University of Essex in the press...

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Parliament Live
University of Essex report on care farming was discussed as part of an adjournment debate on Care farming and disadvantaged groups by Mr Mark Todd in Parliament on 24th November.
Discussion starts at 7hrs 11 and finishes at about 7hrs 45.

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

July 2009

Friday 31

Thousands in the pink for cancer research
A total of 2,300 girls and women took part in the Race for Life at the University of Essex and it is hoped that that event will raise £140,000 for cancer research.
Essex County Standard

Thursday 30

Love aids the ‘lost children’
A survivor who helped reunite “lost children” of the Holocaust with their families has received an honorary doctorate from Essex University in Colchester.
Mrs Love, a member of the Colchester Jewish Community, has lived and worked in the Essex town for more than 30 years. She has built up a relationship with the university’s history department and has spoken about her wartime experiences to school and college audiences. Read the article here.
The Jewish Chronicle

UK's New Universities Top Poll
The University of Essex has been ranked 8th in the Whatuni.com top ten UK universities. The website compiled the research after asking over 7,000 students about their university experience.  It's smaller number of students to staff ratio  is seen as a benefit to students, The institution also benefits from a range of distance learning courses. Read the article here.
MyContentBuilder

We're going to need back-up
Many researchers lack the skills needed to manage their data, which could include anything from photographs or interview recordings to genome sequences. To address the problem, the UK Digital Archive (UKDA), based at the University of Essex, is running a series of workshops to help.
THE

Mortgage Times auditors raised doubts over firm's future
Concerns were raised about Mortgage Times Group's ability to survive the credit crunch by the network's own accountants as far back at 2007, documents from Companies House have revealed. Read Professor Prem Sikka's comments here.
FTAdviser.com

Wednesday 29

Girls compete without boys
A new study, from the University's Department of Economics, suggests that girls are more competitive when they attend single-sex schools.
Gazette
Chelmsford Weekly News
Harwich and Manningtree Standard
Halstead Gazette

Tuesday 28

Go jump off a pier
A new and growing group of psychologists believes that many of our modern-day mental problems, including depression, stress and anxiety, can be traced in part to society's increasing alienation from nature. A 2007 study by researchers at the University of Essex found that a daily dose of walking outside could be as effective as taking antidepressant drugs for treating mild to moderate depression.
African Leader

Graduates need to up their job search game
Joanna Symons, Careers Adviser at the University of Essex believes University leavers can still bag their dream job as long as they put in the work and that having a degree is an asset in the long term.
Gazette

Monday 27

'Eco-Therapy' for Environmental Depression: Go Jump Off a Pier'
A new and growing group of psychologists believes that many of our modern-day mental problems, including depression, stress and anxiety, can be traced in part to society's increasing alienation from nature. The solution? Get outside and enjoy it. A 2007 study by researchers at the University of Essex in England found that a daily dose of walking outside could be as effective as taking antidepressant drugs for treating mild to moderate depression. Read the article here.
Yahoo! News
TIME

Girls compete less in co-ed school study
Dr Patrick Nolen and Professor Alison Booth from the University of Essex have published a new study that suggests that going to a single-sex school could be better for a girl's career than being educated alongside boys as girls from single sex schools are more competitive that those who are educated in mixed classes.
East Anglian Daily Times

Stroll, or run, in the part boosts charity
Cancer Research UK's flagship event , Race for Life took place the University of Essex yesterday with more than 2000 women racing to raise money for the charity.
East Anglian Daily Times

Pink ladies run hard for charity
Pink tutus and leg warmers were everywhere as women of all ages raced to raise money for charity at the Race for Life at the University of Essex.
Gazette

Vaccine for teachers?
Teachers should be among the first in line for a swine flue vaccine when it is created says a representative from the National Union of Teachers. There was a suggestion universities might postpone freshers' week, shut parts of their campuses or introduce podcast lectures to help the situation. A University of Essex spokesman said they have no such plans at present.
Gazette

