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The University of Essex in the Press
May 2012
Universities’ accolade
Two East Anglian universities have been handed a major boost after
being named among the world’s best new institutions. The University
of Essex and the University of East Anglia both made it into the top
20 global universities under 50 years old. The list, compiled by
The Times, saw a strong show from the UK, which had five
universities in the world’s top 20. Colin Riordan, vice-chancellor
of the Univresity of Essex, which was 20th, said: “As our
50th anniversary approaches in 2014, we are proud of
creating a university that has worldwide impact and has built an
international reputation for the quality of our research and
teaching across many fields”. Read the article
here.
East Anglian Daily Times
Plus 58 other media outlets
Thursday 31 May
Young guns go for it: East Asia and UK
dominate next-generation list
The THE 100 Under 50 offers an insight into which institutions may
be future world leaders. The UK takes five places in the top 20 and
the University of Essex is placed 20th. Read the article
here.
Times Higher Education
UK has most top Universities under the age of 50
The UK has the most universities of any country in a list of the
world's best higher educations establishments under the age of 50.
The University of York, Lancaster University and University of East
Anglia come in at eighth, ninth and tenth place respectively in the
inaugural Times Higher Education (THE) 100 under 50. Seventeen other
UK universities make it onto the 100 list, which are Warwick, Essex
(20th), Brunel, Bath, Stirling, Surrey, Plymouth, Keele,
Hertfordshire, Loughborough, Strathclyde, Heriot-Watt, Liverpool
John Moores, Kent, Aston, Bradford and City University London.
ITV
Easier being green when there's a
bottom-line gain
Institutions emitted less carbon dioxide, recycled
more waste and audited their environmental impact more in 2010-11,
according to the figures. Professor Jules Pretty from the University
of Essex said "Energy costs have gone up so dramatically that
there's no better way to make money [by cutting energy use] ...if
you have got the capital in the first place".
Times Higher Education
When the Queen came to visit north Essex
The Colchester Gazette has done a feature on the
Queen's visits to north Essex and mentions her visits to the
University of Essex in May 1985 and November 2004.
Colchester Gazette
Foreign student curbs
Sir Bob Russell MP writes to The Telegraph to say that the
Coalition would be foolish to curb the number of foreign students
coming to this country to study. He says local
economies will be affected if the Government proceeds with its cap
on overseas students. The University of Essex and a long-established
English language college in Colchester cater for a considerable
number of overseas students, who boost the area’s economy and
support a lot of jobs. Read his letter
here.
The Telegraph
Does Marriage Really Make You Happier?
Marriage may not make people happier than when they were single but
the practice may serve some purpose in stabilizing any emotional
decline. In a new study, marriage was shown to help offset any
decrease in happiness and may act more like a stabilizing agent for
happiness. The research was led by Stevie C.Y. Yap, PhD candidate,
from the Michigan State University. Researchers collected data from
an ongoing nationally representative British Household Panel Survey
to determine the effects of personality traits on major life events
such as marriage, childbirth, unemployment and widowhood.
Medical Daily
Wednesday 30 May
E15 community theatre students' life stories...
East 15 students will join forces with the local community
for their latest project working with 21 local people with little or
no acting experience.
Southend Echo
How the creatives behind that John Lewis ad sold for a
fortune
University of Essex graduate, James Murphy, Chief
Executive of the Adam & Eve Advertising Agency has
just sold their advertising agency for around £55
million, only four years after setting it up.
Read the article
here.
TMCnet.com
Individual.com
Last year’s winners in East Anglian Book Awards
Last year's winner in the Place and Nature
category was 'This Luminous Coast'
by Jules Pretty. An account of a
year spent walking and sailing along 500 miles of imperilled East
Anglian coastline. Category judge David
North said: “I enjoyed this book immensely, learning new things
about some very familiar and much-loved places.”
Dereham Times
Watton and Swaffham Times
Can you train yourself to be an optimist?
Cognitive psychologist Elaine Fox from the University of Essex, UK,
explores the ways in which we can retrain our brains to view the
world with a positive outlook in her book Rainy Brain, Sunny Brain.
New Scientist asked her why some people see the glass as half empty,
and what techniques science offers us to change that perspective.
New Scientist
Watching Cathy Freeman win gold will live with me forever
Most Olympians would select their own
participation as their favourite ever moment in the Games – but not
Southend’s former sprinter Sarah Jolley. Under her maiden name of
Wilhelmy, she competed in the 4x100m relay at the Sydney Games in
2000. After that, Sarah completed a degree at the
University of Essex and it was during that time she met her
now husband Steve. They married in 2005 and have three children –
Emma, six, Ben, five and Jessica, two.
This is Local London
and featured in over 26 other local news outlets across the country
Essex professor finds film star's happy gene
A Hollywood star met an Essex University professor after reading her
research on the science of being positive. Back to the Future star
and Parkinson's sufferer Michael J Fox featured Professor Elaine
Fox's work in a US TV documentary. Elaine was flown out to New York
to take part in his ABC show, the Adventures of an Incurable
Optimist. She discussed her findings, which will be published in a
book in June, called
Rainy Brain Sunny Brain.
Elaine said: "It was fantastic to take part in the programme, which
showed Michael had the variation of the gene we have shown is linked
to a tendency to look on the bright side of life. The interest in
this work has been fantastic. I think it's crucial to try to use
these opportunities to communicate research as widely as possible."
Colchester Gazette
Robotic
Fish Gearing Up to Patrol Great Lakes
Hot on the heels of an
announcement detailing the first deployment of a robotic fish in
European waters, an engineering professor at Michigan State
University (MSU) has developed his own aquatic automaton.
Both fish will monitor the waters
they’re deployed in for pollution and other potential issues with
slight variations.
Scientists at the
University of Essex recently deployed a robotic fish in Spain that
does everything the MSU-made robo-fish does and then some.
Outdoor Hub
Nationals approach for History Day
documentary duo
The Brookfield
Central High School documentary team of Natalie Mathes and Hayley
Gray-Hoehn will compete in the National History Day competition June
10 through June 14 at the University of Maryland in College Park,
Md.
Working with the theme of "Revolution,
Reaction, Reform in History," Mathes and Gray-Hoehn produced a
documentary film titled "We are Women, Hear Us Roar." The focus is
on the revolutionary 1968 Dagenham Ford strike in England and the
subsequent Equal Pay Act. They interviewed two of the surviving
strikers and a University of Essex professor.
