Winter 2011 - Birkbeck, University of London

The Birkbeck effect
Your gift, our future
Winter 2011
Welcome from the Master
Thank you
If you are one of the many people who have given generously to the College
in the last academic year, we thank you. Your donations have a huge impact
and make a difference both to Birkbeck students and the life of the College.
Professor David
Latchman CBE
The world of higher education is
on the verge of a major shift.
In the last few months we
have come to learn of changes
that will affect students for
years to come. Looking back,
it has been a strategically
important year for Birkbeck and
we have lobbied hard to gain
parity for the part-time sector
as well as secure the long-term
future of the College.
This year Birkbeck was
shortlisted for the Times
Higher Education University of
the Year award and the College
appeared for the first time in
the Times Higher Education top
200 universities in the world,
above, for example, several
large Russell group Universities
such as Leeds, Liverpool and
Nottingham. As the Editor of
the THE said: “The top 200
Universities in the world
represent only a tiny fraction of
world higher education and any
institution that makes it into
this table is truly world class.”
We would like to thank our
alumni donors, friends and
volunteers who have enabled
us to establish such a strong
position. Leadership donations
have modernised facilities such
as the molecular biology
laboratories through a gift from
the Wolfson and Maurice Wohl
Foundations or launched major
research centres, such as the
new Institute for the Study of
Anti-semitism funded by the
Pears Foundation. All donations
increase our ability to provide
world class facilities and
resources for both students
and academics.
Trusts,
Foundations
and
organisations
British Schools and
Universities
Foundation
Cecil Rosen
Foundation
Esmée Fairbairn
Foundation
The Exilarch’s
Foundation
Garfield Weston
Foundation
Guildford Academic
Associates
Man Group plc
Charitable Trust
Nomura
International plc
Noon Foundation
Ostrovsky Family
Foundation
The Boston
Foundation
The Leverhulme
Trust
The Maurice Wohl
Charitable
Foundation
The Wolfson
Foundation
The Pears
Foundation
The Rayne
Foundation
The Richard
Reeve’s
Foundation
The Snowdon
Award Scheme
SNR Denton
UK LLP
Gifts
included
in a will
Jean R Brooks*
Donald Challen
Professor Bernard
Crick*
Dorothy L Duncan*
Jennifer M Hayden
Professor Michael
C Hunter
Kathleen Keenan
Mary Kidd*
Michael Leggett
Esther Matear
Edward M Maynard
Carol J Michaelson
David Muddiman
Peter J Murphy*
Timothy J Newling
The Pat Oakley
Ruby Fund
Merilyn J Parker
Armitage
Dr John Parker
Roland W Pearson
Mary Raynes
Robert A Reeve
Elizabeth Scarratt
Margaret Simpson
Derek M Stimson
Dr Enid L Stockwell
Marigold K Wace
Andrew D Walker
Jannette B Watson
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Plus one
anonymous pledger
The
Master’s
Circle
Dr Michael Byrne
Dominic N Swan
Andrew G Davis
Cyril Dennis MBE
Jeremy Gough
Laurence Harbottle
Patsy H Hickman
Anita Klesch
Lord Marshall of
Knightsbridge
Dr Simon Morris
Timothy Newling
Victor F Ng
The Pat Oakley
Ruby Fund
Helen Payne
Dr Frank T Riess
Emmanuel Roman
Eric R Salama
Horace L Snaith
Dr Seijiro Takeshita
James P Warne
Sarah J Weir
Trevor F Williams
Timothy Wong
Plus four
anonymous donors
Gifts over
£500
Emma L Dowley
Piers M Evans
Dr Graham R
Fisher
Professor Peter H
Gosden
Eliane H Grierson
Dr Susannah
Hagan
Jolyon T Maugham
Adrian Punaks
Baroness Sharp of
Guildford
Caroline J Stedman
Plus four
anonymous donors
Gifts over
£250
Baraa Alhaj
Hussein
Moira R Ashcroft
Catherine E
Ashford
John H Breck
Jonathan P Brown
Nuno Camara
Canto
Campus Clothing
John V Coborn
John Connor &
Sarah Goudge
Ursula Cornish
Belinda M Crothers
Valerie E Farmer
Peter R Firkin
David Freeman
Maria P Gomez
Doris I Heil Blackler
Clive Herring
Susan A Hitchin
Tom Hoffman
Felicity H Hurst
Franco Insalaco
Jonathan Leslie
Dennis Lewin
Kevin J Mahoney
William L Mills
Mary A Nelson
Geoffrey Norton
Joan M Rees
Timothy J Rider
Simon C Taylor
Bridget Townsend
John G Williams
Plus five
anonymous donors
Gifts over
£100
Shereen Abdallah
Vivienne Aggett
Valerie M Alexander
Anuj Amar
Peter C Anderson
Robert Anthony
Chinazo O Anya
Peter A Archard
Lyn Ashworth
Dr Mireille Attas
Kevin B Ayres
Richard H Bailey
Dr Stephen Baister
Nigel J Bance
Arthur N Banerjee
Dilys Banham
Alison A
Barraclough
Katherine
Baughman
Dr Richard S Baxter
Antonia Bedford
Brotchie
Susan A Bell
Dr Halla Beloff
Kimberley Bingham
& Paul Lemon
David Bond
Brian R Boyland
Andrew J Bracken
Ana B Bravo
Hernandez
Rosalind Brewer
Virginia L Brown
Yvonne Brummer
Maxine P Buchele
Brian T Buckle
Terrence F Burke
Siobhain
Butterworth
Aaron D Cahill
Elizabeth Caird
Dr David J Cairns
David B Carew
Nigel V Carter
Clare Louise K
Cary
Dr Gwyneth A
Casey
Heather G Caudle
Mary Chandler
Josephine & Alan
Charlton
Bernard & Joan*
Chibnall
Malcolm W Clark
Stephen J
Cloudsdale
Paul R Collier
Dr Phillip J Collier
Ronald C Collins*
Geoffrey T Coombs
Dominique
Cornwall
Helen J Cottrell
William P Coughlan
Damiao F Cristiano
Carlene M Crowe
Carmel A Crowther
John M Croxon
Ivan A Da Silva
Burcin A Dabak
