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The University of Essex in the Press
July 2011
29 July
Ground-breaking hotel school is back
on track
A new partner, Kaplan Open Learning, has been secured for
the University of Essex's trailblazing hotel school. The practical
and vocational learning gained entirely within the hotel will lead
to work-based fast-track degree-level qualifications in hotel
management and culinary arts.
Essex County Standard
Degrees for father and daughter
Graduation became a family affair at the University of
Essex. Nick Tile graduated with a master's degree in environmental
governance and after his graduation, he was off to watch his
daughter Danielle Tile who graduated in World Performance after
completing her studies at East 15 Acting School in Southend.
Essex County Standard
Unplanned babies' learning examined
A
large study has been investigating
how pregnancy planning, time taken to conceive and the use of
infertility treatment (including IVF) influenced cognitive ability
of children at ages three and five. Researchers found that unplanned
children had lower cognitive ability scores than those who were
planned, with, for example, differences in verbal ability at age
five equating to a developmental delay of more than five months.
However, once researchers considered the effect of factors such as
socioeconomic status (parental wealth) this difference almost
entirely disappeared, suggesting that pregnancy planning had
virtually no direct influence. The study was carried out by a
collaboration of researchers from the University of Oxford,
University of Essex and University College London. It was funded by
a grant from the Medical Research Council.
NHS Choices
This story was featured in 12 other news outlets around the UK
Garrod to direct theater production in Mostar
In the heavily segregated city of Mostar in Bosnia-Herzegovina,
former Dartmouth education professor Andrew Garrod, who retired from
the College in 2008, is challenging the country’s ethnic tensions
this summer by directing a theatrical production of Shakespeare’s
“The Tempest.” University of Essex student Alex Payne
is one the team who has been delegated
specific responsibilities including publicizing the play, designing
costumes and designing the lighting and sound for the performance.
The Dartmouth
28 July
Almost 900 pupils suspended from school each day for
violence
Department for Education figures show average of 13 permanent
exclusions a day, prompting concerns that schools are not taking
special educational needs into account School suspensions and
exclusions in England have fallen for the sixth year running but
still see a daily average of 878 children taken out of class for
abuse or assault on fellow pupils or teachers.
Edward Duff, of the
Children's Legal Centre at the University of
Essex, said: "Every case of persistent disruption in my
experience has led to SEN involvement and we need to find out more
about how much screening for behavioural difficulties and special
needs is going on. We also need to keep a special eye on 'zero
tolerance' discipline, which some of the new academies make much of,
to be sure that checking for special needs and other problems is
part of the approach."
The Guardian
£10m hotel school
The Edge Hotel School, a partnership between independent education
foundation Edge and the University of Essex, said the hospitality
education will be provided by Kaplan Open Learning. The Hotel School
will combine a luxurious country house hotel and innovation hotel
school, where the future leaders of the hospitality industry will
learn their profession.
East Anglian Daily Times
Gazette
Homely help for students
Friends International is arranging for foreign
students from the University of Essex to visit people's homes in
Colchester. The organisation gives students the change to improve
their English and get an insight into family life.
Gazette
When Gender Responsive Budgets empower societies
Governments, international organizations
and the civil society met this week at the ‘High Level Global
Meeting’ on Gender Responsive Planning and Budgeting, at Kigali
Serena Hotel, Rwanda. In her presentation, Professor Diane Elson
from the University of Essex, UK, said that Women Organizations play
a vital role in advocating and promoting gender equality and women’s
rights. “I am a bit more optimistic today than I was 10 years ago
because I have seen more women organizations holding governments and
its activities to account,” Elson said. However, she cited the
challenge that, “the belief that Gender Equality has already been
achieved” is a hindrance to progress in certain countries, thus, the
need for women organisations to continue working hard.
The New Times
AllAfrica.com
Rwanda New Times
27 July
Hale Letting Ltd
Hale Letting Ltd have
been exclusively engaged by the University of Essex to house up to
50 students in private sector accommodation. Furnished properties
are required from 1st October 2011 until 30th June 2012. Rents are
guaranteed by the University and should include all utilities and
internet provision.
Gazette
I graduated...so did Dad!
Father and Daughter, Nick and Danielle Tile, both graduated from the
University last week. Nick graduated with a masters in environmental
governance and Danielle studied world performance at East 15 Acting
School.
Gazette
26 July
Obituary: Ray Pahl
Obituary for Professor Ray Pahl, of the Institute for
Social and Economic Research, who died on on 3 June 2011. Read the
full
obituary.
Guardian
Drifting on a sea of dance with
Anchors Away show
The Colne Bank School of Dancing received a standing ovation for
their dance show Anchors Away which took place at the
Lakeside Theatre. The School performed their show for five nights in
a row with two performances on Saturday and each performance sold
out.
Gazette
25 July
University honours broadcaster Dame
Joan
Honorary degrees were awarded to writer and broadcaster
Dame Joan Bakewell, author, journalist and former politician Chris
Mullin and Sir John Ashworth, founding Professor of the University's
Department of Biological Sciences. More than 3,200 students
graduated in the biggest ceremony seen at the Colchester campus.
