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The University of Essex in the Press
August 2012
Friday 31 August
Black Caribbean workers 'earned more per hour
than whites before recession'
Black Caribbean workers received the biggest pay rises on average
during the pre-recession boom years, earning more per hour than
their white peers by 2008, according to new research. Researchers
from the University of Essex say that although the gap between the
hourly pay of white people and those from ethnic minorities as a
whole more than doubled in the 15 years to 2008, there were marked
differences between groups. Read full article
here.
Guardian
First at the uni
The University of Essex is offering a pioneering online introductory
course in psychotherapy. It is the first course of its kind run only
through the web with lectures and live question and answer sessions
being conducted over the internet.
Essex County Standard
Help us to dig up our history
Budding archaeologists are helping to uncover the foundations of a
mansion which was demolished more than 60 years ago. Marks Hall,
near Coggeshall, invited history lovers to take part in two
community days hosted by the Colchester Archaeological Group. The
day, supported by a University of Essex Knowledge Exchange
Partnership and the Marks Hall Estate, was held as part of a £75,000
project to uncover the history of the site, which is being carried
out by the university’s history department.
Gazette
Gaining a competitive edge
An inspiring collaboration between industry and education has
resulted in the Edge Hotel School, a unique approach to management
training. Ben Walker reports.
Hospitality Magazine
Thursday 30 August
University’s £250k for bike path
The University of Essex has
signed a deal pledging £250,000 for a cycle path between Wivenhoe
and it's campus. The
legal agreement with Colchester Council and Essex County Council is
part of the planning permission for a multi-storey car park at the
university. Councillors agreed in May
the car park could go ahead in principle, provided the university's
travel plan was reviewed and the cash agreement reached.
Gazette
Justice events at the
University of Essex
The public are invited to a series of events
exploring how countries transform from dictatorship to democracy.
The Essex Transitional Justice Network, based at Essex University,
kicks off a week of events with a two day seminar on Saturday
September 8 and Sunday September 9. A summer school then follows
from Monday to Wednesday at the Wivenhoe campus on ‘Understanding
the Economic and Social Dimensions of Transitional Justice’ with key
experts from different parts of the world debating various themes.
The week ends with an international conference at Firstsite on
Thursday and Friday, organised by Lorna McGregor and Dr Clara
Sandoval of the university’s law school. The conference will
consider some of the most important cases to date in Peru, East
Timor, Colombia and Chile.
Gazette- Online
Students will learn on job at hotel in Wivenhoe
House
A new era has begun for Wivenhoe House, as it re-launches as the
pioneering Edge Hotel School. The Grade II listed, 18th-century
country house has undergone a multi-million pound restoration and
after initial trial runs with undergraduate families and honorary
graduates during the ceremony season, it is now opening to paying
customers. Already firmly ensconced within its beautiful
surroundings are the first intake of students, who in two years’
time will emerge with a BA Hons Degree in hotel management, with a
second tranche having just completed their inductions ready to get
started. The Edge Hotel School is the UK’s first teaching
establishment of its kind based in a fully operational hotel. It is
therefore hoped it will become the training ground for the next
generation of hotel industry leaders. The students will be involved
in putting on functions, as well as looking after paying guests. The
hotel’s first wedding is set to take place next month.
Gazette- Online
Wednesday 29 August
Don’t pay polluters
The UN’s Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) pays large sums to
coolant manufacturers in India, China and elsewhere to destroy the
waste gas HFC-23 they produce. Unfortunately paying firms not to
pollute gives rise to a perverse incentive. A firm that threatens to
pollute more gets paid more. So manufacturers have upped their
production of the refrigerants (themselves greenhouse gases, albeit
less potent ones), in order to produce more HFC-23, so they can then
get paid to destroy it. According to University of Essex academic
Siddhartha Dabhi, climate policy should consider the local effects
of co-pollutants, and be designed with an eye on securing health
benefits, particularly in the places with heavy pollution burdens.
Read the full article
here.
Truth Out.org
Edge Hotel School – skills central
Elizabeth Mistry from Caterer and Hotelkeeper visits Wivenhoe House,
which has just reopened as the Edge Hotel School. Read the full
feature
here.
Caterer and Hotelkeeper.com
Tuesday 28 August
Students will learn on job at hotel in Wivenhoe House
A new era has begun for Wivenhoe House, as it re-launches as the
pioneering Edge Hotel School. The Grade II listed, 18th century
country house has undergone a multi-million pound restoration and
after initial trial runs with undergraduate families and honorary
graduates during the ceremony season, it is now opening to paying
customers. It is hoped it will become the training ground for the
next generation of hotel industry leaders and to that effect some of
the major names in the business are backing it, in the form of
scholarships and sponsored rooms, decorated and laid out exactly as
they would for their hotels. Alan Jenkins, principal of the school,
which will be run through a partnership between independent
educational charity the Edge Foundation, its academic partner
Kaplan, and the University of Essex, says it will give students a
huge head-start within the industry.
Gazette
Braintree: Budding archaeologists take part in dig at
site of demolished mansion
Budding archaeologists have been getting their hands dirty on the
site of a mansion that was demolished in 1950. Marks Hall, near
Coggeshall, invited people to take part in a community dig day
hosted by the University of Essex’s Howard Brooks and members of the
Colchester Archaeological Group. The full story will appear in next
week’s Braintree and Witham Times.
