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The University of Essex in the Press
November
Friday 30 November
The Daily Telegraph
Christopher Howse reviews 'Ban
This Filth! Letters from the Mary Whitehouse Archive'.
The book contains snippets taken from the
300 box files held at the University of Essex.
Link:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/bookreviews/9711283/Ban-This-Filth-Letters-from-the-Mary-Whitehouse-Archive-review.html
Daily Gazette
The University of Essex and Tendring District Council are working
together on a project to look at how support can be given to
“vulnerable adults” living in Clacton’s bedsitland.
Link:
http://www.gazette-news.co.uk/news/local/clacton/10081928.Vulnerable_adults_in_Clacton_s_bedsitland_need_more_support/
Huffington Post
The Huffington Post looks at unusual student societies around the
world. Contenders include the Custard Wrestling Society at Cardiff,
the Kettle Society at Nottingham and the Mario Kart society at the
University of Essex.
Yourdover.co.uk and 5
other local websites
Yourdover talks to well-known actress Janine Duvitski
who is a former student at East 15 Acting
School.
Link:
http://www.yourdover.co.uk/leisure/benidorm_star_given_chance_to_show_her_wicked_ways_1_1716825
Daily Gazette
Students
and Staff at the University of Essex are commemorating the
anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights with talks,
film showings and exhibitions during Human Rights
Week.
Essex County Standard
The University of Essex Students' Union were one of the
winners in the 'Excellence in Marketing' category of the Colchester
Business Awards and the University of Essex were one of the winners
in the Environmental Awareness category.
Essex County Standard
Sport Colchester together with the Gazette, the University of Essex
and Colchester Institute are looking for Olympic and Paralympic
games makers for a special category recognising them in next year's
Sports Personality of the Year awards.
Essex County Standard
Managers can take part in a three-day management and leadership
course at the University of Essex starting on 13 December.
Chelmsford Today and featured in 15
other local news outlets around the county
It was revealed at
the
Visit Essex Conference held at the
Wivenhoe House on 14 November that 41
million visitors to Essex spent
£3billion in 2011.
Imperial Valley News
and 10 other news outlets around the world
University of Essex law graduate, Bunmi O Awoniyi
has been appointed as a Judge in the
Sacramento County Superior Court.
Link:
http://www.imperialvalleynews.com/index.php/news/california-news/2454-governor-brown-appoints-two-to-sacramento-county-superior-court.html
Scoop Auckland
The Asian Human Rights Commission in
Sri Lanka have released a statement
prepared by international expert and Essex Human Rights graduate
Sergei Golubok regarding standing orders
relating to the impeachment being flawed in law.
Link:
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO1211/S00516/sri-lanka-the-standing-orders-relating-to-impeachment.htm
Women's Health
A study carried out by the
University of Essex study has found that
exercising outside leads to improved
self-esteem and mood.
Thursday 29 November
Black Enterprise
Netta Weinstein from the University of Essex
and a team of researchers from the University of
Rochester and the University of California in Santa Barbara
have have published research in the
Journal of Personality and Social Psychology.
looking at the role parenting and sexual orientation play in
homophobic attitudes, hostility toward homosexuals
and the endorsement of anti-gay policies.
Link:
http://www.blackenterprise.com/news/homophobia-and-homosexuality-linked-in-new-study/
Daily Gazette
Jazz trumpeter Digby Fairweather
is supporting a campaign for
Southend Central Library to be preserved and
used as an art gallery, exhibition space and concert
venue. A new library is currently
being built on the site of the former Farringdon car
park is being jointly funded by the University of
Essex, Southend Council and South Essex
College and will house an art gallery, lecture
theatres, research facilities and an
enormous huge television screen for public
screenings of theatre and art shows.
Runners World – Online
Dr Dominic Micklewright, from the Sport, Performance and Fatigue
Research Unit at the University of Essex, talks about strategies for
athletes pushing through the pain
Guardian.co.uk
Todd Landman, Director of the Institute for Democracy and Conflict
Resolution at the University of Essex supports the Libraries Without
Borders call for action that supplying 'nourishment for the mind'
should be an essential part of the emergency relief effort when
disasters occur.
Times Higher Education
Professor Jules Pretty reviewing An Ecology of Happiness by
Eric Lambin.
Wednesday 28 November
Theconstructionindex.co.uk
Stewart Milne Timber systems have commenced work on the new £65
student accommodation site for The University of Essex in
Colchester.
The Times Higher Education Online
Dimitra Simeonidou, who completed her PhD at the University of Essex
and later worked as a lecturer and head of Essex’s High Performance
Networks Group, has joined the University of Bristol as Professor of
high performance networks in the department of electrical and
electronic engineering.