Student flats plan sent back for rethink
A blueprint for student flats in Colchester have been sent back to the drawing board. Concerns were raised that two of the blocks would take away residents' light and privacy and that there would be noise and disruption. A reduction in car parking spaces and the safety of the walking route to the University of Essex was also questioned.
Gazette

It's n-ice to be the first
A former champion has become the first person in the UK to graduate with a PhD in figure skating. Diana Entwistle has been dubbed the Doctor of Skating after four years studying the sport at Essex University. The ex-British Masters ice dance champ said: "There is so much science in figure skating and it's the difference between getting a gold medal and appearing lower down in the leadership table."
The Mirror

Give us government that works, not emails
Why does modern British government make so many mistakes and such big and costly ones at that? This question is vexing two of the country’s leading political academics – Anthony King, Professor of Government at the University of Essex , and Sir Ivor Crewe, Master of University College, Oxford – who have embarked on a research project to see if they can find the answer. In this endeavour they claim the support of serving ministers, civil servants and shadow cabinet spokesmen who may well be occupying ministerial offices from next year. They all want to know, too, as do the rest of us.
The Telegraph

Sunday 26

Mating clues revealed by speed dating
Scientists have used speed-dating experiments to examine the tendency for people to mate with people like themselves. A 2006 paper by economists at the University of Essex in England analyzed data from 3,600 male and female speed daters to see if people selected mates with similar traits, such as height and education, because that is what they prefer or because they are most likely to encounter them in the dating market.
The Edmonton Journal

Saturday 25

Faith inspires political goal
Erica Spracklin's double major in political and religious studies is perfectly in keeping with both her personal faith and political world view. It also has led the University of Saskatchewan honours student on an interfaith journey in conjunction with the Tony Blair Faiths Act Foundation. She is one of 30 young people from Canada, the U.S. and the United Kingdom -- the only one from Saskatchewan -- to be selected as Faiths Act Fellows. Erica has recently returned from a year's study at the University of Essex.
The Star Phoenix

There are alternatives to public spending cuts
By cutting the tax relief on borrowings enjoyed by corporations we could help to protect public investment. Read Professor Prem Sikka's article here.
The Guardian

Friday 24

Media descends on Norwich count
The world's media descended on an agricultural show hall for the count for the Norwich North by-election. Professor Anthony King, a renowned political pundit from the University of Essex, said the share of the vote for the smaller parties had risen from 6% in the last general election to 28% at this election. "That is a good measure of the scale of popular discontent, not just with any one particular party, but with the political class in general," he said. Read the article here.
BBC

Swine flu at university
Six teenagers staying at the University are displaying some symptoms of swine flu.
Gazette
Halstead Gazette
Maldon and Burnham Standard
Clacton, Frinton and Walton Gazette
Harwich and Manningtree Standard
Chelmsford Weekly News

Volunteers call for race
More than 2,250 women will be doing last-minute preparations ready for Sunday's Cancer Research UK Race for Life at the University of Essex. The charity are looking for volunteers to ask as race marshals.
Gazette

New teachers graduate
New teachers run under the auspices of the Colchester Teacher Training Consortium have graduated. Professor Andy Downton from the University of Essex was one of the guests watching them graduate.
Essex County Standard

Finance is taught online
Kaplan Open Learning, a partnership between Essex University and education and training company Kaplan, is enrolling the first students in September. The degree taught over the internet has been launched to teach people the skills to succeed in financial services.
Gazette

Thursday 23

Doctorate on ice
Diana Entwistle, one of the UK's top figure skaters graduated from the University of Essex last week with what is thought to be Britain's only doctorate in figure skating.
THE

How hope can overcome all
Dora Love received a standing ovation when she accepted her honorary doctorate from the Chancellor of the University of Essex, Lord Phillips of Sudbury - a measure of the huge regard with which she is held in by the local community.
Gazette

Book Review
Professor Paul Whiteley from the Department of Government reviews 'Electing Our Masters: The Hustings in British Politics from Hogarth to Blair'.
THE

