pupils tookpart in SummerSchools

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tudents who undertake volun-teering activities as part of aspecial Community Volunteering

Unit are required to keep a reflectivediary and portfolio of evidence,which in return will equal 20 creditstowards their final degree.Volunteering activity is funded bythe Higher Education ActiveCommunity Fund (HEACF).

Mike Sani and Mike Smurthwaitepiloted the Curriculum Plus unitprior to them both graduating with aBA (Hons) in Business Managementin 2004. They set up an IT aware-ness project for residents ofSturminster House in Southampton,which involved producing atimetable of sessions including BasicSkills, Happy Shopper and Jobzoneenabling residents to improve theirIT skills. Their portfolio, whichdemonstrated their learning, wassubmitted and assessed as part oftheir degree and was used to help

test out the Curriculum Plus modelfor wider use.

Other HEACF projects which Institutevolunteers have been involved ininclude: ‘Project Oarsome’ where stu-dents have been encouraging school-children into the sport of rowing,working with the NHS to provideopportunities in sport and physicalactivity for adults with mild or moder-ate learning disabilities, building anew recording studio at the AfricanCaribbean Centre, and ‘Recycling is aFashion Frame of Mind’ which involvesrecycling donated old garments byturning them into fashion items.

The 2004/05 academic year startedwith a Community VolunteeringAwareness Week. This was held toattract students and staff into

volunteering and community-basedactivities to build stronger linksbetween the Institute and the widercommunity. The event also raisedthe profile of Curriculum Plus andmany students have signed up tobecome volunteers.

The Institute also hosted aCommunity Forum in September topromote community engagement. It was an opportunity for keyInstitute staff to meet around 50 vol-untary bodies and support agenciesand share ideas and discuss opportu-nities for community engagement,volunteering and outreach activities.

For more information about volun-teering at the Institute, contact GusMcKechnie on 023 8031 9595 or e-mail: [email protected]

A new scheme entitledCurriculum Plus is enablingSouthampton Institute students to gain academiccredit for their volunteeringwork with the communityand local businesses.

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Above:Project Oarsome

n August this year, it was allchange in the Students’ Union.Out went last year’s executive

committee and in came another,elected in by Institute students.Tristan Jewitt, Chris Buller, NeilSharp and Eryn Donald have takenover the sabbatical roles and will berepresenting the student body forthe 2004/05 academic year.

Tristan Jewitt, who studiedInternational Business, has taken onthe post of President of the Students’Union. He will be the interfacebetween the Institute and theStudents’ Union, carrying on the goodwork by his predecessor Ben Craig.Chris Buller has taken on the role of

VP Activities so having a BA (Hons) inSports Studies with Business willassist him with his role. Neil Sharp,the new VP Academic Affairs studiedthe same course as Chris and will befocused on promoting ‘The Source’,which is the new Student AdviceCentre. Last and by no means least,Eryn Donald has taken over as VPMedia Communications whose role willbe to produce SISU’s monthly studentpublication Havit and raise the profileof the website (www.sisuonline.co.uk).Eryn will be graduating with a BA(Hons) in Film Studies this November.

The Students’ Union Building hasbeen refurbished over the summerand the new committee will be

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raising its awareness by putting onsome new and exciting events forstudents. Alumni are entitled to usethe facilities for a year after gradu-ating and are welcome to use thebar for reunions provided they letTristan know in advance. Contacthim on 023 8023 2154 or e-mail:[email protected]

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or the group of 70 cadets, theevent was a chance to celebratecompleting a three-year training

programme that, subject to theirfinal examinations, will qualify themas Navigating or Engineer Officers inthe Merchant Navy. The training com-bines two phases at Warsash - com-pleting theory units and shortcourses such as fire fighting and seasurvival - and time at sea onboardtheir sponsoring companies’ ships.

The cadets’ families, sponsoring com-pany representatives and lecturingstaff from WMC were invited to theblack-tie event, which included formalpresentations to all cadets, awards forspecial achievement and speeches.

A few days before the Passing-outCeremony, HRH Princess Anne

presented senior cadets MatthewBatchelor of the Royal FleetAuxiliary and Awang Matassim ofShell Ship Management with theirawards for Best NVQ Portfolio at theannual Marine Society Annual Courtin London.

John Millican, Director of WMC,comments:

“The cadetship is an intensive pro-gramme of academic and professionaldevelopment which takes young peo-ple, most of them straight from school,and turns them into responsible ships'officers. The curriculum is especiallydemanding, because in addition to thenormal demands of operating commer-cial ships worldwide, cadets have to beequipped to deal with emergency situ-ations if they arise.”

Senior cadets from Southampton Institute’s WarsashMaritime Centre (WMC) celebrated their achievementsboth ashore and at sea at the annual WMC Senior CadetPassing-out Ceremony held at Southampton FootballClub’s St Mary’s Stadium.

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Top: The deckcadets of 2004Middle: Theengine cadets of2004Bottom left:MatthewBachelor receiv-ing his Awardfrom HRHPrincess AnneBottom middle:Awang Matassimreceiving hisMarine SocietyAward from HRHPrincess AnneBottom right:KatherineWeston (RoyalFleet Auxiliary)receives herDeck Cadet ofthe Year awardfrom JohnMillican,Director of WMC

Cadets find their sea legs

hil Kawol, a graduate in BA(Hons) Graphic Image Making,was the winner of the ‘screen

based’ award and won design mate-rials or computer equipment to thevalue of £250 and a two-week workplacement at the White Total Designstudio. Hannah Cooper and BenSmith, both graduates in BA (Hons)Graphic Design, were named awardwinners in the ‘print based’ catego-ry: Hannah won £250 of designmaterials or computer equipmentand Ben was offered a two-weekwork placement.

White Total Design’s Head ofDesign, Marc White, comments:

“The quality of the entries wasexcellent – we were encouraged bythe creative talent demonstrated by the students, and also the realis-tic attitude and commercial awareness shown.”

Three budding designershave scooped prestigiousawards and prizes in theWhite Total DesignAchievement in DesignAwards 2004, a new schemeorganised by Hampshiredesign consultancy, WhiteTotal Design, in associationwith the Institute’s Schoolof Design.

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t the Technology Degree Show,bright, young, technology degreestudents showcased their inventive

skills to industry and professional bodies.Engineering, computing and media technol-ogy undergraduates had the opportunity toexhibit their projects to representatives oflocal engineering, electronics and manufac-turing companies, local government andprofessional institutions.

Among the students’ prototypes and projectswere: Tiger Motion Detector, Electronic SchoolRegister System to aid Anti-Truancy Policing,3D Face Recognition, Design and Constructionof a Sound Responsive Lighting Rig andCruise Control – Driving for the Future.

Final-year students from the Faculty of Media,Arts and Society and the School of Design inthe Faculty of Technology exhibited their

work to potential employers and talent spot-ters at the open evening for the 2004 DegreeShow, throughout the Millais Building. Tosupplement the Degree Show, an exhibitionof design students’ work was held concur-rently in the Millais Gallery, comprising addi-tional work by final-year students.

The works on show were varied, rangingfrom sculptures, to photography collectionson specific themes, and from short filmsand illustrations to graphic design displaystackling a variety of issues. There were alsodisplays from the fashion students of thework they have designed over the last threeyears. For the first time ever, work by stu-dents from the Advertising andCommunication programme group was alsofeatured in a multi-media exhibition.

BA (Hons) Film Studies students, whose films

are becoming popular with both broadcastersand national and international film festivals,held their final degree show at the HarbourLights Picture House in Ocean Village.

There were 12 films in total, with nine 10-minute fiction films and three 20-minutedocumentaries. The Faculty of Media, Artsand Society awarded prizes to the best filmin each category, with Salvation at theSlabs winning the best documentary andjoint winners of the fiction section wereEarly Rising and Beyond Horizons. A specialscriptwriting prize was also awarded to thefilm, The Message.

Final-year students from the Faculty of Media, Arts and Society and the Faculty of Technologyexhibited their finest work for the 2004 Degree Shows.

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Above: Various exhibits from the 2004 Degree Shows


he annual event, now in its tenthyear, was set up in memory of PaulJohnstone, a member of the Institute

rugby club, who very sadly lost his battlewith cancer after graduating in 1994. Anannual rugby match between the Instituteand Old Boys has been played ever since,and has since been turned into a biggerevent incorporating netball and hockey.

