By courtesy of the President of Imperial College, Professor Alice Gast FCGI, the City and Guilds of London Institute was delighted to hold its 85th Annual Fellowship Meeting and Luncheon on 28 June 2019. Around 50 Honorary Fellows and Fellows attended the luncheon at which they heard an address by Dr Peter Bonfield, Vice-Chancellor and President of the University of Westminster.
Dr Peter Bonfield was previously Chief Executive of the BRE Group of companies which conduct multi-disciplinary research, training and education in the built environment sectors in the UK and around the world. In 2012, he was awarded an OBE for services to research and innovation in the Built Environment and is Deputy President of the Institution of Engineering and Technology.
As well as providing a great opportunity for Fellows and their guests to gather and network, the luncheon also hosted the presentation of the 2019 FCGI Centenary Award. This is presented each year to an outstanding City & Guilds College Union student. This year, the prize was presented to Alice Jackson (pictured), Events Officer of the City & Guilds College Union, as nominated by the City & Guilds College Union President, Andrew Hill and the award presented to her by Sir John Armitt.
For the second time we incorporated a Fellowship presentation before the luncheon and diplomas were presented to Dr Peter Bonfield, Sir Ian Blatchford and Professor Lesley Cohen, by Sir John Armitt.
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We were also delighted to welcome three illustrious new Fellows at the Lecture – Mr Jason Holt, Professor Sir Chris Husbands and Professor Ric Parker.
Eur Ing David Cooper, Mr Mark Malcomson and Eur Ing Christopher Northey were presented with their diplomas by Sir John Armitt. The 2018 FCGI Centenary Award was made to Nutnicha Saduagkan, Media and Marketing Officer of the CGCU, as nominated by Claudia Caravello, CGCU President and presented by Sir John Armitt.
Professor Michele Dougherty, Head of Department of Physics and Professor of Space Physics at Imperial College, was our guest speaker at the luncheon. She is a space physicist who leads unmanned exploratory missions to Saturn and Jupiter and is Principal Investigator for J-MAG. She was awarded FCGI in 2014, the Royal Astronomical Society Gold medal in 2017, and CBE in the 2018 New Year’s Honours List for ‘Services to UK Physical Science Research’. She is also a Fellow of the Royal Society.
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Before the luncheon, Fellows and their guests enjoyed a walking tour at the Dyson School of Design Engineering. They were shown around the Design School’s current facilities in Princes Gardens and the Royal College of Art.
Professor Peter Childs also presented the 2017 FCGI Centenary Award. This award was made to Andrew Hill, Webmaster of the CGCU and he was nominated by Milia Hasbani, CGCU President.