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Broadcast Digest
June
23 June
Dream FM
Heart FM
Dr Dominic Micklewright, Centre for Sports
and Exercise Science
Re: Psychological barriers facing
the England football team
21 June
BBC Radio 4 - Slapdash Britain
Professor Anthony King, Department of Government
Re: His views on improving the way the
country is governed.
BBC Essex - Ray Clark Breakfast Show
Dr Murray Griffin, Centre for Sports and Exercise Science
Guest on the show talking about his research and the news of the day
17 June
Green exercise is good for you
Professor Jules Pretty is interviewed by Dave Monk regarding the
benefits of green exercise as part of men's health week on BBC
Essex.
BBC Essex
16 June
Video games
A study by the University of Essex in England has found professional
video game players had the mental clarity of real athletes but
physically they were much older than their age.
Fox 6 News
4 June
BBC Radio 4 - The eSportsmen
Dr Dominic Micklewright, Centre for Sports and Exercise Science
Re: Fitness of Video Gamers
May
25 May
What £6bn Government cuts mean
Michael Sherer, of Essex Business School, giving his thoughts to the
Government's £6bn cuts.
Heart FM
24 May
ITV Anglia News
Professor Colin Riordan, Vice-Chancellor
Discussing impact of proposed cuts in Government spending
(view the clip
here and forward to 04:44.
BBC Essex
Professor Michael Sherer, Essex Business School
Discussing impact of proposed cuts in Government spending
21 May
BBC World Service News
Professor Paul Whiteley, Department of Government
Debating with former Chief Secretary to the Treasury Liam
Byrne about what Labour has to do now following their General
Election defeat
19 May
University KTP to
help vulnerable people
Dr Barry Tolchard being interviewed about the new Knowledge Transfer
Project between the University and Tendring District Council to help
the most vulnerable people living in Pier Ward in Clacton.
Heart Colchester
12 May
BBC Essex
Professor Paul Whiteley, Department of Government
Re: The new Cabinet
11 May
Anglia News
Professor Michael Sherer, Director of Essex Business School
Re: Discussing economic challenges in the
Eastern region
BBC Essex
Professor Paul Whiteley, Department of Government
Re: Gordon Brown's resignation and the
on-going talks to form a coalition10 May
BBC Look East
BBC Essex Drive Time
Vivien Insull, Director of Accommodation Essex
Re: Compensation given to students for
noisy building work
View the clip
here - select the news programme for the eastern region and
forward to 12.28
BBC Essex
Professor Paul Whiteley, Department of Government
Re: Discussions taking place on a possible alliance
between the Conservatives and the Liberal Democrats
7 May
BBC Look East
Professor Paul Whiteley, Department of Government
Reviewing the Election results
BBC Essex
Dr Tom Scotto, Department of Government
Guest on the Ray Clark Breakfast Show reviewing the Election results
BBC Essex
Professor Michael Sherer, Essex Business School
Re: Election outcome and effects on the UK
and world-wide economies
6 May
Link 92.2 - The Late Show
Professor Eric Smith,
Department of Economics
Re: The
economics faced by the new government that
takes power
5 May
Sofa guest
The Vice Chancellor Colin Riordan talking on the BBC Essex breakfast
show about his role, the university, the Essex Open House Event and
the news of the day.
BBC Essex Hung Parliament
Tom Scotto being interviewed about what a hung Parliament could mean
for the UK.
Heart FM
Video clips on-line
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
June 2010
30 June
UCS announces stars to get honorary
degrees
Hotelier Ruth Watson and Farmer Jimmy Doherty are two of the Suffolk
stars who are set to receive honorary degrees from University Campus
Suffolk later this year. Degrees will also be awarded to
Screenwriter David Croft, Retiring Chair of Lowestoft College
Corporation Robert Mee, West Suffolk College's Elizabeth Milburn and
BBC Radio Suffolk's Mark Murphy.
East Anglian Daily Times
Government scraps East of England Development Agency
The future of 245 jobs has been put in jeopardy following the
decision to scrap the East of England Development Agency (EEDA).
Over the years EEDA has invested almost £32m in the regeneration of
Ipswich waterfront and more than £14m on a new University of Essex
campus at Southend. It also invested more than £8m to provide a
deep-water outer harbour at Great Yarmouth in Norfolk.
BBC News
29 June
I stayed at home for my life at
University
The Southend Echo profile Alfie Albert, who studied
Performance Arts at South East Essex College and who then went on to
do a three-year BA Honours in Physical Theatre at East 15 Acting
School. He is currently forming his own theatre group, No Idea
Theatre along with other East 15 graduates.
Echo
Human Rights training session
Campaigners for Dale Farm are holding a training day for
human rights protestors who will monitor evictions from the Dale
Farm site. The University of Essex Human Rights Law Clinic is
helping to organise the day in August.
Echo
'RoboCod' could be help fight pollution in Welsh waters
Shoals of robotic fish could be coming to
South Wales ports to fight pollution. The 'fish', nicknamed 'RoboCod'
are designed as an early warning system seeking out pollution in
ports, harbours and marinas. The 'fish' are able to mimic the
movement of real fish and are equipped with tiny chemical sensors to
locate the source of potentially hazardous pollutants in the water.
The fish have been built by Professor Huosheng Hu and his robotics
team at the University of Essex at a cost of £20,000 each. They
measure 1.5 metres (roughly the size of a seal) and swim at a
maximum speed of 1 metre per second.