In the main event, the rugby match, thetrophy changed hands yet again as the OldBoys took revenge on the Institute sidethat had won the trophy last year. In truetradition there was some ferocious tacklingand some personal battles to settle, butthe game was evenly fought out as the OldBoys ran out as winners 17-12. Stand-incaptain Richard Perez accepted the trophyon behalf of the Old Boys from InstitutePrincipal, Professor Roger Brown.

The hockey match was also won by the OldBoys. The game saw the Institute take a clear3-1 lead, but with only 20 minutes on theclock, the Old Boys showed their true classslotting in four goals to win the game 5-3,hanging on to the trophy they claimed backlast year. Once again there was some interest-ing refereeing from Ben Ward (who coinciden-tally happened to be the Old Boys’ coach).

New recruits to the event, the Old Girls, werenot so lucky in the netball match. Their finedisplay of pre-match drinking was notmatched on the court as the Institute wonthe game, 23-17. The main talking points athalf-time revolved around the array of funnycoloured legs on display from the currentInstitute side, sparking rumours that theyhad been sponsored by a fake tan company.It was however a close game umpired by SueCroskery in wet and windy conditions.

The successful day for the alumni wasrounded up by a presentation of trophiesand a barbecue for everyone involved,funded by the Alumni Association.

If you would like to be involved or takepart in next year’s event, please contactMatt (Bish) Bishop on 023 8031 9671 or e-mail:[email protected]

Old Girlsjoin theOld BoysThe Paul Johnstone Memorial Alumni Sports Day (previously knownas Old Boys Day) took an entirely new dimension this year with theintroduction of its first netball match, enabling girls to take part inthe event. The three matches, hockey, netball and rugby wereplayed in wet and windy conditions, as the sun snubbed the event yet again.

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rugby match, the trophychanged hands yet again asthe Old Boys took revengeon the Institute side thathad won the trophy last year...

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Rowing ordersOn the same weekend in March that Oxfordand Cambridge battled it out in their 150thBoat Race, bragging rights were being set-tled on the River Itchen for the InauguralOld Boys versus Institute boat race.

Southampton Institute Rowing Club’s FirstVIII were invited to race a crew from therecently founded Southampton InstituteAlumni Boat Club. The challenge was towin a one-on-one race over a 2.5 milestretch of water.

Instigated by former Rowing Club President,Gary Seward, 14 alumni rowers were draftedin from as far as Germany for the race. JoMcNamara undertook the role as cox, andwas joined by James Bossi, Rob Hanford,Richard Lane, Richard Simms, RuariMacGregor, Tom Carter and Andy O’Donovanwith Gary to make the final eight.

“Despite the oncesvelte athleticmachines now lookinga bit more portly , thealumni side were feel-ing quietly confident.”remarks Gary.

As both boatsmoved away fromthe starting line, itwas neck and neckfor about threestrokes, before theInstitute began tomove away leavingthe opposition intheir wake. At the

one-mile mark the Institute pulled out afive-length lead and were making theevent into a showpiece.

At the two-mile mark, the Institute teamwere flowing along with minimal effort whilethe alumni side were being screamed at bycoxwoman Jo who wasn’t giving up withouta fight. By the time the teams passed underthe Cobden Bridge for the last 500-metresprint the difference between the two crewswas 10 lengths. Gary comments, “TheInstitute looked clean, tidy and relaxed. Thealumni looked shattered, deflated and floun-dering in overwhelming defeat.”

After the race, both teams headed to theclubhouse bar to celebrate the Institute’soutstanding win and the alumni’s delightat completing the course. The alumni creware already planning their tactics for nextyear’s re-match, which they will endeavourto win. If you would like to becomeinvolved, contact Gary Seward by e-mail:[email protected] or visit www.instituterowing.com

Pictures:Alumninowcompete

annuallyagainst currentInstitute students inhockey, rugby, netballand rowing, for thePaul JohnstoneMemorial AlumniSports day and boat race

Left to right:Jessica Hall, PeteJarvis, David Talbot,Chris Orr, MartinBlunt (back), AdamFinch (front), Mike Johnson


hris Orr grew up and studied locally. He came to the Institute in 1985 to do a National Diploma in Scientific and

Technical Illustration, and graduated fouryears later with an HND in the same subject.

Upon graduating in 1989, Chris was keen towork for himself straight away so became afreelance illustrator. With help from theGovernment Enterprise Allowance Scheme andthe Prince’s Youth Business Trust, he wasgiven loans, a bursary and a mentor for a yearwho provided advice on how to start up abusiness, book-keeping and, most importantly,encouragement. Working from his bedroom athome, Chris approached companies with hisportfolio. It was a slow start and it took himthree years to make a living, but he had thedrive and persistence to make a go of it.

As things started to take off, Chris started

using freelancers, which enabled him todiversify from illustration for publishing intodesign work, and they became known asChris Orr and Associates followed bychrisorr.com. Now known as Chapel Designand Marketing, and with six full-time perma-nent staff, the company has 80 regularclients across the world including DorlingKindersley (publisher of travel guides), AA publishing, Banner Homes, PersimmonHomes, Orchard Homes, National GeographicSociety and Southampton City Council. It isa full-service company which takes on avariety of design work from housing devel-opment brochures to re-designing a brandfor an international company. All membersof staff work as a team on most projects and bring their different skills to the table. Each project is of high quality and the teamworks extremely well together.

Since Chris graduated in 1989, he hasmaintained regular contact with theInstitute. One particular lecturer, Pete

Jarvis, does freelance work for the companyand helps Chris out on a consultancy basis.Pete first met Chris when he was acting asexternal examiner for the HND in Scientificand Technical Illustration in 1988. Petesays: “I was very impressed with Chris andhis work at the time, so kept in touch andmet up again when I started teaching atthe Institute in 1990. I have seen Chris gofrom strength to strength and we have

It is no coincidence that all of the staff at Chapel Design and Marketing studied at SouthamptonInstitute. After all, it was studying at the Institute that helped pave the way for Chris Orr to start uphis own company which now provides a full range of illustration, design and marketing services. The company has gone from being a one-man band to become a limited company with 80 regularclients and six full-time permanent staff.

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worked on many projects together. Chrishas taught part-time on the HND and nowBA (Hons) Graphic Image Making, where hisskills in computer graphics have benefitedour students considerably.”

Chris’s relationship with the Institute alsoextends to taking students on work place-ments and he always visits the annual DegreeShows. “These are good channels to meet stu-dents and graduates,” Chris says, “Institutegraduates are a good source of employment.”

The teamFirst to join Chris,was Adam Finch whostarted as a free-lancer shortly aftergraduating from theInstitute in 1991with an HND inScientific andTechnicalIllustration. He had worked for himself for afew years doing freelance work in scientificillustration, publishing and advertisingbefore becoming employed with the compa-ny as an illustrator. Adam’s work mainlyinvolves painting architectural drawings inwatercolour such as houses in housingbrochures and painting the icons on mapsin travel guides. “I took the course at theInstitute as I have always enjoyed paint-ing, and while I was studying I was taughta lot about colour and techniques. I enjoythis job, it is good to be paid to do some-thing you enjoy,” Adam remarks.

Next to join the company was MikeJohnson, who graduated from the Institutewith an HND in Scientific and TechnicalIllustration in 1995. Mike had met Chriswhen he taught him at the Institute, and

he undertook two weeks work experiencewith him while he was studying. They keptin touch and six months after graduating,Chris took him on as a digital illustrator.Mike divides his time between architecturalcomputer generated images and digitalillustration work. He says: “The technicalillustration skills I learned on the drawingboard when I was studying at the Institutehave been very useful in my job. The bestthing about working in this company isthat the jobs you do are varied, you don’tknow what you will get to work on next.”

In 1999, they were joined by David Talbot (ona freelance basis initially), shortly after gradu-ating from the Institute with a BA (Hons) inIllustration and Animation. Pete Jarvis wasDavid’s tutor at the Institute and had intro-duced him to Chris, who was also impressedwith David’s work at the final-year DegreeShow. David is a technical illustrator, whichhas involved drawing artists’ impressions ofnew houses for property developers, floorplansand maps for travelguides. “I particularlyenjoy creating something that has not beenbuilt yet,” he says, “It is satisfying to then see what I have drawn in print.”