Northern Housing Online
Inside Housing Online
Research from the University of Essex and Tendring District Council
has found that practical strategies of support and closer
partnership between local authorities and other agencies can reduce
the issues that occur in the mental health and wellbeing of adults
living in bedsits.
Guardian.co.uk
TMC.net
MENA Magazine
Students at the University of Essex are offered free language
tuition through web based learning or evening classes.
www.hindustantimes
The University of Essex is among those British Universities taking
part in a fair in New Dehli where prospective overseas students
could enquire about courses, tuition feels, scholarships and more.
Daily Gazette
Art, music, shopping and mince pies will be offered at Colchester
Firstsite's opening of the art gallery on 13th December.
Daily Gazette
In division one, the University of Essex women’s hockey team won 4-2
to Southend’s second team. The University of Essex men’s hockey team
won 5-2 to Saffron Walden's second team on Saturday.
Tuesday 27 November
Chicago Tribune News
University of Essex graduate, Ignacio Peralta is expected to take up
a role in the cabinet of Mexican President-elect
Enrique Pena Nieto.
Link:
http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2012-11-27/news/sns-rt-mexico-penanietocabinet-factboxl1e8mr4mo-20121127_1_pena-nieto-luis-videgaray-jose-antonio-meade
Daily Gazette
Doug Richard speaks to the Daily Gazette about the Challenge
Workshops, the first of which takes place at the University of Essex
tomorrow. The workshops aim to promote entrepreneurship within
higher education.
Daily Gazette
The Engineer
The University of Essex is organising an event where businesses can
find out more about tax relief on research.
Daily Gazette
There will be a chance for youngsters in Clacton to meet scientists
and historians at a fun day to raise their aspirations.
Monday 26 November
Daily Gazette
The University of Essex is now offering a Masters in Business and
Management which will be taught online. The first intake will be in
February.
Sunday 25 November
Arabia MSN
Amr Abdel Rahman, a political science researcher at
the University of Essex comments on the recent
rallies in Egypt.
Link:
http://arabia.msn.com/news/middle-east/639058/the-constitutional-crisis-morsys-chan/
nortrade.com
The University of Essex are one of the partners at the Centre
for the Study of Civil War, based at the
Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO).
Link:
http://www.nortrade.com/sectors/news/supplying-tools-to-counteract-civil-war/
Friday 23 November
Turkishweekly.net
Derya Ozer, a past student who gained a post graduate degree in EU
Law from the University of Essex has written an article about
whether the EU demonstrates Francis Fukuyama’s Theory of the ‘End of
History’.
Chelmsford Today Online
Ilford Today Online
Tourism in Essex is booming according to information revealed at the
Visit Essex conference at Wivenhoe House on Wednesday.
Daily Gazette
Dr David Reinstein from Department of Economics
will be discussing ‘giving to charity’ behaviour with reference to
his thoughts, research and evidence at an event on 12 December at
The Minories.
LACA
LACA, the Association represents the School Food
Industry comments on a study carried out by the Institute for Social
and Economic Research. ISER estimated that around
1.1 million children are entitled to free school meals but around
300,000 are not taking up them up because of the fear of being
singled out.
Essex County Standard
Students evacuated their ground floor flat in Harwich Court at the
University of Essex following a fire.
Thursday 22 November
Daily Gazette
England Rugby Star Ben Foden trained 50 players at the University of
Essex. University student, Keir Waller won the session for the rugby
players after entering a competition on facebook.
Daily Gazette
The University of Essex is organising an event where businesses can
find out more about tax relief on research.
Times Higher Education
The Times Higher Education writes about Dimitra Simeonidou
who has joined the University of Bristol from Essex.
Times Higher Education
University of Essex PhD student Raha Bahreini attended 'The Future
of Iran: Education Reform' which took place in London on 12
November. She is one of the founders of Iran Academia: The Institute
for Social Sciences and Humanities.
Link:
http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/story.asp?sectioncode=26&storycode=421879&c=1
Malaysia Chronicle
University of Essex graduate, Dr Wong Chin
Huat is one of the speakers at 'Prelude to
the Post-Lee Kuan Yew Era'. He is a
Malaysian political scientist, university lecturer, political
activist and columnist.
Wednesday 21 November
BBC Essex
Original BBC Dragon Doug Richard discusses the Challenge Workshop he
will be running at the University of Essex next week as part of a
major national initiative to promote entrepreneurialism.
Link:
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p0105f53/Dave_Monk_20_11_2012/
(Interview starts at 2hr36mins40ses)
Daily Gazette
Dr Val Morgan, from the Department of Literature, Film, and
Theatre Studies at the University of Essex, has written a novel
based at the time of the Norman invasion of England.
