What the papers say September 2007
General university news
(Individual campus news follows below)
Articles in the Guardian and Times Higher Education Supplement about the new President of Universities UK said that Professor Rick Trainor was the former Vice-Chancellor of Greenwich.
http://education.guardian.co.uk/higher/news/story/0,,2166254,00.html
“You could say that our bursary is built in…..However on top of that we also give £500 to all students who qualify for an element of the means tested grant.” Said Lorri Currie, Head of Student Finance, in an article about student bursaries in the Independent. The article was accompanied by a large photo of two students at the Greenwich campus.
http://news.independent.co.uk/education/higher/article2999534.ece
The Daily Mail reported Natasha Bedingfield as saying that, ‘her reason for studying psychology at the University of Greenwich was to add depth to her song lyrics.
'I wanted to write about relationships,' she says. 'But I didn't feel I had the experience to sing about them in a deep way. Studying psychology helped me out in terms of my understanding. I still look through my old textbooks when I'm in need of inspiration.'
The Times and Independent reported that it was the Vice-Chancellor’s birthday at the end of the month.
The award of an honorary degree to Annette Doherty, Director of Pfizer’s Laboratories, by Greenwich was reported by Kent Business.
Kent Director reported that new research from Greenwich reveals that many A-level students are misinformed about university tuition fees.
The Folkestone Herald said that the University Centre Folkestone was being jointly run by Greenwich and Canterbury Christ Church. The Kentish Express and Folkestone Herald publicised an Open Day at the centre.
Kent Life reported that new students will be arriving at the University Centre Folkestone which is jointly run by Greenwich and Canterbury Christ Church this month.
Andy Jackson who graduated from Greenwich in 2005 is a photographer who is one of a group of artists exhibiting at the Signals 5 Art Festival in Crystal Palace according to the Streatham, Clapham and Dulwich Post.
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 zdnet.co.uk and the egov website.
http://news.zdnet.co.uk/itmanagement/0,1000000308,39289407,00.htm
According to the Herne Bay Gazette and Canterbury Extra aspiring model and former Herne Bay High pupil, Amy Bryce, is about to study an HND in Animal Science hopes to eventually study at Greenwich.
The Wharf reported that ‘An amazing resource with the talents of 10,000 and 80,000 students is available to businesses in Docklands’. Tex Dunstan from Greenwich, who is a business advisor for the KnowledgeEast consortium arranged for a student from the University of East London to give an IT and design makeover to virtual golf company, City Bunker.
The Sevenoaks Chronicle and Kent & Sussex Courier reported on the graduation ceremony for K College, mentioning their partnership with Greenwich.
An article in Building magazine about Roger de Haan’s vision for Folkestone mentioned the University Centre Folkestone.
Greenwich
Business
Jessica Randal from the Cayman Islands is currently on a government scholarship at Greenwich studying in Advertising and Marketing Communication according to Cayman Net News.
http://caymannetnews.com/news-1876--2-2--.html
Computing & Mathematical Sciences
Professor Ed Galea gave a series of interviews about the plane crash in Phuket, Thailand including BBC News 24 and BBC World TV, together with the following radio stations BBC 5, BBC Midlands, BBC Scotland, BBC Bristol, BBC Southern Counties, BBC Cambridgeshire, BBC Derby, BBC Southern Counties (Sussex Drive), BBC Merseyside and BBC Southern Counties Morning Show.
Education & Training
Phil Cross who is Headmaster at Hurlingham and Chelsea School has had great success taking it out of trouble, he's doing a doctorate in the subject at Greenwich according to The Independent.
http://education.independent.co.uk/schools/article2954262.ece
The US based University of Cortland website said that Visiting Professor Vincent O’Brien who was giving a lecture there has a post-graduate certificate in education from Greenwich.
http://www.cortland.edu/news/article.asp?ID=428
Humanities
Alev Adil, Head of Department of Creative & Critical Studies, reviewed Other Colours by Turkish Nobel Laureate novelist, Orhan Pamuk in the Independent.
Avery Hill
Architecture & Construction
Architecture graduate, Mark Hadfield, has been appointed Insights & Inspirations Planner at Liquid Communications according to Creative Match online.
http://www.creativematch.co.uk/viewNews/?94693
Claudine Blamey, Director of Corporate Responsibility at British Land, and an Environmental Control graduate, is addressing the Green Construction Summit according to Construction News. She is also Chairwoman of the UK Green Building Council’s policy and communications committee and a board member of the Corporate Responsibility Group.
