(Individual campus news follows below)

Greenwich has appointed Heneghan Peng as architects for its new School of Architecture & Construction and Library according to Building Design, Architects Journal, Australian based Architecture & Design, Irish Times, Greenwich Mercury, the front page of the (Greenwich) Peninsula and Greenwich.co.uk website.

The link between Vignan University in Andhra Pradesh and Greenwich was publicised by International Focus (The online magazine of the UK HE International Unit).

Times Higher Education, News Shopper, Medway Messenger, Kent News website and Your Medway said that Greenwich had been shortlisted twice in the Times Higher Education awards for outstanding contribution to innovation & technology and outstanding engineering research team.

ITPRO website reported that Greenwich has found that women students are consistently performing better than men through the use of business intelligence software.

Art Tutor Atul Vohora who was one of four art tutors who advised the Guardian on a how to draw feature teaches drawing at Greenwich.

Sys-Con.com, AutoChannel and PRNewswire websites reported that the Students’ Union and have linked up with Zipcar, the world’s largest car-sharing service, to provide vehicles for students at the Greenwich and Avery Hill campuses.

According to the News Shopper Greenwich has invested in a fleet of electric vehicles for use at all three campuses.

Kent & Sussex Courier reported that K College held their graduation ceremonies in Tonbridge, their degrees are validated by Greenwich.

The late Alan Philpott, prolific comic artist, studied at Woolwich Polytechnic according to Book & Magazine Collector. He illustrated the Lion, Victor, Hornet, Hotspur, and Commando.

Meet the new first lady of Marjons. The Plymouth Herald reported that Professor Margaret Noble has started as Principal of University College Plymouth St Mark & St John.

Building for Education reported that Greenwich is among the universities that use SimonsVoss digital locking technology to control building access.

Sarah Ragab, Head of Student Finance, gave financial advice in the Evening Standard and KM Extra.

Beverley Woodhams, Head of Recruitment, gave Clearing advice in Kent Messenger’s Education Training & Childcare supplement.

Medway Messenger reported that students were applying for more vocational degrees during Clearing.

According to the News Shopper ‘thousands of callers have been jamming phone lines at the University of Greenwich, trying to get a last minute place for this autumn’.

Jolyon Nash, Business Studies graduate, has been appointed Director of Sales & Marketing for Rolls-Royce Motor Cars according to Sussex based Business Edge.

Professor Stephen Thomas gave a talk on nuclear power to villagers opposed to a new nuclear plant in Bristol according to the Bristol Evening Post.

The school is sponsoring the congress of the International Council of Management Consulting Institutes according to Consultant News website.

Events Management graduate Lisa Barton has been appointed as Travel Administration Assistant at Interlace Global Group according to Pharmaceutical Marketing.

Police Life reported that Greenwich research found a significant increase in life satisfaction among those who had attended retirement courses.

According to the Hackney Gazette Computer Science graduate Gary Molloy who suffered decades of mental illness finds salvation in his work. He is exhibiting at the Core Arts charity and runs a support group there.

Greenwich is undertaking multi-physics modelling research as part of the project to provide more readable LED in bright lighting conditions according to Commerce & Industry.

Yellow Pages Malta has appointed Computing graduate Kevin Fenech as their ICT Manager according to the Malta Independent online.

Former bus driver and mother of two, Dawn Harman is studying Law at Greenwich according to the Bexley Times and Bromley Times.

According to the Westmorland Gazette Jackie Bradley from Queen Elizabeth School in Kirkby Lonsdale will be studying Politics at Greenwich.

Dr Sandra Dunster appealed for people to visit a new exhibition at the Whitstable Museum and share their war-time experiences during an item about North Kent Coast Memories during the Second World War on BBC1’s South East Today.

South London Press, Greenwich Mercury, Wharf and Docklands publicised the performance by Greenwich students of the Steven Berkoff play, East.

Professor Mark Pawlowski had an article published in Estates Gazette titled A signature does not make it legal which warned of the danger of using standard tenancy forms.

The university is among the event venues available in the Maritime Greenwich World Heritage site according to Meetings & Incentive Travel.

Greenwich Mercury reported that the university was holding an open day at all three campuses including Greenwich.

Pink News, QX International and the Voice for Secondary Education said that Greenwich hosted the Psychology and Anti-Social Behaviour in Schools conference.

The Old Royal Naval College is ‘Now occupied by the University of Greenwich and Trinity College of Music’ according to the Eastern Daily Press in an article about Maritime Greenwich.

The Milestone Exhibition in the Stephen Lawrence Gallery explores the police handling of the death of Stephen Lawrence according to the Greenwich Mercury.

Sarah Eberle, Greenwich graduate and this year’s Royal Horticultural Society prize winner, was the focus of the Last Word feature in Green Places.

The Cornishman reported that Dawn Bailey who works for Cornwall Council graduated from Greenwich in Occupational Safety, Health & Environment.

Jill Stewart explained how the development of an evidence base should give housing a new priority in an article in Environmental Health Practitioner.