We've no vested interests to hide, says tax-study centre
A campaign group has raised questions about the way social scientists declare potential conflicts of interest following the publication of a paper by an Oxford research centre. Professor Prem Sikka comments "People are not just giving money to fund research out of the goodness of their hearts: they are interested in influencing public policy'.
THE

EIE appointed Essex University representative
The European Institute of Education has been formally appointed as a representative of the University of Essex. Through its dedicated Study Abroad Unit, EIE can now recruit students who seek to further their education on campus at the University of Essex. Read the article here.
Times of Malta

Canadians making a difference
Read about Essex International Law graduate Cynthia Morel who is a lawyer specializing in advocacy for the rights of national indigenous minorities who is developing a reputation as an expert on minority rights issues.
Calgary Herald
Canada.com
Vancover Sun
Ottawa Citizen

Wednesday 22

Tory banking regulation tastes stale
The Conservatives' response to the world's biggest financial crisis looks lacklustre: reshuffling the deckchairs won't work. Read Professor Prem Sikka's article here.
The Guardian

Relief as three sets of twins all graduate
Lecturers at Essex University could breathe a sigh of relief after three sets of identical twins graduated from the same course - ending a three-year struggle to tell the siblings apart...Meanwhile, one of the UK's top figure skaters also graduated from the university with what is thought to be Britain's only doctorate for studying figure skating.
East Anglian Daily Times

Tuesday 21

Army's big show was a blast!
FUN and games were had by 30,000-plus people when Colchester’s military community opened its doors to the public for its fifth Military Festival...There were old-fashioned slot machines, a display showing 100 years of Army rations, put on by Essex University...
Harwich and Manningtree Standard
Chelmsford Weekly News
Colchester Gazette
Clacton, Frinton and Walton Gazette
Halstead Gazette

From wacky to classical - the Wolsey theatre's plan for autumn
THE New Wolsey Theatre, in Ipswich, will be serving up another eccentric season of high-quality work this autumn...And for music lovers, there is Cacophony, a combination of drumming and dance, adding physical performance, including street dance, and free-running to a musical score, and the Adriano Adewale Group, a firm favourite with Colchester audiences following appearances at Essex University and the town’s arts centre.
Maldon and Burnham Standard
Colchester Gazette
Chelmsford Weekly News
Clacton, Frinton and Walton Gazette
Halstead Gazette
Harwich and Manningtree Standard

Tuesday 21

Sub-region is rising to the challenge
Eighty people attended the Haven Gateway Partnership AGm last week and one of the guest speakers was Dr Tony Rich, Registrar and Secretary at the University of Essex who spoke about the University of Essex Knowledge Gateway.
East Anglian Daily Times

Monday 20

FSB urges the Government to tackle rising graduate unemployment
The Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) is urging the Government to create 5000 new internship placements in small businesses to tackle soaring graduate unemployment under a new Graduate Employment Scheme. Essex FSB education, skills and business support spokesman David Miles, said: 'Within Essex we have hundreds of students graduating this month from Anglia Ruskin University and the University of Essex, which between them have four campuses in our county; add to that other nearby universities including the University of East London and the University of Cambridge which draws students from the county and it is clear that we need to have a scheme in place to provide employment for such graduates.
East Herts Herald
Herald Newspapers

Penrith man awarded international accolade for physicists
The Institute of Physics in London has announced that Penrith resident Professor Les Allen, a pioneer of laser physics and internationally renowned expert on the properties of laser light, has been awarded the prestigious Young Medal and Prize for 2009 jointly with his co-worker and friend Professor Miles Padgett, of Glasgow University. Professor Allen was a former Visiting Professor at the University of Essex.
Cumberland and Westmorland Herald

Students' new flats approval expected
Flats for scores of students at the University of Essex look set to be given the green light. Mansion Group's scheme to create addition flats for more than 100 students on land off Avon Way will be discussed by Colchester Council on Thursday.
Gazette
Chelmsford Weekly News
Harwich and Manningtree Standard
Halstead Gazette
Maldon and Burnham Standard
Clacton, Frinton and Walton Gazette

