What the Papers Say December 2007
General university news
(Individual campus news follows below)
The Times Higher Education Supplement reported that Joanne Finkelstein, formerly at Victoria University in Melbourne, Australia, has been appointed Head of the School of Humanities and Social Sciences.
Beverley Woodhams, Head of Central Recruitment, advised UCAS applicants to show their passion for their subject in their application forms in the London Paper.
The News Shopper reported on the Opportunity Knocks Student Job Fair that was held at Greenwich campus.
The Prime Minister’s speech on education at the Greenwich campus and the contribution of the university to the Thames Gateway was the focus of Professor Alan Reed’s regular column in Kent Profile.
The Medway News and the Medway Standard mentioned the Prime Minister’s speech at Greenwich in articles about a visit by a Howard School pupil to Downing Street.
Greenwich is among the universities taking part in the Community Resilience to Extreme Weather (CREW) research programme funded by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) according to the Wolverhampton Adnews.
Kent on Sunday and Kentish Saturday Observer reported on a Computing Open Day at the University Centre Folkestone.
East Kent Gazette, Faversham Times and Kent Profile reported that Greenwich had linked up with Canterbury Christ Church and Kent for the South East Coastal Communities Project to address regeneration needs in Swale.
The Education supplement of the Times of India interviewed Virender Choudhary, President of the Students’ Union, who joined the Mayoral of London to promote the capital in India.
The Greenwich Mercury had a large article and three photos on the University Choir Concert in the Old Royal Naval College Chapel.
Kent Life mentioned the involvement of Roger De Haan with Greenwich and Canterbury Christ Church’s University Centre Folkestone in his entry in their Kent Rich List.
Greenwich
Business
Mike O’Keefe had a letter printed in the Financial Times criticising City bonuses at a time when Central Banks are underwriting unsafe lending by banks.
Nick Adams, Managing Director of experiential agency Sense, mentioned the Events Management degree in a guest column in Sales Promotion.
According to Nationnews.com (Barbados) Stacia Bryan, Master's in cultural industries management graduate, has been appointed to the business development department of the National Cultural Foundation (NCF).
http://www.nationnews.com/story/318846661673331.php
Computing & Mathematical Sciences
There was renewed interest in a light hearted formula produced by Tony Mann on how and when shoppers lose enthusiasm for buying Christmas presents sparked by a press release by the Stress Management Society (The original Amazon press release dates from December 2004). The story appeared this year in the Scotsman.
http://business.scotsman.com/retail.cfm?id=1879142007
Humanities & Social Sciences
The Times Higher Education Supplement reported that Joanne Finkelstein, formerly at Victoria University in Melbourne, Australia, has been appointed Head of the School of Humanities and Social Sciences.
Adrian Marsh, a Romani Studies researcher, explained that the gypsy or Romani community in Istanbul dates back to the 11th century according to the Bloomberg website.
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601085&sid=aUT1QDZ5CrUQ&refer=europe
According to the South Wirral News Criminology student Fabio Zemma has received the Public Services Student Award from West Chester College.
General campus news
Auditions for the Fresh Blood talent show staged by Students Events UK which aims to increase awareness of blood donation among the young are being held next month at the campus according to the Voice online.
http://www.voice-online.co.uk/content.php?show=12636
Avery Hill
Architecture & Construction
According to Garden Design Journal lecturer Helen Brown was one of the judges in their Review of the Year.
Education & Training
The New Milton Advertiser reported that health & beauty instructor Julie Argent graduated from Greenwich with a degree in Education.
June South-Robinson, who has a Masters in Education Management at Greenwich, is one of three artists at the Homework exhibition according to Caymannetnews online.
http://www.caymannetnews.com/news-4161--6-6--.html
Medway
School of Engineering
Engineering students recreated a smaller version of the Millennium Galleries in Sheffield while attending the Constructionarium event sponsored by Byrne Brothers and Atkins according to South East Business.
School of Science
Professor Steve Leharne has been awarded a grant by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) to help solve underground water pollution according to the Medway News.
General campus news
The Medway Messenger printed a letter from the Press Office correcting their inaccurate report that the Drill Hall Library and Pilkington Building belong to the University of Kent. In fact both the Drill Hall and Pilkington were restored by both the Greenwich and Kent. Similarly they are both owned and operated by the two universities.
The Drill Hall Library and Pilkington Building were joint winners of the Building Renovation category at the Kent Design Awards according to Your Medway and Medway Messenger.
The Medway News and the Medway Standard mentioned the Prime Minister’s speech at Greenwich in articles about a visit by a Howard School pupil to Downing Street.
Kent Student reported that students at Greenwich receive a higher maintenance loan because the level is based on the postcode of the institution not the location of the ‘accommodation.’
Specification magazine reported that French based Baudet SA is supplying 144 bathrooms pods for new accommodation at the University of Greenwich.
Kings Hill
Kent Business reported that Kings Hill is hosting workshops on how to get the best results from attending an exhibition.
Further information
More details on many of these stories and others can be seen on the PR website at:
University of Greenwich press releases are now available via Really Simple Syndication (RSS).
http://www.gre.ac.uk/pr/rss.htm
Access to online newspapers such as the New York Times or the Scotsman may require a brief registration process.
Some websites only have stories online for a limited period before they are removed or replaced.
The text of some of the articles contained may be accessed by university staff and students via the university intranet using the Information & Library Services Lexis Nexis electronic database.
http://www.greenwich.ac.uk/lib/products/az.html