Jessica Hall joined thecompany as a Graphic

Designer in 2000, shortly after graduatingfrom the Institute with a BA (Hons)Graphic Design. She had also impressedChris with her final-year project, which wason display at the annual Degree Show. Herrole mainly involves putting togetherbrochures, leaflets and designing logos butit can vary depending on the types of proj-ects that the company takes on. “The mostenjoyable aspect of this job is the begin-ning of each project, where I am able to bemost creative. The Institute gave me agood grounding in Apple Mac skills, whichhave enabled me to transform my ideasinto designs. I want my career to grow withthe company.”

The newest recruit to the company isMartin Blunt who joined in 2003, havingstudied Graphic Design at the Institute.Previously, he had worked for design andmarketing companies, locally, and whilsttravelling in Australia and New Zealand. Heis employed as a graphic designer who car-ries out web and print-based work. A recent project he has

completed was a marketing campaign for ascheme of apartments in Cambridge, whichinvolved carrying out research about thecompany and its houses through to thedesign and printing of the brochure.

Onto the ChapelThe most instrumental part of the compa-ny’s development was when it acquired itsown premises and rebranded earlier thisyear, changing its name in the process. Thenew premises is quite something. It is anexquisite chapel in the middle ofSouthampton Common, which had stoodderelict for 30 years, before Chris decided,with the help of South and Solent BuildingPreservation Trust to convert the interior tooffice space. The chapel remains untouchedon the outside, has an old church door,stained glassed windows throughout andchurch pews and epitaphs inside. Insidethere is a modern relaxed environmentwhich accommodates the six-strong cre-ative team and their studio environment.

Cleverly thoughtout, Chris hasalways wanted toown his own premis-es and decided totie this in with re-branding his compa-ny from chrisorr.comto Chapel Designand Marketing. Hetook the ironmon-

gery from the chapel doors and used this asthe logo for the newly re-branded company.Existing and potential clients were sent acardboard cut-out of the chapel so thatthey could “slot the tabs together to maketheir very own chapel of ideas”.

“I have great fulfilment from employingpeople and laying the foundations for theircareer,” Chris remarks. “The team hereworks really well together and I enjoyworking with them. Thanks to them, thecompany has moved on to what it is now.It is not just about me anymore, it is moreabout the team, which is one of the rea-sons behind the renaming of the companyfrom chrisorr.com ltd to Chapel Design andMarketing Ltd.

“Acquiring our own premises feels reallygood. When I think about it we have comea long way from my first year with aturnover of £7,000 (half of which was aloan)! I enjoy my work and having a happyworkforce. I envisage that the company willcontinue to grow and provide jobs for life.”

Top: The cardboard cut-out of the chapelFar left: The team l-r Chris, David, Jessica,Martin, Adam and MikeMiddle: David inside the chapelRight: Images from the chapel


riginally from Norway, Ingrid decided tostudy Marketing at the Institute as shefound it interesting, felt it would give

her good career opportunities and she wantedto improve her English language skills. Gladof her decision, the skills gained from herdegree have proved useful, as “sponsorship isa part of the marketing mix”, she says.

Returning to Norway following graduation in2001, her first position was at the BislettAlliance who are responsible for the BislettGames, a Golden League athletics event andthe Oslo Marathon. Two-and-a-half yearsago she joined the NSF, and within fourmonths, she was offered a job in their marketing department.

The NSF is part of the International SkiFederation (FIS), International OlympicCommittee (IOC) and the National SportsFederation (NIF). The Federation worksthrough six skiing disciplines to supportyoung people from 1,150 ski clubs in

Norway through to the top athletes com-peting in the World Championship andOlympics. “Norway is one of the leading skinations of the world,” says Ingrid.

Ingrid’s first worked in the marketingdepartment as the Skipool Manager whichinvolved looking after the suppliers ofclothing, ski wax, skis, boots, helmets,gloves, energy products etc. “The Skipoolmembers pay a membership fee and deliverservices or products to our teams and thefederation and in return, receive certainmarketing rights to our teams.”

Earlier this year, Ingrid changed jobs withinthe marketing department to becomeSponsor Manager for the Nordic Disciplines,which covers cross-country skiing, skijumping and the competition that com-bines the two (known as Nordic combined).Her role is to deal with the sponsor compa-nies and follow up the contracts. “Thesponsors can use the athletes for their

marketing campaigns so I liaise betweenthem and the sports managers.”

“This job is a good starting place for mycareer,” she says, “No two days are the sameand I have been able to travel. I work with allsorts of people from a range of companies andhave learnt a lot. It is busy during the winterseason and quieter during the summer.”

She also has something else to thank theInstitute for; she met the love of her life,Anders Jensen (BA (Hons) ShippingOperations 2002) whom she married in2003. They have recently become parentsto a baby boy, Sander, born this October.Ingrid plans to take a year off on maternityleave, then return to the same job. “Mycareer is important to me as well as havinga family. I believe one can manage both.”

Working as Sponsor Manager for the Norwegian Ski Federation(NSF) has enabled Ingrid Haukvik-Jensen to combine her love ofsports with her BA (Hons) in Marketing, which she gained fromthe Institute in 2001.

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Blood,guts andgore

Blood,guts andgoreNot for the faint hearted, James Eaves has set up his own filmcompany specialising in horror movies and featuring stars suchas Stephanie Beacham, Uri Geller and Dominique Pinon. Hisfilms have their fair share of vampires, terror, and murders with a plot to keep you on the edge of your seat.

hile he was at the Institute Jamesdirected three short films, ‘TheWicker Man’, ‘Asylum’ and ‘The

Darkest Breed’. Upon graduating from theInstitute with a 2:1 BA (Hons) Film Studiesin 1998, he formed independent film pro-duction company CatnCage Pictures and co-wrote, produced and directed ‘Sanitarium’,a medical horror film about a mysteriousexperimental drug that sends patientsinsane. Starring Uri Geller, this film wassold to a US distributor in 1999.

James then went on to his next project, afilm called ‘Hellbreeder’, a tale about a moth-er searching for the killer of her lost son.French actor Dominique Pinon stars as thehard-bitten Detective Weiss searching for thekiller and Darren Day plays a mysterious

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stranger called Sam. James met Dominique atthe Cannes film festival in 2001 and foundhim to be “a down to earth actor who wasgenuinely interested in working on low-budg-et films”. US sales agent American WorldPictures now represents the film.

After the success of his first two films, whichare both available to rent and buy, Jamesdecided to set up Amber Pictures(www.amberpictures.co.uk) with his producingpartner Laura Tennant. Based inSouthampton, Amber Pictures is a low-budgetfilm company specialising in horror movies.

“I needed to start a new company to beginwork on my debut feature as a sole director,”says James. “Horror is a genre that has awide appeal while being able to shoot a film

on a low budget. When you are trying to sella thriller or drama, the distributors and salesagents need a ‘name’ to sell the film butwith horror genre, the film itself is the star.”

Currently in production is the company’sfirst film ‘The Witches Hammer’, starringStephanie Beacham, who is best known forher roles in Dynasty, The Colbys and BadGirls. James wrote the part of Madeleinewith Stephanie in mind, for the gothic horror about a man-made vampire who is in a race against evil to find a book written by the world’s first witch. “This has been the hardest film to make so farbut the most enjoyable,” remarks James.“It is being filmed across a number of locations, with a large cast and the budgetrestraints of moving from S16mm to

35mm have presented a few challenges!”

James has strong aspirations for his latestcreation: “We hope to get a cinema releasefor it. We’ll be going to the film festival inCannes to try and find the right distribu-tor.” He’s already also thinking about hisnext film, having given the idea for it to awriter who is putting together the scriptwhilst he concludes this film. That will gointo production in early 2005.

“The best part about this job is hearing theactors speak the lines I’ve written andwatching the scenes come together.”

Above: The ancient vampire ‘ La Madre’ in thewitches hammer. Photograph by L.Tennant©Amber Pictures


avid graduated from the Institute in2000 with a BA (Hons) in FilmStudies. “I really enjoyed studying at

the Institute. The lecturers were all veryknowledgeable and helped make the theoryinteresting and accessible,” he says.

