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Keep in touch www.lancaster.ac.uk/stepsWELCOMECONTENTSWe continue to grow, both at home andoverseas. The Ministry of Education inBeijing has approved the establishmentof a joint institute with Beijing JiaotongUniversity. The new campus, calledLancaster University College - BeijingJiaotong University, will be located inWeihai, Shandong province. Meanwhile,at Bailrigg, we have exciting plans toredevelopment the Management School’smain buildings; more news of thisimportant project will be released overcoming months.Welcome to Steps. It’s beenanother very successful year forLancaster; there isn’t space hereto share all our good news!A few highlights: we received a Queen’sAnniversary Prize last November, for workconducted by Professor Tony McEneryand his team in the Centre for CorpusApproaches to Social Science, presentedat Buckingham Palace on 26 February.Lancaster has also retained its placein the UK’s Top 10 Universities in therecently published Complete UniversityGuide; and we have moved up to 121stin the QS World University Rankings.2015 also threw up some big challenges.The Morecambe Bay area can be wet; buton 5th-6th December the rain fell on anentirely different scale. A UK record flowof water was recorded in the River Lune,bursting its banks and floodingan important electrical sub-station.This knocked out power to both cityand campus. After providing emergencyaccommodation to 6,000 students overthat weekend, we ended term early; noeasy undertaking to evacuate so manypeople in such a short space of time.I was tremendously proud of the way staffand students responded to adversity.Lancaster is a famously modestinstitution; but we have plenty to be proudabout. While we’ll never rest on our laurels,I hope that you will help us to spread themessage about our quality and ambition.To get the latest from Lancaster keepa regular eye on our website. And wewant to celebrate your successes, too;so please stay in touch, whether throughFacebook, LinkedIn, the alumni website orby contacting the Alumni Office.Professor Mark E. SmithVice-Chancellor1703PREDICTINGTHE NORTHERNLIGHTSProfessor Jim Wild explains the sciencebehind the Northern Lights and where andwhen to see them.05ALUMNI TALK07Local MP and alumna, Cat Smith and herfather, Alan, come back to campus andreminisce.The articles printed here, to the best of our knowledge, were correct at the time of going to press. We cannotguarantee that all articles submitted have been printed and we reserve the right to edit material where necessary.Furthermore, the views expressed in this magazine are not necessarily those of Lancaster University or the Editor.Steps is available to view online at www.lancaster.ac.uk/steps as a PDF and a Word document.If you require this magazine in another format, please contact the Alumni & Development Office.1STUDENTS’ UNION.THEN AND NOWLUSU Communications Manager, Bob Hart takesa look at the changing fashions for Lancaster’sStudents’ Union.11Alumnus Will Thacker talks about the launch of hissecond novel and the filming of his Morrissey biopic.19CONFESSIONS OF ACOLLEGE PRINCIPALFormer Fylde Principal, Frank Wareing, describes hislong and dedicated service to Lancaster students.EVENTS AROUNDTHE GLOBEA global tour of alumni events in the last year.A round-up of books published by alumniand Lancaster graduate weddings in the last12 months.WHATLANCASTERMEANS TO USSenior Management Team Celebrate Roses Win09THIS CHARMING MAN?13TACKLING THE EBOLAAND ZIKA VIRUSESDr Derek Gatherer explains some of the importantresearch into finding new diagnostic standards for Ebola.21HONORARY DEGREESAND ALUMNI AWARDSAwards presented during the 2015 Graduation Ceremonies.15UNIVERSITY NEWSUpdates from around the University and the alumni office.Published by:Alumni, Development & Events OfficeE: alumni@lancaster.ac.ukAdditional Contributor: Rachel PughProduced by Fusiondesign.co.ukSTEPS 2016 - 2