Big show was a blast
Fun and games were had by 30,000 plus people when Colchester's Military community opened its doors to the public for its fifth Military festival. Among the stalls and attractions was a display of 100 years of Army rations put on by the University of Essex.
Gazette

(Re)defining a site
Verity Mansfield, a final year MA student at Colchester School of Art is starting a residency as part of her final major project. She will be based in West Lodge and  will attempt to unravel the Parks origins through extensive drawing, model- making and interventions with a site that has experienced substantial socio-historical change.
Halstead Gazette
Harwich and Manningtree Standard

Saturday 18

The Network Before the Internet
The first Multi-User Domain (or Dungeon), MUD1, is goes on-line. Richard Bartle and Roy Trubshaw, two students at the University of Essex, write a program that allows many people to play against each other on-line. MUDs become popular with college students as a means of adventure gaming and for socializing. By 1984, there are more than 100 active MUDs and variants around the world.
Gizmodo '79

Small? Just act tall
More often than not, being tall comes with a set of sociological advantages that can be equated to “getting more out of life.” During a speed-dating event, for every 2.5 centimetres taller a man is than his peers, the number of women who want to meet him goes up by about five percent, according to University of Essex researchers.
Philstar.com

Sun Spot
Champion skater Diana Entwistle, 28, has become Britain's first Doctor of Figure Skating after completing a PhD in the subject at Essex University.
The Sun

Friday 17

Congratulations!
Thousands of students from across the country came back to Colchester to pick up their degrees alongside a bunch of honorary graduates who received theirs for services to the community. Among them were former Vice-Chancellor Ivor Crewe, Businessman and former Dragon from BBC's Dragon's Den, Doug Richard, award-winning actress Juliet Stevenson and Holocaust Survivor Dora Love.
Gazette

Double vision at degree ceremony
Lecturers in the sports science department were breathing a sigh of relief as three sets of identical twins graduated - marking the end of a three-year struggle to tell the siblings apart.  All the twins were awarded a BSc in Sports Science.
Essex County Standard

Jobs boost
The green shoots of economic revival are appearing in Colchester. As well as new supermarkets opening in Colchester, it is hoped thousands of new jobs will also be generated under plans for Essex University's research park. Essex University is investing £8 million to pay for the infrastructure of the park which will be known as the University of Essex Knowledge Gateway.
Essex County Standard

Quest to discover why Government makes errors
Former Vice-Chancellor Professor Sir Ivor Crewe and BBC Election night pundit Professor Anthony King have won a two-year research grant to investigate high-profile ministerial failures.
Essex County Standard

Who they are
Essex Graduate Colm McCarthy is a member of the Special group on Public Service Numbers and Expenditure Programmes. Read the article here.
Irish Times
Irish Independent

Agile Beth shines in regional sporting challenge
Beth Blacklock who plays for a handful of Colchester sports clubs has been named the most talented in the region after taking part in a gruelling set of challenges. Beth was a finalist at a Gifted and Talented camp which took place at the University of Essex, where she tested her physical and mental abilities. Beth’s twin sister, Catherine, also reached the last 13 at Essex University, but narrowly missed out on progressing to the next stage.
Maldon and Burnham Standard
Gazette

Tricky Gateway to a European Dream
Izmir has for years been luring migrants and refugees who dream of crossing into Europe. Cavidan Saykan, a student at the University of Essex is researching human rights in Izmir. Read the article here.
IPS
 

Thursday 16

First Colchester screenings of Harry Potter film sell out
Harry Potter mania has returned to Colchester. The latest film in the series, based on JK Rowling’s books about a teenage wizard, has opened at the Odeon in Head Street – and the first 24 showings yesterday and today were expected to be sold out. The movie is directed by Essex University graduate David Yates.
Gazette
Clacton, Frinton and Walton Gazette