South Wales Argus
Centre for Strategic
Studies hosts Event on Social Orders and Democracy
The Centre
for Strategic Studies under the Azerbaijan President has today
hosted an event on Social orders and democracy.
One of the participants was Dr Lawrence Ezrow from the Department of
Government at the University of Essex. He spoke about 'Linking
Citizens and Parties How Electoral Systems Matter for Political
Representation'.
State Telegraph Agency of the Republic of
Azerbaijan
Trend News Agency
The meaning of saving life
Philosophers have been called in to help emergency doctors faced
with urgent medical dilemmas.
Read more about the Essex Autonomy Project being led by
Professor Wayne Martin from the Department of Philosophy which
is funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council.
The Guardian
Students are recognised for their
workplace skills
Hard-working students making a difference through
their extra-curricular activities have gained official recognition
through the University of Essex's first ever Big E Awards.
East Anglian Daily Times
Taste of life at University
More than 7,500 teenagers from Essex schools visited
the University of Essex campus for the Essex Higher Education
Superfair and got a taste of life at university.
Gazette
July taste of 2012 things to come...
Colchester is to host a series of sports taster
sessions to celebrate the fact there are now just two years to go
before the London Olympics. The events will be part of an Essex-wide
celebration on 24 and 25 July and one of the events will be
orienteering at the University of Essex.
Gazette
University challenge for landlords
The latest contest of this name has been announced by the government
this week. The starter for ten, or in this case 20, is the question
of which score of locations will be chosen to host the new campuses
ministers wish to see as part of a drive to expand higher education
further. For those investing in property, this could create new
buy-to-let opportunities in the sector. An obvious example of
this is Ipswich, where University Campus Suffolk brought higher
education to the town for the first time ever this academic year in
a partnership between the universities of Essex and East Anglia.
Other towns in the county to gain campuses as a result of the
venture were Bury St Edmunds, Great Yarmouth, Lowestoft and Otley.
Pressbox.co.uk
New language and communication science research reported
from University of Essex
Dr Rebecca Clift
and
colleagues from the Department of Language and
Linguistics have published their study on
'Inshallah Religious invocations in Arabic topic transition'
in the journal Language in Society.
Science Letter
New symbolic interaction data reported by researchers at
University of Essex
Professor Ken Plummer
Plummer and colleagues
from the Department of Sociology have
published the results of their research - 'Generational
Sexualities, Subterranean Traditions, and the Hauntings of the
Sexual World Some Preliminary Remarks' in the
journal Symbolic Interaction,
Science Letter
28 June
Two Iranian students arrested, two UK universities – two
different reactions
Ehsan Abdoh-Tabrizi, a PhD student at
Durham University has been in prison since mid-January after
travelling to Tehran to visit his family. He spent more than 50 days
in solitary confinement and is now reported to be in poor health. He
was not politically active but friends believe one reason for his
arrest may be because his father, Hossein, manager of the banned
reformist newspaper Sarmayeh, has been a critic of President Mahmoud
Ahmadinejad, who claimed victory over Mousavi last summer.
Colleagues at the University of Essex, where Abdoh-Tabrizi had done
his MA, drew up a petition calling for his release, only to be
warned by the Iranian embassy in London not to interfere in the
country's "internal affairs". Read the article
here.
The Guardian
Harriet Ridolfo appointed senior lecturer for Kaplan Open
Learning Business Studies programme
Harriet Ridolfo has been appointed senior lecturer at Kaplan Open
Learning, the affiliated college of the University of Essex that
offers online Foundation Degree programmes for working adults in the
UK. Harriet was previously senior lecturer at Bournemouth University
and was instrumental in developing their e-Learning Foundation
degree in Business and Management in partnership with the British
Army and Leeds Metropolitan University.
Pressbox
The Dale Farm Eviction Plan may be a
Criminal Conspiracy
Plans to destroy the Dale Farm Travellers' community, the
biggest in Britain, may amount to a criminal conspiracy, it was
alleged at a meeting with top Essex police officers last week. That
such a conspiracy already exists was suggested by Professor
Thomas Acton, of Greenwich University. He told Assistant Chief
Constable Derek Benson breaches of safety which could endanger the
lives of children were almost certainly inherent in Basildon's
secret operational blue-print for the mass clearance of ninety Gypsy
families. Bob Watt, from the School of Law at the
University of Essex, informed the Assistant Chief
Constable and police solicitor Adam Hunt that an appeal against
refusal to disclose contract details would be lodged shortly with
the UK Information Commissioner.
Human Rights TV
Nice guys earn less than nastier colleagues
Nice guys really do finish last, at least as
far as pay packets are concerned.
That’s the conclusion of a new study, which
found that men who are pleasant at work get an average of
1,500-pound a year less than those who are more aggressive.
Researchers for the Institute for Social and
Economic Research at the University of Essex claim their study shows
that the amiable are on average paid less.
Times of India
UN
roots for eco-friendly farming
Feeding a rapidly growing population is going
to require much more intensive agriculture, right? Wrong. So
concluded a meeting of top international experts this week, as news
breaks of attempts to build record-sized factory farms in Britain
and, as we report today, every supermarket in Britain is selling
meat from animals fed GM crops.
The experts, convened by the United Nations,
concluded counterintuitively that ‘the best option’ was not to use
ever more fertilisers, pesticides and machines but to adopt
environmentally friendly practices going by the ugly name of
agro-ecology - planting trees and crops together, mixing livestock
and arable farming, and using natural predators to control pests and
diseases.
