2007 ISSUE 46 THE UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX MAGAZINE

FALMERMeeting the energy challenge? Professor Gordon MacKerron expresses his reaction to the Energy White Paper/ At the water’s edge: Richard Soulsby discussessome of the most compelling concerns of our planet/ Making the message count: how mobile phones are at the forefront of conservation and development/ Funny weather: Kate Evans shares her illustrative cartoons with Falmer

‘When I got to Sussex I felt as if I had found a home – a place of curiosity about, and engagement with, theworld. It showed me the importance of citizenship, ofgaining knowledge for a social purpose, of playing apart and not standing on the sidelines. It set the patternfor my life. I couldn’t be more grateful to it nor, still,more excited by it.’

Simon Fanshawe (ENGAM 1975)Writer and broadcasterFrom August 2007, Chair of the University of Sussex Council

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01 Chancellor’s welcome02 University news16 Development19 In memoriam 20 Bookmark 20 Message board

06 Meeting the energy challengeProfessor Gordon MacKerron expresses his reaction to the Energy White Paper

09 At the water’s edgeRichard Soulsby talks about some of the most compelling concerns of our planet

13 Making the message countHow mobile phones are being used in conservation and development

25 Funny weatherA brief look at the life of political and environmental cartoonist Kate Evans

18 Multimap creator at Sussex18 Can you help Sussex students?19 Remembering Richard Flint19 Robin Street21 Events and reunions22 Sussex people

Contents

Editor Marina Pedreira-VilarinoAssistant Editor Piia ToikkaContributor Jane Jacomb-HoodDesign BlastPrint Belmont PressCover picture Blast

The University would like to thank and credit the following for the use of photographs and illustrations:Jeff Schmaltz, MODIS Rapid Response Team NASA GSFC/Dr Richard Whitehouse, HR Wallingford – At the water’s edge, 9-12; Ken Banks, Makingthe message count, 13-15; RA Smith/The Todmorden News – Sussex People, 22-24; Kate Evans, 25. Other images have been supplied by alumni or their representatives. All other photography by Stuart Robinson and Paul Vincent at the University of Sussex.

The University would also like to thank and acknowledge The Argus and Mongabay.com for their kind permission to reprint the ‘Founder of Multimapbrings vision of the future to Sussex’ and ‘Making the message count’ articles respectively. Every effort has been made to trace the holders ofcopyright. The University regrets any unwilling infringements of copyright and would be pleased to hear from copyright holders.

Falmer is produced biannually by the Development and Alumni Relations Office. Views expressed are those of the contributors and not necessarilythose of the University. While every care is taken to ensure accuracy, we cannot be held responsible for information originating outside the University.With special thanks to colleagues in the Press and Publications offices and the Photographic and Design Unit.

The Editor is keen to hear readers’ views of the magazine and welcomes articles, news and photographs, although publication cannot be guaranteed.Please address all correspondence to: Development and Alumni Relations Office, Bramber House, University of Sussex, Falmer, Brighton, EastSussex, BN1 9QU or email us at alumni@sussex.ac.uk

Copy deadline for the next issue of Falmer is 1 October 2007.

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Chancellor’s welcome

FEATURES

ALUMNI NEWS

REGULARS

As Chancellor of the University for the past decade and with the graciousagreement of Falmer’s editor, I am wrenching this column from theVice-Chancellor, for it is he about whom I wish to write.

Alasdair Smith has been our VC throughout that same decade, followinghis seven years as Professor of Economics, Dean of the School of EuropeanStudies and as our Pro-Vice-Chancellor.

His recently announced retirement, to take effect at the conclusion of the current academic year, is a matter of great sadness to us all. In addition tohis status as a noted international economist, he has imparted his personality,his wisdom and the strength of his convictions to every aspect of the University.

Heads of academic institutions devoted to further education must find a route through incredibly complex issues, somehow managing to amalgamatepassionate belief with practical organisation and pragmatic viability. I believeAlasdair has managed to combine all three with consummate skill.

Such a path requires not only wise and balanced decisions, but also thefortitude to see them through. This our retiring VC has in abundance and he has shown himself courageously prepared to face opposition in many differentcircumstances. His whole restructuring of the University could only have beenachieved with sheer determination. Maintaining our own particular brand ofintellectual curiosity, whilst instigating changes which might be interpreted as surrender to convention, was certainly no easy task.

However, we do continue to talk about interdisciplinarity, and that is due to his particular leadership. How boldly he dealt with the major debatesurrounding the retention of Chemistry, for example, in the light of fallingnumbers; so crucial in a university of the size of Sussex. How skillfully heassimilated the various pieces of advice, representing very divergent points of view, before arriving at a wise decision.

We have seen great progress under his leadership. Undergraduateapplications have increased substantially over the past five years. And the recently established joint medical school has proved to be a truly major achievement.

I well remember that when Asa Briggs first asked me to be involved with Sussex some 40 years ago, he said we must always strive to be aninternational place of learning for all peoples. It seems to me that Alasdair’speriod of tenure has more than exemplified that aspiration.

For me, as important as anything, has been the overall atmosphere thatthis Vice-Chancellor has created under his aegis. Our academic achievementsare self evident but erudition, in my opinion, is but one part of education.Equally valuable but more difficult to define is the ambience of our campus. I believe it has a sense of community that may well rival all others and this, I am certain, is due to Alasdair Smith. The Lord Attenborough

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Outstanding psychology student Annie Goddard produced an award-winning study on how to improvechildren’s attitudes to those withdisabilities for her final-year project,based on her background of workingwith disabled children.

Annie, who received a first-class degree, won a dissertationprize for her project from the BritishPsychological Society. She looked attwo different age groups and foundthat, when compared to 10-year-olds,five-year-olds were more prejudicedtowards children with visibledisabilities, such as cerebral palsy,rather than hidden disabilities, suchas autism.

‘My aim was to improvechildren’s attitudes towards theirpeers with disabilities by reading them stories about a non-disabledchild in a friendship with a disabledchild. I found that my positiveintervention did make a difference.’

The findings have implicationsfor how to develop more positive,inclusive environments, notably withinschools, and how to educate childrenabout people with disabilities.

Her tutor, Professor RupertBrown, said of the work, ‘Annie’soutstanding research project showshow, even at an undergraduate level,psychology can make a realcontribution to the understanding and solution of social problems.’

For the immediate future, Annieis putting her experience into practiceas a programme specialist at aLondon school for children withautism, although she is considering a postgraduate clinical psychology or teaching degree programme.

Student helps revealchildren’s attitudes to disabilities

Sussex appoints new Vice-ChancellorProfessor Michael Farthing has beenappointed as the next Vice-Chancellorof the University of Sussex.

Professor Farthing, 59, has adistinguished background in medicine,both as a physician and as anacademic, in a career spanning more than 30 years.

He is currently Principal of StGeorge’s, University of London, whichspecialises in medicine and healthsciences and is also Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Medicine for theUniversity of London.

Professor Farthing takes up the post at Sussex following theretirement of Professor AlasdairSmith, who is standing down in the summer after nine years as Vice-Chancellor of the University.

‘I am delighted that theUniversity has made an excellentappointment to the Vice-Chancellorship, and that MichaelFarthing will come here with thestrong and clear support of a broad-based and respected appointingcommittee,’ said Professor Smith.‘To be Vice-Chancellor of theUniversity of Sussex is a privilege, but it is also a demanding role, andMichael deserves the full support ofthe whole institution as he and therest of the University community face the challenges of the future.’

Commenting on hisappointment, Professor Farthing said,‘It will be a great privilege to join theteam at Sussex. The University shouldbe proud of its achievements over thelast 40 or more years, but notsatisfied. I would like to see thedevelopment of innovativeapproaches to education,enhancement of research quality,expansion of the enterprise culture,and steady sustainable growththrough strong partnerships.’

‘Professor Farthing has aproven track record in leading anddeveloping academic institutions, in partnership with others. He has astrong vision, and is ambitious for the

University. I am confident that Sussex will thrive under his leadership,’ said Simon Fanshawe, the University’sChair-designate of Council, who led the selection processfor the University.

Professor Farthing’s previous appointments in HigherEducation over the past decade have included ExecutiveDean of Medicine, University of Glasgow (2000-2003),and Dean of Clinical Medicine at Queen Mary, University of London (1995-1997).

He currently serves as Vice-Chairman of the UKpanel for Research Integrity in Health and BiomedicalScience and as President of the British Society ofGastroenterology. He has also served on the GMCEducation Committee and Undergraduate Board since2001 and chairs the Education Committee’s ResearchBoard. He has been Honorary Consultant inGastroenterology to the Army since 1991.

As an enthusiastic photographer and an aspiringplaywright, with a strong personal interest in history,Professor Farthing is a keen supporter of the arts. He is married with two sons.

More than 300 international scholars attended a three-dayconference to celebrate the 40th anniversary of SPRU –Science and Technology Policy Research at the University of Sussex.

The conference, titled ‘The Future of Science,Technology and Innovation Policy: Linking Research andPractice’, was opened by the Vice-Chancellor AlasdairSmith, and co-chairs Professor Ben Martin and Dr PieraMorlacchi. It featured a keynote speech by Harvard’sProfessor Sheila Jasanoff, one of the world’s leadingauthorities on science and technology in law and politics,and saw more than 150 papers presented.

