University of Essex in the press...

Saturday 12

Radio Netherlands (also in the US, South Africa, Canada and Australia) - The State we're In
Professor Peter Patrick, Department of Language and Linguistics
Guest speaker, commenting on other stories on the programme relating to dying languages, dominant vs minority languages, language diversity, and language repression as a violation of human rights.
 

Wednesday 9

Radio Wales
Professor Peter Higgins, Department of Mathematical Sciences
Re: Robert Recorde, the Welshman who, in 1557, invented the equals

Thursday 31

Colchester Bust-up over VAF
Frustrated council chiefs walked out of a crunch meeting over the future of Colchesters half-built arts complex.  After nearly four hours of discussions, Colchester Council closed the door on talks with architects Rafael Violy and contractors, Banner Holdings, over the cost to finish the visual arts facility, firstsite:newsite. To read the article in full click here.
Evening Gazette

Grieving parents tribute to friends
The parents of an Essex University student who died while on holiday in Magaluf have thanked everyone who attended his funeral.  Mark Day, 20, captain of the university's badminton team, died at a hotel in the Majorca resort in a tragic accident as a result of a forfeit that went wrong during a game of cards with friends.  Mark had just completed the first year of a finance and accountancy degree.  Mrs Day said the family would be planting a tree and unveiling a plaque in Mark's memory at the university's Colchester campus in October when the students return.  She said "We hope the plaque will be put up in the sports hall where he spent a lot of his time.  It was so loverly with flowers and tributes".  To read the article in full click here.
East Anglian Daily Times

Exam Howlers
"As Einstein once said" asserts an Essex University philosopher examinee, "Everything is relevant".  Like all the best howlers this year, that one (from A.D. Smith of the Essex Philosophy department) charmed by its proximity to the real thing.  Rather like the underlying truth in this statement by a development studies student from Nene College: "As for the peasants, they were either subject to a kind of 'slavery-plantation' farming, or ruled over by landrovers".  The classic Freudian slip was left to Warwick University, where a student claimed that "Locke's theory of property aimed to show how men came to have a right to private parts".  Send your exam howlers for 2008 to rebecca.attwood@tsleducation.com
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Wednesday 30

Colchester name and shame litterbugs
Litterbugs in Colchester who try to avoid paying a fine by giving false details are to be photographed and publicly shamed for the first time.  Colchester Council has announced it is to start releasing pictures of people it believes have side-stepped fixed penalty notices by giving out false addresses and names.  Essex University lecturer Gavin Sandercock, who regularly collects litter found on his route to work from his Maldon Road home, said he was in favour of the scheme.  I think it is a fantastic idea. Most litterers are obviously not caught, but it would also be good to show the faces of real people who have been to show it does happen and to give details of their fine, he said.  To read the article in full click here.
Evening Gazette

Could you retrain your brain to think like a left-hander?
We're all born favouring our left or right side but if you suffer an accident, injury or illness, is it possible to relearn a lifetime's skills and change over to your opposite hand?  Jeremy Dale places a ball on a tee and smashes a perfect drive far into the distance. Seconds later he repeats the feat, this time holding his club left handed. The 43-year-old has a unique ability to play equally well right or left-handed.  A natural right-hander until his mid 20s, he picked up a left-handed club in an idle moment and, liking the feel, decided to learn a new skill.  To read the article in full click here.
Daily Express

Bust-up over VAF
Frustrated council chiefs walked out of a crunch meeting over the future of Colchester's half-built arts complex.  After nearly four hours of discussions, Colchester Council closed the door on talks with architects Rafael Vinoly and contractors, Banner Holdings, over the cost to finish the visual arts facility, firstsite: newsite.  A Colchester Council spokesman said "We didn't see the point in continuing because we were coming form such different angles and we weren't going to reach an agreement".  Now the council must find a new builder to complete the project, sell the building or demolish it.  Talks to rescue the project will now take place between the council and its partners, Arts Council East, the East of England Development Agency, Essex University and Essex County Council, who between them had pledged almost £16 million.  The council plans to secure the building from weather damage and vandals and will order a full independent review into the problems.  Martin Hunt, Colchester Council's deputy leader said "I am very sorry for all those who are eagerly awaiting the completion of this project.  It seems for the moment we have failed to reach an agreement, which would end what has been a long period of uncertainty.  I can however, assure everyone that I have not given up and my first aim is still to complete this project as soon as possible". 
Gazette

