What The Papers Say April 2008
(Individual campus news follows below)
According to the Independent Tessa Blackstone is among the speakers at an international conference on the handling of student complaints hosted by Baroness Ruth Deech, the higher education ombudsman.
Times Higher Education said that analysis of university finances reveals a tremendous variation in the proportion of total income that goes on pay at individual institutions. The figure ranges from almost 70 per cent to below 50 per cent. At the lower end there is the University of Cambridge (45 per cent - although Cambridge's system of central and college pay may help to explain this low proportion), Greenwich (49 per cent), Liverpool Hope University (49 per cent), the University of Bedfordshire (49 per cent) and the University of East London (50 per cent).
Greenwich is among those exhibiting at the Gulf Higher Education Exhibition (GHEDEX) according to the ameinfo website.
http://www.ameinfo.com/152027.html
The Business Improvement Programme at St Leonards Innovation Centre is accredited by the University of Greenwich according to the Battle Observer and Bexhill-on Sea Observer.
Three Dutch institutes of higher education offer the opportunity to obtain a Masters in Facility Management, in collaboration with Greenwich according to the Eurogates website.
http://www.eurogates.nl/en_holland_news/id/1045/
According to South East Business a new Masters degree in International Business and IT is being run by Greenwich and a partner in India.
South East Business reported that John Denham MP, Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, visited the Medway campus.
Crain’s Manchester Business reported that Salford Software is supplying Greenwich with a new identity management system for staff and students.
Greenwich is among those universities offering professionals training in research ethics according to the Times Higher Education.
Linda Hyder from Greenwich Research & Enterprise was the subject of a profile in Masthead (Newsletter of SE London Chamber of Commerce).
Greenwich student Nadia Kuftinoff paid tribute to one of her friends who was among those who died in the Ecuadorian coach crash according to the Times Online.
Greenwich
Business
The London Paper listed the Greenwich Events Management course in an article titled, So you wanna be a hospitality manager. The course was also mentioned in Exhibiting magazine.
Property developers Berkeley Homes donated funds which allowed Greenwich students to put on the drama festival last month according to the News Shopper.
Robert Mayor was one of the judges for the Young Enterprise Awards for Innovation by Greenwich and Lewisham students according to the Bexley News Shopper.
A Hungarian based Index website reported that Professor Steve Thomas Professor Steve Thomas from Public Services International Research Unit (PSIRU) stated that the nuclear industry is in decline at the Opportunities of nuclear energy in the 21st century conference in Budapest.
According to the New Zealand based Scoop website the newly appointed Wellington based BATS Theatre Programme Manager, Steph Walker, has recently completed a Masters in Arts Management at Greenwich.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0804/S00417.htm
Computing & Mathematical Sciences
According to Masthead (Newsletter of SE London Chamber of Commerce) Greenwich and the Cutty Sark have won Best Partnership London.
Education & Training
According to the Daily Telegraph Professor Ian McNay said the unit of funding for teaching was much as it had been in 1997, "despite the expectation that a more diverse and less well-prepared sub-set of students is gaining access''.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2008/04/06/nedu206.xml
Humanities & Social Sciences
A research project carried out by the University of Greenwich and funded by EU money has seen archivists from Kent and northern France working together as never before according to reports on BBC Online and BBC Radio Kent. The result is a bilingual exhibition charting the shared history of Channel communities from the 12th to the 20th century. The story also appeared in the Medway News.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/kent/content/articles/2008/04/04/channel_history_feature.shtml
An evening of American rock and roll organised by two creative industry students from Greenwich has helped raise more than £200 for allergy treatment charity Allergy UK according to the Dartford News Shopper and News Shopper online.
According to Southwark News and Thamesmead & Erith Chronicle Greenwich is presenting four evenings of new works by talented creative & media writing students, in association with drama students and experienced theatre directors. http://www.southwarknews.co.uk/arts-and-listings/00,news,9923,462,00.htm
A recent appeal court case may prompt lenders to evict defaulting mortgagors sooner rather than later according to an article by Sarah Greer in the New Law Journal.
General campus news
Greenwich Decorative & Fine Arts society organise monthly lectures at the campus according to Meridian magazine.
Meridian magazine and the Docklands publicised the latest exhibition in the Stephen Lawrence Gallery called ToLo, a collaboration between artists from Tokyo and London.
According to the Londonlaunch website Greenwich is one of the clients that use Greenwich Yacht Club.
http://www.londonlaunch.com/newsArticle.asp?retid=36&newsID=2684
According to Sec Ed magazine visitors to Greenwich should not miss the Christopher Wren buildings (Royal Naval Hospital now part of the University of Greenwich).
