What The Papers Say December 2008
(Individual campus news follows below)
Professor Tom Barnes said that research and enterprise are twin priorities at Greenwich in a Kent Business feature which appeared in the Medway Messenger, East Kent Mercury, Kentish Express (Ashford), Kentish Express (Canterbury), Herne Bay Gazette, Kent Messenger (Maidstone), Kent Messenger (Malling), Kent Messenger (Tunbridge Wells & Weald), and Kentish Express.
The former Principal of Avery Hill College, Kathleen Jones, has donated £100,000 to help those studying to be teachers at Greenwich, according to the Bexley Mercury and Greenwich Mercury.
The Malaysian Sun reported that SEGI University offers business degrees in collaboration with universities such as Greenwich.
Kent Profile reported on the appointment of David Bailey, formerly head of molecular science at Pfizer, as the university’s first consultant entrepreneur.
Tessa Blackstone was interviewed by India based Economic Times about the newly launched Centre for Indian Business.
The launch of the Centre for Indian Business was publicised by PaGaLGuY.com, the largest MBA-centric website in India.
http://www.pagalguy.com/index.php?categoryid=44&p2_articleid=1585
University Centre Folkestone offers a course for people wanting to get into business, according to the Folkestone Herald, Hythe Herald and Romney Marsh Herald.
Rugby World reported on the Thomas Mulquin Memorial Cup in memory of a Greenwich student who died of Sudden Arrhythmic Death Syndrome in 2002.
According to Times Higher Education Tim Gore, director of the Centre for Indian Business, said he believed most universities with links in India would adopt a "business-as-usual" approach following the terrorist attack in Mumbai.
The Times reported that the Bishop of Rochester, Michael Nazir-Ali, is a Professor of Theology & Religious Studies at Greenwich.
Investment Now reported that the Start Anywhere Group based at the Bridge Science Park in Dartford provides links with universities such as Greenwich.
Times Higher Education reported on a survey by Jill Jameson about levels of trust in higher and further education which she presented to the Society for Research into Higher Education.
Greenwich
Business
Corporate social responsibility should not be separated from Public Relations said PR lecturer Kunal Mehta in a letter to PR Week.
In Abu Dhabi based National newspaper Steve Thomas, professor of energy policy, questioned whether transforming co-operation agreements into a working nuclear power programme poses significant challenges.
http://www.thenational.ae/article/20081203/BUSINESS/862309610/-1/SPORT
According to Marketing magazine, Sense marketing agency and Greenwich set up an awarding-winning two day residential training course for new field staff in support of the launch of Google mobile.
Business Administration student Lucie Walton was the focus of the Who Are Ya profile in the Medway Standard.
Computing & Mathematical Sciences
According to the Wharf and South London Press, computer scientists at Greenwich working with the Cutty Sark Trust won the top prize at the London Knowledge Transfer Awards.
Engineering & Technology described the work that Professor Chris Bailey and Dr Stoyan Stoyanov do on the Cutty Sark.
Top Sante Health & Beauty reported that Greenwich research showed that we begin to experience Christmas stress from the first weekend of December. This refers to a fun mathematical formula devised by Tony Mann in 2004 on behalf of Amazon.
According to the East London Advertiser, computing graduate, Shanur Miah, an office manager at Waitrose, is coming to the end of a six month placement at the Newark Young London charity.
According to Abu Dhabi based National newspaper, Prof Ed Galea said that recent safety improvements designed to ease the flow of pilgrims at the Holy Mosque in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, could be counterproductive. He said an old bottleneck could have served a valuable purpose.
http://www.thenational.ae/article/20081206/NATIONAL/721888761/1011/SPORT
PCB007 website reported that Professor Chris Bailey was one of the speakers at a seminar in Cambridge on developments in microelectronics interconnection, assembly and packaging. Chris spoke about the current status and future challenges in design and analysis in assembly and packaging.
Humanities & Social Sciences
Thomas Acton, Professor of Romani Studies has been awarded an OBE for services to education according to the Daily Telegraph website, BBC website and PA News Wire, This is Total Essex website and Colchester Gazette.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/4030644/New-Year-Honours-list.html
Senior lecturer Sarah Greer argued in the Legal Executive Journal that the new mortgage possession protocol has become more lender friendly.
In the Greenwich Mercury tributes were paid to Sidney Fagan, who led the Fellowship Party for Greenwich and Woolwich for more than 20 years, gained a History degree from Greenwich in 1992.
