What The Papers Say April 2009
General university news
(Individual campus news follows below)
Greenwich
According to the Independent Hadlow is delivering BSc and HND courses in medicinal horticulture with the University of Greenwich.
An obituary for painter Yankel Feather in the Independent said that he studied under the renamed potter Heber Matthews at Woolwich Polytechnic between 1937 and 1939.
Former Charlton Football Club Manager Alan Curbishley has an honorary degree from Greenwich according to the Independent.
Whitstable Gazette and Herne Bay Gazette reported that Rev Jeremy Frost had left Canterbury Cathedral to become Chaplain for Greenwich, the Greenwich Foundation and Trinity College of Music.
In the Newcastle Evening Chronicle Keith Smith, a driving adviser for North East Drive mobility said that his training involved the Forum of Mobility Centre’s Greenwich accredited training.
Greenwich students helped transfer a number of species away from the new Church Marshes Country Park according to the East Kent Gazette.
The City of London College which already offers qualifications in conjunction with Greenwich and others is to offer more in conjunction with Birmingham City University according to PQ magazine. (For Part Qualified Accountants).
Kent on Sunday said that Greenwich forms part of the Kent and Medway Universities Business and Enterprise (KUBE) project linking businesses and graduates. The project is being financed by the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) and the Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills (DIUS).
Dr Margaret Noble, Pro-Vice Chancellor for Learning & Quality has been appointed Principal of University College Plymouth St Mark and St John according to the Plymouth Herald.
Business
Mehmet Ugur, Jean Monnet Reader in Political Economy was interviewed about President Obama's Visit to Turkey and EU-Turkey Relations on BBC Radio 4’s The World Tonight programme. He also appeared on the Turkish Service of the BBC World Service talking about the G-20 Summit.
International Marketing graduate George Kealy has been appointed the new General Manager for CP Films (Europe, Middle East, India, Africa & Russia) according to Glass Times.
According to the Surrey Comet Dr Catherine Kelly will be giving a lecture titled The Geography of Holistic Tourism to the Kingston Geographical Association.
The Leighton Buzzard Observer published an obituary and the funeral arrangements for John Smullen.
Anna Marr has been awarded £200,000 for a three year micro-finance research project to help some of the world’s poorest people according to the Stratford & Newham Express and Newham Recorder.
Joe Morgan, Advertising & Marketing Communications student has landed a job with renowned advertising agency Ogilvy Group according to the Greenwich News Shopper.
Computing & Mathematical Sciences
Lecturer Noel-Ann Bradshaw and first year student Steven Hughes were quoted in an article about Mathematic degrees in the Independent.
Noel-Ann’s comments in the Independent about the positive aspects of a maths degree in terms of graduate job employability were reported on by the Gradplus.com website.
According to BBC Radio 4’s Click-On programme and the BBC website Chris Bailey and his team are using computer models to help rebuild the Cutty Sark safely and to decide once and for all whether she was the fastest ship of her day.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7987220.stm
Professor Ed Galea appeared on BBC Shropshire talking about the work of his Fire Safety Engineering Group.
Tony Mann explained the benefits of taster university courses in The London Paper.
Engineering & Technology looked at the Fire Safety Engineering Group’s Exodus and Smartfire software to simulate evacuations from buildings, aircraft and ships. Professor Ed Galea also commented on his research on 9/11.
Tony Mann reviewed a mathematical book called Naming Affinity in Times Higher Education.
Humanities & Social Sciences
Mark Pawlowski, Professor of Property Law, had two articles published in Solicitors Journal. The first was about a return to orthodoxy in relation to proprietary estoppel. The second concerned damages for personal injury under the Rylands rule from landowners.
Postgraduate Edward Willatt had a letter published in Times Higher Education about the relationship between administrators and academics.
In an article titled It’s time to stop demonising Gypsies in the Plymouth Herald Professor Thomas Acton highlighted the pointlessness of just evicting people on and on without providing them anywhere to go.
Greenwich Maritime Institute
The Isle of Thanet Gazette reported on research by MA in Maritime History graduate, Sheila Bransfield about her ancestor Edward who is credited with discovering the Antarctic in 1820.
General campus news
According to the Greenwich Mercury and East London Advertiser record breaking yachtswoman Dame Ellen McArthur is speaking about her life and career during a speech in King William Court next month. The event has been organised by and will raise funds for the Ellen McArthur Trust.
Students from the Politics Society were among those who received a free outfit from Greenwich clothing retailer JOY according to the News Shopper. The only catch was that they had to turn up in their underwear.
Avery Hill
Architecture & Construction
Great Yarmouth Mercury, Norwich Evening News, Lowestoft Journal and Eastern Daily Press reported that Greenwich postgraduate students worked with local students to produce ideas for the regeneration of the waterfronts at Yarmouth and Lowestoft. The project was organised by EnterpriseGY and 1st East - the waterfront regeneration company working to transform derelict sites in both towns.
According to the Ross-shire Journal garden designer and Greenwich landscape architecture graduate, has returned to his native Ross-Shire to put down roots.
Country Life reported that Arabella Lennox-Boyd has been awarded an Honorary Doctor of Design (HonDDes) by Greenwich.
Education & Training
Rachel Ashton explained that there had been a rise in applications and attendance at open days in The London Paper. She also publicised taster courses in the school.