Keep in touch www.lancaster.ac.uk/stepsThe ScienceBehind Predictingthe Northern LightsThis heightened geomagnetic activitycauses the auroral oval to expand, pushingaurorae southward. If the skies are clear andthe geomagnetic storm coincides with thehours of darkness, mid-latitude observersincluding those in the UK can be treated toauroral displays.So why are auroral displays from the UK sohard to predict? Although they can occurat any time, the CMEs that cause them aremost common during solar maximum,the peak of solar activity that occurs every11 years. They can be fired outwards fromthe Sun in almost any direction, so thegeometry has to be just right.If it is Earth-bound, predicting a CME’s timeof arrival at Earth is not straightforward.Uncertainties of around 10 hours are notunusual meaning that a CME could arriveand trigger aurorae during daylight insteadof darkness.The orientation of the magnetic field insidethe CME is crucial. If it is aligned parallelto the Earth’s magnetic field, then thecoupling is weak whereas if it is antiparallelthe coupling is strong. Unfortunately, thiscrucial parameter cannot be measureduntil the CME passes the ACE spacecraftlocated approximately 1.5 million kilometresupstream of the Earth, only one hour beforethe CME arrives at the Earth. Finally, even ifall the other factors are favourable, cloudyskies or light pollution can put pay to anyaurora being seen from the ground.Set against this background, auroral displaysvisible from northern Scotland are relativelycommon, occurring a few times a year.We know from historical data that the “perfectstorm” scenario, where each element of thechain is maximally geoeffective, can pushaurorae as far south as the Caribbean, butthese occur less than once each century.Professor Jim Wild teaches on ourMPhys and BSc Physics, Astrophysicsand Cosmology programmes.So if you want to try and see aurorae fromthe UK, you might want something to tip theodds in your favour. Fortunately, LancasterUniversity’s free AuroraWatch UK service –aurorawatch.lancs.ac.uk - alerts users toheightened activity in the UK via email andsocial media. When I’m asked what’s thebest way to see the northern lights from theUK, it’s what I recommend. That, patienceand a bit of luck.”Geomagnetic storms that result in auroraevisible from the south coast of England aremore common, perhaps occurring onceevery twenty years or so.“Where should I go to see the northern lights? It’s a question I get asked a lot,usually just after I say that I study the physics of the aurora borealis. Moreoften than not, it is followed by “When’s the best time to see them?”“It’s not surprising. The northern lights areone of nature’s most beautiful spectacles.So where is the best place to see them andwhen is the best time?PROFESSOR JIM WILDEXPLAINS THIS NATURALPHENOMENONAurorae are caused by the interaction of theEarth’s magnetic field with the solar wind,the stream of electrically charged particlesconstantly emitted by the Sun. Because thesolar wind is electrically conductive, it dragsremnants of the Sun’s magnetic field out intointerplanetary space.When it arrives at the Earth, the magneticfield in the solar wind can couple withthe Earth’s own magnetic field. Ions andelectrons in the region of near-Earth spaceknown as the magnetosphere are energisedby this coupling and some, guided by theshape of the terrestrial magnetic field,are funnelled down towards the magneticpoles. Collisions with atoms in the upperatmosphere cause it to glow, with thecharacteristic green and red colours of theaurora emitted by oxygen atoms at altitudesbetween 100-200km above the ground.Receive alerts fromaurorawatch.lancs.ac.uk3This process generates aurorae in crownlike ovals surrounding the magnetic poles.Although the solar wind is continuous,changes in the efficiency of the solarwind-magnetosphere coupling processmodulates the auroral activity.Nevertheless, residents of northernScandinavia, Iceland, northern Canadaand Alaska regularly witness stunningnatural light shows, weather and darknesspermitting. But what about closer to home?The northern lights are one ofnature’s most beautiful spectacles.So