Braintree and Witham Times
Monday 27 August
Self-Help for Skeptics
Everyone has an optimistic and a
pessimistic circuit in their brain, says Elaine Fox, visiting
research professor at the University of Oxford, England, and
director of the Affective Neuroscience Laboratory in the Department
of Psychology at the University of Essex. Read full article
here.
Wall Street Journal Online
Wall Street Journal
Female Genital Mutilation: A
Crime Against Women
East 15 Acting
School graduate Yvonne Ossei writes about female genital mutilation.
Yvonne has written a play about the issue. Read
blog online.
Huffington Post
Geoffrey Crossick leaving University of
London to be director of Cultural Value Project
Geoffrey Crossick has stepped down as the vice chancellor of the
University of London in July and became the director of the Cultural
Value Project with the Arts & Humanities Research Council in
Britain. The project, aimed at advancing an understanding of the
economic value of the arts and creative industries, launched in
mid-July. Crossick previously served as the warden of Goldsmiths,
University of London, the chief executive of the Arts & Humanities
Research Board and the pro-vice-chancellor of academic development
at the University of Essex.
Art Newspaper
Fairytale unites disabled teens with
mainstream
East 15 graduates are working with
teenagers in Southend, including disabled students, to produce a
play. Theatre company Purple Goat includes directors Dylan Tate and
Jack Maurice. Read the article
here.
Echo
Saturday 25 August
Student rep jailed for raping teenager
The former president of a students' association has been jailed for
five years after he was convicted of raping a teenager . Basildon
Crown Court heard that Gibson Lusigi, 30, raped the girl at his flat
in the University of Essex's halls of residence in Southend.
Daily Telegraph
Friday 24 August
Public dig deep to support Marks Hall research
project
Peter Holmes talks to Professor James Raven about all the activities
linked to the major research project he is leading on uncovering the
heritage of Marks Hall.
Listen again on
iPlayer (interview starts after 34 minutes).
BBC Essex
Sloman’s vision was uni’s making
Sir Albert Sloman, the founding father of Essex University, had a
vision. A modern, international academic community with an emphasis
on research and a broad spectrum of studies. It was a dream he saw
become reality over his 25 years as the Wivenhoe campus's first and
longest-serving vice-chancellor. Sir Albert, who died last month
aged 91, set out his aims in the 1963 BBC Radio Reith Lectures. He
wanted Essex to blaze an innovative trail in the world of education.
Essex County Standard
More students apply to uni
Applications to study at the University of Essex have increased,
despite the advent of higher tuition fees. University clearing body
UCAS said the number of people applying to study at the university's
Colchester and Southend campuses had risen by 2.1 per cent over the
last year. Degree courses starting next month will be the first for
which £9,000 a year tuition fee charges, the maximum the Government
allows, apply. Nationally, the number of applications has fallen by
eight per cent.
Essex County Standard
Thursday 23 August
Writers are going wild about region's riches
East Anglia’s alluring landscape has inspired some of the UK’s
greatest nature writers – and with its subtle coastline, peaceful,
snaking estuaries, golden rippling reedbeds, the purple haze of its
heathlands and its wealth of woodland it is easy to see why. Indeed,
students are coming from around the world to the University of Essex
to discover East Anglia’s secrets. The course uses East Anglia to
introduce students to wild writing while developing their knowledge
of science, nature and literature, and how they interconnect across
the world. The MA Wild Writing: Literature and the Environment
programme began in October 2009 and is the product of an unusual
collaboration between the Department of Literature, Film, and
Theatre Studies and the School of Biological Sciences. You can read
the full article, with quotes from Dr. Susan Oliver, in the East
Anglian Daily Times digital reader
here.
East Anglian Daily Times
University place hopefuls up 2.2%
Applications to study at the University of Essex have increased,
despite the advent of higher tuition fees. University clearing body
UCAS said the number of people applying to study at the University's
Southend and Colchester campuses had risen by 2.1 over cent over
last year. Degree courses starting next month will be the first for
which £9000 a year tuition fee charges - the maximum the government
allows - apply. Nationally, the number of applications has reduced
by eight per cent.
Gazette
Essex County Standard
Wrap yourself up in Garland
The University of Essex’s emeritus professor of sociology, Ken
Plummer, has written a book review on How To Be Gay by David
M. Halperin, exploring gay culture. You can read it
here.
Times Higher Education
University of Essex launches online course
Working alongside Tavistock and Portman NHS
Foundation Trust the new course is aimed at those who want to
develop their skills in their current job or are thinking about
becoming fully-qualified counsellors and psychotherapists.
Introduction to Counselling and Psychotherapy
will be run completely online, beginning in November 2012, and is
thought to be the first course of its kind run only through the web.
Students will listen to and watch online
lectures and take part in live question and answer sessions over the
internet. Dan Roe, head of Remote
Learning for Essex University Online, said: “We are delighted to be
working with Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust and hope
that this will be the first of a number of courses that we will be
able to offer in partnership with them in the future."
Gazette - Online
Wednesday 22 August
Online learning opportunities
The University’s online learning facilities, Kaplan Online Learning,
were featured in the radio programme You and Yours, Value
in HE. You can listen
here.
BBC Radio 4
The only way is Essex as city housing provider
joins £70m university project
A low-cost housing provider based on Derby's Pride Park is part of a
consortium that will create and manage a £70 million student
accommodation development for the University of Essex. Derwent
Living has invested £2.3 million in student accommodation for the
University of Essex. It is scheduled to open in 2013 and will be
made up of 1,415 beds.
