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(1920's Piano music)
(Dr Paul Carter) It was back in 1921 when Miss Hope Winch started up
the School of Pharmacy, in Sunderland, in Galen Building.
She had been working as a researcher in Newcastle Rutherford College,
for the past couple of years.
Then with the Pharmaceutical Society's permission,
she was able to transfer all the teaching facilities over to Sunderland.
So, she opened the doors to 28 students, way back, 100 years ago.
When the school opened, the facilities were pretty basic.
She taught Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Forensic Pharmacy,
Botany, Pharmacognosy, Physiology and of course dispensing.
Students were basically trained to make and deliver
safe and effective medicines.
(Dr Keith Holden) They were mainly Victorian teaching rooms.
It also had a sense of history and when you were in the teaching rooms,
you felt as though you were part of the story of Pharmacy.
Within the walls of the Galen Building, that had occurred over many years.
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(Narrator) Since the beginning of her tenure,
Hope Winch sought to establish the finest pharmacy department
in the North East of England.
Her achievements included opening a Drug Development Laboratory
and operating with the local branch of the Pharmaceutical Society
for over two decades, as Secretary and then Chairman.
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(Paul) Miss Winch was on a vacation,
she was mountaineering in the Lake District in 1944.
There was a tragic accident and she died.
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(Narrator) On the 28th of April, 1944
the Hope CM Winch Memorial Fund was founded in her memory,
by representatives of a local Pharmaceutical Society,
members of Staff from Sunderland Technical College and past students.
The Fund's first recipient, George Dempster Fairweather
was granted the award to cover his fees for the period of 1948 to 1949.
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(Uplifting music slowly builds)
With the merger of Sunderland Technical college and the College of Art,
Sunderland Polytechnic was one of the first three of its kind in Great Britain.
Its focus was in the delivery of professional,
vocational and part-time courses.
(Paul) I was a student at Sunderland, studying Pharmacy in 1981 to 1984.
In those days the teaching was done mainly in Galen Building.
It was it was an unforgettable experience,
there were some unforgettable personalities on the teaching team.
We had to write down every word they said and copy everything
they put on the blackboards by hand!
(Keith) The curriculum in the 1980s when I began my studies,
did to a large extent look backwards.
We studied the use of raw materials and raw drugs, in the preparation of medicines.
That always provides an abiding memory for me.
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(Paul) Also in 1984, we set up the Hope Winch Society,
this was intended to help keep students in touch with each other.
We also raise money for the Hope Winch Benevolence Fund,
which is a fund that aims to help students
that find themselves in financial difficulty.
(Music continues)
(Narrator) The 1990s saw major developments take place
in the former shipbuilding town.
Not only was Sunderland granted City Status by Her Royal Highness Queen Elizabeth II,
Sunderland Polytechnic was granted University Status.
Former Rector of the Polytechnic, Dr Ann Wright
became one of the first female chancellors in the Country.
by 2009, the Pharmacy course resided within the Faculty of Applied Sciences
at the University of Sunderland.
Home to 3 000 students, making it one of the largest in the Country.
(Music stops)
(Kathryn Davison) Back in 2011,
we were the first school of Pharmacy in the UK
to be accredited against, what were then, the brand new GPHC Educational Standards.
(Woman in advert) My Pharmacy Degree from the University of Sunderland
certainly encouraged me in a lot of ways.
I would never have the career, the job and the salary that I have now,
if I had not had that sort of backing in my degree.
(Nurse) Thank you, Sister I have just got off the phone with A and E...
(Narrator) The Living Lab sits at the cutting edge of medical and healthcare education.
Immersing students with industry recognised expertise and simulation facilities,
that prepare them for life in the Medical Sector.
(Dr Andrew Sturrock) These buildings provide some fantastic
simulation based facilities.
Where we can simulate or replicate what it is like to work in the real world,
as a Pharmacist, across a variety of different settings.
(Inspirational music begins)
It would be such a fantastic opportunity for a student to come and learn
at this University, and to be a future Pharmacist and embrace
the facilities and the opportunities that the University can provide.
(Inspirational music builds)
(Narrator) During its century-long journey,
Sunderland's history as a home for the study of Pharmacy
has brought recognition and acclaim to the University and its community.
Locally, Nationally and Internationally,
with global partners and a thriving, diverse and enthusiastic cohort.
(Kathryn) We have an excellent Patient and Carer Group,
that come into the University and work alongside our students
on our educational curriculum delivery.
We also have a large number of our Pharmacist Academics,
who actually still work as part of the NHS Front Line.
They bring the experience that they have gained from practice
into the Pharmacy School, for the students to learn and benefit from.
Hey! it is Emeli, and a Happy 100th birthday to the Pharmacy course
at the University of Sunderland.
Here's the next Century!
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