What the papers say October 2007
General university news
(Individual campus news follows below)
The Prime Minister, the Rt Hon Gordon Brown MP, made his first major speech on education at the University of Greenwich. He was joined on the Greenwich Campus by the Secretary of State for Children, Schools & Families, Ed Balls MP, at an event hosted by Tessa Blackstone, Vice-Chancellor.
Coverage of the speech began beforehand on BBC Radio 4’s Today programme. Sky News and BBC News 24 broadcast live from the event. Channel 4 News, the Evening Standard, London Paper, together with the Press Association, This is Worcestershire, Lancashire Evening Telegraph, and SFS (insurer for independent education) websites covered the speech later that day.
The story also appeared the following day (November 1) in the Sun, Daily Mirror, Daily Mail, Daily Telegraph, Daily Express, Guardian, Independent, Yorkshire Post, Western Morning Post, Northern Echo, Leicester Mercury, Hull Daily Mail, Birmingham Post, Worcester News, ATL (Trade Union) and In the news website.
http://politics.guardian.co.uk/publicservices/story/0,,2202804,00.html
http://education.guardian.co.uk/policy/story/0,,2202245,00.html
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/article412520.ece
http://ukpress.google.com/article/ALeqM5jglBXCoCpIUnwl046bBEWh0Kbtsg
http://www.worcesternews.co.uk/display.var.1799154.0.failing_schools_no_longer_tolerated.php
http://www.inthenews.co.uk/news/politics/politics/brown-plans-school-crackdown-$1159169.htm
http://news.independent.co.uk/education/education_news/article3115527.ece
The main text and a video recording of the PM's speech is online on the Number 10 web site:
www.number-10.gov.uk/output/Page13664.asp
The Vice-Chancellor, Tessa Blackstone, appeared on BBC Radio 4's education Magazine programme, The Learning Curve. She took part in a live debate with Professor Robert Naylor, University of Bradford, about his new book, Whose Degree Is It Anyway?: Why, How and Where Universities Are Failing Our Students.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/factual/learningcurve.shtml
Tessa Blackstone appeared in the Education section of ‘the 1000 London’s Most Influential People 2007’ list published by the Evening Standard.
According to the Times and the Monster & Critics website Natasha Bedingfield left her Psychology degree at Greenwich to begin her music career.
http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/music/article2582102.ece
http://people.monstersandcritics.com/news/article_1363153.php/Natasha_Bedingfields_rehab_calling
The Mail on Sunday speaking about developments in Folkestone reported about ‘(Roger) De Haan’s attempt to stop the ‘brain drain’ from Folkestone by opening a branch of the University of Greenwich.
John Humphreys, Pro Vice-Chancellor (Research & Enterprise), argued that the West should help African universities not only offer degrees but also cut poverty in an article in the Times Higher Education Supplement.
An obituary in the Guardian for James Harding, a writer and broadcaster who specialised in music and theatre, said that he taught French at Greenwich for 15 years.
South East Business reported that new research from Greenwich reveals that many A-level students are misinformed about university tuition fees.
Estates Gazette said that the University Centre Folkestone was being jointly run by Greenwich and Canterbury Christ Church.
Greenwich is, together with the BBC, Cisco, Apple, Accenture and John Lewis, taking part in an initiative called ‘Revitalise IT’ which aims to encourage more young people into the UK technology industry according to Retail Week and the News Shopper.
Kentish Saturday Observer, Kent on Sunday, Faversham Times and Business Network Review said that Greenwich is supporting teaching at the Kent Science Resource Centre.
Tony Theobald, Transport Manager, answered in Fleet News about the duty of care by an employer in respect of company cars.
According to Lessors.com Greenwich graduate John Evans Key Equipment Finance, one of the US's largest finance companies announced the appointment of John Evans to executive vice president and managing director of international operations.
http://www.lessors.com/allnews-071027.html
According to the News Shopper student Adam Brett received an award for his outstanding individual contribution to the Aimhigher programme.
Greenwich awarded a prize at the Newham Sixth Form College Awards ceremony according to the Newham Recorder and Newham magazine.
The Waltham Forest Guardian reported that Greenwich was among the universities supporting the annual Higher Education Fair.
Greenwich
Business
According to the Chard & Ilminster News Steve Thomas was part of a panel of experts at a one-day seminar exploring nuclear power generation organised by
the Royal Society of Arts at Dillington House.
The US based YubaNet.com quoted research titled Problems with private water concessions: a review of experience by the Public Services International Research Unit in coverage of a campaign calling on people to choose public tap over bottled water.
http://www.yubanet.com/artman/publish/article_67633.shtml
Computing & Mathematical Sciences
Paula Erbsland explained in the Guide that after 13 plus years in finance and banking she wanted a change and thanks to her course at Greenwich she is looking forward to new opportunities.
Humanities
Jane Longmore has been appointed Pro Vice-Chancellor Academic at Southampton Solent University according to the Times Higher Education Supplement.
People starting their own business in fields like music, art, media and design are finding success with the Upstart programme at Greenwich according to the Bexley Times and News Shopper. The paper quoted the example of art gallery ‘Bearspace’ in Deptford.
