What the Papers Say August 2004
Please find below a summary of recent press coverage about the university.
Nick Davison
PR Unit
Queen Anne Court
Maritime Greenwich Campus
Ext 8092
General university news
The Guardian covered the new Professorial and Reader appointments together with the appointment of Liz Bacon as Head of the School of Computing & Mathematical Sciences.
Tessa Blackstone was featured in the Revolting Past feature in the Times Higher Education Supplement describing her time as a student at the London School of Economics.
The Bexley & Eltham Express had a story on the appointment of Farrah Chandia as the new President of the Students' Union.
The News Shopper and the Bexleyheath & Welling Chronicle reported an award of an honorary degree to Councillor
Jagir Sekhon, former Mayor of Greenwich and graduate of the university.
The Bath Chronicle had an article about Oscar Sorell, a former lecturer in behavioural science, who recently celebrated his 90th birthday. Mr Sorell fled Germany in the 1930s and later joined the British Army and fought against the Nazi regime.
A £1.7 million grant from the Higher Education Innovation fund was highlighted by the Bromley Express, Kent Online, KMFM Radio and YourCounty Online.
The award of an honorary degree to Admiral Bathurst was reported in the Somerset County Gazette.
Avery Hill
The visit by Prince Charles to the Deansfield School playground designed and built by Mark Hoare and fellow Architecture & Construction students was featured in the Lewisham Mercury and Greenwich Time (Council newsletter).
Architectural historian Charles Brooking gave some perspectives on the redevelopment of Wembley Stadium to Regeneration & Renewal.
The annual cost of moving survey produced by the School of Architecture & Construction featured in the Complete Guide to Homebuying.
Nursing student, Barbara Kombe, talked about the importance of grieving in the Nursing Standard.
Alan Powers, Art & Design lecturer reviewed a book on landscape architect Peter Shepherd in London Green Places.
Colchester Evening Gazette reported on representatives from the university awarding postgraduate certificates to trainee teachers.
Maritime Greenwich
The planned research by the Fire Safety Engineering Group which involves interviewing up to 2,000 survivors of the September 11 attack on the World Trade Centre was reported by the Engineer, Cable Talk, Building Engineer, Belfast Irish News, Liverpool Post, Northern Echo, Belfast Newsletter, Warrington Big Print, Wolverhampton Express & Star, Birmingham Post, and Western Mail.
The Evening Standard mentioned the International Banking & Finance MSc which can be studied at the Business School.
Professor David Chambers' weight loss was reported on by Horley Life.
The News Shopper highlighted the latest exhibition at the Stephen Lawrence Gallery which celebrated the 10th anniversary of democracy in South Africa.
The Harry Potter Day run by the university at the Maritime Greenwich campus for primary schoolchildren appeared in the Bexleyheath & Welling Times.
Patrick Ainley from the School of Education & Training criticised the concentration of research funding of some universities in the Times Higher Education Supplement.
Medway
An engineering conference attended by manufacturing companies appeared in the Kent Messenger, Folkestone Express, Romney Marsh, Kentish Gazette, Faversham News, Medway News and Medway Messenger.
The university and the Universities at Medway Project was
mentioned in articles about the retirement of John Levett, Chief Executive at Mid-Kent College in KM Extra and Kent Business.
The endorsement of the MPharm degree by the Royal Pharmaceutical Society appeared in Medway Matters (the local council newsletter).
The recognition of the quality of three Engineering degrees was reported on by Kent Director, South East Business, Materials World, and Industrial Maintenance & Engineering.
A record number of courses is available at the campus according to the Medway News.
Medway Messenger reported on the award of honorary degrees to Sir Graeme Odgers and Bill South at Rochester Cathedral.
The Bromley Times reports that Kent Lawn Tennis Association is using a 3D motion capture unit in the at the university’s Centre for Sports & Exercise Science.
Medway Messenger also reported on two Chemistry at Work days at the campus.
Design Solutions reported on research into the operation of heavy duty diamond cutting tools.
Building Design highlighted the new and refurbished buildings that will form part of the Universities at Medway project.
The London Press Service, a Foreign Office news service for overseas journalists, featured the food multimix story. It also appeared in Food Processing magazine.
The creation of the University of Greenwich Urban Renaissance Institute was reported by the Medway Messenger, Medway News and Yourcounty website.
The campus was described as hosting the Kent Family History Society in the Medway Messenger.
The new Entrepeneurship degree appeared in the Medway Messenger, and on the Kent Online website and KMFM radio.
The degree ceremonies held at Rochester Cathedral were reported on by the Medway Messenger.
The gearing up of the university's Clearing operation was mentioned by the Medway Messenger and Medway Standard.
Professor Alan Reed was among five experts who debated the challenges facing higher education in relation to business in Kent Business.
Kent Director had an article on the appointment of Patricia Harvey as Professor of Protein Biochemistry.
The soil tester kit developed by Professor Ray Coker from the Natural Resources Institute featured in Sustain magazine.
Dr Ian Slipper from the Department of Earth & Environmental Sciences was quoted in the Santa Cruz Sentinel criticising the construction of a seawall which would cover up fossils dating back millions of years.
Professor Alan Reed wrote about Clearing in his regular column in Kent Profile.
Further information
More details on many of these stories and others can be seen on the PR Unit website at: