News Archive 2009
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Jingle bells: university man’s musical talent gets him on Chris Evans’ BBC show
University of Greenwich employee Tony Wright’s got talent – he can impersonate famous singers, and he has a way with technology after managing the university’s audio-visual services.
Date of release: Thursday, December 17, 2009
University of Greenwich leads in conservation
Ecology and conservation students studying at the University of Greenwich at Medway and one of the UK’s leading environmental consultancies have been recognised by the Institute of Ecology and Environmental Management (IEEM) for their partnership.
Date of release: Wednesday, December 16, 2009
Medway scientists hailed by Prime Minister for low carbon innovation
Scientists at the University of Greenwich at Medway have been praised by Gordon Brown for leading the way to a greener economy, as the world wrestles to bring down global carbon emissions at Copenhagen.
Date of release: Wednesday, December 9, 2009
Alcohol and minimum pricing expert says drinking at home is greater problem than binge drinking
“Why do people drink at home?” New report from Dr John Foster, University of Greenwich, for the Alcohol Education & Research Council
Date of release: Monday, November 30, 2009
New book about admiral held prisoner in Greenwich prior to trial and execution
A new history of Admiral Byng, who was held prisoner in Greenwich Hospital in 1756, has been written by a University of Greenwich lecturer, Chris Ware.
Date of release: Friday, November 27, 2009
The People’s Demobilization
The winner of this year’s best undergraduate dissertation by History Today magazine, Kate Martin, will be leading a seminar entitled 'The People's Demobilization: A Case Study in Politics, Propaganda and Popular Will in 1945'.
Date of release: Wednesday, November 25, 2009
Tesco rewards Medway School of Pharmacy star graduate
A Medway School of Pharmacy graduate has been named Tesco’s Pre-Registration Trainee of the Year. Anthony Samson worked as a trainee pharmacist at Tesco after completing his Master of Pharmacy (MPharm) degree at Medway in 2008.
Date of release: Wednesday, November 25, 2009
Britain’s top lawyer joins stars from the BBC’s “The Apprentice” to inspire students from the University of Greenwich
Britain's most senior legal figure, the Attorney General, Baroness Scotland, was one of three inspiring role models to speak to law students at the University of Greenwich as part of their Legal Skills Week, which started on Monday. Over 150 aspiring legal eagles had the chance to hear her speak about her life and career and to encourage them to aim high.
Date of release: Tuesday, November 17, 2009
Thomas Mulquin remembered at university charity rugby match
The seventh annual Thomas Mulquin Memorial Cup, in memory of a student from the University of Greenwich who died while training with the university’s rugby team, was played on Friday November 6.
Date of release: Tuesday, November 17, 2009
The power of positive thinking
Students from the University of Greenwich at the Avery Hill campus gave classmates a practical lesson in coping with tension and the power of positive thinking, as part of a national campaign in stress management.
Date of release: Tuesday, November 17, 2009
NHS leader and Greenwich graduate awarded honorary degree
Sir Robert Naylor, Chief Executive of the University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, was awarded an Honorary Doctor of Science (HonDSc) by the University of Greenwich on Friday October 23, 2009.
Date of release: Tuesday, November 17, 2009
Five Greenwich trainee teachers receive first scholarships
Five students from the University of Greenwich’s School of Education & Training have been chosen as the first to receive the Kathleen Jones Scholarship. This was made possible by a generous personal gift of £100,000 by the late Mrs Kathleen Jones, a former principal of Avery Hill College, one of the institutions that came together to form the University of Greenwich.
Date of release: Tuesday, November 3, 2009
Former principal of Dartford College awarded honorary degree
Margaret Chamberlain, former Principal of Dartford College of Physical Education, one of the institutions that came together to form today's University of Greenwich, was awarded an Honorary Doctor of Education (HonDEd) on Wednesday October 21, 2009.
Date of release: Monday, November 2, 2009
National award for Greenwich student
University of Greenwich student, Vipin Dhunnoo, has received national recognition for his work with local youngsters at the National Aimhigher Awards.
Date of release: Thursday, October 29, 2009
New book explores the history of life and work along the Medway
A new history of industry and community in the Medway Valley will be launched this month at a celebratory river cruise along the Medway.
Date of release: Thursday, October 29, 2009
Students seek out opportunities to gain work skills
Hundreds of students took advantage of the chance to talk face to face with representatives of key employers, charity groups and organisations from across Kent and Medway at the Universities at Medway Opportunities 09 event held on Tuesday (October 13).
Date of release: Tuesday, October 20, 2009
Women in Business event
A training and networking event focused on women-run businesses is being held at the historic University of Greenwich campus at the Old Royal Naval College, Greenwich, on Friday, 6 November.
Date of release: Tuesday, October 20, 2009
New university group offers 'big' support to local business
The University of Greenwich at Medway and leading business support organisations are joining forces to help local companies and entrepreneurs take advantage of more commercial, research and development opportunities.