Daily Gazette
The University of Essex are among those backing the bid to
make Colchester the 'UK City of Culture 2017'.
Game Informer Magazine - Online
Dr Andrew Przyzbylski from the Department of Psychology comments on
an article regarding the reasons why we play computer games. He
states: “Most people find work rewarding; we have built-in emotional
reward centers that encourage us to complete tasks.”
Link:
www.gameinformer.com/b/features/archive/2012/11/20/why-we-play-how-our-desire-for-games-shapes-our-world.aspx
Daily Gazette
Maldon & Burnham Standard
Essex County Standard
Karmadavis: Art, Justice, Transition: The Department of Literature,
Film and Theatre Studies (LIFTS) at the University of Essex, in
partnership with the Essex Collection of Art from Latin America, the
Essex Transitional Justice Network, have organised an exhibition
concerning a selection of videos and photographs by David Pérez
Karmadavis, a leading artist in Guatemala.
Link:
http://www.essexcountystandard.co.uk/events/Colchester/809477.Karmadavis__Art__Justice__Transition/
Clacton, Frinton & Walton Gazette
Daily Gazette
Maldon & Burnham Standard
Essex County Standard
The motion capture drawings of artist Susan Morris will be shown at
the Art Exchange, University of Essex, between 9 November and 8
December every Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and
Saturday.
Link:
http://www.essexcountystandard.co.uk/events/Colchester/806457.Susan_Morris__Unititled_Motion_Capture_Drawings/
featuresexec.com
White Space Design, the agency that has begun working on video
projects for the University of Essex launches the video production
service.
Daily Gazette
Danny Azeez, University of Essex boxer, lost to Richard
Riakporne in the quarter finals in Norwich. Kaylem Keating from the
University of Essex won against Reece Dickinson from the Westree's
club.
Daily Gazette
The University of Essex women's hockey team lost 2-0 to Romford.
Tuesday 20 November
Daily Telegraph
East Anglian Daily Times
Welwyn and Hatfield Times
Herts 24
Ben Foden, the England rugby star visited the University of
Essex yesterday to lead over 50 members of the University's rugby
club in a two-hour training session yesterday as part of his
role as an ambassador for Multipower Sportsfood.
Link:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/rugbyunion/international/england/9689144/England-full-back-Ben-Foden-ready-to-return-from-major-surgery-a-month-ahead-of-schedule.html
East Anglian Daily Times
The Chief Executive of the Essex Chambers of Commerce, Denise
Rossiter introduces the first Essex edition of Business East monthly
and talks about the Chamber supports businesses in Colchester and
about the training courses they run in partnership with Essex
Business School at the University of Essex.
East Anglian Daily Times
Herts and Essex Observer
Doug Richard, one of the original Dragons from the BBC's Dragons Den
will lead one of the first Challenge workshops taking place at the
University of Essex.
Daily Gazette
A free workshop is taking place at the University of Essex on 29
November which will help research and development firms to secure
tax relief.
Monday 19 November
The Guardian
The Business Insider
A long-term
study has revealed that if you are happy as a teenager, the more
money you are likely to earn by the time you are 30. Professor
Elaine Fox from the Department of Psychology comments on the
findings.
Link:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2012/nov/19/happy-teenagers-earn-more-adults
My Health News Daily
Live Science
Dr Maria Iacovou from the Institute for Social and Economic
Research comments on the same story.
Link:
http://www.myhealthnewsdaily.com/3282-teen-mental-health-income.html
Personnel Today
Data supplied by the British Household Panel Survey has
been used for a new study looked at the relationship between
mental ill health and sickness absence, job and personal
characteristics. This has been
published in the Journal of Occupational and
Environmental Medicine.
Your Thurrock
The University of Essex Men's Hockey Team beat Thurrock at the
weekend. The score was Thurrock 3 V University of Essex 4.
Daily Gazette
Youngsters from the University of Essex Day Nursery are pictured
taking part in their Children in Need fund-raising activities.
Daily Gazette
Professor Anthony King from the Department of Government at the
University of Essex said that the recent Police Commissioner
elections were a "farce".
East Anglian Daily Times
Daily Gazette
Welwyn and Hatfield Times
A small blaze broke out at Harwich Court at the University of Essex
at around 2.30pm on Sunday. The students were evacuated and a fire
crew attended and put out the blaze.
Daily Gazette
The University of Essex is holding an information evening for
prospective students so that they can find out more about finances.
Daily Gazette
Dr Pam Cox talks to the Daily Gazette about her book 'Bad Girls in
Britain'.