Now it's the race for cash
Having completed the 5 kilometre course for race for life, women are now being urged to help smash a sponsorship target.  "The event may be over, but now it is vital that everyone makes one final effort by returning their sponsorship money as soon as possible to help us cross the fundraising finish line".  For details of how to return sponsorship money, or to make a donation, visit raceforlife.org.
Gazette

Tree to be a memorial to student
A family hope to plant a tree at Essex University in memory of their son, who studied there.  Mark Day died last month after falling from a hotel window in Magaluf, Majorca.  A spokesman for Essex University, where the 20-year-old was a first year student studying accounting, finance and management, said his family wish to plant a tree at the Wivenhoe Park campus.  The university will help the family find a suitable tree and location on the 200-acre site and the details will be included in a commemorative register at the university library.
Gazette

Tuesday 29

Big turnout for Marks funeral
The parents of a former Passmores pupil who died while on holiday in Magaluf, Majorca, in July wish to thank the people who attended their son's funeral last Wednesday.  Keen badminton player and University of Essex student Mark Day, 20, died in an accident as a result of a forfeit.  His mother, Beverley said: 'There were so many people at the funeral - I knew Mark was a popular lad, but there were more than 150 people there. The majority of them were in his age group and a couple of people came from abroad to the funeral. One person came from France and another cut short their holiday.'  To read the article in full click here.
East Herts Herald

North Essex Youngsters line up to invade Walford
A group of young actors from the Essex University-based Young Actors Company have been taken on as extras in the popular BBC TV soap.  Among them is Michael Gould who has now finished filming his scenes, although he has a can he was filmed drinking from as a souvenir. To read the article in full click here.
Evening Gazette

North Essex Arrests 'ruined' girls' prom night
Parents have slammed police for ruining their daughters school prom by arresting their limousine drivers.  Families said their youngsters were left stranded after police seized three stretch limousines outside Wivenhoe House Hotel, Essex University, where teenagers from Colne Community School, Brightlingsea, were celebrating.
The operation was part of a county-wide crackdown on unlicenced or uninsured limousine drivers by Essex Polices commercial vehicle investigation department.
To read the article in full click here.
Evening Gazette

Celebrating life
More than 2,000 hardy runners took part in Cancer Research UK's Race For Life.  Everyone completed the five kilometre course at Essex University on Sunday despite temperatures pushing 27 degrees.
Gazette
 

Monday 28

Some of it was 'outstanding'
A recent Echo story about an Ofsted inspection of South East Essex College, Southend omitted to mention facilities at the college described by inspectors as "outstanding".  The Ofsted report highlighted equality of opportunity and leisure, tourism and sport as outstanding areas for the college, in Luker Road, Southend.
Echo

Mark heads for States on scholarship
Mark Baptist, a former student at South East Essex College has been offered a football scholarship at Indiana Tech University in America.  He has been training hard ahead of the trip and has regularly run from Rochford to Rayleigh Weir and has also been on a strict weights regime.   His mother Gill is proud of his achievements but is dreading his departure.   "I feel dreadful that he is going, however, this is a great opportunity for him", she said. 
Echo

New degree course comes to Southend
A degree course for people who work with children is to be offered to students in Southend for the first time.  The University of Essex has been offering a foundation degree in therapeutic communication for the past year at its Colchester site, and is now bringing it to its Southend campus.  It is suitable for teaching and care professionals working with troubled children and adolescents, in special or mainstream schools, care homes or social services.  For information about the course and how to apply, contact the student administrator at the Centre for Psychoanalytical Studies on 01206 874554 or email: cpsasst@essex.ac.uk
Echo

Brown's job at stake after triple election defeat
Professor Anthony King, Department of Government, says Labour's chances of winning a fourth, straight term of office before May 2010 were 'approaching zero'. Read the full article here.
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Race for Life attracts more than 2,000 runners
Thousands of women ran in sweltering temperatures to raise money for cancer sufferers at the University's Colchester Campus.
Evening Gazette

Youngsters line up to invade Walford
Young actors from a Young Actors Company based at the University have been taken on as extras in the popular BBC TV soap Eastenders.
Evening Gazette

Friday 25

Hats off, you've all graduated!
More than 2,000 students picked up their degrees from Essex University along with honorary graduates Philip Crummy and Dee Evans.

Students get drama bursaries
East 15 students have won the Laurence Olivier Bursary for an unprecedented seventh time. The most prestigious award in the drama school world, the Laurence Olivier bursary 2008 was given to East 15's Frances McNamee. Two other East 15 students were also given an award.

