With sadness, the university records the deaths of the following alumni. When David retired from the army they moved to Hertford where they lived for the next 40 years. He is survived by his siter Barbara in the UK. Fiona has 13 years of academic experience in both the Irish and German Higher Education systems. He made some lasting friends, graduated with a BSc in 1954 and completed a PhD in 1958. 19, no. He was educated at Ashby Grammar School. After graduation he worked in Her Majesty's Colonial Serviceand with the United Nations as a Plant Pathologist and Coconut Agronomist in Ghana, Jamaica, Hong King, Fiji, Trinidad and Western Samoa. She became a teacher herself and as Head of the Chemistry Department at Northampton High School for Girls she inspired many girls to aspire to previously unimagined heights, and did all she could to help them to reach their potential. This trip saw an unfortunate episode involving the leading Soviet writers Akhmatova and Zoshchenko at the Leningrad Union of Writers, which became part of Anglo-Soviet cultural lore. He also enjoyed latest trends in fireworks and what was going on in the pyrotechnic industry, ballroom dancing, camping and teaching Scouts to sail, garden birds, growing cucumbers, tomatoes and strawberries, steam trains and the Vulcan restoration project. 359-378. https://doi.org/10.1080/09645292.2021.1900790, Carmichael, F, Darko, C & Vasilakos, N 2021, 'Well-being and employment of young people in Ethiopia, India, Peru and Vietnam Is work enough? The post involved research, helping colleagues with numerical work and teaching mathematical statistics to history students. Anna taught for twenty years and is now in hotel events management. Obituary kindly supplied by Leigh Simpson, William John Symes, Civil Engineering - 14 July 2013, Norman Thompson, Civil Engineering - 2012, Dr Raymond Thompson CBE, Chemistry - 23 March 2018, Geoffrey Walmsley, Electrical Engineering - February 2010, Rachel White (ne Pumphrey), Botany and Zoology - 11 November 2012, Stuart Whitton, Agriculture/Horticulture - 2005, Peter Wingham, Engineering - 7 March 2011, Geoffrey Yarlott, Grouped Subjects - 25 November 2009, Philip Bell, Chemistry/Geology - 13 April 2002, Margaret Bloumfield, Chemistry - April 2014, Terence Blumfield, Chemistry - 9 May 2011, David Montgomery Clifford, Industrial Administration - 15 April 2013, Gwendolen Dale (ne Heselton), Physics/Mathematics - 26 January 2009, Richard Dewing, Agriculture - 21 October 2020, Cedric Fermidge, Chemistry - 19 January 2007, Doreen (Alfreda) Ford (ne Page), Latin - 1 October 2006, Dr (Raymond) Eric Ford, Chemistry - November 2016, Michael Fox, Agriculture/Horticulture 20 August 2022, Michael Garrety, English - 21 December 2009, Dennis Guereca, Applied Social Science - 2March 2007, Margaret Haddon (ne Maycock), Chemistry - 13 November 2020. After leaving Nottingham, Toni did a 2 year postdoctoral research project at UMIST and then he worked at Manchester University computing centre for many years, before taking up employment as a software developer. He then became a district court magistrate at 55 for about 10 years before going back to the bar. University of Edinburgh Online Learning, +2 more . Nunan, F 2020, 'The political economy of fisheries co-management: challenging the potential for success on Lake Victoria', Global Environmental Change, vol. Dr. Westley is survived by his wife, brother, two sons, their wives, Monica and Lisa, and four grandchildren, Aidan, Allison, Sydney, and Alexandra. Clusters are well aligned to the concept open innovation and she is now undertaking a comparative study of best practice in outbound open innovation in the medical device sector in Germany, the UK and Ireland. Over the next 40 years he travelled extensively, both on family holidays and for work. Ancient Greek literature, iconography and mythology, and their connections to international mythological and cultural traditions. David was born in Kent and moved to Higher Bebington in the Wirral where he was educated at Birkenhead School, which probably set him on the road to being the smoothest guy in the class. Soc. He taught also for the Open University, of which he was a keen advocate, and was research fellow for the Communist Party Oral History . He was a lifelong supporter of his university and visited frequently. Much missed. It was here that he met Linda, his wife to be, and a career change from the peripatetic to the settled role of company accountant. With the decrease in physical activities, he took up watercolour painting in his 50s. Mrs. Wilkinson is the president of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW) for 2019-20, having formerly held the roles of deputy and vice president. Uncle John as we called him then married Peggy in 1956 and all four of them remained such good friends throughout their lives. We had two children, Anna, who graduated in French and