Sarah Greer had an article about how courts interpret exceptional circumstances in bankruptcy cases published in the New Law Journal.
According to the Medway Messenger more than 50 local history enthusiasts gathered at the Medway campus to celebrate the history of the Lower Medway Valley project led by Dr Andrew Hann.
General campus news
The Guardian published an obituary for Jules de Goede who was a past exhibitor in the Stephen Lawrence Gallery.
A contract to provide internet access to students residents of the Rachel McMillan Hall of Residence was the big break for Mark Burchfield of Cablecom according to the Daily Telegraph.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/main.jhtml?xml=/money/2007/11/01/cmbestdeal.xml
The News Shopper and Docklands magazine had an article and photo about the Making Memories Matter exhibition in the Stephen Lawrence Gallery.
According to the 24 hour museum website Greenwich began teaching at the Old Royal Naval College site in 1999.
http://www.24hourmuseum.org.uk/museum/AM23467.html
Avery Hill
Architecture & Construction
The Sunday Times had an article on Charles Brooking and the Brooking collection.
Alan Powers described Machan house in Cornwall, which is owned by a British born US businessman, in the New York Times as fitting ‘into the broad category of Art Deco’.
Education & Training
Farmers Weekly reported that Caroline Cavill, one of their Faces of the Future, completed a postgraduate certificate in education at Greenwich.
Health & Social Care
The News Shopper reported on the launch of the Graduate Diploma in Aesthetic Medicine.
According to the Chester Chronicle and Flintshire Chronicle, Michelle Irving from Chester Image Clinic and one of the advisers on the Aesthetic Medicine course, graduated as a Nurse Independent Prescriber from the University of Chester.
According to the Medway Messenger, Bromley Times and igamingbusiness.com Professor Ros Corney is carrying our research into problem internet gambling among women.
http://www.igamingbusiness.com/article-detail.php?articleID=14940
Cherill Scott reviewed Many Rivers to Cross – The history of the Caribbean contribution to the NHS in the Nursing Standard.
Medway
School of Engineering
Invicta Radio interviewed Alec Coutroubis about his research showing that Kent had enough sun to make solar power practical for home use.
The Medway Messenger publicised the inaugural lecture by Professor James Gao, Medway Chair of Manufacturing Engineering.
Among the highlights of a PowdermatriX, a network of over 200 organisations for particulate engineering, conference were guidelines proposed by University of Greenwich for equipment design for powder handling and delivery to the press shoe to minimise chemical segregation effects.
http://www.azom.com/details.asp?newsID=10270
A top executive from US based Cummins Power Generation praised the schools Electrical Engineering degree during a visit according to Kent Director.
The school celebrated the 10th anniversary of its arrival in Medway according to the Medway Messenger.
School of Science
The Greenwich & Charlton News Shopper, Medway Messenger, Kentish Saturday Observer, Kent on Sunday and Your County website reported on the success of Biosciences student, George Newman, at the World Transplant Games in Bangkok. George won four gold medals, two silvers and was part of the Men’s Relay Medley team which set a new world record.
http://www.yourcounty.co.uk/sport/georgenewman021007s3s3.html
Natural Resources Institute
‘No flies on top research’ and ‘Killer fly research puts Kent on the Science map’. Your Medway, Kentish Saturday Observer, Kent on Sunday, Medway Messenger and Medway Extra reported on the nomination of Steve Torr’s tsetse research for the Times Higher Educational Supplement Research Project of the Year. The story also prompted praise in the letter column of Your Medway.
Peter Burt, biometeorologist and environmental science lecturer, looked at some of the issues regarding power generation in the Medway News following controversy over a possible new local coal-fired power station.
According to the Medway Standard, Medway News,and Medway Messenger Professor John Morton contributed to the work of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change which has just been jointly awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. He was one of the 450 lead authors of their fourth report.
Medway Messenger reported that NRI were helping establish a new university in Nigeria. The project included 32 students from Kebbi State University studying at the campus according to the Medway News.
General campus news
The Universities at Medway campus was highly commended in the Heritage led Project of the Year category at the Regeneration & Renewal Awards according to the Medway Standard.
According to KM Extra the Medway Innovation Centre on Rochester Industrial Estate, which is a joint venture with BAe Systems, Royal Bank of Scotland, Medway Council and the University of Kent, is enjoying great success.
A new short course centre has opened at the campus according to the Medway Messenger and KM Extra.
The Medway Messenger publicised the campus Open Day.
Local sixth-form pupils were given a glimpse into higher education through a series of campus visits according to the Medway News.
According to the Medway Messenger more than 50 local history enthusiasts gathered at the Medway campus to celebrate the history of the Lower Medway Valley project led by Dr Andrew Hann.
The Sevenoaks Chronicle reported that Year 12 from Wrotham School attended a Consortium Sixth Form Conference at the campus.
According Your Medway Greenwich is leading a new alliance in Medway to improve care for black and ethnic minority residents.
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 or the Scotsman 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.
http://www.greenwich.ac.uk/lib/products/az.html