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The University of Essex in the Press
October 2011
Monday 31
BBC Essex
As part of
the Economic and Social Research Council’s national Festival of
Social Science, Dr Aaron Balick from the Centre for Psychoanalytic
Studies talks to Dave Monk about research on bullying at home and at
school (you can listen to the interview
here and
forward to 1:05.45.
Cognition and
performance: anxiety, mood and perceived exertion among Ironman
triathletes
The
British Journal of Sports Medicine have published an abstract of a
University of Essex study into examining the changing patterns of
mood before and after an Ironman triathlon, and the relationships
between expected performance outcomes, perception of effort and
pacing.
British Journal of Sports Medicine
10 top ways to get
fit without the gym
Research
is beginning to show what many cultures have understood for
millennia – that exercising outside near nature can do wonders for
our wellbeing and mental health (greenexercise.org, University of
Essex, 2010).
Tesco Magazine
Marina Warner shares
tales of enchanted evenings
Marina
Warner’s childhood fascination with illustrated folk stories has led
to a scholarly work, says Jackie McGlone from the Herald Scotland.
The renowned Writer and Professor in the Department of Literature,
Film, and Theatre Studies at the University of Essex, recalls
dipping into the three volumes, which include 600 engravings by
artist William Harvey.
Herald Scotland
Taiwan's NCKU Signs MOUs With Three
British Universities
National Cheng Kung University (NCKU)
in Tainan, southern Taiwan, signed memorandums of understanding
(MOUs) with three renowned British universities on 27 October. Under
the agreements, the universities will launch joint projects in areas
of mutual interests, exchange information in research and
development, train personnel for the projects and explore
opportunities for further cooperation in the future. Hwung-Hweng
Hwung, president of National Cheng Kung University, signed the MOUs
with Martin Henson, Dean of International Development at University
of Essex; Malcolm J. Fisk, senior research fellow of Health Design &
Technology Institute at Coventry University; and Terrence Fernando,
director of the Future Workspaces Research Centre at University of
Salford, on behalf of their respective universities.
Business Wire
and 16 other
news outlets around the world
EI, an education fair for aspiring leaders
of tomorrow
The Global Education Interact (GEI) education fair provides an
opportunity for aspiring students to meet with world class
universities from across the globe.
This year, the 9th edition of GEI will witness 50 universities from
six countries. Leading universities such as the University of
Manchester, University of Leeds, Bristol University, University of
Essex, James Cook University- Singapore, Macquarie University -
Australia etc are some of the listed universities participating in
the fair. The 8 city fair, which will take place between 3rd
November, 2011 and 20th November, 2011.
IIFL
Indiainfoline.com
Empirical
evidence shows that convening with nature can heal the mind
“There is growing . . . empirical
evidence to show that exposure to nature brings substantial mental
health benefits,” according to “Green Exercise and Green Care,” a
2009 report by the Centre for Environment and Society at the
University of Essex in England. How much nature is enough to make a
difference in mental health? One study suggests that the benefits
are felt almost immediately. Recent results published by Jules
Pretty and Jo Barton in the journal Environmental Science and
Technology reveal that mood and self-esteem improved after a
five-minute dose.
Utne Reader online
Sunday 30
BBC Essex
Professor Rainer Schulze, Director of
the Human Rights Centre was interviewed about the passing of Dora
Love and her close relationship with the University in recent years.
You can listen to the interview
here
and forward to 2:24.37.
Ex-grammar school pupil dies after fall on
university stairs
Tributes have been paid to an
ex-grammar school pupil who died after falling down a flight of
stairs at university. The former St Olave’s pupil had just moved
into a flat on campus and his flatmates have spoken of their shock
and paid tribute to their friend.
This is Local London
Saundersfoot actor goes extra mile for
Royal British Legion in Portsmouth's Great South Run
Daniel Jenkins, aged 23, from
Pembrokeshire is taking on an extra role for charity as he joins
fellow theatre company members in Portsmouth's Great South Run. He
graduated from East 15 Acting School in 2009, and is currently a
cast member of the critically- acclaimed play Journey’s End, which
is now on tour after a seven-week West End residency.
The Western Telegraph
Trying out new identities key to video games' appeal
One reason why people worldwide spend 3 billion hours per week
playing video games may be because the games allow them to "try on"
characteristics they might like to have, a new study suggests. The
research included hundreds of casual game players and nearly a
thousand dedicated players who were asked about their motivation for
playing, as well as their post-game emotions. "A game can be more
fun when you get the chance to act and be like your ideal self,"
study author Andy Przybylski, from the Department of Psychology at
the University of Essex.