This is Derbyshire
Hole lotta fun with disc golf challenge
Competitors took over Essex University's campus last week as they
battled to be crowned Europe's best disc golfer. Seen as the St
Andrew's of the disc golf world, the 18-hole course around the
Wivenhoe Park site formed the backdrop to the 2012 European Disc
Gold Championships. A spokesman for the organisers said: "The
championships were held in Essex in 1982 and the Open Division
winner then was this year's tournament director, Charlie Mead. So,
for the 30th anniversary of the event, Charlie and the
championships' team designed a course which demanded the best from
all competitors and provided a challenge for us all." The university
has hosted seven world and European disc gold championships since
1982 as well as the British Open last year and has had its own team
since the late seventies.
Gazette
Tuesday 21 August
Sir Albert founded Essex Uni
Sir Albert Sloman, the founding father of Essex University, had a
vision: A modern, international academic community with an emphasis
on research and broad spectrum studies. It was a dream he saw become
reality over his 25 years as the Wivenhoe campus's first and longest
serving vice-chancellor. Sir Albert, who died last month aged 91,
set out his wide-ranging aims in the 1963 BBC radio Reith Lectures.
He wanted Essex to blaze an innovative trail in the world of
education.
Gazette
Essex County Standard
Derwent Living Commercial Ventures
supports affordable
housing plans
Housing provider Derwent Living has been appointed to provide
student accommodation to the University of Essex and as preferred
bidder for the University of Hertfordshire. Both schemes are a big
coup for Derwent Living which is continuing to grow its commercial
property portfolio in order to support the development of new
affordable housing. Derwent Living has been appointed by the
universities as part of the Uliving Consortium, a joint venture
between the housing provider and Bouygues Development, which aims to
develop on-campus student accommodation through design, build,
finance and operating contracts with British universities. Derwent
Living has invested a total of £2.3m and has also been appointed as
the facilities manager. The £70million accommodation at the
University of Essex which is due to open in 2013 will comprise 1,415
beds, which Derwent Living’s subsidiary Derwent FM will manage for a
period of 50 years.
Civic and Public Building Specifier
A global innovation ecosystem
Many readers will have seen BT’s Global Development Centre at
Adastral Park, near Ipswich. This is where the majority of BT’s own
researchers are based. What you may not realise is that there is
also a research and innovation network led from our region that
reaches right around the globe and feeds in to BT’s research.
Universities play a vital role for BT in many different ways. We
depend on them to train the next generation of inventors and
innovators. Universities also help challenge and extend BT’s own
thinking. Different perspectives on a problem can help us find
innovative ways to do things. The University of Essex is working
with BT on a project to investigate how improving the sound quality
of telephone calls can improve the effectiveness of phone
conversations. Researchers are investigating how customers react to
the better sound quality to help us develop more appealing services
for customers.
East Anglian Daily Times
University marches onwards
University Campus Suffolk was established five years ago with a
unique method of governance and a stunning home on Ipswich
Waterfront. Provost Professor Mike Saks talks to the East Anglian
Daily Times about the progress so far and his ambitious plans for
the future. UCS was formed through a unique partnership between its
parent universities, the University of East Anglia and the
University of Essex, which incidentally, have both been rated in the
Top 20 new universities by the Times Higher Education guide. Read
the full article in the business section of today’s EADT.
East Anglian Daily Times
Monday 20 August
Get more
money and happiness
The thrill of money does have side effects. Addiction, for instance.
The firm belief that you need to make just $50,000 more, $500,000
more. Five million more. For all the studies showing how money
motivates and builds confidence, other studies find that it deadens
charitable impulses, impairs social skills, and makes you less
likable. Upshot? The unchecked pursuit of money can freeze you out
of your own life. So how do you outwit money's allure and keep your
career on track? One hint comes from a 2010 University of
Pennsylvania study, which found that when people switched their
attention from money to time, they tended to pursue goals more
aligned with long-term happiness, such as hanging out with family
and friends. Philip Cozzolino, Ph.D., a social psychologist at the
University of Essex also gave his advice, suggesting; "Focusing on
the scarcity of a resource leads us to make the most of it,".
Mens Health
Returning to work: a mother of a problem?
It wasn’t that long ago – the years leading up to 1966 – that women
working for the public service had to quit once they got married.
Today, while life for the working woman is better, she still faces
one big challenge: returning to the workforce after maternity leave.
The Murdoch Children’s Research Institute last year released
findings that showed a third of mums work for organisations that
aren’t family friendly. The stating-the-obvious conclusion from the
study of 1300 women was that these mothers were twice as likely to
suffer from psychological distress. But what’s best for the kids?
That’s the ultimate question, and the research on that is quite
mixed. A study conducted at Essex University found that children
were slower learners when their mums returned to work before the
kids reached the age of three.
Blayney Chronicle
Uni course teaching teachers about PCs hailed a
success
A PILOT computer course for teachers has been hailed a success and
will be rolled out for schools across the region. The first course
run by Essex University’s School of Computer Science and Electronic
Engineering focused on computer programming and 12 secondary schools
took part. Organisers Dr John Woods, Dr Sam Steel and Dr Udo
Kruschwitz were taken by surprise at the popularity and demand for
'teaching teachers' and are actively engaged with Essex County
Council to procure funding in this area. Department head Dr Maria
Fasli said: “We value our links with schools in the region and want
to work with them to promote excellence in computer science and
electronic engineering.”
