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January 2022<br />
The magazine for Anglia Ruskin University alumni and friends<br />
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Welcome<br />
A message<br />
from our<br />
Vice Chancellor<br />
Happy New Year, and welcome<br />
to our January 2022 edition of<br />
Connect.<br />
For those of you who graduated from<br />
ARU last year, this will be your first<br />
introduction to our alumni magazine,<br />
where we share news from our<br />
university, staff and students, as well<br />
as you, our alumni. I do hope you<br />
enjoy it.<br />
Our thriving alumni network boasts<br />
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<a title="January 2022 Connect page 3" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/15e93b62?page=3"> Welcome A message from our Vice Chancellor Happy</a>
<a title="January 2022 Connect page 4" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/15e93b62?page=4"> ALUMNI OFFICER Welcome Kim Oto</a>
<a title="January 2022 Connect page 5" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/15e93b62?page=5"> The Inbox Maria-Cristina Ionita BSc</a>
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<a title="January 2022 Connect page 7" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/15e93b62?page=7"> the city centre a more attractive destination for</a>
<a title="January 2022 Connect page 8" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/15e93b62?page=8"> UNIVERSITY NEWS Children’s letters to leaders </a>
<a title="January 2022 Connect page 9" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/15e93b62?page=9"> XXXXX Your future Shapes our future K</a>
<a title="January 2022 Connect page 10" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/15e93b62?page=10"> FEATURE STORY Fur the love of cats Nicky Trev</a>
<a title="January 2022 Connect page 11" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/15e93b62?page=11"> Have you always wanted to work with cats? What in</a>
<a title="January 2022 Connect page 12" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/15e93b62?page=12"> FEATURE STORY Can you tell us about one of you</a>
<a title="January 2022 Connect page 13" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/15e93b62?page=13"> With regards to the cat behaviour cases, I covere</a>
<a title="January 2022 Connect page 14" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/15e93b62?page=14"> XXXXX CLASS OF 2021 GRADUATION 14 ARU CON</a>
<a title="January 2022 Connect page 15" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/15e93b62?page=15"> GRADUATIONS Health scientists honoured at ARU g</a>
<a title="January 2022 Connect page 16" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/15e93b62?page=16"> GRADUATIONS Suicide prevention campaigner recei</a>
<a title="January 2022 Connect page 17" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/15e93b62?page=17"> Married ARU students graduate on the same day A </a>
<a title="January 2022 Connect page 18" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/15e93b62?page=18"> GRADUATIONS Bat’s an amazing wa</a>
<a title="January 2022 Connect page 19" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/15e93b62?page=19"> Con-Grad-Ulations! After three incredible years </a>
<a title="January 2022 Connect page 20" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/15e93b62?page=20"> XXXXX Start your Masters Apply now: aru.ac.uk/</a>
<a title="January 2022 Connect page 21" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/15e93b62?page=21"> XXXXX Transform your life with a Masters Inc</a>
<a title="January 2022 Connect page 22" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/15e93b62?page=22"> ALUMNI UPDATES Undertaking a health elective o</a>
<a title="January 2022 Connect page 23" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/15e93b62?page=23"> Many had been disowned by their families. Seeing </a>
<a title="January 2022 Connect page 24" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/15e93b62?page=24"> A L U M N I U P D A T E S Hunter & Gather foun</a>
<a title="January 2022 Connect page 25" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/15e93b62?page=25"> Lifelong learning I received my master’s degree </a>
<a title="January 2022 Connect page 26" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/15e93b62?page=26"> ALUMNI UPDATES Flavia’s ghostly tale wins majo</a>
<a title="January 2022 Connect page 27" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/15e93b62?page=27"> of people – or in this case, monsters – it just m</a>
<a title="January 2022 Connect page 28" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/15e93b62?page=28"> ALUMNI UPDATES Chelmsf</a>
<a title="January 2022 Connect page 29" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/15e93b62?page=29"> long COVID symptoms and address the mental health</a>
<a title="January 2022 Connect page 30" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/15e93b62?page=30"> REFLECTION </a>
<a title="January 2022 Connect page 31" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/15e93b62?page=31"> REFLECTION My three years studying Zoology I k</a>
<a title="January 2022 Connect page 32" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/15e93b62?page=32"> REFLECTION yet sometimes challenging, enrichment</a>
<a title="January 2022 Connect page 33" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/15e93b62?page=33"> Make the most of every opportunity offered to you</a>
<a title="January 2022 Connect page 34" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/15e93b62?page=34"> EMPLOYABILITY How does employab</a>
<a title="January 2022 Connect page 35" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/15e93b62?page=35"> ALUMNI OF THE MONTH Alumni of the month Septem</a>
<a title="January 2022 Connect page 36" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/15e93b62?page=36"> OFF THE BOOKSHELF Off the bookshelf </a>
<a title="January 2022 Connect page 37" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/15e93b62?page=37"> Wendy is a bright spark who wants to find love and</a>
<a title="January 2022 Connect page 38" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/15e93b62?page=38"> REUNION REVIEW Our 40-year CCAT reunion In 19</a>
<a title="January 2022 Connect page 39" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/15e93b62?page=39"> The Conversation is a unique platform where all c</a>
<a title="January 2022 Connect page 40" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/15e93b62?page=40"> RESEARCH </a>
<a title="January 2022 Connect page 41" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/15e93b62?page=41"> RESEARCH The optimal application of empathy int</a>
<a title="January 2022 Connect page 42" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/15e93b62?page=42"> RESEARCH that they e</a>
<a title="January 2022 Connect page 43" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/15e93b62?page=43"> The third highlight is when my journal articles a</a>
<a title="January 2022 Connect page 44" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/15e93b62?page=44"> BENEFITS Alumni benefits Alumni Scholarship DI</a>