Award-winner Victoria proves class apart
An Essex University graduate is celebrating not only a first-class degree but al prestigious award as well. Victoria Wilkinson was top of the class on the three-year accounting and finance course, achieving the highest aggregate score for her exam and course work. The Colchester-born 22-year-old is to start work with the London-based Audit Commission.

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Help find the best town architecture
The hunt is on to find  Colchester's best new buildings. The Colchester 2020 and RIBA Architectural awards 2009 have been launched with entries invited form the designers of all shapes and sizes of structures. Among the contenders could be Essex University's controversial new lecture theatre which was famously branded a dustbin by Prince Charles.
Evening Gazette

Tree tops: the 12 you loved most
Colchester Council asked residents to nominate their favourite trees and ore than 100 people took up the challenge. More than 50 trees were put forward for consideration and from them a top 12 were chosen. The boughs of the Cedar of Lebanon tree at Wivenhoe House in Wivenhoe Park have provided shelter through the decades, including to soldiers during the Second World War. The tree, believed to be about 120 years old is about 20 metres high and was nominated by Paul Hance, the Head of Grounds at Wivenhoe Park.
Essex County Standard

Calling young ones
Just because the students have gone, it doesn't mean Essex University will be any less busy. The university's first under-18s nightclub experience called Sub 18, takes place at Sub Zero this weekend. The 1,200 capacity venue set in the hear of the university's campus under square 3, is launching the new night tomorrow.
Essex County Standard

More than 2,000 women will be taking part in this weekend's Race for Life. This Sunday's event takes place across the grounds of Essex University from 11am.
Evening Gazette

Conference on eating disorders
A conference on eating disorders will be held at Essex University. Not-for-profit organisation COPE is hosting the conference on September 19.
Evening Gazette

Thursday 24

A passion to help children exceed their boundaries
Essex Graduate Matthew Patten's professional life revolves around giving people - specifically young, disadvantaged people - a helping hand, and much of the work he does is centred on cricket. But much though the new chief executive of one of the Lord's Taverners, one of Britain's best-known charities, loves his cricket, his job could scarcely be further removed from opining on the game itself. Patten has been at the helm of the Lord's Taverners since May, and, with his long and distinguished track record in marketing and public relations, he clearly relishes the clout - or "brand recognition'' - that comes with the new job. Read the whole article here.
The Daily Telegraph

We must break the prism of corporate interests
Reform of financial regulations is to be carried out by the City elites who profit from their current laxity. Read Professor Prem Sikka's article here.
The Guardian

Pupils get a lesson in triathlon from Abbie
An international athlete took a school training session. Essex student Abbie Thorrington who is hoping to compete in the 2012 Olympics put pupils through their paces at Ramsey College, Halstead.
Evening Gazette

Wednesday 23

Sub Zero campus club now open for sub-18s
Essex University nightclub Sub Zero is launching its first under-18s night club experience, called Sub18, on Saturday with former Hippodrome and Route resident DJ Nimblefingerz who will be playing the best in R n B and urban music, and DJ Mafia X who will be playing the best in house, electro and commercial tunes.  A non-alcoholic bar will be provided, as well as a games zone.  The club is aimed at 12 to 17 year olds, tickets are available through the main website at essexstudent.com or you can buy on the door.  Tickets cost £5 in advance and £6 on the door.  For more information call 01206 863211.
Gazette

Vocation is everything
Two successful students have been held up as shining examples as part of a college campaign to encourage more people to take up vocational courses.  South East Essex College, in Southend, has highlighted the hard work of students who choose to study for a specific type of job at its first National Vocational Qualifications, or NVQs, Day.  To read the article in full click here.
Echo News - Online

Tuesday 22

Writing their own success story
There's a local contender for the Independent Bookseller of the Year crown.  Wivenhoe Bookshop, near Colchester, which has been shortlisted for the national Independent Bookseller of the Year award for the way it's made itself a focal point of the community.  To read the article in full click here.
East Anglian Daily Times - Online

University gets revenue boom
Essex University is now big business. Its contribution to the local economy has "grown significantly", a survey has shown. The latest figures from the Higher Education Business and Community Interaction survey of 160 UK universities recorded a 17 per cent rise in revenue received by universities from business and community projects reaching £2.64 billion in 2006-07. Of the main services provided, including collaborative research, contract research, consultancy work, facilities and equipment provision, professional courses and regeneration and development, Essex University made more than £10 million in 2006-07.
Evening Gazette

Awards for region's top communicators
The Communi8 awards received a bumper crop of brochures, newsletters, website and new media entries which were judged by a panel of experts and the University of Essex publication Wyvern received an award of excellence.
East Anglian Daily Times

