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Broadcast Digest
December
22 December
BBC Essex
Professor Paul Whiteley, Department of Government
Re: Liberal Democrats and the 'secret
recordings'
15 December
BBC Essex
Dr Ewen Speed, Health and Human Sciences
Re: Café Scientifique on happiness
9 December
ITV 2 - London Region
Many thousands of students went to
London to protest peacefully.
Among them, a group of students from the
University of Essex.
View the clip
here.
8 December
BBC Radio 5 Live
Professor Colin Riordan, Vice-Chancellor
Re: Why he is supporting the MP's backing
the tuition fees vote
November
30 November
BBC Essex
Ashley Rudge, Vice President Welfare and Community
- Students' Union
Re: Student protests
26 November
BBC Essex
Professor Colin Riordan, Vice-Chancellor
Re: Recent student protests and proposed
changes to student fees
25 November
BBC Essex
Mo Metcalf-Fisher, Politics student
Commenting on student protests and proposed changes to funding
24 November
BBC look East News
News item on planned student protests at the University
For the rest of November please see the
November archive
Video clips on-line
BBC - At Home with the Georgians
Wivenhoe House is featured as part of the programme -
view the clip on the BBC iplayer (forward to 33 minutes)
BBC
Flagship University Building open
Teaching has begun in the new flagship
building for the recently created university in Suffolk. University
Campus Suffolk (UCS), in Ipswich, was established by the University
of East Anglia and the University of Essex last year. View the clip
here.
The University of Essex in the Press
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December 2010
31 December
Essex University's Dr Cecilia
Cassinger reveals retailers' tricks
As the January sales starts, Dr Cecilia Cassinger, of Essex Business
School, comments on the psychology of the shopper. Read the full
article
here.
Harwich and Manningtree Standard
Gazette
Halstead Gazette
Plenty of theatrical treats for young
and old alike
The New Year sees a cutting edge theatre programme at
the Lakeside Theare.
Essex County Standard
29 December
Joy as airport bus service gets a
temporary reprieve
The X22 bus which ferries people between Stansted airport and the
north of the county, including a stop at the University of Essex's
Colchester Campus, has been temporarily saved a fortnight before it
as due to be scrapped.
Essex County Standard
Halstead Gazette
Harwich and Manningtree Standard
24 December
Festive walk the
key to happiness
REVIVING the traditional
festive walk could be the key to a happier Christmas, researchers
said today.
The study found 80 per cent of Britain's
happiest people have a strong connection with nature and the
outdoors.
The National Trust commissioned the research
as part of its investigation into public access and enjoyment of the
outdoors.
The results build on findings from Essex
University earlier this year which showed as little as five minutes
in green space can have a significant impact on things like
depression, stress and low self-esteem.Read
the full article
here.
Telegraph
WalesOnline
Visit Bulgaria
Top News United States
Irish Independent
Drogheda Independent
Salisbury Journal
Harwich and Manningtree Standard
Halstead Gazette
Essex County Standard
Gazette
Several hundred local UK newspapers
Uni's tribute after
death of former student
Tributes have been paid to
Essex University alumni Brian Hanrahan who has died from cancer,
aged 61.
The BBC's former diplomatic and foreign correspondent studied at the
Wivenhoe-based university in the 1960s, graduating in politics.
Essex County Standard
Joan, 83, went the
arty route to find the music she’s been away for 50 years
Feature on folk musician
Joan Gifford, which mentions that her daughter Sue studied at Essex
University.
Gazette
Daniel's designs
for new democracy institute
Once painted by Constable,
surrounded by lakes and beautiful countryside, Wivenhoe Park is now
home to modern buildings of Essex University's campus.
Since the six, 14-storey tower blocks were built in the Seventies,
the campus has become renowned for its controversial architecture.
American architect Daniel Libeskind completed as MA in the History
and Theory of Architecture in 1972 and has been asked to design
Essex University's newest landmark the building for the Institute
for Democracy and Conflict Resolution.
Gazette
This is mansion
house
Feature on research by
Professor James Raven, alongside Dr Jane Pearson and MA student Lisa
Gardner into the history of the Marks Hall estate in Coggeshall.
Essex County Standard
Man denies rape
bids
A student has denied
trying to rape a woman at Essex University.
Soban Ikram, 22, of Lightship Way, Colchester, appeared at
Colchester Magistrates' Court yesterday and denied two counts of
attempting to rape an 18-year-old on the Wivenhoe Park campus on
October 7.
Gazette
16th-century nobleman was the father of all bloggers
Sure, you could turn to self-help
celebrities like Marianne Williamson or Joel Osteen for advice on
how to live. But Sarah Bakewell, an author and part-time cataloger
of rare books at the National Trust in London, decided to reach much
further back than the best-seller list to a 16th-century nobleman,
wine grower and essayist: Michel Eyquem de Montaigne.
Educated in England at Essex University,
Bakewell, 47, started work as a curator of early printed books at
the Wellcome Library in London in the early 1990s.
Kitchener Record
23 December
Professor backs call to free UK man from detention
With more letters after his name than your
average academic, human rights ambassador Sir Nigel Rodley makes for
an impressive lecturer. Professor of law and chairman of the
internationally renowned Human Rights Centre at
the University of Essex's
Colchester campus, Sir Nigel speaks four languages, is a member of
the UN Human Rights Committee and was given a knighthood in 1998. To
add to his already impressive credentials, he also has three degrees
and an honorary degree from Dalhousie University in Canada. With a
series of books on international law and human rights behind him,
Sir Nigel is backing a campaign to free the last remaining prisoners
at Guantanamo Bay. Read the article
here.
Gazette
Harwich and Manningtree Standard
Halstead Gazette
Obituary: Brian Hanrahan - BBC correspondent committed to
ending education divide in Northern Ireland
The BBC correspondent
Brian Hanrahan, who was committed to ending education divide
in Northern Ireland and who reported on
many conflicts, including the Falklands War has died aged 61.
Born in Middlesex in 1949, he
attended St Ignatius' College, a Catholic grammar school in north
London, before graduating with a BA in
politics from the University of Essex. Read an
obituary for him
here.