Gazette
Terrorism experts and terrible crimes
Professor Kristian Skrede Gleditsch
from the Department of Government has written a
letter to The Guardian about the coverage of the
incidents in Norway over the weekend and about his own research.
The Guardian
India Conquers the World
According to the latest survey by the
University of Essex, the per capita income of ethnic Indians in
Britain is about £15,860 (nearly $26,000), higher than that of any
other ethnic group in the country and almost 10 percent above the
median national income. The study found that the unemployment rate
among ethnic Indians is close to half the national average.
MSNBC Newsweek
24 July
Haiti, has the smallest number of prisoners
Haiti is the Caribbean countries where there are the smallest number
of prisoners according to the ninth study
entitled "World Prison Population List" covering 218 countries and
independent territories published by the International Centre for
Prison Studies at the University of Essex.
Haiti Libre
23 July
Let pedal power ease your mind
A few years back researchers at the University of Essex studied two
groups of mountain bikers as part of a report on the benefits of
'green exercise'. Their findings left them in no doubt that cycling
was far more than just a mode of transport or even a way to keep
fit: it made people feel better about themselves.
East Anglian Daily Times
How to set up and run a data service - the challenges of
social science data
Over two days, participants will learn about the strategies and
practices used in the Archive's daily work, with a focus on storing
and sharing social science data, including microdata, aggregate,
qualitative and historical data.
Economic and Social Research Council
International seminar on English language
teaching held at EWU
A two-day long international seminar on
"Innovative Approaches in English Language Teaching" was inaugurated
at East West University, Dhaka on 22 July. It was jointly organized
by the Department of English, EWU, Teachers Helping Teachers (THT) -
a Japan based teachers' forum, and Bangladesh English Language
Teachers Association (BELTA). Dr. Helen Emery of the University of
Essex was one of the Facilitators.
Financial Express Bangladesh
Back to nature, the kids’ way
Some safe and rewarding tree climbing is on the agenda for
children in Penn State. Among the fitness
experts who would likely applaud the Public Square activities –
especially the climbing part – is Dr. Gavin Sandercock of Essex
University in England, who specifically mentioned in a recently
released study that a lack of “rope-climbing in (physical education
classes) and tree-climbing for fun” had made the 10-year-olds he
studied in 2008 noticeably weaker than their counterparts in 1998.
Read the article
here.
The Times Leader
22 July
Colchester's revamped firstsite gallery fuses art with
Roman heritage for September opening
Fusing art and history the group exhibition will feature
works from artists like Andy Warhol, Subodh Gupta and Robert
Smithson and include loans of major artworks from Tate, V&A and
Kunsthaus Zurich. Accompanying the artworks will be items drawn from
Colchester’s important collection of Romano-British artefacts, which
includes coins, ceramics and other archaeological items. New
commissions from international artists Aleksandra Mir and Danh Vo
will also be on show along with installations from Latin American
artists working with the University of Essex.
Culture 24
Resilience amongst the long-term ill
People who have a long term debilitating physical illness
demonstrate mental resilience according to Understanding Society,
the world's largest longitudinal household study. Professor Amanda
Sacker, Institute for Social and Economic Research, who analysed the
findings, commented: "Initial findings regarding mental health may
appear counter-intuitive but it is good to see such resilience
amongst those with long term physical illnesses. Understanding
Society will continue to follow the same people in years to come as
they get older. As they change their health-related behaviours and
experience different health, work and family challenges this will
give us a good insight into the factors that cause mental health
problems and how to provide the best support."
NewsRX
BBC Essex
Professor Ian Colbeck, Department of Biological Sciences
Part of the BBC
Essex Breakfast programme broadcasting from the Dartford Crossing.
He was speaking about the environmental
impact of the crossing and pollution levels. You
can listen to the interview
here - forward to 02:39.
University stages its largest
graduation ceremony
More than 2,300 students
graduated this week from the University in a total of nine
ceremonies. Family and friends of graduates were able to enjoy the
ceremony from across the globe through a live webcast. Last year, it
had more than 17,000 hits and was viewed as far away as
Christchurch, New Zealand - 18,898km from the Ivor Crewe Lecture
Hall where the ceremonies took place.
Essex County Standard
New Registrar and Secretary
Bryn
Morris will replace Dr Tony Rich as the new Registrar and Secretary
at the University Essex. Mr Morris is currently responsible for the
operational performance and administration of the Institute of
Education, University of London.
Essex County Standard
300-plus took part in Mile End plans
survey
More than 300 Colchester residents had a say during a
consultation exercise designed to help shape the future of their
area. The consultation was led by the Interdisciplinary Centre for
Environment and Society at the University of Essex.
Gazette
Get involved in Olympic
event
The Open Weekend is a national celebration marking just a year until
the start of the games and the University of Essex is one of the
venues putting on an event to mark the occasion. There will be a
number of free sports and arts events on offer for members of the
public to try.