Research into climate change, the effect of changingdiets, and rising levels of obesity, are among the projects taken up by SPRU in recent years. Current studies includeinnovation in vaccine treatments and examining alternativeenergy sources.

Professor Martin said of the conference, ‘It is not justabout looking back over 40 years of work in the field and ourrole in that, but more importantly looking forward to the keyareas where we should be focusing our attention.’

The celebrations included a tribute to SPRU founderProfessor Chris Freeman, after whom SPRU’s FreemanCentre is named. The Centre features one of the world’sleading collection of archives and resources on policy issues,and has around 60 staff.

SPRU celebrates40th Anniversary

Michael Chowen, friend andbenefactor of Brighton and SussexMedical School (BSMS), was awardedan honorary doctorate at the Universityof Sussex winter graduation ceremonyon 30 January.

The founder of SussexStationers, Mr Chowen has taken aparticular interest in local educationaland health needs since he retired in2005. He has helped create BSMS’soncology department and the ClinicalImaging Sciences Centre, housingtwo of the most modern and complexscanning machines. Unlike traditionalscanning methods, they are able toshow function as well as structure,enabling more effective diagnosis and treatment of diseases like cancer.The scanners will provide extra capacityfor the NHS as well as being used formedical research.

At the ceremony, Mr Chowensaid, ‘I want to thank Professor JonCohen (the Dean of BSMS) and hiscolleagues for their friendship and for allowing me to become involved in these two visions which are veryclose to my heart. What makes me so excited is that the focus of theoncology department is to exploit the research that is being done forthe benefit of local patients.’

Sussex businessmanreceives honorary degree

Professor Michael Farthing

The Freeman Centre

The past year has seen theUniversity’s Regional DevelopmentOffice (RDO) further its mission as a bridge between business, researchand the University.

Among recent successes has been the creation of a newpostgraduate certificate in e-learningdesign – the first of its kind in Europe– run jointly with the University ofBrighton, Wired Sussex and theBrighton e-Learning Alliance. Anothernew partnership is the Sussex-wideCancer Group, sponsored by the RDOin support of Brighton and SussexMedical School and the GenomeDamage and Stability Centre, which is now facilitating new collaborationsin clinical and scientific research.

The RDO, alongside Sussex IP(which is tasked with ensuring theUniversity’s recognition as a majorknowledge-transfer centre), alsohelped secure £5 million for Sussexand 11 partner universities to createa world-class funding framework,CommercialiSE. It is alsostrengthening links with ‘CreativeBrighton’ – the city’s creativeindustries leadership group.

The RDO is also leading theUniversity’s partnership withSweden’s University of Mälardalen,intended to develop best practice in engaging students with enterprise,funded via an EU CAPTURE projectand in partnership with the City of Brighton & Hove.

The relationship withMälardalen was furthered by an RDO-hosted creativity event for the HigherEducation Entrepreneurship Groupwithin the 25 SEEDA (South EastEngland Development Agency)Regional Universities; building on theRDO’s Enterprisers event, funded bySEEDA in partnership with Cambridgeand MIT (Massachusetts Institute ofTechnology).

Engaging withbusiness

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Jo Boaler has come from StanfordUniversity to join the Sussex School ofEducation as Marie Curie Professor –the prestigious title awarded from theMarie Curie Foundation. Her researchaddresses the critical priority of takeup of maths and science at A-levels.

An elected fellow of the RoyalSociety of Arts and member of manynational and international panels,Professor Boaler boasts two award-winning studies (one in the UK andone in the US) and is the author offour books and numerous academicarticles on the teaching and learningof mathematics and pupil grouping.

Commenting on herappointment, Professor Boalerremarked, ‘It is wonderful to be backin the UK and working with suchesteemed colleagues. I am happy to be back and making a contributionto improving the education of ourchildren in British schools.’

‘We are delighted that Jo Boaler has joined us,’ commented her colleague Professor JudySebba.‘She has the rare combinationof being an outstanding scholar andyet grounded in classroom practice,and is already making an excellentcontribution to our research onteaching and learning.’

The first intake of overseas students has been taking their International Foundation Year (IFY) programmes at the University’s International Study Centre (ISC) since lastSeptember. They will progress to undergraduate degrees at Sussex this October, provided they reach the requiredentrance standards.

Unlike traditional foundation years, which often placestudents in local colleges or off-campus, the ISC is locatedat the heart of the Sussex campus. The ISC is a jointcollaboration with international educational specialistsStudy Group, and the ISC faculty is skilled in pre-degreeeducation although the content and delivery is validated by Sussex academics.

The IFY programmes offer specialist preparation for degree-level study across a range of streams includingbusiness and management, engineering and computing,life sciences, humanities, and law and social studies.

‘The establishment of the ISC is a significant initiativewithin our international development strategy,’ says DrPhilip Baker, Head of International Liaison. ‘I am delightedthat it has got off to such a good start. It is a tribute to the hard work put in by academic and administrativecolleagues across the University and at Study Group.’

Sussex recruitsMarie CurieProfessor

Sussex InternationalStudy Centre opens

Left to right: Dr Elias Stipidis, Dr Andy Cundy, Dr Ben Varcoe, Dr John Carroll and Dr Mark OsbourneFirst Business

Fellows for SussexSussex has been awarded five Business Fellowships by the London Technology Network (LTN), out of just 14awarded across the Southeast.

Funded by central government, the EU and tworegional development agencies, the LTN aims to improvethe range and quality of interaction between universities andbusiness. The Fellowships are awarded to research-activeacademics that are contracted to act as a collaborativebridge between their departments and business.

The Sussex Fellows are chemist Dr Mark Osbourne;Dr John Carroll, Reader in Computer Science and ArtificialIntelligence; Dr Andy Cundy, Senior Lecturer inEnvironmental Science; Dr Elias Stipidis, Senior Lecturer in Engineering; and Dr Ben Varcoe, Reader in Optical andAtomic Physics.

‘It’s not an open network,’ explains Mike Wylde from the Regional Development Office. ‘A university has to be invited to make nominations against set criteria, and the nominees then have to be approved by LTN.’

‘We were originally offered three places, plus apossible fourth, so it’s a great vote of confidence to have five.’

The Fellows have been appointed for a renewableone-year term and are expected to work, on average, half a day a week for LTN.

Good news fromChemistryThe future looks bright for Chemistryat Sussex with the forthcomingmerger with Biochemistry due to take place in August 2007. TheDepartment recently came first in The Guardian University Guide.Admissions to undergraduatechemistry are looking much strongerand the Department’s popular pre-medical programme is going fromstrength to strength. The Departmenttherefore anticipates being able to fillextra HEFCE-funded student numbersearmarked for Chemistry last year.The Department is currently preparingits RAE documentation for submissionand has made four excellent newappointments to strengthen itsteaching and research base. Dr JohnTurner, formerly assistant professor atthe University of Tennessee, will jointhe Department as Reader in PhysicalInorganic Chemistry; Dr Peter Varnaifrom the University of Cambridge willjoin Sussex as Senior Lecturer inChemical Biology; Dr Eddy Viseuxfrom the University of Leeds has beenappointed as Lecturer in OrganicChemistry and Dr Iain Day joins theDepartment from the University ofOxford as Lecturer in NMRspectroscopy and NMR Centremanager. The University is alsoinvesting £675,000 in a new NMRsuite this summer with further labmoves and upgrades for newappointments.

The Department will sendregular email communications tochemistry graduates to update themabout departmental developments. Ifyou are interested in receiving these,please contact the Development andAlumni Relations Office by emailingalumni@sussex.ac.uk to update yourcontact details.

The Mantell Building, home to the International Study Centre

Professor Jo Boaler

Robotics expert looks tosafeguard our futuresDr Blay Whitby, Lecturer in ComputerScience and Artificial Intelligence, has been invited to join the ScientificAdvisory Board of the LifeboatFoundation – a voluntary organisationconcerned with the ethics of newtechnologies.

‘I’m not a Luddite – far from it –I believe that technology is the mainroute to improvement in the lives ofhuman beings,’ he says. ‘However, I believe it is necessary to stand up for the rights of all humans.’

For 20 years, Dr Whitby haspublished extensively on the socialand ethical impacts of newtechnologies, includingnanotechnology, genetic engineeringand robotics. He highlights thepotential for technologies, andcombination of technologies, tochange what it means to be human.

‘These new technologies aregenerally developed along the linesthat suit their commercial and militarysponsors. Humanity as a whole israrely, if ever, represented in theproject and funding meetings thatshape new technology.’

Just as physical lifeboats areprovided and crewed by volunteers, so the Lifeboat Foundation is a non-governmental, non-profit organisation,dedicated to ensuring that humanityadopts powerful new technologies in a safe and generally beneficial way.

‘Unfortunately, it’s easy to forgetin the modern academic environmentthat we have a duty of compassion to the whole of humanity. This is anopportunity for me to make a smallcontribution,’ says Dr Whitby.

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Meeting the energychallenge – why now?The recent Energy White Paper – Meeting the Energy Challenge – published by the UK Government in May 2007 stresses that the transition to a sustainable energy economy is one of the main challenges facing us in the 21st century. Addressing the challenges of such a transition is at theheart of the research conducted by the Sussex Energy Group at the Science,Policy, Research (SPRU) at the University of Sussex. Professor GordonMacKerron, Director of the Group, expresses below his reaction to theEnergy White Paper.