where is the best place to seethem and when is the best time?During periods of increased solar activity,the aurora can occasionally be seen at muchlower latitudes than usual, but a particularchain of events need to occur. Typically,it starts with an eruption of material fromthe Sun known as a coronal mass ejection(CME). An average CME can include a billiontonnes of solar material moving at a millionmiles an hour, crossing the interplanetaryspace between the Sun and Earth in just acouple of days. If the magnetic field withinthe CME is aligned anti-parallel to the Earth’s,then the CME’s energy and momentum canefficiently couple into the magnetosphere,triggering a geomagnetic storm.Like us onwww.facebook.com/aurorawatchukTweet us onwww.twitter.com/aurorawatchukSTEPS 2016 - 4
Keep in touch www.lancaster.ac.uk/stepsAlumni in PrintHELEN BARBOURFrench Studies, 1986‘The A to Z of Normal’MICHAEL PICKERINGPhD Linguistics, 1990‘The Compass Dances’DR DAVID GOSLINGPhD Religious Studies, 1974,‘Frontier of Fear’MENESH PATELMSc Operational Research,2002 ‘Brain’JOHN ANDREWEconomics/Financial Control,1974 (and Derek Styles)‘Designer British Silver’SAMANTHA COLLETTMSc Contemporary Sociology,1998, Sociology 1997 ‘How toBuy Property in Auction’Alumni WeddingsALEX MARLANDPhD Politics, 2005‘Brand Command’TIMOTHY MCCRACKENMA History, 2012‘Dumfriesshire in theGreat War’WENDY JONES NAKANISHIMA 18th Century English, 1978‘Imperfect Strangers’DR CHAITANYA NIPHADKARMA Human ResourceDevelopment & Consulting,2009 ‘Building OrganizationalLeadership’BRIAN TERRYAccounting & Finance,1972 ‘Dark Pools’NIGEL GRAYEnglish, 1971,‘Laugh, You Buggers, Laugh’1234567891011121314151617181920SOPHIE DUFFYEnglish, 1989‘Bright Stars’REV AUGUSTINE KANJAMALAMA Sociology and Religion, 1974‘The Future of Christian Missionin India’MIKE AMBERRYMedieval and RenaissanceStudies, 1997‘The Last Plantagenet’1 Z EYU JIANG Logistics and Supply ChainManagement, 2012, Graduate marriedWEIXIAO CHEN TEFL (Teaching Englishas a Foreign Language), 2012, Graduate.8 JAMES MICHAEL KENTMarketing, 2007, Cartmel marriedJUNE HIU YING LAI English Languageand Sociolinguistics, 2007, Cartmel.15 RICHARD LOUIS PORT Accounting,Auditing and Finance, 2012, Pendlemarried JESSICA LLEWELLYN BusinessStudies, 2012, Cartmel.2 GARETH PATTENDEN Accountingand Finance, 2006, Grizedale marriedLISA PARKIN Law, 2006, Furness.9 EDWARD RIGBY Geography, 2011,Fylde married HOLLY ENGLISH 2013,MBChB Medicine, 2013, County.16 BRADLEY PATES Biomedical Science,2008, Grizedale married CARLY AYLINGFine Art, 2009, Lonsdale.3 J AMES WEBSTER Geography, 2008,Fylde married CLAIRE WALTONSocial Work, 2008, Furness.10 JAMES KEIR History and Politics, 2011,Lonsdale married ELEANOR BLANCHistory, 2012, Fylde.17 ADAM LOMAS History and Philosophy,2008, Furness married LAURA LEWISPsychology, 2009, Furness.4 PETER MORGAN Psychology, 2008,County married JOELLE-MARIE ALLENEnglish Literature, 2008, County.11 MIKE CLAYTON-JONES Philosophy,2008, Cartmel married LUCY DRAKEMarketing Management, 2010, Cartmel.5 DIMITRIS MITROMARASMSc Information Technology,Management and Organisation, 2008,Graduate married CLARA MALMROSMSc Management, 2008, Graduate.12 MATT CANN Culture, Media &Communications, 2005, Furness marriedSAMANTHA HALE Law and Criminology,2006, Furness.18 BEN WHITE History and EnglishLanguage, 2007, Grizedale marriedCAROLINE LEGG Media and CulturalStudies, 2007, Furness.6 OLLY TRUMBLE International Relationsand Strategic Studies, 2011, Fyldemarried ELLIE COOTES Theatre Studiesand English Literature, 2011, Lonsdale.DR PHILIP MACDOUGALLPolitics, 1971 ‘NavalResistance to Britain’sGrowing Power in India 16601880’5ALAN DENTFrench Studies, 1976‘Too Much Toothache’David WarwickPhD Education, 1978‘Chorus Endings’DR YEMI ADEX ADENIRANMSc Operational Research,1987 ‘ The Unity ofKnowledge’PROFESSOR PAYAL KUMARReligious Studies, 1987‘Unveiling Women’s Leadership’7 D ANIEL DRIVER, MEng MechatronicEngineering, 2013, County marriedEMMA COOPER Mathematical Finance,2011, Fylde.13 BEN JAMES English Language, 2010,Bowland married HEATHER KERCHALEnglish Language and Italian, 2008,Grizedale.19 JOE PAULINE Physics with MedicalPhysics, 2012, Cartmel marriedKATIE GROCOTT Media & CulturalStudies, 2011, Bowland.20 MARK LORD Law, 2011, Cartmel marriedBRONWYN WHITE Law, 2011, Lonsdale.14 SAMUEL MONK Accountancyand Finance, 2011, Pendle marriedSABRINA MCNALLY Theatre Studiesand English Literature, 2011, Pendle(photo credit – Rebekah JanePhotography).STEPS 2016 - 6