You're all invited to uni's fairytale ball
Radio 1 DJ Nick Grimshaw heads a
chart-topping line-up at Essex University's summer ball. The TV and
radio presenter is the headline act on the bill, which includes
rapper Lethal Bizzle, two members of indie band the Libertines, who
will be DJ-ing, and dance punk group Hadouken. Tickets for the event
on Saturday, June 9, from 9pm to 5.30am, cost £50 for non-students.
Colchester Gazette
Essex County Standard
Tuesday 29 May
Academic achievement runs in the
family
New research from the University of Essex has shown a "significant"
link between parents' own academic achievement and their children's
chance of success at school. The report, carried out by the
Institute for Social and Economic Research has found that parents
with higher level qualifications have children with the best results
at secondary school.
East Anglian Daily Times
Champagne Laurent-Perrier to
provide Bursary for Edge Hotel
School Student
Champagne Laurent-Perrier has agreed to contribute a cash bursary to
help fund an annual educational visit to the champagne region for
the Edge Hotel School’s top performing Sommelier, or wine student.
Laurent-Perrier is also sponsoring the Sommelier’s table at the
restaurant in Wivenhoe House. The Sommelier’s room is a private
dining room accessed via the red wine cellar and has been designed
to host private and tutored wine tastings as well as private dinner
parties for up to 12 guests. In addition to offering the full range
of Laurent-Perrier champagnes the emphasis in this room will also be
on the wines with executive chef Paul Boorman planning the food to
complement them. Customers will be guided and advised on the wine
selection so an overall balance in the experience is achieved.
Business Wire
FinanzNachrichten.de
Individual.com
MarketWatch
Business tuck in to a breakfast
Monthly business breakfasts have been launched to
increase links between Colchester companies. Tony Fisher, Senior
Partner at Fisher, Jones and Greenwood said the purpose was to
improve the links between the business community and with
institutions like the University of Essex.
Colchester Gazette
Monday 28 May
Essex business school to incorporate sustainable
technologies
A new £21m building project in Colchester is to feature sustainable
design and will include low and zero-carbon technologies. Work is
due to start in September on the landmark building at the University
of Essex’s Colchester Campus. It is due to be completed in 2014. At
the heart of the concept is a winter garden which will act as an
environmental buffer zone, supporting the passive ventilation and
heating strategy of the three storey building. The project aims to
achieve an Excellent BREEAM rating – the internationally-recognised
system for assessing sustainable buildings. School director
Professor Michael Sherer said it would be a leading example of
sustainable construction which supports the school’s mission to to
be one of the greenest business schools in the UK. The building will
include smart meters and a ground source heat pump.
Heating and Ventilating News
Pet fish owners’ experiment
Fish owners who have a miniature coral reef
will be helping researchers at University of Essex by sending
information using a free iPhone app. The Big UK Experiment will
investigate the impact of climate change on reefs. Pippa Mansell
from the university said “we can use this knowledge to help answer
key questions with this research area”.
Colchester Gazette
Drama and art at home
Residents at a sheltered housing complex are holding an open day
in order to fight plans to be closed down by Colchester Council. The
open day at Joyce Brooks House, in Oxford Road, is on Sunday June
10, from 10am until 4pm. Attractions unclude an art exhibition and
drama performances from University of Essex students.
Colchester
Gazette
Sunday 27 May
Universities told to expand abroad to cut
immigration
Universities are being urged by the government to open campuses
abroad and teach more foreign students in their home countries
rather than Britain. Officials have warned universities that that
the government can only meet a Tory pledge to slash net immigration
to “tens of thousands” if it makes deep cuts to the 298,000 students
from outside the European Union who are at British universities.
Eric Thomas, president of Universities UK, has urged David Cameron
to exclude students from this target to stop the economy losing the
fees paid by foreign students. David Willetts, the universities
minister, has told institutions he will help them gain income by
setting up deals overseas. The magazine Education Investor reported
that Willetts recently hosted a meeting at which options for
expansion were discussed by universities including Essex, Nottingham
and Warwick , along with firms such as Goldman Sachs. Read the full
article
here.
Sunday Times
Friday 25 May
Essex Robofish to tackle global pollution
problem
Robot fish created to hunt down pollution have
been unveiled by scientists at the University of Essex. The
1.87m-long carp-shaped creations have patrolled the coast of Spanish
port Gijon, capping the success of a three-year project. The
life-like creatures mimic the movement of real fish and are guided
by the university’s state-of-the-art artificial intelligence
systems, rather than being remote-controlled.
Essex County Standard
Colchester Gazette
Plus 84 other media outlets
First ever International Fascination with Plants
Day
Dr
Nicola Slee is interviewed on BBC Essex Breakfast show on the first
Fascination of Plants Day which is being held at firstsite on
Saturday.
BBC Essex
University’s car park plans get go ahead
The University of Essex has been given
permission to build a multi-storey car park which will provide 357
extra spaces at Wivenhoe campus. The University has agreed to fund a
£250,000 cycle path between Wivenhoe and the campus as part of the
planning permission. Colchester’s planning committee unanimously
approved the application last night on condition the university’s
travel plan is scrutinised further. Read the article
here
Colchester Gazette
Essex County Standard
Harpist jazzing up the lakes
After the cancellation of her last gig due to
snow, harpist Lucinda Belle and her orchestra will be playing their
infectious brand of Parisian café and gipsy-influenced jazz at the
Lakeside Theatre tomorrow at 8.30pm. Tickets are available by
calling the box office on 01206 873288.
Essex County Standard
Colchester Gazette
Community group wants Maltings work to start
Community groups have called on developers to
deliver long-promised improvements in Hythe. There are a number of
ambitious regeneration projects in the pipeline for the area,
including a University of Essex development, providing 722 student
rooms on derelict land, a shop, a restaurant and bar, and a gym. The
university has suggested the redevelopment - on a 3.5-acre site
known as Maltings - would act as a catalyst for the regeneration of
the area.
Colchester Gazette
Plan to save town centre unveiled
A new blueprint intended to ensure the survival
of Colchester’s town centre has been unveiled. The draft Better Town
Centre published in the wake of retail guru Mary Portas’ report on
how high streets can thrive, sets out Colchester Council aspirations
and plans for the coming decade. Professor David Crawford, Essex
University’s head of business partnerships, gave his thoughts on the
Mary Portas report to scores of local businessmen and women.
Professor Crawford suggested that one solution could be to
contribute money towards an improvement scheme where businesses
agree to contribute a sum each year, which would be spent on
projects.