Paul Taylor, Education student ran the London Marathon with his son according to the South London Press.
Kent & Sussex Courier and Sevenoaks Chronicle had a feature on Stables Nursery in Hildenborough which is owned by Caroline Johnson one of the first people to achieve Early Learning Professional Status.
Lecturer Kumar Kotecha chaired the Kent Youth County at Canterbury Christ Church University according to Your Canterbury.
Health & Social Care
On BBC Radio Kent Jane Reeves spoke about the new Flexible Working arrangements available to parents and the Sea Shells project on the Isle of Sheppey.
Independent Nurse publicised the RCN accredited training in sexual health skills available from Greenwich.
Kerri Wright, Senior Lecturer in Primary Care had an article published in the British Journal of Nursing titled Supporting the Development of Calculating skills in nurses which is important for medication dosages.
Aesthetic Medicine publicised the Diploma in Aesthetic medicine which is a joint project between the RCN Forum for Nurses in Aesthetic Medicine and Greenwich.
General campus News
Lettings agents TG Baynes work closely with Greenwich particularly for Avery Hill based students according to the News Shopper.
Medway
School of Engineering
Medway Messenger, Kent Messenger and Rochester Bridge Trust website reported that Rochester Bridge Trust is sponsoring a new professorship with £250,000 over three years. Dr Amir Alani is an expert in the assessment, repair and maintenance of structures such as bridges.
School of Science
The Medway Messenger, Kent News, Kent on Sunday, Kentish Saturday Observer and Kent Online websites reported on the visit to the school by Ed Miliband MP, Secretary of State for Energy & Climate Change. He said: “The work we saw here is a real example for the rest of country. What we need is everyone, our scientists, people at universities and engineers, all coming together to provide the know-how and expertise which can help tackle climate change and create jobs in our economy.”
The Medway News, KM Extra and Medway Messenger gave advance publicity to the Poisons: Chemistry and Criminals lecture by Professor John Nicholson. Kent on Sunday and the Kentish Saturday Observer devoted almost a full page to the lecture.
The Medway Messenger reported that Fakhar Khalid has been elected to the council of the Remote Sensing and Photogrammetry Society.
Greenwich students helped pupils from Abbey School in Faversham with demonstrations during their Science Week according to the Faversham Times.
On BBC South East Today Professor Patricia Harvey commented on a Sussex businessman has started international trials of an ancient technique which it is claimed could help reverse global warming.
Natural Resources Institute
Medway News, Medway Messenger, Kent Messenger (Sittingbourne), Kentish Saturday Observer, KM Extra and Kent on Sunday reported that PhD student, Charles Whitfield from NRI is taking part in a two week race around India for charity in a rickshaw.
Alan Cork’s team at NRI has scooped an International Award of Recognition for its work in controlling pests on aubergine according to South East Farmer.
Medway Messenger and Kent Messenger said that NRI is working with farmers in Africa to enable them to get higher prices for their exports.
According to Indian based website Merinews Pest Control India and Exoscet UK have launched a product developed by Alan Cork, Professor of Bio-rational Pest Management at NRI to combat the effects of the yellow stem borer of rice.
http://www.merinews.com/catFull.jsp?articleID=15767468
Dr Steve Belmain had an article published in Developments about the Rat Management for Rural Communities Project in Bangladesh.
Google News reported that NRI is carrying out an environmental study on the use of pesticides in Botswana to target Quelea birds.
General campus news
The campus is hosting an Open Day according to Medway Messenger.
Kent on Sunday gave list of interesting facts about the campus in a feature about the regeneration of Chatham Maritime after the closure of Chatham Dockyard.
Medway Messenger said that the St Georges which Greenwich has used in the past for exams is now being used as the new Medway Council Chamber.
Greenwich is among the sponsors of the Kent Innovation Challenge according to Kent on Sunday.
Your Medway gave advance publicity to this year’s Medway Boat Race.
Medway News reported that campus chaplain Rev Paul Filmer was making a return to Luddesdown Church.
An article in the Medway News about redevelopment in the Medway Towns had a photo of the front of the Pembroke building.
Medway Messenger, Faversham Times, Sheppey Gazette, and East Kent Gazette reported that Professor Andrew Westby from NRI and Sports Science student James McCraig were running in the London Marathon.
The campus hosted a careers fair in conjunction with the Medway Education Business Partnership according to the Kent Messenger and Medway Messenger.
Medway Messenger publicised the next Pembroke lecture with the tile Pembroke – Past, Present and Future – Revisited which will be given by Professor Alan Reed.
University Centre Folkestone
The Folkestone Herald and Romney Marsh Herald reported that UCF were offering free places on a Creating Multimedia course.
UCF held an open day according to the Kentish Express (Folkestone) and the Kentish Express (Romney Marsh).
According to Medway Messenger Greenwich Information Technology Management for Business (ITMB) students from Folkestone and Medway scooped a top prize during a Dragon’s Den style competition.
Seven students completed Step up to Business programmes at UCF according to Your Shepway.
Hythe Herald and Romney Marsh Herald reported that Folkestone Photographer Mandy Marshall is running a photography course at UCF.
Dover Express publicised the Bridge to Business course which will be held at UCF.
Further information
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http://www.gre.ac.uk/pr/rss.htm
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