EU Business and over
40 other news sites around the world
Professor Paul Whiteley from the
Department of Government comments on the eurozone crisis
and the possibility of a British exit.
Link: http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/budget-summit.kth
Herald Scotland
Professor Prem Sikka from Essex Business School talks about
derivatives and financial gambling.
Link:
http://www.heraldscotland.com/business/opinion/banking-changes-will-not-stop-the-gambling.19436005
Romford Recorder Series
Romford have continued their winning streak in the Ladies' Hockey
Essex Division One to win their match at the
University of Essex yesterday.
Deccan Herald
MSN
Business Standard
and over 10 other news outlets around the
world
Researchers at the University of Essex have found
out that as well as exercising outside, the colour green has helped
cyclists exercising. The cyclists felt less tired and had
fewer mood disturbances when they watched the green
filtered version of a
video during their ride.
Saturday 17 November
Daily Mail
Daily Star
Professor Anthony King comments about the recent Police Commissioner
elections.
Link:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2234596/The-14-vote-farce-Cost-electing-police-commissioners-makes-expensive-poll-British-history.html?ITO=1490&ns_campaign=1490&ns_mchannel=rss
Friday 16 November
Herts and Essex Observer
The University
of Essex has been shortlisted in the National Council for Work
Experience (NCWE) Awards for its Frontrunners
scheme.
Link:
http://www.hertsandessexobserver.co.uk/Training/College-life/University-of-Essex-shortlisted-for-national-work-experience-award-19032012.htm
Buckingham Today
A recent study carried out for the Department for Business,
Innovation and Skills using data from the British
Household Panel Study found that adults undertaking adult learning
thought
that their life satisfaction
was boosted in the same way as a £750 a
year pay rise.
Link:
http://www.buckinghamtoday.co.uk/news/local/jobs-adult-learning-is-worth-as-much-as-a-750-a-year-pay-rise-1-4473100
Essex County Standard
The University of Essex is shortlisted in the following categories
of the Colchester Business Awards this year:
- Apprentice of the Year -
Charlotte French, who works in the Central
Procurement Unit in the Estate Management Section.
- Excellence in Marketing - The
University of Essex Students' Union for their
Freshers 2012 campaign.
- Environmental Awareness -
University of Essex.
- Active and Sustainable travel
- University of Essex.
The awards night will take place on Friday 23
November.
East Anglian Daily Times
Essex County Standard
Daily Gazette
Herts and Essex Observer
One of the original Dragons from the Den is taking part in a
Government-backed scheme to encourage enterprise in higher education
institutions and will be visiting the University of Essex on 28
November to host a 'Challenge Workshop'.
Essex County Standard
The University of Essex is offering a new academic excellence
scholarship to UK students this year. The students must have
achieved at least AAB at A-level and will be given £2,000 for each
year of their study.
Daily Gazette
The Essex Sustainability Institute at the University of Essex will
be running a free business workshop on Monday looking at green
issues.
Daily Gazette
Professor Chris Reynolds from the Department of Biological Sciences
is working with scientists from Warwick and Aston as part of a
£175,000 research project that could help with the development of
new medicines for heart disease.
Essex County Standard
University of Essex student Aaron Spenner was beaten in the National
Clubs for Young People Boxing Championships quarter-final.
Halstead Gazette
Brentwood Weekly News
Chelmsford Weekly News
Braintree and Witham Times
Thurrock Gazette
Susan Morris’s
Motion Capture drawings can be viewed in the Art
Exchange until 8 December.
Halstead Gazette
Brentwood Weekly News
Chelmsford Weekly News
Thurrock Gazette
A new exhibition which features the work of
leading Guatemala-based artist David Pérez Karmadavis
will be showing at the Art Exchange at the University of Essex from
10 November. The exhibition is a partnership
between the Essex Collection of Art from Latin America, the Essex
Transitional Justice Network and the Department of Literature, Film,
and Theatre Studies (LiFTS).
The Stute
Professor Elaine
Fox visited Stevens Institute of Technology
to discuss her new book, Rain Brain, Sunny Brain.
Link:
http://www.thestute.com/can-we-be-happy-1.2955493#.UKYdWmdurTo
Thursday 15 November
The Guardian
Professor Paul Whiteley, Director of the National Policy Monitor
based at the University of Essex observes that levels of
satisfaction with the way the police deal with crime have been
rising in recent years.
Link:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2012/nov/15/police-commissioner-elections-sluggish-turnout/print
Anglia Tonight
Professor Paul Whiteley discusses the Police and
Crime Commissioners plus new research on perceptions of crime by the
National Policy Monitor.
