What the Papers Say July 2009
General university news
(Individual campus news follows below)
Building Design reported that David Chipperfield, Bennetts Associates and Rafael Viñoly have been shortlisted to design the new £60 million architecture school and library in Greenwich. The seven-strong shortlist was selected from a total of 78 entries and also includes Allies & Morrison, Irish practice Heneghan Peng, Schmidt Hammer Lassen from Denmark and Wilkinson Eyre. According to Architects’ Journal seven big names have been shortlisted to design Greenwich’s £60 million school of architecture. Greenwich magazine also reported on the plans.
Tessa Blackstone attended the Thanksgiving Service for Lord Dearing according to the Times.
Meridian gave advance publicity to Greenwich’s Clearing operation and advice on how to approach it.
The front page of the Greenwich Mercury had a photo of students from Negus Sixth Form Centre in Plumstead and student ambassador Ben Smith at a Greenwich Summer School.
Tim Gore praised the Yash Pal Committee report on Indian universities in Times Higher Education.
Times Higher Education, Medway Messenger, KM Extra, and Kent Messenger reported that Greenwich had appointed Professor Neil Garrod and Professor Simon Jarvis as new Deputy Vice-Chancellors.
A review of folk rock band Hunter Muskett in Record Collector reported that their origins were at Avery Hill Teacher Training College.
The Sri Lankan based Sunday Times had a profile about the University of Greenwich.
TV presenter Terry Christian explained that he moved away from home to study at Greenwich in a story about whether stay at home university students have a less satisfactory experience on a Channel 5.
Beverley Woodhams, Head of Recruitment gave Clearing advice in Meridian magazine. There was also a photo of Humanities student Christine Downes.
According to IsleofMan.com the new manager of the Isle of Man Education’s Career Guidance Service, Andrew McKinley, worked for four years as Roman Catholic Chaplain at Greenwich.
Greenwich
Business
Greenwich Mercury and Docklands reported that Ike Ezekwugo, a member of Britain’s Got Talent winners Diversity, graduated from Greenwich with a degree in Human Resource Management. He was joined after the ceremony by seven other members of Diversity at the campus.
According to Canadian based website Report on Business and the Toronto Globe & Mail Stephen Thomas, Professor of Energy Studies argued that the suspension of Ontario’s nuclear power plan places a question mark over Atomic Energy of Canada.
Transport Salaried Staffs' Association (TSSA) Journal reported that Jane Lethbridge from the Public Services International Research Unit looked at the effects of privatisation and deregulation on public services at the TSSA conference.
In an interview on BBC Radio 4, BBC World Service and on the BBC News website Stephen Thomas, Professor of Energy Policy, said that the new nuclear reactor in Finland was dramatically over budget and behind in construction time.
According to the Huffington Post Stephen Thomas argued that to duplicate the French model in the United States they would have to nationalise all the electric utilities and have all new power station locations emanate from the White House.
Business Studies graduate Jolyon Nash has been appointed Director of Sales & Marketing at Rolls Royce Motor Cars according to Motor Trader, Brighton Argus and German based Presse Box website.
According to Nuclear Engineering International Stephen Thomas said that French energy company EDF is ‘still angling for government support after buying British Energy’.
Personnel Today interviewed five Greenwich students who were about to graduate with Human Resources degrees. (Matthew Bunyan, Dan Quinlan, Ashley Austen, Amit Karwal, and Charley Steele).
According to the Morning Star a PSIRU report said that the government wrote off pre-privatisation debts of around £5bn.
Computing & Mathematical Sciences
According to the BBC website, the Independent, BBC Radio Wales and the New Zealand Herald Professor Ed Galea said that there should no reason why a child should survive a plane crash than an adult in relation to the Yemeni aircraft crash. It could be the reporting of these survivals make them appear more prominent.
The Abu Dhabi based The National reported that Greenwich research shows that life-threatening accidents only occur once every 5.7 million departures.
Research by Professor Ed Galea and his group show that you can increase your chance of escaping in a survivable air crash by sitting within five rows of an exit according to the New York based Huffington Post.
According to Loaded Tony Mann, Head of Mathematics, predicted that Manchester United will win the Premiership based on past form, quality of manager, money spent, and history of fortunate refereeing decisions.