The Government’s new policy onenergy, presented in May 2007 in its White Paper entitled Meeting theEnergy Challenge, is the culminationof a very curious sequence of events.Back in 2003 the Governmentbrought forward a radically newlong-term strategy for energy, withclimate change at the heart of policy

oil and gas markets, together with the UK twist that imports of these are starting to rise, and the beginnings of a revival in thefortunes of nuclear power as a new-build option in several countries.

The oil and gas issue isscarcely original and was analysedat length in the 2003 statement.Nothing major has changed on this since 2003: we always knew thatimports would rise, and the familiarvolatility of hydrocarbon prices –though severe in recent years – ishardly an issue that would cause a government to change tack froma broadly agreed strategy set sorecently. The novelty is perhapsgreater fear of the ‘Russian bear’ –that we will become dependent onRussian gas and that Russia will as a result ‘turn off the tap’. Thisseems at best an exaggerated fear.

Nuclear optionIt is therefore the appearance of a nuclear revival that seems to havemade the principal difference since2003. It has led to a flurry of policystatements on energy: in July 2006,again in May 2007 and with afurther statement predicted byGovernment to come at the end ofthis year. The July 2006 statementwas particularly rushed – the PrimeMinister unexpectedly announced a review of the 2003 policy inNovember 2005, followed by analmost comically hasty consultation(which, as described below, latercame home to roost) and in July

2006 that said virtually nothing newexcept that nuclear power now onlyseemed to need an agreed policyframework to be taken forward. Thestory then continued – three linkeddocuments were released over threedays in May 2007 with a view totaking forward energy policy: ageneric White Paper (Meeting theEnergy Challenge), a consultation on the future of nuclear power, and a White Paper entitled Planning for a Sustainable Future.

This third document containsproposals to slim down and speedup planning procedures for largeinfrastructure projects – one of thekey lobbying points made bydevelopers, including the nuclearindustry. Previous nuclear projectshave been delayed by long andthorough public inquiries that havetaken evidence from many playersand have considered broad nationalas well as local issues in an inevitablycontentious area.

The turnaround in the debateabout nuclear power is significant,though not yet matched by anychange in investment decisions.However, nuclear is an importantissue for an energy policy thatemphasises the need to reducecarbon emissions as its cornerstone.This is because nuclear is,unambiguously, a low-carbon source of electricity. What shouldthis mean for UK energy policy? It certainly means that theGovernment needs to reappraisethe potential future role of nuclear

power. The 2003 statement was briefand dismissive – it simply said thatnuclear was uneconomic, though itmight need revisiting at some point.But reappraisal of nuclear does notimply a need to recast energy policyacross the board.

Energy savingSuperficially such a broad recastingis what both the 2006 energy reviewand the new Meeting the EnergyChallenge White Paper seek toachieve. They revisit all the main2003 issues and try to say originalthings about them. Thus ‘energysaving’ – a welcome rebadging of‘energy efficiency’, which was the2003 headline – occupies a majorpart of both documents. But neither says anything really newabout energy saving policy. Bothdocuments represent plenty ofworthwhile work in progress on the part of civil servants, but no newdecisions. The same is broadly trueof all the other non-nuclear areas ofthe new White Paper.

So, perhaps not unexpectedly,there is nothing really new in thenon-nuclear areas. This leaves thediscussion on nuclear – the part of the Meeting the Energy ChallengeWhite Paper that was due to delivernew policy. But the nuclear sectionsare an anti-climax. Partly this is theresult of the successful judicialreview challenge by Greenpeaceover the consultation that led to the 2006 energy review. Mr JusticeSullivan ruled earlier this year that

Above leftTony Blair

AboveFacilities at Russia’sbiggest independentgas producer, Novatekat Eastern-Tarkosalinskycondensed gas deposit

AboveSolar thermal parabolictrough power plants inAmerica using solarenergy to generateelectricity.

and with a framework that stretchedout to 2020 and 2050. This was theresult of a novel process combiningexpert input with wide-rangingpublic and stakeholder involvement. The White Paper of 2003 attracted abroad consensus and it seemed as ifthe framework of energy policy wassettled for the long term.

But by November 2005 the Government seemed to beconvinced that something new wasneeded. The origins appear to lie in changes that occurred in domesticand international energy conditionssince 2003. These changes,tenuously linked, are instability and high prices in international

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At the water’s edgeRichard Soulsby (MAPS 1967) has spent his working liferesearching an area of physics – oceanography – which is now at the forefront of some of the most compelling concerns of our planet.

the Government’s 2006 consultationwas illegal – it had provided nosignificant information on costs or nuclear waste, and had beenmisleading on waste.

The result is that theGovernment cannot legally makenew policy on nuclear withoutfurther consultation, which has nowbeen launched. The credibility ofthis new consultation was not helpedby the Prime Minister’s statementon the day of Sullivan’s report thatfurther consultation would takeplace – but that there would be nochange in policy. This is not much of an encouragement for public and stakeholder engagement in theconsultation, though the need for atleast the ritual of further consultationon nuclear means that no completenew energy policy statement is nowpossible until, on Government’s own reckoning, the end of 2007.This will be over two years after the ‘urgent’ review was ordered, to almost everyone’s surprise, in November 2005.

Broken promisesWhat lessons can be drawn from thisuntidy tale? The simple but powerfulmessage is that it simply does notpay for Government to avoid due

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process. In 2003 it promised that in nuclear and other energy policyareas it would continue its new andwelcome process of full consultationbefore making new policy. It hasblatantly and radically contravenedits own promise since then, as JusticeSullivan has pointedly made clear.This is particularly unfortunatewhen the major cause of the new andunnecessarily comprehensive policyreview was nuclear power, itself aninevitably contentious subject.

The Government now has theworst of several worlds: it has failedto deliver on its commitment to theinvestment community for a stablelong-term framework against whichlong-term decisions can be taken,and it has equally failed to follow upits commitment to an inclusive andparticipatory policy-making styleon the one subject that needed to be handled with particular care –nuclear power. The consensus thatthe 2003 White Paper helped tobuild has now dissipated and wecan, unfortunately, now expect tosee a return to some of the moreadversarial politics of energy thatcharacterised earlier periods. Assomeone once said: more haste, less speed…

BelowIs the future nuclear? Aworker stands inside arotor of a nuclear plant

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land. However, they have their ownproblems because you have to mountthem on the sandy sea bed and, likeoil platforms, they must be designed to make sure the sand doesn’t getwashed away and the turbine justfalls over! As more, and bigger,offshore wind farms are built, there is also an impact on tidal currents to be calculated. Wave power, too, is currently undergoing a revival ofinterest and probably the best suitedsites for this will be islands facing theocean, such as the Azores and theScottish islands (there are currentlypilot schemes in Scotland andPortugal), where wave power is abundant and conventional sources expensive.’

There has been renewedinterest, too, in tidal barrages, suchas the one in the Severn Estuary, butRichard thought that a more likelycandidate for tidal power would beunderwater turbines, which sit on the sea bed and are driven by thetidal currents in areas where theseare strong. Although still at thedevelopment stage, they have theadvantage over a barrage in that theycan be installed unit by unit (unlike a barrage which has to be completebefore it achieves anything) and theyhave much less environmental impact.

As Richard points out, ‘wavepower and tidal power are two verydistinct sources of energy; tides aregenerated by the gravitational pull of the moon and the sun, whereaswaves are generated by the wind.Tidal power is totally predictable oralmost totally predictable; whereaswaves are as unpredictable as theweather is unpredictable.’

Interest in modelling oceanmovements is extremely topical atthe moment, as there is a great deal of media attention given to therelationship between oceans andatmosphere and global warming.Although not one of his direct areasof research, Richard confirms thatthere is a strong link between theoceans and global warming, as alarge proportion of the exchanges of oxygen and carbon dioxide, aswell as heat, takes place in the ocean. Natural phenomena such as El Niño have been studied by the oceanographic community foryears, although its effects are nowbelieved to be more widespreadthan once thought.

Tsunami researchAnother area of oceanography,tsunamis, is one in which Richardhas been closely involved. Like ElNiño, tsunamis have been studiedfor many years but only came towidespread attention with the recentcolossal Boxing Day 2004 disaster in South East Asia.

‘There are a number of ways inwhich tsunamis can be caused. Therecent Boxing Day tsunami was theresult of an underwater earthquake,generating a vertical movement ofthe sea bed. Some large earthquakescause a sideways movement of thebed which doesn’t generate such bigtsunamis – indeed there was one likethis in the same area of South EastAsia a few weeks after Boxing Day,

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‘I’ve always had a fascination withwater, partly because it moves andmoving things are more interestingthan static things. But I was broughtup a long way from the sea, so I spentmost of my childhood with rivers andstreams; building miniature damsand harbours.’

Richard Soulsby has now spentover 30 years working with water,researching into the physics of themovement of sediments (sand, mudand shingle) in the sea and estuaries,mainly around Britain. It is an area ofincreasing global importance as newtechnologies and human pressuresmean a greater use of the world’swater spaces – whether for industry,recreation, energy or reclamation.‘Shallower seas are easier to get tothan the deep oceans, but in manyways you need to monitor them moreintensively because that’s where theinteraction with human beingshappens – right at the water’s edge.’