General campus news
‘At the heart of a World Heritage site on the south bank of the Thames, Sir Christopher Wren’s seamen’s hospital – later the Old Royal Naval College – now forms the campus of the University of Greenwich’ according to Times Higher Education.
Avery Hill
Architecture & Construction
Architects Journal and the Wharf reported that Greenwich students had great success at the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) awards ceremony. Francesco Belfiore and Wynne Leung were named as winners of the top prize for new graduates in the President’s Medals Student Awards for their project Invisible University Library. The pair beat entrants from architecture schools across the globe to win the Bronze Medal for Part 1 (first degree) category. Vladimir Berezovskiy came away with a commendation, also in the new graduates category, for his work Newton’s Third. Another winner was Stefanos Gkougkoustamos who picked up one of three commendations in the Dissertation category for Voices of Shatila.
Greenwich graduate Lady Arabella Lennox-Boyd was the focus of feature in Gardens Illustrated.
Alan Power, Professor of Architecture and Cultural History was a contributor to Art Quarterly. He is also an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects and Chairman of Pollock’s Toy Museum.
Easier.com website, Caterham Mirror, Dorking Advertiser, Horley & Gatwick Mirror, Leatherhead Advertiser, and Surrey Mirror reported that the Brooking Collection of Architectural Detail was preserving features of historic interest from a dilapidated Victorian house, once owned by St. Andrews school in Leatherhead.
http://www.easier.com/view/UK_Property_News/Surrey/article-221257.html
Quantity Surveying graduate has been appointed Commercial Director in South Wales by Redrow, according to Easier.com website.
http://www.easier.com/view/UK_Property_News/General/article-221589.html
Architecture students were challenged to build and spend a night in a basic structure costing less than £100 to build according to the Bexley Times.
Education & Training
PGCE graduate, Anuradha Yahampath, is now a designer for handloom weaving business Kandygs, according to Sri Lankan based Daily Mirror.
Janet Fairbrother is trying to trace Barbara Wagstaff who was a student at Avery Hill College in the 1950s, according to the Doncaster Star and Sheffield Star. She was also trying to contact Shirley Cheater and Eleanor Lissman in the Gloucestershire Echo.
PE student Chris Lewington who plays football for Dorking was profiled in the Dorking Advertiser.
Health & Social Care
According to the Bromley Times and Bexley Times, Jan Webb, a lecturer in Child Health and Welfare said that all professionals dealing with children should learn from a report into Haringey council's handling of the shocking Baby P case.
Lecturer Alison Cork reviewed the ECG Workbook in Emergency Nurse.
Senior lecturer Josephine O’Gorman gave suggestions for coping with stress during the festive season in the Medway Messenger and Kent Messenger.
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School of Engineering
Kent Business reported that bringing the Renishaw Centre for Manufacturing Productivity to Greenwich could hardly be a bigger coup.
School of Science
Chemistry World reported that Gas technologist and Director of Technology at Air Products PLC, John Irwen, studied for PhD at Greenwich from 1979-85.
Kent Profile reported that Carbon8 won the Times Higher Education Award for their “Outstanding Contribution to Innovation and Technology”.
John Nicolson argued in a letter to Times Higher Education that the proposal to concentrate research funding on a small group of elite universities overlooks many other activities apart from PhD supervision and would lead to the shrinking of UK research.
Dr Monem Jemni, Sports Science programme leader has been given a science and research achievement award at the Asian Artistic Gymnastic Games in Qatar, according to the Medway Messenger, Kent Messenger, and Medway Standard.
According to Farmers Weekly, Greenwich is one of the partners involved in the Kent Biofuels Project.
Natural Resources Institute
The Daily Mail, the Education and Food & Drink sections of the Guardian website, Medway Messenger, Medway News, Kent Messenger, Bromley Times, Greenwich Mercury, Bexley Mercury, Bexley Times, Prospect magazine reported that NRI had conducted taste tests into luxury mince pies on behalf of Which? magazine.
Medway Extra and Kent Messenger (Sittingbourne) reported that Dr Richard Gibson had been given a grant to improve the cultivation of sweet potato in Africa.
According to Eureka Report, Don Reynolds from NRI is among the authors of a report looking at why locusts swarm.
Research at Greenwich looked at the benefits of virus resistant tomatoes to farmers, businesses and consumers in India, according to Farm Business.
General campus news
The campus hosted a Kent wide maths challenge for local schools according to the Kent Messenger (Sittingbourne) and Medway Messenger.
The campus was one of the locations for a comedy film about football supporters called The Shouting Men, according to the Kent News website.
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