Essex County Standard
Thursday 24 May
Town swears in new mayor
Colchester has welcomed a new mayor
who is hoping to bring a very musical theme to the town over the
next year. Christopher Arnold, 58, was sworn in during a traditional
ceremony held a Moot Hall yesterday, with a live performance from
Boxted Silver Methodist Band. Mr Arnold, who performs in the
University of Essex choir, has been a councillor since 1995 and said
he was looking forward to his new role.
EADT
BIS considers private role in overseas growth
The government is consulting Goldman Sachs on
how to help universities attract private funding to finance overseas
ventures. Two representatives from the investment bank attended a
"round table on higher education exports" held by David Willetts,
the universities and sciences minister. Organisations in attendance
included the Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan, which is thought to be
willing to invest up to £200 million in such ventures. Others
included private providers of infra-structure such as Serco and
INTO; the universities of Essex, Nottingham and Warwick.
Times Higher Education
Pupils' exam results
'closely linked' to parents' education
Pupils with bright mothers and fathers
are more likely to exceed national averages in this country than
those educated in nations such as Canada and Australia, it was
revealed. Just days before teenagers prepare to take their GCSEs,
the study underlined the extent to which social mobility has now
ground to a halt. Academics from the Institute for Social and
Economic Research, based at Essex University, found that parents’
success at a young age meant they could afford to live in areas with
easy access to the best schools – giving their own children the best
start in life.
Telegraph
Colchester Gazette
Wednesday 23 May
Uni sports experts help man ride 3,000 miles across
America
Sports science experts
from Essex University will help a man cycle 3,000 in 10 days in aid
of charity.
A team
from the Human Performance Unit will help Chris Armishaw, 47,
complete the Race Across America, dubbed the world’s toughest bike
race. The HPU, part of the Centre for Sports and Exercise Science,
not only help elite athletes train but study their performance in
order to publish academic papers. Read the article
here.
Gazette
Church of England begins major study
on Church growth Ekklesia
A
team from the Institute for Social and Economic Research at the
University of Essex, led by Professor David Voas, has been appointed
to undertake the data analysis and church profiling strands of the
research.
The Church Growth
Research Programme will focus on a range of growth areas including
cathedrals, church plants, different patterns of deploying clergy
and the union of parishes. Read the article
here.
ekkelsia.co.uk
Essex business school to incorporate sustainable technologies
A new £21m building project in Colchester is to feature sustainable
design and will include low and zero carbon technologies. Work is
due to start in September on the landmark building at the University
of Essex’s Colchester Campus. It is due to be completed in 2014. At
the heart of the concept is a winter garden which will act as an
environmental buffer zone, supporting the passive ventilation and
heating strategy of the three storey building. Read the article
here.
hvnplus.co.uk
'Austerity isn't working' eminent economists tell EU leaders
European leaders pushing austerity as the solution to the current
economic crisis are guilty of "bad economics, bad arithmetic and
ignoring the lessons of history," according to a pamphlet by eleven
eminent economists and social scientists published today by Oxfam.
Be
Outraged -
whose authors include Diane Elson, Emeritus Professor, Department of
Sociology, University of Essex, Sir Richard Jolly, a former UN
assistant secretary general, Stephany Griffith-Jones, Financial
Markets Director, Initiative for Policy Dialogue of Columbia
University and Frances Stewart of Oxford University - calls for a
new economic approach including government action to promote growth
and transform the financial sector from a "bad master to good
servant".
Oxfam UK
Kids' University event this weekend
Children in Colchester will get a chance to try university life at a
free one-day event this weekend. Essex University is running a Kids
Uni, to get primary school children excited about higher education.
The event, being held at Firstsite, Colchester on Saturday, will
include mini lectures on topics including the future of energy and
interpreting pictures. It is suitable for children aged between
seven and 11.
Gazette
EADT
Opening the doors to the Edge Hotel School
In
April the hospitality industry gathered for the Edge Hotel School
preview event, the first hotel school of its kind in the UK where
students will be “learning by doing” as they study for fast track
Foundation and BA (Hons.) degrees in Hotel Management and Culinary
Management. Progress on the building and restoration of Wivenhoe
House, due to be completed in July 2012, was unveiled in front of
the cream of the hospitality industry at The Ritz, London.
A partnership between
the Edge Foundation, the University of Essex and its academic
partner Kaplan, the Edge Hotel School, will be based at Wivenhoe
House, Colchester within a Grade II* listed building. It will
combine a luxurious country house hotel and innovative hotel school,
where the future leaders of the hospitality industry will learn
their profession.
Further Education News
Tuesday 22 May
BBC Essex
Professor David Crawford, Research and Enterprise Office
Re: Robotic Fish
Robotic fish to patrol for pollution in harbours
Robo-fish - is the
scientists' latest weapon in the war against pollution. This
sea-faring machine works autonomously to hunt down contamination in
the water, feeding this information back to the shore.
In Spain, several are undergoing their
first trials to see if they make the grade as future marine police.
The Shoal consortium, a European
Commission-funded group from academia and business has developed
these underwater robots and Ian Dukes from
the University of Essex - one of the
partners in the consortium - says that
nature was an obvious inspiration for their robot.
Read his comments
here.
BBC
Students win cash awards
Five students have received cash awards for academic achievement and
making a difference to their community. The students shared £2,000
raised at last year's annual Wivenhoe Town and Gown dinner, held at
the Nottage Maritime Institute.
Colchester Gazette
Business Networking
Professor David
Crawford from the University of Essex, will speak at
a Business Networking event for Colchester that
is being launched tomorrow. Delegates will be invited to debate
issues raised before networking.
Essex County Standard
Students are exempt
The University of Essex Students' Union advises all
students living in privately rented accommodation to request a
Council Tax Exemption Certificate from the registry office.
Colchester Gazette
Monday 21 May
University guide 2013: University league table
All UK universities are ranked by the
Guardian in the The Guardian
University Guide.
You can view the guide
here.
The Guardian
Lecture on Greeks and Jews in 20th Century Salonica to Be
Held at UCLA
University of Essex graduate, Dr Paris Chronakis from the
UCLA Department of History in collaboration with
the Consulate General of Greece in Los Angeles, the American
Hellenic Council of California and the Greek Heritage Society of
Southern California will be giving a lecture
entitled “Greeks and Jews in the 20th Century Salonika:
History Through the Kaleidoscope.”
