[kent-grads] Alumni donations & chemistry

[Killara Burn <J.K.Burn@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Coming in on this one - hear hear on comment on alumni 
donations to their University. (The 40th Anniversary Fund 
is already at nearly £6,500!) 

The generosity of the British to those affected by the 
Tsunanmi has been/is wonderful - and done in the same 
post-Thatcher culture and the tax context that we've 
had since the last budget changes re giving to charity.

People in the UK ARE incredibly generous, and I think those 
changes, that is, recent improvements to Gift Aid and 'Give 
as you earn' are incentives to give.  We are fervently 
hoping the Government will soon agree to match private 
donations to Universities, just as the Hong Kong Government 
has done for some years.

Some might think that fundraising for Universities is going 
to be harder in the next year because of Tsunami; I don't 
think so - we've seen what givers can and will do; my 
expectations are raised.  People need to remember that 
without the research knowledge and educated people provided 
by Universities, the help available to those suffering from 
the Tsunami would be incalculably less effective. 

I know there are Kent alumni involved directly and
indirectly in helping those affected by the Tsunami - not 
least as donors.  If you know of any who are directly 
involved, please let me know.

But I wanted to just comment on the chemistry issue as 
well:

The last intake of Chemistry was in 2003, so the last 
intake is currently still going through the system on the 3 
year BSc and the 4 year MPharm.  Chemistry is still being 
offered as modules in the highly successful forensic 
science degree and the new heritage science degree...  
These are subjects that recruit unlike, sadly, chemistry 
itself these days.

Happy New Year to you all.

Killara

On Wed, 29 Dec 2004 13:44:27 -0000 Tim Roll-Pickering 
<T.C.Roll-Pickering@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

....And also a country which has one of 
the best rates of alumni donations to > universities, 
helped by a culture and tax system that encourages and > 
congratulates donations. Whilst not the solution to all the 
problems I can't > help but feel that UK universities would 
be doing better if they could get > alumni contributions on 
a comparative proportional rate....



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Killara Burn
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