I’m back and proud
Congratulations to those of you who graduated this summer. You've done your bit to change the negative perception of young black men and women in this country.
When I graduated 21 years ago I wasn't even thinking about 'the community'. Frankly, I was thinking of myself. It was a proud moment for my parents, but for me all I wanted to know was how I was going to get 'paid'. 21 years on and I am invited back to the University of Essex as Alumnus of the Year. Read Dotun Adebayo's thoughts on his ceremony last week.
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Monday 21

Mortars off to all the graduates!
More than 2,000 students picked up their degrees from Essex University, along with honorary graduates Philip Crummy and Dee Evans. Philip Crummy said "I'm delighted to have received this award. I especially liked sharing the ceremony with the graduating students from the departments of history and computing and electronic systems as the trust has worked with members of staff from those departments in the past".
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Mind over matter as scientists use brainpower to make wishes come true
From the Hollywood film Firefox to the television show Heroes, science fiction writers have always dreamt of the day when humans could control machines with the power of thought alone.  Now British scientists are turning the vision into reality with a device that allows objects to be manipulated with brain waves.
The prototype, developed at Essex University, can already be used to play simple computer games. By imagining a movement, the wearer of the hat-shaped device can tell the computer to move an object around a screen or a robot around a room. Read the article and watch the video here.
The Telegraph

UK honour for Vice-Chancellor
Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University vice-chancellor Prof Derrick Swartz has received an honorary doctorate from the University of Essex.  Swartz, who obtained his MA from the university, received the honorary PhD in Sociology in recognition of his leadership in the universal struggle for equality and social justice.  More than 2000 Essex students received degrees at nine ceremonies over three days. In introducing Swartz, Centre of Human Rights director Prof John Packer said he remained a member of the noblest vocation – teaching. He described Swartz as a leader in thought, word and deed. “He is not merely an academic, he is also a social activist. In South Africa he sits on the boards of a number of important trusts.”
The Herald

Soon, a device that allows objects to be controlled by your thoughts
Computers and devices controlled by humans will no longer be restricted to sci-fi movies and cartoons, for a group of Brit researchers are trying to turn science fiction writers' vision into reality with a device that allows objects to be manipulated with brain waves. Developed at Essex University, it is already possible to play simple computer games with the prototype. This hat shaped device can tell the computer to move an object around a screen or a robot around a room just by imagining a movement. Read the whole article here.
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24/7 festival coup for homegrown talent
Actor/writer and former student at  East 15 Acting School  Matthew Landers has had his latest play A Dog Called Redemption accepted for the prestigious Manchester 24/7 theatre festival. Matthew, star of the current Diageo responsible drinking TV advert is to star in his most recent written work from Sunday, July 20 to Saturday, July 26 at the Midland Hotel in Manchester. A previous work, Arrows, was a winner of the Willy Russell Award for new writers in 2006. Since then, Matthew has gone from strength to strength in both his acting and written work. Read the article here.
Lancashire Evening Post

Saturday 19

Degree of success  for archaeologist
An Essex archaeologist was among a number of people to receive an honorary degree at a graduation ceremony. Philip Crummy collected his honorary degree at a presentation at Essex University yesterday alongside about 2,000 students picking up undergraduate and postgraduate degrees. Another honorary degree recipient was Dee Evans who has been the chief executive of Colchester Mercury Theatre since 1998.  Mrs Evans said "it was a great ceremony and I have had a lovely day. I feel very honoured as this is a great university".
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Friday 18

Popular teacher Eddie Gough retires
Fake moustaches and silly ties were the uniform of the day recently for the 700 pupils and 80 staff of Les Quennevais School. The school decided to surprise and honour Eddie Gough, the longest-serving member of staff who retired this week after 33 years. During Mr Gough’s time at Les Quennevais, his moustache and hideous ties have become legendary, so the school felt that it was only right to mark his departure by referring to his trademarks.
Mr Gough was educated at De La Salle College between 1959 and 1967 before taking a sociology degree at the University of Essex and a PGCE with the University of Zambia. On graduating, he taught in Zambia between 1972 and 1974.
Jersey Evening Post

'Censorship' won't win turbine war
Credit to Enertrag for putting on the exhibition at Tivetshall on June 12, but there is a difference between education and indoctrination. There was plenty of reading material but it was all pro-wind with nothing to show the other side or explain why the industry dismisses well researched findings if they conflict with their objectives (ie making money). A Salford University report, commissioned by the Government to prove there's no noise problem, was there.
A far more pertinent and independent report, which concluded that turbines should be separated from homes by at least 2km, by Frey & Hadden (acoustics engineers) was not.  The standard, outdated, information on shadow flicker was there. Yet the latest review by the University of Essex which concluded that the risk of epileptic and migraine attacks extends up to five miles away from such turbines, was not. Read the whole article here.
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From joystick to helmet: the new leap forward is all in the mind
Read an article about the new leap in video games technology: thought control. The article looks at the Entertainment Revolution and mentions MUD, created by a student at Essex University.
The Times