WXVT-TV
The State Journal
Saturday 29
Insights on branding
Business leaders have received an
insight into branding from Cecilia Cassinger, from the Essex
Business School at the University of Essex. Dr Cassinger outlined
her research on branding and image construction, and how brands with
a strong story to tell are more successful, at a Going for Growth
event.
East Anglian Daily Times
We economists have a Plan B that will work,
Mr Osborne
Professor Prem Sikka from the Essex Business School is one of the
signatories in a letter to The Guardian. They say it’s clear plan A
isn't working. So try these measures for size. Read the letter
here.
The Guardian
Friday 28
Cricket reach BUCS tournament semi-finals
UEA now set their sights on preparing
for the semi-final at Edgbaston on November 20th. In Group A,
meanwhile, the University of Essex failed to make it through their
quarter final against UCL Medical School and University of Kent.
Concrete
Carry on casino banking
The Vickers Report on banking fails to provide durable reforms says
Professor Prem Sikka from Essex Business School. Read his article
here.
Chartist.org
Acclaimed human rights champion dies at age
of 88
Dora Love, a Holocaust survivor and
teacher in Colchester who spent her life educating people about the
Second World War’s atrocities has died, aged 88. Dora received
an honorary doctorate from the University of Essex in 2009.
Gazette
New group hits right note with creative
wordsmiths
A new writing group has been formed at
the Lakeside Theatre. It will be led by the theatre’s new literary
consultant, Andrew Burton. The group is for writers from the East of
England, or who are studying at the university, whose work includes
an element of performance.
Essex County Standard
There’s the odd glimmer of light in this
pilgrimage through darkness
Neil D’Arcy-Jones reviews Jonathan
Lichtenstein’s play Darkness. He said that the set design was one of
the highlights of the piece as was the impressive cast.
Essex County Standard
Robo-chair given £10,000 boost from charity
A project to design a robotic
wheelchair at the University of Essex has received a £10,000 boost
from the Colchester Catalyst Charity. The grant will help fund a
study to make sure the designs of the chair meet the needs of users.
East Anglian Daily Times
Ways and means of our old-time medics
The late pathologist John Penfold
acquired a collection of medical implements, recently found in the
Essex County Hospital Nurses’ Home. They have been donated to the
Wellcome Trust in London and a Medical Museum in Leeds. His books
are in the care of the University of Essex.
Essex County Standard
Actor to put questions to students
Casualty and Hollyoaks actor James
Redmond will be the quizmaster at a University of Essex event next
week. Around 60 students from local schools and sixth-forms will
answer his questions as part of the Economic and Social Research
Council’s Festival of Social Science at the Colchester campus on
Tuesday.
Essex County Standard
Professor’s grant to study Facebook
Professor Andrea Galeotti from the
Department of Economics has won a €1 million grant to study the
potential of social networks like Facebook and Twitter. He hopes his
mathematical models will help governments influence behaviour, for
example by making better use of health education messages.
Essex County Standard
Theoretically Speaking Issue 141
Professor Simon Critchley, a former
Lecturer in the Department of Philosophy
writes
about his time at the University of Essex and people who have
influenced him over the years.
Frieze Magazine
Thursday 27
Still-life exhibition opens at Calouste Gulbenkian Museum
in Lisbon
A new exhibition curated by Professor Neil Cox is being staged at
the Calouste Gulbenkian Museum in Lisbon. The exhibition, titled
In the Presence of Things. Four
Centuries of European Still-Life Painting, Part Two: 19th - 20th
Centuries (1840 – 1955), features work
by some of the world’s most famous artists including Picasso,
Cézanne, Dali, Gauguin, Matisse and Van Gogh.
Professor Cox was interviewed on Portuguese radio -
Manhãs da Renascença.
Green exercise’ may improve overall health
Researchers at England’s University of
Essex use the term to describe a phenomena they say produces a
positive effect on physical, psychological and emotional health and
has been shown to improve self-esteem, bring on positive moods,
reduce blood pressure and burn added calories.
Vancouver Courier
Contractors shortlisted to build new
library and learning centre
The three partners working together to
deliver the new £27million library and learning centre in Southend
will soon begin the process of selecting a contractor to build it.
Six firms have recently been shortlisted for interview from the
original list of applicants that tendered for the prestigious Forum
project. The task of selecting the preferred company will come down
to a joint enterprise between Southend Council, the University of
Essex and South Essex College, which is overseeing the project.