Avery Hill
Architecture & Construction
In Building Alan Powers complimented Stuart Goodhart-Rendel’s Kingsway College in Westminster but was uninspired by the Blue Fin building in Southwark Street.
Bexhill Observer reported that Rother council's new Director of Resources Malcolm Johnston has an MSc in Environmental Health from Greenwich.
The Greenwich News Shopper reported that Graphic Design student, Gary Saunders, won the design competition organised by the Metropolitan Police Service Film Unit and KnowledgeEast.
Education & Training
Eastbourne Herald said that Eastbourne Town football clubs defender Ben Putland, who is a Physical Education and Sport student at Greenwich has been a key factor in Eastbourne Town's Ryman League South division one survival this season.
In a letter published in Times Higher Education Patrick Ainley disputed that academics are solidly behind diplomas as claimed by Claudio Vagnali.
Health & Social Care
Dr Ven Veeramah had a paper published in the British Journal of Nursing with the title 'Exploring strategies for promoting the use of research findings in practice'.
According to Occupational Therapy News a new dissertation from Sue Pimental titled Turning words into actions: Setting client centred goals and measuring outcomes in a wheelchair service is available from the College of Occupational Therapists' (COT) library.
Jean Shepherd, Senior Lecturer, looked at the implications of student nurses aged under 21 years old for retention in Paediatric Nursing.
Medway
School of Engineering
According to Structural Engineer Yang Shangtong presented a poster on Concrete cracks widths at the Young Researchers’ conference.
In Chemical Engineer Richard Farnish from the Wolfson Centre for Bulk Solids Handling Technology had an article published on Elutriation, the process for separating lighter particles from heavier ones using a vertically-directed stream of gas or liquid and charge build up.
School of Science
The Medway Standard, Medway Messenger and News Shopper publicised the new Science laboratories.
According to Medway Messenger, Kent Online, Medical News Today and Multiple Sclerosis Resource Centre websites a potential treatment for multiple sclerosis (MS), developed by Greenwich in association with Kings College, has begun clinical trials.
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/103789.php
http://www.msrc.co.uk/index.cfm?fuseaction=show&pageid=1397
South East Business and Kent Profile reported that Carbon8, a Greenwich spin-out company, won a bursary from Shell to help its business.
In Kent Business Pfizer said that every year they recruit trainee research assistants who study for a degree at the University of Greenwich.
Natural Resources Institute
Andrew Westby, Professor of Food Technology and Director of Research & Enterprise explained about NRI’s work to make a difference to world poverty in Kent Profile.
Don Reynolds is among the researchers who have found the first hard evidence for a compass in nocturnally migrating insects according to Eureka Alert.
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2008-04/cp-hmd032708.php
Dr Jerry Cross from East Malling Research has been awarded the title of Visiting Professor in Horticultural Entomology by Greenwich according to Horticulture Week.
An initiative led by NRI and backed by a $13.1 million grant from Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation aims to significantly boost the incomes of small-scale African farmers by linking them to new markets according to the Reliefweb and Reuters Alertnet websites.
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/LSGZ-7E7J85?OpenDocument
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/fromthefield/217466/120957063640.htm
General campus news
The Universities at Medway, secondary schools and Mid Kent College are offering new diplomas for 14 to 19 year olds giving them hands on experience of industry according to the Medway Standard.
Medway Messenger reported that the Universities at Medway was hosting a meeting about the Medway Local Area agreement.
According to the Medway Messenger and Medway Extra the Pembroke Lectures have been nominated for the Medway Culture and Design Awards.
The latest Pembroke lecture explores the history of Chatham with a musical accompaniment according to Your Medway.
Medway’s Aliquot Flow played at the University of Greenwich at Medway Purple Bar according to Your Medway.
The UMSA Bars were awarded the Best Bar None title from the National Union of Students according to the Medway Adscene.
According to Kent on Sunday and Transport News Network this year’s winner of the Kent Innovation Challenge received a cash prize and support from a number of organisations including Greenwich.
Medway Messenger, Medway Extra, Your Medway, Medway News and Medway Standard gave advance publicity to the Boat Race.
Evening courses ranging from criminology to creative writing are available at the campus according to Kent Online, Medway Standard and Medway Messenger.
According to Medway Extra students from the Medway based Youth University Progression course at Mid Kent College will take up places at various universities including Greenwich.
Medway Messenger, Kent Online and Medway Standard gave advance publicity to the latest Open Day at the campus.
Medway Extra reported that Medway students will be among the first in the country to be taught flagship diplomas for 14 to 19 year olds from various institutions including the Universities at Medway.
Medway Messenger reported that Greenwich have been working with two Medway schools to give them a taste of potential careers choice whilst enhancing their A-level studies.
Further information
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