Caring sisters bring new hope to orphans
Three Colchester sisters have returned from a life-changing trip to Africa, where they helped orphans achieve the joy of running water. One of the sisters, Beccy is set to study maths at Essex University this year and hopes to become a teacher. Read the whole article here.
Evening Gazette

Thursday 17

The rise of sushi
Essex Graduates, David and Hiromi Bunday have opened Sushi Ichiban Cornwall down in St Austell.  The business has only been trading for four weeks but locals think a Pasty v Sushi battle may be hitting the streets of the county!
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Glamorous soap star Zahra Ahmadi
Zhara, who plays Shabnam Masood in Eastenders visited the Halcyon Centre in North Prospect to support a new drama group for city people. The centre has been founded by two actors and all three met while studying at East 15.
Evening Herald

Wednesday 16

Pasta and pizza chains use tips to top up wages
A University of Essex student comments on her experiences working for a restaurant chain. Read the full article here.
The Telegraph

Tuesday 15

A career woman? No, a mother who works
The dream of being a corporate high-flyer is losing its appeal for women with children. There are more satisfying options. The British Household Panel Survey, which involved 3,800 couples over eight years, found that women with part-time jobs were the happiest. They reported greater job satisfaction than those in full-time work and appeared more content than those with no job. By contrast, 78 per cent of fathers said that they were happiest working full-time. Read the full article here.
The Times

Under-18 are to get own club night
The University of Essex is to hold its first under-18s club night later this month. The university will be opening its doors on July 26 for an under-age experience called Sub-18 at the 1,200 capacity venue set in the heart of the Wivenhoe campus.
East Anglian Daily Times

Monday 14

Battleaxe is star at sports fair
Battleaxe from Gladiators was the star attraction for youngsters at a sports fair, held at the University of Essex. Around 150 Tendring Aimhigher Partnership students from the across the county were treated to a talk by the star of the television series. Students also heard about careers in areas such as sports science, sports management, sports production design and sports journalism.
Evening Gazette

Saturday 12

University of Essex's Director of International Office meets with prospective students
The Director of International Office at the University of Essex yesterday met with several prospective students keen on furthering their studies bringing a rise in the total number of Bruneians studying there. A total of 15 students walked through the doors of James Hon Marketing and Management yesterday to meet up with Dr Tim Gutsell, who is on his second visit to the Sultanate - the first being in February for the recent UK Student Exhibition that was held in the Mall. Read the full article here.
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Friday 11

Warning over home alone children
The law does not specify an age when a child can be left alone
Many parents could face prosecution for leaving their children home alone during the summer holidays, a children's charity has warned. The Children's Legal Centre is calling for clarification of existing law, which fails to specify at what age children can be left on their own. Parents who fall foul of the law can face up to 10 years in prison.
The government says children have different levels of maturity and responsibility at different ages. Charities predict that more than a million children could be left alone this summer because childcare costs are too high for some families. Children's Legal Centre (CLC) spokesman Dominic Bascombe told BBC News: "The law says it can be an offence and this is why we're advising parents that they need to be careful when they're leaving children alone at home during the holidays."  Read the full article here.

Pupils off to university for summer
A sports science summer school will see 40 pupils get an insight into higher education at Essex University. The 14 and 15-year-olds from six schools in Tendring will spend three days living and studying at the Wivenhoe Park campus. They will make use of the university's sporting facilities and trying out different sports, including judo, trampolining, badminton and squash. Read the whole article here.
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Cheshunt slay Dragons in pre-season
Cheshunt kicked off their pre-season campaign with a fine 4-0 away win at Wivenhoe Town. Ambers boss Gordon Boateng's side swept aside the Dragons as they look to forget last season's disappointment of relegation from the Southern League Premier Division.The game, played at the University of Essex, saw the East Herts side take a 3-0 half-time lead before finding the net once more in the second half.
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Video games and violence - 'mere speculation'
Patrick Kierkegaard, a doctoral student at the University of Essex challenges the notion that games fuel juvenile delinquency, aggressive behaviour and even murder. Read the full article here.
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Thursday 10