Belfast Telegraph
Essex man is Iraq minister
A former University of Essex graduate has been appointed Iraq's
foreign minister. Hoshyar Zebari, who completed a Masters degree in
Sociology between 1979 and 1980, has been re-appointed to the role
under a newly-formed administration.
Gazette
Sex charges man in court
A man was due to appear in court today charged with
the attempted rape of an 18-year old student at the University of
Essex.
Gazette
In with the good, out with the bad
Jamie Oliver’s School Dinners campaign brought the nutritional value
of school meals to the top of the agenda.
Education Business looks at the effects this has had on
legislation and academic achievement.
Years on from Jamie Oliver’s School Dinners documentary, a study by
Oxford University and the University of
Essex has revealed that the campaign had positive effects on pupil
achievement and absenteeism. The research was presented at the 2010
Royal Economic Society’s annual conference earlier this year and
showed that children in Greenwich primary schools that banned junk
food scored higher grades in Key Stage 2 English and Science than
children in neighbouring areas. Read the article
here.
Education Business
22 December
A third of kids go without breakfast
Almost a third of children regularly go without breakfast before
school and are more likely than classmates to be inactive, unfit and
obese, research shows.
The European Journal of Clinical Nutrition studied 4,326 children
aged 10-16 in England. They found that 26.6% of boys and 38.6% of
girls skipped breakfast some or all of the time. Most boys blamed
lack of time, while girls said they missed breakfast in a bid to
lose weight.
"We found that children who skip breakfast either occasionally or
routinely are less fit, less active and more likely to be overweight
or obese than those who always eat breakfast," said lead author Dr
Gavin Sandercock, a lecturer in clinical physiology at the
University of Essex
ukparentslounge.com
Biofuels: A Market of Political Opportunities
In Europe, much more than in the United States, green (but
not just) non-governmental organizations (NGOs) are engaged loudly
and aggressively in the biofuel debate.
Recently two researchers of the UK University of Essex published the
results of their research titled Battles over Biofuels in Europe:
NGOs and the Politics of Markets by Sarah Pilgrim and Mark Harvey.
Their most significant conclusion is that the development of NGO
policy on biofuels has been driven more by narrow political
opportunities for influence than by broader and more coherent policy
responses to global climate change or economic development, or
indeed rigorous assessment of the scientific evidence.
Ethanol Producer Magazine.com
Biophysical Society announces winners of 2011 Student Travel Awards
The Biophysical Society has announced the winners of its student
travel award to attend the Biophysical Society's 55th Annual Meeting
at the Baltimore Convention Center in Baltimore, Maryland, March
5-9, 2011. The recipients of this competitive award are selected
based on scientific merit. The 2011 recipients include Robert
Keller, University of Essex, United Kingdom.
PhysOrg.com
Top officials in Iraq's new government
Here are some of the key players in Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki's
new government, which was approved by parliament on Tuesday.
Hoshiyar Zebari, Foreign Minister: Zebari, a Kurd, is the incumbent
foreign minister and has served in the post since shortly after the
2003 US-led invasion. He studied political science in Jordan, and
earned a master's degree in sociology at Essex University in England
in 1980.
Sharenet
Khaleej Times
Maktoob Business
More student unrest on way
Student protesters are set to take to the streets for the fourth
time in less than two months.
Students from colleges across North East Essex will be joined by
students from Essex University on January 26 in Colchester town
centre.
Protests will be taking place throughout the country and Colchester
students will meet outside the Sixth Form College, in North Hill,
from 12.30pm until 3.30pm.
Gazette
Clacton and Frinton Gazette
17 December
Student is stabbed in university brawl
A student was taken to hospital after being stabbed during
a brawl at the University of Essex. A man was stabbed in the
shoulder and was taken to Colchester General Hospital for treatment.
Essex County Standard
MP meets student leaders
Bernard Jenkin MP is to pass on comments from student
representatives, Kishor Krisnamoorthi and Ashley Rudge, to the
police following the tuition fees demonstrations.
Essex County Standard
Sex attack: man charged
A man has been charged with attempted rape following
an alleged sex attack at the University of Essex on 7 October.
Essex County Standard
Matt achieves the dream
Hundreds of fans packed out a lecture hall at the
University of Essex to cheer singer Matt Cardle to X Factor success.
More than 750 people too part in the live link-up from the Ivor
Crewe lecture theatre on Saturday and Sunday nights.
Essex County Standard
16 December
Lost images of 'human exhibits' in Britain discovered
A University of Leicester researcher has discovered two photographic
images, presumed lost, of native Americans brought to Britain by
Roger Casement a century ago. Dr Lesley Wylie, Lecturer in Latin
American Studies in the School of Modern Languages, University of
Leicester, made the discovery during her research for a book on the
Putumayo, a border region in the Amazon. Her book forms part of the
AHRC-funded research project, American Tropics: Towards A Literary
Geography, based at the University of Essex.
Science Blog
ArtDaily
Monsters and Critics
Red Orbit
E Science News
Phys Org.com
Eurek Alert
No more jail for asylum-seeker children
The government will end child detention at immigrant removal centres,
fulfilling an election pledge made by the Liberal Democrats, Deputy
Prime Minister Nick Clegg said on Thursday. However, a children's
charity said Clegg was just rebranding child detention. "The
proposals for secure and supervised pre-departure accommodation
appear to be detention by another name," said Carolyn Hamilton,
director of the Children's Legal Centre. "Holding children in
accommodation from which their parents are not allowed to leave for
up to a week may prove just as psychologically damaging as other
forms of detention. "Rebranding detention is not the same as ending
it," she said.
Thomson Reuters
Children and Young People Now
The Guardian
BritainNews.net
Yahoo!
Student stabbed on Uni campus
A student was stabbed in the shoulder in a fight at the University
of Essex. The University and the Students' Union said that "Crime
rates on campus are low and we are urging any students with
information to contact the police so those responsible can be
identified." A 21-year old man was arrested at the scene.
Gazette
Disquiet grows over motives behind
pension overhaul
Controversial
plans to cut benefits in higher education's £20 billion pension fund
have prompted staff rebellions at a growing number of universities,
as evidence has emerged that employers want to slash their
contributions to the scheme. Staff at the University of Essex have
held a general meeting with their Vice-Chancellor and 100 of them
have signed a petition calling for a staff ballot.
