What the Papers Say March 2006
General university news
(Individual campus news follows below)
Tessa Blackstone launched a new Education scheme being run by the homeless charity Crisis at its Skylight Centre in Whitechapel according to the East London Advertiser.
According to the Times Higher Education Supplement Greenwich ‘has embarked on a major recruitment drive….advertising 16 posts across seven departments’.
Meridian magazine gave advance publicity to the Postgraduate Fair at the end of March.
An article on former member of staff Rob Allen on the Auckland University of Technology online mentioned his 20 years at Greenwich.
http://www.aut.ac.nz/staff/insideaut/may_zine/rob_allen.htm
Kent Business said that David Liston-Jones had replaced Marc Hume, now Director of Enterprise at Greenwich, as Chief Executive of the Thames Gateway Kent Partnership.
A Times article on architects Trevor Dannatt’s donation of his art collection to the University of Manchester’s Whitworth Gallery mentioned his work on the conversion of the Old Royal Naval College buildings for use by Greenwich.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,61-2083012,00.html
According to the Bexley Times Greenwich linked Bird College, may relocate to Dartford.
Bexley Express reported that Bird College, which has a degree in dance and theatre performance and foundation degree in creative industries validated by Greenwich, has been given a grant of £15,000 towards finding a new site.
Greenwich has received a £336,000 government grant to support fundraising according to the Medway Messenger, Medway News and Times Higher Education Supplement. Phil Chambers, Director of Development & Communications, also gave an interview to KMFM radio.
Tessa Blackstone is one of the speakers at an International Women’s conference being held in support of the Make Poverty History Campaign being held at Greenwich YMCA according to the Greenwich Mercury.
Plans by Medway Council for a £34 million science park at the BAE Systems Rochester airport site are being supported by Greenwich, the University of Kent, BAE Systems and the Royal Bank of Scotland according to the Medway News and Medway Messenger.
Domestic Bursar Chris Powner was quoted in the Times Higher Education Supplement as saying that universities were investing more in their facilities as hotels are becoming more competitive.
Batley News reported on the award of an MBE to Jane Conlon, Chief Executive of the TABEISA project (Technical and Business Education Initiative in South Africa) which is a joint project between Greenwich, Coventry and four South African higher education institutions.
Avery Hill
Health & Social Care
According to Learning & Development Greenwich is among the three universities offering a Foundation Degree in conjunction with the London Ambulance Service.
Kerri Wright had a paper published in the Nursing Standard about the drug calculation skills of nursing students.
The success of blind student Ruth Vallis who lives and works in Canada and completed an MSc in Continuing Professional Development (Health) appeared in the Toronto Star which is Canada’s largest selling daily newspaper.
Architecture & Construction
Garden Design students inspected the latest restoration work at Gillingham Park according to Medway Messenger.
Education & Training
Sarah Dallimore has graduated with a BA in Primary Education according to the Lowestoft Journal.
Badrul Hussain, Crisis Intervention Manager at Tower Hamlets, has a certificate in Youth & Community Work from Greenwich according to Regeneration & Renewal.
Amy Mortlock, Physical Education student, has been honoured as this year’s Step into Sport volunteer award according to the Bexleyheath & Welling Times and the Bexley Extra.
General campus news
A women’s football team from Avery Hill will be playing the newly founded Universities at Medway women’s football team according to the Medway News.
Building for Leisure reported on the installation of a platform lift meeting the requirements of the Disability Discrimination Act at Sparrows Farm.
Maritime Greenwich
Humanities
Theology graduate Brian Anderson became the new pastor of Union Congregational Church serving Braintree and Weymouth in Massachusetts according to the Weymouth News.
http://www2.townonline.com/weymouth/localRegional/
view.bg?articleid=438684&format=text
History student Andrew Breen is planning to cycle across Cambodia to raise money for the National Deaf Children's Society according to the News Shopper.
An article on Natasha Bedingfield being chosen by Bill Gates as his first corporate ‘artist in residence’ in the Times mentioned her time as Psychology student at Greenwich.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2089-2104182,00.html
The Greenwich Mercury reported that student Li E Chen provided a soundtrack of live and pre-recorded music and effects, and video footage for the production of Moby Dick at Greenwich Theatre.
Business
Sue Corby appeared on BBC Radio 4’s World at One speaking about Pay Review Bodies specifically that for Nurses Public Pay restraint following the Budget. She argued that they were formed for political reasons and had mostly proved to be very successful at preventing industrial action.
The Indian Express online said that Kumar Sanjeet Narayan Dev who has an MA degree in international business now runs a company that manufactures organic manure in Guwahati.
http://www.indianexpress.com/full_story.php?content_id=88858
Final year Events Management students are organising a networking event for potential employers according to the Guardian.