Link:
http://www.itv.com/news/anglia/story/2012-10-18/policing-the-police/
(Police Commissioner elections - turnout appears low).
Forward to 1:20.
The Guardian
Professor Paul Whiteley from the Department of Government
comments on levels of satisfaction
regarding the way the police deal with
crime.
Link:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2012/nov/15/police-commissioner-elections-sluggish-turnout
BBC Radio Four - In our Time
Professor Beatrice Han-Pile from the School of Philosophy and
Art History discussed French philosopher
and social activist Simone Weil.
East Anglian Daily Times
Daily Gazette
Professor Chris Reynolds from the Department of Biological Sciences
is working with scientists from Warwick and Aston as part of a
£175,000 research project that could help with the development of
new medicines for heart disease.
Times Higher Education
Tom Foulsham at the University of Essex
and Alex Kingstone from the University of British Columbia have used
eye-tracking data to see where gamers look
when playing online games. They came to the conclusion that
participants first looked at the
middle of the image, but then tended to fix on the eyes, regardless
of where the eyes are situated on the body or
even if they appear on the bodies of headless monsters.
Times Higher Education
Fred Inglis, an honorary professor
of cultural history at the University of Warwick
writes about official university magazines and mentions the
University of Essex publication 'Essex Quarterly'.
Link:
http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/story.asp?sectioncode=26&storycode=421803&c=1
Daily Gazette
The Oral Health Science course at the University of Essex has
achieved a 100% job success rate for graduates on its oral health
science course and receives over 200 applications for its 16 places.
Harlow Star Series
Daily Gazette
Herts and Essex Observer
The University of Essex is holding an information evening for
prospective students so that they can find out more about finances.
Daily Gazette
Reporter Caroline Tilley argues that tuition fee rises mean that the
brightest and best might put off attending University and reports
that the University of Essex are offering £2,000 to their students
who achieve AAB at A-level.
Southend Standard
Echo
East 15 students will be putting on a fire show as part of the
Southend Christmas Lights events on Saturday.
Disability Now
East 15 World Performance graduate , Phoebe Kemp is about to
start rehearsing for The Two Noble
Kinsmen – the least well known of
Shakespeare’s plays and also the last one he
wrote. Phoebe will be playing the role of the The Jailer’s
Daughter.
Link:
http://www.disabilitynow.org.uk/article/phoebes-first-steps-fame
Wednesday 14 November
Daily Gazette
One of the original panellists from Dragon's Den,
Doug Richard, is visiting the University of Essex
on 28 November to take part in The Challenge
Workshop, which is organised by the
Entrepreneurial Institution, and sponsored
by the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills.
MyHealthNewsDaily.com
Cosmopolitan online
MSNBC
Medical Daily
Mother Nature Network
Researchers at the University of Essex conducted
an experiment for cyclists on machines, showing them a video that
simulated cycling in a natural
environment. The filters on the video were
changes and the mood of the cyclists assessed. The cyclists felt
less tired and had fewer mood disturbances when they watched
the green version of the video during their ride.
The researchers carried an earlier study which showed that
five minutes of outdoor exercise produced significant improvements
in mood and self-esteem.
Health
Service Journal
Professor Peter Lynn discusses the Royal Statistical Society's
concerns over the way some health trusts might be "manipulating"
their scores for the new friends and family patient satisfaction
test.
Link:
http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/acute-care/doubts-raised-over-friends-and-family-test/5051721.article
Daily Gazette Online
North Essex school pupils took part in the Social Science Challenge,
organised by the UK Data Archive based at the University of Essex.
Socialist Worker Online
President of the Students Union, Nathan Bolton spoke to the
Socialist Worker concerning the protest against the rise in tuition
fees set for the 21 November.
Link:
http://www.socialistworker.co.uk/art.php?id=30003
Mother Nature Network
Dr Catherine Jones from the Department of Psychology comments on new
research by scientists of the University of Minnesota who have
discovered how to manipulate our perception of time.
Link:
http://www.mnn.com/green-tech/research-innovations/stories/ever-wished-time-would-speed-up-or-slow-down-there-may-soon-
East Anglian Daily Times
The University of Essex is presenting two information evenings for
prospective students and their parents concerning university and
student finance.
Daily Gazette
The University of Essex is offering Academic Excellence Scholarships
£2,000 per year to students who achieve at least two As and a B at
A-level.
Daily Gazette
Your Thurrock
The University of Essex's division one women's hockey team beat
Thurrock 5- 1.
Daily Gazette
The University of Essex hockey team were beaten 4-0 by Phoenix.
East Anglian Daily Times
Aaron Spenner from the University of Essex was narrowly beaten in
the quarter final of the National Clubs for Young People (CPY)
Boxing Championships.