Braintree and Witham Times
Gazette
Maldon and Burnham Standard
Mass art event to celebrate 50 years of Colchester
Zoo
The University of Essex, along with many others, is
sponsoring Stand Tall for Giraffes – a celebration of the 50th
birthday of Colchester Zoo with a huge public art event, in
partnership with their charity, Action for the Wild, and global
leaders in mass participation art events, Wild in Art. For 10 weeks
in the summer of 2013, Colchester’s streets, parks and open spaces
will be taken over by some unusual visitors - 2.5 metre high giraffe
sculptures. The giraffe sculptures will engage local professional
artists who will design and paint them, and celebrate the creativity
of Colchester. The event will culminate in an auction of the
sculptures to raise funds for global conservation projects through
the zoo’s charity Action For The Wild, including the charity’s
UmPhafa Reserve in South Africa.
beverleyguardian.co.uk
Poklington Post
Driffield Times
Uni offers places through clearing
The University of Essex has received hundreds of calls from
prospective students hoping to get a place on a course through
clearing. A university spokesperson said: “We have been dealing with
a huge quantity of calls from students since our clearing hotline
opened at 8am on Thursday morning. If students have not gained the
grades they hoped for, got better results than expected or have
changed their mind about a course they want to study, we would
encourage them to contact us as soon as possible”. The clearing
hotline is 01206 873666.
East Anglian Daily Times
Jules Pretty on clearing
Jules Pretty, the University of Essex’s Pro-Vice Chancellor, talks
to Dave Monk about clearing and encourages students to contact the
university’s clearing hotline if they would like to study at Essex.
Listen to the interview
here.
BBC Essex – Dave Monk Show
Friday 17 August
Clearing hotline is ready for your call
University of Essex students manning the clearing telephone lines
yesterday were able to offer A-Level students first-hand advice.
Lauren Brown, 19, who came to the University of Essex through
clearing and signed up to man the phone to help prospective
students. Lauren, 19, who is her second year of a philosophy and
politics degree at the Wivenhoe campus, said: “It has been so busy
in here today. There has been such a wide range of people calling
about so many different courses”. The University of Essex is holding
a clearing open day tomorrow, between 11am and 3pm. Vacancies are
available at essex.ac.uk/clearing.
Gazette
My pride at taking on big role at University of Essex
Professor Anthony Forster describes his appointment as the new
Vice-Chancellor of the University of Essex as the pinnacle of his
career. For Professor Forster, a university should not be an ivory
tower of learning – it should be relevant and contribute to society.
He said: “Essex has a strong ethos of producing real research for
the world, answering global questions”. Professor Forster is also
determined the university should matter locally.
Southend Echo
Essex County Standard
Family workshop at firstsite
Visitors to Colchester’s firstsite arts facility are being
encouraged to help build giant 3D cocoons as part of a family
workshop taking place on Saturday. Organised by the Essex Collection
of Art from Latin America, the cocoons have been inspired by
Brazilian artist Siron Franco whose work is currently on show in the
University Space at firstsite. The drop-in sessions are free and
will run from 11am to 5pm.
East Anglian Daily Times
Essex County Standard
Thursday 16 August
BBC Essex
Report from University of Essex about Clearing. A full report will
be broadcast in the later Drivetime programme.
The verdict on the riots
It was the summer of discontent. Unprecedented scenes saw the
rioters creating mayhem across major cities. But what triggered the
riots and could they happen again? Andrea Collitt talks to Professor
Sarah Birch from the University of Essex.
Colchester Gazette
University offers A-level advice
The University of Essex is offering advice to student on A-level
results day. They are reminding applicants that if they do not
manage to get the right grades they still might be able to attend
university.
Essex Chronicle
Uni hosts disc golf championships
The Olympics may be over the but the University of
Essex is sticking with a sporting theme and hosting the 2012
European Disc Golf Championships. This year marks the 30th
anniversary of the EDGC championships.
East Anglian Daily Times
Appointments
Wayne Campbell has joined the University of Kent as
director of student services. Dr Campbell, who took up the
role at the beginning of August, was previously academic registrar
at the University of Essex.
Times Higher Education
Derwent FM secures university management contract
Facilities management company Derwent FM
has been appointed to a £65m, 1,414-bed student accommodation
scheme. The Harrogate-based company, which has a turnover of £6.5m
and employs 254 people, has won the contract for the University of
Essex scheme, after its recent appointment as preferred bidder for
the 3,000-bed scheme at the University of Hertfordshire.
Read the article
here.
Yorkshire Post
FM World
Northern Housing
Wednesday 15 August
Disc golf championship tees off in Essex
Wivenhoe Park joins the likes of Wentworth, Sunningdale and St
Andrews in playing host to a major golfing tournament, but this
contest won't be using a club and ball. The University of Essex is
playing host to the 2012 European Disc Golf Championships attracting
disc golfers from across Europe. The sport is played with a frisbee
rather than traditional golf equipment, but the rules of the sport
are effectively the same. This is the 30th anniversary of the
championships and the Wivenhoe Park course was redesigned last year
especially for the event which takes place from today until
Saturday.
ITV.com
Hotline ready for clearing hopefuls
Students expecting their A-level results tomorrow have been
encouraged to think carefully about their options. The University of
Essex has reminded applicants that if they do not manage to get the
grades they hope for, they still might be able to secure a place on
a degree course. The university expects to have vacancies in a
number of subjects to offer through clearing and will publish
details on its website tomorrow morning.
