What The Papers Say October 2008
(Individual campus news follows below)
The Times and Daily Telegraph reported on the Thanksgiving service for former Chancellor, Lord Holme.
In Times Higher Education, Tessa Blackstone argued that the Research Assessment Exercise had become super-selective and money for research informed teaching should be better spread across the sector.
The Press Association, Times Higher Education and the Independent reported that Greenwich is among 18 institutions that have signed up for the Higher Education Achievement Report (HEAR) which will be given to students when they complete their degrees.
http://ukpress.google.com/article/ALeqM5h2G3knQepJpY7TEdlvLIqMZ1FIxA
According to Freight Industry Times, Freight Transport News and Dealer Update, the UK Freight Transport Association has appointed Dr Sharon Ryan as Head of Research. She was previously a research adviser at Greenwich.
An interview with Tessa Blackstone formed the major part of an article in the Times Higher Education about progress by the Bologna Declaration which works to harmonise European Higher Education standards.
The Times Higher Education reported that Tim Gore, director of the Centre for Indian Business at Greenwich, was optimistic about progress in Indian Higher Education.
According to Dorset Business, Steve Saville, the entrepreneur behind Dorset radio station Forest FM, ran a pirate radio station with others from the top of a university hall of residence while at Thames Polytechnic.
The Kentish Express and KM Extra reported that new students had arrived at University Centre Folkestone.
Pupils from Swalescliffe Community Primary School joined discussions on plans for Folkestone harbour, according to the Whitstable Times.
In the London Paper, Claire Evenden, Senior Student Finance Adviser, advised students to group together to do shopping as a means of saving money.
Greenwich student ambassadors, led by Adam Brett, and pupils from Beaverwood School for Girls in Chislehurst have won the Aimhigher Partnership Practice Award according to the Bromley Times and Bexleyheath / Bromley / Dartford / Gravesham / Greenwich News Shopper. This award was for their work helping increase the numbers of disadvantaged youngsters progressing to Higher Education.
Estates Gazette mentioned the University Centre Folkestone in an article about Roger De Haan.
According to the Kidderminster Chronicle, students from Kidderminster College attended master classes at Greenwich.
According to the Hailsham Gazette, Greenwich is working in partnership with Phoenix Scientific Industries (PSI) and Cambridge Quality Technology from the government technology strategy board. The project is to develop the technology needed to mass produce aerospace grade titanium powder used to manufacture lightweight but strong components.
The News Shopper reported that Baroness Howells, who was the first female member of the Greenwich Court of Governors, addressed a special assembly at the Millennium School about her role in the House of Lords as part of Black History Month.
The Rugby Football Union website and News Shopper publicised the Thomas Mulquin Memorial Cup in memory of a Greenwich student who died of Sudden Arrhythmic Death Syndrome in 2002.
http://www.rfu.com/index.cfm/fuseaction/RFUHome.News_Detail/StoryID/21090
Student Liz Musset chose Sarah’s Key by Tatiana de Rosnay as her favourite book in the Docklands.
Bromley College runs Foundation degrees in conjunction with Greenwich according to the Bromley Times.
According to MBA Universe website, Greenwich is making a presentation on Quality Assurance on International Academic Collaborations at a Higher Education Summit in New Delhi next month.
http://www.mbauniverse.com/innerPage.php?id=ne&pageId=1530
Greenwich
Business
RDA (Regional Development Agencies) News reported that Greenwich was awarded almost £100,000 for a Gender and Labour Market research project to identify barriers which prevent women from making a full contribution to the labour market in the SEEDA region.
Xing Xie and Li Zhou addressed the Peterborough & Cambridge branch of Chartered Institute of Purchasing & Supply (CIPS) AGM according to Supply Management.
Stephen Thomas appeared on BBC Radio 4’s File on Four programme arguing that energy companies were not passing on retail savings to customers after falls in the wholesale oil price.
Public Relations student, Katie Wilkinson, gave some money saving ideas for students on BBC Radio Kent.
Geoff White and his co-authors argued for an intelligent approach to the complex issue of employee rewards in People Management.
Computing & Mathematical Sciences
Researchers from the Universities of Greenwich, Ulster and Liverpool have completed a three and a half year study into the evacuation of the twin towers with survivors of the 9/11 attack on the World Trade Centre, according to RoSPA Occupational Safety & Health Journal and Industrial Fire Journal.
Building Services Journal mentioned the Fire Safety Engineering Groups Exodus programme in an article about the challenges of safeguarding large groups of people, such as those at rail hubs, during evacuations.
Computing Science graduate Trevor O’Brien has joined North Carolina based advertising agency McKinney as Interactive Technology Director, according to US based Carolinanewswire.com.
http://carolinanewswire.com/news/News.cgi?database=001news.db&command=viewone&id=2859&op=t
According to Silicon.com website, Greenwich is among the institutions taking part in the Revitalise IT scheme.
http://management.silicon.com/careers/0,39024671,39168492,00.htm
Humanities & Social Sciences
Creative Writing lecturer Cherry Smyth took part in the Aspects Literature Festival hosted by North Down Council in Northern Ireland by presenting some of her poetry according to the County Down Spectator.