Tuesday 13 November
BBC Look East
Professor Paul
Whiteley discusses the Police and Crime Commissioners plus new
research on perceptions of crime by the National Policy Monitor.
Southend Echo
The Christmas lights in Southend will be switched on this Saturday
and students from the University of Essex's East 15 Acting School
will be part of the celebrations and perform a fire show.
The Bay Citizen
Professor Jules Pretty, member of the Royal Society and professor of
environment and society at the University of Essex, gives his views
on GDP as part of general feature on the link between GDP and
quality of life.
Link:
http://www.baycitizen.org/blogs/citizen/words-never-heard-obama-romney-lets-1/
Daily Gazette
University of Essex is to host a free business workshop on tax
relief for research on 26 November.
Daily Gazette
Professor Chris Cooper will be giving a talk at Love Bistro in
Colchester on 14 November about the science behind sports doping.
Monday 12 November
BBC Essex
Professor Chris Cooper is interviewed by Dave Monk about his talk on
sports doping at Café Scientifique on Wednesday 14 November.
Link:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p00zvyl5/Dave_Monk_13_11_2012/
Newmarket Journal
Emma Sutton has been awarded a £3,000 scholarship
from the Savoy Educational Trust after starting a
course at the Edge Hotel School.
Link:
http://www.newmarketjournal.co.uk/community/community-news/four-star-studies-for-hotel-student-1-4457363
Saturday 10 November
Daily Mail
Financial Times
A new book based on an archive of letters that Mary Whitehouse wrote
has been published 11 years after she died. The majority of the
letters are kept in an archive at the University of Essex.
Link:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2230812/Mary-Whitehouse--whos-mocking-Book-wonderfully-forthright-letters-reveals-tireless-anti-smut-crusader-usually-right.html
Link:
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/093c3726-24e1-11e2-86fb-00144feabdc0.html#axzz2C03QsTJ7
WIVT-TV
University of Essex graduate and renowned Architect, Daniel
Libeskind is taking part in the Jewish Federation of Greater
Binghamton's live
program "What is Jewish Culture?" The programme
will look at Jewish culture and civilization through its
expressive forms.
Art in America online
University of Essex Art History and Theory graduate,
Cuauhtémoc Medina has won the biennial Walter Hopps Award for
Curatorial Achievement. He has organized
numerous international exhibitions
and has been a full-time researcher at the
Instituto de Investigaciones Estéticas at the National Autonomous
University of Mexico since 1992. He also
worked as an associate curator of Latin American art at
London's Tate Modern from 2002 to 2008.
Link:
http://www.artinamericamagazine.com/news-opinion/news/2012-11-09/cuauhtemoc-medina-wins-hopps-award/
Friday 9 November
Hackney Citizen
Professor Sarah Birch from the Department of Government comments on
a story about the MP, Diane Abbott who
recently visited Venezuela to observe the country’s
presidential election.
Link:
http://hackneycitizen.co.uk/2012/11/09/diane-abbott-chavez-election-venezuela/
Essex County Standard
University of Essex Boxer Murad Khan beat Toby Watson at the
Colchester Amateur Boxing Club. University of Essex students
Danny Azeez, Toyin Alafobi and Zac Keating also took part in the
bouts.
Essex County Standard
More than 30 law firms will be at the University of Essex on 15
November taking part in a Careers Fair.
Essex County Standard
Professor Chris Cooper will be giving a talk about how drugs will affect
the future of sport will be held at The Minories, Colchester on 14
November.
Essex County Standard
Dr Kathleen Riach from Essex Business School is asking for tales of
haunted offices and workplaces for a study looking at the impact
spooky events may have on staff relationships, morale, productivity
and turnover.
Daily Gazette
Art Trolley, a free family activity, takes place at the University
of Essex tomorrow. The event will be looking at Susan Morris'
Untitled Motion Capture drawings.
Daily Gazette
Historians and Scientists from the University of Essex will be at
the Princes Theatre in Clacton on 1 December at an event to
encourage 11 to 13-year olds to go to university.
Eurexchange.com
University of Essex Computer Science Masters graduate, Shan Jiang
has been appointed as a quantitative strategist
at the Broker Credit Service. He was
previously employed by the Gulf International Bank.
Link:
http://www.ftseglobalmarkets.com/index.php?option%3Dcom_k2%26view%3Ditem%26id%3D3832:bcs-hires-continue-as-london-office-expands%26Itemid%3D161
Thursday 8 November
Daily Gazette
A free workshop is being held at the University of Essex, run by the
Essex Sustainability Institute and Essex Business School on 19
November.