Essex County Standard
Gazette
21 July
10 shortcuts to a happy, calm, confident you
Sprinting for 30 seconds can boost your mood for up to 90 minutes
afterwards, according to sports psychologists at the University Of
Essex. How? During a 30-second sprint, levels of the buzz-making
hormone noradrenaline increase seven fold and endorphins double. To
get the boost yourself, add a 30-second sprint to the end of your
workout. Or leave home late: Dr Dominic Micklewright, who led the
study, says you’ll get the same buzz running for the bus.
Yahoo! India
Bahrain Independent Commission of Inquiry to hold public
forum on Sunday
The Bahrain Independent Commission of Inquiry, tasked with
investigating and reporting on the events that took place in Bahrain
from February 2011 and their consequences, will hold its first
public forum on Sunday. Headed by Professor
M. Cherif Bassiouni, Commissioners Judge
Philippe Kirsch of Canada and Belgium, Professor Sir Nigel Simon
Rodley, KBE of the UK, Dr Mahnoush Arsanjani of Iran, and Dr Badria
Al Awadhi of Kuwait will meet delegates from Bahrain’s different
civil and political associations in a public forum that will be
closed to the media. Professor Rodley has been a member of the
United Nations Human Rights Committee since 2001 and a Professor of
Human Rights Law and International Law at the University of Essex
since 1990, during which time he held the title of Dean of the
School of Law for three years.
GulfNews
Breakthrough for BCCI “Sandstorm Report” FOI request
Three judges have unanimously ordered the UK government to publish
missing information surrounding the closure of the Bank of Credit
and Commerce International (BCCI) in 1991. After a five-year legal
battle, University of Essex accounting professor Prem Sikka has
managed to secure a report (codenamed “The Sandstorm Report”) that
enabled the government to close the bank.
Accounting Web
Appointments
Cardiff University has announced that Colin Riordan,
currently vice-chancellor of the University of Essex, will be its
next Vice-Chancellor.
THE
University's new registrar
Bryn Morris replaces Dr Tony Rich, who is leaving the
University of Essex after 12 years to become Registrar and Chief
Operating Officer at the University of Bristol. Mr Morris, who works
for the Institute of Education, University of London, will take up
his role at the Wivenhoe-based university on 7 November.
Gazette
Fee-averse Northerners could leave
their local universities out of pocket
Regionally focused universities in the North of England could find
demand for courses hit particularly hard when higher tuition fees
are introduced, new survey findings suggest. Paul Whitelely,
Professor of Government at the University of Essex, who obtained the
figures as part of research into voter behaviour during the
alternative vote referendum, said the findings had important
implications for institutions with strong regional recruitment. Read
the article
here.
THE
Among the elite, AAB attainment is not
all it's cracked up to be
At the University of Essex, for example, which
is a member of the 1994 Group, just 8 per cent of UK students with
known entry grades had at least AAB at A level or its equivalent -
the same proportion as the universities of Worcester, Lincoln and
Teesside. Read the article
here.
THE
2012 theme for fun day
Olympic fever will be in the air at the University of
Essex on Saturday. The Wivenhoe campus is hosting a family fun day
from 11am until 4pm, with sports and arts activities such as
rounders and rowing.
Gazette
Former student appeals for help
identifying his attacker
A former University of Essex student who lost two
front teeth when he was attacked on a night out has appealed for
help to catch his attacker.
Gazette
Essex County Standard
20 July
Turkey’s prison population doubles in four years
The number of people held in prisons in Turkey doubled between 2006
and 2010, according to the latest edition of the World Prison
Population List (WWPL), released Thursday. The report, conducted by
the International Centre for Prison Studies, found that as of April
30, 2011, Turkey has a prison population rate of 168 per 100,000
with 24,074 people in total occupying its penal institutions.
Professor Andrew
Coyle, director of the International Centre for Prison Studies and
visiting professor at the University of Essex, said in a statement
about the report, the fact that there are
now over ten million men, women and children in prisons around the
world should be a matter of grave public concern. The WPPL provides
current information on the international prison population and the
percentage of the national population held in prisons in 218
countries and territories.
Today's Zaman
Stars come out for theatre school's anniversary show
Stars of stage and screen turned out to
celebrate the 50th anniversary of the East 15
Acting School, and were treated to a special production of a
famous play. Alison Steadman, Blake Harrison, of Inbetweeners fame,
and John Lyons from Touch of Frost, were among the famous alumni
attending the E15 school’s lavish staging of ‘Oh What a Lovely War’
in Loughton, last weekend. Read the article
here.
Epping Forest News
East London and West Essex Guardian
This is Local London
Dreams become a reality for former Budehaven school
student
Jake Woodie, who has recently completed
his Marine Biology and Ecology Extended National Diploma at Falmouth
Marine School, is off to Cape Verde for six weeks on a summer
internship before starting a four year masters programme in Marine
Biology at the University of Essex. Jake, 18, originally from
Budehaven, found out about the internship offered by the Turtle
Foundation, from the college website and during tutorials last year.
The Turtle Foundation provides worldwide protection and conservation
of Sea Turtles and offers the opportunity for students to
participate in projects. Read the article
here.
Post Series
Enjoy a career on - and under - the ocean wave
The oceans have always provided a rich variety of life for
scientists to study, and with rising concerns about the world’s
changing climate the role of highly qualified marine biologists is
becoming more important, meaning that skilled postgraduates are
increasingly in demand. “Postgraduate study provides knowledge and
skills that are directly relevant to emerging careers in marine
biology,” says Professor Richard Geider, Head of the Marine Sciences
Group at the University of Essex, “such as resource management and
conservation and ecosystem assessment techniques.”
Read the article
here.
The Independent
19 July
Mayor Helen Chuah learns some nifty street dance moves
Helen Chuah was given a streetdance lesson by Katie O’Halloran, as
she helped showcase activities available during next Saturday and
Sunday’s London 2012 Open Weekend. There will be events at Leisure
World and Essex University, a six-mile walk through Highwoods
Country Park and a cricket match. Climbing, martial arts,
trampolining, tennis, archery and outdoor volleyball will also be on
offer.
Gazette
'Green exercise' can boost mental health
Just five minutes of exercise in a park, working in a backyard
garden, on a nature trail, or other green space can boost mood and
self-esteem, according to a new study. Jules Pretty and Jo Barton
explain in the study that green exercise is physical activity in the
presence of nature. Abundant scientific evidence shows that activity
in natural areas decreases the risk of mental illness and improves
the sense of well-being. Until now, however, nobody knew how much
time people had to spend in green spaces to get those and other
benefits. Read the article
here.
Punjab Kesari
Hotel
school work starts
Demolition has begun on an eighties extension at Wivenhoe House
where the new Hotel School will be based. Work was delayed by
nesting bats and birds.
Gazette
18 July
Essex: Digital revolution for rural areas
Villages in north Essex with some of the
slowest broadband speeds in the country could be set for a digital
revolution after a meeting looking
at introducing
wireless technology in rural areas.
Colchester Borough Council (CBC) have
announced its own strategy to bring up to £15 million worth of
wireless and broadband investment into the area
and the final stage, which starts in October, would be to
improve broadband speeds in rural areas by using wireless technology
and aerials installed in high locations such as
University of Essex buildings and, possibly, churches.
East Anglian Daily Times
Letter: Tap in to the past
Will Davies from the East 15 Acting School
writes to The Stage asking how
drama schools can
harness this huge body of information and experience
that its Alumni brings to the benefit of
its alumni? Are mentor schemes, networking events or social
networking groups the answer?
The Stage
15 July
From Athens to the A12: The Implications
of the Greek Economic Crisis for the East of England
From social, political and economic perspectives, the events in
Greece are fascinating to observe and to debate, as is the testing
of EU policy, values, cohesion and the Euro. However, separation by
distance and currency does not provide shelter to the UK's economy
and allow us to watch the drama from the safe ground. What if Greece
defaults? What might happen to a single currency? Just what are the
implications for businesses in our region and what can you do to
manage the risks? This seminar takes place at the
University of Essex on 26 July.
Cambridge News online
Town and gown at odds over university road closure
Work on the junction between Boundary Road and
Clingoe Hill will take place during the school summer holidays and
will last for eight weeks. Colchester Councillor, Nigel Offen is
asking the University to open Boundary Road for the public to use
during these works.
Essex County Standard
Fun day
An Olympic-themed family fun day is being staged at the University
of Essex later this month. Free sports and arts activities,
including frisbee, golf, rounders, a climbing wall, and rowing will
be on offer.
Gazette
New post for Professor
The Vice-Chancellor of the University of Essex is
leaving to take up a new post in Wales. Professor Colin Riordan has
been appointed Vice-Chancellor of Cardiff University and will move
to Wales in August 2012 after five years at Essex.
Essex County Standard
News Wales
Honorary Graduates
Britain's "voice for the elderly" Dame Joan Bakewell, will an
honorary degree and join about 2,300 successful students and their
proud families at the University of Essex's graduation ceremonies
next week.
Essex County Standard
At last! Works starts
on new hotel school
First it was bats, the birds nesting. But now the
wildlife has moved on and left the way clear for the redevelopment
of Wivenhoe House. Work on the £10 million Hotel School at the
University of Essex was held up when bats were found in the 1980s
extension which was earmarked for demolition. The refurbishment will
include 16 hotel suites and a dining room.
Essex County Standard
£9,000 fees for
students
The University of Essex has won permission to charge
its undergraduate students £9,000 a year in tuition fees. The Office
for Fair Access has ruled the university which has campuses in
Colchester and Southend, was doing enough to attract students from
poorer families to justify the fees.
Essex County Standard
VAF can lead a
cultural and economic recovery
Dr Tony Rich, Registrar and Secretary writes a letter
to the Essex County Standard highlighting
the possible impact of the new Visual Arts Facility on Colchester
looking at similar projects in Margate and interest from around the
world in the project.
