What the Papers Say August 2005
General university news
(Individual campus news follows below)
There was a full page interview in Kent Business with Tessa Blackstone. The interview covered the university’s success in giving students a second chance, excellence in niche research areas, foundation degrees, commitment to Medway, the Thames Gateway and 2012 Olympics.
The appointment of Marc Hume as Director of Enterprise appeared in Regeneration & Renewal, South East Business and Kent Director.
Investment Now reported on the South East Proof of Concept fund (SEPOC) which is supported by Greenwich and four other South East universities. The fund provides funding for the first stage of commercialisation of new companies.
The appointment of Louise Thomas as the first director of the new Urban Renaissance Institute appeared in South East Business and Kent Director.
Greenwich Mercury featured a photo of a performance during the Greenwich and Docklands Festival which took place outside the University of Greenwich buildings.
According to the Islington Gazette an Ethnic Minority Achievement certificate is accredited by Greenwich.
The award of an honorary degree to the Chairman of Charlton Athletic Football Club, Richard Murray, appeared in the Bexley Extra.
The appointment of Steve Wallis as Director of Recruitment & Admissions and Maureen Castens as Director of Information & Library Services appeared in the Times Higher Education Supplement.
Employers interested in developing foundation degrees were urged to contact the university in Kenton Sunday.
The appointment of Bethan O’Neil as Director of Learning Enhancement, Access & Partnership appeared in the Medway Messenger.
Greenwich Mercury and Building Design said that Richard Rogers had received an honorary degree from Greenwich.
The award of the Customer First quality assurance stamp for the university’s support of Small and Medium Enterprises appeared in Business 550.
A tribute to Edward Heath from Tessa Blackstone appeared in the News Shopper.
Clearing coverage
The Vice-Chancellor, Tessa Blackstone, gave an interview about A-level
standards on BBC Radio 4: World at One. (Monday August 15)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/news/wato/
Tessa took part in a one-hour live debate on BBC Radio 5’s Simon Mayo Show
discussing students' choice of A-level subjects, standards, university entry and employability. She made a point of mentioning that Greenwich has strong relationships with business. (Monday August 15)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/fivelive/programmes/mayo.shtml
The Vice-Chancellor also highlighted the dangers of top-up fees in the Independent. She expected that the cap on fees would be lifted and that top research institutions would set much higher fees.
The Independent had an advice feature by Beverley Woodhams from Recruitment & Admissions, accompanied by a large photo of her.
http://education.independent.co.uk/clearing/article306083.ece
Beverley also offered Clearing advice in the News Shopper and twice on KMFM Radio.
There was also mention of Landscape Architecture at Greenwich in an A-Z of
"out of the ordinary" degree subjects in the Independent.
http://education.independent.co.uk/clearing/article306079.ece
The Independent said that some courses at Greenwich had no vacancies available during Clearing including Primary Teaching, Nursing and Midwifery.
Kent on Sunday ran a double page spread on Clearing, including photos of the Medway campus, interviews with Greenwich students and with Dai Hall (conducted before he retired from the university).
http://www.kentonsunday.co.uk/editions/2005_08_14/pdfs/
rop/br_032_rop.pdf
The Medway Messenger had a full page article about Clearing at Greenwich
including interview with, and photo of, Steve Wallis.
The BBC Radio Kent web site included a detailed article about student finance, by Lorri Currie from Student Affairs and an interview with Dai (again conducted before he
left) about getting through Clearing, with a photo from our Clearing hot
line.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/kent/content/articles/
2005/07/18/lifestyle_students_clearing_advice.shtml
Metro (the capital's morning free paper) ran a feature about Onkar Chirona, a Multimedia student from Computing & Mathematical Sciences, who came to the university through Clearing last year.
Woman & Home magazine had an advice piece for parents, with another interview from Dai.
The front cover of the Times Student Guide published on Clearing Day featured three Greenwich students seated among the columns of King William Court at the Maritime Greenwich campus. There was also a photo of three students inside the Cutty Sark Hall of Residence.
The official UCAS Clearing Listings supplement in the Independent used a photo of our Clearing operation last year.
The Medway Adscene, Medway Messenger and Greenwich Mercury said that Greenwich experts were standing by to help during Clearing.
Steve Wallis made regular appearances on the news bulletins of Capital Radio, Capital Gold, and Xfm (London-wide radio stations) throughout the day, giving advice to students, and their parents, looking for a place in Clearing.
According to the Evening Standard and ThisisMoney website the Clearing helpline had received a good response.
The Medway Messenger reported that a record number of people had phoned the Clearing helpline in the first few days.
Kent on Sunday said that more adult learners than ever are using the Clearing process to gain places at Greenwich.
http://www.kentonsunday.co.uk/editions/2005_08_28/pdfs/
rop/br_040_rop.pdf
The Eltham News Shopper said that Greenwich was inundated with calls during Clearing.
Avery Hill
Health & Social Care
According to Meridian magazine, Greenwich Community College student Gordon Bishop received a ‘Special Award for Exemplary Achievement’ at a Care Cadet Scheme award ceremony which is backed by the university.
Architecture & Construction
Tim Wolfe-Murray was listed as one of the UK’s top graduates in Building Design.