Charles Brooking and the Brooking Collection of Architectural Detail was the focus of a feature in the Daily Telegraph.

Former Greenwich lecturer Sam Jacob of Fashion Architecture Taste was the opening speaker in the UK College of Design Lecture Series at the University of Kentucky College of Design according to the University of Kentucky website.

Paul Tranter graduated from Greenwich with an MSc in Occupational Safety & Health according to the Powys County Times & Express.

Gardens at Hadlow College are used as a teaching resource for Greenwich students according to Garden Design Journal.

Education & Training

The Pembroke Western Telegraph had an obituary for Alice Davies who studied at Avery Hill College.

Reg Jenkins, former Head of Department at Avery Hill College died aged 90 according to the Brighton Argos.

Health & Social Care

Jane Reeves, Liz Gale, Jan Webb, Roz Delaney and Nicky Cocklin were the authors of a paper titled Focusing on young men: developing integrated services for young fathers in Community Practitioner.

Midwifery student Keely Howard was given as an example of a student buying property backed by her parents in Metro.

Alison Cork, Emergency Care lecturer, reviewed the publication Health Records in Court in Emergency Nurse.

Premises and Facilities Management reported on the partnership at the campus between Sodexo and Greenwich.

According to Net Lettings Property News website Eltham is home to a campus of the university.

According to Dezona website jewellery maker Claire Johnston enrolled the help of the school for her Tooth Fairy Series using castings of the milk teeth of her daughter. A 3D scan of a tooth was prepared and then enlarged using the rapid prototyping process.

Diversity’s Terry Smith is dancing on air after graduating according to a feature in Kent Messenger’s Education Training & Childcare supplement.

Plumbing & Heating Engineering said that John Griggs who helped set up the university’s Public Health Engineering degree is joining the Institute of Plumbing as Principal Technical Officer.

PowderandBulk .com reported on the donation of a Vortex Roller Gate valve by Vortex Valves. The equipment will measure the conveying properties of a wide range of powders on a pneumatic conveying test rig.

Three MSc Environmental Conservation students are going to Australia to take part in an exciting project using Charles Darwin’s science according to Biggin Hill News, Bromley News, Kent on Sunday, KM Extra, Your Medway and Medway Messenger.

According to a feature in Kent Messenger’s Education Training & Childcare supplement.

Geoff Wiles 65 who ran a cycle shop in Medway is now studying Sports Science. This appeared in the Medway Messenger, Kent Messenger, Faversham News, Herne Bay Gazette, Kentish Gazette (several editions), Sheerness Times Guardian, Kentish Express (several editions), and Gravesend Messenger.

Medway News reported that a pioneering academic partnership led to nine biotechnology students from Egypt spending three weeks in the school.

Kent Business reported that the school had appointed nine specialist science research staff.

Biomedical Science graduate, Damilvany Gnanakumar, gave her impressions from working as a volunteer amongst the Tamils in Sri Lanka during the government offensive against the Tamil Tigers according to the Guardian, Channel 4 News and CNN Today.

Student Elliot Payne is one of the trainers at the Excite Soccer School according to the KM Extra (Isle of Thanet).

In Practice (Ecology & Environmental Management) had a review of biodiversity data and information by Debbie Bartlett, Senior Lecturer in Environmental Conservation.

Sunil Patel, Pharmaceutical Science MSc graduate, has started work as Research Scientist at Advanced Healthcare according to Dental Trader.

Charlene Hoad who graduated with a First Class degree received an Institute of Biomedical Science President’s Prize according to Biomedical Science.

Food Manufacture cited the support that Greenwich provided to Fudge Kitchen as an example of the new Graduate Talent Pool.

The SEEDA publication Think Innovation had a case study about Greenwich spin-out company Toximet securing £665,000 funding from the South East Seed Fund managed by Finance South East.

Farm Week said that NRI is running the Cassava Adding Value (CVA) project funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.

Nigerian based website This Day reported on an awareness programme for bakers to demonstrate the use of cassava flour led by NRI and sponsored by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.

Your Medway reported that the university was holding an open day at all three campuses including Medway.

Medway Messenger and Medway News gave advanced publicity to a Pembroke lecture about Crop Circles.

Your Medway reported that Greenwich and other universities and colleges in Kent are launching a joint travel initiative and car sharing website called 5SHARE.

Some of the flats in the University of Kent’s ‘student quarters’ at Victory Pier in Gillingham will be used by Greenwich students according to Medway Messenger.

Medway News reported that the University of Greenwich commemorated the aerial bombing of the Drill Hall in 1917. At the ceremony member of staff Neil Saunders read his poem, The Clock Just Froze.

According to KM Extra and Medway Messenger Greenwich has invested in a fleet of electric vehicles at the Medway campus.

Medway Messenger reported on the Freshers’ Fair at the campus.

Kent Messenger and Kentish Gazette publicised the University Centre Folkestone.

Frontrunner XT matting has been installed at the entrance to UCF according to DABS.

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