THE
Student loan costs could take further toll on sector
The Government may be forced to regulate if too
many institutions charge the maximum fees. Read Professor Riordan's
comments
here.
THE
Inside Higher Education
Is the future flat? 'Arbitrary Student
numbers may not see much change
Professor Colin Riordan, Vice-Chancellor at the
University of Essex
said he was confident that there would be a gradual relaxing of
controls from 2012, but he warned: "if you don't have
liberalisation, then you are not going to have differential fees".
THE
UK judge to rule on bail for WikiLeaks' Assange
A British judge will rule on Thursday whether WikiLeaks founder
Julian Assange, who has angered Washington by publishing secret
diplomatic cables, may be freed on bail over alleged sex crimes in
Sweden.
If Assange was
extradited to Sweden on the sex crime allegations, Sweden could not
then extradite him to the United States to face hypothetical charges
over the leak of classified information without getting Britain's
permission, Geoff Gilbert, a law professor at the University of
Essex, told Reuters.
Yahoo!
Reuters
This story was covered in over 30 news outlets around the world
Comedian David Baddiel leading
literary festival charge
Book lovers can look forward to some top literary names - as well as
some home grown local talent - at the 2011 Essex Book Festival. The
University of Essex will be hosting 'A Conference on Birds' on 12
March.
Gazette
Quality audit reports of two colleges released
The Oman Academic
Accreditation Authority (OAAA) yesterday published the Quality Audit
Reports of Sohar College of Applied Sciences and Al Zahra College
for Women.
Professor Martin Henson from the University of Essex was one of the
panel members for
the
Al Zahra College for Women.
Zawya.com
Carols at Nursery
Children at the University of Essex Day Nursery enjoyed a twilight
carol service led by the University's Anglican Chaplain, Thomas Yap.
Gazette
Ben Bradshaw: AV voting will remove lazy MPs
Exeter MP Ben Bradshaw, a former Cabinet Minister, is pushing for
first-past-the-post to go at a referendum set for next May. Mr
Bradshaw believes AV, a referendum on which was a Liberal Democrat
prize of the coalition deal, would give voters "more power". In the
current first-past-the- post system, the candidate who secures the
most votes is elected. Under AV, voters would be able to rank
candidates on the ballot paper in order of preference. Earlier this
year, the University of Essex calculated that Lib Dem high-flier
Julia Goldsworthy, the former MP for Camborne and Redruth, and
fellow Lib Dem Richard Younger-Ross, ex-Teignbridge MP, would still
be MPs if the first-past-the-post voting system had been scrapped at
the last election.
This is Devon
Plymouth Herald
15 December
Councillor: Slum landlords rule Dale Farm camp
A top councillor has labelled the Dale
Farm traveller site a “slum” controlled by absentee landlords.
Stephen Horgan, councillor in charge of regeneration at Basildon
Council, described the controversial illegally-expanded site at
Crays Hill – allegedly home to 96 families – as unfit for human
occupation. Mr Horgan said because the site was not connected to
mains sewerage it poses a health risk to both travellers on the site
and nearby residents.
Several students, who recently visited Dale Farm from
the University of Essex, are recruiting
other like-minded protesters to live at a camp next to the site
during the eviction.
Echo
Southend Standard
14 December
In with the good, out with the bad
A study by the Universities of Oxford and Essex revealed
that Jamie Oliver's campaign to improve school meals had a positive
effect on pupil achievement and absenteeism.
Education Business
Official's visit underlines China
links
Zhou Xiaoming, Minister Counsellor from the Chinese Embassy
paid a visit to the University of Essex to learn more about its
research opportunities and its growing alliance with China. During
his visit, he toured the School of Computer Science and Electronic
Engineering.
East Anglian Daily Times
Business Weekly
Movers and shakers
Colchester based law firm Thompson Smith and Puxon has
recruited another qualified solicitor. Emma Town studied law with
Spanish law and language at the University of Essex.
East Anglian Daily Times
40 years of History
A debate entitled "40 years of history at Essex" will start
40th anniversary celebrations for the University of Essex's
Department of History.
Gazette
Tamkeen-supported first OECD Entrepreneurship Forum
promises new social, cultural perspectives
Some of the most innovative and entrepreneurial minds in the world
will come together in Bahrain for the Tamkeen-supported "10th
International Entrepreneurship Forum" which will take place on the
10 and 11 January 2011. This prestigious event will be the first
OECD event of its kind in the region. The conference marks the tenth
anniversary of the conference which is organised by the Centre for
Entrepreneurship Research (CER), Essex Business School, University
of Essex with the OECD LEED Programme at Paris, France. The theme of
the conference will be "Creating Social, Economic, Cultural and
Personal Value" through entrepreneurship.
AME Info
Trade Arabia
Zawya.com
Man charged with attempted rape at Essex University
A Man has been charged with attempted rape
following an alleged sex attack at Essex University. The 22-year-old
man, from Colchester, was arrested in relation to an incident off a
footpath near a lecture theatre on October 7.
Halstead Gazette
East Anglian Daily Times
Students unveil conference line-up
Lee McQueen, winner of the 2008 series of The
Apprentice, is to be among the speakers at a conference on social
entrepreneurship being organised by students from University Campus
Suffolk.
East Anglian Daily Times
A champagne celebration in Five Bells
Pub
Fans at the pub where it all started for Matt Cardle have toasted
his success. Landlord, Darren Lingley who was featured in the live
link from the University of Essex rushed back to the pub to be there
when the results were announced.
Gazette
13 December
The Physics of Terror
After studying four decades of terrorism, Aaron Clauset
thinks he’s found mathematical patterns that can help governments
prevent and prepare for major terror attacks. The U.S. government
seems to agree. He has been aided in his later
research by Professor Kristian Gleditsch
from the Department of Government.
Miller-McCune
Stacey leads cheer for Matt at uni
hall
About 750 people took part in a live link-up with the hit
TV show, The X Factor, from the University of Essex's Ivor Crewe
Lecture Hall on Saturday and Sunday. It is the second time the
University has been used for the ITV show as last year fan's watched
Ollie Mur lose out in the final to Joe McElderry.
