What the Papers Say October 2005
General university news
(Individual campus news follows below)
In an article about the decline in overseas student numbers at UK universities Baroness Blackstone said in the Independent that overseas students destined for Greenwich had been refused entry at Heathrow and others had been refused visas to study here.
The Daily Telegraph listed the Thames Gateway as one of four potential student hotspots in terms of good areas to think about buying property, citing its proximity to the University of Greenwich.
The appointment of Maureen Castens as Director of Information & Library Services appeared in Library & Information Update.
Baroness Blackstone conferred degrees at Tonbridge Parish Church to West Kent College students who studied at Greenwich according to the Kent & Sussex Courier.
Kent Profile highlighted foundation degrees tailored for business available from Greenwich and our partner colleges.
Uche Nworah, who is studying for a Masters degree at Greenwich, had an article on Nigeria on the Global Politician website.
http://globalpolitician.com/articleshow.asp?ID=1262&
cid=8&sid=55
AME Info, a Middle East based website specialising in business news, said that Greenwich was holding interviews in Dubai.
http://www.ameinfo.com/69630.html
The Dancing Times said that Greenwich is validating a new foundation degree in acting that will be run by Bird College.
Greenwich Mercury, Bexleyheath & Welling Times and Works for Me (a recruitment paper focussing on opportunities for ethnic communities) gave advance publicity to the Mature Student Fair at the end of the month.
On the Guardian online website Lord Salisbury, newly appointed as Chancellor of the University of Hertfordshire, said he admired former Chancellor Janet Young for her role at the university.
http://education.guardian.co.uk/higher/comment/story/0,9828,
1589791,00.html
The website for the Bennington Banner in Vermont said that Lord Holme had been appointed as chairman of the advisory committee for a democracy project at Bennington College.
http://www.benningtonbanner.com/Stories/0,1413,104~8678~
3088487,00.html
The Voice mentioned that Baroness Howells was the first female member of the Court Governors at Greenwich while focussing on Britain’s great Grenadians and Guyanese.
The award of an honorary degree to Lord Puttnam appeared in the Newcastle Upon Tyne Chronicle and the Newcastle Upon Tyne Journal.
According to Hansard the university was one of the organisations consulted about draft codes of practice for student hostels.
Avery Hill
Health & Social Care
Architecture & Construction
The graduation of Jonathon Walton in Landscape Garden Design appeared in theIsle of Man Examiner.
An article on doorknobs in How to Spend it (a weekend supplement of the Financial Times) listed the Brooking Collection as a source of useful information.
Education & Training
In the Times Education Supplement Patrick Ainley, Professor of Education and Training called for an end to quangos: "I would abolish them all and put FE (and HE) back under the control of democratically-elected local authorities."
Patrick also had a letter published in the Time Higher Education Supplement about the origins of the degree system.
General campus news
Builder & Engineer reported on the installation of a platform lift meeting the requirements of the Disability Discrimination Act at Sparrows Farm. The story also appeared in Builder & Engineer magazine and Building for Leisure.
A story on the Charlton FC website said that the club had obtained planning permission to redevelop its Sparrows Farm training ground which is next to the Avery Hill campus.
http://www.charlton-athletic.co.uk/newsview.ink?nid=22941
&newstype=n
Maritime Greenwich
Humanities
The England’s Past for Everyone project, focussing on People and Work in the Medway Valley 1750-1900, led by Dr Andrew Hann, appeared in the Medway Standard and Medway Messenger.
The Guardian had a Halloween article in which Mark Pawlowski, Professor of Law, explained that it is a grey area whether house sellers have to tell buyers if they believe that a house is haunted.
http://money.guardian.co.uk/property/story/0,,1603983,00.html
Laura Hunt who graduated this year with a degree in English Literature was the subject of the Face feature in Wharf magazine. She is currently working at Holmes Place Health Club but, as a classically trained opera singer, hopes to star in a Broadway Show.
A report by Richard Wild criticising executions at Luzira Upper Prison in Uganda was launched in Kampala on the World Day Against the Death Penalty according to the Daily Nation (Uganda), New Vision (Uganda) and All Africa website.
http://allafrica.com/stories/200510110396.html
Janis Dear, former Law lecturer, shared her experience of living with cancer in the Times.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,8123-1835234,00.html
Business
Steve Thomas from the Public Services International Research Unit discussed the options available to the government in developing new nuclear power stations in Kenton Sunday.(30 October)
In the London & UK Datebook, Rebecca Glen, Events Management student, said that organisers should cancel a financially damaging event or one that did not achieve its mission. Her comment was among those at the end of an article about when to cancel an event.
The Gender Pay report led by Sue Corby appeared in Kent Profile magazine.
The Medway Messenger had a photo of Michael De Domenici talking to potential students and an article about the campus open day at the start of the month.
Computing & Mathematical Sciences
Professor Ed Galea’s research into the lessons that can be learnt from the 9/11 terrorist attack on the twin towers appeared in the Observer. Hewas interviewed by Sky News and BBC London.
http://observer.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,6903,
1604638,00.html
Education & Training
Professor Ian McNay criticised the new fees regime in the Guardian letters page.
Greenwich Maritime Institute
A plan by Nelson to use submarines and mines to destroy the French fleet, which was discovered by Roger Knight, appeared in the Sunday Times.
www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2087-1827991,00.html
He was also among those interviewed for a BBC Radio 4 programme called Nelson the Latest.
www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/history/trafalgar/nelson.shtml
The Sevenoaks Chronicle said that Professor Sarah Palmer was giving a lecture on Kent and Sea to the Sevenoaks Historical Society.
General campus news
Children's television presenter Floella Benjamin is to attend a screening of her film Coming To England at the campus according to the Greenwich Mercury, the Bexleyheath & Welling Times and the Bexley Times online.
An article in the Greenwich Mercury about a Trafalgar Day memorial service mentioned that the university is now housed in the Old Royal Naval College.
The Cincinnati Enquirer said that Old Royal Naval College was now the home to the university in an article about the attractions in Greenwich.
http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/
20051016/LIFE09/510160417/1052/LIFE
Medway
School of Engineering
Derrick Bennett looked at the experience of using external ground slab test rig equipment in Concrete magazine.
The new Information Technology Management for Business degree backed by employers appeared in the Daily Express, the Times, Computing, Computer Weekly and Personnel Today.
www.computerweekly.com/Articles/Article.aspx?liArticleID
=212294&PrinterFriendly=true
http://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2005/10/13/212294/
NewITdegreeaimstobridgegap.htm
According to the Medway Messenger and Kent on Sunday (30 October) business experts are giving a series of lectures on the campus as part of the same course
Process Engineering had a feature focussing on the Wolfson Centre.
School of Science
The new computer based course designed by Patricia Harvey for Great Ormond Street Hospital appeared in the Medway Messenger and Kent on Sunday.(23 October)
According to the Medway Messenger, Catriona Bruce who has been supported by the Endeavour Foyer education project run by MHS Housing, has just started studying Bio-medical Sciences at Greenwich.
The appointment of Martin Snowden to the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) appeared in the Medway News, Medway Messenger, Bexleyheath & Eltham Express and on the Engineering Talk and Laboratory Talk website.
http://www.engineeringtalk.com/news/uer/uer110.html
http://www.laboratorytalk.com/news/unr/unr100.html
Natural Resources Institute
The successful use of pheromone technology to protect sugar cane fields in Tamil Nadu from pests appeared on the Indian based Chennai Online website. The project was led by Dr Alan Cork.
www.chennaionline.com/colnews/newsitem.asp?NEWSID=
7D&
CATEGORYNAME=National
The trade union Prospect warned that the Department for International Development’s policy of untying aid is doing serious damage innovation in the developing world in its newsletter Profile.
According to Kent Business Crown Biosystems, mentioned as having worked with NRI and Greenwich to produce the safe soil tester, exhibited at the Homeland Security Conference in Los Angeles.
Hampshire Business magazine said that local company Exosect had received a government grant to develop better powder pheromone. They will work with Professor Alan Cork at NRI on research which may help developing countries to produce more food without using pesticides.
General campus news
The Medway Messenger had a photo and article about the campus open day at the start of the month.
Professor Alan Reed looked at the contribution that education can make to regeneration in his regular feature in Kent Profile.
Year 12 students from Medway got an insight into jobs in the NHS during an open day at the campus according to Medway Messenger.
The campus is hosting a lecture about researching family trees named “My Great, Great, Grandad was at Trafalgar”, according to the Medway Messenger. A lecture on the history of Chatham Dockyard was also publicised by the same newspaper.
An article in the Medway Messenger about the Nelson celebrations also mentioned the lecture.
In the Medway Messenger Greenwich was mentioned as being part of the Universities at Medway project in an article about planning permission for housing to be built on Mid Kent Colleges’ Horsted campus.
The England’s Past for Everyone project focussing on People and Work in the Medway Valley 1750-1900 led by Dr Andrew Hann from the School of Humanities appeared in the Medway Messenger and Medway Standard.
An article in the Medway Messenger about the history of HMS Pembroke said that it became ‘home to the University of Greenwich’.
A Trafalgar Night dinner was held at the campus according to an editorial piece in the Medway Messenger.
In Kenton Sunday Professor Alan Reed explained the value to employers of hiring graduates.(23 October)
Further information
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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.
http://w3.gre.ac.uk/lib/products/az.html
Some more primitive websites may replace online articles rather than making them permanently available.