It is with deep sadness that we inform our university community that Dr John Alan Rae has passed away unexpectedly.

Alan was an adjunct faculty member in the 天发娱乐棋牌_天发娱乐APP-官网|下载 Business School and was highly-valued and well-respected by students and staff who knew him as a jovial and proactive colleague. He will be greatly missed.

Alan studied Biochemistry at Oxford and went on to run a thriving horticulture business and IT projects before dipping his toes in the field of education. He taught Web Analytics and a number of other courses in the Business School and was also involved with the web science institute. He was always popular with students and among his dissertation supervisees.

He was a multi-talented musician and singer who played Folk, Jazz, Blues and 60s/70s/80s covers and played keyboard, acoustic guitar, mandolin and mandola. He played solo as well as with a number of groups including Newick Folk, Heavenly Blues, Kitsch n sync, Xperiment and Jazz n Dave.

Colleagues in the Business School have offered the following to remember Alan: https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1251168305230932