It sounds unlikely, but there is evidence
that it works. Prof Jules Pretty of Essex University, who looked at
286 projects in 57 developing countries, in the biggest study of its
kind, recorded an average 79 per cent increase in yields, while
350,000 acres of land in what used to be called "the Desert of
Tanzania" have been rehabilitated in this way over two decades.
The Telegraph
Prince Charles's role in battle of Chelsea
Barracks
It's almost a quarter of a century since the
Prince of Wales launched his outspoken attack on modern
architecture, denouncing a proposed National Gallery extension as a
‘monstrous carbuncle’
There was little let-up in the years that
followed. In 1987 Prince Charles said the Luftwaffe had done less
damage to London than Lord Rogers' scheme for Paternoster Square,
next to St Paul's Cathedral.
He said he ‘would go mad’ if he had to work
at Canary Wharf; Birmingham Central Library looked like ‘a place
where books are incinerated, not kept’ and in 2008 he said a £6m
stainless steel lecture hall at Essex University looked ‘like a
dustbin’.
But now his role has been questioned in a
high-profile court case which blamed him for the demise of a scheme
for luxury apartments in one of the country's wealthiest areas.
LondonWired
BBC News Online
Public
blessing of cuts will dissolve when reality strikes
The dust doesn't settle, it is blowing into an ash cloud. On closer
inspection, this has become the ‘impossible’ budget. David Cameron
tells the G20 that ‘we must each get our national finances under
control’, but it looks unlikely that the cuts in his red book can be
achieved. That may be good news, but it suggests the axe-wielders
may know alarmingly little about the public services they are
hacking at.
The British Election
Study by Professor Paul Whiteley of Essex University reminds us that
the fallout from the Thatcher/Howe budget of 1981 was an
unpopularity so profound that had it not been for the Falklands war,
‘Labour would have won in 1983, despite their longest suicide note
in history manifesto’. That budget was moderate in comparison to
this one. Read in full
here.
Guardian
Go
Outside to Beat the Blues
Five minutes of fresh air may not give you the
waistline of your dreams, but new research shows that it can do
wonders for your mind. A recent study from the University of Essex
in England found that people who exercised outdoors for even a
minimal amount of time saw noticeable improvements in both mood and
self-esteem. And the effects lasted for two to four hours
post-exercise.
‘You get an immediate lift when you engage
with the outdoors,’ says study co-author Jules N. Pretty, a
professor of environment and society. Interestingly, less can be
more, at least in the short term: ‘All activity intensities are
good, but if you run a marathon, for example, it’s such hard work
that you don’t take much notice of your environment.’ Rather than
jump in at full speed, try starting your workout with five minutes
of light activity such as walking.
Parade.com
Produce More Food, Naturally
With the world's population predicted to reach
nine billion by mid-century, the notion that a form of agriculture
aimed at producing more from less can put food in everyone's mouth
may appear Utopian. Olivier De Schutter, the United Nations' special
rapporteur on the right to food, begs to differ. The Belgian
professor is a champion of agro-ecology, a science that stresses the
need to work with nature, rather than to try and conquer and replace
them with technology developed in laboratories.
Their case has been bolstered by a major new
study from Essex University in Britain, estimating that agro-ecology
can bring us almost 80 percent more food than "conventional"
farming.
The study covering 57 countries by Jules
Pretty and his team in Essex University came to the conclusion that
the average yield increase (through switching to agro-ecological
approaches) was 79 percent. That is an incredible result, just by
using the correct techniques.
Inter Press Service
25 June
Join hunt for buried treasure
The hunt is back on for buried treasure but this time at the
University of Essex. The Curious Case of Constable's Cryptic Code
will lead audiences from the Lakeside Theatre at the University of
Essex through the campus to a secret location to discover buried
treasure.
Essex County Standard
24 June
Pollution-detecting robotic fish get to work at Science
Museum
The latest weapon in the fight against water pollution –fully
automated robotic fish – are to go on display at the Science Museum.
The1.5 metre-long fish, which cost approximately £20,000 to make,
are being developed by the robotics team at the School of Computer
Science and Electronic Engineering, University of Essex.
Read the article
here.
Greenwise
The coalition honeymoon is over, but the marriage has
plenty left
If the budget has stoked Lib Dems' fears that coalition will kill
them, the electorate's verdict is not easy to predict.
Throughout the postwar period (with apologies for
oversimplifying voter research by Essex University's John Bartle
here), when Britain has been governed by the left, public opinion
has tacked slightly to the right – voters never like too much Labour
tax and spend, for instance. Yet when we are governed from the
right, public opinion makes a correction to the left – Tory cuts are
not popular either. So if we treat the Con-Lib coalition as a
government of the right – which many Lib Dems do not, of course,
then Bartle's research suggests opposition to the austerity
programme is sure to make itself felt in time.
The Guardian
Doubts Cast on the Link Between Cell Phone Towers and
Cancer
As well as cancer
there have been lots of other health concerns that people have tried
to link to these cell phone towers. There have also been claims that
they could be causing depression, tiredness, and anxiety. A study by
the University of Essex failed to find any convincing link between
these symptoms and exposure to cell phone towers. The researchers
did acknowledge though that some people seem to be sensitive to
these masts.
Associated Content
University of Essex - Big E for effort
Students making a difference through their extracurricular
activities have gained official recognition via the Big E Awards.