Following graduation, his first job in theindustry was for two months working onBBC’s City Hospital summer series. It was dur-

ing that time that hesaw an advert in themedia section of TheGuardian for posi-tions at ITV GranadaSport, so decided toapply, and got thejob.“I’ve always hada strong interest in avariety of sports. Iapplied for the job asit looked like a goodopportunity – a jobin sports televisionbased inSouthampton.

I thought I’d have to move to London forsuch a job,” he remarks.

At ITV Granada Sport, David has worked upthrough the ranks to his current position ofProducer, a role that varies according to thenature of the sporting event. With regard tothe programme International Motor Sport (orFormula 3000), he is the Series Producer. “Idecide on the run-order, what footage isneeded in the pit lane and then have to editthe programme back in Southampton,” hesays. For larger events such as Formula One or

the Rugby World Cup, he works as anAssistant Producer as part of a larger team.“We are asked by the programme producer tocut menu packages, highlights of sport actionor features that have been filmed. We aretold the total duration time that they wouldlike this in, then we go away and cut it,”David adds. “At an outside broadcast, I fulfila number of jobs. At Silverstone this year, Iwas a VT AP (Video Tape Assistant Producer).This involved watching monitors with outputfrom 13 cameras around the track, looking forany overtaking, mistakes or crashes etc thatthe director may miss or need replays of.”

ITV Granada Sport are media partners withArsenal Football Club, so David is involvedwith producing and directing the content fortheir big screens at their Highbury Stadiumand producing DVDs to commemorate playerachievements. On rare occasions, when therehasn’t been a presenter or reporter available,David has stepped in front of the cameraand interviewed football players and man-agers: “I have no desire to be in front of thecamera but if I had to, my Gran would bepleased to see me.” David remarks.

Despite the long and unsocial hours that comewith the job, David has already had manyhighlights in his career: “I really enjoyedworking on the Formula 3000. The opportunityto travel with the F1 tour is something I maynever get the opportunity to do again.”

David can also add to that the experience ofworking on the Rugby World Cup in 2003,which was extra special due to England winning the tournament. He recalls, “It was

like a marathon for the first month as thegames come in thick and fast, so you arealways doing something. My role was to puttogether the music pieces for the live gamesor clip up sequences of play for analysis pre-game, half-time and post-game. ITV won aBAFTA for best sports programme and RoyalTelevision Society awards for its coverage. Itreally was a team production.”

Looking forward to the future, and keen todevelop his career further, David says, “Ihope to be involved with Formula One or thenew Grand Prix 2 series next year, and morelong term work on an Olympics or even a

Football World Cup. My advice to others is tofind a job or career you really love workingin. It makes the sweet times sweeter and thehard times that much more bearable.”

Working as a producer for ITV Granada Sport enables David Francis to combine his love of sportwith a career in the broadcasting industry. He has travelled the world to film a variety of sportingevents from the Rugby World Cup to Formula One racing.

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arc sets the scene: “It was a reallywindy day, and was therefore goingto be a game of two halves. At the

kick-off I joked to my strike partner and ref-eree that the goalie was quite far off his lineand with the wind, I would have a shot.With that the referee blew his whistle and assoon as the ball was played to me, I kickedthe ball over the keepers head and it landedin the net, one foot below the crossbar. Thereferee timed the goal at 2.5 seconds.”

Marc went on to score a hat-trick of goalsto put Cowes 4-0 up at half-time and theywent on to win the match 5-3. He didn’tthink too much about the goal until afterthe game, when former Southampton playerGordon Watson and comedian Mike Osmanwho had witnessed the goal, told him hehad a case and started making a few calls.

“My phone then went crazy as I took callsfrom the media,” Marc adds. “I have to dategiven 50 interviews, with the coverageextending to America, South Africa, Germany,

Israel and Australia. I have also been live onSky Sports. I have received a letter from theFootball Association confirming the recordand I hope that the goal will appear in thenext edition of the Guinness Book ofRecords. The old world record of 2.8 secondswas set by an Argentine player six years agowho was playing in the Uruguayan League.”

Football has always played an integral part ofMarc’s life. In 1995 he joined Portsmouth FCas an apprentice footballer while he studiedGNVQ Leisure and Tourism at SouthamptonCity College. He played for the reserves a fewtimes at Premier League stadiums and againstplayers such as Rio Ferdinand and FrankLampard. After this came to an end, he cameto the Institute to study for a HND in LeisureStudies: “This course encompassed my love ofsport and gave me the opportunity toprogress onto the degree from the HND.”

While he was a student, Marc captained theInstitute football team for three years andplayed for it for the entire four years that

he was a student. The highlight of this,being made man of the match after scoringboth goals in the 2-0 win over theUniversity in the Varsity match in 2001,the same year that he graduated with a BA(Hons) in Sports Studies with Business.

“The Institute allowed me to mature as aperson and develop both academic and softskills, which I now use on a daily basis. Imanaged to adopt a ‘work hard play hard’ethic which is why I believe I haveachieved what I have.”

Off the pitch, Marc has set up AdvancedSelection Ltd with a friend, which specialisesin professional engineering recruitment, rang-ing from IT to manufacturing and electronics.He still plays football and is getting used tothe fame that has come with being the scorerof the fastest ever goal in football.

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Above: Marc’s goal got him a place in theGuinness Book of Records

At two seconds past three o’clock on Saturday 3 April 2004 in the Sydenhams Wessex League Combination match betweenEastleigh Reserves and Cowes Reserves - history was made.Sports Studies with Business graduate Marc Burrows scored thefastest ever football goal in history and got a place in theGuinness Book of Records.

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ndian students have been coming tothe Institute for 30 years, with numbers doubling since the Institute

started to raise its profile there some tenyears ago. Whilst Mumbai (formerlyBombay) and Delhi are home to many, halfof the students come from cities as farapart as Chandigarh in the north andChennai and Hyderabad in the South.Around two-thirds of the students are drawnto our one-year Masters’ programmes, par-ticularly in Management, Law and IT, whofind the courses fit their plans for employ-ment in a global environment. Some ofthese have benefited from the Institute’ssought-after postgraduate scholarships.

India and England enjoy a special relation-ship which has endured periods of dramaticchanges in India. This (and maybe our pas-sion for Indian food) helps Indian studentsfeel at home during their time in the UK.

The following Indian alumni are doing well intheir careers and are interested in getting intouch with other Institute graduates fromtheir country.

Kalapatapu Ravikiran SharmaAge: 32

Course studied and year of graduation:Postgraduate Certificate in Management2001

Which University in India did you studyat before coming to the Institute?Indian Institute of Technology, RoorkeeIndian Institute of Technology, MumbaiOsmania University, Hyderabad

Present Occupation and Employer:Associate Professor, Rai University,Hyderabad

Job Profile: I am an Associate Professor inCommunication Management and HumanResources Management and responsible forteaching a two-year Master of BusinessAdministration (MBA) degree, a two-yearMaster of Mass Communication (MMC)

degree and a three-year Bachelor of MassCommunication (BMC) degree.

What are your career aspirations?My ambition in life is to become a post-doctoral research fellow at an internationalpremier university. I would like to be a gen-uine academician with equal exposure toteaching, research, training and consulting.

Why would you like to meet up withInstitute graduates based in India?I would love to interact with fellowSouthampton Institute alumni in India, as Ican learn a lot from them, and perhaps under-take an initiative with them to further boostthe brand image of the Institute in India.

E-mail address for further contact:[email protected]

Puneet ThamanAge: 26

Course studied and year of graduation: Master Business Administration (MBA), 2003

Which University in India did you studyat before coming to the Institute?KDK College of Engineering, Nagpur

Present Occupation and Employer:Sales Territory Supervisor, Colgate-Palmolive(I) Ltd, Jaipur

Job Profile: Responsible for distribution management.Also, line management responsibility formanaging a sales team of about 15 peoplein the Jaipur district.

What are your career aspirations?I want to be a Brand Manager for a fastmoving consumer goods company.

Why would you like to meet up withInstitute graduates based in India?The idea of alumni meeting up in India isgreat. It will not only give us the chance tomeet up with our friends but also others whohave shared the same Institute experience.