Uni unveils its dream of a gateway to brilliance
The University of Essex hopes its latest proposals for a research park, now called the University of Essex Knowledge Gateway, will bring 2,000 new roles to Colchester. Registrar, Dr Tony Rich said "It is expected that this centre will act as a catalyst to encourage businesses and the research arms of international companies to come to Colchester, where they can also benefit from the university's expertise in areas like robotics, photonics, health and environmental sustainability". Read the article here.
Gazette
Harwich and Manningtree Standard
Halstead Gazette
Chelmsford Weekly News

Original Features
The Times Higher Education profiles the University's Ivor Crewe lecture hall which was described as "looking like a dustbin" by the Prince of Wales but which went on to win a national award given by the Civic Trust and was awarded a prestigious prize by the Royal Institute of British Architects. Read the profile here.
THE

Question Time
The British Household Panel Survey Conference was held at the University of Essex last week and provided a forum for academics to exchange their long-term research findings and brought together experts in economics, politics, sociology and social psychology.
THE

Religious harmony rules as festival unites community
A music festival celebrating Muslim and Jewish culture is carrying on a long tradition of religious harmony. After an approach from the Muslim community at the University of Essex, the two communities got together to hold meetings to discuss their different religions and the festival aims to highlight common ground between Jews and Muslims.
Gazette

Wednesday 15

Ecotherapy vs. Retail Therapy -- Which is Better?
Tempted to splurge to beat the blues or deal with stress? A study by the University of Essex in the UK says you're better off taking a walk in nature. Researchers compared a walk in a country park with a walk in an indoor shopping centre. Read the article here.
The Huffington Post

Sea Spray & Cuckoo Spit at Wimbledon Studio
Graduates and students from East 15 Acting School will be having their first taste of the Edinburgh experience, performing 'Sea Spray and Cuckoo Spit'. Read the article here.
Sutton Guardian
Wandsworth Guardian
Richmond and Twickenham Times
Staines and Hounslow Guardian
Sutton Guardian
Surrey Comet
This is local London
Croydon Guardian

Tuesday 14

Top Profs probe Governments' worst blunders
Professor Anthony King from the Department of Government and former Vice-Chancellor of the university, Professor Sir Ivor Crewe have won a two-year research grant to investigate high-profile ministerial failures.
Gazette

Guantanamo Bay Q&A
A former detainee at Guantanamo Bay, Mozzam Begg, will speak at a conference on human rights at Essex University.
Gazette

Data on speech detailed by researchers at University of Essex
Professor Hanley from the Department of Psychology have published their study in Cortex -Are the same phoneme and lexical layers used in speech production and comprehension? A case-series test of Foygel and Dell's (2000) model of aphasic speech production Cortex.
Life Science Weekly
Science Letter
BioTech Week

Aggression comes into fashion as study shows nice women finish last
An academic study has shown that women who adopt a masculine approach to work earn an average of 40,000 more over their lifetime than female colleagues who are 'nice'. The study, Does it Pay to be Nice?, was unveiled at a conference at Essex University by lead author Guido Heineck. Read the article here.
The Scotsman
Daily Mail
Daily India
The Frisky
Brisbane Courier Mail
Perth Now
The Advertiser
Daily Telegraph (Australia)
NewsTrack India
Top News
Softpedia
Net India123
Scotland on Sunday
Sunday Times (South Africa)
Cape Argus

Monday 13

Obituary for HT Cadbury-Brown
The Modern movement architect who liked to combine beauty with practicality died on 9 July. He was the architect for the Lecture Theatre Building at the University of Essex. His obituary says 'Jim's favourites among their buildings were the lecture theatre complex at Essex University and the halls of residence at Birmingham. The Essex theatres were planned on an octagonal grid. I remember regretting this departure from the strictly repetitive aesthetic of the original campus designed by the Architects Co-Partnership, but Jim told me that he had taken immense trouble to dovetail the two ways of thinking, and was pleased with the result.' Read his obituary here.
The Guardian
The Times