According to Public Agenda (Ghana) David Hall and Emanuele Lobina of the Public Services International Research Unit (PSIRU) urged governments to take responsibility for water supplies and not pursue deregulation.
http://www.ghanaweb.com/public_agenda/article.php?ID=5022
The Axis of Logic website (Boston, USA) described PSIRU as one of the critics of water privatisation policies.
http://www.axisoflogic.com/artman/publish/article_21533.shtml
The Medway Messenger said that the Business School is holding an Open Day at the Medway campus.
The South African website Legal Brief said that a damning report on a proposed peddle-bed reactor in South Africa which was partly authored by StephenThomas from the PSIRU had been suppressed by the South African government.
http://www.legalbrief.co.za/article.php?story=20060327085016580
Computing & Mathematical Sciences
Statistics graduate David Day and former AC Nielsen Director of Operations has been appointed as European Chief Executive at Online research agency Lightspeed.
Education & Training
Tony Hayes EdD student and a head teacher at Hayes Primary School in Bromley wrote an article on why deputies may choose or not choose to move on to the top job in Managing Schools Today.
Greenwich Maritime Institute
The lecture by Professor Fu on the establishment of a fund for compensation of oil damage in China was given advanced publicity by Meridian magazine.
General campus news
Greenwich Time (Council newspaper) reported that the next Stephen Lawrence Gallery exhibition would be by the Off the Map Group.
Greenwich Mercury reported that the Greenwich Public Speaking competition for students from 12 local schools was held at the ‘University of Greenwich’s Old Royal Naval College’ site.
The ‘Look both ways’ art exhibition to be held in the Stephen Lawrence Gallery was publicised on Blacknet online,
www.blacknet.co.uk/component/option,com_content/
task,view/id,212/
Medway
School of Engineering
A new rig to assist with the design and testing of concrete ground slabs is being constructed at Greenwich reported Construction News and Structural Engineer.
Quarry Management gave advance publicity to courses on the Storage and Discharge of powders and bulk solids and Pneumatic Conveying of Bulk Solids to be held at the Wolfson Centre.
Good progress is being made by Greenwich and the Society of Public Health Engineering
on the Public Health Engineering degree according to Plumbing and Heating Engineering.
School of Science
Charles Snell had a feature on the status of the Common Tree Frog in British Wildlife magazine.
According to Burlington magazine former member of staff Rob Withnall is part of a team that provided new evidence attributing a drawing in the Victoria & Albert Museum to Holbein. Rob used a Raman Spectrometer to conduct analysis.
Professor Steve Leharne is advising the Mexican government on techniques for cleaner water supplies according to the Medway Messenger.
US Based Market Wire online reported that Stephen Bates who has a PhD in Environmental Chemistry has been appointed to the board of EnviroSafe Corporation.
http://www.marketwire.com/mw/release_html_b1?
release_id=115209
Developers and contractors working on brownfield sites are invited to attend a breakfast meeting at the campus to meet commercial companies and Greenwich experts specialising in techniques to remediate land in line with new EU regulations according to Buildingtalk and Laboratorytalk online.
www.buildingtalk.com/news/usi/usi101.html
http://www.laboratorytalk.com/news/unr/unr102.html
Natural Resources Institute
The Medway Standard and Medway Messenger reported on the project led by Tim Chancellor to support poor farmers in India using the internet.
Bob Cheke criticised the government for cutting back on scientific and technological aid to developing countries at Prospects Millennium Development conference according to Prospect Profile.
General campus news
Plans by Medway Council for a £34 million science park at the BAE Systems Rochester airport site are being supported by Greenwich, the University of Kent, BAE Systems and the Royal Bank of Scotland according to the Medway News and Medway Messenger.
The appointment of Paul Filmer as chaplain to the campus appeared in the Milton Keynes News.
Greenwich has received a £336,000 government grant to support fundraising according to the Medway News. Phil Chambers, Director of Development & Communications, also gave an interview to KMFM radio.
The Medway Messenger said that the Business School is holding an Open Day at the Medway campus.
The Medway News reported on the newly founded Universities at Medway women’s football team, their next fixture is against a team from the Avery Hill campus.
The Learning and Skills Council for Kent and Medway received an award for being the best work experience provider at the National Council for Work Experience Awards according to the Gravesend Reporter. Greenwich students have are among those that have taken part.
According to the Gravesend Messenger two teams from Northfleet School for Girls won a business competition held at the campus.
Negotiator magazine said that Thames Gateway could prove a magnet for buy-to-let investors mentioning the universities in the area including Greenwich.
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 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.