Jaideep GandhiAge: 26

Course studied and year of graduation: MBA, 2004

Which University in India did you studyat before coming to the Institute?Madras University

Present Occupation and Employer:Business Development Manager, MahindraIndustrial Park Ltd, Chennai

Job Profile: I am responsible for sales and key accountmanagement with international propertyconsultants and IT companies. My role alsoinvolves conceptualising and executingevents that would befit our brand

What are your career aspirations?I aspire to become one of India’s most suc-cessful entrepreneurs.

Why would you like to meet up withInstitute graduates based in India?Most of my best friends were internationalstudents, and I would like to meet up withthem at a national level.


We would like to hear from more Indianalumni as we are in the process of setting up an alumni association inIndia. We are also looking at hosting analumni event in the near future, wherethe Institute graduates from India can network and meet other alumni in their own country.

Please email [email protected] for further details.

Institute graduates from other countrieswho are interested in setting up alumniassociations in their own country, pleaseemail [email protected] for more details.

The alumni association has many international members who came to Southampton Institute to study,then returned to their home country to utilise their qualification.

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he award, along with £500 cash,was presented by MaldwinDrummond, President of the Trust,

on the bridge of Cunard’s luxury linerwhilst it was moored in Southampton.

Joanna, 25, achieved distinction in15 of 18 subjects she studied andcarried out work at sea to an exem-plary standard. She completed herstudies at Southampton Institute’sWMC in December 2003 obtainingher MCA certification as a DeckOfficer and is currently serving as athird officer on the ships of the

British Antarctic Survey.

A delighted Jo comments:

“I would like to say a big ‘thank you’to the Wakeford Trust. It is a greathonour and privilege to receive thisaward and the recognition thataccompanies it. I have always want-ed to work in the shipping industryand I have now found a job that Ithoroughly enjoy.”

The Wakeford Maritime Lectures Trustwas created in 1999 further to theseries of Wakeford Lectures that were

established by the former Director ofWarsash Maritime Centre (School ofNavigation, as was) CaptainWakeford in 1935. The WakefordLectures are an established part ofthe maritime calendar with the Trustworking towards further promotionof the seafaring profession and associated activities.

The annual student award hasrecently been created by the Trust asa way of showcasing the achieve-ments of students studying at aca-demic institutions local to the Trust.

In a special ceremony held this summer onboard Queen Mary2, the world’s grandest luxury liner, Warsash Maritime Centre(WMC) cadet Joanne Cox, was presented with the firstWakeford Maritime Lectures Trust Annual Student Award inrecognition of her outstanding maritime achievements

Maritime student awarded prize aboard QM2

Above: MaldwinDrummond,Joanna andCaptain Warwickof QM2T

ose Tinted Reflections is a recon-structed Victorian archive, whichshows 18 of more than 60 images

from the original archive along withletters and various items of Victoriana.The narrative story running throughthe archive reflects a two-year periodwhere the daughter, Rose’s, health

rapidly deteriorates and she is sent tothe country to convalesce. On the fewoccasions when they are reunited, themother, Florence avidly photographsher daughter.

The concept of the archive is unusualin its portrayal of the female inVictorian society. Sarah comments, “It is the result of a number of fascina-tions: the photography of JuliaMargaret Cameron who was a pioneering Victorian female photogra-pher; the challenges of society’s con-ventions and beliefs; and, mostimportantly, the fascination of my rela-tionship with my daughter.”

Sarah produced the exhibition as herfinal-year project while studying forher BA (Hons) in Photography, fromwhich she graduated in 2003 withfirst-class honours.

Reflecting on the concept of RoseTinted Reflections, Sarah comments,“It is entirely prefabricated and ismy own concept. Each time I revisitRose, I feel different about it. It wasan evolution of an idea rather than astart to finish project and in a senseit continues to evolve.”

Rose Tinted Reflections was launchedat Palace House, Beaulieu, by LordMontagu. It then travelled to theDimbola Lodge Gallery and

Photography Museum on the Isle ofWight, which was poignantly the homeof Julia Margaret Cameron. Morerecently, it has been on display atHighcliffe Castle, where it was openedby Colin Ford CBE, Independent Curatorand Historian. In his opening speech,he said: “With this collection there issomething fascinating, tantalising,mysterious and extraordinary going on.The best, most interesting and fasci-nating photographs you see are theones where you must never stop withwhat you see on the surface.” Theexhibition, which has also attractedthe interest of Lord Lichfield, is cur-rently in storage while Sarah is seekingto secure sponsorship and funding sothat it can be taken to America.

Since graduating only last year,Sarah has been very busy undertak-ing a number of photographic com-missions; preparing for the launch ofan accompanying exhibition to RoseTinted Reflections; re-establishingher former business, ‘Handartworks’;and currently working part time forDr Wendy Leeks at the Institute. Sheis also planning to embark on apart-time MPhil to PhD programmeat the Institute as soon as theappropriate funding can be secured.

For more information about Sarah’swork, e-mail: [email protected]

Sarah Hand’s photographicexhibition, Rose TintedReflections, reflects the personal life and intimaterelationship between amother and her teenagedaughter over a two-yearperiod in Victorian times.

Above left:Image from aset called‘Mariana’ fromthe Rose TintedReflectionsexhibitionAbove right:Sarah Hand

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imon graduated from theInstitute in 2003 after studyingHND Design (Communications),

followed by the BA (Hons)Advertising top-up. It was the timespent on the Advertising course thatmade Simon realise that being a cre-ative was what he really wanted todo. He enjoyed the creative elementsof the course, but it also developedhis group-working skills, and gavehim a good understanding of thevariety of roles within the industryother than his own.

It also made him realise how diffi-cult getting a job in advertising is.

After an intense final year, Simonwent travelling around Spain andPortugal for two months. On hisreturn he moved to London lastSeptember, and started his place-ment at Leith London, which is partof the Scottish-based Leith Agencywhose clients include Carling,Grolsch, Irn-Bru, Hotpoint andGoodfella's pizza, last October.

Simon’s role as copywriter involveshim working with an Art Director tocome up with ideas for adverts.

Theoretically, the Art Director doesall the visual stuff, and Simon writesthe copy, but the roles cross overquite a bit.

Simon explains more about theGoodfella's Pizza campaign,

“My Art Director and I came up withthe idea to depict that theGoodfella's deep-pan range, DeeplyDelicious, is the number 1 big eat,so we used portrait shots of every-day people. The photos were thenre-touched to make the mouthshuge. The ad includes a shot of theproduct with the line, 'DeeplyDelicious. The enormously satisfyingnew pizza from Goodfella's.' It wasamazing seeing what started off as asmall idea on bus shelters.”

Since the success of the Goodfella’sCampaign for which he got credit inCampaign! magazine, Simon has been

working with Leith’s biggest client,Carling to produce some radio advertsand clients such as Hotpoint,Options, and the telephone directoryservice Maureen 118 212.

His plans for the future?

“I just want to get as much work outin the public eye as possible. It wasa real buzz to see the Goodfella'swork in the street, but it would beamazing to get some television ads done.”

A poster campaign to promote the new deep-panpizza from Goodfella's hitthe streets nationally thisyear, putting SouthamptonInstitute graduate andcopywriter, Simon Cenamorin the public eye.

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eaturing details and pictures ofradio presenters, sub-editors,reporters and freelances who got

their degrees at the Institute, the siteincludes a searchable database, a mes-sage board and a jobs page.

Praised by two accrediting bodies inthe past month as an innovative wayof giving extra value to students,the site is designed to be quick and

easy to use. It can be found at:www.checkback.co.uk.

Mel Bray, site creator and SeniorLecturer in Radio and MultimediaJournalism, comments:

“The idea is to keep our graduatesnetworking so that they can helpeach other, and to give tips to otherswho are looking for a job. One of the

Industry praise is rolling in for a new website that allows graduates from the BA (Hons) Journalismcourse to track each other’s careers.

Checking back on the web

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Above left:Goodfella’sDeeply Deliciousad campaign.Courtesy of RoryCarnegieAbove right:Simon CenamorCourtesy of Leith London

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main messages already emerging isthe importance of work experience.”

The site is part of a large on-lineresource set up by Mel in the pasttwo years. The Broadcast Council forthe Training of Journalists hasdescribed the support site for radiojournalism as a model that shouldbe followed by similar coursesthroughout the country.


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tep forward HND LeisureStudies graduate Penny Field to take some of the load

off your hands.