Flow sensors guide robotic fish
A European academic consortium is to build a robot fish that can swim predictably in moving and turbulent water. The University of Essex has been making robot fish for several years, including a famous one that swam in the London Aquarium. 'The Essex fish is a gorgeous piece of engineering with some really nice control in it,' said Dr Megill from the University of Bath, explaining: 'Theirs is a way of testing artificial intelligence, ours is a way of finding out why it is that a fish is so much better at moving around in its environment than a machine.' Mechanically, the Essex fish is a segmented design with vertical hinges, each powered by a servo. Read the article here.
Electronics Weekly

David Yates Does It All
Read about Essex Politics graduate David Yates, Director of the two Harry Potter films.
Movie Maker
Essex Chronicle

Saturday 11

Law Society calls in ex-Guantanamo detainee for human rights drive
The Law Society is teaming up with the Human Rights Centre of the University of Essex to respond to the call from Equality and Human Rights Commission for “positive leadership and visible support” for human rights. Read the article here.
The Sikh Times

Friday 10

MP's suggestions for team training spurned by U's
MP Bob Russell has come up with an alternative site for Colchester United’s controversial training ground plan. The town’s MP has suggested land owned by Colchester Council, within the town, would be ideal. Councillors rejected plans from the club to set up five football pitches on fields in Tiptree last month. The team were training at the University of Essex but wanted their own grounds to train at.
Chelmsford Weekly News
Maldon and Burnham Standard
Gazette

Cocksure hens can rule the roost
But are women less competitive by nature or nurture? Two economists, Alison Booth, from the Australian National University, and Patrick Nolen, from the University of Essex, have set out to find out. Their results bode well for girl power. Read the article and their findings here.
Brisbane Times

Stars set to mingle with students at graduation
Students from around the world will travel to Colchester next week to receive their degrees at Essex University graduation ceremonies. Alongside the 1800 graduating students will be acclaimed British acress Juliet Stevenson, former Dragons' Den dragon Doug Richard and Colchester-based Holocaust survivor  Dora Love, all of who will be collecting honorary degrees.
Essex County Standard

Singles titles retained by last year's winners
The Colchester and East Essex Badminton Federation held their annual under-16 tournament at the University of Essex. Entries  were up from last year and a total of 30 players, aged between 12 and 16, competed in the various events.
Essex County Standard

Global food crisis debated
The gulf between the ivory towers of Northern hemisphere universities and the paddocks of New Zealand farms was obvious as academics from London, Essex, and Cornell lamented the ‘systemic failure’ of the global food system. Professor Jules Pretty from the University of Essex attended. Read the article here.
Rural News

Thursday 9

Meet 6 robots that could improve your life
Scientists at the University of Essex are working to develop a robo-fish that can work on its own or in “schools” to monitor water quality and pollution levels in EU ports. The robots would be equipped with chemical sensors and would be controlled using advanced swarm intelligence techniques so they could quickly adapt to changes in the environment. Read the article here.
GreenBang

Career chances for working-class 'no better now than 30 years ago'
Working-class men are no more likely to get into well-paid careers than they were a generation ago, according to academics. Researchers used data from the British Household Panel Survey to compare the career paths of 2,346 people – some born between 1940 and 1951 and the rest born between 1960 and 1971. They found that among the younger cohort, only a quarter of working-class men were in the highest-earning jobs while two-thirds were in the lowest-paid. Read the article here.
Daily Telegraph

Optimism, it seems, is in the genes
For some people in this world, the glass always seems to be half-full. For others it is half-empty. But how someone comes to have a sunny disposition in the first place is an interesting question. So Elaine Fox and her colleagues at the University of Essex, in Britain, wondered whether genes play a part in the selective attention to positive or negative material, with consequent effects on outlook. Read the article here.
Economist.com

Don't Sell Yourself Short
The Institute of Social and Economic Research recently published a study about the connection between popularity in high school and earning power later in life. New York magazine, information source to the rich and popular, summarized the study like this: "This study may seem to burst our Revenge of the Nerds fantasies, but it’s logical that people who are attractive, likable, and socially comfortable - the class officers, the cheerleaders - should get ahead in corporate settings." Read the article here.
California Job Journal