Keep in touch www.lancaster.ac.uk/stepsWHAT MADE YOU CHOOSELANCASTER UNIVERSITY FORYOUR DEGREE?Alan – I made my first connection withLancaster 45 years ago when I came tosee a Pink Floyd concert in the Great Hallin 1971. I then came to study social workfrom 1988-90 before returning to do anMA in History between 2008 -2011 afterretirement from my career with the YouthOffending Team in Cumbria.WHATLANCASTERMEANS TO USCat Smith (Gender and Sociology, 2006, Cartmel) has just completedher first year as a Labour MP, having been elected for Lancaster andFleetwood in 2015. Her father, Alan, who also studied at Lancaster,recently accompanied her on a visit back to campus where we took theopportunity to interview them about their student experiences.Cat – I recall my Dad bringing home aprospectus for me to look at when I was15 and reading it from cover to cover.Originally I was looking at sciences,but was intrigued by the whole rangeof options available. I first came ontocampus at the age of 2 or 3 to visit Dad(and recall wrestling with my sister onWaterstones floor - though I am muchbetter behaved now!) I wasn’t really awarethere were any other universities; my Dadhad planted the seed and loved hisexperience so much that I had to comewith my Mum to the Open Day to avoidhis bias!WHAT IS YOUR FONDEST MEMORYOF YOUR TIME HERE?DO YOU KEEP IN TOUCH WITH OTHERALUMNI SINCE YOU GRADUATED?WHAT DO YOU ENJOY THE MOSTABOUT YOUR WORK?Alan – I lost touch a bit during the 90safter my first stint at Lancaster, whencareer and family took over, but theadvent of the internet has enabled meto reconnect and a number of my peersfrom both the Social Work and the MAHistory groups regularly keep in touch.Alan – I’m now retired, but in my careerI felt I thought I knew life, until I did socialwork. You’re then amazed when you canmake some difference to someone’s life –to help them fix themselves, even if it’sjust a little bit.Cat – I met my husband-to-be atLancaster University (Ben) and through myconstituency work I am frequently betweenLancaster and London, so have visited theUniversity several times since graduating(latterly for talks about my work!) I also keepin touch with alumni through the annualLabour Club reunion dinner.WHAT HAS BEEN YOUR GREATESTACHIEVEMENT SO FAR (IN ANYASPECT OF YOUR LIFE?)I FEEL I COULD HAVEBEEN AN ETERNALSTUDENT AS I MISSALL OF IT, BUT I AMPLEASED THAT I HAVERETAINED LINKSALAN SMITHAlan – I was so amazed that I got a place asI had failed my 11 plus years ago at schoolthat I enjoyed every single minute of it.I remember being overwhelmed at having aformer Oxford student sitting next to me ina tutorial, I loved the general camaraderie,evenings at the Waterwitch etc.Cat – I particularly enjoyed the first year,the feeling of independence, limitedpressure regarding exams and thechance to figure out who you were and nocurfews. I was the first one in the family tohave the full university experience livingaway from home.Cat – In my role as an MP everything’sdifferent and you see the best and worstin people. If you can’t actually help themyourself you can hopefully point them inthe right direction through your networks.Entering Parliament was strange and I feltlike a ‘fish out of water’. It’s taken me a littlewhile to realise that I deserve to be there!Alan – In my case, my greatestachievement has been to survive in ahouse with four women! I am also proudof the fact that I obtained an MA in Historyafter failing my eleven plus in 1958.Cat – That a 29 year old working class girlfrom Barrow could be elected as a LabourMP in a marginal constituency.WHAT ADVICE WOULD YOU