What the Papers Say March 2005
General university news
(Individual campus news follows below)
There was widespread coverage of the university’s decision to charge an undergraduate tuition fee of £2,500 in the Guardian, Telegraph, Daily Mail and BBC News online. There were longer reports in the Independent and Times Higher Education Supplement, including quotes from the Vice-Chancellor, Tessa Blackstone. Professor John Humphreys was interviewed on the subject by KMFM News (a local commercial radio station in the Medway) and there was a large article in the Medway Messenger. The story also appeared in Kenton Sunday.
In Education Guardian on-line Tessa Blackstone explained why Greenwich is one of only three universities in Britain which has chosen to set lower fees.
http://education.guardian.co.uk/higher/comment/story/0,,1441087,00.html
Farrah Chandia, President of the Students’ Union, welcomed the decision to set lower fees in the News Shopper.
The News Shopper, Meantime and Greenwich Time (Greenwich Council newspaper) described how students from the university starred in a government Aim Higher video to encourage youngsters into Higher Education.
A special supplement in the Times Higher Education Supplement about the Bologna Declaration included an article by Tessa Blackstone about how the harmonisation of higher education can be of benefit to Britain and the rest of Europe.
According to the Kentish Gazette, Herne Bay Gazette, and the Kentish Express footballers from Charlton Women’s Female Academy are offered academic courses by the university, London Leisure College and Canterbury High School in addition to football training.
An obituary of watercolourist Hugh McKenzie in the Independent noted that he had a solo show organised by the former Woolwich Polytechnic at Manor House, Lee, in 1961.
The postgraduate recruitment fair at Maritime Greenwich was publicised by the Greenwich Mercury.
Greenwich had an annual turnover from conferences of around £1,000,000 according to Times Higher Education Supplement.
Avery Hill
Health & Social Care
Professor Liz Meerabeau had a letter published in the Health Service Journal about the new research governance framework. She was critical of a lack of steer on risk management, saying that it seems to be written with clinical trails in mind, is unwieldy because of the potential requirements for multiple clearances and should have more co-ordination between ethics clearance and research and development clearance.
Education & Training
The Gravesend Messenger noted that a new project worker at the Simon Paul Foundation had, among other things, completed a teaching certificate at Greenwich.
Architecture & Construction
Mehrdad Shokoohy reviewed a book about the art of Mughal India in the Times Higher Education Supplement.
A feature on ornamental grasses in Surrey Life contained references to Garden Design tutors Brian Hawtin and Andrew Wilson.
General campus news
According to the News Shopper the success of Bromley resident Mandy Akin in the over -40 class at the National Squash Closed Championship was helped by day time training sessions at the Sparrows Farm squash courts.
Maritime Greenwich
Humanities
According to the Ilford Recorder Lindsi Cole, who is studying English at the university and is writing a history of Barkingside, is appealing for personal accounts from those who lived or worked at Barnado’s.
Law student Helen Ma was featured in the News Shopper as an example of a student who took part in the university’s mentoring scheme. Helen spends two hours a week helping at Middle Park School in Eltham.
The Bexley Extra repeated expert opinions by Criminology lecturer Dr Richard Wild about the “Night Stalker”, a serial rapist and burglar who has been terrorising elderly women in South London for almost 13 years.
The Windsor, Ascot & Maidenhead Observer had a full page article on Patience Agbadi, recent writer-in-residence at Eton College and former Greenwich lecturer.
The Dartford Times reported that John Williams had been appointed as Professor of Literary Studies.
Business
Business Administration graduate Gillian Ballard who is President of Big Brothers Big Sisters, a US non profit organisation providing adult mentors for children, was picked out as one to watch in a JournalNews.Com article (an online newspaper for Westchester, Rockland and Putnam in the United States).
An online article in the Daily Observer (Gambia) said that those successfully passing the Institute of Professional Financial Managers examinations in the country could go on to obtain a degree at the University of Greenwich. http://www.observer.gm/artman/publish/article_4921.shtml
The appointment of recent Marketing graduate Natasha Ali as Sales Assistant at the African Safari Club was highlighted in Travel Weekly.
Concern over the threat of jobs being transferred overseas may be exaggerated according to research led by Bruce Cronin according to Kent Jobs.
An obituary in the Glasgow Herald for Professor George Blazyca of Paisley University mentioned that he was a former head of department at Greenwich. He was one of the UK’s leading experts on the Polish economy and society.