The Council of Professors and Heads of Computing have elected Head of School Liz Bacon as their new Chair according to Times Higher Education.
In a story about the tower block fire in Camberwell on BBC London News, Professor Ed Galea said that the basic fire principle in this type of building is defend in place rather than evacuate.
Humanities & Social Sciences
On the BBC Radio 4 programme Thinking Allowed it was mentioned that Greenwich have a Professor of Romani Studies.
Greenwich Maritime Institute
Fishing News reviewed a new book by Research Fellow Martin Wilcox titled Fishing & Fishermen – A guide for family historians.
General campus news
According to a Daily Telegraph article about Great Walks around London the occupants of the Old Royal Naval College are the University of Greenwich and Trinity College of Music.
Meridian reported that the new King William Restaurant is in ‘the west wing of the Greenwich University building (originally Wren’s Greenwich Hospital) below the famous Painted Hall…’
According to Meridian, ‘you can look through the eyes of Caneletto at the breathtaking view of the Old Royal Naval College, now the University of Greenwich and Trinity College of Music.’
The Friends of Greenwich Park newsletter reported that the new Chairman of the Friends, Dr Brendan Hicks, loves living in Greenwich due to ‘The combination of the Thames, Greenwich Park andf Greenwich itself, now blossoming with the arrival of the University and the DLR, make it a vibrant and immensely attractive place to be.’
Pupils from South Rise Primary School in Plumstead held an awards ceremony at the University of Greenwich according to BBC Radio London, Greenwich Mercury and Greenwich Time (Greenwich Council newspaper).
The campus hosted the Tsu’ Chu Biz business challenge according to the Newham Recorder and Stratford & Newham Express. The competition is designed to bring out the entrepreneur in 14-19 year olds and was won by pupils from Forest Gate Community School.
The focus of Tony Lord’s regular feature on local history in the Greenwich Mercury was prompted by one of the endowment plaques in the Dreadnought Library which was dedicated to Sub Lieutenant Basil Wilson Smyth who died at Gallipoli.
Avery Hill
Architecture & Construction
FM World profiled Facilities Management graduate Simon Moxley who is Senior Facilities Manager at Knight Frank.
Architects’ Journal included a review by Tim Wolfe-Murray, diploma tutor, of the degree show of the Kent School of Architecture at the University of Kent.
Diploma students have contributed to an exhibition by the Twentieth Century Society about the threatened Robin Hood Gardens estate according to the Londonist.
Ed Frith reviewed Student exhibitions in Architects Journal.
According to the Eastern Daily Press, Nick Bailey, Head Gardener at the Wicken, is a Greenwich graduate.
According to Environmental Health News lecturer Jill Knight ‘epitomises the advance of women EHPs in creating a valuable evidence database for public health practitioners.’
Environmental Health News reported that Louise Connoly has been awarded the EHRB Certificate of Registration.
Alan Powers argued in the Guardian that Robin Hood Gardens in Poplar should be listed.
Zairul Musa, Facilities Management graduate, was the co-author of an article titled Defining facilities management service delivery in UK shopping centres in the Journal of Retail & Leisure Property.
Education & Training
Your Deal reported that Chris Philpott, former Folkestone teacher and member of the Betteshanger Colliery Brass Band, has been appointed Head of the School of Education & Training.
According to the Essex County Standard Chris Philpott presented post-graduate certificates of education to teachers from the Colchester Teacher Training Consortium.
The Sun gave the example of Catherine Doyle who quit her job as a city analyst to study for the Early Learning Professional Status course at Greenwich.
Professor Ian McNay had a letter published in the London Evening Standard about the perpetuation of elitism in education and the professions.
Health & Social Care
According to the Doncaster Star and Sheffield Star national trainer and author Ruth Adams recently completed an MA in Adoption and Family Futures at Greenwich. She is the co-founder of Keep Your Fork training business working in schools.
Nursing Standard publicised the Graduate Diploma in Aesthetic Medicine.
Visiting Professor M A Crook had an article published in the British Journal of Hospital Medicine titled Serum or plasma urea and electrolytes.
