Above: Former Photography Technician Gaby Bocchetti, who resigned on the 30th of September and now works at the University of Cambridge Judge Business School.

We've welcomed many new starters this year, while at the same time we wished the best of luck to many colleagues who decided to move on to pastures new including other opportunities within the University.

Below: Gaby with Mike Todd-Jones and Clair Castle

We also wished Mike Todd-Jones a very happy retirement. Mike joined the Department in 2001 as Assistant Librarian and retired on the 30th of September. Mike writes: "A massive thank you to everyone in the Department who contributed to my John Lewis gift card and for the lovely messages in my retirement card. When I joined the Department back in 2001 I was made very welcome from the outset and many colleagues quickly became friends. I've always found the Department friendly and supportive, and it has been a great place to work - I'll miss you all!"

We also sadly said goodbye to several former colleagues who died in 2022, including Professor Ray Freeman, Professor Mary McPartlin, Stephen Sears and Alan Dickerson.

Here is a full list of starters and leavers for 2022:

Starters

Assistant staff

Sarah Holt – Safety Technician
Roy Smith – Cleaner
Vernon Schlegel – Buildings Maintenance Technician
Robert Arrowsmith – Buildings Maintenance Technician
Katarzyna Nowakowska – Cleaner
Sarah Mitchell – Part ll Teaching Technician
Alligan Bundock – PA to the Director of the Melville
Jason Harman – Cleaner
Shantha Siriwardena – Electrical Workshop Technician
Michele Dunn – Research Grants Administrator
Michael Holliday – Cleaner
Brian White – MPACC Laboratory Technician
Tessa Blackman – Postgraduate Student Coordinator
Thomas Walters – IT Sandwich Student
William Hancock Smith – Apprentice Teaching Technician
Barbara Gill – Cleaner
Freddie Boxall – Trainee Research Lab Technician
Alex Campbell – Receptionist/Secretary
Edyta Dankow – Cleaner
Stephen Green Molloy – Stores Technician
Alan Dell – Mechanical Workshop Technician
Michael Webb – Photographic Technician
Robert Beale – Cleaner
Rosanna Hunt – Postgraduate Education Administrator

Academic-related

Alex Casabuena – Laboratory Manager
Maria Vias Lopez – MPACC Laboratory Manager

Leavers

Assistant staff

Harriet Kerridge
John Suberu
Roy Smith
Adam Swain
Rachel MacDonald
Kasia Kowalcze
Anna Dziwisz Czarny
Demi Winter
Matthew Pond
Elliot Reed
Ben Boddington
Frederico De Faria Chefel
Chris Chiocca
Mike Todd Jones (Retired)
Gaby Bocchetti
Chris Brackstone
Naomi Roberts
Alice Wood
Kerry Carruthers

Academic-related

Jan Holub
Giulia Iadevaia
Vikki Cantrill