‘Ever greater populationsliving in coastal regions, and aroundestuaries, create conflict betweeneconomic development andpollution and erosion; between thoseconcerned with navigation, industry,recreation, wildlife and habitats. Youhave all these competing pressureson the same patch of water and themore people there are the moreconflicting interests you get.’ Headmits these are difficult issues toresolve, but recently he has beeninvolved in joint European/UKresearch projects to develop bettermethods of predicting theconsequences of actions such asincreasing the depths of navigationchannels (for bigger container ships)or dredging aggregate (for building)from the sea bed and coastlines.

Water threatsCoastal flooding, erosion and theeffects of accelerating sea level riseare now worldwide concerns as evergreater numbers of people becomevulnerable to these conditions. Over the UK coastline as a wholethere is a lot more erosion than there is accretion, so are coastal sea defences a solution in Britain?

‘I am in favour of the shift from building hard defences tosofter alternatives such as increasingthe protection afforded by healthybeaches and salt marshes. However,it’s still necessary to have harddefences where the economic orhistoric value of coastal settlementsjustify it. Schemes such as beachnourishment, where sand or shingleis brought ashore to replenish thebeach, or bypassing, which helpsmove sand or shingle around anobstruction, also have a place here.’

‘The absolute sea level is risingeverywhere in the world, but theimportant thing is what the sea isdoing relative to the land becausethe land level isn’t fixed. In the southof England, for example, the landlevel is actually falling (it is rising inthe north and Scotland) which justexacerbates the rising sea level, so you have the biggest problem inthe most highly populated – andexpensive – part of Britain.’

A lot of Richard’s workconcerns the siting of structures suchas oil and gas pipelines, oil platforms

and offshore wind turbines. In recentyears he has been involved with oiland gas pipelines in areas as diverseas the North Sea, Bristol Channel,Egypt, Nigeria and New Zealand.‘Usually I don’t need to visit the site, but just work from charts andmeasurements. The main problem is not so much the effect thesestructures have on the ocean flows,but choosing the routes and methodsof installation that minimise thelikelihood of a pipeline becomingexposed to wave and current forcesthat could break it and cause anecological disaster. Pipelines aresometimes laid in a trench in the seabed, or protected by a rock mound,and decisions about the depth ofburial, or the size of rock to use,require an understanding of thephysics of sediment movement.’

Alternative energyAs well as oil companies, coastal andwater authorities, DEFRA and townswith resort beaches or estuaries,Richard’s clients have includedcompanies developing alternativesources of power generation such as offshore wind farms.

‘You are never going to be able to generate all your powerrequirements from renewablesources, but offshore wind turbinesare a favourite at the momentbecause they can generate usefulamounts of power without beingquite so unsightly as the ones on

BelowAn offshore windfarm in the Great Belt of theBaltic Sea

AboveSea defences are rebuiltin Norfolk after coastalflooding in 1993

Shallower seas areeasier to get to than thedeep oceans, but inmany ways you need to monitor them moreintensively becausethat’s where theinteraction with humanbeings happens – rightat the water’s edge.

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Ken established kiwanja.net as a hubfor the latest information on howtechnology, in particular mobilephones, can be applied to tackleissues of economic empowerment,conservation, education, humanrights and poverty alleviation. Ken argues that the development of low-cost handsets and the spread ofsecond-hand phones into emergingmarkets like South Asia and Africa –one of the fastest growing marketswith well in excess of 125 millionsubscribers – is generating arevolution in how organisationsapproach conservation anddevelopment projects.

Making the message countCell phones have been adopted at a pace unmatched by any technology in the history of mankind. While conventional use of these devices continuesto expand, mobile phones are also increasingly being viewed as tools forconservation and development. Ken Banks (AFRAS 1996), currently a Visiting Fellow on the Reuters Digital Vision Program at StanfordUniversity, understands this well.

How did you become involved with applying mobile technology to conservation and development?Originally I was in the InformationTechnology (IT) industry but mymother and grandparents havealways been very keen on nature and the environment. I must haveinherited the family gene for naturebecause I’ve been fascinated by theoutdoors since I was a child. Theexperience that really cemented my interest in conservation anddevelopment was a trip to Zambia in 1993. I went there after beingawarded a place on a Jersey OverseasAid project to help build a school.

While I was there, I started to thinkabout where all the aid money wasgoing and why it didn’t seem to beparticularly effective. I began to lookat the practical side of conservationand development efforts, whenpreviously my interest had beenprimarily in wildlife – the kind of stuffyou saw on David Attenborough’sshows and other TV programmes. In 1995 I went back to Africa to helpbuild a hospital in Uganda. By then I was really quite captivated by thisand I knew it was something I wantedto be involved in.

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BelowIn Kenya, Save TheElephants are usingGPS/GSM collars totrack elephants

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which didn’t cause anywhere nearsuch devastating waves. In 1929 a large slab of sediment slid intodeeper water off Newfoundlandcausing a tsunami which devastatedthe adjacent coasts. Even longer ago,about 6000 BC, a sediment slideoccurred on the sea bed off Norwaycausing a massive tsunami to rushacross the North Sea. The evidencefor this can still be found in adistinctive layer of sand deposited onthe east coast of Scotland, which wassubsequently covered with sediments.’

And it is from the evidenceburied in the sand layers left behindby these ancient tsunamis that he hasdevised a mathematical theory forcalculating their characteristics –such as how far inland they reached.

‘I’ve applied the method toboth the Newfoundland and theScottish sand deposits; the pointbeing that we can estimate the extentof the present day risk from tsunamisby knowing how often they haveoccurred in the past, and how far inland they reached.’

No regretsRichard looks back fondly at aworking life spent researching anarea of physics – oceanography –which is now at the forefront of some

of the most compelling concerns of our planet. ‘I’ve never regrettedmy choice of career, and it seemedalmost too good to be true to be paidfor doing something as interestingand exciting as going to sea onresearch ships, interpreting thebehaviour of waves, currents and thesea bed in terms of physical processes.’

Earlier this year he retired –though he still has research projectsto complete, including a big coastalcommunity project in America, andhe is also a visiting professor at theUniversity of Oxford. ‘Outside mywork commitments, I haveenvironmental interests in thecountryside, most particularly inbutterflies, which are especially richin Oxfordshire. I enjoy recordingtheir numbers and studying theirecological requirements. It’s all partof my wider interest in trying to usemaths and physics to interpret howthe everyday world works.’

And what of his time at Sussex?‘I had an absolutely marvellous time.I chose Sussex for a number ofreasons: I liked the idea of beinginvolved with something new (I waspart of the third science intake), I liked the beautiful campus butabove all I liked the style of interviewwhich tested how the candidates

thought rather than what they knew.Some of those reasons were alsofactors that influenced my career.

Oceanography was arelatively young science when I started in the 1960s, so there was a chance to work on unexploredscientific topics. I have made use of the enquiring mind approach to science that was so well fostered at Sussex. Some of the things I remember best from my time therewere: Professor Blin-Stoyle’s wineand cheese parties for obtainingfeedback from students; designingand building a raft for the between-the-piers raft race (whichunfortunately fell apart even beforereaching the starting line); writing a wind quintet as part of my Physicsdegree under the Arts-Sciencescheme (I suspect there are very few people who’ve written a musicalcomposition as part of their Physicsdegree!); and expanding my horizonsby talking with fellow students in botharts and science on a wide range oftopics. Of the people I’m still in touchwith from Sussex about half did artsand half did science. That says a lotfor the University.’

Written by Jane Jacomb-Hood

AboveResearching the physicsof sediment movement

AT THE WATER’S EDGE

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MAKING THE MESSAGE COUNT

From a conservation perspective,mobile phones are increasingly usedfor surveys and monitoring. In Kenya,for example, Save The Elephants areusing GPS/GSM collars to trackelephants (these devices text in theelephants’ location). Compared to thealternatives, it’s cheap, real-time, anddoesn’t depend on ARGOS satelliteswhich drive up complexity and costs.These devices not only help theorganisation to understand howelephants use their environments, butalso provide farmers and villagers withan early-warning system so they canprotect crops from being eaten andtrampled. Human-elephant conflict is still a big issue in many countries.

In what other ways can SMS andmobile telephony be used indevelopment?In Nigeria and India we are seeinggovernment agencies and NGOs use SMS as a health educationmessaging application. There are also groups using mobiles and mobilenetworks for disease surveillance.What just a few years ago took threemonths to report is now almostinstantaneous. Spreading the word ofoutbreaks in remote areas saves lives.

One interesting healthapplication is the SIMpill, which helps with the problem of people notfinishing their course of antibioticsand so producing drug-resistantstrains that are more difficult to treat.SIMpill is an SMS-enabled pill bottlewhich, when opened, delivers a textmessage to a central server. Each SMSis time stamped and kept as a record of the patient taking theirmedication. The doctor is warned via text message if the patient is nottaking their medication properly.

We are also seeing SMS used in both fundraising and awareness-raising campaigns and for moreconservation-specific applications.