Gazette
Uni protesters' horror
Colchester students have spoken of their shock at being caught up in
the violence in London during Thursday's 12-hour stand off. Almost
400 students from the University of Essex and colleges in Colchester
travelled to London for the demo.
Gazette
Essex County Standard
Harwich and Manningtree Standard
Halstead Gazette
Dunford reforms will bolster children's rights in England
The government must act to implement the recommendations of John
Dunford and ensure every piece of legislation is considered with the
rights of children in mind, campaigners have said. Carolyn Hamilton,
director of the Children’s Legal Centre and former senior legal
adviser to the children's commissioner added: "A commissioner for
children cannot promote children's rights effectively unless it is
independent. The Office of the Children’s Commissioner should not
have to have its work plan agreed by the government, nor be limited
on the areas in which it works by the government department
sponsoring it."
Children and Young People Now
12 December
Fees protest spawns new radical army
The Education Activist
Network (EAN) was set up a few weeks after NCAFC but also includes
lecturers and other education workers. EAN's spokesman, Mark
Bergfeld, 23, a masters degree student at the
University of Essex, said: "Since the end of November there
have been successful occupations in 34 universities including UCL,
Manchester, Leeds and the LSE."
The Sunday Times
Do politicians care about the young?
Politicians are forever kissing babies for photographs, but the
people they really love are at the other end of the age spectrum.
87% of men and women
over the age of 65 vote compared to around half of 18-24 year-olds
according to research from the University of Essex.
BBC
LondonWired
11 December
New Deputy Provost at UCS
University Campus Suffolk has appointed Richard Lister as new
deputy provost to oversee the administration of five key areas.
East Anglian Daily Times
Research doesn't support fears
Clearwire, a wireless Internet company, wants to build five towers
to transmit its signal in Conneticut. One
such tower would be atop the Maple Hill Elementary School. The
borough would reap $1.2 million by leasing sites for the towers. The
low-level emissions Clearwire's equipment would generate are not
considered hazardous, but Clearwire could allow cell-phone companies
to attach their equipment to its towers. A three-year University of
Essex study in Great Britain concluded the emissions are harmless.
Waterbury Republican American
10 December
Tuition fees: Student demonstrators catch a wave of youth
fury
Direct action groups have replaced the NUS at the heart of student
demonstrations over the government's rise in tuition fees.
University of Essex student Mark Bergfeld comments on the group he
belongs to - Education Activist Network - "I think the
main difference is that our campaign is one of students and staff,
and workers in the real sense – we have real trade union support."
Read the article
here.
The Guardian
From the archives: The student protests of '68
The Spectator dispatched a correspondent to investigate
the student protests in 1968. The resultant article came in
the issue dated 24 May 1968. Read the original
article
here.
The Spectator
Matt gets himself ready for X Factor final
Matt
Cardle has lost his relaxed attitude, has “the bit between
his teeth” and really wants to win the X Factor, according to his
parents, Jenny and David. The University of
Essex is staging a special live screening of this
weekend’s X Factor final and you can join
the film crew and friends of Matt at the Ivor Crewe Lecture Hall at
Colchester Campus.
Harwich and Manningtree Standard
Essex County Standard
Students take to the streets prior to
parliamentary vote
About 200 students from Colchester Sixth Form College,
Colchester Institute and the University of Essex were joined by
parents, councillors and representatives from the University and
College Union on Wednesday. Ashley Rudge, Vice-President of the
University of Essex's Students' Union said he was pleased with how
the protest had gone.
Essex County Standard
Vice-Chancellor backs fees increase
University of Essex Vice-Chancellor, Professor Colin
Riordan said a rise in tuition fees was need to plug the gap in the
education budget. He said "the alternative, of cutting university
income by billions of pounds without it being replaced by tuition
fee income, would be to shrink the numbers of UK students able to
attend university, damaging social mobility and reducing both the
quality of UK higher education and the UK's economic
competitiveness.
Essex County Standard
Mo's mission to fix congestion hotspot
Mo Metcalf-Fisher, president of the University of Essex's
Conservative Future party has vowed to address parking problems
outside a popular shopping area in Wivenhoe. He has compiled a
petition which called for the area to be transformed to allow more
parking in the hope of easing congestion and currently has 500
signatures.
Gazette
Harwich and Manningtree Standard
Halstead Gazette
Essex County Standard
We must get off the learn-to-earn treadmill
Academics from the Essex Business School amongst
other signatories write to The Guardian about the
Government's Higher Education reforms. Read the article
here.
The Guardian
Awards night celebrates business high
achievers
The University of Essex was a winner in the 'ActiveTravel
and Wellbeing' category of the 2010 Colchester Business Awards.
Essex County Standard
Mad for Matt!
The University of Essex will stage a special live screening of this
weekend's X Factor final for the second year running. Admission is
free, but is strictly by ticket only.
Essex County Standard
Whybrow has made the market its own
property
Whybrow Chartered Surveyors which has been involved in
major Colchester projects has celebrated its 25th anniversary. Among
its wide portfolio, one of the biggest projects the firm has been
involved in is the Knowledge Gateway currently being created at the
University of Essex.
Essex County Standard
Students' panto is for adults only
The University of Essex Theatre Arts Society is
putting on Aladdin: A Whole New World at the Lakeside Theatre at the
University of Essex.
Gazette
Balloon launch for World Aids Day
World Aids Day was marked by University of Essex
students and staff taking part in a balloon race. They raised £300
for the World Aids Day cause by launching red balloons into the
snowy skies over Colchester.
Essex County Standard
Standard Business
Colchester Law firm Thompson Smith and Puxon has taken
on newly-qualified solicitor, Emma Town under its graduate
recruitment programme. Emma is a University of Essex graduate and
studies Law with Spanish law and language.
Essex County Standard
9 December
If MPs fail to support higher tuition fees, student
numbers are likely to be cut, putting social mobility at risk
Professor Colin Riordan, Vice-Chancellor of the
University of Essex was one of the signatories on a letter to the
Daily Telegraph. Read the letter
here.