Greek USA Reporter
CoE begins major study on Church growth
Research teams have been appointed to start work on an 18-month
project on growth in the Anglican Church, supported by funding set
aside by the Archbishops' Council and Church Commissioners. The
Church Growth Research Programme will focus on a range of growth
areas including cathedrals, church plants, different patterns of
deploying clergy and the union of parishes. A
team from the Institute for Social and Economic Research at the
University of Essex, led by Professor David Voas, has been appointed
to undertake the data analysis and church profiling strands of the
research.
Independent Catholic News
BBC Essex
Professor Michael Sherer, Director, Essex Business School
Re:
New building for Essex Business School
'Geant, Mantychore enable researchers
create virtual networks'
The pan-European Geant has collaborated with EU-funded Mantychore
project to enable researchers to create virtual infrastructures
across Europe. One of the Mantychore users is the University of
Essex who use it for projects for advanced high quality media
services and marketplace modelling.
Individual.com
and
featured in over 25 other news outlets around the world
Student gets the
royal seal of approval
Matthew Binns, 21, of The Dene, travelled to St James’ Palace to
received his Duke of Edinburgh Gold Award and Queen’s Scout Award
honour from the Duke of Edinburgh.
He
was also awarded the Queen’s Scout Award - only the second person in
Hastings to receive it in the last 10 years. Matthew later took part
in a special passing Parade of Queen’s Scouts at Windsor Castle in
the presence of her Majesty the Queen and HRH the Duke of Edinburgh.
Chief Scout and TV adventure guru Bear Grylls also saluted and
congratulated Matthew.
Matthew,
who is studying International Relations at the University of Essex,
has been in the Scouts since joining as a Beaver aged five. The
award was a celebration and recognition of his achievements.
Hastings and St Leonards Observer
Sunday 20 May
Business breakfast event launch this
week
A business
networking event for Colchester launches next week. Quality Square
are holding business breakfasts on the fourth Wednesday of each
month, with the first on Wednesday (May 23).
Professor David
Crawford from the University of Essex, will speak at the inaugral
meeting about the potential impact of Colchester having a Business
Improvement District, and the implications of the Portas report.
Delegates will then be invited to debate issues raised, before
networking.
Essex County Standard
ADVA Optical
Networking Pioneers OpenFlow in the Optical Domain
ADVA Optical Networking announced today an industry first. It has
successfully implemented new OpenFlow technology that can
dynamically control wavelength-switched optical networks. The
implementation is based on the FSP 3000 and has been developed in
cooperation with the University of Essex as part of the OFELIA
project. OFELIA provides researchers with a Software-Defined
Networking (SDN) testbed to experiment with new applications using a
web-services approach.
PR-USE.net
Saturday 19 May
Children more upset with
parents splitting up
A study has stated that a child's
happiness is affected more by parents splitting up when compared
with not having enough money. A household's material situation did
not affect a child's happiness as much it was affected by the
child's parents not staying together, as stated by the Understanding
Society project found as a child gained more satisfaction by seeing
parents staying together.
Wealth influences and poverty did affect
happiness of children but not as much as parent's relationship did.
TopNews Arab Emirates
Friday 18 May
It’s time to move
on, my job here is done
Firstsite director Kath Wood has announced she is leaving
Colchester’s multi-million pound new art gallery. She said she was
stepping down from her role in June to take a brief break before
pursuing other projects. The project was funded by a £5million
lottery grant, plus cash from Essex County Council, Colchester
Council, the now defunct East of England Development Agency, the
University of Essex University and fundraising by Firstsite itself.
Essex County Standard
Cycle path project
gets £250k boost
A new cycle path linking Wivenhoe to University of Essex has moved a
step closer. The university has agreed to contribute £250,000 to the
project as part of plans to build a 777-space multi-storey car park
at its Wivenhoe campus.
Gazette
Uni build a green
project
The £21 million business school at the University of Essex will use
new, green technology including solar panels on the roof and a
ground source heat pump to heat and cool the building.
Essex County
Standard
Dom's dream stays
on track
Colchester race walker Dominic King is hopeful of being picked for
the London Games after another strong showing at last weekend's
World Cup in Russia. Dr Dominic King, of Biological Sciences at the
University of Essex, managed a time of four hours 13 minutes and 25
seconds in his gruelling 50-kilometre race, which placed him 51st.
Essex County
Standard
New mayor is keen to play first fiddle in
tuneful town
The new mayor of
Colchester, Christopher Arnold, is keen to boost the town's profile
in terms of its musical talent. Mr Arnold, a member of the
University of Essex Choir, has spent the past year building contacts
and making plans for a number of events, including the resurrection
of Colchester's civic carol service in December and a New Year gala
concert.
Essex County
Standard
Thursday 17 May
Academic’s year on site
Sociologist Dr Darren Thiel has spent a year out of his lecture
theatre following the daily lives of site managers, labourers,
painters and carpenters on a building site in London. The research
is for his new book, 'Builders', which is published by Routledge.
Gazette
BBC Essex
Essex
County Standard
Germany
stretches welcome mat for graduates
Foreign
students graduating from German universities will be allowed to work
for up to 18 months while they seek a graduate-level job under new
legislation designed to attract global talent. Colin Riordan,
vice-chancellor of University of Essex and chair of Universities
UK's international and European policy committee, said the changes
sprang from Germany's Excellence Initiative, which encouraged
universities to compete for top international academics.
Times
Higher Education
Unbalanced
resource consumption is threatening planet, says WWF
The consumption of resources
at an uneven and ever-increasing rate is putting undue pressure on
the Earth, its inhabitants and its biodiversity, according to the
WWF’s biennial investigation into the health of the planet. European
Space Agency astronaut, André Kuipers, was on hand to kick off the
investigation, direct from his post at the International Space
Station. “We only have one Earth”, the Dutch physician said.
Kuipers’ thoughts, and indeed the theme of WWF’s report, both echo
the words of Jules Pretty, professor of environment and
society at the University of Essex and member of the Royal Society,
who told Blue & Green Tomorrow earlier this month that a
significant rise in both population and consumption would spell “real
trouble” for the planet. Read the article
here.
Blue and Green Tomorrow.com
Wednesday 16 May
A parkland setting for
the Bard's finest
When you have a back drop as beautiful as Wivenhoe Park, why
wouldn't you put on an air production? Suffolk landscape painter
John Constable fell in love with the place when he painted it in
1816 and while some of the areas have changed quite dramatically,
since the university was built there, there is still plenty of
parkland. In fact, it makes you wonder why it has taken the
university's Theatre Arts Society so long to use it for one of their
shows. This year they are doing so, however, starting with
Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream.
