What the Papers Say January 2007
General university news
(Individual campus news follows below)
According to Indian based Business Standard, UK universities including Greenwich are expanding their provision of specialised courses. Greenwich is offering MSc Biotechnology and MSc in Biomedical Sciences.
An article in Building on industry links mentioned the sponsorship of civil engineering at Greenwich by Atkins.
K College, in partnership with Greenwich has over 500 students studying for foundation degrees according to Index magazine.
An obituary in the Guardian for Economist John Harrison said that ‘From 1978 to 1992, his quirky lecturing technique developed at Thames Polytechnic (now the University of Greenwich). Students of Thatcherism, for instance, faced a lecturer wearing a Spitting Image mask of the former Tory leader.’ The story also appeared in the Faversham News.
According to the Surrey Advertiser, Aldershot Courier, Camberley & District Courier and BBC online Greenwich is one of the institutions to develop a South East England Development Agency funded Leadership academy for the south-east of England.
http://www.surreyad.co.uk/business/?article19004
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/6307319.stm
University of Greenwich Fine Art students at West Kent College exhibited at the Greenstede Gallery in Chequer Mead Arts Centre in East Grinstead according to Kent Life.
Avery Hill
Health & Social Care
Ven Veeramah had a paper published in the Nursing Times about the Use of Research Findings in Nursing Practice.
The launch of the new course with Canterbury Christ Church University to train speech and language therapists was reported on by the Medway Messenger, Medway Extra, Kentish Saturday Observer and Kent on Sunday.
Professor Liz Meerabeau had a letter published in the Times Higher Education Supplement explaining that the numbers of medical students are set by the Medical Workforce Standing Advisory Committee and not by the market.
The Medway Messenger gave advance publicity to the complementary therapies open day.
An interview in the Dartford Times and Gravesend Reporter with Jackie Simister from the Children’s Unit at Darent Valley Hospital said that, “trainees from Greenwich now have the option of choosing their specialism from the start, whether it be adult, children or psychiatric nursing.”
Architecture & Construction
Richard Hayward was interviewed on the BBC Breakfast News about the demise of the traditional streetscape in Britain.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6273895.stm
Period Living & Traditional Homes listed the Brooking collection as an essential contact for stained glass.
Richard Hayward is giving a lecture on the blossoming of, garden suburbs and city housing, to the Twentieth Century Society according to Building Design.
According to Plymouth Evening Herald architects Gilmore Hankey Kirke have appointed Michael de Wolf. He graduated from the School of Architecture & Construction and Plymouth's School of Architecture and will work on specialist conservation and restoration projects.
Education & Training
Professor Patrick Ainley had a letter published in the Times Higher Education Supplement about the story headed ‘Scholars demand the right to be offensive’.
Patrick Ainley, Professor of Education, also had a letter published in the Guardian about the increasing centralisation of education and possible reorganisation of the Learning & Skills Council.
General campus news
Two new buildings were opened at the campus according to the Dartford Messenger, Thamesmead & Erith Chronicle and Masthead (The Newsletter for Greenwich, Bexley, Bromley and Lewisham Chamber of Commerce). The KM Extra (Dartford & Swanley) focussed on the new Sports Hall being named after Madame Bergman Osterberg.
The Open Day on Saturday January 13 received advance publicity in the Greenwich Mercury and the NewsShopper.
Maritime Greenwich
Business
PR Newswire gave advance publicity to the visit by the Princess Royal to the Chartered Institute of Logistics & Transport workshop which is being hosted by the school.
http://media.netpr.pl/notatka_70645.html
The new Salon Management Foundation Degree was publicised by Estetica, Bromley News Shopper and Salon Business.
Professor Stephen Thomas was among an international panel of experts that has attacked Australian Prime Minister John Howard’s nuclear inquiry for failing to take on board their advice that nuclear reactors cannot be built there within 10 years, according to Australian based The Age website.
Yannie Leung, first year Economics student was the focus of a feature in the Times about her work for Telebuddy, a scheme that allows her to mentor students from her old sixth-form college.
