What the Papers Say May 2006
General university news
(Individual campus news follows below)
There was a large photograph in the Times of the three ‘overseas students at the University of Greenwich which has been helping to publicise government initiatives to secure Britain’s position as a leader in international education.’ The photo and caption accompanied an article saying that UK graduates were facing growing competition from an elite of foreign graduates educated in this country.
The participation of Greenwich in the initiative to increase overseas recruitment of students launch was also reported on by the Derby Evening Telegraph.
Tessa Blackstone addressed the bi-annual Women in Kent luncheon according to the Kentish Express, Kentish Gazette (Canterbury & District), Kent Messenger (Weald), Kent Messenger (Malling), Kent Messenger (Maidstone), Weald Kentish Express (Folkestone), Kentish Express (Romney Marsh), Ashford & Tenterden Focus, Faversham News, Herne Bay Gazette, Medway Messenger, Kent on Sunday and Kent Online. In her speech she argued that there were many more opportunities for modern women than a generation before.
The 75th birthday of former Vice-Chancellor Norbert Singer appeared in the Guardian and the Times.
The award of Honorary degrees to Doreen Lawrence, Kelly Holmes, Claire Tomalin and others was reported on by the Greenwich Mercury.
Kent on Sunday reported that Hadlow College is running a Foundation Degree in Rural Business Management in association with Greenwich.
The performance of the university choir at the Trafalgar Tavern next to the Greenwich campus was given advance publicity by the Wharf magazine.
Independent Catholic News advertised the vacancy of a Roman Catholic Chaplain for the Greenwich and Avery Hill campuses.
Avery Hill
Health & Social Care
The Health & Social Care Open Days at Medway received advance publicity in the Medway Messenger and KM Extra.
Architecture & Construction
The Sunday Times said that stamp duty has had a major impact on the cost of moving house according to research by Greenwich for Woolwich Building Society.
Lecturer Brian Hawtin chose Patty’s Plum as his plant of the month in his regular column in Kent Life.
Martyn Grant, Occupational Safety & Health graduate, was the focus of a feature in Safety & Health Practitioner magazine.
Harini Raja who is studying for a Masters degree in Urban Design had a letter published in the Lewisham & Greenwich Mercury supporting the idea of a mud brick building in Avery Hill Park.
Emma Gardner, a Garden Design graduate, who was part of the team responsible for the Queen’s Garden surrounding the newly restored garden at Kew, has now moved back to the Isle of Wight according to the local County Press.
According to Environmental Health News Steven Wilcox has been awarded the Environmental Health Registration Board (EHRB) certificate of registration.
Transportation Professional said that the Institute of Highway Engineers is in discussions with the Urban Renaissance Institute about holding a Home Zones conference.
Alan Powers, Reader in Architecture & Cultural History, had a feature in Apollo magazine on Britain and the Bauhaus art movement.
Education & Training
In the Times Higher Education Supplement letter column Patrick Ainley was critical of a proposal by Kenneth Minogue to privatise universities
According to Brunei Online Professor Patrick Ainley is one of the attendees at an education conference at the Universiti Brunei Darussalam’s Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah Institute of Education in Brunei.
http://www.brunei-online.com/bb/mon/may8h19.htm
PQ magazine profiled Nigel Grant the PQ Magazine Lecturer of the Year 2005 who studied for his PGCE at Greenwich.
The Independent profiled PGCE graduate Henrietta Wilson who is now a fashion and textiles lecturer at the University College for the Creative Arts, in an article comparing working in the public and private sectors.
Maritime Greenwich
Humanities
Media Writing student, Andrew Milne, is one of those taking part in the Aspire project to encourage university applicants from lower socio-economic backgrounds announced the Independent.
Outlook India website reported that Alpana Nayak taught Hindi through performing arts at the University of Greenwich when her husband was studying in the UK.
http://www.outlookindia.com/mad.asp?fodname=20060508&
fname=Making&sid=1
On the front page of the Bexley Times Politics lecturer John McLean predicted Labour would receive a ‘bloody nose’ in the local elections following recent scandals.
Adam Crump, History and Politics graduate (1991), has been appointed Operation Manager at Harrogate based Crusade Exhibition Services according to the Harrogate Advertiser.