Italian, and Jonathan, a mathematician and now senior financial officer for an Irish company. I am also developing a project on conceptions of time in ancient Greek cosmogony and looking at correspondences between ancient Greek and Indian creation narratives. He returned to the UK in 2013 as Professor of Nutritional Physiology at Aberystwyth University, where he continued his international research alongside undergraduate and postgraduate teaching.His scientific achievements were significant, especially in light of his age. During his university days, he played viola in the university orchestra and sang tenor in the choral society. Routledge. She died at 91, with all her marbles, although physically getting frailer. Obituary kindly supplied by John's son, Julian. A stem cell biologist by training, Dr Docherty is an expert in the generation of pancreatic beta cells from human pluripotent stem cells, specialising in beta cell maturation and functional characterisation. Fidelis was the eleventh child of thirteen, of which he is survived by five: Sir Casimir Akagbosu, Mr. Anthony Akagbosu, Chief Engineer Stephen Akagbosu, Mrs. Maria Igbinedion, and Mr. John Akagbosu. Mum has led a hugely varied life, from her birth in Stockport, Cheshire, to growing up in Derbyshire as a little girl, from Girl Guides (the first Queens Guide in the UK) to an equal to my father as principal of Egbado College in Illaro, Nigeria, from mother to 4 children, to teacher in Solihull in 3 different and varied schools, and from retiree enjoying pottering in her garden to running the Olton Station plant volunteers group, from traveller of the World (where had she not visited?) University of Canberra Bachelor of Creative Writing Creative Writing. John Izbicki, German/Philosophy - 9 December 2021. And that also meant you could rely on him for a distinctive and independent viewpoint. His job then took him through British Guyana, Iran, French Dahomey and Nigeria before landing in Perth, Western Australia, where the family settled permanently in 1969. Jim Leverton, Classics - February 2014, Nigel Hill Margerison, Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences - May 2013, Maureen Modlen (ne Griffin), Economic and Social History - 16 June 2012, David Paisley, Electrical Engineering - 9 February 2017, Ronald Rivers, German/French - 5 January 2021. Sons Michael, Andrew and Oliver were born over the following 5 years. Les developed cancer of the liver in December 2020, which despite a new immunotherapy treatment, progressed aggressively, necessitating hospitalisation in early March. Birmingham B15 2TT Obituary kindly supplied by Doreen's son, Mark. He was later Director of his own company specialising in the design and production of generators and alternators and also worked closely with the University of Leicester on various engineering projects. Online condolences may be made atadobecreekfuneralhome.com, Published in San Francisco Chronicle on December 18, 2011, Margaret Bennett (ne Scott), French & Spanish, Jacqueline Cameron, Pharmacy - February 2012, Kenneth Coates, Sociology and Politics - 27 June 2010, James Trevor Crosby, History - 23 January 1996. 1-38. https://doi.org/10.1080/13545701.2022.2084559, Steinrsdttir, F, Carmichael, F & Taylor, S 2021, 'Gendered workload allocation in universities: a feminist analysis of practices and possibilities in a European University', Gender, Work and Organization, vol. No flowers please but donations toOpen University OU scholarshipsorMourne Heritage Trust, please reference Jim Saunders. It is with great sadness that we announce the death of Dr. Peter Robert Norton on May 10th 2022 in Victoria Hospital, London, Ontario at the age of 79. Many of his academic papers were co-written with research students, whom he always acknowledged. Following her career in an international business development and marketing environment in Switzerland, Fiona transitioned to academia following the completion of her Masters Degree in Entrepreneurship & Marketing in Ireland. Department of ManagementProfessor of Labour Economics. and Pickering nuclear station. He continued to research and write up the local history of Beeston in retirement and became involved in the Blue Plaques scheme in the area, helping to award several plaques for places of historical interest and compiling a leaflet with information on them all. His teaching and leadership skills were widely appreciated by colleagues, parents and pupils and he was a loving husband, son, brother and uncle, wonderful father and loyal friend. Birmingham. Her other enjoyments included reading books (especially crime novels), visiting the theatre and watching detective programmes. Eventually, in 1967, Roger took his family to Canada to take up a position as Professor of Economic Geology and Mineralogy at the University of Alberta. in 1963 and a PhD in Chemistry in 1966. From 1947 to 1980 she taught in the Department of Slavonic Studies at the University of Nottingham where, in 1967, she was the first woman to be appointed to a chair. University of Birmingham, Manchester Metropolitan University and Leeds University School of Continuing Education. Throughout all these years she maintained contact with the many friends she and David had made. 189, 108996. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econlet.2020.108996, Atkinson, C, Carmichael, F & Duberley, J 2020, 'The menopause taboo at work: examining womens embodied experiences of menopause in the UK police service', Work, Employment & Society. United Kingdom, Language, Cultures, Art History and Music, College of Life and Environmental Sciences, Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Sport, Exercise and Rehabilitation Sciences, College of Engineering and Physical Sciences, See all schools, departments, research and professional services. Obituary kindly supplied by Valia Cochrane, English 1964, George Stewart, Metallurgy - December 2015, Brian Tipper, Agriculture/Horticulture - 30 April 2010, Peter Waister, Agriculture/Horticulture - 2022, Barbara Walker(ne Utting), Pharmacy - 2 April 2003, David Beagarie, Chemistry - 30 December 2015, His Honour Judge Richard Benson, Politics, - 25 August 2017, Richard Brignell, Economic & Social History - 8 August 1995, Michael Burgess, Chemical Engineering - 24 June 2018, Graham Butler, Electrical Engineering - August 2009, Richard Corkery, Civil Engineering - 23 March 1995, Dr Howard Flack, Chemistry - 2 February 2017, John Gillett, Mechanical Engineering - April 2014. Obituary kindly supplied by Bill's classmates, John Bell and Professor Bob Parfitt, Joseph John Salmon, Physics - October 2022, Catherine Shonubi (ne Senkatuka), Geography - 1970, Christopher Southall, Agriculture/Horticulture - December 2020, Susanne Stoessl, Economics - October 2013, Online obituaries atThe GuardianandFind Your Feet. Obituary kindly supplied by Ann's son, Peter Clifford. The plan is so vast that the contribution of each writer is infinitesimal.. John Peter Cole, Emeritus Professor of Human and Regional Geography at the University of Nottingham, passed away on 1 April at the family home in Bramcote Hills, Nottingham at the age of 91. Obituary kindly supplied by Richard's daughter Sarah Downing. This worked at first and he was able to travel to Australia and return to Hong Kong for his 40th birthday. 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He was a member of staff in the Mechanical Engineering Department for some time during the period 1980 to 1989. The Mascot Gold Cup Charity Race held at Wetherby Race Course in April 2008 was dedicated to Chris' memory. Due to poor eyesight, he was exempted from National Service, and went to Jesus College, Cambridge as a postgraduate student, being awarded an M.Sc. 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University of South . After two years with extensive body paralysis Peter died peacefully at home. Obituary kindly supplied by Lawrence C. Samuels LLB (Law 1966), David (Dave) Tomsett, Pharmacy - 7 January 2021. These valuable works are the product of substantial time, effort and resources, which you acknowledge by accepting the following terms of use. He was educated at Heaton Grammar School, Newcastle and then at the University of Durhams Newcastle campus (now the University of Newcastle), taking a first in Physics in 1956. In 1950 she was Womens Team Captain, she shot at Bisley, and one of the proudest achievements of her life was being the first woman ever to be selected for a Territorial Army rifle Team. Through his work on large computer systems Colin became involved and spent his later years working in the banking industry in South Africa and developing computer applications therein. She is hoping that one of her grandchildren will follow her footsteps to the east Midlands. While that would have been (more than) enough for most people, she also did a training course in massage, again qualifying and practicing until her hands gave out. A tribute was held for Fidelis at this years annual conference of the AFRH, where the president acknowledged Fidelis selflessly provided support for the establishment of a number of IVF centres in Nigeria and was a leading member of the team that recorded our early success. His PhD was awarded in 1968 and for the next nine years he worked for Hawker Siddeley in Group Management Services. Obituary kindly supplied by Alison Cusick (ne Green) BSc 1966, Joan Long (ne Sweeting), German - July 2007, Derek Stanley Macauley, Chemical Engineering - 21 May 2013, Graham Quinton, Industrial Economicswith Psychology - 21 May 2011, Philip Robinson OBE, Industrial Economics - 2011, Anna St Leger-Lucas (ne Whitehead), French, Amanda Stockley (ne Baker), Mathematics - 10 October 2019, George Thompson, Metallurgy - December 2020. 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