US basedGlobalpolitician.com publishedan article titled ‘Rethinking Nigeria’s Problems by Uche Nworah who is currently studying for a doctorate at Greenwich. http://globalpolitician.com/articles.asp?ID=498
Event magazine reported that an Employers Forum had been organised by Jon Hopwood, programme leader for the Events Management degree to discuss the future of the UK events industry and its training requirements.
Computing & Mathematical Sciences
Professor Ed Galea contributed to a debate in the Exeter Express & Echo about whether seat-belts should be fitted in trains. He argued that this would be make trains safer but a major undertaking as seats, seat housing and possibly floors would have to be redesigned.
According toEMP magazine, which reports on electronics, assembly, inspection and testing, Chris Bailey and Steve Rideout presented a paper on modelling damage while lead-free soldering at the National Physical Laboratory Soldering Science & Technology Club winter conference.
Education & Training
Professor Ian McNay explained how to make the best impression in the next Research Assessment Exercise in the Times Higher Education Supplement.
A letter from Patrick Ainley about how tuition fees would be a major issue for student voters in the forthcoming election appeared in the Times Higher Education Supplement.
General campus news
The Bexleyheath & Welling Times and Meridian magazine reported that an eye-catching vessel capable of installing offshore wind turbines sailed past the campus during the latest graduation ceremonies.
According to Greenwich Time (local council newspaper) traffic jams in Trafalgar Road took up a large part of a ‘Time to Listen’ organised by the council at the Maritime Greenwich campus.
The exhibition by Jules de Goede in the Stephen Lawrence Gallery appeared in the Lewisham & Catford News Shopper.
Travel Weekly said that the Tourism Society is holding its annual conference at the campus in the middle of June.
Medway
Medway School of Engineering
The new IT Management for Business degree was cited in Computing magazine as a helpful initiative given the concern by nine out of ten employers that the government must do more to equip UK students and employees with IT skills. The new degree was also reported on by Call Centre Focus.
According to Food Manufacture magazine the Wolfson Centre is working with instrument maker Brookfield Viscometers on a three year project by the Department of Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (DEFRA) which aims to produce a low-cost, simple to use instrument to help manufacturers determine the flow properties of powders.
Engineering Talk.com said that Greenwich scientists are playing a key role in a £28 million programme with the European Space Agency to develop the metals of the future.
The visit by Colin Clinton, President of the Institution of Civil Engineering, appeared twice in the Medway Messenger.
Solids & Bulk Handling welcomed Richard Farnish to its editorial advisory board.
Medway School of Pharmacy
School of Science
The Medway News (twice) and the Medway Messenger publicised a public lecture on the Asian tsunami by Department of Earth & Environmental Sciences.
Plant Engineer had a feature on the carbonation process used by the Centre for Contaminated Land Remediation.
Natural Resources Institute
The promotion of John Morton to Professor of Development Anthropology appeared in the Medway News and Medway Adscene.
Packaging Professional magazine reported that NRI is to become the 12th approved centre to deliver the Certificate in Packaging and the Diploma in Packaging Technology.
Food & Drink Network UK highlighted the teaching and training available at the NRI.
A review of a new book called “Insights from insects: What bad bugs can teach us” on the US based Science Daily website mentioned NRI’s tsetse research in Zimbabwe.
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2005/03/050308140056.htm
General campus news
A regeneration supplement to Medway Matters (local council newspaper) said that the university had made a significant contribution to the redevelopment of Chatham Maritime.
The subject of Professor Alan Reed’s monthly feature in Kent Profile was how ‘Town and gown need to work together’. He cited research by the Business School on the pitfalls of transferring jobs overseas, work to develop metals of the future with the European Space Agency and the Lambert report urging more collaboration between business and universities.
Kent on Sunday had an article on the new Principal of Mid Kent College who will lead the move to their new campus in Gillingham next to the University of Greenwich at Medway.
The Medway Messenger publicised the forthcoming open days at the campus.
Kings Hill Institute
According to the Kent Messenger local residents had the opportunity to air their opinions on the South East Regional Assembly’s draft South East Plan at a public meeting held at the Kings Hill Institute.
The Kent Messenger reported Kings Hill hosted a conference on reseach organised by the Kent & Medway NHS Primary Care Research Network. Among the speakers was Professor Clare Mackie from the Medway School of Pharmacy.
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