Patrick Danagher
Isabelle Darmon
Alvaro Diaz
Gutmann
Sandra M Docking
Lawrence J
Douglas
Clifford J D'Souza
Robin J Eaglen
Jeffery Edelman
Robert W Edwards
Ezekiel O
EgbebunmiKoleosho
Christopher J
Entwistle
Mahbobeh
Eshraghi
Kathleen M
Faithfull
Shona F
Farquhar-Hay
Annemarie Fox
Anna M
Gabathuler
Rialas
Susan P Gane
Arjan Geveke
Kate Glennie
Philippa J Goodrich
David W Gordon
Robert J Goward
Rosemary Griffin
Jane Gross
David J Grossel
Michelle Guthrie
Walter A Gutteridge
Demetrios
Hadjidemetriou
Sheila A Halliwell
Sarah Hamilton
Charles Harding
Dr Caroline A
Harris
Mark Harrison
John P Heron
Dr Jerzy Herszberg
David Heycock
Dr Mary Hill
Timothy J Hogman
Mavis M Holt
Chloe Hood
Professor Roland
F Hoskins
Michael F Howes
Mark Howson
Bryan S Hubbard
Peter C Hudson
Warwick
Hutchinson
Dr Paul A Ibru
Brian Innis
Gabriel & Penelope
Izienicki
Peter W Jackson
Robert St John
Jackson
Violet Jackson
John Jacobs
Nicholas G James
Lynette Jeggo
Sandra & David
Jenkins
Dr Jennifer Jones
David W Jordan
Malcolm O Joyce
Jill Kidger
Simon D King
Tricia King
Margaret A
Koprowski
A year of fundraising
at Birkbeck
Fundraising at Birkbeck is
flourishing. Thanks to the
support of alumni, charitable
trusts and friends we raised
over £3.6million in the last
financial year. This total
includes: a transformational
£1million gift from the Garfield
Weston Foundation to support
the development of our building
in Stratford, the completion of
multi-year pledges from the
Wolfson and Maurice Wohl
Foundations and a number of
five and six figure gifts from
senior alumni and friends of
the College.
The support of our alumni
continues to be an essential
component of Birkbeck’s
fundraising. Last year 1,186
former students donated to the
Alumni Fund, with half choosing
to make regular gifts. Together
alumni have given a record
£115,000 which has been
used to alleviate student
hardship and improve services
and facilities. With gifts
ranging from £2 to £4,000,
it is the collective support
that really stands out and is
greatly appreciated.
The College received a
record number of pledges from
those who intend to remember
Birkbeck in their wills. Gifts
received from legacies help to
secure the financial health and
security of the College in the
future. Past donations have
resulted in cutting-edge,
internationally recognised
research as well as enabled
hundreds of students to take
advantage of the opportunities
that Birkbeck offers.
Our fundraising achievements
ensure that we can continue to
meet our objectives to develop
the campus to support
excellence in teaching and
research; make higher
education accessible to
students for whom money is a
genuine barrier to education;
and deliver an outstanding
student experience with
teaching from world class
academics. The chart below
shows how donations in the
last academic year have been
spent in these three key areas.
It is perhaps pertinent to
note that Birkbeck has been
engaged in fundraising since
its inception. During the
College centenary in 1923
a fundraising publication
outlined the primary aim of
Birkbeck, one which still
resonates today.
Thank you for your
commitment and support in
the last academic year –
Birkbeck is truly grateful
for your help.
Excerpt from fundraising case for support, 1923
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*Deceased
Building Birkbeck
Green light for
Stratford
Planning permission has been
given for the new shared
education building being
developed in Stratford, in
partnership with the University
of East London (UEL). Birkbeck
and UEL have also signed a
new memorandum of
understanding to work in
partnership to improve
participation in Higher
Education in east London by
attracting new students who
would not otherwise consider
going to university.
The building will create
shared teaching facilities
for both higher education
institutions and their partners,
which will include Newham
Sixth Form College (New Vic)
and the Theatre Royal Stratford
East. A range of departments
from each university will be
housed in the building,
alongside dedicated spaces
for subjects including Law,
Performing Arts, Dance, Music
and Information Technology.
The Master, Professor David
Latchman CBE, commented:
“Our two universities have
been working together since
2007, increasing the flexible,
part-time study opportunities
to the people of east London.
This building will create an
education centre which
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encourages access and
progression into higher
education for local people,
supporting the economic
regeneration of the area.
The university centre will be
for use by all members of the
community, regardless of their
prior educational attainments;
it will offer them the
opportunity to acquire
skills that are needed for a
rapidly changing local and
regional economy.”
The proposed building is
central to London Thames
Gateway Development
Corporation and Newham
Borough Council’s plans to
transform the area surrounding
the site into a new cultural
quarter for east London. Work
is expected to start in August
2011, with the building
completed and operational
for the start of the academic
term in autumn 2013.