One project I was heavilyinvolved in was ‘wildlive!’, a servicethat promoted global conservation by providing news and information on various issues through peoples’handsets. It also had a directfundraising angle through the sale of conservation-themed wallpapers,ring tones and games. Funds raisedwent to Fauna & Flora International, a UK-based organisation, and directly to the conservation projectsbeing promoted.

What are the biggest challenges to your work?The big problem I see is that peopleare generally reluctant to share. It’s hard to find examples of mobilephone applications for conservationso you see a lot of wheel-spinningand duplication. The mobile phoneis being touted as the device that willbridge the digital divide, so thereshould be more collaborationbetween organisations trying toaddress these important issues.

How many ‘ICT fordevelopment’ portals do we need?Rather than ‘going it alone’, I thinkpeople’sfirst instincts should be to lookat collaboration wherever possible.

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AboveKen Banks in ManaPools, Zimbabwe

RightKruger National Park,where mobiletechnology is supportinglocal communityrelations

What was your next move? I left my job in Jersey in 1996 to gothe University of Sussex to pursue a degree in Social Anthropology with Development Studies. I soldeverything I owned at that point and left for the UK with two suitcases.That was the beginning of thejourney. I formed kiwanja.net in 2003 after I returned from a yearworking with primates in Nigeria.

What do you offer throughkiwanja.net? kiwanja.net helps local, national and international non-profitorganisations make better use ofinformation and communicationstechnology in their work. The websiteworks as an information resource,while I generally function as anintermediary between the technology– especially mobile technology – andconservation or development groups.You’ll see organisations like the GatesFoundation looking at technology usein developing countries. I help putthem in contact with people in thefield as well as some of the technologyandapplications under development,and help check their work andassumptions. Part of what I do ismatch-making in a sense. I have alsodeveloped mobile applications foruse inconservation and development,including FrontlineSMS – amessaging hub used to monitor the recent Nigerian elections.

What advantages do mobiletechnologies offer for conservationand development groups?While large numbers of organisationshave been trying to promote thespread of the Internet in rural partsof developing countries, penetrationrates are still pretty low in many areas.Mobile phones, however, have beenspreading rapidly and today arenearly everywhere in some countries,leap frogging the number of landlines in a matter of three or four years.

Because of their widespreadadoption, we are now seeing mobilephones being used for manyconservation and developmentapplications. Many centre aroundimproving communication betweenstakeholders and NGOs – forexample, sending out alerts onimpending natural disasters liketsunamis and hurricanes, or wildlifealerts, or posting job openings orhealth messages. The advantages oftext messaging is that it is very quick,generally cheap, and direct. Mostpeople read the text messages theyreceive, unlike email spam. It alsoworks on every phone regardless ofform factor – a critical issue in areaswhere a lot of the phones can be asmuch as seven years old. Thesephones are often useless for surfing theInternet but they work fine for SMS.

As for conservationapplications, I focus on the improvedcommunication capabilities. Unlike

in the past, where you hadgovernment agencies evictingpeople from their land in order toset up protected areas, today it isrealised that conservation effortsmust involve local people.Otherwise, you only disenfranchisethem and drive them to opposeconservation efforts. Now with therise of community-based conservationand integrated conservation anddevelopment projects,communication can help reducethese issues – mobile phones allow us to open channels that were neverbefore possible. For example, inKruger National Park (South Africa),the park management used to send a Land Rover out to the 18 differentcommunities living around the park to inform them of meetings, give them latest news, and so on. If a meeting was cancelled orchanged, the ranger had to go backout. It might take days to spread theword. Today it is possible to simplybroadcast a text message. We caneven set up a database that capturestext responses from variouscommunities on whether they will be able to attend or how they wouldvote on a particular initiative. Thisfunctionality frees up a lot of resourcesfor more meaningful and productiveactivities from both the park’s andthe communities’ perspective.

It sounds like most of theseapplications are top-downapproaches. Are there examples of user-generated content?Definitely, but it’s in the early stagesin many cases. The release of my‘FrontlineSMS’ system is an attemptto bring the technology into hands of the users, and to promote a morebottom-up approach. In terms ofuser-generated content, current ‘hot’applications include SMS blogging,which really blossomed during lastyear’s Israel-Lebanon conflict. Wesaw news being generated by SMSmessaging as Beirut was gettingbombed. The real-time nature of the posts provided insights into whatwas really happening on the ground.This type of reporting – citizenjournalism – is very much technologydriven and the BBC, for example,regularly requests people near thethick of the action, particularly withcamera-phone images or mobilevideo, to send them in.

AbovePreparing aconservation plan in Kenya

This feature is based on extracts from an interview withMongabay.com. For a full version of the original interview, pleasevisit:http://news.mongabay.com/2007/0415-banks_interview.html

Further information on Ken’s work can be found online at:www.kiwanja.net

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I first came to the University of Sussex just over 40 yearsago in 1966, on a Junior Year Abroad programme from the University of California (UC) at Berkeley. It seems ironicthat I came from the new world to the old, only to end up in a university which had only been founded five yearspreviously, compared to UC Berkeley which was founded in 1868. Under the Junior Year Abroad programme, wecould spend our full third academic year known in Americaas the ‘junior year’ of a four-year BA course abroad, andget full academic credit for it. We had the choice of fourBritish universities namely Birmingham, Edinburgh, StAndrews and Sussex. I opted for Sussex for two reasons.

First, the organisation of Sussex into schools and itsuse of the tutorial system sounded very interesting. Second,it was the most southerly of the four universities and I hadheard nothing good about the British weather, so I figuredthat, weather wise, Sussex would be least depressing forsomeone who had enjoyed the northern California climatefor the past two years.

I had a most enjoyable academic year at Sussex. I had the freedom to choose my own courses rather thanreading a particular subject within a chosen school. Sussexat that time was quite a small place, and I think there wereless than 10 people from the University of Californiaexchange programme at Sussex and just a few thousandstudents at Sussex compared to a student population atUC Berkeley at that time of 27,500. Sussex then was allnew: its buildings, furniture and most of its books.

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The greatest academic contrastwas the intensive one-to-one personalinteraction between teacher andstudent. I remember having twocompulsory weekly tutorials andseminars plus lectures which werevoluntary. By contrast, at UC Berkeley, lectures were mandatoryand tutorials for most undergraduatestudents unknown. Sussex offered a very different style of education that required substantially more self-discipline and taking charge of organising one’s own time.

In the 1960s, there was limited student housing on campusand most students, including me,lived in Brighton guest houses andtook the bus to Falmer. Brighton was an amazing place and the scope forentertainment ranged from TheatreRoyal Brighton to the sounds of sixtiesEnglish rock music at the ‘Coffee Bar’near the Brighton bus depot. It wasalso nice to be somewhere where one was not asked for written proof of age – the minimum drinking age inCalifornia being 21 – before you could be served so much as a glass of beer.

The attitude of Brighton guesthouse owners was generally respectfulof university students. By contrast,opinions about students among thoseliving in Berkeley and surroundingcities of Oakland and San Franciscowere quite divided. Many, includingthe California Governor RonaldReagan, were unsympathetic toBerkeley students who had openlychallenged the university and itspolicies with the Free SpeechMovement. Moreover, UC Berkeleyhad become a major centre of anti-Vietnam war protest.

Gary Ferman (MA in International Relations 1970) is one of many NorthAmerican alumni who are kindly supporting our fundraising campaign for scholarships aimed at American students coming to study at Sussex. Gary fondly recalls his time as an overseas student at Sussex in the 1960s.

I was delighted some threeyears later to return to Sussex to do a master’s degree in InternationalRelations. It was another academicallyexciting and most enjoyable yearbefore returning to the grind of HarvardLaw School.

It is because of my memorableexperience at Sussex and the desirethat others may likewise be able tobenefit from attending this universitythat I was happy to contribute to theFriends of the University of Sussex,and would urge those of you readingthis article to do likewise. Contributionsto the Friends of the University ofSussex are deductible charitabledonations for US tax purposes.

If you are able to make a gift tosupport this initiative, please makeyour check payable to the Friends of the University of Sussex and sendit to: Friends of the University ofSussex, c/o International CharityConsultants, 225 Peeke Avenue, St Louis, MO 63122.

Cathedrals and churches, schoolsand colleges, art galleries andalmshouses: many of our mostenduring institutions were built largely on far-sighted bequests thatconsciously attempted to build abetter future with money generatedby past success. Many suchbenefactors were in part buying theirslice of immortality with levels ofwealth unattainable by most of us.But legacies to charity today come in all shapes and sizes and every one of those charities – from CancerResearch to the National Trust,hospices to animal charities – will tellyou that every sum, however small orlarge, can make a real difference totheir organisation’s work.

The same is true here at theUniversity of Sussex (US). Majorbenefactions and bequests in theUniversity’s early days from localphilanthropists such as R M Phillipsand Sir Sidney Caffyn (enabling theMeeting House to be built in 1965-6)have been followed by other legaciesfrom, for example, Martin Silbermanfor research into German-Jewishrelationships 1900-39, Ralph Lewis(for a publishing prize), DorothyWoodman (for lectures) and mostrecently David Solomon of Canada,who studied here for just one year

in 1971, and died in 2004 leavingSussex a significant gift for History.