Penny realised that there was a gapin the market to provide a service tohelp out with these kind of jobs, soset up her own company, RockConcierge, which she refers to as “apersonal lifestyle management serv-ice”. Through her company, Pennyoffers a personal tailor-made serviceto suit her clients’ lifestyles andneeds. She charges by the hour,half-day or day for her services,which can include watering your gar-den when you are on holiday, organ-ising your holiday, taxing the car,

walking your dog, collecting the drycleaning and even writing and post-ing your Christmas cards! She hasalso organised many hen and stagparties.

After graduating in 2000, Pennyworked on boats all around theworld and taught windsurfing andsailing, but grew tired of answeringto an employer’s demands, so decid-ed to branch out on her own. Sheundertook some short part-timecourses to prepare her to set-up herown business and with the supportand encouragement from many ofher Institute friends, she set upRock Concierge. “My services are pro-moted through word of mouth, aswith this type of work you wouldn’tnecessarily want a stranger lookingafter your house keys,” she says.

There is an ever-increasing list ofclients on her books and Pennyspends her time doing a wide varietyof jobs to help them out. Most of herclients are regular and are billed bythe month as she does a few jobs foreach one. No two days are the sameor are they predictable. “I love thevariety of this job,” she says, “I can

Have you ever had to taketime off work to let someone into your home toread the electricity meter?Or to wait for an importantfurniture delivery? Or to getthe washing machine fixed?

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he Product Design withMarketing (PDM) IndustrialForum provides an opportunity

for current BA (Hons) Product Designwith Marketing students to networkwith graduates, about employmentissues and to ensure the continuingindustrial relevance of the course.

The group has met annually sincethe course inception in 1993 and itsrole is to provide advice for revalida-tion on issues such as course struc-ture and content, allows forfeedback on the course and canadvise on current software require-ments. To prepare them fully for the

workplace, graduates are able topresent a range of skills and adviceto final-year students, which makethem highly employable in a varietyof careers. These include sample CVsand job-hunting advice, conductingmock interviews with the students,and giving advice on CVs and fillingin application forms.

As well as graduate successes, thegroup invites other industry represen-tatives to give presentations.

Andy Douglas, Course Leader for BA(Hons) Product Design withMarketing, comments:

“The Industrial Forum exists toensure the industrial relevance ofthe course, to advise on employmentissues, and to voice industry’s expec-tations of graduates. A key aim ofthe course is to maximise employ-ment potential. What we hope to doby bringing in ex-students workingacross a wide spectrum, is to ‘openthe eyes’ of our students to thebreadth of opportunities afforded bythe degree.”

Product design graduates, who are making their mark inindustry, are passing on the knowledge and experiencebehind their success to current students through a uniqueindustrial group.

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Left:Left to right(back): TobyYeld, MattLewin, CharlesCandy, SimonFoster, GrahamSweetinburghLeft to right(front): LauraCurrie, StewartWilkins

work when I want and how I want. I don’t have someone telling me towork nine to five. I hope that in thefuture I will be able to get enoughclients so that I can take on employ-ees and move into my own offices.”

A sample of some of the services onoffer are listed on the Rock Conciergewebsite (www.rockconcierge.co.uk),but Penny is always looking for newchallenges and jobs to undertake.“Variety is the spice of life,” she says.

Above: Pennytakes the loadoff your hands

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Membership News

In addition to continued links with the Institute, membership benefits include:

• headway – the alumni magazine published twice a year

• News of reunions and events

• Continued use of the library and Sport and Recreation Service at preferential membership rates

• Use of the Careers Service for three years after graduating

• Inclusion in the on-line e-mail directory of graduates and/or professional networking directory

• Contact service which enables you to get in touch with old friends

• Discounts on IT training courses, postgraduate or professional study and use of conference or training facilities

• Free membership card

• Use of Students’ Union facilities for a year after graduating

• Mail order service of Institute memorabilia

• Alumni pages on the Institute website dedicated to all alumni members (www.solent.ac.uk/alumni)

Full details of our benefits can be found at www.solent.ac.uk/alumni/benefits or in our alumni association benefits booklet. Contact the Alumni Office on 023 8031 9038 or e-mail: [email protected] for a copy.

Keep in touch!Write or e-mail in to tell us about your life after graduation. Whether you’re undertaking fur-ther study, travelling the world, running your own business or enjoying a successful career,we’d like to hear about it. Also, if you know of any other Institute graduates who do notreceive headway, ask them to contact us so we can put their details on our system so theycan receive future copies.

Don’t forget to let the Alumni Office know if you change address.

www.solent.ac.uk/alumni

As a graduate of Southampton Institute you are a member of theAlumni Association. With a network of 22,500 members worldwide,the Association aims to maintain lifelong links with past students,promote your achievements and foster contact with old friends and colleagues.

Alumni Association - what’s in it for you?

hanks to a number of fundrais-ing initiatives, the Lisa WilsonScholarship Fund continues to

go from strength to strength. Nowat the £50,000 mark, 17 studentswill benefit from the fund whichwas set up in memory of Lisa Wilsonwho graduated with an HND inBusiness and Marketing (2000) andBA (Hons) Business Management(2001). In the 2004/05 academicyear, five students will receive abursary to help them with the costof higher education. Plans are alsoin the pipeline for a sports bursaryin Lisa’s name.

Lisa’s father, Clive, made it throughthe rain to complete the 2004London Marathon in 5 hours 20 minutes, raising a staggering£6,000. More recently monies havebeen raised at the annual LisaWilson Golf Day, HampshireChronicle Cup football matchbetween Eastleigh and WinchesterCity, and the Southampton Institutestaff conference charity auction.

Reflecting on the achievements ofthe fund to date, Clive remarks: “Lisawould have been extremely proud toknow that she has helped so manyyoungsters fulfil their ambitions likeshe had the opportunity to.”

If anyone would like to find out moreor make a donation, please e-mail:[email protected] or visitwww.lisathedaddy.com.

Lisa Wilson fundtops £50k

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Above: Lisa Wilson

Visit the e-directory on the alumni website at www.solent.ac.uk/alumni

You can search from the many alumni that are registered, by their name, course ofstudy or year of graduation and find out their e-mail address which will enable you toget back in touch with them.

Also, you can search for alumni from a particular industry (eg accountancy, computingetc.) with the networking directory.

Don't forget to register your own details so that people can get in touch with you!

If you have already registered with one or both of these directories, please can youcheck we have your current contact details online and if not, e-mail:[email protected] to inform us of the changes.

www.solent.ac.uk/alumni

Want to find old friends?


1974Abbas DarweishDiploma Graphic Design

I must be one of the oldest first graduatesof the Institute and one of the first stu-dents to join Faculty of Arts and Designfrom the Old Marsh Lane. I have since hada long association with the Institute, having served on consultative committeeswhile in industry. I later became aProfessor of Visual Communications in theMiddle East for six years. Now I’m Head ofMedia at South Downs College. TheInstitute has since gone from strength tostrength and I am proud to have had myeducation from there.

1982

Rouben GhazarianHND in Building and CollegeAssociateship in ConstructionEngineering

Hi from United States to all my dearfriends. I miss you all. I had the bestschool time with you all at Southampton.I would like to hear from anyone from myclass. Please e-mail me at [email protected]

Above: From left to right: Graduating in 1982.Rouben, Dr Carter (Head of Department), Hossine Yeganeh Toossi

1990

Mark StenifordHND Graphic Design

After 12 years living and working inLondon, I returned home to Cardiff a cou-ple of years ago, where I now work for aLondon-based fine art publishing company,Medici. I got married in 2000 to Lisa (abrummie nurse) and we have a nine-month-old son Sebastian. He is our second son, asvery sadly our first, Gabriel died suddenlyas a baby in 2002. I ran the LondonMarathon earlier this year in memory ofhim and raised £2,500 for the Foundationfor the Study of Infant Deaths (FSID). Iwould like to thank the alumni associationfor putting me back in touch with quite afew college friends, who it was great tohear from and who kindly sponsored me. Ifyou would like to get in touch or find outmore about the charity, please [email protected]

Above: Mark Steniford finishing the FloraLondon Marathon this year.