In Horticulture Week Wayne Hemingway called on landscape architects to play a leading role in housing developments. His comments were made during when he opened an exhibition on landscape architecture by Greenwich students.
Self Build & Design said that the Brooking Collection of Architectural Detail is a good point for serious restoration enthusiast.
Homes Away from Home referred to the annual Cost of Moving survey conducted by Greenwich for Woolwich Building Society.
Horticulture Week said that work had begun on the restoration of Greenwich Park and that Greenwich students helped design the refurbishments.
Alan Powers reviewed A Dictionary of Modern Design in the Time Higher Education Supplement.
Education & Training
Victor Malwa, Physical Education and sport student and former Zambian international swimmer, is planning to be the first black African to swim across the English Channel according to the Zambian Daily Mail (Reported by the China View website).
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-08/19/content_3378044.htm
The Zambian Post reported that Victor Malwa had become the first African swimmer to complete the feat.
http://post.co.zm/post-read_article.php?articleId=600
The new Musicians in Education PGCE appeared in the News Shopper.
General campus news
The tender for new buildings at the campus appeared in Contract Journal.
Maritime Greenwich
Humanities
Sarah Hughes, Media Culture & Communications graduate, was the focus of the Student Snapshot feature in the News Shopper.
Katie Black who is about to start a degree in philosophy, theology and religion at Greenwich was the focus of a student finance case study on the Guardian Unlimited website.
http://education.guardian.co.uk/students/
finance/story/0,12728,1556347,00.html
Business
The privatisation of the water and electricity industry was criticised by the Public Services International Research Unit according to Building magazine.
Kanes Rajah praised the growing number of employers that are encouraging unconventional thinking exploring many different options before settling on one in Executary News.
Economics lecturer Yiannis Kitromilides co-authored a letter to the Guardian about the problems caused by the high level of personal debt.
Planners have seriously underestimated the cost of a new nuclear reactor in South Africa says Steve Thomas of the university’s Public International Research Unit according to the South African based Business Day website and the Mail & Guardian online.
http://www.businessday.co.za/articles/topstories.aspx?ID=BD4A80129
http://www.mg.co.za/articlePage.aspx?articleid=248053&area=/
breaking_news/breaking_news__national/
In Kent Messenger Kanes Rajah appeared in a photo at a celebratory event for the 50 leading growth companies in the county.
Business Studies student Andrew Hall was one of four students asked by the Guardian at its Graduate Fair who would be their ideal employer. He chose local government.
Education & Training
Artist Peter Brown, who is well known for his paintings of Bath took a Post Graduate Certificate in Education at Greenwich according to Leisure Painter magazine.
Colchester & Mersea Weekly News reported that university accredited the awards to 50 teachers trained by Colchester School Centre Initial Teacher Training (SCITT) consortium.
General campus news
The latest exhibition in the Stephen Lawrence Gallery titled Triple Vision was publicised in the Greenwich Mercury, Lewisham News Shopper and Greenwich Time (council newspaper).
Medway
School of Engineering
The start of construction of laboratories for the Wolfson Centre appeared in Pharmaceutical Technology Europe and in Solids & Bulk Handling.
Kent Director said that the school had been recognised by the Higher Education Academy for giving engineering students a head start through providing them with business and entrepreneurial skills.
Concrete magazine mentioned a Greenwich project investigating use of accelerated carbonation to stabilise contaminated land.
Medway Messenger and Engineeringtalk online said that according to the Engineering & Physical Sciences Research Council the Wolfson Centre for Bulk Solids Handling Technology provides internationally leading research and is an outstanding example in its field.
http://www.engineeringtalk.com/news/uer/uer000.html
School of Science
The reintroduction of a rare frog back into the UK by a team including Charles Snell, John Tetteh and Dr Ivor Evans appeared in the Medway Messenger, Medway News, KM Extra Medway Adscene and Greenwich Mercury.
Harold Goodwin from the Centre for Responsible Tourism advised ethical travellers to visit Gambia in the Times Higher Education Supplement.
Pupils from Thanet schools attended a Chemistry event at the campus according to the Isle of Thanet Gazette.
Natural Resources Institute
According to Webindia the New Scientist reported that NRI researchers led by John Palmer claimed that planting trees can sometimes create deserts .
http://news.webindia123.com/news/showdetails.asp?
id=101853&n_date=20050729&cat=Science
According to Food Trade Review NRI is one of the organisations offering support to small and medium–sized food businesses through the SEEDA funded food technology enterprise hub.
General campus news
Medway Adscene highlighted the building work taking place as part of the Universities at Medway Initiative.
The Pakistan based Daily Times website reported that a cricket team from the university had been defeated by a team from the Federal Urdu University.
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=
story_12-8-2005_pg2_13
The graduation of Faye Northover with a BSc in Animal Management appeared in the Medway Messenger.
Canterbury Adscene reported on a Women’s Institute lecture that included reference to University of Greenwich students being housed in what was HMS Pembroke.
Plant Engineer examined shipbuilding at the time of Trafalgar quoting a Pembroke lecture given by Richard Holdsworth.
The Medway News reported that local MP Paul Clark was in discussion with staff and students from the University of Greenwich at Medway about the type of shops that they would like to see in Gillingham High Street.
Further information
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