Computing & Mathematical Sciences
The continuing involvement of Greenwich with the renovation of the Cutty Sark was reported on by the Independent and Meridian magazine. Chris Bailey and Stoyan Stoyanov developed software to predict how the wood and metal components would behave during renovation.
http://education.independent.co.uk/higher/article2160661.ece
Professor Chris Bailey is speaking at the International Microelectronics and Packaging Society Annual Conference on a panel discussing the challenges facing the UK engineering industry to recruit and retain skilled engineering students, according to Electronics Talk and Global SMT & Packaging.
http://www.trafalgar2.com/content/view/1638/114/
http://www.electronicstalk.com/news/imu/imu106.html
The Face of the Week in the Wharf was Aoife Hunt, Mathematics student and one third of flamboyant electro-rock act Star Scream.
Greenwich Maritime Institute
According to Lloyd's List International Michael Grey, GMI lecturer and Senior Writer at Lloyd’s List, is one of the judges for the Lloyds List London Award
General campus news
The Open Day on Saturday January 13 received advance publicity in the Greenwich Mercury and the News Shopper.
An article in the Greenwich Mercury about the Seamen’s Hospital Society said that the Dreadnought Hospital building became part of the University of Greenwich.
The Sunday Times and Meridian magazine reported that the Friends of Greenwich Park annual lecture was being hosted at the campus.
Greenwich Time publicised the On Thin Ice exhibition which is being held in the Stephen Lawrence Gallery.
Kelly O’Reilly, curator of the Stephen Lawrence Gallery reviewed an exhibition in London by Khalil Rabah called 50,320 names on the US Based Art Daily website.
http://www.artdaily.com/section/news/index.asp?int_sec=2&int_new=19012
The campus is hosting the Information Design Conference according to Dexigner website.
http://www.dexigner.com/graphic/news-g10116.html
Medway
School of Engineering
Kent Business, IWO Journal and the Building Services Journal publicised the new courses in Public Health Engineering.
Concrete magazine said that Greenwich presented a paper on concrete testing facilities at the Concrete Communication conference.
Medway Messenger reported that Petro Navarro-Clark from the school office had won one of Britain’s top photographic awards, the coveted Barrett and Coe Grade 1 Award in Social Photography.
The Information Technology Management for Business degree was praised in a Universities UK publication citing it as a good example of courses meeting the needs of business, according to the Medway News.
Manufacturers in the South East are being offered a Rapid Prototyping service by Greenwich according to Manufacturing Computer Solutions.
School of Science
Kent Business, Kent Director, Kent Life and the Southern Business Times reported on the award of the Green Technology Award to Carbon8 Systems, a spin-out company from Greenwich.
The Medway Messenger had a large article about BBC Strictly Come Dancing star Erin Boag attending the School of Science Away Day and Xmas Staff Party. The story was also reported on by the Kentish Saturday Observer, Bexleyheath & Welling Times, and Kent on Sunday.
BBC South East Today reported on Paul Smith's research on handcycling. The report which was partially filmed in the Sports Science laboratory at the Medway campus, had a number of mentions of Greenwich.
School of Pharmacy
Manufacturing Chemistreported that student Alison Coll had attended the International Pharmaceutical Students’ Federation annual Congress in Australia.
Natural Resources Institute
Steve Belmain spoke on BBC News 24 about the government produced 2006 National Rodent Survey highlighting that rodent numbers in the UK have gone up by 69%.
He spoke about what could have caused such an increase along with information on the dangers that rats pose to the public and what the general public should do to help reduce their numbers.
General campus news
A record number of international students have chosen to study at the Medway campus according to Kent on Sunday and Kentish Saturday Observer.
The Reverend Paul Filmer, chaplain for the campus, was the guest preacher at a church in Gillingham according to the Medway Messenger.
Chris Fearnside, recently retired Estates & Building Manager at the campus was the focus of a day in the life feature in the Maritime Messenger (Newsletter for Chatham Maritime).
According Medway Extra Greenwich is supporting the Medway Innovation Centre at Rochester Airport.
Free rent for a year at the Enterprise Hub at Greenwich was one of the prizes listed for the Kent Innovation Challenge by Kent Business and Your County website.
http://www.yourcounty.co.uk/kentbusinessnews/kentinnovationchallenge170107b2.html
The opening of the new campus shop which sells many Fair Trade goods was reported on by the Medway Adscene and Medway Messenger.
Professor Alan Reed was quoted in the Medway Messenger to say that Greenwich and Kent are working on plans to make use of derelict baths and gym on the campus.
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 including Kent Online 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.