Tributes to former Passmores pupil
Tributes have been paid to a former Passmores pupil who died while on holiday in Magaluf, Majorca.  Mark David Day, 20, died in a tragic accident last Sunday. It has been reported that Mark crashed through a hotel window as part of a forfeit that went wrong. Mark, who moved to Braintree a year ago, was an undergraduate student at the Colchester campus at the University of Essex.  He was the captain of the badminton team and his team-mates also paid tribute to him on the university's student union website naming him an "active, rather opinionated member" of the badminton club and "a fantastic badminton player" who would be "irreplaceable" to the team and anyone who knew him. A university spokesman said: "The university wishes to express its condolences to his friends and family and will be offering support to any students affected by Mark's death."
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Human rights anniversary fêted
Experts from across the globe gathered last week at the University of Essex to mark the 25th anniversary of the institution's Human Rights Centre. Essex was the first UK university to offer a postgraduate degree in international human rights law. Alumni of the centre returned to attend a conference that also marked the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
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Archant magazine scoops business award
A regional newspaper publisher's in-house magazine has won a prestigious business award. The bi-monthly Archant Network was crowned Best Internal Publication over 12 Pages at the Communic8 Awards which celebrates the best communications professionals in the Anglia region. They beat other shortlisted entries from Cambridgeshire County Council and the University of Essex.
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40 pupils to get a taste of university life
Forty Year-10 pupils from across the Tendring AimHigher Partnership schools will be at the University of Essex next week for a sports science summer school. The students, all selected for their interest in sport, will spend three days living and studying at the Colchester Campus as they gain an insight into higher education - with a sporting focus.
East Anglian Daily Times

Teen fleeces City lawyers
A teenager has been jailed for 5 months after stealing thousands of pounds during work experience at a top City law firm. She is now studying for a Management degree at the University of Essex.
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Recycling their way to the top
The green league is making universities think again. Read the full article here.
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Wednesday 9
 

Brown wrong on detention support
Most people believe terrorist suspects should be held without trial for no more than four weeks, in opposition to the Government's planned 42 days, according to a new survey. A poll of over 1,000 adults for the Joseph Rowntree Reform Trust showed that only a third supported the Prime Minister's call for an extension to the time terror suspects can be held. Professor Stuart Weir, director of Democratic Audit at the University of Essex, said: 'These findings show little public appetite for the prolonged detention of terrorist suspects without charge. As debate on the Government's 42-day proposals continues, they show that Gordon Brown's assertion that a majority of people back them is ill-founded.' Read the full article here.
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Arrogant man who showed no sorrow
Biomedical sciences student Daniel Tambenqwa has been jailed for the murder of his girlfriend in Colchester last year.
Evening Gazette

Tuesday 8

Kaplan Open Learning Introduces Criminal Justice Degree
Kaplan Open Learning, the online higher education college, has announced it will begin offering a wholly online foundation degree in Criminal Justice this summer. Kaplan Open Learning was launched last year by global education and training company Kaplan and the University of Essex.  The course is aimed at the more than half a million people currently working in the criminal justice sector, either as employees or volunteers, many of whom do not have higher education degrees. Topics covered include crime and its impact, criminal investigation, skills for the criminal justice sector, terrorism and anti-social behaviour.  The online degree format offers far greater flexibility than traditional full-time and part-time degrees which require attendance on a campus, so students can pursue a degree without disrupting their work or family life. Read the full article here.
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Nicola lands a dream trip
An Essex University worker is gearing up for the trip of a lifetime, paid for by the Rotary Club. Nicola Wood has been chosen to go to Japan on the Rotary Group Study Exchange. Miss Wood, a widening participation officer, gives talks in school assemblies to encourage youngsters to sign up for degrees. She will get a chance to find out more about Japanese higher education during her visit in September.
Evening Gazette

Leavers shown next step
A special day was held to give sixth-formers a taste of university life. More than 400 year 12 students from schools in Essex, Suffolk and Surrey visited Essex University for a taster day and students had lessons for some of the most popular degree subjects.
Evening Gazette

Monday 7

Essex University briefs students on academic life
A representative from UK's University of Essex will be in Brunei Darussalam this week to meet prospective students as well as provide a pre-departure briefing for students flying off to commence the latter part of their academic life. Dr Tim Gutsell, Director of International Office at the University of Essex, will be at local student consultants James Hon Marketing and Management's office on Wednesday, July 9 to meet prospective students.  Founded in 1962, the University of Essex is set over 200 acres of parkland, two miles from the historic city of Colchester. Since then, the university has grown in both reputation and size, of providing quality teachings and research. "Besides being a top university, Essex is also cherished by Bruneian students for its state of the art teaching facilities," said Delon Hon, Essex's Brunei representative.
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Women's tournament
The University of Essex Colchester Campus will be hosting its annual women's football tournament on Sunday 3 August. Open to any female team, this 11-a-side one-day tournament is now in its third year. Teams from across the country are expected to compete, with Crystal Palace dominating for the past two years. An application team form can be downloaded at www.essex.ac.uk.sport.
East Anglian Daily Times
Evening Gazette