Alan Powers, Reader in Architecture & Cultural History reviewed a book on Sir Ninian Comper, architect and designer, in Apollo magazine.
John Oduegwu, Quantity Surveying graduate, was profiled in Contract Journal as part of an article about attracting more graduates into the construction industry.
Education & Training
The Guardian published an obituary for Muriel George who trained at Avery Hill and was inspirational teacher in Liverpool and then Dorking.
The Camden Journal reviewed Patrick Ainley’s book Education makes you fick, innit?
Geoff Stanton, Visiting Research Fellow, had a letter published in the Guardian criticising the lack of funding for FE Colleges.
Health & Social Care
Professor Ros Corney spoke about the growing problem of women gamblers on BBC Radio 4’s Woman’s Hour. The interview was publicised on the I want to stop gambling website.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/womanshour/01/2007_38_wed.shtml
The Royal College of Nursing and Greenwich are launching a two-module distance learning course for practice nurses interested in starting pre-conception clinics according to the Healthcarerepublic.com website.
The government has done much to raise the profile of sexual health but more can be done, says David Evans, Greenwich doctoral research student in education (EdD) on the Healthcarerepublic.com website.
http://www.healthcarerepublic.com/news/opinion/734907/done-stem-rise-STIs/
The Nursing Times, Medway News, Medway Messenger and Greenwich Mercury reported on the launch of the Graduate Diploma in Aesthetic Medicine.
Medway
School of Engineering
A top executive from US based Cummins Power Generation praised the schools Electrical Engineering degree during a visit according to the Medway Messenger, Kentish Saturday Observer and Kent on Sunday.
According to Solids & Bulk Handling magazine and Powderandbulk website the Wolfson Centre has taken delivery of a new test rig to improve the filling efficiency of road and railway tankers.
http://www.powderandbulk.com/pb_services/news_center/publish/article_001602.shtml
School of Science
Pat Harvey appeared on More4 News during a report on protests in Italy about huge increases in pasta prices following rocketing wheat prices. She pointed out that the planned increase in bio-fuels will inevitably have an effect on food prices.
The Greenwich & Charlton News Shopper, Medway Messenger, Kentish Saturday Observer and Kent on Sunday 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.
John Green from Harvey Grammar School for Boys is planning to study Sports Science at Greenwich according to the Folkestone Herald.
The Southend Evening Echo and Thurrock Gazette reported that Mark Couldridge who is in his third year of a Geography degree at Greenwich is one half of the UK’s first test tube twins.
According to the Ugandan based website Monitor Dr Sendagire, a lecturer of Microbiology at Makerere University Medical School, recently been awarded a PhD previously studied for a Masters Degree in Clinical Chemistry at Greenwich.
http://www.monitor.co.ug/news/news09284.php
Natural Resources Institute
Peter Burt was interviewed on Invicta FM about the collaboration with the new Kebbi State University in Nigeria. The project included 32 students studying at the campus according to the Medway News.
A recent NRI survey showed that many seafood companies in Vietnam already have brand names and were unwilling to change their names according to the Vietnam News website. Vietnam is building strategies to develop brand names for its major seafood products, such as shrimp, catfish, tuna and pangasius, according to a government official.
http://vietnamnews.vnagency.com.vn/showarticle.php?num=02BUS130907
General campus news
Young people in care had a taste of higher education in a three day course organised at the campus by Will Calver according to the KM Extra, Kentish Saturday Observer and Kent on Sunday.
Local sixth-form pupils were given a glimpse into higher education through a series of campus visits according to the Medway Messenger.
The history of the Victoria Cross is the subject of the latest Pembroke lecture according to the Medway Messenger (twice) and Medway News.
The campus hosted a crisis meeting over Medway’s development plans according to the Medway Messenger.
Kent Family History Society are organising a conference at the campus according to the Peninsula Times magazine.
The Medway Messenger reported that the summer play scheme at the campus had again been a great success.
According to Your Medway and Medway News 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 approaching 50 per cent capacity.
South East Business said that Greenwich is supporting teaching at the Kent Science Resource Centre.
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