Essex County Standard
Likes and dislikes:
Residents air views that will shape their area
Traffic congestion, vandalism and speeding were all issues
raised by Colchester residents during a consultation exercise. Led
by the Interdisciplinary Centre for Environment and Society, the
point of the exercise was to find out people's views on the area.
Essex County Standard
14 July
BBC Essex
Dr Catherine Jones, Department of Psychology
Re: Autism research
Other modern European languages degree
course guide
European Studies tends to emphasise contemporary continental
politics and history, which students can study while building
fluency in one or two European languages. Modules
taught at the University of Essex include "sociology of the new
Europe" and "art, sex and death in 18th century Europe". Students
will also learn about the institutions and politics of the European
Union.
The Daily Telegraph
Dame Joan honoured by uni
Dame Joan Bakewell will be one of six people to be given an honorary
degree at the University of Essex next week. With students from 135
countries studying at the university, all of the ceremonies will be
screened live online from the Ivor Crewe Lecture Hall. The webcast
has 17,000 hits last year and was viewed from as far afield as
Christchurch in NewZealand.
Gazette
Look east at uni art
gallery
About 40 original works by four East Anglian artists form
the current exhibition, titled O Painters! My Painters! All four of
the artists have either lived, worked or studied in East Anglian,
but their styles are very different.
Gazette
News in brief
Higher educations hierarchy is to be accentuated by
the creation of an English "Ivy League" according to the Sunday
Times. Universities such as Oxford and Cambridge are expected to
have the highest concentrations of AAB students while Universities
among the Russell and 1994 group universities such as Liverpool and
Essex are expected to appear lower down in the league table.
THE
Olympic fun day at university
The University of Essex will be counting down to the
London 2012 Olympics by holding a family fun day on Saturday 23
July. The free event will give visitors the chance to try frisbee
golf, test their navigational skills and explore Wivenhoe Park.
East Anglian Daily Times
13 July
'He stole my childhood'
Girl, 6, repeatedly raped by evil stepfather finally nails him 20
years later... after becoming a law student Justice at last! Tina
Renton, 36, has finally seen her stepfather jailed for repeatedly
raping her when she was a child, after studying a law degree. After
struggling through her teenage years she finally overcame a deep
mistrust of men, had two sons and enrolled on a law course at Essex
University. It was there that Mrs Renton made the discovery that
Moore - who she says 'robbed me of my childhood' - could still be
prosecuted.
Mail Online
Mirror.co.uk
and five other news outlets
Letters
Work for a new development at Essex University
will mean the closure of one of the two lanes of the
dual-carriageway A133 - the only public route for Wivenhoe people in
and out of Colchester
The Gazette
Campus Boss to Move on
The top professor at the
University of Essex has been appointed Vice-Chancellor
of Cardiff University. Prof Colin Riordan will move to Wales in
August 2012 after five years
as Vice-Chancellor
at Essex, where he has spearheaded an ongoing £200 million
investment in facilities in Colchester, Southend and elsewhere.
The Gazette
University to Charge £9,000 Tuition Fees
Essex University has won permission to charge all
of its undergraduate students £9,000 a year in tuition fees. The
Office for Fair Access yesterday ruled that
the University, which has campuses
in Colchester and Southend was doing enough to attract students from
poorer families to be able to justify the hike.
The Gazette
Re:Locate
High-tech 'Incubator' has First Graduate
A Hi-TEC imaging company has graduated from the
Innovation Martlesham business incubator programme at BT's Adastral
Park. Disect System's, a developer of scanner imaging software has
moved into the newly-furbished Ross building as a paying tenant of
the Innovation Martlesham initiative which took over the building
earlier this year. After securing a grant from the Technology
strategy Board, Disect is now working with the University of Essex
on the research and development of leading edge scanner technology.
East Anglian Daily Times
Business Weekly
12 July
Radio Five Live
Professor Colin Riordan, Vice-Chancellor
Re: Tuition fees and Access agreements
Heart Radio
Jenny Grinter, Head of Communications
Re: Tuition fees
BBC Essex
David Barrett, Assistant Director, OFA
Re: Tuition fees and mentions Essex. You
can listen to his interview
here - forward to 1:53.
New vice chancellor announced for Cardiff University
Professor Colin Riordan is to be the next Vice-Chancellor of Cardiff
University. He is to take up his post on September 1, 2012. The
Council of the University unanimously confirmed his appointment at
their meeting yesterday. He will succeed Vice-Chancellor Dr David
Grant, who will retire in the summer of 2012 from the office he has
held since 2001. Professor Riordan has been Vice-Chancellor of the
University of Essex since October 2007. He moved there from
Newcastle University, where he had been Pro-Vice-Chancellor and
Provost of the Faculty of Humanities and
Social Sciences since August 2005.
Walesonline
Mile End asked to look to the future
Mile End and Braiswick residents have been responding on the first
day of a week of consultations organised by the Centre for
Environment and Society at the University of Essex. The Centre's
findings will end up in report which will give community leaders the
arguments they need to push for better facilities.