Gazette
Essex County Standard
Trust has major part to
play in business
The Independent Author of the integrity study based at the
University of Essex, Professor Paul Whiteley, has said that levels
of integrity are important because those who scored highly on the
test were also likely to have a strong sense of civic duty. Read the
article
here.
The Independent
Infor Hires Ali Shadman as Senior Vice President
Infor, a leading provider of business application software serving
more than 70,000 customers, today announced that it has hired
industry veteran and Essex Graduate Ali Shadman as Senior Vice
President to lead a new organization dedicated to helping customers
rapidly upgrade and embrace the latest Infor technologies. Read the
article
here.
TMCnet.com
New sustainable home for Essex Business School
Colchester Borough Council has given the green light to plans for a
sustainable flagship building for Essex Business School. The new
learning hub on the University of Essex’s Colchester campus is
aiming for a BREEAM Excellent rating and will feature a range of low
and zero carbon technologies reflecting the school’s ethos of
driving sustainable business opportunities. Read the article
here.
Building4Change
New play tackles politics, social justice
August Strindberg’s classic tale, “Miss Julie,” is relocated from
1874 Sweden to Post World War II London in Patrick Marber’s “After
Miss Julie.” Focal Point Theatre Company’s Artistic Director,
Melissa Albertario, thinks that a good move. That’s why the
Deerfield native is staging the Chicago premiere of the play as the
first full-length production in Focal Point’s inaugural season.
Albertario fell in love with the play while studying in London where
she earned a master of fine arts degree in directing from the
University of Essex.
Deerfield Review online
plus 14 other media outlets
Tuesday 15 May
Uni's green building plan
Plans for a £21 million home for the Essex Business School on the
Wivenhoe campus have been approved by Colchester Council and work is
due to start in September. The new building will include a winter
garden, solar panels on the roof and a ground source heat pump to
provide heating and cooling.
Colchester Gazette
Cafe bar is open again
The cafe and bar at Brightlingsea Watersports and Yacht Club has
reopened. The Cafe is part of the facilities at the University
of Essex Sailing Club.
Colchester Gazette
Forest makes top 10 for a green workout
The Forest of Dean is among the top 10
places in the country for green exercise, according to research.
Sports bra makers Shock Absorber teamed up with Dr Jo Barton,
leading researcher in green exercise at the University of Essex, to
find the nation's hotspots as more people desert the gym in favour
of outdoor exercise. The Forest was joined in the top 10 by the
White Cliffs of Dover, Brecon Beacons and Hampstead Heath among
others. Dr Barton said: "Green exercise offers unique benefits
compared to working out indoors. "It significantly improves mood,
self esteem and restores mental fatigue.
This is Gloucestershire
FemaleFirst.co.uk
Monday 14 May
For many of us a degree remains invaluable
According to a study for the Institute for Social and Economic
Research the percentage of the population who undertake a degree has
increased by 8.2 per cent in the last 20 years.
Arts London News
Infor Hires Ali Shadman as Senior Vice President
Infor, a leading provider of business application software serving
more than 70,000 customers, today announced that it has hired
industry veteran and University of Essex
graduate, Ali Shadman as Senior Vice President to lead a new
organization dedicated to helping customers rapidly upgrade and
embrace the latest Infor technologies, including the Infor10
Business Cloud. Reporting directly to CEO Charles Phillips, Ali will
be responsible for building efficient tools and programs which
accelerate customer upgrades to current releases of Infor
applications.
MarketWatch.com
and also featured in 19 other news outlets worldwide
Legal eagles take off to put care
before the cash
Two University of Essex Law graduates, Sue Kessler and Mandi Wilson
talk to the Colchester Gazette about setting up their law firm,
Wilson Kessler Dan, which only takes on legal aid work and
deals specifically in the emotive world of care proceedings.
Colchester Gazette
Breast way to get back to work earlier
Mothers who are offered facilities to breastfeed or
express milk in the office return to work earlier after having a
child. These are the findings of a report by the Institute for
Social and Economic Research at the University of Essex.
Colchester Gazette
University events day
The University of Essex is running a Kids'
University event on Saturday 26 May so that youngsters can get
a taste of university life.
Colchester Gazette
Footballer Stephanie Loraine enters Miss Newcastle 2012
Talented footballer Stephanie Loraine has
swapped her studs for stilettos to grace the catwalk. The
19-year-old is normally more at home on the football pitch where she
plays for Newcastle United Women’s Football Club. But now Steph is
in the running to be crowned Miss Newcastle 2012 after entering the
contest to boost the profile of the football club, where she plays
as a right back. “I’m feeling terrified for the final but I’m really
looking forward to it as well,” said Steph, who has secured a place
to study at the East 15 Acting School at the University of Essex in
October.
Sunday Sun
Udderly motherly dilemma
Researchers at Oxford and University of Essex say babies must be fed
on demand, vis-a-vis follow a fixed feeding schedule, in order to
‘do better at school’. The new study reportedly shows that babies
who are fed whenever they are hungry get higher scores in tests at
ages five, seven, 11 and 14, and that by eight, they have an IQ four
to five points higher than others.
Express Buzz
Sunday 13 May
Convenience at your fingertips with RFID technology
The Borneo Bulletin interviews
University of Essex Electronics graduate, John Lim who is founder
and Managing Director of John Harith Technology Sdn Bhd.
The company are investigating uses of Radio Frequency
Identification. Read the article
here.
Borneo Bulletin
Friday 11 May
University of Essex shortlisted for national work experience
award
The University of Essex has been shortlisted in the National Council
for Work Experience (NCWE) Awards for the work placement
opportunities it offers. The University's frontrunners initiative
gives students the chance to undertake paid employment around the
University and develop higher-level skills they will need to compete
for jobs once they finish their studies. Director of employability,
Dave Stanbury, said: "We believe this scheme is crucial to future
graduate success as it develops the essential skills needed to
compete in the current tough labour market and are therefore
delighted to have been shortlisted for this award."
Harlow Star Series
Teens keeping late nights smoke,
drink
Thirty-six per cent of teens, especially 15-year-old boys and girls,
don't tell parents where they were at night, even though they might
be into in risky behaviour such as smoking or drinking, a study
reveals. The finding is based on a long-term study of 40,000 British
households, which asked more than 2,000 teenagers aged 10 to 15
years how frequently they stayed out past 9.00 p.m., without telling
their parents. Researcher Maria Iacovou, from the Institute for
Social and Economic Research, University of Essex, who analysed the
data, said: "Staying out late does not cause young people to smoke
and drink, but regularly staying out late without telling their
parents where they are is symptomatic of a young person with
underlying problems."