The awards are part of efforts by the University of Essex to ensure
that students have the right skills to pursue the careers they
aspire to. Accolades were given in categories including peer
support, best student employee, enterprise, work-related learning
and volunteering. Andy Downton, Pro
Vice-Chancellor
(Learning and Teaching),
presented the awards at a reception on the university's Colchester
campus.
THE
Professor's medal win
Owen Holland, a former Professor of Robotics at the University of
Essex has been presented with the Royal Academy of Engineering Rooke
medal for this participation in the Walking with Robots project.
Gazette
Student's Fair
More than 7,500 secondary school students will get an insight into
university this week when they attend the Essex Higher Education
Superfair at the University of Essex. Representatives form over 130
universities, colleges and other organisations will be represented.
Essex Chronicle
23 June
Green exercise is good for body and
mind
Researchers at the University of Essex have been studying the health
benefits of green exercise. Read the full article
here.
Elkhart Truth
Right to food: 'Agroecology
outperforms large-scale industrial farming for global food security'
says UN expert
Research by Professor Jules
Pretty, Biological Sciences, showed concrete examples of
agroecological success stories in Africa. Read the full article
here.
ReliefWeb
22 June
England's failure is all in the mind
Dr Dominic Micklewright from the University of Essex has put the
England football team's poor displays down to a "self-perpetuating
cycle of negative feelings, thoughts and performances". He said that
helping the players to feel confident, cohesive and think positively
was a better bet than changing players or tactics.
Gazette
Essex Uni staff fear jobs axe
Members of the University and College Union were joined by branch
officials from Unite as they protested about the potential impact of
reduced spending on further and higher education.
Gazette
Thurrock Gazette
Forget Da Vinci...treasure hunt with
Constable's code
Audiences will be lead from the Lakeside Theatre at the University
of Essex, through the Wivenhoe Park campus to a secret location,
where treasure "has been buried for hundreds of years". The Curious
Case of Constable's Cryptic Code takes place on 3 and 4 July.
Gazette
Reports from University of Essex highlight recent
research in reactive oxygen species
Dr Vadim Demidchik and colleagues from the
Department of Biological Sciences have had their study looking at
Arabidopsis root K+-efflux conductance activated by hydroxyl
radicals single-channel properties, genetic basis and involvement in
stress-induced cell death published in the
Journal of Cell Science.
Life Science Weekly
Science Letter
21 June
A long time in Politics
Professor Anthony King from the University of Essex is one
of the world's leading political analysts, but the new coalition
government is something even he never expected to see. He talks to
Essex Life about his thoughts on what lies ahead for Britain.
Essex Life
OFT'S Insolvency
probe under fire
Economic regulator the Office of Fair Trading is expected to
not extend its inquiry into the market for corporate insolvency
services to a second stage on Thursday. The final report is expected
to contain few of the radical proposals made by contributors to the
review and will likely focus on fee levels and increasing the
involvement of all creditors in the process. Prem Sikka,
Professor of Accounting
at the University of Essex, said 'It is
very, very disappointing. This is an area the Government must look
at closely. This profession has been running amok for years.'
Thomson Reuters
Money
Mail on Sunday
Interactive Investor
Asia Pro Feed
Asia Focus
This is Money
Reuters
Director appointed
Professor Christine Temple from the University of Essex has been
appointed a non-executive director of the trust that runs Colchester
General Hospital and Essex County Hospital. She will take up her
post on 1 August.
East Anglian Daily Times
Gazette
19 June
Robin Hood tax call
Professor Prem Sikka is one of the contributors
to a letter in The Guardian, calling upon the Government to
live up to its progressive rhetoric by announcing an
ambitious tax on the financial sector that could raise tens of
billions to help reduce the UK's unprecedented deficit, protect the
poorest and fight climate change.
The Guardian
Managing Director of First Great
Western
This is Devon profiles Essex
Politics graduate Mark Hopwood,
Managing Director of First Great Western.
This is Devon
Cornishman
Human Rights - an Interdisciplinary Approach
Professor Michael Freeman's book is reviewed in
the Australian Good Gear Guide.
Good Gear Guide
18 June
Queen's Birthday
Honours
One of the original members of staff at the University of Essex has
been honoured by the Queen for his contribution to education. Dr
John Tillett was made an MBE in recognition of his work as a
governor at Colchester Royal Grammar School, including the past 12
years as chairman of the board of governors.
Essex County Standard
Kids who talk to dad are happier
Children who regularly talk to their
fathers about topics that matter most to them are happier than those
who do not, according to new research. The findings, from an
analysis of research from the British Household Panel survey into
1200 young people in Britain aged between 11 and 15, were released
by the Children's Society to coincide with the UK's Father's Day
this weekend.
This story was covered in over 25
news outlets around the world
Museveni appoints ten new judges
The
Ugandan Judiciary recently announced that 20 judges and 100
magistrates would soon be deployed to clear the case backlog that
has been there for years. One of the new Judges
appointed is an University of Essex graduate, Monica
Mugenyi, who has a masters degree in
international trade law.
New Vision
World News Connection
AllAfrica.com
There's more to
University than lectures
At the University of Essex there are more than 30
clubs and societies and taking an active role in any society
develops practical, organisational and managerial skills and boost
self confidence and increases employability.
Gazette
A life-changing
experience
Nolita Werrett was earning up to £600 per day in a top
IT job in the City of London before she decided to go back to
education at the University of Essex . She has enjoyed her time so
much that she would like to stay on to study for a Masters in Human
Rights.