In addition to bequests, sumshave been collected ‘in memoriam’for alumni. An annual price is nowoffered in the name of the late ValMcNaughton (former SPRU employeein the 1970s, International Relationsgraduate in 1982 and stalwart of theMeeting House chapel choirthroughout). More recently, a fundwas set up by the family of Jo Scott,who died last year and was studyingfor a BA in Cultural Studies in theCentre for Continuing Education(CCE) while working at Sussex. Thefund will enable CCE to award booktokens to one part-time student each year.

Please remember US – yourbequest to Sussex could not onlymake a real difference to your oldUniversity, but also make a realdifference to your executors’Inheritance Tax liability. For a free copy of our Wills booklet, pleasecontact the Development and AlumniRelations Office on 01273 678258 or email alumni@sussex.ac.uk

The University is an exempt charity ref. XN 1306

My junior year abroad

It is because of mymemorable experienceat Sussex and thedesire that others maylikewise be able tobenefit from attendingthis university that I washappy to contribute tothe Friends of theUniversity of Sussex.

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ALUMNINEWS

Staff

Dr Shimon AwerbuchSenior fellow, SPRU

Professor Roger Blin-StoyleFounding Professor of Physicsand Dean of MAPS

Professor Anthony NuttallFormer member of theEnglish faculty

Robin StreetFormer Head of Alumni andDevelopment

Alumni

Clifford Healey(ENGAM 1963)

Roy Nash (CCS 1964)

Michael Dibdin(EURO 1965)

Malcolm Bowie(EURO 1965)

David Godwin(MAPS 1966)

Vanessa Cooper(EURO 1966)

Reva Brown(ARTS 1967)

Lindsey Hughes(EURO 1967)

Edward Branson(ENGG 1968)

Josias Mohapeloa(ARTS 1972)

In memoriamThe Alumni Network regrets to report the death of the following people and extends its sympathy to their familyand friends.

Robert King(ENGAM 1973)

Anthony Miller(SOC 1973)

Peter Clarke (SOC 1974)

Ann Kidd(SOC 1975)

Richard Flint(ENGAM 1977)

Freda Mansfield(EDUC 1984)

Paul Blackwell(MOLS 1986)

Mark Delwart(SOC 1987)

Ryuichi Hirose(ENGAM 1991)

Sandra Koa Wing(CCS 1997)

Andrew Graney(CCS 1997)

Rohan Chadwick(CCS 1997)

Labapotswe MarvinMokguatsi(AFRAS 1998)

Beatrice Buchin(V&E 2002)

Lord CockfieldHonorary GraduateSussex EuropeanInstitute

In response to suggestions from readers, submitted obituaries can be found online atwww.sussex.ac.uk/alumni

The University of Sussex has alwaysflaunted its radicalism. It wasinevitable that it would eventuallyattract to its student body someonewho would challenge that radicalismand expose its limitations. RichardFlint was expelled in 1979, with hisfriend Shaun Fensom, the firstundergraduate to be ejected on non-academic grounds, after a campaignRichard spearheaded as libertariansocialist Union President to abolishpreliminary exams for sciencestudents spiralled into a campusinsurrection. But by the time he left,he had already influenced many ofhis contemporaries, a kind ofsupernumerary Sussex tutor,augmenting our studies with asyllabus of mass meetings andsituationist happenings, punctuatedby parties without end in buildingsoccupied by protestors. At the centreof all this activity, this fearsomelybright man resisted the temptationsthat snare many natural leaders: henever took himself seriously or fellinto the sectarian squabbling thatweakened the left, even engaging

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It is with great sadness that Falmer reports the death of Robin Street on 11 May at the age of 64.

Robin spent most of his professional career at Sussex, first as Front of House Manager of the Gardner Arts Centre and then in the BusinessDevelopment Department. Following this, Robin became Head of the Alumniand Development Office, an operation which he created in 1991. On hisappointment to this role in 1991, Robin began work on what became the very successful alumni relations programme at the University.

Later, his vision of an expanded Development and Alumni Relations team came to fruition. He had advocated this expansion for many years and he saw the growth of the office as the culmination of his work. It is thanks to Robin’s commitment to the University, forward-looking agenda and belief in the work he did that the Development and Alumni Relations Office exists in the format it does today, and we all owe him a great deal of gratitude for his vision and hard work.

Many alumni and friends will remember Robin as a warm and avuncularman, whose great sense of humour and kindness marked him out as a specialperson to those who knew him.

Correction: We would like to apologise formisspelling Janet Streat’s (née Nicholls) name in the last issue of Falmer

‘My work shadow experience was invaluable. I got to seehow someone in a senior position worked and was allowedto see every part of her life for a day.’

This was the comment of one of 85 students whospent a day in the workplace during the spring term as part of Sussex’s eXperience Factor work shadow scheme.

Starting out in your career is never easy of courseand the scheme, which is run by the Career Development& Employment Centre (CDEC), provides students withexperiences that can help to increase their confidence and understanding.

Many thanks to the alumni who are alreadysupporting this scheme. CDEC, however, wants to expand the range of opportunities and to recruit more workguides. As students are funding travel themselves for thisexperience, we would be particularly interested in hearingfrom alumni and friends of the University who are able to offer work shadowing experience in the Southeast. We undertake some pre-selection to make sure the bestcandidate is put forward, and we make sure the scheme is managed so that your time is well used.

We are also interested to hear from anyone who would be willing to offer work experience to Sussexstudents, perhaps during the Christmas, Easter or summervacations. Students are often willing to go further afield forpaid work experience. So if that project or task has beensitting on your desk for some time, and needs a bright andable undergraduate or postgraduate to get things started,why not contact CDEC? For more information about thework shadow scheme or employing a student for workexperience, please contact the Career Development & Employment Centre. Telephone 01273 873376 or 01273 678429, or email l.g.buckham@sussex.ac.uk

Written by Linda Buckham, Director of the Career Development & Employment Centre

Sean Phelan (ENGG 1977), whofounded online trailblazer Multimap10 years ago, came back to campusin May 2007 to give a talk as part ofthe University’s Enterprise Thursdayseries of events.

The successful entrepreneurtalked about his time at Sussex, his career and his vision for a futurewhere no one will be lost again. ‘I studied electronic engineering, which was really computers. I’dstarted playing around with them atthe age of 11, so I was attracted tothe breadth of the course at Sussex. I could incorporate as much softwareengineering as I liked. After that, I followed the classic career structurefor an entrepreneur.’

After completing an MBA inFrance and working as a media andtechnology consultant at accountantsKPMG, Sean developed Multimap. It has become the leading provider

Founder of Multimap bringsvision of the future to Sussex

Can you help Sussexstudents get a foot inthe door?

in friendly dialogue with Tories duringthose polarised years.

Those of us lucky enough to remain close to Richard – whocompleted his education at McGillUniversity in Montreal and worked in Canada as a journalist, beforereturning to the UK to spend manyyears at the International TransportWorkers’ Federation – found we hada teacher for life. He introduced us tothe Internet. He drew our attention toforgotten conflicts. And he taught us,by his own example, that long, cruelphysical decline – in his case inflictedby a neurological condition – needn’tbe a cause for self-pity or surrender.

He died this year on 18 April,aged 47. Sussex is posting photosand eulogies from his memorial onhttp://www.sussex.ac.uk/Units/alumni/pages/inmemoriam/richard_flint.htmlAnd his friends hope to establish a more permanent tribute to a remarkable spirit.

Written by Catherine Mayer (EURO 1978)

Remembering Richard Flint

Robin Street

My work shadow experiencewas invaluable. I got to see howsomeone in a senior position workedand was allowed to see every part ofher life for a day.

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of online maps in the UK and Europe.Last year it made profits of about £10million and notched up a staggering190 million hits a month.

‘In the mid 90s I was working at KPMG looking at the ways mobilephones, PCs and TV were all comingtogether, but I was also a lifelongsailor – something else I’d taken up atSussex, so I knew GPS receivers weregetting smaller and smaller. I thoughtthat when you put phones, GPS andthe web together you would suddenlyhave a little device that tells you whereyou are and where you’re going.’

Multimap can be sourcedthrough mobile phones, he explains,so people will never get lost again.‘Children will never know what itmeans to be lost. These are thestories I’ll be telling my grandchildrenin the way our grandparents would tell us about London smog.’

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Fleeing Hitler France 1940By Hanna Diamond (ARTS 1986),published by Oxford UniversityPress, June 2007

As Hitler’s victorious armiesapproached Paris, the Frenchgovernment abandoned the city and its panic-stricken people. Roadsheading south immediately filledwith ordinary people fleeing for their lives with whatever personalpossessions they could carry. Duringthe long, hard journey, this massexodus of predominantly women,children and the elderly would faceconstant bombings, machine gunattacks, and even starvation.

Using eyewitness accounts,memoirs and diaries, HannaDiamond shows how the disruptionthis exodus brought to the lives ofcivilians and soldiers alike made it a defining experience of the war forthe French people. Just weeks afterthe German invasion the Frenchmilitary collapsed, allowing MarshalPétain to install his collaborativeVichy regime unopposed.Traumatised refugees put their faithin Pétain, obeying his call for them to return home – while the Germansconsolidated their occupation.