EADT
Gazette
Universities seek extra cash from foreign students
Universities are still accepting applications from foreign students
despite declaring they are closed to British candidates, it has
emerged. Just 24 hours before the publication of A-level results, it
was disclosed that many institutions were effectively operating
"two-tier" clearing systems, with more courses being made available
for students applying from outside Britain and Europe. Research by
The Daily Telegraph suggests that universities are preparing to take
advantage of rules that allow institutions to take unlimited numbers
of foreign students, who can be charged up to £26,000 a year. The
rules restrict the recruitment of home undergraduates. In England,
vice-chancellors are being given new powers to admit extra British
students with good A-level grades - two As and a B - in a partial
lifting of strict number controls. But some universities, such as
Manchester, Nottingham, Newcastle and Essex suggested that
applications from well-qualified foreign candidates were still
likely to be processed after courses for the other students had been
filled. "Essex said it was possible that it would meet its British
and EU target "but still be recruiting for international students in
specific subjects"
The Daily Telegraph
Earth's population is less religious
Professor David Voas, an expert in population studies at the
University of Essex, commented on the findings of a recent large
international study into religion, indicating a significant decline
in religiosity which is part of a larger trend. Dr Vaos said: “It
amazes me that the decline is so large. We know that modernity is
problematic for religion. The more modern a society becomes the more
secular it is. But it's usually a long and slow process that comes
over generations. So to have such a big leap over such a short time
is surprising.”
The St. Augustine Record
B.T. online
2012 European Disc Golf Championships
The University of Essex is hosting the 2012 European Disc Golf
Championships (EDGC) this week with top disc golfers from across
Europe coming to historic Wivenhoe Park to take on the 18-hole
course. This is the 30th anniversary of the championships and the
Wivenhoe Park course was redesigned last year as part of the
preparations for the event which starts on Wednesday 15 August and
ends on Saturday 18 August.
Brentwood Weekly News
Braintree & Witham Times Series
Clacton, Frinton and Walton Gazette
Essex County Standard
plus 5 other media outlets
Tuesday 14 August
University of Essex team eyes Eurogamer Expo
A team of video game developers from the
University of Essex have been picked by Virgin Media to develop the
next big game for mobile and tablet devices in just 100 days. If
everything goes according to plan they will launch their creation at
one of the UK’s biggest gaming events Eurogamer Expo 2012 at the end
of September. The Essex team, Surface Tension Studios (STS) includes
BSc Computer Science students Joe Le Grice and David Pearson with
BSc Computer Games students Dan Scott and Guy Cass. They have
received £10,000 for winning the Virgin Media 100 Day Game Project
competition and are now working to develop their game concept into a
full working game at the Prototyping Studio at the University of
Abertay Dundee.
Business Weekly
My pride at taking on big role at Essex uni
If jobs are like made-to-measure suits,
Prof Anthony Forster's new appointment was tailored on Savile Row.
Prof Forster has taken over as new Vice Chancellor of the University
of Essex and, to him, there could be no more perfect fit. He
describes the appointment, at the age of 48, as the pinnacle of his
career and his is bursting with enthusiasm for what lies ahead.
Colchester Gazette
Hoarding disorder left me feeling totally
isolated
Pieter Du Toit, deputy course director of
clinical psychology at the University of Essex's School of Health
and Human Sciences, is interviewed as part of a feature on a man who
is an obsessive hoarder.
Colchester Gazette
Post-Olympic Blues? 10 Ways To Achieve
'Personal Life' Best
There will be few people today who aren't
going to miss the feel-good factor of the Games.
If you weren't moved to tears by the achievements of medal winners,
broken by the humility of athletes apologising for coming 'second'
and motivated by the commitment of sports men and women who have
sacrificed friendships and family time in order to break world
records, well, you might not be of this planet.
Of course, we've still got the Paralympics to go. But, if you're not
sure those daily doses of sport will be enough, Elaine Fox, author
of Rainy Brain, Sunny Brain, suggests now is
the time to for a little 'brain training'. With a little practise,
you'll be able to enjoy some serious life highs of your own, without
the help of London 2012, says the professor of cognitive psychology
from the University of Essex.
Huffingtonpost.co.uk
Monday 13 August
Join world’s academics
The University of Essex is hosting an international conference on
the global financial crisis next week, and for the first time the
public can join the academics for a two-hour debate. The fourth
Critical Finance Studies Conference will bring together academics
from around the world with the aim of finding a way to end the cycle
of economic boom and bust. It starts at 3.30pm on Thursday at the
university’s Wivenhoe campus. Those interested in attending
can click here
for more information.
Gazette
Our Dominic’s a true Olympian after 50km race
Colchester race-walker Dominic King overcame the energy-sapping heat
to complete the gruelling 50K Olympic race walk on Saturday. It took
Dominic four hours, 15 minutes and five seconds to complete the
race. Despite crossing the finish line last, Dominic’s spirits were
high as he was cheered on by a lively home crowd, including friends,
family and his colleagues from the University of Essex who had
travelled to the capital to watch him.
Gazette
East Anglian Daily Times
London 24 – Online
The science behind drugs in sport
Chris Cooper, Head of Research, Sports and Exercise Science at the
University of Essex, talks about the issues raised in his book
Run, Swim, Throw, Cheat: The Science Behind Drugs in Sport.
Listen to the podcast, recorded by the Oxfordshire Branch of the
British Science Association,
here.
Oxford University Press - Online
Friday 10 August
How do Olympians push themselves so hard?
Dr Dominic Micklewright of the University of Essex, has spent six
years studying the way that elite athletes handle extreme exertion.