Gazette
17 June
University's boost in the polls
League tables have shown the University of Essex has risen up the
ranks by five places.
In 2009, the University ranked 48th out of 117 UK universities, but
this year the Guardian University Guide tables ranked the University
at 43rd.
Gazette
Essex County Standard
Get a taste of university
Prospective students can get an insight into university
life at events next week.
They can meet representatives from 130 universities and colleges at
the Essex Higher Education Superfair, next Thursday and Friday.
Gazette
Wheezy money
Computer gamers have similar reaction times to
fighter pilots, according to a research looking at a new generation
of "cyber-sportsmen". The research was carried out
for a Radio Four programme 'The eSportsmen'.
Times Higher Education
16 June
Jackson Civil Engineering to kick-start Knowledge Gateway work
Work is due to get underway this month on developing the 40-acre
Knowledge Gateway at the University of Essex.
Jackson Civil Engineering of Ipswich have
been named contractors to design and build the roads and services to
create the new research and business complex adjoining the
Colchester Campus.
Dr Tony Rich, registrar of the university,
said: ‘This is an exciting opportunity for Essex to build on its
ranking as one of the UK’s top 10 research universities, by working
closely with like minded enterprises to boost the economic
development of Colchester and the region.
‘It will also help to provide employment
opportunities for our graduates.’
Business Weekly
Nutrition news: Celebrate Father’s Day in Montana’s great outdoors
Ah, June in Montana. Recent rains have kept the snow-capped
mountains green and the rivers rushing. The ranchers’ fields are
full of new calves and lambs, and backyard gardens are sprouting
with promises of produce to come.
What a wonderful time to get out and enjoy
the Treasure State. An analysis from Essex University in England,
published in the March 2010 Environmental Science and Technology
journal, came to a rather surprising conclusion.
The benefits of ‘green exercise - being
active in nature - began to show up after just five minutes. While
all ages showed some benefits, the most significant improvements in
physical and mental health were in young people and those with some
mental illness, such as depression.
Billings Gazette
Makerere starts gender aware master’s degree
Makerere University has launched a master of arts in gender aware
economics degree, the first of its kind in an African university.
Similar programmes are being run by universities in the US and
Europe.
Makerere University developed the degree
together with American University, Essex University, Sussex
University, Central Bank of Kenya and the Nigerian Institute of
Social Economic Research with support from UNDP.
New Vision
AllAfrica.com
Ernst & Young faces inquiry over Lehman audit
Britain's accountancy regulator will today launch an investigation
into Ernst & Young's role as auditor of the European arm of Lehman
Brothers.
The investigation follows an allegation in
March by a US court-appointed examiner that E&Y - one of the world's
‘big four’ accountancy firms - approved accountancy tactics that
allowed the failed investment bank to hide $50bn (£33.7bn) of debt
off its books.
Essex University professor Prem Sikka has
long advocated fundamental reform, arguing that guidelines demanding
more transparency would not be enough.
‘The E&Y fiasco is just the tip of the
iceberg, of [problems caused by] the close relationship between the
audit firm and its clients,’ Sikka said
The Guardian
15 June
New provost is relishing role
Professor Mike Saks has officially taken up his role as provost of
University Campus Suffolk.
East Anglian Daily Times
Business Breakfast
A few places are still available for a business breakfast
in Colchester, with speakers including the University's Professor
Jules Pretty.
East Anglian Daily Times
Green exercise improves mental health
Researchers at the University of Essex have shown that 'green
exercise' improves mood and self-esteem.
Read the full article
here.
Natural News
14 June
The Underground Bootcamp - are gamers
athletes?
A study by Dominic Micklewright,
Biological Sciences, has indicated that professional PC gamers - or
rather l33t cyber-athletes who rack in the big bucks - have the
reactions of fighter pilots but the bodies of 60-year-old chain
smokers. Using a series of physical and psychological tests, the
study was conducted to determine if PC gaming could actually be
defined as a sport. Read the full article
here.
Around The Rings
Award for businessman
A salon owner from Brentwood has been named Essex
Young Entrepreneur of the Year 2010 in a competition judged by
experts from the University of Essex.
Brentwood Weekly News
School governor shocked by MBE
Dr John Tillett, one of the original members of staff at the
University has been received an MBE for his contribution to
education.
The Gazette
Uni's courtyard party scaled back for safety
A long-running student tradition was scaled down by University
bosses after safety fears.
The Gazette
13 June
The woman who captured Robert Capa's
heart
Professor Dawn Ades, Art History and Theory, comments on an
exhibition opening in Chichester of photographs taken by Kati Horna
of the Spanish Civil War and Vietnam. Read the full story
here.
The Independent
Mary Whitehouse: Small-minded, yes but she was oh so right
The University's Albert Sloman Library holds an archive of
correspondence between the National Viewers and Listeners
Association and Mary Whitehouse - totally
some 200 boxes. Read the full article
here.
Express
12 June
Here's £37bn of cuts to get your started,
voters tell PM
Professor Paul Whiteley, Department of Government, comments on a
poll showing that if an election was held tomorrow the Tories would
win 39 per cent of the vote, Labour 32 per cent and the Lib Dems
just 19 per cent. read the full article
here.
Daily Mail
Corrupt probe councillor's MBE
Amongst individuals who have received awards in the Birthday honours
is Dr John Tillett, an original member of the University. He was
received an MBE.