Birkbeck is seeking to raise
£3million to complete funding
for the new building. Over one
third of that has already been
secured through a £1million
donation from the Garfield
Weston Foundation, gifts from
alumni and Birkbeck’s former
Chair of Governors.
To find out more about the
development in Stratford
contact Kate Glennie by
emailing k.glennie@bbk.ac.uk
or phoning 020 7380 3106
Miriam Kramer
Michael A
Lachowicz
David Lanch
Barbara Y Larsson
Beth M Lauffer
Fiona Law
Dr Peter Hotson
Le Mare
Antonia Lee
Jean A Leighs
Patrick A Leng
Margaret Leslie
Geoffrey J Levett
WH and SH Liddell
Dr Ford & Mrs
Dilys Longman
Henrik Lynggaard
Professor Alan
MacKay
Amanda J Maclean
Charles J Maggs
Genevieve
Valentine H
Manda
Jeff Marshall
Petra M Marshall
Gail Martin
Alan Matthews
Joe McAleer
Paula McFarlane
Alasdair McLellan
Jane E Mcwilliam
Naci Mehmet
Dr David
Morgan-Jones*
Judith Moss
Barbara Mulloy
Sean Murphy
Maggie Murray
Smith
Harold B Narain
James F Naylor
Susan O Nettle
Dr Jeremy P
Newman
Robert A Nobes
Shirley A Nurock
Hugh G O'Brien
Ching L On
Julie Osborne
Ulrike Otto
Dr Alan E Owen
Manfred Pagel
Dr Rex & Hilda
Palmer
Alessandra Pasian
Erik A Persson
Olga C Philpott
Catherine R Pickett
Dr Andrew J
Pitcairn-Hill
Dr Beate Planskoy
Horace A Plummer
James P Powell
Aileen Prendergast
Jennifer M Prentice
Dr Joyce E Prince
Zia Rahman
Melanie Randall
Wood
Phillip J Reader
Douglas E Reeve
David Revolta
Robert R Riker
Lavona Rivington
Janet Robinson
Matthew Robson
Jacqueline B Roe
Grazia Ruiz
Lynne Rutherford
Derek Scott
Dr Michael J Selby
Susan R Selwyn
Maria J Seme
Simon J Shaffer
David H Shahar-yu
Vanessa Shenton
Marion Y
Simmonds
Christopher D Sims
Kuldeep Singh
Alison Smith
Elizabeth Smith
Patricia M Smith
Ruth Smith
Vincent J Soto
Ryan L Spence
Maureen G
Stanford &
Dr Michael
Stanford*
Paul Stanton
Steven T Starr
Roderick Stead
Karen Stobart
Isobel A Stokes
Winifred Stone
Dr Philip T Stone
Peter B Stray
Abdul K Suleman
Lynn I Suter
Alexander P Taylor
Nia D Taylor
Norman Taylor
Evana Topolovec
Abigail R Tripp
Eleni Tryfonos
Drs George &
Susan Tzotzos
Susan I Walker
Graham & Denise
Wallace
Keith F Walling
Christopher J Ward
Michael Ward
Dr Michael J Weir
David T Welch
Dr Ruth Wheeler
Robert H Whitby
Dr John P
Whitehouse
Camilla Whitworth
Jones
Fr Robert Wilkinson
Wendy A Williams
Gillian S
Williamson
Emanuel Winer
Jeremy R
Woodham
Dr Christopher
G Worth
John S Wrathmell
Bernadette Wren
Elaine Wright
Ian A Wright
Jennifer Yates
David T Young
Robert A Youngs
Plus nine
anonymous donors
Gifts over
£50
Marian P Adkin
Roger Edwin P
Allen
Chiaka Amadi
Professor Francis
Ames-Lewis
Bryan Argent
Francine Asonibare
Pamela M Bacon
Kenneth C Baillie
Stuart C Baines
Patricia M Barwick
David G Bate
Trevor R Bates
Sibilla Becchetti
Andrew C Bell
Arnold Bell
Mohamed
Benguesmia
William R Bennett
Richard A Beston
Anne V Betts
Ahad S Bhunnoo
Brian Blackshaw
Siobhan Blake
Sylvia Botiba-Peter
Tamsin Bradley &
Simon Grills
Geoffrey Brand
Paul A Brand
Jarleth M Burke
Dr James E Butler
Anne Cameron
Joanna C Campling
Enid M Cassin
Robert I Clamp
Janet Clark
Martin P Clark
Margaret A Clough
Amber Cobb
Professor
Christopher J
Colbourn
Professor Alice M
Coleman
John R Coleman
Dr Awen A Coley
Eric Collier
Barbara G Collins
Dr Harry G Colson
Beverly Cook
Anthony Cooper
Rossana Corradini
Drs Richard &
Sheila Cousens
Stephen P Cowx
Andrew F Coyne
David R Crane
James E Creaser
Linda H Crouch
Lynn M
Cunningham
Antonio M Da Silva
Stella M Daly
Africanus E Davies
Janet M Davies
Professor Bryn D
Davis
Jane de Brule
Qazim Demi
Baldish Dhanda
Patricia Dipino
Moira Doherty
Suzana Dolata
Dr Elizabeth
C Dove
Angela C Dowling
Nicholas Draper
Pamela Duffin
David A Ebrahimoff
Martin R Edwards
Azunna Z Ehirim
Jennifer Ellis
Dr Benjamin J Elton
Suleiman M
El-Yorbi
Sue E Enoch