Sunday 6

Labour accuse BBC Scotland of pro-SNP bias
The Scottish Labour Party have attacked BBC journalists in a letter to the Scottish Broadcasting Commission accusing them of producing biased political coverage which is pro-nationalist. 
In recent months, the BBC has been the subject of criticism over its coverage. A major report by Professor Anthony King from Essex University, commissioned by the BBC Trust and published in May concluded that Scottish television audiences were poorly informed and have a skewed perspective on events in their own country because of a failure by the national BBC news programmes to provide coverage of events outside England. Read the full article here.
Sunday Herald

Friday 4

Is post-war Britain anti-Muslim?
Read about The Daily Mail's Peter Osborne who has written a pamphlet arguing that this country and its media are Islamophobic.
Muslims Under Siege: Alienating a Vulnerable Community by Peter Osborne and James Jones, is available from Democratic Audit, University of Essex.
The Daily Mail

University looking good in title race
University look favourites to lift the first division title after beating second-placed Ardleigh.
Essex County Standard

Thursday 3

Ace student practises poker face
A 21-year-old student from Hoddesdon is hoping to hold all the aces when he takes part in a poker contest starting in Las Vegas today. Joseph D'Angelo won last year's UK Student Poker Championship, a tournament solely open to students in the UK held annually by sponsors Betfred. As well as a cash prize, Joseph also won the chance to play in the World Series of Poker in Las Vegas, with travel, accommodation and expenses all thrown in. But Joseph, who has just completed is final year studying a BA in Accounting at Essex University, had to wait until he turned 21 to take up his place. Read the full story here.
Mercury

New jam Director
Fruit farmer Chris Newenham has been promoted to become a director of legendary jam firm Wilkin & Sons of Tiptree. Mr Newenham has been a farm manager for six years within the company. Joint managing director Ian Thurgood said: "Chris brought some radical and challenging ideas to us when he came to Tiptree.  "These changes have helped to make us more efficient and more protective of the environment, while bringing welcome increases in the variety and the quantity of fruits we grow at Tiptree and helping us to reach out to new markets." Chris started as a student at Writtle College and studied agriculture and horticulture. He went on to gain an MBA from Essex University. Chris said: "I'm delighted with my appointment and am looking forward to the challenges ahead on the farm and throughout the wider business."
Essex Chronicle

Green Shoots
The Times Higher's Green league table has been published.  View the results here.
Times Higher

Is fear of debt stopping quest for a uni place?
Nigel Mountford, Head of the Harwich School comments that many students at his school are not going to University because of the fear of debt.  Many of the pupils would be the first in their family to go to University and parents feared the debt that may occur and did not see the point of higher education especially when there was no guarantee that it may lead to better job prospects in the future. He said that this is a problem that they need to redress. The University of Essex run a Widening Participation scheme which encourages young people who may not have thought of higher education to look at what universities can offer.
Evening Gazette

From laying down the Law to studying it
A detective is swapping life investigating crimes to one prosecuting those responsible. Detective Inspector Roy Clark will retire on July 30, 30 years to the day since he joined Essex Police as a bobby on the beat. He will begin a four-year English and French law degree at Essex Unversity. Read the full story here.
Evening Gazette
East Anglian Daily Times
Maldon and Burnham Standard

Virtual Policy '08 A conference on innovation and governance in virtual worlds
A conference on innovation and governance in virtual worlds will convene at the Department for Business, Enterprise. Virtual Policy08 is the first UK conference dedicated to the public policy implications of virtual worlds. Organized by the Virtual Policy Network  in conjunction with the Department for Business, Enterprise, this landmark event will define the virtual world policy agenda for UK and Europe. Invented at the UKs University of Essex almost thirty years ago by Richard Bartle and Roy Trubshaw, virtual worlds are online spaces where people from around the globe get together to work, socialize and play. With World of Warcraft and Second Life hitting the headlines and worlds such as Habbo Hotel claiming over 90 million registered users, virtual worlds are an established cultural force. Read the full article here.
Develop