Harry Chummun had an article published in the British Journal of Nursing titled Hypertension – a contemporary approach to nursing care.
Kent on Sunday reported that breastfeeding benefits are being promoted to mums in Gravesend by student midwife Karen Younes.
Kerri Wright, Senior Lecturer in Primary Care had an article published in the British Journal of Nursing titled Resources to help solve drug calculation problems.
Harry Chummun, Senior lecturer, had an article published in the British Journal of Nursing titled Reducing the incidence of coronary heart disease.
General campus news
Greenwich Mercury reported on work to restore the Winter Gardens.
A profile about Eltham in Meridian mentioned the Avery Hill campus.
Medway
School of Engineering
Times Higher Education reported on the appointment of Amir Alani as the first Rochester Bridge Trust Professor.
Engineering and construction students from Greenwich were among those that gained hands-on building experience at the Olympic Park construction site according to The Career Engineer and 4NI websites.
Mike Sharp has been awarded a National Teaching Fellowship from the Higher Education Academy according to Medway Messenger.
School of Science
According to the Local Government Chronicle former member of staff Gesche Schmid has joined the Local Government Association’s analysis & research unit as the lead geographical information policy expert.
Geology graduate Dan Vockins is taking part in an expedition led by Colonel John Blashford-Snell to the relatively unexplored Lake Roja Aguado area of Bolivia reported the Dorset Echo.
Medway Messenger and Medway News publicised a free lecture on the fight against polio at the end of the month.
According to Group Travel Organiser Mary Sewell, Masters graduate and Senior Tourism Officer for Medway Council, received an Outstanding Contribution to Group Travel award at the 2009 Group Travel Awards.
Ismail Jama, Biomedical Science graduate and Community Health Trainer at Greenwich Council, was the focus of the Me & my borough feature in Greenwich Time (Greenwich Council newspaper).
Natural Resources Institute
Horticulture Week reported that among the projects featured at the Fruit Focus exhibition at East Malling Research Centre (EMR) is the use of the raspberry cane midge sex pheromone for pest control. The pheromone was discovered at NRI and EMR.
According to Fresh Produce Journal attractant technology is helping soft-fruit growers reduce pesticides, thanks to a Scottish Crop Research Institute project in partnerships with NRI, East Malling Research and ADAS.
Fresh Produce Journal reported that part of Professor Jerry Cross’s programme during tours of East Malling Research (EMR) is the SPLAT formulation method for raspberry cane midge sex pheromone identified by NRI and EMR, for mating disruption.
Medway Messenger and Kent on Sunday gave advance publicity to the Professorial lecture by UN and World Bank adviser, Professor Anthony Youdeowei.
Horticulture Week reported that East Malling Research (EMR) is working with the University of Greenwich to pool resources in an article about the retirement of David Johnson, agronomist and post-harvest physiologist at EMR.
General campus news
Kent & Sussex Courier reported that Andrew Metcalf, Director of Maxim PR, has been appointed Vice-Chairman of the Institute of Directors in Kent. Maxim do some PR work for Greenwich particularly in Medway and Kent.
Greenwich is a new sponsor of the Swale Business Awards according to the East Kent Gazette and Sheppey Gazette.
Falklands hero Simon Weston will be the guest speaker at the annual meeting of Medway’s largest landlord, MHS Homes, in the Ward Room according to the Medway Messenger.
Medway Messenger publicised an event in the ‘Pilkington Building, University of Greenwich’ for elderly people with disabilities or special needs to find out about the services that are available to them.
Greg McKenzie, BBC Radio One entertainment reporter gave an inspirational talk to young people who have been in care according to Kent on Sunday.
A profile on Cai Robbins of UMSA (Universities of Medway Students’ Association) in Your Medway had several references to Greenwich.
University of Kent students based at the new Victory Pier development in the Liberty Quays halls will rub shoulders with University of Greenwich and Canterbury Christ Church undergraduates according to Kent Messenger.
Greenwich is part of the HEFCE funded Business First partnership according to Faversham News.
University Centre Folkestone
Kentish Gazette and the Kentish Express gave advance publicity to a lecture by Tracey McRobert titled Bringing Higher Education to Local People.
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