East Anglian Daily Times
11 June
Video gamers have reactions of pilots but
fitness of chain smokers
A study by Dominic Micklewright,
Biological Sciences, has indicated that professional PC gamers - or
rather l33t cyber-athletes who rack in the big bucks - have the
reactions of fighter pilots but the bodies of 60-year-old chain
smokers. Using a series of physical and psychological tests, the
study was conducted to determine if PC gaming could actually be
defined as a sport.
News and Observer
BCS
Brisbane Times
The Age
Yahoo! Canada
Sydney Morning Herald
Election pioneer calls it a day
Professor Anthony King, Department of Government, pays tribute to
David Butler as he gave his final Oxford University seminar before
retirining.
The Australian
Is love in the air? Or is it oxytocin?
A 2005 student from the University of Essex showed that
subjects had notably higher self-esteem after exercising outdoors.
Read the full story
here.
PRWeb
Green exercise good for body and mind
A study by the University of Essex has been studying the
health benefits of green exercise, showing that a little as five
minutes of green exercise improves both mood and self-esteem.
Calgary Herald
Backing the stars and stripes-and St George
Essex academic Kimberly Fisher, who moved to
Colchester from the US in 1992, will be backing England in their
World Cup match against the US.
Halstead Gazette
Cycling is a success
More than 870 workers and residents in Colchester
cycled 38,000 miles to make the Workplace Cycle Challenge a success.
The University of Essex was the winning organisation in the 500+
employees category.
Essex County Standard
Gateway to Prosperity
Colchester is out of recession - and business leaders
now have their sights set on establishing the town on the
international stage. Colchester Business Group hopes the town can
emulate the world famous university city of Cambridge by cashing in
on its own history and the University of Essex's research expertise.
Essex County Standard
Colchester's recession-beating
business mix generates £17 billion economy
Work is due to get under way this month on developing the
University of Essex's Knowledge Gateway. The £7 million
infrastructure development will get under way during the summer with
new roads, utilities and landscaping due to be completed next
spring. It is hoped the Knowledge Gateway could eventually create up
to 2,000 jobs.
Essex County Standard
Time for town to open gateway onto the
world
Colchester is out of recession - and looking to secure a
place on the international stage. The Colchester Business Group said
the University of Essex's Knowledge Gateway was a key element in
projecting Colchester's name across the globe and that the
University can put Colchester on the international map.
Essex County Standard
10 June
The colour of money
The Times Higher published its Green League tables and the
University of Essex was placed 85th. Read the article
here.
Times Higher Education
Residents' fury over parking by students
A row has erupted on a Colchester estate because scores of students
have been leaving their cars in side streets and parking bays meant
for residents. Students say that the company who owns the blocks of
flats have increased parking charges and the Mansion Group says that
they are taking measures to alleviate the problem.
Gazette
Work to start on uni's £7m gateway centre
Work is due to start on the 40-acre Knowledge Gateway which will
create up to 2,000 jobs. Ipswich company Jackson Civil Engineering
has been appointed to build the roads for this project.
Gazette
Harwich and Manningtree Standard
The pupil premium won't work unless it's new cash
The coalition has made improving social mobility one
of its central planks. The new Education Secretary, Michael Gove,
has declared he wants to close the gap in results between the
richest and poorest. Paying schools more for each disadvantaged
pupil on their rolls is their big idea to achieve it. Yet money is
not in itself a panacea. During Labour's term, while some indicators
of social mobility improved, according to research by the Institute
for Social and Economic Research at the University of Essex, there
is still a fourfold achievement gap between children of graduates
and non-graduates. REad the article
here.
The Independent9 June
Pro PC Gamers Have Elderly Chain-Smoker
Bodies
A recent study has indicated that professional PC gamers - or rather
l33t cyber-athletes who rack in the big bucks - have the reactions
of fighter pilots but the bodies of 60-year-old chain smokers. Using
a series of physical and psychological tests, the study was
conducted to determine if PC gaming could actually be defined as a
sport.
Dr Dominic Micklewright, the University of
Essex's head of Sport, Performance, and Fatigue Research Unit,
compared cyber-athletes to real-world athletes in various tests. The
results showed that the gamers has the mental sharpness and
psychological traits comparable to physical athletes, however their
fitness levels were ‘shockingly low’.
Tom’s Hardware
Kotaku Australia
Gearlog
Legit Reviews
Crunchgear
Consumerist
The Gazette
The Chronicle
Essex County Standard
Linking
with sponsors aimed at boosting career chances
The academy at Sir Charles Lucas College in Colchester will give a
great start to all pupils, whether they want to be plumbers or
physicians, according to the new headteacher.
From September, the school will become Colchester Academy,
specialising in English and health sciences.
Essex University will provide student mentors and take master
classes at the academy.
The Gazette
8 June
The Guardian University Guide 2011
The University of Essex has been placed 43rd in The Guardian's
University guide 2011 and appears in the top 20 for American
Studies, Computer Sciences and IT, Electronic Engineering, English,
History of Art, Philosophy, Politics and Sports Science. Read the
article and view the league tables
here.
The Guardian
University challenge: application, application, application
Catherine Westbrook, who is currently studying at Dane Court Grammar
School in Broadstairs, Kent has applied to Reading, Essex and Keele
to study Applied Maths and advises students to starting thinking
about their application early.