Gazette
US students uni bound
The University of Essex is offering to fund a year's
postgraduate study for US students as part of the Fulbright
programme, a university exchange scheme named after US Senator James
William Fulbright.
Gazette
Essex County Standard
Resilience Amongst The Long Term Ill
People who have a long term debilitating physical illness
demonstrate mental resilience according to Understanding Society,
the world's largest longitudinal household study. The first findings
reveal that people diagnosed with cancer, diabetes, respiratory or
cardiovascular disease report similar mental health scores to those
without physical illness. The survey's findings suggest that those
people who may not be able to function well physically because of an
illness do not necessarily suffer problems with their mental health
- for example with their concentration, confidence and feelings of
strain.
Medical News Today
mediLexicon
Red Orbit
politics.co.uk
ESRC
PhysOrg.com
Eurek Alert!
E Science News
News-Medical.net
The full list of university fees
The Independent have published details of
the fees that universities and colleges in England are planning to
charge next year (2012/13). You can view it
here.
The Independent
This is Money
Daily Mail
Voice of the child in the Family Justice Review
Children's Legal
Centre legal researcher Jo-Anne Prud'homme looks at strengthening
children's participation rights in family court proceedings.
You can read her article
here.
Children and Young People Now
ChildRIGHT Interview: Dan Foster, media and
communications consultant, Children's Legal Centre
Read an interview with Dan Foster
here.
Children and Young People Now
10 shortcuts to a happy, calm, confident you
Sprinting for 30 seconds can boost your mood for up to 90 minutes
afterwards, according to sports psychologists at the University Of
Essex. How? During a 30-second sprint, levels of the buzz-making
hormone noradrenaline increase seven fold and endorphins double. To
get the boost yourself, add a 30-second sprint to the end of your
workout. Or leave home late: Dr Dominic Micklewright, who led the
study, says you’ll get the same buzz running for the bus.
Yahoo! India
11 July
BBC Essex
Professor Paul Whiteley, Department of Government
Re: Phone Hacking
Pakistani tennis star Qureshi set to tie the knot
Pakistan's ace tennis player Aisamul-Haq Qureshi
is due to marry Faha Makhdum. Faha
graduated from the University of Essex with a BSc Hons in
Psychology and an MSc in Therapeutic
Counselling. She has worked for the Pakistani High Commission in
England and also practised as a trainee counsellor for Stepping
Stones East in 2010.
Times of India
This story was featured in over 80 news outlets around
the world
Future sports starts face top
university challenge
Sports stars of the future enjoyed a taste of the elite
life of a winning athlete at a special training camp held at the
University of Essex. Twenty-eight children, aged 13-14 and drawn
from across the county spent the weekend at the Colchester campus
honing their sports sills on the theme of Future Stars.
Gazette
East Anglian Daily Times
£5m pedal power bid
A bid for £5 million of cycle funding from the Department for
Transport has been submitted by Essex County Council which would
then be split between Colchester and four other Essex towns. Further
funding is also available to complete Colchester's transformation
into a designated cycle town with work to be finished between Salary
Brook and the University of Essex amongst other projects.
Gazette
School 4th for Oxbridge places
Colchester Royal Grammar School is ranked fourth in
the list of state schools where students have won places at
Cambridge or Oxford in the past three years. Headteacher Ken
Jenkinson said there were other high-quality universities that
students choose in preference and that they rate the University of
Essex very highly. A former student qualified with a first class
degree in biology and gained entry to a postgraduate medicine course
at the University of East Anglia.
Gazette
First calls Louise achieve top result
A student from New Suffolk College has become the
first graduate to achieve a first class honours degree in civil
engineering through the University Campus Suffolk. Louise was based
at the college and the degrees are validated by the University of
East Anglia and Essex.
East Anglian Daily Times
Research from University of Essex
has
provided
new
information about
Terrorism
Dr Maria Epifanio and
colleagues from the Department of Government have had their study
'Legislative
response to international terrorism' published in
the Journal of Peace Research.
Poten and Partners
Some green exercise for the mind
A new research has suggested that just five minutes of outdoor
activity — such as exercising in a park, working in a backyard
garden or walking on a nature trail — is good for the brain, with
tangible benefits for mental health. It indicated that physical
activity in natural areas, known as 'green' exercise, could lead to
improvements in mental health. In the study, Jules Pretty and Jo
Barton from the University of Essex in the
United Kingdom analyzed data on the physical activities of 1,252
people of different ages, genders and mental health status. The
scientists showed that just five minutes of exercise in a green
nature setting could boost mood and self-esteem.
