Welcoming
YOU back
CONNECT 2013 – Saturday 8th June
Don’t miss your chance to reconnect with old friends and discover
what’s new at QMU!
Whether you graduated five years ago or 50 years ago, this event has
something for everyone including fun, tutor-led wine tastings, and a chef
demonstration by Neil Forbes of Café St. Honoré.
Connect 2013 is a great way to renew
old friendships, meet new friends
and find out about some of the
amazing developments taking place
at the University. You’ll also have the
opportunity to check out our fabulous
purpose-built Musselburgh campus if
you haven't already visited.
Graduates and former staff of QMU
and its predecessor institutions are all
welcome to what promises to be a great
day out. Visitors will gain an insight to the
innovative and highly-relevant research
being carried out at the University in a
series of short, interactive presentations.
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After brunch, the afternoon will provide
a relaxed atmosphere in which to catch
up with friends and participate in some
interesting food and drink sessions.
These will include a chef demonstration
by Neil Forbes, Scottish Chef of the Year
in the Scottish Restaurant Awards 2011,
who will give visitors top tips on how to
make the best of local produce.
Richard Bouglet, director of leading
wine merchants, L’Art du Vin, will present
two wine tasting sessions: “Do you
know your classics ?” (including a fun
wine quiz) and “Wines of the season” –
offering an expert insight to which wines
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best complement seasonal foods.
Both wine tastings will include cheese
tastings with artisan cheese-maker
and QMU graduate Jane Stewart of St.
Andrews Farmhouse Cheese Company.
Numbers for the wine tastings are limited
to 30 people per session, so get your
group’s booking in now !
Why not make a weekend of it, and
stay in the halls of residence on campus
and take advantage of events going on
in Edinburgh? And remember, the new
campus is only six minutes by train from
Waverley station.