The Guardian
Universities that put students first come top
At the University of Essex, a 100% satisfaction rating in the
National Student Survey has helped to push the department of
philosophy, which came 22nd last year, to fourth in the tables,
after Oxford, UCL and Cambridge. Wayne Martin, head of the
department, thinks this could be partly explained by changes to the
first-year curriculum, introduced over the last two years. In one
voluntary course, new students agree to "work obscenely hard" in
return for equally hard work from their supervisors. Students are
expected to write an assignment a week on difficult material, in
exchange for getting their work returned with detailed comments
within 24 hours in a weekly two-on-one tutorial. The course has
proved extremely popular in spite of, as Martin puts it, "a workload
that could feel like slavery". Read the article
here.
The Guardian
Video gaming Top Guns are top slobs too
Elite video gamers have the reactions of fighter pilots - but the
bodies of 60-year-old smokers, tests revealed yesterday. The players
had mental skills and psychological traits comparable to real
athletes. They reacted to visual stimuli nearly as fast as fighter
jet pilots. But fitness levels were very low and comparable to
either much younger or much older people. One top gamer in his
twenties had a physique similar to an endurance athlete. But tests
at the NEC Arena in Birmingham revealed he had the lung function and
aerobic fitness of a heavy smoker in his sixties. Dr Dominic
Micklewright, from the University of Essex, blamed the gaming
lifestyle of spending up to ten hours a day in front of a screen.
Daily Telegraph
Scottish Sun
Gaea Times
The Info Sage
Sify
CNet
Infotrack India
New Kerala.com
Malaysia Sun
Smashhits.com
Daily India.com
125,000/1 against this boy's chances of finding a bone
marrow donor
Ten-year-old Amun Ali
desperately needs a bone marrow transplant. If he were white, the
likelihood of his finding a life-saving match would be one in three.
But he is Asian so his chances are closer to one in 125,000.
The chronic shortage of ethnic minorities on Britain's various donor
registries - be they blood, bone marrow or hard organs - means that
the chances of survival for thousands of patients like Amun are
drastically reduced.
A recent paper from the Institute for Social and Economic Research
showed that nearly one in 10 British children is now born to
mixed-race parents. Taken as a whole category, "mixed race" is now
the fastest-growing ethnicity in the UK and yet it is the least
represented on all our donor registers.
The Independent
7 June
Olympians' cash boost
Five athletes have benefited from grants of £400 each under the
Colchester Sporting Champions scheme. One of these is Dominic King
from the Students' Union who along with his twin brother Daniel is a
race walker. Dr Tony Rich, University of Essex Registrar and
Secretary and Chairman of the Colchester Partnership for London 2012
said that the Partnership is delighted to be supporting five such
fine athletes.
Gazette
Tate and Pompidou Buy Works at the First Pinta London Art Show
During the first London Pinta art show, strong sales were
seen across the board in a packed Earls Court Exhibition Centre. At
this inaugural modern and contemporary Latin American art show, over
2,000 enthusiastic international private and public collectors
attended the opening, with a further 4,000 visitors during the show,
as they competed for paintings, sculptures, drawings, photographs,
videos and installations by some of Latin America's most celebrated
artists. The University of Essex Collection of Latin American Art,
Colchester acquired a pair of works on paper by Argentinean artist
Ana Sacerdote; an oil on board by Uruguayan Gaston Olalde from
Sammer Galleries and two works by Mexican Demián Flores from
Ginocchio Gallery.
Art Daily
ArtNet Magazine
Gauguin's Nevermore Wins Accolade of Most Romantic
Artwork in Art Fund Poll
Nevermore, which is on display at The Courtauld
Gallery, was chosen by artist and broadcaster Matthew Collings, and
was selected from a list of five works chosen by well known public
figures. The other selected artworks were Titian’s "Bacchus and
Ariadne", selected by writer and broadcaster Andrew Graham-Dixon;
Jan Van Eyck’s "The Arnolfini Portrait", chosen by artist Grayson
Perry; Nicolas Poussin’s "Rinaldo and Armida", chosen by writer,
critic and professor of literature at University of Essex, Marina
Warner; and Peploe’s "Roses", chosen by presenter and Art Fund Prize
chair of the judges, Kirsty Young.
Art Daily
5 June
Kids 'need to spend more time' in the garden
Parents need to help their children connect with nature, according
to one expert. In an article for the Telegraph, Cassandra Jardine
discussed the advice set out in a new book by Richard Louv called
Last Child in the Woods. Last month, Jules Pretty
from the University of Essex stated 'green exercise' is beneficial
for young people who are stressed.
The Argus
Community News Group
Tewkesbury AdMag
Falmouth Packet
This is Dorset
Southend Standard
Streatham, Clapham and Dulwich Guardian
Farm to table
Buying locally grown fruits and vegetables in season
-- along with growing your own -- are certainly in vogue, with
locavores swearing off anything grown outside a 100-mile radius and
everyone from urban hipsters to the country's First Lady planting
and talking about their home-grown produce. Choosing to buy from a
local farmer benefits the environment and local economy in so many
ways. Just one: It keeps community cash in the community. University
of Essex Professor Jules Pretty did a study that showed North
American farmers received 45 to 60 percent of the money consumers
spent on food 50 years ago. Today, U.S. farmers receive about 3.5
percent of our food dollars.
The Daily Camera
Study results from Northern Illinois
University, Department of Economics provide new insights into mental
health
Using data from the British Household Panel Survey,
researchers from the Northern Illinois University have published a
study looking at the economic
consequences for other family members of mental health problems in
older people.