Kashmir Times
Azerbaijan University of Languages expands cooperation
with British universities
The Azerbaijan University of Languages'
(ADU) priority is teaching and learning of not only English, but all
European languages. The Rector said: "Our
university educates a variety of languages, and has its own place in
the field of education. Cooperation with the British Council is very
useful and important for us. Speaking about the cooperation with
British universities, I want to stress the significance of
cooperation with us with University of Essex, with which we signed a
contract".
abc.az
10 July
Career vision helps blind lawyer find post
Thirty-two year old Emirati and
University of Essex Law graduate, Ahmed Al Omran once
has secured a
position that enables him to promote the rights of people with
disabilities as he has
become an adviser to the Ministry of Social Affairs'
department of welfare and rehabilitation of persons with
disabilities, where he is reviewing the country's 2006 law on the
rights of people with special needs. Dr Al Omran was born with optic
nerve hypoplasia, a medical condition that results in the
underdevelopment of the optic nerve and left him blind.
The National
8 July
Anger over refusal to open Boundary
Road
Work is due to start on the junction between Boundary Road
and Clingoe Hill which will provide access to the multimillion pound
Knowledge Gateway development. This will mean delays on Clingoe Hill
as the dual-carriageway will be reduced to one lane heading into
Colchester. Road users are asking for the University to open up
Boundary Road to the public.
Gazette
A student
cap? Sorry, it's time to stop playing the blame game
Gazette reporter, Frances Leate gives her view on the
views of Greenstead residents that student numbers need to be
capped. She says that students are a welcome element and add to the
healthy mix of people living in Greenstead.
Gazette
Fuel thieves 'using stolen number
plates'
A gang of fuel thieves is targeting petrol stations across
Colchester and Tendring stealing fuel and using stolen number plates
on the vehicles. It is thought a number of plates used in the thefts
have been stolen from the University of Essex's car parks
Essex County Standard
Tech Universe:
Teaming Fish
The Shoal Robotic Fish
has been created by scientists at
the University of in the UK. Onboard
sensors detect pollution, while an Underwater Mobile Ad-hoc Network
allows the data to be sent back to base. The idea is that the fish
work together in shoals around ports and other aquatic areas.
Intelligence algorithms mean that if one fish detects significant
amounts of pollution then the whole shoal will work together to
locate the source.
Malaysia Sun
All Voices
New Zealand Herald
msn nz
7 July
An Alternative Solid Phase Affinity Matrix for Chromatin
Immunoprecipitation
Porvair Filtration Group working in collaboration with the
Department of Biological Sciences, University of Essex, UK has
produced an alternative, high performance Solid Phase Affinity
Matrix for Chromatin Immunoprecipitation (ChIP) assays. The research
at the University of Essex
evaluating the new BioVyon - Protein A material in ChIP assays is
published in the May 2011 issue of Analytical Biochemistry.
Lab Bulletin
Solicitor acted for Nigerian woman who was denied
authority support
The Law Society Gazette profile Danusia
Brzezina, a children’s law solicitor at
national charity the Children’s Legal Centre (CLC).
Read the profile
here.
Law Society Gazette
6 July
BBC Look East
Residents living on the Greenstead estate in Colchester would like a
cap on student numbers and talk to BBC Look East. You can view the
clip here and
forward to 14:56.
We want a
cap on student
numbers
People living in Greenstead, Colchester, claim
the estate is turning into a second university campus with more and
more homes being rented out to students from the
University of Essex.
Gazette
Essex County Standard
BBC News
Gazette comment: Root out the bad Apples
The University of Essex
is of vital importance to Colchester. It is one of the jewels in our
crown, contributes to the economy, provides jobs and should be
lauded for its contribution to North Essex Life.
Gazette
Off Topic: Brain-wave computer interface couples
with Second Life gives new opportunities to ALS patients.
The latest brain-computer interfaces (BCI) meet
smart home technology and virtual gaming. It can be used to give
people control over their real-world environment too: opening and
closing doors, controlling the TV, lights, thermostat and intercom,
answering the phone, or even publishing Twitter posts. In the past,
one of the problems with BCIs has been their reliability, and they
have tended to be limited in the number of functions that can be
controlled at once, says John Gan of the BCI group at the University
of Essex, UK. Like most BCI systems, G.Tec's interface exploits an
involuntary increase in a brain signal called P300 that occurs in
response to an unexpected event
New Scientist - Online
5 July
MBA opportunity
Business people who are long on ambition but short on time have an
opportunity to study part-time for an MBA at the Essex Business
School. The new course, which starts in
September, runs alongside the school's existing full-time MBA
programme and is aimed at business executives who cannot commit to
the one-year full time course but are able to study the same modules
on a part-time basis over a two or three year period.
East Anglian Daily Times
Legal aid is on agenda
Legal experts will discuss cuts to legal services at a seminar
organised by Essex University next week.
The University's law school will explore the implications of the
Government's reforms on legal aid and the impact on families in
debt, children and other vulnerable people, in London, on July 15.
Gazette
Freed Wembley 'slave' shares experiences
A girl beaten as a domestic slave in a Wembley home has shared her
experiences.
The victim, Y, worked for a family from the age of five assuming the
man and woman of the house were her mother and father.
She was smuggled to Britain from Nigeria and was slapped or beaten
with a wooden spoon or slipper when she fell behind on the
housework.