Purdah imposed on vote-sensitive work
Times Higher Education has learnt that researchers have been subjected to the rules of election 'purdah' in a move decried as incompatible with academic freedom. Read comments made by Vicky Randall and Andrew Russell from the Department of Government.
THE

Book Review
A study of homosexual subculture will provoke debate from all quarters, discovers Ken Plummer, Emeritus Professor of Sociology at the University of Essex.
THE

UN Women Gain in Political Clout, Lag in Schooling
A new report by the United Nations indicates that women are gaining political power around the world, while they continue to suffer unequal access to education and employment. There's some good news, but we've still got a long way to go," says Diane Elson, professor of Sociology and Human Rights at the University of Essex and principal author of Progress of the World's Women 2002: Vol.2.  Read the article here.
Women's E News

Wednesday 8

Expert Answers: I don't want to have a child out of wedlock
Experts reply to a reader's question and quote Professor John Ermisch from the Institute for Social and Economic Research. In a paper he researched for the Economic and Research Council, a Government-funded social research body, he says  "Only 35 per cent of children born into a cohabiting union will live with both parents throughout childhood, compared with 70 per cent born within marriage." Read the article here.
Yorkshire Post

County 'failed' special needs boy
A boy with special educational needs missed a year of formal schooling because Suffolk County Council delayed assessing him, a report has found. Only when the Children's Legal Centre provided an educational psychologist's report, paid for by the mother, did the council agree to an assessment. It confirmed the special educational needs of the boy, who has since been placed at a special school. Read the article here.
BBC
Children and Young People Now

Testing evolutions role in finding a mate
Scientists have long observed that women tend to be pickier than men when choosing a mate. A 2006 paper by economists at the University of Essex analyzed data from 3,600 male and female speed daters to see if people selected mates with similar traits, like height and education, because that is what they prefer or because they are most likely to encounter them in the dating market.
New York Times
Herald Journal
National Post

Tuesday 7

Arias has record ending Central American conflicts
Costa Rican President and Essex Graduate Oscar Arias will act as mediator to try to solve the political crisis in Honduras triggered by the June 28 coup that ousted President Manuel Zelaya. Read the full article here.
Forbes

Monday 6

Why a jackpot win cuts your chances in the lottery of life
While few would decline the opportunity to take a chance, a lottery win, it seems, can shorten your life. The wealth of opportunities for parties and social drinking available to a jackpot winner can lead to serious long-term health problems, a study has found.  It suggests that the bigger the prize, the riskier the winner's behaviour is likely to become. The study analysed 8,000 people who won big cash prizes between 1994 and 2005. The findings, which will be presented to an Institute of Social and Economic Research conference this week, appear to be supported by several high-profile examples. Read the article here.
The Daily Mail
The Observer
The Guardian
Daily Star
Gulf News
New Zealand Herald
Herald Sun
Daily Mail - Manchester
Gulf Times

Sunday 5

Hi Mum, I'm home (again)
Grown-up children are increasingly returning to live with their parents in Britain. Does it bring domestic bliss or family strife? Britain has a greater proportion of so-called boomerang children who leave home to go to work or university only to return in their twenties than Ireland, France, Greece and Portugal, as ranked earlier this year in a study by the Institute for Social & Economic Research at Essex University.
Times
Sunday Times (South Africa)

Should Jenny Sanford boot the unfaithful guv?
South Carolina First Lady Jenny Sanford's husband of nearly 20 years, Gov. Mark Sanford, confessed to a love affair and then admitted sundry questionable acts with other women and now she has to decide what to do about her marriage. There's an urban legend that men end up broke after their divorces and women get richer. Actually, a study done in Britain by the Institute for Social and Economic Research shows that men's incomes rise by around one-third after divorce, while the average woman's income falls by more than a fifth and remains low for years.
Jackson Sun.com