Times of India
University of Essex
students to bear Olympic torch
Two students at the University of Essex have
been chosen as Olympic torchbearers.
Sports science undergraduate Kat Parnell from
Ipswich and aspiring Paralympian Scott Moorhouse will both be
involved in carrying the Olympic torch in the run up to the summer
Games.
Harlow Star Series - Online
Cutting edge at Lakeside
In recent years, the
University has become synonymous with
putting on cutting edge theatre and this season is no different.
Tomorrow, Made in China present ‘We hope that you’re happy (why
would we lie)’, a flat-out unhinged show about the difficulties of
communicating with each other in a modern hyper-communicative world.
To book tickets for this and other shows visit
www.essex.ac.uk/artson5.
Essex County Standard
Thursday 10 May
Explorer and effects guru take honours
A polar explorer, a leading Hollywood special effects experts and an
award-winning journalist are among those to be presented with
honorary degrees by the University of Essex.
East Anglian Daily Times
Essex County Standard
Executive overdrive
The THE published its annual survey of pay in
the academic sector. Read the article and view the tables
here.
Times Higher Education
ADVA Optical Networking Pioneers OpenFlow in the Optical
Domain
ADVA Optical Networking announced today an industry first. It has
successfully implemented new OpenFlow technology that can
dynamically control wavelength-switched optical networks. The
implementation is based on the FSP 3000 and has been developed in
cooperation with the University of Essex as part of the OFELIA
project. OFELIA provides researchers with a Software-Defined
Networking (SDN) testbed to experiment with new applications using a
web-services approach. Using one common OpenFlow control for both
the packet and optical layer, users can now obtain much more
effective network solutions required for efficient data center
interconnections and forward-looking cloud computing applications.
Reuters
and featured in 12 other news outlets around the world
Mount A’s Class of 2012 set to graduate
More than 400 students will walk across the stage at Convocation
Hall next Monday to receive their degrees from Mount Allison
University. Drama student Jeffrey O’Hara of Cross Creek, NB, was
chosen by his peers as the valedictorian for the Class of 2012.
O’Hara has been involved in theatre both on and off campus
throughout his time at Mount Allison. He also co-founded the
Memorial Theatre Group, mentors children with disabilities, and has
been a campus ambassador. An aspiring professional actor, he will be
attending the East 15 Acting School at the University of Essex next
year to pursue a Master’s in acting (international).
Sackville Tribune Post
Wednesday 9 May
Political parties seek to woo future Essex voters
Essex Man wants delivery - he wants the government, whether on the
left or the right, to deliver on the things that matter to him, and
the things he cares about most are personal security and the
economy” After last week's results, which saw Labour make big gains
in Basildon and Harlow, there is a feeling that Essex man and woman
are getting restless. "Essex man wants delivery," says Professor
Paul Whiteley from the University of Essex. "He wants the
government, whether on the left or the right, to deliver on the
things that matter to him, and the things he cares about most are
personal security and the economy." Read the
article
here.
LondonWired
BBC News
UK Education: New report recommends measures to support
students studying abroad
David Willetts, Universities and Science Minister, has announced a
range of ways which the government plans to help students make the
most out of overseas study and work placements. He said that
placements abroad offer a "win-win" for everyone involved. The
report, commissioned by Willetts and written by Professor Colin
Riordan, analyses the incentives and problems posed to students
hoping to study or work abroad. Read the article
here.
The Information Daily
Modern children suffering from "Nature Deficit Disorder"
Naturalist historian and TV producer Stephen Moss, credited with
numerous wildlife documentaries and related publications, has
written a report on Natural Childhood in order to highlight the
growing phenomenon of ‘Natural Deficit Disorder’ affecting our
children. Moss’s report draws on research from the University of
Essex that finds exposure to the natural world increases our
longevity as human beings, while leading academics agree that an
experience of a natural environment makes us better learners in the
long run.
daynurseries.co.uk
High achievers will be honoured by uni
An array of leading academics, intrepid adventurers and artistic
stars will illuminate Essex University's graduation ceremony. Seven
honorary degrees will be handed out this summer, to high achievers
including a world record-breaking polar explorer and Nobel Prize
winner. The University will be recognising, Hollywood special
effects expert Kwok Yue Ellen Poon, world-record breaking polar
explorer Rosie Stancer, Nobel prize winner Prof Christopher
Pissarides, Baroness Lister, Emeritus
Professor of Social Policy at Loughborough University,
Prof Charles Garraway CBE, Lucy Kellaway, who has been at the
Financial Times for 20 years and Bill Gore who has served on the
university's governing body Council.
Colchester
Gazette
Website to update work on new library
Intrigued
residents can now get an up-to-the-minute view of how work on the
new £27million Southend library is progressing. The Forum project -
a joint venture between Southend Council, South Essex College and
the University of Essex - has now launched its own website. It will
give minute-by-minute updates on the building work, thanks to a
webcam set up on the side of the University's Gateway Building in
Elmer Approach. To keep up to date with the building project visit
http://www.theforumsouthend.co.uk/view-progress/
Southend Echo
BBC Look East
Professor Paul Whiteley, Professor of
Government comments on the ‘Essex Man’ and voting in Essex. Please
see 20.06mins - 23.27mins in the video
here.
Government launches plans to enhance global
work experience of graduates
The report by Professor Colin Riordan, Vice-Chancellor at the
University of Essex and chairman of the UK HE International Unit,
looks at the incentives and obstacles to students studying and
working abroad. It makes recommendations to ensure the numbers of
students choosing to go abroad increases in the future. It
recommends the development of a national strategy for outward
mobility and a sector- led body to support this. Riordan and the
Joint Steering Group on Outward Student Mobility have now been asked
to develop this idea and present options for a sector-led solution.
Read the article
here.
HR Magazine
Tuesday 8 May
No let-up in countdown to The Games
Frisbee golf and wheelchair basketball were some of the sports
staged at the University as part of British Universities Week with a
range of Olympic-themed activities organised.
Colchester Gazette
We'll repair Clingoe Hill's faulty lights
Engineers are to investigate a recurring fault at traffic lights on
a main road into Colchester. Signals at the junction on the A133 St
Andrew's Avenue allow traffic access across the dual carriageway to
the University's Knowledge Gateway. Tracey Chapman, the
County Councillor
responsible for highways and transportation, says a full
investigation is being carried out.
Colchester Gazette
Spatial and temporal variability of biogenic isoprene emissions from
a temperate estuary
Analysis of isoprene emissions in Colne Estuary shows possible
impact of future environmental change.
Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans
How to explain the impact of your research
Hints and tips from career coach Jo VanEvery, who has a PhD in
sociology from Essex.
Read article online.
University Affairs - Online
Monday 7 May
More than 50 student volunteers take part in litter spring clean
Students have organised a spring clean in the area around the
Colchester Campus. The event was run by volunteers from the
Students' Union and supported by Rotaract.
Colchester
Gazette
East Anglian Daily Times
Angry academics can't answer my criticism that there's too little
analysis of our current crisis
Aditya Chakrabortty highlights work of Professor Prem Sikka from
Essex Business School as example academics effectively engaging with
debate about economic crisis.
Read article online.
Guardian
Sunday 5 May
What if we tested athletes for genes rather than drugs?
Professor Chris Cooper from the School of Biological Sciences
explains why a 'super' gene might make a dramatic difference to
sporting performance and discusses his book Run, Swim, Throw, Cheat:
The Science Behind Drugs in Sport.
Read Professor Cooper's article.
Professor Cooper also talks to Tim Lewis about the inspiration
behind his new book.
Read interview online.
Observer
Many Faces of Alison Steadman
Alison Steadman recalls her inspiring time at East 15 Acting School
in the documentary about her life and work.
Watch the programme on iPlayer.
BBC Four
Friday 4 May
Derek Walcott: Poetry in Motion
The Nobel Prize winning poet and playwright on the beauty of St
Lucia, the joy of teaching, being Professor of Poetry at the
University of Essex and being not quite as good looking as Brad
Pitt...
The Voice
China's biggest publishing company to set up its UK head office in
Essex
Phoenix Publishing & Media Group has signed a Memorandum of
Understanding (MOU) with Essex County Council to set up its UK
Headquarters in Essex. In addition to securing the Phoenix
investment and generating interest in opportunities in the offshore
wind industry, there is also an agreement by Jiangsu officials to
send more civil servants for training at the University of Essex
over the next two to three years. This builds on the two successful
programmes brought to the university in the autumn of 2011.
Full story online.
AboutMyArea
Why are we still suffering from a drought after all this rain?
Professor Ian Colbeck from the School of Biological Sciences talks
about the recent heavy rain and why it is not really going to make
any impact on the water shortages in the region. He discusses the
strategic problems of water management and sustainable future
solutions including domestic rain harvesting.
Interview starts after 51 minutes.
BBC Essex
New partnership with Taiwan universities
Taiwan media report on new Memorandum of Understanding focusing on
computer science between University of Essex and six top
universities in Taiwan.
Full article in Chinese.
MSN Taiwan
Thursday 3 May
Pantomime at Lakeside
Steve Goatman, Arts Marketing and Communications Coordinator at the
Lakeside, talks about Derek Walcott's production of Pantomime at the
Colchester Campus.
Interview starts after 35 minutes.
BBC Essex
Security and the Olympics
Dr Pete Fussey from the Department of Sociology is interviewed about
issues surrounding security and the Olympics.
Radio Five Live
His man Friday
Derek Walcott is interviewed in The Guardian's G2 section.
Read the interview
here.
The Guardian
Hit return
Investors may be able to predict market movements by
looking at the frequency of Google keyword searches, according to a
new study by Researchers from the University of East Anglia and the
University of Essex.
THE
Willetts pledges partial grant to
encourage overseas study
A 'Recommendations to support UK outward student
mobility' report has been submitted to David Willetts, who issued
his response on 3 May. The report was drawn up by a joint
steering group - bringing together representatives of the UK Higher
Education International Unit and the Department for Business,
Innovation and Skills - under the Chairmanship of Colin Riordan,
Vice-Chancellor of the University of Essex.
THE
'Univer-cities' told to learn some
home truths
The Tony Rich Lecture and Debate was held at the
University of London by the Association of Heads of University
Administration on 26 April. The debate focused on institutions not
seeing driving economic growth in their region as a priority.
THE
Elementary take on mind-reading magic
A unique take on the world of Sherlock Holmes awaits
Colchester theatre goers next week. It's the new show from Todd
Landman, who has developed the show along with mind-reader, Paul
Voodini. Students at the University of Essex will know him better as
Professor Todd Landman, Director of the Institute for Democracy and
Conflict Resolution and an acknowledged expect of human rights.
Colchester Gazette
Floodlit event draws north Essex club
teams
Wivenhoe Tennis Club hosted a successful winter
floodlit league with teams from all over north Essex competing. The
University of Essex Blades team won the men's division two.
Colchester Gazette
It's time to nominate your favourites
for our awards
Paul Boorman from Wivenhoe House is one the judges of
the Essex Food and Drink awards.
Go!
Wednesday 2 May
Students get ready to have a ball
Preparations for the University of Essex summer ball are well under
way. The theme this year is ‘A Twisted Tale’ and is taking place on
June 9.
Olympic-themed activities on offer at University
of Essex
The University of Essex has planned a host of Olympic-themed
activities to celebrate British Universities Week (April 30 to May
7). The events are open to the public, staff and students and are
designed to show the many sports people can enjoy at the University,
the outstanding sports people who might be taking part in the London
Games and the academics working on Olympic-related issues.
Tuesday 1 May
Go-ahead for eco business school
A new business school at
the University of Essex has been given the
go-ahead. The Essex Business School wants to move into a £21million
state-of-the-art building, at the edge of the Knowledge Gateway
research park. Members of Colchester Council ’s planning committee
voted unanimously in favour of the plans, submitted by
the University. The business school is the
largest faculty on the Wivenhoe Campus and has outgrown its current
home.
Braintree and Witham Times
Breastfeeding 'gets mothers back to work'
Researchers at the University of
Essex have found mums offered facilities to breastfeed or express
milk in the office return to work earlier after having a child.
Gazette
Local
election prospects
Professor Paul Whiteley interviewed by political reporter Matt Cole
about the local election prospects of the Conservatives in Harlow
and nationally. Interview starts after 1.36.38. Listen to the
interview
here.
BBC Radio 5 Live
Marathon effort raises £35000
for Bristol University's Cancer Research Fund
Eight former University of Bristol students conquered the London
Marathon to raise an impressive £35,000 to help in the battle
against cancer, including one brave runner whose efforts inspired
more than £17,000 in sponsorship. Dr Jonathan Nicholls’ (BA 1978)
endeavours were prompted by the heartbreaking diagnosis that his
close friend Dr Tony Rich, the University of Bristol’s recently
retired Registrar, has incurable cancer. He completed the gruelling
26 miles course around the capital in four hours and 49 minutes, an
achievement which has generated valuable funds for Bristol
University’s Cancer Research Fund, which supports vital research
into cancer prevention and treatment. Read the article
here.