Last month, with the help of charity the Children’s Legal Centre,
she won a case against Hillingdon Council, which disputed that she
was young enough to receive the full range of child benefits.
This is local London
Middle children more likely to bully their siblings
No child is born a bully, and there is no single cause of bullying.
Depression, anxiety, loneliness, violence at home, and being less
popular are some of the risk factors associated with bullying
behaviour. Now a new study has found that this phenomenon may be
more profound in middle children.
According to the new research from the Institute for Social and
Economic Research (ISER) at the University of Essex, in association
with the University of Warwick, children with both older and younger
siblings have a higher chance of becoming bullies.
TheMedGuru.com
3 July
Businesses would
employ UK young people if they had the right skills
Essex FSB (Federation of Small Businesses) has welcomed
Government concerns about businesses employing non-UK nationals
rather than young people from within the country.
Essex FSB Chairman, Iain Wicks, said: "Yes, there is a place
for university graduates in the business world and Essex FSB works
closely with Anglia Ruskin University, University of East London and
University of Essex in the development of courses which are
commercially focused and which meet the needs of small businesses".
About My Area
Iraq safer than Syria – Iraqi FM Hoshyar Zebari
Asharq Alawsat interviews Astana, Asharq
Al-Awsat- Hoshyar Zebari, 57, the Iraqi Minister of Foreign Affairs.
He was born in the Kurdish town of Aqrah, and went on to become a
leading figure in the Kurdish Democratic Party. Having obtained a
masters degree in sociology from the University of Essex in 1980.
Asharq Alawsat
2 July
Banking reform is still leaving us with a flawed system
Professor Prem Sikka from the Essex Business
School is one of the contributors to a letter in the Guardian
about the significant role that British banks are playing in
the Greek financial crisis, as documented in the Observer last week,
which again highlights the crucial need
for the Independent Commission on Banking (ICB) to provide
recommendations that will ensure future financial stability.
Guardian
Living in the country really is healthier than city life
A sound diet, exercise, plenty of sleep - and escaping the concrete
jungle of city life. All of these things contribute to a longer,
healthier and less stressful life, according to new research. While
urbanites have long suspected it, scientists have actually
identified what makes life in the big city so much more, well,
unhealthy. They say their research has found that the parts of the
brain that deal with stress and emotion don't handle crowds well.
One previous study, at
the University of Essex in Britain, showed that spending just
five minutes in green spaces reduces stress. So, it seems simple: If
you want to cut your anxiety and live a little longer, you might
just be better off leaving that city life behind.
Natural News
The healing power of nature
MIND commissioned two studies from the University of Essex which
confirmed that participating in green exercise activities provides
substantial benefits for health and wellbeing. Ecotherapy is a
treatment that is free of unpleasant side-effects, and which offers
a cost-effective and natural addition to existing treatments.
East Anglian Daily Times
1 July
No need for Nick Broomfield to borrow cameras
Nick Broomfield has received much recognition for his work in
filmmaking. Amongst others he has received the British Academy of
Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) Lifetime Achievement Award for
Contribution to Documentary and . honorary
doctorates from Essex and Surrey universities in the UK, together
with the California State Bar Award for his contribution to Legal
Reform there. He studied Law at Cardiff
University and Political Science at the University of Essex; before
taking film at the National Film and Television School in
Buckinghamshire, England. He was thinking of becoming a Barrister
but in the end moved away from it partly because he thought the
life-style was too restrictive and he was more interested in other
things.
Daily News TSN
Trafficked to UK aged 5, kept as a slave for a decade and
beaten every day: Teen breaks silence over harrowing upbringing
among family she believed was her own
The girl, known as "Y" tells the Daily Mail
that she was put in touch with a charity called The
Children’s Legal Centre. They gave her the
confidence to fight the local authority’s decision in court. It took
her two years to win the case, but without
the Children’s Legal Centre she says she
would have never won and doesn't know what
she would have done without them.
Daily Mail
PR Log
Regulation on public to documents: the European
Commission is the problem
Professor Steve Peers from the Department of Law
comments on the recent discussion on amending the EU
Regulation on public access to documents.
Statewatch
Commission head vows open, comprehensive and fair
investigation
The chair of a high-profile mission assigned with uncovering the
truth about what has happened in Bahrain since February has pledged
to carry out a wide-ranging, transparent and fair probe according to
international standards and regardless of political considerations.
Professor Sir Nigel Simon Rodley KBE is one of
the members of the Commission. Read the article
here.
Gulfnews.com
Diary Dates
A Colchester company is helping businesses reap the rewards from the
Olympic Games. Kat Creativ is running two-hour workshops at the
University of Essex in July to train companies to register and bid
for contracts linked to the 2012 Games.
Essex County Standard
Help to uncover hidden treasures
Professor Charles Young, of the Department of Lost
Historical Treasures, is back and once again looking for families to
help him find some hidden treasures. Run by Essex County Standard
journalist Neil D'Arcy-Jones, this summer's Colchester History Quest
is his third, following popular treasure walks around Colchester and
the University of Essex.
Essex County Standard
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