Linda G Eshag
Judith T Eversley
Sheila Ewing
Richard A Fellows
Arthur J Findlay
Daniel Fine
Dr Michael Firth
Alison Fisher
Susannah Flint
David N Flintham
Dr Frances M Follin
Marion Forbes
Maxwell Ford
Michael Foss
Peter Foster
John L Francombe
Marshall J Frost
Mary Furlong
Dr Holly Furneaux
Martin Gammell
Susan Gardner
Professor Raanan
Z Gillon
Olivia Glienke
Godson C Godson
Philip G Gooch
Helen M Gould
Dr Andrew D Green
Gillian M Green
Satdeep K Grewal
Michael Griffiths
Margaret G Gunst
Professor John J
Haldane
Maria A Haller
Williams
Jacquelin
Hammond
Eric D Harper
Susan R Harvey
Hamilton I Hay
Suzanne Healey
Carol Heather
Rose Heatley
Jeannette
Henderson
Gillian M Hilliard
Lynne Hindmarch
Dominic Hingorani
Liu S Ho
Edward Holden
Janet Home
Christopher J
Hooker
Peter W Howard
Professor Robin
Howells
Dr Chao-Dong
Huang
Shirley Hughes
Amrita P Hurley
Gillian Hyde
Colin G Inniss
Margaret J Jackson
Brian James-Strong
Dr Lucien A Jenkins
Graham & Joanna
Jennings
Katrina Johnson
Dr Roger G
Johnson
Dr Clive Jolliffe
Patricia Jones
Steven Jones
Lilian S Kan
Jennifer M Kauntze
Beryl Kearns
Michael G Kennedy
Akram Khatib
Frances E Killick
Dr Alex King
Susan Kobler
Ioanna
Lamprinopoulou
Antonella Lasta
Marion LauMackaay
Dr Kenneth G
Lawrence
Carola LawtonBrowne
Dorcas Lee
John C Leigh
Alison C Lenn
Dr Barbara I Lester
Jill Letten
Matthew D Lewis
Patricia D Life
Ronald H Lightning
Gerald R Lord
Dr Thomas Loucas
Ruby Lyn
Mary Macilwraith
Philippe Mandin
Simon N Martin
Ronald J
McGillicuddy
Gordon N McIntosh
Victoria M McNeile
Roberta M McWatt
Lynn Meadow
Jonathan Meares
Peter Medcalf
Julie Moon
Emma L Moore
Dr Chantal S Morel
Roger J Mortimer
June M Moyse
Dr Michael G
Murphy
Alejandro H
Navarro-Vidal
Benedict Newbery
Kodwo A Newton
Sanya Novosel
Clement O Okole
Alice A Omolade
Frances C O’Neil
Olaniyi Opaleye
Margaret Outen
Yong-Chun Pak
K R Patel
Richard Payne
Monica D Perera
Hazel E Perkins
Dr Petya G Petkova
Dr Ruth H Piatkus
Christopher Pierce
Malcolm B Pollard
Dr Martin H Prior
John H Read
David Rear
Malcolm Roberts
Thomas Roden
Ian J Row
Colin E Rowe
Jacqueline
Rozdoba
Christopher J
Rumsey
Kathleen M Russell
Alexandra
Russwurm
Dr Michael
Sanders
Julia E SankeyBarker
Linda Savin
Patricia C Scott
Johanna Seifert
Suhair A Sharif
Dev R Sharma
Keith R Sharp
Patricia Sharpe
Dr Marion C
Shephard
Sylvia P
Shuttleworth
Maria Simeou
Marta A Simonetti
Belinda S Smith
Alistair J Smyth
Jennie Soulsby
Elaine Spalding
Paul H Sprague
Katharine D St
John-Brooks
Robert E Stickland
Carol A Stiles
Jane Stonborough
Corinna Stowell
Dr Gillian & Trevor
Stribley
Linda Suggate
Thomas C Swigg
Dr Eaisha Tareen
Paul Tarplett
Jeffrey W Terrell
Richard Thomas
Margaret
Thompson
Iain & Mary
Thomson
Mary Timlin
Vivien J Titeux
Christine E Turner
Marion P Turner
Dr Fiona Twycross
Zoe van Zuylen
John Vanek
Anne Marie
Vasson-Philip
Elizabeth Vernon
Carol A Vigurs
William G Vineall
Susan J Walker
Simon J Ward
Rosemary Warner
Anne Watts
Lila I Webley
Jennifer C Webster
Nicholas A
Williams
Carolyn Wood
Stella M Wood
Gregory Yapp
Alison H Yorston
Callton L Young
Plus 11
anonymous donors
Gifts of up
to £50
Fay A Abbott
Sowden
Ali Y Abdi
Jamilu Abubakar
Patrick Acock
Fola Ademoye
Mahabad Ahmed
Deborah K Aitken
Obadiah O Akinbile
Sarah J AlbanMetcalfe
John Alexander
Michael Alexander
Phillip A Alexander
Lina Al-Hussein
Jassim Al-Kanani
Jeremy Allen
Dr Peter Allen
Abimbola Alli
Joanne L Allison
Katrina J Alloway
Sylvester AmoKonadu
Baffour K Ampofo
Edward R Anderson
Peter B Anderson
Rosemary
Anderson
Trudi Anderson
Moira D Andreae
Bernita Appiah
Dr Joseph C Argyle
Alan A Aris
Bernard Aryeetey
Joanna Atkin
Jane C Atkinson
Brian Attewell
Justin A Audibert
Omotoke Awonuga
Daniel Ayling
Charles Badu-Kusi
Philip & Stella
Baggaley
Nabhassorn
Baines
Barbara & John
Baker