The Telegraph
Students' third Uni fees protest
While voicing concerns at the Government's plans to cut how
much it funds higher education, University of Essex Vice-Chancellor
Colin Riordan said tuition fee rises had to plug that gap.
Gazette
Hundreds travelling to London for student fees protest
Students from Essex are descending on
London today to try and stop the Government from introducing higher
tuition fees. About 500 students, from the
University of Essex, Colchester Institute, Colchester Sixth
Form College and other colleges, are travelling to join the mass
protest.
Harwich and Manningtree Standard
Halstead Gazette
Gazette
Essex County Standard
Campaign group prepares for rally
The newly-formed Southend Against The Cuts
group will hold a rally on Sunday.
Demonstrators will demand ‘Stop The Cuts - Defend Our Public
Services’ and will be taking their message to the Christmas shopping
crowds in Southend High Street. Speakers are expected from a wide
range of national and local organisations and the
University of Essex Students' Union have been invited.
The aim of the event is to bring together all the strands of
opposition to the current government policies of cuts in public
spending.
Yellow Advertiser
Essex Enquirer
Cancer charity races
in big switch
East Anglian's biggest fundraising races are to be reorganised next
year to accommodate more women than ever before and generate a
record sum for Cancer Research UK. The number of smaller Tesco and
Cancer Research UK races are being reduced and this means that Race
for Life events at Chantry Park in Ipswich and the University of
Essex in Colchester will not take place next year.
East Anglian Daily Times
Castle park to host a giant Race for
Life
Cancer Research UK have reduced the number of smaller
events next year in an effort to streamline costs. The University of
Essex event will not take place next year because capacity cannot be
increased and further building work which might potentially disrupt
the event.
Gazette
Essex County Standard
Halstead Gazette
Christmas gifts with the X Factor
Team Essex, a team of enterprising
students at the University of Essex have set up a website offering
gifts including personalised messages read by X Factor and Britain's
Got Talent voiceover man, Peter Dickson. The site will raise funds
for the Prince's Trust Million Maker's campaign, which encourages
students to put their practical business skills to use.
Gazette
Shadow Minister's visit
Labour front-bencher Stephen Twigg paid a visit to Colchester
to discuss Human Rights and meet young party supporters. As part of
his visit, he met academics at an event at the University of Essex
chaired by Professor Sir Nigel Rodley, chairman of the Human Rights
Centre.
Gazette
Essex County Standard
Things that mess up your future relationships
New research shows that the euphoria of
your first love does indeed damage the way you enter into any future
relationship … and there's nothing much you can do about it. A new
book titled Changing Relationships - a collection of research papers
by Britain's leading sociologists and edited by Dr Malcolm Brynin -
asserts that the euphoria of first love can damage future
relationships by giving you unrealistic expectations of what is to
follow. Brynin's solution? Skip a first relationship altogether if
you ever want to make it work for the long haul. "In an ideal world,
you would wake up already in your second relationship," says Brynin,
principal research officer at the Institute for Social and Economic
Research at the University of Essex. Read the
article
here.
The Sydney Morning Herald
Brisbane Times
X Factor viewing
Fans of Matt Cardle can watch him in the X Factor final at the
University of Essex this week. Saturday and Sunday's shows will both
be screened at the Ivor Crewe Lecture Hall in Colchester.
East Anglian Daily Times
People - Aaron Balick
BBC Radio 1 listeners have had their relationships
subjected to expert academic analysis by Aaron Balick, a lecturer in
the Centre for Psychoanalytic Studies at the University of Essex as
part of Radio 1's Relationships Campaign
Week.
THE
Rita, Stan and Ken, too
Fifty years old today, Coronation Street redefined commercial
television. Essex graduate Clive Bloom
celebrates the quietly socialist institution, once radical, now
nostalgic, that offers us a vision of working-class heroism.
Read the article
here.
Times Higher Education
Hockley actress joins Travellers for new role
Hockley actress, River
George has spent six-weeks living with a Gypsy family
in preparation for a new film called
Tribe. The 28-year-old has been acting ever since she left South
East Essex College and she also attended
E15 acting school, in Loughton.
Yellow Advertiser
House has TV cameo
Presenter Amanda Vickery was shown touring Wivenhoe
House on the University of Essex campus as part of the series At
Home with the Georgians. She was tracing the history of Mary Martin,
a Georgian lady who moved to Wivenhoe after marrying Colonel Isaac
Rebow in 1778.
Gazette
Essex County Standard
Elliot is a sports star of the future
Elliot Swallow is a real sporting champion in the making because
whatever sport the 10-year-old competes in he excels.
Because of his successes in swimming,
cross-country and indoor athletics, he was selected to go
forward to the Indoor Athletics Gifted and Talented Academy at
the University of Essex. His results were
recognised and he won the School Sports' Partnership Area Top Boy
Award and the Overall Top Boy Award for Outstanding Achievement in
Sport for the NWESSP 2010.
Essex Chronicle
8 December
IBM scientist becomes a Humboldtian
Dr. David DiVincenzo, a quantum physicist from the IBM, has been
awarded the Alexander von Humboldt International Award for Research
in Germany. Named for the German naturalist and explorer, winners of
the award, also know as Humboldtian's, will have access to a grant
worth up to five million Euros to conduct cutting-edge research at
German universities. The other winners include Psycholinguist Harald
Clahsen, currently researching at the University of Essex
who is to work at the University of Potsdam.
IBM
Futures College model to be copied nationwide
Neil Bates, chief executive of the organisation which runs Futures
Community College, has been asked to help revive vocational
education for younger pupils nationwide. Lord Baker – a former Tory
Education Secretary in the Thatcher government invited Mr Bates at
the opening of the new £19.2million upper college building, in
Southchurch Boulevard. Lord Baker said he hoped Futures would
succeed in its aims of gaining academy status and working with the
University of Essex. Read the article
here.
Echo
Essex University screens X Factor final for second year
running
Matt Cardle mania will be on display when
the University of Essex stages a special
live screening of this weekend’s X Factor final. Fans can join the
film crew and friends of the 27-year-old from Little Maplestead at
the Ivor Crewe Lecture Hall at the
Colchester Campus. Last year the uni hosted a similar event for fans
of Witham favourite Olly Murs, who came second to Joe McElderry in
the final. The show will be screened on Saturday, as will Sunday’s
show if Matt reaches the final stages.
