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Part A: Unreserved Business
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Hull Alumni Association – Annual Report to Council 2010-11
1. Objective
This report is for information and has been provided in accordance with
University Ordinance 22.
2. Summary
This paper is the Annual Report of the Hull Alumni Association 2010-11.
3. Hull Alumni Association Report 2010-11
Please see Appendix 1 attached.
4. Recommendation
This report is provided for information.
Mr Liam Cotter
President Hull Alumni Association
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Appendix 1
Hull Alumni Association Annual Report to Council 2010-11
Hull Alumni Association
The HAA was officially launched by the Vice-Chancellor, Professor Calie Pistorius at a
special event held in the House of Lords in April 2010. The first President of the Association
is Liam Cotter, an economics graduate and currently director at RSM Tenon (the seventh
largest accounting practice in the UK).
Purpose of the Hull Alumni Association
The purpose of the Hull Alumni Association is to:
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provide a means whereby former students of the University may hear about the way
in which the University is developing, about the University’s achievements and
successes and about challenges facing the University;
provide a means whereby former students of the University may contact one another
and the University formally through membership on Council and Court and informally
through the Alumni Office;
support and promote the interests of the University;
support regional and overseas events and groups for re-union and networking of
former University of Hull students;
develop links with those University departments where there is a highly developed
system to communicate with former students;
work closely with the University’s Alumni and Development Office and the Students’
Union;
raise funds from among its own members, in consultation with the University.
Hull Alumni Association – Annual General Meeting
The first Annual General Meeting took place on 17th November 2010, attended by 36 alumni
and the second on 8 October 2011 which was attended by <exact number to be inserted >.
The decision was made to hold the 2011 AGM on a Saturday and on the same date as a
University Open Day in order to try and make the event attractive to alumni. The meeting
was preceded by a talk from Simon Calver, CEO of LOVEFiLM. Simon is an alumnus and
member of the Advisory Group to the Association.
Hull Alumni Association – Advisory Group
The HAA is supported by an Advisory Group and much work has taken place during the year
in order to fill vacancies for VC appointed members and HAA appointed members.
It is a pleasure to report that the following have accepted the offer of appointment by the VC,
Dr Jane Bennett-Powell; Mr Simon Calver; Dr Judith Donovan; Dr Neil Hudgell; Dr Christine
Loh OBE; Ms Judith McKenna. Dr Keith Brooker has been appointed as an HAA member.
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A full membership list is as follows for 2011-12
Chair
President HAA
Liam Cotter
Ex-officio
PVC Engagement
President SU
Careers Rep
Professor John Leach
Aidan Mersh
Valerie Metcalfe
VC appointed
Dr Jane Bennett-Powell
Mr Simon Calver
Dr Judith Donovan
Dr Neil Hudgell
Dr Christine Loh OBE
Ms Judith McKenna
Vacancy
HAA appointed
Dr Keith Brooker
Vacancy
Appointments to Court
The following members will be HAA representatives to the University Court:
Reverend Melvyn Tinker
Mr Christopher Lyons
Dr Jane Bennett- Powell
Mr Malcolm Charlesworth
This leaves one vacancy.
Liam Cotter
President Hull Alumni Association
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