Dr R N Banerji
Felix M Barnes
Matthew Barnett
Judy Barr
John Bass
Maria F Bates
Avenell I Baugh
Michelle L Baxter
Wickham
Dawn Baxter
Phillips
Clara T Bazuaye
Louise Beale
Seonaid I Beckwith
Susan A Bennett
Mary Berg
Laurence R Bettany
Professor Alistair
Black
Denise Lao Blunn
Michael J Bouchier
Anne C Bowles
Andrew Brame
Edward Brearley
Dr Wendy P Bridle
Janet Brown
Michael Browne
Judith Bufton
Annette Bullen
David Burke
Gavin C
Burtonwood
Lenka Buss
Judy M Butcher
Agnieszka Caban
Stacey N Cabrera
Jessica M Cahill
Martin J Cameron
Jennifer Campbell
Jane P Carney
Edward J Cartledge
John J Casey
Mary Casson
Peter R Chandler
Manju Chaudhuri
James Cheeseman
Bruce J Chopping
Dieter Claassen
Caroline E Clark
Marion Clark
Mary P Clark
Peter Clark
Susan Clark
Marilyn Clarke
Alison L ClaytonSmith
Lucy A Clifford
Carol Clinton
Brigitte Cobb
Joanna Cobb
Winston C N
Cockfield
Sean D Cody
David M Cohen
Andrew Colcomb
Catherine Colley
Catherine E Colley
Daniel Commodore
Pauline E
Constantine
Peter Cooper
Fabio Copponi
Amanda CoryWright
Patricia M Costall
Catherine Cousins
Torcato M Coutinho
Richard M Cox
Carl H Creckendon
Jane Crellin
Nadia J Crichlow
Dr Paul Crichton
Gloria E Crosby
Angela Cummins
Jonathan D Curry
Dr George R
Daglish
Andrew T Daniel
Gillian D Davey
Revd John Davey
Mary J Davey
John C David
Elizabeth J Davies
Grace M Davies
John N Davies
Sian Davies
Miranda Davis
Simon J Dawkins
Paul R Dawson
Sandra J Dean
Alison M Dewar
Joseph E Donovan
Dave Dowlutta
John P Duggan
Ruxandra I
Dumitrescu
Anne C Dunn
Peter J Durant
Dr Cherry Durrant
Monika Eady
Adela Eaton
Catherine L
Ebenezer
Rosanna M
Eckersley
Maria E Eldridge
Osman El-Nusairi
Selma B El-Rayah
Georgina M
Emmanuel
Christian Emms
Michael J Epstein
Adrian Esdaile
Jacqueline A Evans
Josephine Everitt
Dr Harold A
Evesham
Omaira Farina Ortiz
Melody Fears
Mary Feely
Derek John W
Fenton
Geraldine M
Ferguson
Manoj S Fernando
Norma Filippini
Louise Flesh
Dr Sally E Flew
Andrew G Forrest
Rowan Foster
Jane Fowler
Karen F Fraser
Anthony P Freschini
Dr Nollaig A Frost
Vernon A Frost
Henry Fung
Jacqueline A
Gallagher
Linda J Gallivan
Lynsey J Gamgee
Ruth A Garde
Catherine P
Gardner
Janet Gasson
Mike H GebreYohanes
John C Gibson
Lorna Giezot
Catherine I Gilder
Patrick Gill
Helge Gillmeister
Sheena M Ginnings
John M Githaiga
David Glover
Alison M Goddard
Diana Godden
Sylvia R Godwin
Luis E Gomez
Dr Jeremy M
Goodenough
Mark Gordon
Bryan M Gorin
Dr Karen D Gove
John Graves
Susan A M Gray
Louise C Graymore
Kathleen M
Greaves
Terence C
Greenfield
Susan M
Greenhalgh
Harjit S Grewal
Noel Griffin
David J Griffiths
Mark P Guinan
Sultana S Haidri
Diane P Hall
Saima Hameed
Nadir Hamid
Rifat Hamoudi
Mark A Hanley
Alexander D
Hansford
Michele R Hanson
Brian Hare &
Penelope Mann
Allan Harper
Jerry F Harrington
Paul Harrison &
Jane Waller
David T HarrisonJones
Sheila Hatch
Annie Haward
Judith Heather
Fiona A Heffernan
Maria A Hellman
Dorothee L
Hendrikx
Anna Hernestal
Anna Herrmann
Katherine Highley
Dr Christopher C
Hight
Marilyn Higson
John Hinshelwood
Morris Hoffman
Helen Holden
Hannah S Holdroyd
Dr Lorens Holm
David Holmes
Richard Homer
Nigel R Hope
Agnieszka
Horbaczewska
Dr Vivien S HornbyNorthcote
Sandra Horsfall
Adrian J Howe
Robin C Hradsky
Denis Hughes
Doreen I Hughes
Patricia Hunter
Christopher M
Hurley
Robert B Ingham
Madalina A
Iordanescu Day
Lydia Jacob
Artist’s impressions of Stratford (make architects)
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Making higher education
accessible to all
Opportunities
for students
continue to grow
For nearly a third of our
students, lack of finance
remains a major barrier to
attending university. Over 1000
students studying at all levels
were supported through gifts
from charitable trusts,
individuals and former Birkbeck
students in the last year.