Date of release: Monday, October 19, 2009
University’s work on Cutty Sark wins national award
The University of Greenwich was awarded ‘Outstanding Engineering Research Team of the Year’ at the Times Higher Education Awards ceremony in London last night (15 October).
Date of release: Friday, October 16, 2009
Greenwich Music Director conducts lost Offenbach opera
University of Greenwich Music Director Nicholas Jenkins is conducting the first British performances of a lost Offenbach opera by the New Sussex Opera and Kent Sinfonia in Sussex and London at the end of the month.
Date of release: Friday, October 16, 2009
Hat’s amazing – floor finds bring history to life
Who is CV Smith? That’s the question being asked by historical sleuths in Medway after the renovation of the university’s sports hall threw up some fascinating artefacts.
Date of release: Tuesday, October 13, 2009
Café Scientifique
Professor Mike Bradley, of the Wolfson Centre at the University of Greenwich’s Medway School of Engineering, is to give the inaugural talk at a forum for people interested in science in Medway.
Date of release: Thursday, October 8, 2009
Sketching the future: new research institute will explore the frontiers of digital technology
Playing games inside holograms… seeing art that you can feel and hear too… using cyborg technology to control what we physically experience… these are just some of the things we will all be able to do in the future.
Date of release: Wednesday, October 7, 2009
Former student wins Nobel Prize
A graduate of the University of Greenwich has been awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics.
Date of release: Tuesday, October 6, 2009
Beheld exhibit
Something slightly disturbing lurks in the dark at the University of Greenwich.
Date of release: Tuesday, October 6, 2009
Student scoops national essay award
A Medway School of Pharmacy student showed she has the write stuff to succeed in her career after winning a prize in a prestigious national essay competition.
Date of release: Monday, October 5, 2009
Jobs boost for Medway
The University of Greenwich at Medway is building on its reputation as a centre of research excellence with the creation of nine new posts.
Date of release: Friday, October 2, 2009
Open lecture explores the links between obesity and diabetes
Nutrition expert Dr Tatiana Christides will be exploring the links between obesity and diabetes in a public lecture at the University of Greenwich at Medway on Wednesday, October 21.
Date of release: Thursday, October 1, 2009
University of Greenwich has most satisfied students in London, says Sunday Times
Greenwich has scooped top place in the London league table for student satisfaction, ahead of some of the most prestigious institutions in the capital.
Date of release: Tuesday, September 15, 2009
University of Greenwich Opens Doors of Wren Masterpiece
The University of Greenwich is opening the doors to the three main buildings at its Greenwich campus in Sir Christopher Wren’s Old Royal Naval College as part of the capital-wide architecture festival, London Open House on Sunday September 20.
Date of release: Monday, September 14, 2009
Teamwork Tackles Genetic Disease
A pioneering partnership between the University of Greenwich and the University for Modern Science and Arts in Cairo has seen a delegation of Egyptian students working in the laboratories of the School of Science in Medway as part of international research into genetic disease.
Date of release: Friday, September 11, 2009
University of Greenwich Appoints Heneghan Peng Architects for Campus Development
The University of Greenwich has announced its intention to appoint award-winning Heneghan Peng Architects to design a new campus library and a home for its School of Architecture & Construction.
Date of release: Friday, September 11, 2009
University steers new direction for campus transport
The University of Greenwich has taken possession of five electric vans as part of its drive to go green.
Date of release: Friday, September 11, 2009
University of Greenwich more popular than ever
Thousands of callers have been jamming phone lines at the University of Greenwich, trying to get a last-minute place for this autumn.
Date of release: Wednesday, September 9, 2009
Crop circles in focus
Stunning photographs of crop circles, which appear in fields all over the world, will come under the spotlight in a public lecture being held at the University of Greenwich at Medway.
Date of release: Tuesday, September 8, 2009
Filling the global food basket
Professor Alan Cork, an award winning expert in the challenging environment of pest control in food production, will be sharing some of his findings and hopes for the future of farming in the developing world at a free lecture at the University of Greenwich at Medway.
Date of release: Monday, September 7, 2009
Science jobs boost for Medway
Medway's role as a centre of science expertise received a boost when the University of Greenwich at Medway announced the creation of nine new posts for specialist research staff in its School of Science.
Date of release: Monday, September 7, 2009
Students tread in Darwin’s footsteps
Three students from the University of Greenwich at Medway are off to Australia to participate in an exciting project to celebrate Charles Darwin and use his science to tackle today's environmental challenges.
Date of release: Thursday, September 3, 2009
New MBA will boost technology management in India
Students in India will start on a new MBA programme this autumn designed by a UK/India partnership to meet the demand for innovative technology managers.
Date of release: Tuesday, September 1, 2009
Anti-social behaviour in schools: Conference reveals new psychological research
Anti-social social behaviour by teenagers – and its solutions – is the subject of a two day international research conference to be held at the University of Greenwich in London next month, in partnership with the British Journal of Educational Psychology.
Date of release: Friday, August 28, 2009
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