He said: “We know elite athletes’ pain tolerance is greater than
other peoples’. What is difficult to say is whether athletes become
athletes because of their high pain threshold, or if it’s something
they develop. It’s probably a bit of both”. The stress of extreme
situations, such as Olympic competition, can make the body generate
its own internal pain relief and endorphins, which give a feeling of
wellbeing.
Essex County Standard
Southend Echo
We’re backing Uni King Dom
Colchester’s Dominic King will be cheered through the streets of
London by colleagues at the University of Essex as he lives his
Olympic dream tomorrow. Dominic, the activities and development
manager, at the university’s Student’s Union, is competing for Team
GB in the 50km race walk. Dominic qualified with a time of 4h 6m 34s
and will be the first Briton to contest the event since the Sydney
Games in 2000.
Gazette
Record high in new business start-ups
The number if new businesses setting up in Colchester has hit a
record high. A total of 758 were registered in the first six months
of 2012 – 90 more than the first half of last year, according to a
report. Michelle Reynolds, chairman of Colchester Retail Business
Association, said: “We have Colchester Business and Enterprise
Agency, and the University of Essex, who offer specialist advice to
businesses. It’s not just about opening a business, it’s about
developing it”.
Gazette
Thursday 9 August
Sir Albert Sloman obituary
Article marking the death of Sir Albert Sloman includes tribute from
Sir Ivor Crewe.
Times Higher Education
Times Higher Education Online
Pain helps athletes
Senior lecturer in sport and exercise psychology at the
University of Essex Dr Dominic Micklewright explains how athletes
push themselves to the limits.
Gazette
New student flats in Southend
Developer puts in planning application for more student flats in
Southend, saying there is an urgent need.
Echo
Gene-doping
In an article distributed by news agency Reuters, Professor Chris
Cooper of the Department of Biological Sciences says gene-doping of
athletes is unlikely.
Vancouver Sun – Online
Factory pollution in India
Economist Siddhartha Dabhi, who is affiliated to the University of
Essex supports campaigners complaining about pollution from a
factory in Nathkuva, India.
New York Times
Wednesday 8 August
The London Olympics in 1948 and 2012
Dr Peter Gurney from the Department of History contrasts
the 1948 Olympic Games in London with this year’s event.
Listen to the
interview on iPlayer (show should be available online later this
afternoon, interview starts after around ten minutes).
BBC Essex – Dave Monk Show
Testers fear reality of genetically modified
Olympians
Chris Cooper, a professor of sports and exercise science at
Essex University and author of a book called "Run, Swim, Throw,
Cheat" thinks it is "hugely unlikely anyone is gene doping" and says
the focus should be on people who use well-known performance
enhancers like anabolic steroids and blood doping.
Read full article.
Reuters
Today Online
Wednesday's Child
Story by Essex student Molly Oatham featured in Female
First's online book section.
Read full article.
Female First
Writtle College students create Olympic bouquets
Florist Hannah Emery is working with 90 students at academic partner
Writtle College to make the 'victory bouquets' given to medal
winners at London 2012. Ms Emery is a former Writtle student and now
works at the Jane Packer flower shop in London.
Read full article.
London Wired
Tuesday 7 August
How Olympic athletes handle pressure
Dr Murray Griffin discusses the techniques used by athletes to cope
with sporting pressure with radio presenter Dave Monk.
Listen to the
interview on iPlayer (interview starts after just over 30
minutes).
BBC Essex – Dave Monk Show
Moorhouse jets off to Portugal to
prepare
Paralympic javelin star Scott Moorhouse is jetting off to Portugal
to put the finishing touches to his Games preparations.
As the Olympics continue back at home, the
University of Essex student will be joining his fellow Paralympic
athletes at a special pre-games training camp in Portugal.
Gazette
Working in pregnancy
may be as
dangerous as smoking
Not that we needed another reason to convince us that extended
maternity leave should be an option for all working women, but new
research shows when moms-to-be stayed on the job past eight months
of pregnancy, their babies weighed less than those born to moms who
stopped working earlier.
The Guardian in London reports the study out
of the University of Essex, using data from one U.S. report and two
U.K. studies, found the .5-pound average difference was the same
weight disparity shown between smoking and non-smoking pregnant
moms.
iVillage
Sahel drought in West Africa leading
to crisis as millions of lives at risk
For the third time in ten years, drought is raging
in the Sahel region of West Africa. The resulting famine could be
the worst humanitarian crisis in history.
More than 18m people are facing a food crisis and more than 1m
children under five risk severe acute malnutrition. To complicate
things, this is an area where hundreds of thousands of people have
already been displaced due to internal conflicts.
Man-made problems have also complicated the issue. Locusts are a
huge threat to crops but the instability of several of the countries
they've infested has prevented adequate treatment.
'The population in some of the areas where droughts are most likely
has almost doubled over the last two decades,' said Professor Thomas
Plümper, an expert in social science at the University of Essex.
'The governments in the affected areas are notoriously bad at
providing sufficient food stock to compensate for drought years and
civil wars haven't helped the situation.'
Metro.co.uk
Monday 6 August
Why Bolt runs so fast
Dr Matthew Taylor from the School of Biological Sciences interviewed
about his research into sprinter Usain Bolt and why he runs so fast.
Sky Sports
Foreign students stage Chinese opera
Foreign students immersed themselves in traditional Chinese opera
and culture by taking a month-long summer school course funded by
the city government.