Holohan: U's can bounce back
Former fitness coach Donough Holohan has urged Colchester United to keep hold of their best players in order to be successful next season.
Holohan, who was also the U's sports scientist, brought the curtain down on two years' with the club earlier this week, after joining Premier League side West Ham United as their Strength Coach. His final task was to oversee the players' bleep tests at the University of Essex, prior to taking up his new post at Upton Park. Read the full article here.
Evening Gazette
Harwich and Manningtree Standard

Tuesday 1

Conference Highlights Brand Development Opportunities in India
A conference in London has offered a practical insight into the retail landscape in India, highlighting how this high-growth emerging market can be tapped into by British exporters looking to build their brands globally.  A presentation on India's suburbs and second-tier cities, given by Dr Madhumita Banerjee, Lecturer in Marketing, University of Essex; outlined India's attractiveness and complexities as a key emerging market. It also discussed the country's fastest-growing cities and the reasons for their growth.
To read the article in full click here.
Government News Network -Online

Student dies in death plunge
University of Essex undergraduate student Mark David Day fell to his death from a hotel after a prank went wrong while on holiday in Spain.
East Anglian Daily Times
The Times
BBC
Daily Mail
Evening Standard
Ipswich Evening Star
The Sun
The Mirror
Metro.co.uk
Halstead Gazette
Essex Chronicle

University staff slam private training centre
Lecturers and university staff have slammed plans for a private degree training centre for international students. Hundreds of workers voted against proposals for Essex University to join forces with private firm, INTO, to expand overseas student numbers at its Colchester campus. Dr Steve Sangwine, union branch president and a senior lecturer said: "We are concerned that commercial pressures will come to bear and force INTO to take people who are at a lower standard of english". A university spokesperson said that plans were at an early stage and will only go ahead if it's felt to be right for the university. The University has to have alot of discussions and needs to go through the proposals in fine detail before we can say it is the right way forward.
Evening Gazette

June 2008

Monday 30

The nation fears for the future of the mismanaged, wasteful NHS
Professor Anthony King from the University of Essex, analyses our exclusive.
Although the NHS on its 60th birthday remains a valued and respected national institution, a special YouGov survey for The Daily Telegraph shows that millions of Britons are apprehensive about its future and believe it is already riddled with waste and mismanagement.
The Daily Telegraph

Ironman Austria competitors required for study
Competitors at next month’s Ironman Austria are required as volunteers for a scientific study being conducted by researchers from the University of Essex, who are looking at pacing strategies. The study will require competitors to complete short questionnaires before and after the event and to self record the perception of effort at various points during the event, although care will be taken so that this does not interfere with any competitor’s race. The research is being conducted by registered sports psychologist, Dr Dominic Micklewright, and Level 3 triathlon coach, Dave Parry, both of whom will be available for advice in the run up to the event in the UK, and before the event in Austria. Competitors will be able to get copies of the findings of the research. Read the article here.
tri247.com

More Doubt over Goya's Colossus
The Colossus has always figured as a masterwork among Francisco Goya's chronicle of human suffering during Spain's war of independence (1808-1812). But now Madrid's Prado museum, which long gave it pride of place, has come closer than ever to acknowledging that Goya didn't paint it. At a June 26 press conference, curators announced the museum would continue its inquiry into the work's authenticity after its investigative team identified the initials A. J. in the painting's lower left corner with the Valencian painter Asensio Juliá, a friend and collaborator of Goya. Though reserving final judgment, the museum had already signaled its doubts earlier this year by excluding The Colossus from its current Goya in Times of War exhibition. Read comments by Dr Sarah Symmons from the Department for Art History
Time Magazine

Celebration of campus centre
Experts from around the globe will be at Essex University this week to mark the 25th anniversary of the campus's Human Rights Centre. Nearly 200 alumni from the centre are returning for a conference which will also celebrate the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
East Anglian Daily Times

CARET leads project awarded grant to research Web 3.0 for teaching and learning
A highly competitive ESRC/EPSRC Technology-Enhanced Learning award for £1.5 million has been awarded to a collaborative research team led from the Centre for Applied Research in Educational Technologies (CARET) at the University of Cambridge to explore new ways of using the World Wide Web to enhance teaching and learning.
Research and technological development will be directed by Dr Patrick Carmichael of the Centre for Applied Research into Educational Technologies along with colleagues at four other UK universities - City University London, Essex, East Anglia and Stirling and several international collaborators. The team will examine the potential benefits to teachers, learners and researchers of using emerging 'Semantic Web' or 'Web 3.0' technologies. Read the full article here.
Cambridge News online