The Student showcase exhibition including websites, 3D animation and computer games was publicised in the News Shopper.
Senior Law lecturer Sarah Greer had an article in the Times explaining how her LLB students are studying Bleak House as part of their Third Year.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,4003-2189090,
00.html
According to Southwark Weekender Sue Golding was the guest speaker at the gallery adjoining Peckham’s Bar Story.
Mary Cousens, BA Creative Writing and English graduate is now Editor of the theatrical newsletter Extra Extra on the London SE1 website, which aims to provide better coverage of local fringe theatre.
http://www.london-se1.co.uk/news/view/2185
Business
Max Tookey, Senior Lecturer in Management, recommended adventure holidays as a means of managing office stress according to Responsesource online. http://www.responsesource.com/releases/rel_display.php?relid=
25250&hilite
Computing & Mathematical Sciences
Scientists from Greenwich led by Chris Bailey have joined those at Dundee’s University of Abertay and specialists screen and coatings manufacturers in a £600,000 project to develop screens that can be read in bright sunlight, reported Laboratory News and EETimes online.
http://www.eetuk.com/tech/news/showArticle.jhtml?
articleID=187201378
Keith Laban, Computing graduate and secondary school teacher in Trinidad & Tobago has created software to make learning more fun and develops learning software according to Trinidad & Tobago’s Newsday.
http://www.newsday.co.tt/features/0,38199.html
Education & Training
Inflating grades for university marks is not new according to a letter by Ian McNay in the Times Higher Education Supplement, adding that he believed creativity was being stifled by the current system.
General campus news
Property Ladder magazine said that ‘the Old Royal Naval College (now the University of Greenwich)’ divides Greenwich into two in a feature about the area.
Metro London, the EnfieldGazette, Enfield Advertiser, Romford & Havering Weekly Post, Marylebone, Paddington and Pimlico Mercury and Docklands magazine said that the Royal Naval College is ‘now part of the University of Greenwich’ in an article about attractions in Greenwich.
Medway
School of Engineering
Professor Ndy Ekere has been awarded the Total Excellence in Electronic Manufacturing Award by the Society of Manufacturing Engineering, according to the Medway Messenger and Black Britain online.
School of Science
Sports training and rehabilitation sessions are now available to members of the public at the Centre for Sports and Exercise Sciences, said the Medway Standard.
Research by Al-Amin Kassam was quoted in an article on penalty taking in the Malaysian Star, iAfrica.com andtheAdelaide Advertiser .
http://thestar.com.my/sports/story.asp?file=/2006/5/15/sports/
14243124&sec=sports
http://www.theadvertiser.news.com.au/common/story_page/
0,5936,19180588%255E23215,00.html
Sports Science student Phil Lewis is taking part in four triathlons in successive months, according to the Medway Messenger and Medway Standard. For the final one in London he is raising money for Demelza House children’s hospice.
The Medway Standard focussed on Vanessa Castro from Medway Sciences for their regular feature My Week.
The Medway News reported that postgraduate Louise Gracia was on the cover of the University of Greenwich prospectus.
Natural Resources Institute
Kent Profile reported on the project led by Tim Chancellor to support poor farmers in India using the internet.
The work of Andrew Graffham and his team to help African farmers produce crops profitably for European markets was reported on by the Medway Messenger and KM Extra.
The award of a £160,000 government grant to Medway Council for training local small caterers appeared in the Medway Messenger. The course will be run at the Medway campus.
School of Pharmacy
The Medway Standard, Medway Messenger, Kenton Sunday and KM Extra reported on Alison Coll’s success in being chosen as Student of the Year by the British Pharmaceutical Students’ Association.
General campus news
The appointment of Ray Wynne as Director of the Medway Enterprise Hub was reported on by the Medway Messenger and Kent on Sunday.
The success of the Universities at Medway football team in winning the Southern England Student Sports Association Challenge Cup appeared in the sports pages of the Medway Messenger.
Medway Messenger reported on the appointment of Stuart Ashenden as Director of Academic Planning.
Greenwich is exhibiting at the Medway Maritime Festival in Chatham Historic Dockyard according to the Medway Messenger.
The campus open day on June 17 was given advance publicity by the Medway Messenger.
Further information
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