NEWS


New KTP puts IT services in the cloud


A KTP with engineering consultancy Firstco aims to help it safely virtualise infrastructure services. ‘This is an excellent means of developing both our in-house capability and strengthening ties with our academic partners at LSBU,’ says Firstco’s Mark Lazarides.


Bakery School head steps down


John Marchant of the National Bakery School is to retire after 41 years of service. John, who has led the School since 1992, has now been awarded the title of Professor Emeritus for his long and distinguished service. Turn to page 23 for a quick look back at the history of the School.


LSBU alumna appointed as bishop


The Reverend Dame Sarah Mullally, who studied at LSBU and sat on the University’s board of governors for 10 years, is to be the next Bishop of Crediton, in Devon, making her the fourth woman bishop to be appointed by the Church of England and the first in the south west.


Partnership for sporting success


LSBU’s Academy of Sport is joining forces with charity Greenhouse Sports to extend and enrich our sports programmes and help Greenhouse enhance their community sports provision. Initially, the partnership will focus on basketball.


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Our alumni Stella Tooth (BA Modern Languages and International Studies, 1989) has had two paintings selected for this year’s Milan Expo


Nat Puri (National College of Heating, Ventilating, Refrigeration and Fan Engineering, 1966) has been awarded a CBE for services to business and charity


Oliver Andrew (BA Architecture, 2011) has reached the final of the Architects’ Journal Hoare Lea Bursary competition with his design for a resource efficient bus shelter


Panayiotis Vrizas (BSc Product Design, 2015) is a finalist in the 2015 Design Innovation in Plastics Award


Sue Black (PhD Mathematics and Computer Science, 2001 and BSc Computing Studies, 1993) came in at #7 in Computer Weekly’s 50 most influential women in IT


Ryan Rodrigues (MSc Building Services Engineering, 2015) has been shortlisted for the 2015 Young Engineers Awards


Belinda Parmar OBE (MA European Business and Language, 1998) has been listed at #42 in Computer Weekly’s 50 most influential women in IT


Joe Axelrod (BEng Building Services Engineering, 2015) has been nominated for the RAC National Student of the Year Award 2015


Adam James (BSc Architectural Technology, 2015) has received the prestigious Chartered Institute of Building Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Fund Award


Jamila El Azhari (MSc International Marketing, 2014), Enrica Basile (MSc Marketing Communications, 2015), Lina Ciuplyte (BA Marketing, 2015) and Christina Kunze (MSc International Marketing, 2014) all had dissertation papers accepted at this year’s European Academy of Management and Business Economics conference


Chris Underdown (BSc Music and Sonic Media, 2015) is a finalist in this year’s National Business Awards. Follow him on Twitter @choosic


Joan Myers OBE (PgCert Non-Medical Prescribing, 2006) has been awarded an honorary degree by Middlesex University


The Reverend Dame Sarah Mullally (BA Nursing Studies, 1983) has been appointed Bishop of Crediton, making her the first woman bishop in the south west


Nathan Giles (BSc Baking Technology Management, 2011) won the Rising Star Award at the Baking Industry Awards 2015


Our staff


Professor Alison Leary has been awarded a Royal College of Nursing Fellowship


Darlene Lamont is to chair a national panel to review the assessed and supported year in employment for newly qualified social workers


Vice Chancellor Professor Dave Phoenix has been appointed chair of Million+


Gurpreet Jagpal has joined the board of Enterprise Educators UK


Dr Nicola Martin has been awarded a National Teaching Fellowship by the Higher Education Academy


Professor Basu Saha has been nominated for the Institute of Chemical Engineers’ Dhirubhai Ambani Award for Outstanding Chemical Engineering Innovation for Resource-poor People.


Dr John Marchant, head of the National Bakery School, and Martin Lake, head of the Department of the Built Environment, have retired – our very best wishes to them both


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