Daily Gazette
More than 30 law firms will be at the University of Essex on 15
November taking part in a Careers Fair.
Anglia News
American
students are interviewed about the US
election result and Professor Todd Landman discusses the
implications.
Wednesday 7 November
The Guardian
Professor of Analytical Psychology, Andrew Samuels writes a letter
to The Guardian about Cut-price therapy and the trauma
underlying mental ill health.
Link:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2012/nov/07/cut-price-therapy-mental-ill-health
BBC Essex
Professor Prem Sikka from the Essex Business School is interviewed
on the David Monk Show regarding exec pay.
BBC Essex
Professor Todd Landman from the Department of Government is
interviewed about the results of the US Presidential Election
alongside Braintree MP Brooks Newmark.
SecEd Online
Dr Elizabeth Bailey, a past student of The University of Essex has
been awarded 'Outstanding New Teacher of the Year' in this years
Teaching Awards, broadcast on the BBC. Link:
https://a.vocuspr.com/Main.aspx?Entity=Home
The Socialist Worker Online
The National Union of Students (NUS) has called a national protest
regarding the increase in tuition fees on the back of increased
dissatisfaction from activist students around the country. A student
from the University of Essex comments,
“I've been really surprised how angry first years are. The increased
fees are really hitting people hard. My family had to make
sacrifices to get me to university. When did David Cameron ever have
to make sacrifices?”. Link:
http://www.socialistworker.co.uk/art.php?id=29965
Daily Gazette
Murad Khan,a nineteen year old boxer from the University of Essex
beats Colchester ABC's Toby Watson ar Weston Holmes Community
Stadium.
Daily Gazette
Dominic King will be presenting the awards live tomorrow at the
first Music Awards for Colchester.
Tuesday 6 November
BBC Essex
Peter Turrall, Chairman of the Marconi Veterans Association
spoke to Dave Monk about the talk on Marconi in Chelmsford taking
place in Chelmsford as part of Festival of Social Science, organised
by the University of Essex.
BBC Essex
Author Patricia
Rennoldson Smith spoke to Ray Clark about the
event taking place in Southend on the 1953 floods. The event
has been organised by the University of Essex as part of the
Festival of Social Science.
The Independent online
Science Magazine
TopNews Arab Emirates
Tom Foulsham at the University of Essex
and Alex Kingstone from the University of British Columbia have used
eye-tracking data to see where gamers look
when playing online games. They came to the conclusion that
participants first looked at the
middle of the image, but then tended to fix on the eyes, regardless
of where the eyes are situated on the body.
Link:
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/should-you-gaze-into-the-eyes-of-a-zombie-8280906.html
Wales online
The Higher Education Funding Council for Wales (Hefcw)
plan to adopt a new group structure when
remodelling higher education in North Wales using
the “Suffolk model”. UCS was
created in August 2007 to establish a university campus in Suffolk
and is operated on a joint basis by the University of East
Anglia and the University of Essex.
Link:
http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/2012/11/06/funding-body-wanted-regional-structure-for-north-wales-universities-91466-32170109/
Children and Young People Now
The Coram Children's Legal Centre and Peckham project Safe
'n' Sound have revealed that hundreds
of homeless children in the UK are not registered officially with
the authorities and therefore have no nationality or legal status.
Link:
http://www.cypnow.co.uk/cyp/news/1075220/daily-roundup-homeless-children-welsh-care-homes-nutritional-standards-schools
Daily Gazette
Professor Chris Cooper, Director of the Centre for Sports and
Exercise Science will be giving a talk about how drugs will affect
the future of sport will be held at The Minories, Colchester on 14
November.
Daily Gazette
A Conference to discuss time banking is to be held at firstsite. The
Conference is being co-ordinated by Colchester Community Voluntary
Services, the University of Essex and Timebanking UK.
Monday 5 November
Daily Gazette
Researchers from the Essex
Sustainability Institute at the University of
Essex are looking for volunteers to take part in research into
buying and selling local food .
Southend Echo
Dr Tom Scotto speaks to the Echo about how the American
election may have been affected by the recent storm.
Southend Echo
A special oral history event about the 1953 floods, organised by the
University of Essex is taking place
at the Clifftown Theatre, Southend tomorrow.
PakistanNews.net
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Prem Sikka of the University of Essex Business School has written an
article considering the costs that will have to be taken by banks as
a result of their 'risk taking'.
Link:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/nov/04/bankers-bear-cost-risk-taking
The Economic Times Online Edition
The Daily Gazette
www.eadt.co.uk
East Anglian Daily Times
Daily Gazette
Anyone with informatation regarding the glassing of a female
student at the University of Essex is urged to contact the police.