Harwich and Manningtree Standard
Halstead Gazette
Essex County Standard
Gazette
'We're armed and staying' say Gypsies at Dale Farm site
"We are armed and ready to fight" is the
message from travellers faced with eviction from Europe's biggest
gypsy site. The warning was issued as Basildon Borough Council paves
the way for the £13 million eviction of almost 100 families from the
Dale Farm site, in Crays Hill, next spring.
Traveller spokesman Grattan Puxon invited students from the
University of Essex to carry out a survey of the properties on the
site, so travellers may claim for damage to property following a
site clearance.
Essex Chronicle
Breakdancers do battle at uni
One of Europe's best breakdancers will light up the floor
at the University of Essex tomorrow.
France's B-Boy Junior, who became an internet sensation after
posting his amazing dance moves in the video website YouTube, will
perform at the Sub Zero night.
Gazette
If MPs fail to support higher tuition
fees, student numbers are likely to be cut, putting social mobility
at risk
Vice-Chancellor Professor Colin Riordan is among 18
university vice-chancellors to sign a letter urging MPs and peers to
support the Government’s proposals on higher tuition fees. The
letter states that if the vote fails the alternative is likely to be
a reduction in student numbers that would be enormously damaging to
social mobility and would seriously hamper Britain's ability to
adapt to the economic needs of the future.
The Times
Holy hi-tech, that's amazing
Ever since 1825, leading scientists have educated and
entertained young people in the annual Royal Institution Christmas
lecture. This year, Dr Mark Miodownik will explain how science
fiction is becoming scientific fact and he has given Young Times a
preview. So if you always dreamt of having superhuman powers, read
on ...
Brain-computer interface systems developed at the University of
Essex allow users to move an object around a screen or a robot
around a room, using thoughts alone. The hope is that one day
disabled people will be able to control a computer or a wheelchair
via thought-power. Maybe we could even thought-drive "intelligent"
cars.
The Times
Law firm takes on trainees
EAST Anglian law firm Prettys has firmly bucked the trend
by taking on seven new trainees. The firm, which has offices in
Ipswich, Chelmsford and Cambridge, said it was “delighted” to be
able to invest in new talent, despite the recent economic downturn.
The seven recruits who have started their training contracts at
Prettys include University of Essex graduates Amanda Brown and
Melissa Symes.
East Anglian Daily Times
7 December
Vote 'No' to fees hike...or we will
get rid of you!
Students have vowed to campaign to oust Colchester MP Bob
Russell from his seat unless he votes against a planned rise in
tuition fees. Nathan Bolton, Campaigns Officer at the University of
Essex Students' Union said "Abstaining is a yes vote really. If Bob
Russell does not vote No, from a student perspective, we will
campaign to make sure he's gone at the next election".
Gazette
University marks World Aids Day
World Aids Day was marked by University of Essex students and staff
holding various events. One of the events was a balloon race and
they raised £300 for the cause by launching 300 red balloons into
the snowy skies over Colchester.
Gazette
Broken Britain: Half of all parents split up before their
children reach the age of 16
The report, 'Family Breakdown in the UK: it's not about divorce,'
pulls together official data from the census, the Families and
Children's Study and the British Household Panel Survey.
Read the article
here.
Daily Mail
Essex children's homes sell-off plans
Essex County Council has announced plans to sell off its residential
children's care homes to private companies or voluntary groups.
Essex County Council said the move would save money and improve
service. Syd Bolton of the Colchester-based Children's Legal Centre,
a charity that campaigns on behalf of children who feel they have
been denied services, said he was concerned about the plans. He
said: "Children are not commodities to move around like pieces in a
financial jigsaw. "You can't put a price on children's welfare. The
most vulnerable children's safety must be the paramount concern."
Read the article
here.
BBC
A new-look CYP Now in the new year
From January, Children and Young
People Now magazine will be reformatted.
Childright, the four-page section on legal
issues produced by the respected Children's Legal Centre, will
appear in the first edition of each month.
Children and Young People Now
6 December
UK Education sector worried; Possible student immigration
decline
Senior figures in the UK education sector are warning that
indecision within the Government on changes to the Tier 4 student
immigration program will harm the UK universities sector and the UK
as a whole. The coalition government has delayed an eight-week
consultation on planned changes to the UK student visa system. "It
is looking as if there may be a real risk that we make - as a
country, as the UK - a big mistake on student visas, said Colin
Riordan, vice-chancellor of the University of Essex.
Read the article
here.
WorkPermit.com
Right to Education: Obstacles to Academic Freedom in
Occupied Palestine
Listen to a Podcast by University of Essex Human Rights graduate
Randa Siniora who is now Executive
Director of the Palestinian
Independent Commission for Human Rights.
UCLA International Institute
Students postpone tuition fees demo
University, school and college students had planned to
protest against a planned rise in tuition fees yesterday but have
decided to move their town centre march to Wednesday, the day before
Parliament vote on the changes. Jordan Savage, a masters student at
the University of Essex said the move from Sunday to Wednesday was a
strategic one to put pressure on the Government the night before the
vote.
Gazette
Race for Life
Almost £250,000 was raised by women who took part in
the three Race for Life events at Colchester's Castle Park and the
University of Essex.
Gazette
My protest against 'sickening' Miss World
Forty years ago, a group of women from the University
of Essex, along with other protesters from the Women's Liberation
Movement, hurled eggs and flour bombs at comedian Bob Hope to
protest against the sexism of the Miss World event. The Gazette
spoke to one of the protesters, Essex Sociology graduate, Seni
Seneviratne who hopes that the publicity about the 40 year
anniversary will highlight how much the women's movement has
achieved but also draw attention to the serious and continuing
problem of the global trafficking of woman and children.
Gazette
Strange fruit
When they say we cannot feed the world without chemicals and
biotechnology, they are lying, writes Professor
Jules Pretty. Read his article
here.
Red Pepper
Researchers from University of Essex, Department of Psychology
discuss findings in neuroscience
Dr Helge Gillmeister and colleagues from the Department of
Psychology have published their study in the European Journal of
Neuroscience entitled 'Which finger? Early effects of
attentional selection within the hand are absent when the hand is
viewed'.