Nineteen students from the UK, the US, Spain,
Thailand, Japan and South Korea just completed the month-long
Shanghai Summer School program introducing them to various aspects
of Chinese culture, including traditional opera and language. Opera
was the core program.
British drama student Emily Kay Sly attends
East 15 Acting School in Debden, Loughton, Essex. This is her first
visit to China. "It's a big challenge," says Sly.
Shanghai Daily
How athletes cope with pain
Dr Dominic Micklewright interviewed about his research into the
perception of pain and how athletes tolerate pain and what they can
do in training to help cope with the pain. He was interviewed along
with Olympic silver medal rower Chris Bartley. Listen
here at 1:12:00.
BBC Radio 4 – Today Show
BBC Essex – Dave Monk Show
Sir Albert Sloman – Obituary
Tribute celebrating the life and achievements of Sir Albert Sloman,
the first ever Vice-Chancellor of University of Essex, who died on
28 July 2012. Read the full obituary
here.
Telegraph
University in the quest for the lost mansion
Professor James Raven, of the University of Essex’s history
department, has been awarded £75,000 from the Economic and Social
Research Council, to look in to the history of Marks Hall, near
Coggeshall. Marks Hall was demolished in 1950, and is one of
hundreds of mansions pulled down as owners were unable to maintain
or repair them. Dr Jane Pearson, a history lecturer at the
university, is also taking part in the project and would like to
hear from anyone with memories of the estate. Contact her on 01206
210855.
Gazette
Essex County Standard
Coach ambition pays off for club
The University of Essex boxing team, who have boasted a
number of champions over recent months, will benefit from a
newly-formed state-of-the-art facility, thanks to the ambition and
funding from coach Gordon Charlesworth. The team will still make use
of existing university facilities, but they will now also benefit
the new, bigger training venue, located in Grange Farm Road, off
Whitehall Industrial Estate. Charlesworth said: My aim is to make
University of Essex Boxing Club a real force and I think this
factility can help us to do that”.
Gazette
Essex County Standard
Polar adventurer Rosie heading out alone again
Solo polar explorer Rosie Stancer may be small, but she has
a core of steely determination. In her last attempt to reach the
North Pole alone in 2007, Rosie, who is 5ft 3ins tall and weighs
47kg, pulled a 120kg sledge for 84 days. Rosie still holds the world
record for being the woman to have gone the furthest solo to the
North Pole. Rosie, 52, was presented with an honorary degree from
the University of Essex at this year’s graduation ceremonies in
July. She said: “The honorary degree means such a lot to me, and
actually I feel quite emotional when I think of it. It might not be
the most obvious choice, but part of my work is collecting data when
I go on an expedition, and that ties in with the university’s School
of Biological Sciences”.
Gazette
Hotel School scholarship
Colchester student Charlotte West, 19, of Lexden has
received a £3,000 scholarship to study at the new Edge Hotel School,
run by the University of Essex. She will work at Wivenhoe House and
study at the university for a foundation degree in hotel management.
Gazette
East Anglian Daily Times
Friday 3 August
Hotel school is launched
Historic Wivenhoe
House has been relaunched as a hotel and catering school. The
grade-II listed 18th century country house on University of Essex's
campus was unveiled as the Edge Hotel School, on Wednesday, after a
multi-million pound restoration
Essex County
Standard
University’s founder dies
University of Essex’s founding vice-chancellor has died, at
the age of 91. Sir Albert Sloman was also the longest serving
vice-chancellor, holding the post from 1962 until 1987. He
encouraged the university to take on subjects others ignored, such
as social sciences and humanities. When he retired, Essex was rated
one of the top 20 modern universities in the world. Sir Albert was
married with three daughters. A private funeral service will be held
on 15 August, with a celebration of his life to follow at the Church
of St James the Great, Colchester on 7 September.
Gazette
Major arts project ‘Stand Tall’,
will mark zoo’s 50th
birthday
For ten weeks next summer, Colchester’s streets, parks and
open spaces will be taken over by some unusual visitors – 2.5m high
giraffe sculptures. Local professional artists will design and paint
them to celebrate the creativity of Colchester. Many local
businesses, including University of Essex, have been quick to show
their support. The university’s head of communications, Jenny
Grinter, said: “The university will be celebrating its own 50th
anniversary in 2014 and, like us, Colchester Zoo has an important
educational role. We are delighted to work support this event and to
work with the zoo on community and educational projects”.
Essex County Standard
Thursday 2 August
Could the riots that rocked Britain happen again?
Sarah Birch, Professor of Politics at the University of Essex has
written an article for The Sun. You can read the full story
here.
The Sun
King stays focused on task in hand
Dominic King, the University of Essex’s
Student Activities and Development Manager, has vowed to be
single-minded in his quest for success at the London Games.
The 29-year-old race-walker, from Colchester,
is competing in the 50 kilometres event at The Mall on August 11.
"I'll only get one opportunity to race, whereas there will be lots
of time to soak everything up afterwards," he said.
King moves into the Olympic village on August
8. He is the first British walker to compete in an Olympic 50km
event since Chris Maddocks in Sydney in 2000.
Gazette
Employment: Women in EU
public sector face higher risk of losing jobs
The public sector in the EU offers many
highly qualified jobs and is a major source of employment for women.