1993Katrina DowdingRICS Exempting Diploma

After leaving the Institute I went on toachieve a BSc (Hons) in Quantity Surveyingat Southbank University London andbecame a member of the Royal Institutionof Chartered Surveyors in 1989. I haveworked on over 30 Construction Projectssince then and have recently completedwork as the Commercial Manager of the£500m refurbishment of the Ministry ofDefence Building in Whitehall London. Myfather, Bryan Dowding continues to work asa lecturer (part time) at the Institute,which he has done since its formation asthe College of Technology in 1969.

1994Steve DaviesMSc Condition Monitoring

Since graduating, the MSc has been instru-mental in getting me involved with the oiland gas industry both on and offshore. Inow lead a team of condition monitoringconsultants covering the south of the UKonshore, offshore and overseas. So all inall, it was worthwhile and I have fondmemories of my mature student period.

1995Sean CurtisBA (Hons) Business Studies

Greetings to the Business Studies class of1995: Gavin, Louise, Pam, Dom, Andy, Maxand co. Let’s meet up. My e-mail address [email protected]

Alumni Where are you now?

This is your chance to let everyone know where you’ve been and whatyou’ve been up to since graduating from Southampton Institute. Toappear in the next issue just fill in the ‘Alumni Update Form’ on theaddress sheet with this magazine, visit our website at www.solent.ac.ukor e-mail your update to: [email protected]


1996Barry BlackfordBSc (Hons) Business InformationTechnology

Greetings to all those BIT (1996 and 1997)and CS (1997) graduates and lecturers whoremember me. I write this from 10.6 kilome-tres above the Black Sea en route to India.Since graduating I have worked for theUniversity of Southampton, Bank of Scotland(now HBOS) and Xansa, which is where I amnow. My current role is as BusinessContinuity Consultant for our BusinessProcess Outsourcing Practice, which meansthat I am overseeing the quality of the BPOplanning for a number of major new andexisting clients. I also have to take the oddtrip to India to audit the training and test-ing procedures for 2-3 weeks at a time,which means I can see my wife who is a stu-dent nurse on a placement in Kathmandu.

1997Scott WatersBA (Hons) Business

After graduating, I went travelling for twoyears around the world, then after working foran advertising agency, I went back into edu-cation to complete my PGCE. Once I graduatedfrom that, I started teaching in St GeorgesChurch of England Foundation School,Broadstairs, Kent. While all of this was goingon, I got married to Jane and we have justcelebrated the birth of our first baby, a girlcalled Mia Holly – my greatest achievement.

Doreen JoynerBSc (Hons) Business InformationTechnology

After three years working as a technicalauthor, I moved to France with my husbandin 2001. Now own a farm and two gitesand run small website design company.

Conrad WellawayHND Public Administration

After graduating I worked back in Yeovil for 18months, then got a job as an administrativeofficer working for the Department of Work andPensions in Devon where I still work today. Igot married to Sarah in 2003 and would like tosay a big hello to Jayne Saunders, Kate Ralph,Mark Wheeldon and Martin Finlay.

Zoë GreenHND (Water Based) Leisure Studies (1995)BSc (Hons) Maritime Studies (1997)MA Marketing Management (2001)

After six months of being chased by lionsin Africa; ripped off by tuk-tuks inThailand; eating octopus in Hong Kong;bargaining in Singapore; sailing and divingthe barrier reef in Oz; skydiving, caving andbungee jumping in New Zealand; turtlewatching and surfing in Hawaii; skiing inCanada; driving along the Keys in Floridaand chilling out on the beach at home inTrinidad; I am back in Southampton work-ing, and have a completely different per-spective on everything. Since the trip Ihave then visited friends in Switzerlandwho I’d met whilst travelling and plan to‘do’ Europe next year.

This is just to let you know that if anyoneout there who might be remotely thinkingof a career break, my advice is to do it! Itwill be the best life experience you couldgive yourself.

I still drink in Hamble with some of myHND friends where we reminisce about thegood old Warsash days.

Above: Zoe at Milford Sound, South Island, NewZealand

1998Colin OswaldBA (Hons) Media with Cultural Studies

Hello to all from the course, it’s been solong, no-one probably remembers me! I amnow working as an analyst for theMetropolitan Police based in South Harrow,London. It involves number crunching,searching data and is quite interesting. e-mail me on [email protected]

Charmain NeishBA (Hons) Business Administration

I am now a banking supervisor at an inter-national firm in Gibraltar. Have a three-year-old daughter and got married in September.

Tracy CopeBA (Hons) Journalism

I am currently working at the Mary HareSchool for the Deaf in my hometown ofNewbury. In February next year, I will beundertaking a 10-day cycle ride through500km of Vietnamese countryside to raisemoney for deaf children and their families,which will be physically and mentally chal-lenging. If you would like to get in touchor sponsor me, my e-mail is: [email protected]

1999Kathrin JoaBA (Hons) Corporate Communication

After my graduation I went back to Italy andstarted a training programme in the market-ing and public relations department of achampagne company. After six months Idecided it wasn’t the place for me so startedteaching English to children aged 6-14 yearsold. I applied to do an International Master’sin Marketing, which I was able to study forsome modules abroad. After finishing myMaster’s I started work as an account execu-tive at DDB Advertising agency in Milan andhave since been promoted to StrategicPlanner. I would love to hear from oldfriends, my e-mail address is: [email protected]

Richard CattelBSc (Hons) International Transport

I am now a partner in my father’s market-ing and promotion business, which spe-cialises in higher education establishments.Would like to hear from anyone who knowsme, my e-mail address is:[email protected]

2000Stephen EllisBA (Hons) Marketing Design

I graduated in 2000 and soon found myselfas Marketing Manager for a motorsportscompany based in the UK but operatingthroughout Europe. I relocated to Sydney,Australia in November 2003.



2000 (continued)Timothy GoodchildHND Business Technology

Since leaving the Institute, I travelled tothe United States and worked in IT forFriends Provident PLC. I went ontoKingston University to gain a Degree thentook a temporary position for the world-leading computer games firm, which hassince become permanent. I currently workas a Functional Certification Group SeniorTester, and I feel I have landed on my feetin a very diverse and exciting role. I lookback on my Southampton Institute timefondly. If anyone remembers me – especially lecturers - it would be great tohear from you. My e-mail [email protected]

2001John MaystonBA (Hons) Business Studies

I have just completed a year teachingEnglish in South Korea where I taught stu-dents from the ages of 6-15 as well asadults. I was based on an island calledKanghwa which is 50kms away from Seoul,the South Korean capital. It is situated inan area that is a few kilometres away fromNorth Korea. There were eight foreignerswho lived in Kanghwa when I was there so Ihad to learn quite a lot of Korean through-out the year. The whole experience wasincredible and I recommend it to anyonewho is thinking of teaching English abroad.

Marie HooperBA (Hons) Fine Arts Valuation

After Southampton – an MSc in Heritageand Museum studies and a PGCE, I findmyself lecturing 16-19 year olds at SouthDowns College. In the space of a year, Ihave met the man of my dreams (a Lordnonetheless!), travelled to three conti-nents, bought a house and embarked uponmy first real job – I’m scared!

2002Audrey ArcherLLB (Hons) Law

Having successfully completed an LLB(Hons), I went on to complete an LLM inCommercial Law. I am now studying for theBCV at ICSL in London and have obtained apupilage at a very reputable set of cham-bers in the Temple in London.

Nikolas ApostolisBSc (Hons) Shipping Operations

Although I work in the warmest country ofthe European Union, I miss Southamptonand wish I could come over for a pintsometime. I have managed to become theMarketing Manager in Constar Shipping andForwarding Ltd, dealing solely with con-tainer imports from the Far East to Greeceand Cyprus. I am also doing a long distancepart-time MBA course at LeicesterUniversity from which I will graduate soon.I will soon be joining the Greek Navy as itis compulsory for all males.

2003Angela Louise ShardlowBSc (Hons) Psychology

I gave birth to a baby girl at the end of2003. Hope everyone is ok.

*ContactIf you’d like to contact a fellowformer student then the AlumniOffice can help. Whether it’s forsocial or professional purposes,we’d like you to stay in touch.Although we can’t give outaddresses (unless given permission to do so), we arehappy to forward mail or write tothe respective graduate on yourbehalf. Contact the Alumni Officewith the name, course studiedand graduation year (if known) ofthe person(s) you’d like to get intouch with and we’ll do our bestto track them down for you.