Health and Medicine Week
Pain and Central Nervous Week
5 December
Spending cuts are restoring the old role of male breadwinner
Women policy makers and academics, including the Institute
for Social and Economic Research have attacked the coalition
government, claiming that its economic policies are putting the sex
equality fight into reverse. Read the article
here.
The Guardian
Clegg promises Christmas deadline for timetable to end child
detention
The government will release a timetable for ending the
detention of children for immigration purposes by Christmas, Deputy
Prime Minister Nick Clegg has confirmed. Kamena Dorling, manager of
the Migrant Children’s Project at the Children’s Legal Centre, said:
"It is encouraging that Mr Clegg is beginning to speak in language
that stresses the importance of putting children’s welfare first.
But any process of ‘ensured returns’ should not be carried out
without all necessary safeguards and rigorous independent monitoring
of the UKBA and organisations involved in forcible removals."
Children and Young People Now
4 December
The 70 Online Databases that Define Our Planet
The UK Data Centre
of the University of Essex which is the
UK's largest collection of digital research data in the social
sciences and humanities is classed as one of the
70 online databases which define our Planet.
Read the article
here.
Technology Review
3 December
Foreign Secretary chairs first meeting of Human Rights
Advisory Group
Foreign Secretary
William Hague chaired the first meeting of the new Human Rights
Advisory Group yesterday. One of the members of
the group is Professor Sir Nigel Rodley, Member of the
UN Human Rights Committee. Professor Rodley is Chair of the
University of Essex Human Rights Centre. He is a former UN Special
Rapporteur on torture and currently a Commissioner of the
International Commission of Jurists.
Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Mayor joins carol singers
Mayor Sonia Lewis revived an old tradition by heading out to greet
the new season. She could not have timed it better, as snow was
thick on the ground when she set off to tour the streets, with the
University of Essex Choir and the
Colchester Town Watch. Town crier Robert Needham started proceedings
by shouting out Colchester’s Ode to Winter, written in the 18th
century.
Harwich and Manningtree Standard
Halstead Gazette
Essex County Standard
Gazette
Labour's minimum wage voted best
policy
In July, Professor Anthony King, of the University of Essex, warned
the government of the dangers of rushing through poor legislation.
He said the present government had drawn "the wrong inference" from
Blair's comments that his government failed to make the most of its
first term in government. Rather than rush policies through, said
King, the government should pay attention to obtaining good quality
governance.
King, together with Sir Ivor Crewe, Master of University College
Oxford, is carrying out research into government policies that
failed to achieve their aims, or that in doing so created massive
unintended consequences, in order to draw some conclusions about how
to avoid future blunders.
Public
Nobel Laureate Oscar Arias at DePauw University on Wednesday
Oscar Arias, a Nobel Peace Prize recipient and two-time president of
Costa Rica, will visit the campus of DePauw University on December.
He studied law and economics at the University of Costa Rica and
received a doctoral degree in political science at the University of
Essex, England.
DePauw University
'Pushy police just stirring up trouble'
Students and onlookers have hit out at 'heavy-handed' police tactics
after they took to the streets to demonstrate over plans to hike
tuition fees.
A total of 100 police officers were drafted in to contain the 800
students who marched around Colchester town centre. Students from
Colchester Sixth Form College, Colchester Institute, Colchester
Royal Grammar School and the University of Essex were involved in
the protest on Tuesday.
Essex County Standard
I have won prizes before, but nothing like this hat-trick
A composer has scored a hat-trick of successes at a prestigious
music awards ceremony.
Alan Bullard came away with an armful of accolades from the Music
Industries Association's annual awards in London. In 2008 he was
awarded an honorary doctorate by the University of Essex.
Essex County Standard
Headteacher's ambition to make school the best
High-flying headteacher Steven Clark is coming home.
The former Colchester schoolboy is set to take over the role as
headteacher of the town's Philip Morant School and College.
Mr Clark was educated at Stanway and Colchester Sixth Form College
before going to study biological science at the University of Essex.
Essex County Standard
University is just for children
A special university for children is being launched in Colchester.
The Colchester Children's University, which will give youngsters the
chance to improve their skills and confidence, will be launched on
January 19 from 6.30pm to 8.30pm at the Ivor Crewe Lecture Hall, at
the University of Essex.
Essex County Standard
Dynamic duo come together
Virtuoso pianist Joanna MacGregor and Brazilian master percussionist
Adriano Adewale are joining forces at the Lakeside Theatre at the
University of Essex. (Please note: this event is now cancelled)
Essex County Standard
East Anglian Daily Times
Child's play is good for adults too
On a recent sojourn to the city of my birth, I was tickled to
encounter a discussion in the local papers regarding the resurgence
of the jam sandwich. Apparently, the ongoing trend for epicurean
nostalgia coupled with present parsimony has resulted in the
confection's appearance pre-packaged on supermarket shelves and in
afternoon tea offerings at posh hotels.
But the habits of play amount to much more than the stuff of
superannuated adult sentimentality. The rules and rhymes, counting
out customs of "ibble, obble, black bobble" and chasing games like
British Bulldog remain socially complex, historically apprised and
regionally distinct.
Likewise, reports from the anti-cuts demonstrations note how much
fun protestors of all ages appear to be having alongside their
serious political intent. The cultural critic Marina Warner once
observed that through play "a child instinctively dethrones social
prescriptions and accepted ideas". Incorporating the "defiant
light-heartedness" of the playground might be just the fillip
austerity Britain needs.
Guardian
A master class of Blitz cabaret
The spirit of the Blitz wil be alive and well in a cabaret show by
East 15 Acting School at the Clifftown Studios in Soutehnd from
Tuesday until Thursday.
Basildon Echo
Dangerous liaisons
Plush opulence with a dangerous edge will be the themes
behind East 15's production of the Shakespeare comedy Twelfth Night
when it goes on stage next week.