But increasingly, those positions are being lost to austerity
policies. Women working in the public sector in countries of the
European Union (EU) have been particularly hard-hit by recent
cutbacks in jobs, wages and benefits, according to a joint ILO
European Commission study titled “Public Sector Adjustment in
Europe”. Daniel Vaughan-Whitehead, a senior advisor to the
Conditions of Work and Employment Programme of the ILO, and the
editor of the study, says that because women generally find more and
better jobs in the public sector, they are particularly affected
when that sector implements austerity measures.
The study shows that women in France,
Ireland, the Netherlands, Sweden and the United Kingdom have the
most to lose due to their heavy dependence (45 to 50 per cent) on
the public sector for employment, especially in higher level jobs.
Diane Elson, an Emeritus Professor at the Department of Sociology of
the University of Essex, agrees that further cuts would harm gender
equality, but believes that many European countries could soon
abandon austerity policies.
eGov monitor
Wednesday 1 August
Intelligent robotic fish detect pollution
SHOAL, the pan-European ICT project, part funded by the EU, has
successfully developed and delivered intelligent robotic fish
capable of working together to detect and identify pollution in
ports and other aquatic areas. SHOAL is a consortium of six European
organisations including the BMT Group, the project leaders and
responsible for Artificial Intelligence; the University of Essex
responsible for Robotic Development; the Tyndall National Institute
responsible for the Chemical Sensors; the University of Strathclyde
responsible for Hydrodynamic Research; Thales Safare responsible for
the Communication Network; and the Port Authority of Gijon, the
testing port. The fish can map where it is, where it needs to go,
what samples it has taken and where from, and what the chemical
composition of the samples are, as well as communicating all of this
back through shallow water to a base station, the other fish and the
user interface.
Maritime Journal – Online
July 2012
Tuesday 31 July
UK's first hotel school set to open
The UK’s first hotel school, to be run and
staffed by students, is opening in Essex tomorrow.
The Edge Hotel School will be based in a
fully operational 4-star hotel - Wivenhoe House in Colchester. The
eighteenth century, grade II listed country house has undergone a
£10 million restoration. The new
concept of a hotel school allows students to learn through 4 days
practical work in the hotel and one day study.
They will gain a BA honours degree in hotel
management or culinary management – the usual 3 year course will be
completed in 2 years. It’s a
partnership between the independent education foundation Edge, the
University of Essex and its academic partner Kaplan. The hotel will
include a formal restaurant, brasserie and conference facilities.
ITV Local Meridian- Online
Doctor: Study on
working while
pregnant misleading
A new study out of the University of Essex
shows working late into pregnancy can be just as dangerous as
smoking while pregnant and could result in lower birth weights.
The study looked at tens of thousands of
working moms-to-be, and those who worked past eight months'
gestation had babies that weighed an average of a half pound less
than moms who stopped working between their sixth and eighth month
of pregnancy. "It's a bit of a luxury
to take off work before you deliver," OB-GYN Deborah Del Rosario
told RTV6's Tanya Spencer. "I would just hate to see any woman feel
guilty that she's working all the way up until the end, because if
she's having an uncomplicated pregnancy, she should be fine."
Del Rosario has delivered thousands of
babies. She, too, worked right up until delivery, and she worries
the study might be misleading."Women who smoke during pregnancy can
have higher risks of preterm delivery, abruption and high blood
pressure, and those were not the risks they were comparing. They
were merely comparing just birth weight," Del Rosario said.
WRTV-TV Online
Monday 30 July
Working ‘as bad as smoking’ for mums
Expectant mothers who work up to their due date are likely to have
babies with a lower birth weight, a study by the University of Essex
has found. Women who worked after they were eight months pregnant
had babies, on average, half a pound lighter than those who stopped
between six and eight months. The research – which drew on data from
three major studies – found the effect of continuing to work during
the late stages of pregnancy was equal to that of smoking while
pregnant. The birth weight of babies born to mothers under the age
of 24 was not affected by work, but in older mothers it was more
significant.
Gazette
East Anglian Daily Times
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Counting the Cost – the
cost of the London Olympics
When the last medal is handed out, will British taxpayers get the
legacy they are paying for? Watch Dr. Pete Fussey, senior lecturer
in Sociology at the University of Essex
here.
Aljazeera.com
Friday 27 July
BBC Essex, Dave Monk Show
Dr Murray Griffin, Centre for Sports Science
Re: British Olympic Athletes in front of the home
crowd.
Dominic King hopes tips from stars will help him to
personal best
Watch Dominic King, British Olympian and
Sports Officer for the Students Union at the University of Essex
here.
BBC Look East
How David Yates has kept the camera rolling since his
uni days
David Yates talks about studying politics at the University of
Essex, and how during that time he began planting seeds for a film
career which would see him direct the biggest film franchise in
history. He credits the university with encouraging extra-curricular
activities, which allowed him to make films on campus and set up the
university's Film and Video Production Society. Read the full
feature
here.
Essex County Standard
Inaugural event for Wivenhoe House
More than 150 guests at Vice-Chancellor Colin Riordan's Summer
Reception marvelled at the magnificient restoration of the 18th
century Wivenhoe House when it hosted its inaugural event ahead of
its opening as a country house hotel.
Essex Life
British banks
under pressure
to estimate costs
of libor-rigging
Britain’s biggest banks are under pressure to tell investors how
much they expect the Libor rigging-scandal will cost shareholders
when they start to report first-half earnings this week. “They’ll
say it’s a contingency, the amounts are unknown, therefore we can’t
deal with anything with certainty,” said Prem Sikka, an accounting
professor at the University of Essex, England. “I would say they
should provision,” he said. “They know it’s coming.”
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