Lola Aladeshelu is one of the
many students who received
financial support throughout
her degree. She joined Birkbeck
in 2005 to study Law and gain
a professional qualification
while continuing to work full
time. Without the support of
the Exilarch’s Foundation which
contributed to her fees, she
would not have been able to
complete her course:
“I wouldn’t be here without
the bursary which gave me
an extra boost and the
determination to succeed.
I lacked the confidence to
undertake degree level study
but I had always been aware
of Birkbeck and the support
I got was far beyond my
expectations. The staff were
fantastic, they were there for
me when I was going through
both highs and lows.”
At the Scholars’ Evening in
2009, Lola thanked the donors
present for their commitment
to the College and outlined
her plans for the future. Lola
has been truly bitten by the
Birkbeck bug and is now
studying for a postgraduate
degree in Journalism: “Birkbeck
is a special place, a university
like no other. When I am at the
College it just feels like it is
where I should be. The
opportunities it has given me
have enabled me to take a step
forward in life towards my
career aspirations.” At her
graduation in November, Lola
reflected: “Walking across the
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(L–R) Professor David Latchman CBE, Pro-Vice Master Tricia King, Lola Aladeshelu, David Dangoor
and Lord Noon at Scholars’ Evening
stage to shake the Master’s
hand and celebrating with my
family and friends it is one of
the happiest days of my life.”
Of the £680,000 provided for
student financial support in the
last year significant donations
were provided by the Noon
Foundation and the Man Group
plc Charitable Trust to support
students studying at Stratford;
the Richard Reeves Foundation
support for students living in
the City of London was ongoing;
SNR Denton’s support for
postgraduate students
continued for its third year; the
Guildford Academic Associates
initiated a scheme to support
“It has given me a
second chance in
life. With the help of
the bursary I can
achieve my dreams.”
Sharon Elliott, Psychology
Birkbeck’s Science students;
the Leverhulme Trust and the
Exilarch’s Foundation continued
their loyal support of
undergraduates and Cyril
Dennis MBE remained a
generous benefactor to the
Student Opportunity Fund. One
quarter of the sum raised by
the Alumni Fund also provided
financial support to those
students who need it most.
“My bursary has
taught me that,
irrespective of your
background, you
can do anything if
you work hard
enough. Through
this bursary I have
learnt that there
are people who
truly care.”
Doris Aciro-Achut,
Economics and
Social Policy
Margaret E E
James
Hindpal S Jandu
Kavita Jindal
Lanusenla John
Crook
Deborah Johnson
Norma Johnson
Linda J Johnson
Laird
Andrew S Jones
Clive J Jones
William A Jones
Kerstin H Jonsson
Charmaine Jorsling
Jacqueline C
Joseph
Mylene I Jouyet
Maria Julien
Pamela Julien
Diana Kaars
Sijpesteijn
Agatha Kalisperas
Erna Karton
Marion I Kealy
David K Keen
Ann Kelly
Christopher Kelly
Dr Shazia Khan
Raul Kharbanda
William Kiang
Arthur W Kimber
David H King
Ben King
Neil S Kirsch
Anne L Kleinfeld
Ann Knapp
Sheila D Knowles
Dmitri Korlukov
Adam Kozicki
Stephanie Krebs
Gudrun Kuhlmeier
David W Kumor
Philip John C Kyndt
Karen Lane
Archibald T Lang
Patricia A Langford
Amanda M Lankfer
Jeremy Lansdell
Ian M LaRiviere
Francesca Latella
Cherry Lawrence
George & Ester Lee
Simon N Lee
Ruth Leigh
Adrianne Leman
Orla Lemass
Dr James M
Lindsay
Kathleen M Linton
Dr Melvyn Litvin
Alun Llewelyn
Dr Robert A
Longden
Sheila A Longman
Priscilla F Lopes
Mutton
Wendy Lopez De
Abechuco
Mathilde Lopez
Paula M Lucey
Anna M Lunec
Valerie A Macduff
Carol Machin
Estelle M
Mackenzie
Jean Maclure
Gilbert Maine
Carole A Malagoni
Nishma R Malde
Reyna G
Maldonado
Garcia
Edward Mallon
John & Amanda
Malpass
Michael T
Manlangit
Francis J Markus
Carolyn Martin
Tania Martin
Anna Mason
Catherine A
Matheson
Leanza P Matthews
Francis J Mawby
Michael R Mcalroy
Kevin F Mcauliffe
Sheila E McAuliffe
Dr E A McBride
Robert
McCandless
David J Mccann
Carolyn J
Mcdonough
Kate McDowall
Susan L Mcginn
Joanna J Mcisaac
Richard McKee
Ann McLeod
Roger A Mcmahon
Helen Meakins
Luca Mercuri
Dr Paul F Meredith
Aynur Meric
Olga M Mermikides
Annika B Meyer
Joanna C Meyer
Michael Mielniczek
Pamela L Millard
