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The 80s
Entries are classified according to year of entry
Look out for people from your year here and find out what they have been doing – job changes, awards, weddings, books and news from alumni from each decade.
Make sure we publicise your news in the next issue of Warwick e-network by contacting
e-network@warwick.ac.uk. For more alumni news visit the WGA website.
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Last chance to book your place at the 1982 reunion
Did you start at Warwick in 1982? Do you remember Mark Thatcher getting lost in the desert, E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial dominating at the box office and Eye of the Tiger topping the charts? If so, May 10 should be circled in your diary as you only have a few days left to book a place at your class reunion.
This year marks the 25th anniversary of your arrival at Warwick and dozens of your classmates have already booked their place at the reunion. This is your chance to catch up with friends you haven't seen for years, to learn what they have been up to since graduation and to update them on what you've been doing.
For further information, contact the alumni relations team on wga@warwick.ac.uk or +44 (0)24 7657 4036.
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Piotr Fijalkowski and Kevin Gritton
Footnotes 92 - 94, out now on Cherry Red Records, is a retrospective 'best of' compilation album from early 90s indie band Adorable, who feature three Warwick graduates: Stephen Williams (MA English 1990-95, BA English Literaure 1987-90); Piotr Fijalkowski (BA Film and Literature 1987-90); and Kevin Gritton (BSc Engineering 1989-92). Both Stephen and Kevin were still studying at Warwick when the band signed to Creation Records in 1992 and although they never reached the heights of labelmates Oasis, they did release two hit albums and seven singles. In addition to the album's 17 songs, Footnotes 92 - 94 follows the story of Adorable from second place in a University of Warwick talent contest to their show-stealing appearance at Glastonbury '93 to nights out with Blur in Tokyo's entertainment district. Nowadays, many of Warwick's Indian alumni will be familiar with Stephen in his current role as Senior Liaison Officer in the University's International Office.
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Andy Barker
YouGov has appointed Andy Barker (BA Philosophy 1983-86) as Head of Qualitative. Andy has worked in research for more than 20 years, mainly running qualitative units at BJM and Research International. He specialises in communication/brand strategy, consumer understanding and product innovation.
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Liz Hughes
The Easy Guide to Health and Safety (Elsevier) co-authored by Liz Hughes (BA Education and Psychology 1981-84, MA Applied Social Studies 1986-88) has been published. Liz writes: 'My children were still at school when I left Warwick in 1984. Psychology was just beginning to take off as a subject and there was a demand for teaching , so I taught in further and higher education for a couple of years, to fit in with the children's holidays. A lot of the work I did was with mature students, and having been one myself I was very aware of their needs; so when the opportunity arose to write this book, my partner Phil (whose background is in health and safety) wrote the technical stuff and I re-wrote it to simplify the concepts and make it more accessible for people working in small businesses.
After teaching for a few years I came back to Warwick to do a masters in Applied Social Studies, trained as a psychiatric social worker and was eventually head hunted by the National Schizophrenia Fellowship (now Rethink). Initially I worked on development in the Midlands region and later, as the organisation expanded, I took on the development of their training section.
Phil and I then bought a boat, took off for three years, and ended up in Turkey. We now run a consultancy and divide our time between Britain and South Brittany, working from home.'
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James Mackaness
Iridex Corporation have appointed James Mackaness (BA Pyschology 1982-85) as Chief Financial Officer. Previously he was Chief Financial Officer and Vice President of Finance for NextHop Technologies, a networking wireless technology company. He has also worked at InfoGear, Electroglass and Ernst & Young.
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Could you be a Careers Contact?
Could you offer general advice on working in a particular industry or company to students and fellow Warwick graduates?
The Careers Contact site offers graduates the opportunity to make contact with another graduate from Warwick who may have studied the same subject, or be in an occupation of interest to them.
Are you able to offer work shadowing or work experience opportunities? We would love to hear from you. CLICK HERE to offer your help.
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Record your memories of Warwick
In partnership with the University's Communications Office, we are looking for graduates and friends to submit their memories and stories for future broadcast! We'd like to invite sound file submissions from any interested individuals to be used as part of the Warwick Podcasts service.
Warwick Podcasts is an exciting initiative which allows visitors to hear from University experts commenting upon important issues, their research and events. All the recordings are available for download from the site as MP3 files or can be accessed directly from the page. It is possible to subscribe to the service to gain access to directories to get the podcasts direct to your computer and MP3 player.
What we are looking for are sound files in either MP3 or WMA format, lasting no more than 5 minutes, which should cover topics such as:
My memories of Warwick
Since graduation....
Why come to Warwick?
If you are interested in getting involved or wish to submit a sound file for use in the project, please feel free to contact sam.davies@warwick.ac.uk or telephone: 024 7652 8478.
These recordings will be used to promote the University to prospective students as well as having real-life testimonials from graduates to serve for nostaligia in years to come! We hope you'll want to participate!
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Visit the messageboard
Visit the message board to add your message to those from alumni from your decade.
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Contact Us!
We'd love to hear from alumni from the 80s. Contact Warwick e-network with your news by emailing
e-network@warwick.ac.uk so that graduates from this decade are well represented in the next issue.
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