Bristol.ac.uk
Gazette
Does your
mother know?
Do your parents
know where you are at night? According to 36 per cent of 15 year old
boys and nearly a quarter of 15 year old girls the answer to that
question, at least once a month, is no. This is the finding from the
University’s of Essex’s Understanding Society study. Dr Maria
Iacovou from the Institute for Social and Economic Research at the
University of Essex, who analysed the data, says: "Staying out late
does not cause young people to smoke and drink, but regularly
staying out late without telling their parents where they are is
symptomatic of a young person with underlying problems. This is
revealed by the fact that 19 per cent of boys regularly staying out
late have behaviour problems and 26 per cent of girls in this group
score highly for hyperactivity. We also see a third of young women
in this group with self-esteem problems."
Healthcanal.com
April 2012
Monday 30 April
BBC Essex Drivetime show
Dom King and David Williams, talking about frisbee golf as
part of British Universities week
Leicester Economics Professor appointed head of national
bank
It was announced yesterday that Professor Panicos Demetriades, from
the Department of Economics
at the University of Leicester, has been appointed as the new
Governor of the Central Bank of Cyprus (equivalent to the Governor
of the Bank England). Born in Cyprus, Panicos studied Economics at
the University of Essex and took his PhD at Cambridge where he won
the Stephenson Prize in Economics. He spent five years working for
the Central Bank before an academic career that took him to Keele
University, South Bank University and, since 2000, Leicester.
University of Leicester
Software 'hearing dummies' customize hearing aids
A Professor at the University of Essex
says "today's hearing aids don't help to
separate sounds--they just amplify them," said Ray Meddis, who has
led work on a new kind of hearing aid. "They often make everything
too noisy for the wearer, especially in social situations like
parties, and some wearers still can't make out what people are
saying to them. They find the whole experience so uncomfortable that
they end up taking their hearing aids out."
Meddis and his team at Essex have been working on a new kind of aid
they say could revolutionize what is now an antiquated approach to
treating hearing impairments. The key, they say, is to use unique
computer models (what they call "hearing dummies") that treat the
root causes, not just the symptoms, of the user's unique condition.
CNET
ELTALKING: A quick
word for stressed manager
We need to talk' is a phrase that is guaranteed to create
anxiety _ even if you are the manager instigating the dialogue. To
help managers start up and handle difficult conversations' a
Cambridge-based company is launching eltalking, a series of short,
punchy film clips streamed to a mobile or PC. Judith Elliott,
Managing Director of elconsulting, has developed the innovative
concept following feedback from 30 of her clients across both the
public and private sectors.
Judith has
considerable experience of e-learning and piloted the concept to
John Lewis over two decades ago, however, after considerable
research with the University of Essex it was decided to use
standalone film clips. These are streamed to a smart phone, PC or
laptop and make eltalking accessible to organisations of all sizes.
www.personnelzone.com
Exciting new summer shows at the Lakeside
When Lakeside's artistic director, Pasco Kevlin, left the Essex
University theatre earlier this year, he made sure it was in good
shape. Which is why the new director, Iain Tidbury, already had a
packed new season waiting for him when he started last week. It
helps that the opening show of the summer term just happens to be a
play by Nobel Laureate Derek Walcott.
Gazette
My new congregation is 10,000 Olympians!
Catering for the 10,000 athletes from 165 countries descending on
London for this summer's Olympic Games is a daunting prospect. While
a team of chefs will feed and water the competitors, former
University Anglican chaplain Thomas Yap will cater for their
spiritual side. Mr Yap has been selected as one of the Anglican
chaplains who will be on hand in and around the Olympic village in
July and August. He will be part of a multi-faith team who will give
services to their following. Mr Yap may also be called to calm the
nerves and mental anguish of an athlete on the eve of the biggest
moment of their career.
Gazette
Braintree and Witham
Times
Thanks for Physio help
Essex University has supported a hospice after physiotherapy
students were offered specialist training. The paediatric
physiotherapy team, at Anglican Community Enterprise, met master’s
students in overview sessions about what they do and the key
conditions they treat. As a gesture of thanks, the University
donated £250 to East Anglia Children's Hospice.
Gazette
Plea for funding to help build tide warning sign
Scientists behind an electronic tide warning are appealing for
funding. Mersea residents challenged Essex University professors to
develop a system which would warn motorists when high tides covered
the route to main-land Colchester. The team, lead by Professor David
Crawford, head of business partnerships at the research and
enterprise office said: "Before we do any further work, we are
looking for funding to turn our ideas into reality. The university
will consider providing some funding itself to take this project
forward and to develop a prototype. If businesses or any other local
organisations would be interested in supporting this project, and be
willing to match our internal funding, then we would be delighted to
hear from them."
Gazette
Sales reps patronise us
Vicky Samways, 24, from Colchester, knows her stuff when it comes to
technology and doesn't want to be patronised by advertisers. She is
a computer science and electronic engineering graduate at the
University of Essex and now works in the web development team on
campus. Vicky says: "I am knowledgeable about technology and know
exactly what I want from a product. I think more should be done to
target women consumers in a way that isn't pink and glittery and
patronising to women." Having recently brought a flat in the town,
Vicky has enjoyed filling it with a range of gadgets. She says: "I
think women homeowners who are earning their own money know the
technology they want and want to be considered by advertisers."
Gazette
Report urges breastfeeding facility
Mothers offered facilities to breastfeed or express milk in the
office often return to work earlier after having a child. Mothers
offered facilities to breastfeed or express milk in the office
return to work earlier after having a child, according to research.
A study of 3,000 mothers found that those who could breastfeed at
work were 8% more likely to have returned to their job before their
child was six months old. The effect was only seen among better
educated women, said the report by the Institute for Social and
Economic Research at Essex University.
MSN UK
Churchill to provide more than 13000
pieces of tableware for Wivenhoe House
Churchill, one of
Britain's leading suppliers of tableware to the hospitality
industry, will be supplying the entire range of glassware, china and
cutlery.
Wivenhoe House in
Colchester, which opens this summer, will offer a fine-dining
restaurant and modern brasserie, with more than 2,500 pieces
required for the restaurant alone. Churchill, established in the
Potteries since 1795, will be supplying a total of 13,050 items,
including 5,682 ceramic pieces, 2,388 glasses and 4,404 items of
cutlery. Read the article
here.
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