Jean M Milne
Abdur R Mir
Gabriele Mircoli
Miyuki Mitani
Joanna Mitchell
Said A Mohamud
Jeremy G Moir
Gabriele K Mollett
Penelope J Monks
Jane E Moody
Jacueline C Moon
Claire Moore
Marie Morin
Charles W
Morrison-Sever
Deirdre M
Mortimer
Peta C Motture
Jamie R Munro
Fadhil Muqbill
David G Murphy
Michael J Murphy
Simon P Murphy
Dr Rainbow R
Murray
Mark E Myers
Jill Mylius
Andrew Nagberi
Jana Nahodilova
Anthony Nelson
Diana M Neslen
Paula Newham
Bernadine T Newitt
Rebecca C
Newman
Robert M
Newnham
Katy Nex
Okechukwu C
Ngoka
Rahab Njoroge
Tracey J Norbury
Elizabeth Norman
Oloyowang J
Obalim
Tolulope O Obasa
Margaret A Oddie
Dr Margaret E
Ogier
Ebong V Okon
Rosemary M Oliver
Andres Olow Clase
Aleksandra
Olympio
Susan Onasanya
Sampson O Osafo
Ann M O’Sullivan
Conal O’Sullivan
Daniel O’Sullivan
Priscilla Y
Owusu-Pomaa
Diane Palframan
Carl S Palk
Elmar Pallestrong
Patricia A Pank
Jennifer S Parillon
Nicholas Parkin
Simon D Parrish
John Patchett
Hamlatta Patel
Nicola L Patient
Annabel Pearcey
Helen Pickering
Deborah J Piercy
Geraldine Plowden
Stephen G Poole
Tiina Portaankorva
Ralph J Prescott
Amanda J Purdie
Pardeep Rai
Sophia Rauf
Helen P Ravetto
Karwan L Raza
Tim Rhodes
Angela Rhys
Williams
James Richmond
Dr Gordon Rider
Catherine E
Roberts
Lizzette Robleto
Gonzalez
John W M Rogers
Nicholas Romano
Revd John Root
Dr Elaine C Ross
Helen Ross
Elizabeth Rostaing
Antonio Rotondi
Julie A Runacres
Victoria F Russell
Hannah M Ryder
Dara M Salam
Asif Saleem
Taher O Salim
Antonia Salisbury
Ronald W
Sampson
Dhenuka
Sanmugathasaiyer
Luis A Santamaria
Judith Saunders
Annette Savill
Valerie J Scarr
Catherine M
Schmitt
Neil H Schwartz
Melissa J Score
Robert J Scott
Susan Scott
Martin R Sedgwick
Sally A Selim
Abhik Sen
Peter J Senior
Iain Sharpe
John Sharrock
Helen R Shearn
Arnold Shepherd
Michael J
Sheppard
Ekaterina V
Sheremetyeva
Avril B Shindler
Joan Shingleton
Olatokunbo
Shorinwa
Sarah R Shorter
Emuoborohwo
Siakpere
Sara E Simon
Janet R Skene
Douglas Sleziak
Daisy Smart
Abigail T Smith
Diana L Smith
Joanna L Smith
Patricia I Smith
Janet L Snowman
Laura R SommerSkrzynski
Karen I Sonego
Nicholas & Sybil
Spence
Oliver Stagg
Susan L Standish
Caroline
Steenman-Clark
Ann J Stephenson
Bryan Stevens
Marina J Stock
Prilla Stott
Dorothy A Strachan
Dr Eugen-Matthias
Strehle
Caroline M
Strobridge
Christina
StrupinskaBrown
Haydar Sultan
Andrew D
Sutherland
Margaret E
Sutherland
Abdul Syed
Keith I Taffs
Noreen Talbot
Daphne Taylor
Angela H Tester
Gwyn Thomas
Karen Thomas
Osbert Thomas
Georgina
Thompson
Ian R Thompson
Professor Michael
J Tobin
Isabel F Tomlins
Stephen N Totten
Diana M Towell
Xenia Tran
Wing Yee M Tsang
Leslie F Tucker
Louise M Tucker
Gaye F Turner
Imeh J Ubom
Lucy U Ukoumunne
Marijana Urbany
Ian R Urquhart
Nafiz Utku
David K Utterson
Geeta Vadher
Ximena A
Valenzuela
John Varty
Grace E Vaughan
Susan Velupillai
Brian Venner
Diane Verona
Dr Mathieu Vital
Allan John R
Wade*
Dr Susan S
Wagstaff
Anne C Walkling
Anna-Maria Wallis
Richard A Walton
Dr Lena K Ward
Richard J Ward
Peter R Ware
Dr Hazel K Waters
Jonathan A Watson
June Webster
Charles F Weiner
Ebony A White
Dr Norman White
Mary E Whitehead
Dr Colin A
Whiteman
Dr Stephen J
Whittle
Allyson Williams
Dr Anthony P
Williams
Irene Williams
Kate M Williams
Raymond A
Willoughby
Kevin S Wilson
Raymond Wilson
Dr Richard G
Wilson
Colin G Wood
Miranda Woodley
Jonathan A
Woolfson
Graham A Wright
Dr Clare M Wyatt
Noel P Yeates
Damon O Young
Mary Yule
Seblewongel
Zewdie Wondimu
Dr William L Zunder
Plus 28
anonymous donors
Delivering a great student
experience
Alumni Fund
supports My
Birkbeck Centre
Birkbeck has always been
committed to ensuring students
have the best possible learning
experience to enable them to
achieve their educational goals.
This aim is reflected in
College’s fundraising priorities
and with donations from
charitable trusts and
foundations, as well as
generous contributions from
the Alumni Fund, we have been
able to make progressive
changes and improvements
to the student experience.
Most notably, Birkbeck
opened the My Birkbeck
Student Support Centre in
September 2009. This ‘one
stop shop’ aims to simplify
every student’s journey from
first enquiry through to
graduation. The centre offers
face-to-face advice, information
and access to support
services across the College
and is open during the day, in
the evenings and at weekends.