MarriageAdrian Warren, BA (Hons) MarketingDesign 1996 and Caren Pearce BA (Hons)Business Studies 1998

Having met during Caren’s first week at theInstitute in September 1994, the happycouple married on 31 May 2003 at CrabbsBarn, Kelvedon, Essex. Among the 120guests were fellow alumni Catherine Sutton(nee Phillips), Caroline Fright (neeBeckley), Stefanie Gallagher, Jamie Barnett,Mark Cox and Graham Bell.

Adrian is UK Strategic Marketing Managerfor DFDS Seaways and Caren has recentlybeen promoted to Marketing Manager forThe Performing Right Society.

Above: Adrian Warren and Caren Pearce

Robert Vincent and Malene Ibsen, BA (Hons) Film Studies 1999

Søllerød village church, Copenhagen, Denmarkwas the venue for the wedding betweenRobert and Malene in August 2003. FellowInstitute friends, "Big" Rob Watson, AntoineWoodruffe, Paulo Miller, Bobby Brasco andNeil West, made wonderful speeches and rem-inisced on how the happy couple got togeth-er during their first year at the Institute.

Husband and wife are now settled inCopenhagen. Malene works as a film editorand runs script development courses for the



Danish Film Institute, and Robert works inthe taste-testing department at CarlsbergHQ while undertaking a PGCE with a viewto becoming a teacher.

Steven David Simpkins and CassandraJayne Dunford, LLB (Hons) Law 1999

After meeting in an Equity and Trust seminarat the Institute over seven years ago, on 9January 2004 Steven Simpkins marriedCassandra Dunford in the Empire StateBuilding, New York followed by a reception inCentral Park and the Waldorf Astoria. Joined inAmerica by a handful of close family andfriends including Angela Pelleschi and MichelleBobrzyk, the couple tied the knot on the 86thfloor. The couple, who have set up home inBarton-on-Sea, have also just started theirown law firm, Simpkins & Co, which specialis-es in Employment and Civil Litigation, basedin Highcliffe, Dorset. Mr and Mrs Simpkinsintend to recruit young into the family firm asthey are expecting a baby in December 2004.

Above: Steven David Simpkins and CassandraJayne Dunford

Matthew Bishop and Rebecca Roberts,BA (Hons) Sports Studies with Business, 1999

Bish and Becks (as they are known tofriends) married on 16 July 2004 inBishop's Waltham, Hampshire, which was adouble celebration as their 20-month-olddaughter, Yasmin Kay was also christenedon the same day. Many Institute staff andalumni attended the celebrations. The cou-ple, who first met in 1996, officially gottogether in 2000 and have worked in theInstitute's Sport and Recreation Serviceever since they graduated in 1999. Formore photos and details visit the couple'swebsite www.bishandbecks.co.uk

Bottom left: Mr and Mrs BishopAbove: Bish and Becks wedding was attendedby many Institute alumni

ReunionsGraduates of 1996 and 1997 – 20 November 2004

Following on from the success of last year,Marc House (LLB (Hons) Law 1996) will beorganising a reunion for graduates from hisera on Saturday 20 November 2004. Themeeting point will be at the Lizard Lounge,Polygon, Southampton at 1400 hrs. Formore information [email protected]

ObituariesWe are sorry to have to report the passingaway of the following people:

Malcolm Herbert – Died July 2004

Malcolm Herbert passed away peacefully inhis sleep in July 2004, having battledcourageously against cancer for the last fouryears and more recently suffered a stroke.He leaves his wife Lyn and two children.

Malcolm was Senior Lecturer in Economicsand Business Modelling in SouthamptonBusiness School, having joined the Institute

in 1992 after a long career with BritishTelecom. Initially his subject expertise laymainly in the quantitative areas, however hesoon developed his interests in informationmanagement, e-commerce and also informa-tion technology and his innovative ideas inthese fields were fundamental in the devel-opment of several new degree courses. Hisambassadorial qualities led to the creation ofmany links with local businesses and organi-sations and these significantly contributed tothe development and success of the consul-tancy projects carried out by many of ourfinal-level business students. This aspect ofMalcolm's work has consistently been citedas a model of good practice in qualityreviews. He will be remembered with loveand respect from his colleagues and withgratitude from his students.

Stan Parker – Died August 2004

Stan Parker, a former Dean of the Faculty ofTechnology and Institute Vice-Principal,died in August 2004.

Stan Robert Parker, BSc (Eng), MSc, DIC,CEng, FIMechE, FIProdE, joined theInstitute when it was still SouthamptonCollege of Technology and worked as Headof the Department of Engineering withinthe School of Engineering and AppliedScience. After his position as Dean of theFaculty of Technology, he was promoted toVice Principal in 1981 and retired from theInstitute in 1982.

Tom Brown – Died August 2004

Tom Brown, who graduated from the Institutein 2003 with a BA (Hons) Political Studies,tragically died in North London on 21 August2004 (the day before his 28th birthday).

Tom had transferred onto level two of thePolitics degree from the University ofWestminster, joining a close-knit group ofstudents who knew each other well andsupported each other admirably. He was anoriginal thinker who always had a wellthought out and distinctive point of view.Tom also had many friends outside the poli-tics group and in his spare time he workedin various bars locally and was a familiarfigure on the evening student social scene.Upon graduation he moved to London andgot a job in the archives department at theBBC; he was hoping in time to become acameraman. An affable person, mild man-nered and approachable, outside work hewas a keen cricketer and a Spurs fan. Tomwas well liked by students and staff at theInstitute: he was someone who got on wellwith everyone and will be sadly missed.



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Millais Gallery forthcoming exhibitions

rt in the Age of Terrorismtackles one of the mostdifficult topics imaginable:

a war that is quintessentially post-modern in its decentred identity,globalised character and confusedconflict of cultures. This exhibitionexplores various ways in which artcan help articulate the zone of greythat lies behind the black and whiteterm 'terrorism'. Perhaps visual arthas an advantage over verballanguage when it comes to ‘speakingthe unspeakable’.

The artists in this exhibition tackleterrorism in the broadest sense ofthe word including the culturaldisorientation of the asylum seekertrying to map him or herself onto anew and sometimes hostile land.None of the artists in this exhibitionoffer simplistic representations, andin this sense the variety of theirvoices provides a valuablecounterbalance to the monotone ofpropaganda. They offer no definitiveanswers except that we open oureyes and confront not only thesurface but also what lies behind.

If there is a positive messagestemming from this exhibition thenit is one of underscoring the needfor historical and inter-culturalunderstanding and a questioning of the rhetoric of confrontation.

The exhibition will be accompaniedby a publication containing essayson the topic of art in the age ofterrorism as well as contributions on and from the artists.

This exhibition is in partnership withThe Fine Art Research Centre and theCentre for Advanced Scholarship,Southampton Institute. Curated byGraham Coulter-Smith.

For further information please go to www.solent.ac.uk/terrorism.

Public Talks:Dr Graham Coulter-Smith -Thursday 18 November at 7.30pm

Dr Emma Govan - Thursday 25 November at 7.30pm

A performance by Mark Gaynor at7pm followed by a talk by Misha Myers - Thursday 2 December at 7.30pm

Mary Richards - Thursday 9 December at 7.30pm

Mireille Astore (Australia),Colin Darke (NorthernIreland), Mark Gaynor (UK),Kendell Geers (South Africa),Pia Lindman (USA), MishaMyers and Dan Harris (UK),Jacqueline Salloum (USA),Doron Solomons (Israel).

Art in the Age of Terrorism

Above:Pia Lindman,Detail,Lakonikon,2004, DVD, 8 mins

If you would like any further information or would like to receive details of forthcoming exhibitions, invitations to private views, gallerytalks and other events at the Millais Gallery, please contact:

Millais Gallery, Southampton Institute, East Park Terrace, Southampton SO14 0YNT. 023 8031 9916 F. 023 8033 4161 [email protected] U. http://millais.solent.ac.uk

Exhibition dates & details correct at time of going to press, but may be subject to change. The Millais Gallery, part of SouthamptonInstitute, is a city centre public art gallery committed to the exhibition of mainly contemporary visual arts which addresses issues ofrelevance to culturally diverse communities locally, regionally and nationally. Its dynamic programme of exhibitions and eventscomplements the work of staff and students in art, design and media: theory, practice and cultural histories.

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