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Mrs Zhivago of Queen’s ParkBy Olivia Lichtenstein (EURO1975), published by Orion,January 2007.

A sharp, funny and deliciouslyentertaining first novel about how to survive being 40, married, and just a little bit bored with your life.

Meet Chloe Zhivago, 43 anddefinitely not counting. Married forwhat feels like all eternity to Greg,who tests his memory in infuriatingways, for example hiding the kettlefrom himself in the drum of thewashing machine, Chloe is asuccessful psychotherapist with twochildren and a famous friend fromhell. She has it all. So why does shewant to rub her life out and startagain? Is this it, she asks herself. Will I never sleep with another managain? When Chloe meetstemptation in the shape of Ivan, doesshe dare risk a passionate Russianromance before gravity wins thebattle with her face and figure? Canshe get away with one glorious, finalfling? Dr Zhivago didn’t. And just lookwhat happened to Anna Karenina...This is a razor sharp, wonderfullyfunny, sexy novel that asks a seriousquestion – how do you keep love alive during a long marriage? Andanswers it with poignancy and puredelicious comedy.

Olivia Lichtenstein is a BAFTAaward-winning documentary film-maker. She currently works as afreelance documentary and dramaproducer/director and journalist. Shelives with her husband and their twochildren in West London.

Alumni listed below can be contacted via the Developmentand Alumni Relations Office at: alumni@sussex.ac.uk

Mary Nash, the widow of Roy Nash (CCS 1964), is keen to collect oral histories and life stories from alumni whoattended Sussex in the three years from 1964 to 1966 underthe Early Leavers Scheme, and would be grateful to hear fromthose alumni and their friends.

Dr Anastasia Christou is looking for Greek-American andGreek-German alumni or friends currently residing in Greeceto interview for a research project on return migration to theancestral homeland. She is also looking for Greek-Americansin New York and Greek-Germans in Berlin.

Ranjith Perera (Education 1979) would like to get in touchwith old friends and teachers.

Bill Camplin (MAPS 1976) would like to get in touch withanyone who went on early London to Brighton rides, perhapsex-members of Brighton Whole Earth Group, because hewould like to do it again.

If you are a graduate of chemistry or biochemistry and would like to receive future email communications from your department, please email alumni@sussex.ac.uk toupdate your contact details and ensure that we have youremail address.

Come along to the Meeting House on Saturday 15September on the afternoon of the 40th Anniversary reunionto hear a dozen Sussex graduates rehearse a concert atFalmer church at 5.30pm. Former organ scholars StephenKing (MAPS 1976) and Alan Sykes (MAPS 1967) will beplaying, and singers will include Hilary Todd (née Harris),Polly Robinson (née Hitchcock) (both ENGAM 1980), Sue Paine (née Mileham, CCS 1980), Peter Williams(Scitech 1972) and Roger Walkinton (EURO 1977).

Has working as a volunteer contributed significantly to your career progression? Would you be willing to share your experience with current students at Sussex?The Career Development and Employment Centre inassociation with Project V, the University’s student volunteerbureau, is currently looking for individuals who would bewilling to feature in a case study to promote the value ofvolunteering to the current student body.

Join us for your 40th Anniversary ReunionA 40th Anniversary Reunion will take place on Saturday 15 September 2007 from 12 noon until 6pm.This reunion is for those who were freshers at Sussex in the years 1961 to 1967.

The packed programme of activities being planned includes:welcome reception giving plenty of time to mix and minglewith old friendsdelicious lunchcampus tours led by current students, visiting the latestdevelopments on campus and all your favourite hauntsreunion photoafternoon teadiscussion forum

There will be no organised activities in the evening, but Falmer Bar will be open. Limited single, en-suiteaccommodation with breakfast will be available on campusfor the night of 15 September, should anyone wish to stayon campus. Alternatively, we would be happy to provide alist of approved hotels in Brighton. For further informationand to book, please visit www.sussex.ac.uk/alumni orphone 01273 877707. The deadline for bookings is Friday 31 August.

Events and reunions

The University of Sussex LectureThe future of European enlargementwas the subject of the 2007 Universityof Sussex Lecture, given recently byAlan Mayhew, Jean Monnet Professorand Professorial Fellow of Politics andContemporary European Studies atthe Sussex European Institute. Thelecture was held at One BirdcageWalk, Westminster, and was attendedby over 150 guests. The lecture,entitled ‘A certain idea of Europe: canEuropean integration survive easternenlargement?’, was an interesting and topical discussion of the issuessurrounding the further enlargementand integration of the European Unionand prompted a lively discussion inthe question and answer session thatfollowed. ‘The University of SussexLecture is part of a programme ofevents to promote the excellence ofSussex research to a wider audienceand to engage with alumni and friendsof the University,’ said Sue Hepburn,Corporate Events Manager. ‘Itspopularity has made it one of ourflagship events and plans for nextyear’s lecture are already under way.’

Recent Graduates PartyIn May a group of young alumni from2000 to 2006 got together at theTerraces Bar & Grill in Brighton tocelebrate the second party for recentgraduates. The mood was as fun andfestive as the event in London lastyear. Lyubka Savkova (SocCul 2002)was the lucky winner of the prize drawand got to enjoy a bottle ofchampagne. The Development andAlumni Relations team would like tothank everyone who attended andwould like to hear your feedback, as well as suggestions for next year’s event. Please emailalumni@sussex.ac.uk with all your comments.

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80s Congratulations to JeanetteLongfield (ARTS 1980), a champion ofhealthy eating, who gained an MBE inthe Queen’s New Year Honours List forservices to food policy. Jeanette worksfor Sustain – a charity dedicated tohealthy eating. She is heavily involved in the Children’s Food Campaign whichaims to reduce obesity in kids throughbetter school meals.

80s Michael Snell (Education1981) was awarded a CBE in the New Year Honours List for services toeducation. Many congratulations toMichael who retired in August 2006.

80s Stuart Townend (ENGAM1981) is a musician, recording artistand one of the UK’s leading modernhymn writers. Last year, his compositionIn Christ alone was voted among the top 10 most popular hymns in therecent BBC Songs of Praise viewers’poll, and he regularly performs on theprogramme. He lives in Brighton withhis wife Caroline (née Bull, AFRAS1980) and three children.

80s Calestous Juma (SPRU 1983),Director of the Belfer Centre’s Science,Technology, and Globalization Project,has been awarded the honour of theElder of the Order of the Burning Spear(EBS) by President Mwai Kibaki ofKenya in recognition of hisachievements and distinguishedservice to the nation. Calestous’contributions include establishing theAfrican Centre for Technology Studies(ACTS), the continent’s firstindependent think tank on theapplication of science and technologyto development.

80s Clare Townley (Education1985) and her husband Glen Mattockare ‘over the moon’, or should we saysun, after winning the ‘Yorkshire andHumber Microgeneration Awards’ for‘Best Home Installation’ for the 23huge solar panels they have installed on their home.

80s Sam Daws (AFRAS 1985)became the Executive Director of theUnited Nations Association of the UK(UNA-UK) in September 2004. He hasserved as a senior advisor on UN issuesfor 17 years including three years asFirst Officer in the Executive Office offormer UN Secretary-General KofiAnnan. Since graduating from Sussex,Sam completed a master’s degree atthe University of Kent and undertookdoctoral studies at New College,Oxford. He has been a visiting fellow atthe Lauterpacht Centre for InternationalLaw at Cambridge University and at theUN Studies Programme of YaleUniversity. He has co-authored oredited six books on the UN.

80s As Chair of the Writers in PrisonCommittee of English (PEN), CaroleSeymour-Jones (ARTS 1986) has co-edited the forthcoming publicationby Profile of Another Sky: Voices ofConscience from Around the World. Thisanthology traces the prisoner’s journeyfrom the moment when the door clangsshut behind him, and the outside worldis reduced to the patch of sky seenthrough the window. It charts the risks of torture and death run by writers whenthey report the truth. It explores the painand dissonance of exile.

80s Visiting Fellow in Physics and Astronomy Sharon Ann Holgate(MAPS 1989) was awarded theInstitute of Physics Young ProfessionalPhysicist of the Year award at a dinner

held in January at The Savoy in London.The award was given ‘for her passionate and talented promotion of physics andthe public perception of physicsthrough her books, articles, talks andbroadcast work’. Since finishing herDPhil at Sussex in 1996, Sharon hasbeen working as a freelance sciencewriter and broadcaster for outletsincluding New Scientist, The TimesHigher Education Supplement, BBCRadio Four and the BBC World Service.She is currently writing her secondbook, Solid State Physics: AnAccessible Introduction forUndergraduates.

90s The Board of Trustees of Tateare delighted to announce that thePrime Minister has appointed JeremyDeller (HUMS 1991) as a Tate Trustee.The term of appointment will be for fouryears from 10 January 2007. Bystatute, three of Tate’s twelve trusteesare practising artists, and Jeremy willjoin artist trustees Fiona Rae and AnishKapoor on the Board. He was thewinner of the Turner prize in 2004.

90s Chris Newlands (SOC 1993)has published his first book, The VirginMoney Maker. Despite graduating witha hefty overdraft, one too many studentloans and an appreciation of how tomake cheques out for cash, Chris hasturned his finances around and penneda simple, no-nonsense guide tomanaging one’s finances. The book isabout knowing your ISA from your elbowand realising you don’t have to wearbraces or have slicked back hair tomake money from shares.