Echo
UK’s ultra-rich could solve this financial crisis
Read the article written by Professor Prem Sikka
of the Essex Business School
here
Gulf Times
Halo Noviny
2 December
UK as a whole will suffer if a big mistake is made on
student visas, v-c warns
Divisions within the
government over student migration may result in a visa system that
damages universities and the UK as a whole, senior figures in the
sector have warned. Colin Riordan,
Vice-Chancellor
of the University of Essex and chair of UUK's international policy
committee, said: "It is looking as if there may be a real risk that
we make - as a country, as the UK - a big mistake on student visas.
THE
The ultra-rich could solve this financial crisis
Surely it is far better to inconvenience 1,000 of the country's
richest people than destroy millions of lives.
Read Professor Prem Sikka's article
here.
The Guardian
Dispelling only child myth
The latest findings come from the Institute for Social and Economic
Research at the University of Essex, in which about 100,000 people
from 40,000 homes were questioned. It concluded the opposite to the
popular view: the fewer siblings a child has, the happier he or she
is. Read the article
here.
Uxbridge Gazette
University partnership
Energy assessment firm Sustainable Design Tools, based in
Colchester, has developed a new software programme to help
engineers, architects, developers and builders obtain the best
sustainability options for new residential projects, thanks to
research from the University of Essex.
East Anglian Daily Times
Man bailed over attack
A man arrested following an alleged attack at the
University of Essex has had his bail extended. The man answered bail
at Colchester police station yesterday and was rebailed until 10
December.
Gazette
1 December
Two arrested at Colchester student demo
About 600 students marched through the town centre for the second
time in six days to protest against the Government’s plans to slash
student grants. Students from Colchester Sixth Form College,
Colchester Institute, Colchester Royal Grammar School and
the University of Essex, who had been
warned not to miss lessons to take part, were involved in the
two-and-a-half-hour stand-off with police yesterday. Two people,
aged 16 and 18, were arrested and were being questioned by police.
Harwich and Manningtree Standard
Essex County Standard
Gazette
Last Requests / Brace
The Lakeside Theatre is proud to present an exciting double bill of
new short plays by writers at the University of Essex. Last
Requests: a beautifully simple new play by Professor Peter Higgins,
Head of Mathematics at the University of
Essex and Brace:
performed by a young and dynamic theatre company
formed by a University of Essex alumnus,
Brace made its debut at the Lakeside Studio in December 09
when it was widely praised for its intensity and originality.
Brentwood Weekly News
Police face students' test
Many University of Essex students stayed away from the protests
which took place in Colchester yesterday. Mo Metcalf-Fisher,
president of the youth wing of the Conservative Party said that most
students at the Wivenhoe Park campus were concentrating on finishing
their studies.
Nathan Bolton, Campaign Officer at the
University of Essex Students' Union gave a speech urging students to
continue the protest outside the town hall. He said "it costs £1.5
billion a year to maintain the nuclear weapon system Trident and
£1billion a year to give this year's intake of students a free
education".
Gazette
Students brave the cold for latest
education protest
Students braved bitter conditions in Colchester to
launch further protests over education funding cuts. Dan Swain, a
postgraduate student at the University of Essex said "these cuts are
going to completely transform the education system".
East Anglian Daily Times
November 2010
30 November
Colchester Business Award Winners
The University of Essex was a winner in the Active Travel and
Wellbeing category at the Colchester Business Awards for its
innovative approach towards sustainable travel planning and
promotion of staff wellbeing strategies.
Gazette
'Students in class at time of protest'
Schools in Colchester say pupils should be in class,
not taking part in a student protest today. More than 950 people on
one Facebook group were signed up to attend and more than 90 people
signed up to travel from the University of Essex campus to the town
centre today.
Gazette
So is an only child really happier?
A new study claims that an only child is happier. According to the
University of Essex study of 2,500 British youngsters, the fewer
siblings a child has, the happier they are, mainly because they're
not being bullied by brothers and sisters.
Daily Mirror
Cayman Observer
Researchers at University of Essex publish new data on
colon cancer
Professor John Norton from the Essex
Biomedical Sciences Institute and colleagues from
the ICENI Centre at the Colchester
Hospital University NHS Foundation Trust have
studied
several tumour types which have shown that
expression profiling of cellular protein extracted from surgical
tissue specimens by direct mass spectrometry analysis can accurately
discriminate tumour from normal tissue and in some cases can
sub-classify disease.
Cancer Weekly
Health and Medicine Week
A different kind of entrepreneurship
The Suffolk School for Social Entrepreneurship
launches in the New Year. Its aim is to support and nurture the
county's new and established social entrepreneurs in developing
social enterprises, community and voluntary oprganisations or
setting up community projects in Suffolk. The school is being backed
by Suffolk County Council, the East of England Development Agency
and University Campus Suffolk where it will be based.
East Anglian Daily Times
29 November
Training: Monitoring your recovery
Dr Gavin Sandercock, lecturer in clinical cardiology at the
University of Essex – and an Ironman competitor himself –
comments on testing regimes.
Read the article
here.
BikeRadar.com
UK Labour moves to regain public trust
Britain's Labour party leader Ed Miliband is to unveil new policy
lines, including seeking public opinion in the future leadership
contests to improve his party's face. Meanwhile, experts said
Miliband may have chosen the wrong path to a hoped-for victory in
the future elections as figures from the 2010 British Election Study
by the University of Essex showed 35% of Labour's traditional
supporters, the working class, did not turn out at the ballot boxes
back in May. "Ed Miliband is focusing attention on the 'squeezed
middle-class', but if Labour had appealed more to working-class
voters, it could have won," said Paul Whiteley, Professor
of Politics at the
University of Essex.
PressTV
Charity on campus
Students will be raising money for people with HIV and Aids at a
collection at the University of Essex on Wednesday to mark World
Aids Day.
Gazette
New health and medicine study findings
Professor Paul Hunt and colleagues
from the Department of Law have published
their study entitled 'Are drug companies
living up to their human rights responsibilities? The perspective of
the former United Nations Special Rapporteur 2002-2008'
in the journal PLos
Medicine.
Health and Medicine Week
Special University for Children
A special university for children is being launched in
Colchester to give youngsters the chance to improve their skills and
confidence. It will be launched on 19 January in the Ivor Crewe
Lecture Hall at the University of Essex.
Gazette
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