Navigating SEND reform, together

Multiple award-winning Director and General Manager of Claridge’s, Ronald F. Jones OBE began his career in hospitality as a 14-year-old school leaver. His first job was at The Adelphi Hotel, Liverpool - the only job available. He went on to manage 16 leading UK hotels over 64 years. He called hospitality ‘The Happiness Business’, and enjoyed mentoring young people who, today, manage five-star hotels worldwide. Join us to hear his story, which includes experience with royal banquets, state occasions – and other near disasters! This open lecture marks the acquisition of the Ronald and Eve Jones collection into Oxford Brookes University's Special Collections and Archives. This collection is primarily focused on hospitality and hotel management, with material compiled from Ronald and Eve Jones’ extensive careers in consultancy, academia, and travel journalism; and the management of famed hotels including Claridges, Turnberry, Gleneagles, Royal Garden and the Athenaeum Hotel. The collection is currently being catalogued and can be consulted upon request; please email specialcollections@brookes.ac.uk. Speaker: Eve Jones, Hospitality industry journalist and author Eve met and married Ronald F. Jones after a commission for Caterer and Hotelkeeper magazine to write a series of articles on great British hoteliers. He was the first to be interviewed, at that time General Manager of the Athenaeum Hotel in Piccadilly. Romance blossomed and their wedding followed in less than a year.

Did you know the cells in our bodies actually talk to each other? Some of these conversations are driven by the release and uptake of vesicles, commonly known as exosomes, which contain molecules that help healthy cells to develop. Unfortunately, changes in that same mechanism can also drive diseases like cancer, dementia and heart disease. Ryan will explain his work on stressing cells, capturing the vesicles from the blood, and using technology to capture and translate the conversations of disease. He will talk about his work exploring how exercise can help in healthy ageing and how these vesicles can even improve early cancer detection.