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AboveClare Townley

BelowCarole Seymour-Jones’forthcoming book

AboveStuart Townend

60s Martin Cahn (BIOLS 1967) hasbeen living near Krakow in Poland for anumber of years and recently took earlyretirement from Energie-Cites for whomhe had been working for the last 12years. He plans to spend his timeindulging himself and his wife andchildren, in following up his interests in the rich Jewish heritage of hisadoptive country.

60s Congratulations to Ian McEwan(EURO 1967) who received the 2007Common Wealth Award for Literature.

70s Jenni Mills (ENGAM 1970) has had her first novel, Crow Stone,published in hardback by Harper Press.It is a psychological thriller set inunderground quarries on the outskirtsof Bath, where archaeological secretsmirror the protagonist’s hidden past. It is also available in audio book.Jenni worked for many years inbroadcasting, as a presenter on BBCRadio Four, as a television directormaking documentary series for bothBBC and ITV, and as a voice coach. Shehas also written a non-fiction book, TheBroadcast Voice, published in 2004 byFocal Press.

70s Ian Wilson (ENGG 1970), whorecently took early retirement afteralmost 10 years as Director of SocialServices in the London Borough ofTower Hamlets, was awarded the CBE in the Queen’s New Year Honours Listfor services to social care. During hisdecade in charge, Tower Hamlets socialservices were transformed from theworst to the best in England (as rated by the Commision for Social Care Inspection).

Sussex peopleWho is doing what and where?

60s 70s Gastón Fournier-Facio (CCS 1974) has been appointed as the Artistic Coordinator at La ScalaOpera House in Milan as of June 2007.Prior to this appointment Gastón hasbeen the Artistic Coordinator inFlorence at the Maggio MusicaleFiorentino, and in Rome at theAccademia di Santa Cecilia.

70s Eric Clarke (CCS 1974) has been elected to the HeatherProfessorship of Music at the Universityof Oxford, starting on 1 October 2007.His book Ways of Listening: an ecologicalapproach to the perception of musicalmeaningwas published by OUP in 2005.

70s Bill Camplin (MAPS 1976),although now hard at work as a marinescientist, was also a mad cyclist whowent on the first London to Brighton bikerally in 1974. A dozen did it then. Now it is thousands. If there is anyone whowent on those early London to Brightonrides, perhaps ex-members of BrightonWhole Earth Group, please get in touchwith Bill because he wants to do it again!

70s David Towner (CCS 1975),Head of Organisational Psychology atRoyal Bank of Scotland (RBS), Chair ofthe Division of Occupational Psychology(DOP) in Scotland and Chair-Elect ofthe DOP, has been working on a jointventure between RBS and the Bank of China to share best practice and toopen up new opportunities in the region.

70s Congratulations to JonathanDrori (ENGG 1979), who has beenawarded a CBE in the Queen’s New YearHonours List as a result of the successof Culture Online in the Department forCulture, Media and Sport (DCMS), ofwhich he was a director. Jonathan iscurrently a visiting industrial professorat the University of Bristol.

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60s Susan Bennet (née Rose,EURO 1962) is now the AssistantCounty Organiser for the NationalGardens Scheme. Susan who used to run the Rhythm Club (later Folk Club)recognised her picture on the onlineScrapbook and got in touch with us.She still recalls the spirit of the 60swhen the Folk Club brought many nowfamous names to perform at Sussex.Susan also remembers the days ofsinging and performing on campus andbusking in Brighton with her friends.

60s Keith Muscutt (ENGAM 1964),Assistant Dean of the arts at theUniversity of California, Santa Cruz, hasreported the discovery of a previouslyunknown ruin on the eastern slope ofthe Andes mountains in Peru. The ruinis particularly significant because ofits unprecedented form, size, and theremoteness of the area in which it was found.

60s Christopher Nassaar(ENGLISH 1965) has published a book called Earnest Revisited which is a makeover of Oscar Wilde’s TheImportance of Being Earnest. EarnestRevisited is a lively and entertainingnovel that retains all the sparkling witand repartee of the original play but ismore rewarding to read from the page.It is also almost twice the length of theoriginal and is full of delightful Wildeanadditions and surprises.

60s Congratulations to Christopher Bullock (MAPS 1965),who was awarded an MBE in theQueen’s New Year Honours List forservices to road safety.

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BelowGastón Fournier-Facio

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AboveIan McEwan

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Although Kate took an English Literaturedegree at Sussex (which is unusual for acartoonist), she never forgot her love ofart and drawing. It did, however, takeher six years after graduating to be ableto read a novel for pleasure again.

Kate spent 1995 and 1996living at three tree protest camps inEngland and Wales and occasionallycontributing cartoons to free Brightonnewsheet SchNews. Then TheGuardian newspaper phoned her up to commission cartoons from theNewbury bypass roads protest. Thismade her mother, a lifelong Guardianreader, extremely happy.

In 1997, she decided tocombine her talents for assimilating andcollating information (honed at Sussex),and for sitting around firepits drinkingcider (acquired since) to write a historyof the British roads protest movement.Copse: The Cartoon Book of TreeProtesting was published in 1998.Unfortunately, she spent all the moneyfrom it on fried breakfasts and aMercedes truck, so it never made it to a second edition. Copies now change

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90s Jemma Armstrong (COGS1999) is taking part in a tough hikingchallenge, ‘Hike for Hope’, in Africa toraise funds for cancer treatments andcures. This trek will take place in the RiftValley in Kenya from 24 November to 3December 2007. The seven-day hike isthrough an extraordinary and dramaticlandscape taking in extinct volcanoes,steep canyons and spectacular gorges.In order to take part Jemma has to raisea minimum of £2,700. You cancontribute by visitingwww.justgiving.com/jemmaarmstrong.

90s Paul McCarthy (SLS 1999) has recently helped to launch a brandnew radio station in Brighton & Hove.RadioReverb is a freeform communityaccess station offering a true radioalternative for the people of Brighton &Hove. The station aims to offer a homefor an eclectic blend of music, spokenword, discussion and debate. Paul’sown music show is called BeltDrivenand covers everything from hip hop toreggae and jazz. You can hear it everyFriday morning 10 am – 12 midday. You can listen locally on 97.2 fm oronline at: www.radioreverb.com

00s Maria Skeie (IRP 2000) has been engaged with UNPO (theUnpresented Nations and PeoplesOrganisation) since graduation in 2004,and greatly enjoys working with issues in the field of international relations,politics, human rights, conflictprevention and international law.

00s Yusuf Misdaq (HUMS 2001)has had his first novel, Pieces of a paki,published. It is a coming-of-age story,set in the future, about current events

and race-relations in Britain. It is also avery beautiful story of a young boy tryingto find his place in the bustling Londonof 2030. Yusuf is also known in theunderground music scene as ‘Yoshi’, a producer, writer and performer ofexperimental hip-hop, electronic andacoustic music. As of 2007, he isworking on a documentary film,attaining a master’s degree in London,as well as completing his third soloalbum and second novel. He also runsnefisa, an arts website dedicated toyoung artists from across the globe.

00s Lauren Jones (English 2002),Neil Chinneck (Media 2002), SoniaSmith (Anthropology 2003) andCassie Hodges (English and Drama2004) founded a theatre group called‘Hello Id’ in 2005. This year they areheadlining an exciting programme ofevents at the Brighton UnitarianChurch, transforming this impressivebuilding into a theatre for an inventiveproduction called Made for Measure. Other alumni in the cast of Made forMeasure include Suze Borton (English2003), Andy Platt (English Language2001), Chris Jones (History 2002),Hannah McCorry (Linguistics 2003)and Charlotte Kahn (AmericanLiterature 2004).

BelowJemma Armstrong

BelowCharlotte Kahn (left)and Lauren Jones

AboveChris Newlands’ new book

BelowYusuf Misdaq

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Funny weatherKate Evans (Education 2000) worked very hard at Sussex until just before her final exams. Then she discovered free beach parties,festivals and environmental protesting. When she was called for herviva, she was hitchhiking across South Wales to go and live in a tree.As a consequence, she narrowly missed a First.

Kate’s work can be viewed atwww.cartoonkate.co.uk andwww.funnyweather.org

hands on the Internet for £30 plus.What a shame she doesn’t have any left.

Kate now lives a slightly moresettled life, near Bath. She has a three-year-old son, and was pleasantlysurprised to discover that having a childdidn’t mean the end of her cartooningcareer. No, soggy nappies, tempertantrums and teething pains havegiven her an endless supply of comicaltopics. She is currently working on TheFood of Love: Breastfeeding Your Baby.

However, it is for her politicaland environmental work that Kate isbetter known. Funny Weather:Everything You Didn’t Want to KnowAbout Climate Change But ProbablyShould Find Out was published byMyriad Editions last year. It is a funny,concise guide to the science of climatechange, and the social restructuringthat will be necessary to tackle itmeaningfully. It won praise from TheIndependent, The Guardian, Sky Newsand Chris Evans on BBC Radio Two (no, he isn’t a relation). However, she is still waiting for it to make her rich and famous!

AboveTwo of Kate’sillustrations

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