Students benefit from first ever Ryder
Cup Bursary Scheme
S
O M E L U C K Y Q M U s t u d e n t s a re
benefitting from a four-year bursary
investment deal from Ryder Cup Europe.
Five QMU students are amongst the first in
the world to receive financial support linked to
the 2014 Ryder Cup in Scotland. Just before
Christmas, five third year students, who study
on the BA (Hons) International Hospitality and
Tourism and the BA (Hons) Events Management,
each received a one-off payment of £1,000.
Ryder Cup Europe has made a commitment to
QMU to fund five tourism, hospitality and event
student bursaries per year for a total of four
years. The bursary scheme means that a total
of twenty QMU students will benefit by receiving
£1000 each.
Lennoxlove Book Festival
comes up trumps yet again
Nurses celebrate 30th
anniversary of degree
O
VER 60 NURSING alumni
gathered at the University’s
campus in August 2013, to
celebrate the 30th anniversary of the
nursing degree programme at QMU.
Professor Joe Goldblatt, of our Alumni
and Development team, and lecturers
past and present, were very pleased
to join the graduates in celebrating this
special anniversary.
The alums took time to share
photographs and stories about College
and University days. They especially
enjoyed the tour of the campus and
the opportunity to see all the new
innovations used to teach nursing at
QMU nowadays.
The comments were universally
positive about the building, food and
drink, programmes and the event.
Professor Goldblatt commented: “My
simple definition of a successful event
is when the guests refuse to leave. This
was the case on Saturday when they
were still going strong at the stopping
point.”
For further information on planning a
course or class reunion, please contact
the Alumni Office, E: alumni@qmu.
ac.uk or T: 0131 474 0000 ❒
B
RITAIN’S MOST EMINENT
m o u n t a i n e e r, S i r C h r i s
Bonington, paid tribute to John
Muir, the father of the environmental
movement and founder of America’s
national parks, in a lecture at the
Lennoxlove Book Festival 2013.
Held in November at Lennoxlove
House, East Lothian, the festival was,
for the fourth year, part sponsored
by QMU. The 2013 festival highlights
included Alan Johnson, the former
home secretary, discussing his
poverty-stricken childhood; Kirsty Wark
talking about her favourite books, and
William McIlvanney, the godfather of
crime writing. Other guests included
impressionist Rory Bremner, actress
Patsy Kensit, and interviewer and
broadcaster Jeremy Paxton.
From history to fiction, cookery to
politics, and from crime to children’s
entertainment, the Festival had
something for everyone. Also, for the
first time, the Festival included The
Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust
Book Awards, Scotland’s largest
literacy prize, worth £30,000.
Professor Alan Gilloran, QMU’s
Deputy Principal, said: “It is always
a pleasure to support an event that
bursts with life and vigour and that
continues to grow and appeal to a
wider audience. It was also a wonderful
opportunity for QMU staff to get
involved in chairing some of these very
lively and entertaining sessions.” ❒
The bursaries will help the students pay for their
travel and accommodation costs and ensure they
can access courses relevant to The 2014 Ryder
Cup.
Richard Hills, European Ryder Cup Director,
said: “The 2014 Ryder Cup will bring major
benefits to the local and Scottish economy and
we want to leave a lasting legacy for generations
to come. The bursary schemes will help support
QMU students with their living expenses. We
hope that these students will go on to contribute
to the Scottish tourism and hospitality industries
for years to come.”
S h o n a R o b i s o n M S P, M i n i s t e r f o r
Commonwealth Games and Sport, said: “The
Ryder Cup is more than just golf, and good
hospitality and management can help make the
event truly great. This investment places young
people at the heart of our legacy commitment
and will give young people new skills in their
chosen career path and the best training to go on
to work, whether it is in the hospitality and event
management industry, or as the next generation
of industry leaders.”
International Hospitality and Tourism student,
Calum McEachern, was delighted to receive a
Ryder Cup bursary. He said: “I take on quite a
lot of paid employment to support my studies.
However, the bursary will relieve some of the
financi