Saturday 4

Free-range children are the risk-takers of tomorrow
Professor Jules Pretty from the Centre for Environment and Society was the main speaker at an all-day forum talking to teachers and parents about encouraging their children to be outside. He said if children are allowed to play ouside and learn outside they are automatically getting the benefits, mentally, physically and cognitively.
East Anglian Daily Times

Friday 3

U's training ground plan rejected
Colchester United's  plans for a new training ground in Tiptree have been thrown out. The U's wanted a dedicated training facility as the first team currently trains at Essex University.
Essex County Standard
East Anglian Daily Times

Team GB Twin help Sports Day enjoy added swagger
Race Walking Twins Dominic and Daniel King helped a school sports day go with a swagger after dropping in at Montgomery Infants School. Dominic is the University's Sports & Societies Development Co-ordinator.
Gazette

Nerves still get to legend Juliet
Neil D'Arcy Jones interviews actress Juliet Stevenson who said she was 'delighted and chuffed' when she learned that the University of Essex was to award her an honorary degree in July.
Essex County Standard

Thursday 2

Professor Adelabu Assumes Duty as Uni Abuja VC
The new Vice Chancellor of the University of Abuja, Professor James Sunday Adelabu yesterday officially took over the affairs of the university. Professor Adelabu is an Essex graduate,  obtaining his PhD in Solid State Physics in 1987. Read the article here.
The Guardian, Nigeria
Daily Trust
All Africa.com

Got a headache? Get on your bike
According to studies at the University of Essex commissioned by the mental health charity Mind, a walk surrounded by nature reduces depression whereas a walk in a shopping centre or city increases mood problems. An earlier US study found that three brisk 30-minute walks a week had greater effects on reducing depression than antidepressant drugs.
Daily News

Weak constitution
John Bercow’s election as Speaker has been seen as the triumph of the common man over the old Etonian. In reality, Parliament is in serious danger. Read the article about Essex graduate John Bercow and the role of speaker here.
Public Finance

When it comes to saving the environment, academics don't practice what they preach
Scholars are researching sustainability but not instituting it on campus. Read Professor Jules Pretty's comments here.
THE

Bin and gone: Essex takes the initiative
All 10,000 office bins at the University of Essex may be replaced with central recycling facilities in each corridor in a scheme that will be implemented shortly.
THE

Migration patterns
Researchers at the University of Essex are to collaborate on two major studies into migration after winning grants totalling £4.7 million. One study will focus on 500 Turkish families and other other will examine integration among early immigrants in Europe.
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Business Weekly

Appointments
The Pro Vice-Chancellor and Chief Executive of University Campus Suffolk has announced his retirement. Bob Anderson who has been in the post since January 2006, has steered the institution from its foundation and will step down in September.
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Slow Down: How Our Fast-Paced World Is Making Us Sick
A 2007 study from the University of Essex shows that a daily "dose" of walking outside in nature can be as effective at treating mild to moderate depression as expensive antidepressant medications that can sometimes have negative side-effects. Read the article here.
Alter.net
 

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Local food - the economics
Jules Pretty, a sustainable agriculture researcher based at the University of Essex in the United Kingdom, has worked with farmers in the Santa Catarina state in southern Brazil, where diversified small farmers (on one farm, more than 50 crops, plus pigs and chickens, on just 10 hectares) are building small-scale, on-farm processing facilities, forming associations with like-minded neighbors, and marketing directly to consumers in nearby cities--and seeing better economic returns than they'd get from contract farming for agricultural conglomerates.
World Watch

NHS steps in early to run crisis-hit surgery
Health bosses have stepped in to take over a medical centre run by a private care company. Patients will be consulted about a new service provider to run the surgery, along with a second surgery on the University campus in Luker Road. Read the full article here.
Echo

The straight-shooter with a mean record in cutbacks
Essex graduate and economist Colm McCarthy will be delivering his recommendations for cutting some €5bn from Government spending.
Irish Independent Online