Obesity, Fitness and Wellness Week
4 June
Integrative medicine: Green exercise is good for the body
and mind
Trying to decide on an
activity to keep yourself healthy this summer?
Try green exercise. The University of
Essex in the United Kingdom has been studying the health benefits of
green exercise for more than five years and has just published a
recent paper on this topic. This study has
been published in the journal Environmental Science and Technology,
and shows that as little as five minutes of green exercise improves
both mood and self-esteem. The greatest improvements were seen when
exercise was done near a body of water.
News and Observer
Belleville News
Sacramento Bee
Lexington Herald
From science professor to top organist
A Science Professor from the University of Essex will be
showing off his musical talent in Frinton. Stephen Smith was Dean of
the School of Science and Engineering and Head of the Physics
Department but music has been his life-long interest, mainly as an
organist, accompanist and choral conductor. He will be playing the
organ for the second concert in the summer series of lunchtime
concerts at St Mary’s Church.
Clacton, Frinton and Walton GazetteBedroom gamers turn professional
David Treacy is a 25-year-old who spends all day every day playing
video games. His mother could not be prouder.
David is one of the top professional video
gamers in the UK. He has the potential to earn in excess of $100,000
(£69,000) a year and travel the world on expenses.
Dr Dominic Micklewright, a sports
psychologist at the University of Essex, found the players' reaction
times and mental acuity to be on a par with other sportsmen. But Dr
Micklewright found their actual physical fitness levels to be far
below average for their age, and is concerned children may look up
to players as role models. Read in full
here
Birmingham Wired News
London Wired
BBC News Online
Budding
journalists show off their work
A GROUP of final year journalism degree students presented their
work in a multimedia exhibition at South Essex College.
The projects on display at the exhibition
included The Blurb, by Ashleigh Mackenzie, 22, from Benfleet, an
online, interactive book club.
Ashleigh also interviewed author Paul Elliott
- a Doctor of Philosophy at the University of Essex, who has
recently written a book on Alfred Hitchcock’s life and career.
Southend Today Online
Ilford Today
Can
we afford family breakdown?
The disintegration of family life is costing taxpayers a bundle. A
report released in April put the cost at an annual $112 billion,
just in the United States alone.
‘The Taxpayer Costs of Divorce and Unwed
Childbearing: First-Ever Estimates for the Nation and All 50
States,’ was released by four policy and research groups --
Institute for American Values, Georgia Family Council, Institute for
Marriage and Public Policy and Families Northwest.
In
England between 1991 and 1997, the average decline in a mother's
income was 30% after splitting up, reported a study published by the
Institute for Social and Economic Research at Essex University.
CBCP News
Kids Face Up to Disgust
Surprisingly Late
Young children have a gift for doing things that adults find
disgusting. But kids themselves take a surprisingly long time, until
about age 5, to grasp the meaning of adults’ facial expressions of
disgust, according to evidence presented May 28 at the Association
for Psychological Science annual meeting.
This conclusion flies in the face of a
popular idea that evolution has produced an innate facial expression
for this emotion that even infants should comprehend, said Boston
College psychologist James Russell.
Psychologist Debi Roberson of the University of Essex in England
agrees. Each emotional expression consists of numerous signature
muscle movements on the face that children gradually learn to see as
a meaningful whole, she says.
U.S. News & World Report – Online
Fitness: Outdoor exercise can
boost energy, enthusiasm
Many people have good intentions when it comes to exercise. It's not
such a big deal to get some activity most days of the week.
Researchers Jules Pretty and Jo Barton of the University of Essex in
England analyzed the information gathered in 10 existing studies of
1,252 people. Activities such as walking, cycling, gardening,
boating, fishing, farming and horse-riding were studied. They found
that as little as five minutes of exercise in a natural environment
boosted mood and improved self-esteem in men and women of all ages
and mental health statuses.
Poughkeepsie Journal – Online
Sister take uni back to the 50s for retro night
Shake, rattle 'n' roll at Essex University this weekend as the
Wivenhoe campus goes back to the fifties.
The evening of retro fashions and music is the latest event to be
put on by two sisters from Colchester, who launched their company
last year to promote new music in the town.
The Gazette
My role as mum and police commander
Bringing up two young children is hard enough.
But Alison Newcomb has just made her job even tougher by taking on
the role of divisional police commander for Colchester and Tendring.
'One of the really good things about being the divisional commander
is that we are really diverse - we have Essex University, the
garrison, Harwich port and all the other towns and villages in
between,' she said.
The Gazette
Harwich and Manningtree Standard
3 June
Appointments
Professor Kevin Schurer, currently director of
the UK Data Archive at the University, will take up a new post as
Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Research) at the University of Leicester. Read
the full article
here.
Times Higher Education
New lecture series
honours memory of Edward Said
Professor Marina Warner, of the Department of
Literature, Film and Theatre Studies, gave the inaugural lecture in
a new annual lecture series launched in memory of Edward Said. Read
the full article
here.
Saudi Gazette
2 June
Cuts will not go
deep at UCS
New provost says university will not be trimming its intake of
students. The new man in charge of University Campus Suffolk has
said the education spending cuts announced by the Government will
not have a serious impact on the establishment.
East Anglian Daily Times
Phillips calls for plebiscite on reform to the Lords
Political editor Graham Dines talks to Lord Phillips - who has
detected a flaw in the new politics of a coalition government.
East Anglian Daily Times
1 June
Face reading discussion
How we manage to recognise unfamiliar faces will be the topic of the
last in a series of scientific talks.
Gazette
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