This advance in student
support would not have been
possible without donations
from former students.
With the help of larger
donations from charitable
trusts and foundations the
College has been able to
introduce further initiatives to
help the transition into studying
for students who are new to
higher education or returning to
learning. Many students who
seek academic help at the My
Birkbeck centre are pointed in
the direction of the Study Skills
Support team who facilitate
one-to-one help and online
training to students who wish
to develop essential skills in
essay writing, numeracy,
research and presenting.
The Rayne Foundation has
supported a web based training
project aimed at those wishing
to improve their mathematic
skills, focusing on those who
have been out of education for
some time. This interactive
programme enables students
to work at their own pace and
access the guides externally.
The Esmée Fairbairn
Foundation continued to fund
work with non-traditional
students who might not
normally consider entering
higher education. The College
targets mature students in east
London and partners with local
organisations such as nurseries
and community groups to
provide entry level courses
for single mothers and other
under-represented groups.
Now in its fourth year, the
project has contributed to
rapidly increasing student
number in east London.
Without the funding provided
by such generous gifts from
our alumni, friends and
supporters, Birkbeck would
not be the institution it is
today. Thanks to the support
of so many who believe in
Birkbeck’s mission, we
continue to deliver a great
student experience and
fulfil our commitment to
helping ambitious individuals
change their lives.
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Volunteers
Alumni volunteers
demonstrate their
commitment to Birkbeck
Over the last year, Birkbeck’s
alumni volunteering programme
has gone from strength to
strength with a record number
of graduates giving up their free
time to help at College events.
From giving talks at Open
Evenings to mentoring current
students, our alumni have
shown real commitment.
This comes as welcome
news for Birkbeck. Carly-Dee
Stewart, the Alumni Officer who
oversees the volunteering
programmes explains: “We are
delighted to see so many
alumni keen to volunteer.
For a unique institution like
Birkbeck, our former students
truly understand how to
balance study with working
and family life. We really value
their input at events, such as
open evenings and induction
days. Their advice helps to
put anyone considering coming
to Birkbeck at ease about
managing part-time study.”
For many of our alumni,
welcoming new students to
Birkbeck is great way to give
something back to the College
and its students. “I remember
my own hesitation before
registration, especially in
terms of time management,
but overall, studying at
Birkbeck was a positive turning
point in my life. Volunteering
has given me the opportunity
to share this experience
with other students in the
same position and express
my enthusiasm for the
College,” said former
student Lynette Spencer.
The feedback from students
has been overwhelmingly
positive: “I was very impressed
with the former students’
talk. It was interesting to
listen to another student’s
experiences and very
reassuring to hear that
studying part-time and fulfilling
other commitments can be
done. I came away from the
talk feeling even more
enthusiastic about my course,
and far less worried! Hard
work yes, but do-able!”
In light of this success
and the increasing popularity
of the volunteer programme,
the alumni team will build
upon the current range and
number of volunteering
opportunities available during
the year. These will include
an expansion of the mentoring
scheme and activity at
Open Evenings, giving many
more alumni the chance to
make a difference to
Birkbeck’s students.
To find out more about
volunteering opportunities
contact Carly-Dee Stewart by
emailing c.stewart@bbk.ac.uk
or phoning 020 7380 3127.
Fola Ademoye
Benjamin T
ArmstrongHaworth
Catherine E Arnold
Andrew D Basson
Dr Richard S
Baxter
Antonia BedfordBrotchie
Stephen Benson
Richard A Beston
Kimberley Bingham
Nancy Bonney
Geoffrey Brown
Dr Geoffrey H
Buchler
Brian A Buckley
Dr Moorad S
Choudhry
Richard C Clark
Stephanie J Cohen
Stephen P Cowx
John N Davies
Gillian A Dixon
Dr Pascal
Durrenberger
Jennifer M Foxall
John P Frankel
David Gleeson
Hannah S Holdroyd
Joy B Johnson
Linda J JohnsonLaird
Vasiliki E Katsarou
Susan J Kentish
Eva King
Neil S Kirsch
Isti Komariah
Susan C Learoyd
Professor Norman
Leighton
Geoffrey J Levett
Dennis Lewin
Keith D Livesey
Neil A Martindale
Christopher
Maskens
Stuart G
Mathieson
Paul Miles
Jacqueline E
Mischner Nalda
Mary A Nelson
Katy Nex
Irene Nichols
Geoffrey Norton
Deirdre K O’Day
Dermot J
O’Halloran
Kaushik Patel
Carmela M
Pearson
Paola Pegolo Sodhi
Michelle M
Robinson
Lizzette Robleto
Gonzalez
Laura J Scheepers
Dr Paul R Search
Lynette Spencer
Roy Sutton
Cathryn J Symons
Iain C Thomson
Gabriel D Toso
Emma Victory
Jane E Vokins
John M Wallbank
Ingrid M
Wallenborg
Susan M Walton
Peter R Ware
Jannette B Watson
Sarah Weir
David W Welch
Carol-Ann White
Susanne Whiting
Trevor Williams
Raymond Wilson
Ruth T Wollacott
Dr Geoffrey A
Wood
Gilead Yeffett
*Deceased
We have made
every effort to
ensure this
information is
correct at the
time of going
to print, but
apologise in
advance for
any errors or
omissions in
the list.
Contact us
development@bbk.ac.uk
www.bbk.ac.uk/alumni
020 7380 3121
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