Avery Hill
Architecture & Construction
Greenwich Mercury reported on research by Keith Jones about the impact of extreme weather.
Kent Profile publicised the new range of construction courses available at Medway.
Quantity Surveyor graduate, Anna Cocks, was the focus of the Talk Time feature in Your Maidstone.
Former lecturer Tobias Klein was listed as a contributor to Architectural Design.
Education & Training
Patrick Ainley argued that full-costs fees are not fair in a letter to the Times Higher Education Supplement.
Kate Adsley, recent PGCE graduate at Greenwich, has now begun her first job as a nursery teacher at Chantry Primary School according to the Guardian North. She was cited as an example of someone who decided that various administrative posts in employers such as the Lord Chancellor’s and Foreign Office were demotivating.
Health & Social Care
Students from the school will be holding an event in the Dome at the Avery Hill campus to mark National Stress Awareness Day according to the Only Kent website
http://www.onlykent.com/20081010/students-aim-to-tackle-stress/
According to Mental Health Practice, lecturer John Crowley, is the joint author of a guide titled Administration of depot and long-acting antipsychotic injections.
Medway
School of Engineering
Medway Messenger, Kent on Sunday, South East Business and Eureka magazine online website reported on the launch of a Centre for Manufacturing Productivity in conjunction with precision engineering tool manufacturer, Renishaw.
http://www.eurekamagazine.co.uk/article/15711/UK-production-to-be-advanced-by-new-Centre.aspx
The Engineer reported that Mike Bradley from the Wolfson Centre for Bulk Solids Handling is taking part in a project led by the University of Nottingham which exploits a quirk of microwave radiation in a bid to selectively heat and evaporate sea water, to enable more efficient removal of oil waste.
School of Science
Only Kent website, Medway Messenger and the Medway News publicised a lecture by Dr Lauren Pecorino designed to increase public knowledge of cancer.
http://www.onlykent.com/20081008/lecture-aims-to-increase-cancer-knowledge/
According to Chemistry World, the Royal Society of Chemistry course called Analytical Chemistry by Open Learning (ACOL) is based at Greenwich.
Medway Messenger, Kent on Sunday, South East Business and Kentish Saturday Observer reported that Colin Hills and Paula Carey from Carbon 8 have been shortlisted for the Times Higher Education Awards.
Medway Messenger, Low Carbon Economy, Your Medway and New Builder website reported that Carbon 8 won the Times Higher Education Award for their “Outstanding Contribution to Innovation and Technology”.
http://www.newbuilder.co.uk/news/NewsFullStory.asp?ID=2703
In Kent Profile Mark Chapman, Sports Science Laboratory Manager, discussed the facilities that Greenwich has available to help improve the performance of sports people.
Natural Resources Institute
According to the BBC News website, NRI is providing support to farmers in Ghana through the Gates Foundation Cassava project.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/7674615.stm
Eureka Alert reported that Don Reynolds was among researchers to find that Silver Y moths rely on a sophisticated internal compass, to return north as well as to reach their southerly winter destination.
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2008-10/cp-mmm100608.php
Medway School of Pharmacy
According to the Nigerian based Triumph newspaper, ten Pharmacy students from that country are to be supported in their studies at Greenwich.
http://www.triumphnewspapers.com/sokoto27102008.html
General campus news
Greenwich is among those who are supporting VirtualGym TV, according to Kent Profile.
Chatham’s hidden history and its World Heritage Site application will be the subject of a Pembroke lecture next month, according to Medway Messenger.
Your Medway and Medway News publicised the Pembroke Lecture on the work of the Commonwealth Graves Commission.
The Mayor and Mayoress of Medway were given a tour of the campus, according to the Medway Messenger.
Medway Messenger publicised an Open Day at campus.
Business First highlighted the Universities at Medway partnership and Professor Alan Reed explained the courses that Greenwich could offer and suggested that local businesses could benefit from a ‘graduate test drive.’
The Kent Inventors’ Forum meets every month on the first Wednesday of each month in the Pembroke building, according to the Medway News.
Kings Hill
Only Kent website mentioned the Greenwich conference centre in an article about the facilities at Kings Hill.
http://www.onlykent.com/20081008/lift-off-for-school-extension/
Kings Hill hosted a public sector business opportunities seminar according to Your Thanet, Your Shepway, Your Medway, Your Swale, Your Ashford, Your Dover, Your Canterbury and Your Maidstone.
South East Business said that the Centre had also taken responsibility for conference facilities at the Medway campus.
The Principal of K College signed the Skills Pledge at Kings Hill which is part of the Government’s Train to Gain according to Kent on Sunday.
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).
Access to some online newspapers 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 portal using the Information & Library Services Lexis Nexis electronic database.