London 24 Online
Great Yarmouth Mercury
Jason Veares of the University of Essex was successful when
he faced Jack Butcher of Kingfisher ABC in the under 67 kg class at
the Eastern Counties Contests.
Link:
http://www.london24.com/sport/other/kingfishers_potter_and_butcher_go_down_battling_in_eastern_counties_contests_1_1680504
Southend Standard
The Daily Gazette
http://www.echo-news.co.uk/
The University of Essex is mentioned with reference
to opening a new £30million main town library along with the council
and South Essex College in Elmer Square next August.
East London Advertiser Online
The University of Essex hockey team were beaten 6-4 against East
London Hockey Club at Mile End.
The Daily Gazette
Professor Chris Cooper, director of the Centre for
Sports and Exercise Science at the University of Essex will talk
about how sports people benefit from drug taking at the Minories
in Colchester on 14 November.
The Daily Gazette
Dr Tom Scotto from the University of Essex's
Department of Politics has been researching voting behaviour. He
comments on the effects of the presidential elections and how they
have been affected by Hurricane Sandy.
Friday 2 November
HR.com
Research from the University of Essex has shown that exercising
outdoors can lower stress levels, improve concentration and
positively affect health and wellbeing.
Yahoo! Maktoob
The Saudi Gazette Online
London Southeast Online
Yahoo! Finance UK
The West Online
Reuters India
Thomson Reuters UK Online
Professor Prem Skikka, lecturer of accounting at the University of
Essex comments on the current tax haven issue stating that
'businesses don’t always take notice of the public outcry'
Link:
http://www.lse.co.uk/ShareNews.asp?ArticleCode=ns6kh9dy61g9b6j&shareprice=VOD
New Zealand Herald
The West Online
Researchers suggest that we are happiest between the ages of 50 - 70
years old according to data in Australia, Britain and Germany. Data
from 60,000 people was considered from various influential reports
and notably the Institute of Social and Economic Research's British
Household Panel Survey.
Link:
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/lifestyle/news/article.cfm?c_id=6&objectid=10844574
Digital Journal
ACN Newswire
AndhraNews.net
Bezinga.com
Professor Arnold Wilkins of the Department of Psychology takes part
in the Hong Kong Optical Fair from 7 to 9 November following the
Hong Kong Eyewear Design Competition, won by Visionary Creations.
Link:http://www.digitaljournal.com/pr/904277
Mail Online
This Is Money
Figures have been released by the Work and Pensions Secretary to
show how that the percentage of children living with both parents
decreases as children get older, sourced from Understanding Society,
2009- 2010.
Link:http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2225747/Iain-Duncan-Smith-Children-grow-step-parents-monitored-ministers.html
Essex County Standard
A concert is taking place this weekend in memory of Dr Joe
Allard, a past lecturer for the University of Essex in the
Department of Literature, Film, and Theatre Studies.
Essex County Standard
The event ‘I Am Music’ held at Charter Hall on Saturday was run by
two University of Essex graduates. The show included acts from top
television talent shows such as Got to Dance, So You Think You Can
Dance, and Britain’s Got Talent alongside dancers from local schools
such as St Helena, Colchester Institute and the University of Essex.
The show raised £3000 for danceaid.
Thursday 1 November
chronicleLive
East 15 Acting School graduate Alexandra Tahnee is
starring in Time and the Conways being staged by the People’s
Theatre in Newcastle.
Link:
www.chroniclelive.co.uk/entertainment-in-newcastle/theatre/2012/10/31/preview-time-and-the-conways-people-s-theatre-72703-32137127/
Daily Mail
This is Money
Work and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan Smith has referred
to figures from ‘Understanding Society’, based at the Institute for
Social and Economic Research, showing how the percentage of children
still living with both birth parents falls as children grow up.
Mr Duncan Smith highlighted the figures when he announced
plans to pay private firms and charities to help keep Britain’s
120,000 problem families together.
Link:
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2225747/Iain-Duncan-Smith-Children-grow-step-parents-monitored-ministers.html#ixzz2AyKNPM92
www.thisismoney.co.uk/news/article-2225747/Iain-Duncan-Smith-Children-grow-step-parents-monitored-ministers.html?ITO=1490&ns_campaign=1490&ns_mchannel=rss
All Media Scotland
Dr John Jeffers from the University of Strathclyde, who
completed his PhD in Theoretical Physics at Essex is part of team,
is part of a research who have developed a new approach using
quantum physics and tiny light particles to foil hackers and online
criminals.
Link:
www.allmediascotland.com/media-releases/41397/scotland-based-researchers-breakthrough-set-to-scupper-online-fraudsters-worldwide/
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