GIVE TOTODAY’S STUDENTS?IS THERE ANYTHING YOUPARTICULARLY MISS ABOUTSTUDENT LIFE?Alan – I feel I could have been an eternalstudent as I miss all of it, but I am pleasedthat I have retained links.Cat – I miss having the free time. I took itfor granted when I was here so didn’t fullyappreciate it and I actually felt busy at thetime. I would like to have time now toenjoy reading for reading’s sake and notjust to a deadline.Alan – Enjoy every minute, it will go fasterthan you think. And remember, whateverhappens next, you are always a Lancastergraduate.Cat – Don’t waste time worrying aboutrevision and exams. I remember somestudents tried to work themselves intothe ground.For more Steps features visit www.lancaster.ac.uk/steps7STEPS 2016 - 8
Keep in touch www.lancaster.ac.uk/stepsSTUDENTS’ UNIONWHAT’S A‘SABBATICAL OFFICER?’THEN AND NOWTHE MORE THINGSCHANGE, THE MORETHEY STAY THE SAME.That may seem a hackneyed phrase,but it’s certainly true of LancasterUniversity Students’ Union, writesCommunications Manager Bob Hart.Since it was formed (just a few years afterthe University itself) the Union has made ahuge impact on life at Lancaster, combiningdedicated political campaigning, a deepcommitment to student welfare, a passion foreducation and an irrepressible sense of fun.That said, some of the things that go onthese days might not look quite the sameas you remember them. Changing timesKnown as Sabbatical Officers or‘Sabbs’ in old money, these daysthey’re called Full-Time Officers.Here’s the SU Executive 1983/4 frombottom left, clockwise: Andy Arnfield,Jackie Cawkwell, Andy Broom, MortonGeppert, Sam Walker, Dave Lightman,Charlie Blueglass, Jayne Williams. Centre isPresident Bernard Hughs.mean changing fashions, a barelyrecognisable campus and a way ofdoing things that’s moved on from theDIY spirit of yesteryear.Now pared down to six (and looking a lot lesslike Littlewoods catalogue models) is the2015/16 team – from left, back: VP UnionDevelopment Tom Stapleton, VP EducationBen Harper and VP Welfare & CommunityAnna Lee; front: VP Activities Natalie Sutcliffe,VP Campaigns and Communications KatieCapstick and President Will Hedley.If you’d like to find out more about whatthe Union gets up to, visit the websiteat www.lusu.co.uk or followwww.facebook.com/lancastersuor www.twitter.com/lancastersuEPIC EVENTSSUN ON THE STEPSOne thing that hasn’t changedat Lancaster is that AlexandraSquare is THE place to be on asunny afternoon.You may remember attending oneof the many events organised by theUnion during your time at Lancaster– many of them still exist, but havechanged in character over the years.Freshers’ Fair has become an epicexperience sprawling out of the GreatHall and into the surrounding buildings.LUSU STAFF CELEBRATE ROSES WIN 2016But it might not be quite as youremember it.The phrase ‘it’s grim upnorth’ was created for this grainy imagefrom the ‘70s with its brooding sky andaustere fashions. These days it’s brighter,whiter and glossier, with the LearningZone replacing the cubicle seminarrooms of Bowland.Grad Ball has changed a bit too – check outthis civilised bunch gathered in the GreatHall way back in 1989. This year’s event willbe in Blackpool Tower Ballroom, featuring anumber of live performances including theHit Parade’s Fuse ODG.POLITICS, PROTESTS.AND POSTERSHAIR TODAY GONETOMORROWBob Hart arrived at CountyCollege as a fresh-faced youthback in 1998 - the year manyof this year’s intake of newstudents were born.He graduated from Lancasterwith a degree in English in 2001.After leaving to pursue a career injournalism he returned older, wiserand balder in 2014 as the Students’Union Communications Manager.9MOVING THE GOALPOSTSImproving facilities, improvinge
11MIKE CLAYTON-JONES Philosophy, 2008, Cartmel married LUCY DRAKE Marketing Management, 2010, Cartmel. 12 MATT CANN Culture, Media & Communications, 2005, Furness married SAMANTHA HALE Law and Criminology, 2006, Furness. 13 BEN JAMES English Language, 2010, Bowland married HEATHER KERCHAL
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