Southend Today
Ilford Today
Artificial blood could be used within
next decade
Patients undergoing transplant operations could be given artificial
blood produced from stem cells within the next decade, researchers
claim. A team at Edinburgh University has developed a method of
taking adult stem cells from bone marrow and growing them in the
laboratory to produce cells which look and act almost identically to
red blood cells. However, a more
radical solution, which Essex University researchers say could be
perfected within five to 10 years, is to develop a completely
artificial alternative to blood which performs the same key
functions and would be safe to use in patients of every blood type.
This could involve packing haemoglobin – which carries oxygen around
the body – into a synthetic cell-like structure, or using a chemical
to hold the haemoglobin together so that it can be injected without
the need for red blood cells. One artificial substitute based on
cows' blood is already licensed in Russia and South Africa, but
despite being developed in America it was rejected by the country's
drug authorities as unsafe after trials showed it raised the risk of
stroke, heart problems and pancreatitis.
Telegraph
Wales online
hc2d.co.uk
Bahrain News Agency
Azertaj
The Free Library
Warp and weft of world tapestry
We're all in
this together or we won't be in it at all: Jules Pretty on a call to
arms for the planet's future. Read the full article
here.
Times Higher Education
Writers come
together at the Lakeside Theatre
The Lakeside Theatre at Essex University is a real hotbed for new
writing these days. It hosted the first performance of the first
play by Peter Higgins, head of the university's maths department and
also the first in-house production of Wivenhoe playwright Jonathan
Lichtenstein's new work, Darkness. A lot more new writing could soon
be aired at the theatre with the foundation of a group for aspiring
writers. Lakeside Writers is to be led by the theatre's new literary
consultant, Andrew Burton, who has been involved in supporting and
developing new writing for many years and has a wealth of experience
in the theatre.
Gazette
Wednesday 26
Essex Uni prof handed
million Euros to study Facebook and Twitter
AN Essex University economist has won a €1
million grant to study the potential of social networks like
Facebook and Twitter. Professor Andrea Galeotti will use the
European Research Council money to map how social networks evolve
and impact on people’s social lives and their spending decisions. He
hopes his mathematical models will help government’s influence
behaviour, for example by making better use of health education
messages.
Gazette
East Anglian Daily Times
Can you help to fund
the Robochair?
Developers of a robotic wheelchair have
appealed for investment from community groups and businesses. Teams
at Essex University are working on the Robo Chair, which is operated
by head movements, facial expressions and even brain-waves. Backers,
including charity Colchester Catalyst, want more organisations to
develop the product. It has been created by scientists at the school
of computer science and electronic engineering.
Gazette
Documenting Essex 68:
The Campus and the Community
A workshop hosted by the University of Essex
on the making of a documentary film about campus activism in 1968.
Lecturer and filmmaker John Haynes will present clips from his work
in progress, a series of oral history interviews with former Essex
student activists, inviting responses and discussion focusing on the
impact of the events on relations between town and gown. The
workshop will take place on 25 Oct 2011, 7.00pm for one day only at
the Headgate Theatre, 14 Chapel Street, North Colchester, CO2 7AT.
Brentwood Weekly News
Tuesday 25
Lichtenstein's powerful play explores
religious fanaticism
Darkness is a very apt title for Jonathan Lichtenstein's play. There
isn't much light in this work, although a running gag about eBay and
a preference for prawn cocktail crisps over salt and vinegar, were
very funny. The Wivenhoe-based playwright has a natural wit, but
also writes beautiful lyrical passages, such as Ollie's description
of his journey through London - his own Road to Damascus experience.
It's the prodigal son's return to his family on Ascension Sunday
which is the catalyst for the dark and disturbing events which
unfurl.
Gazette
Duchess of Cornwall visits
Writtle College
A royal guest joined a lecture on aquariums during a visit to a
college in Chelmsford. The Duchess of Cornwall spent yesterday
afternoon at Writtle College, rounding of her mini-tour of Essex.
Whilst at the college, which specialises in agriculture, animal
sciences and equestrianism, Camilla met horticultural and floristry
students in the Centenary Garden and attended a lecture on aquariums
given by Dr Carlos De Luna, a senior lecturer in animal science. She
was also given a tour of the Titchmarsh Centre for Animal Studies
which was opened in September by college patron Alan Titchmarsh.
Cambridge First
Fakenham and
Wells Times
The Comet 24
BBC One - Inside Out
Professor Jules Pretty, Deputy Vice-Chancellor
interviewed as part of a feature on the University's employability
rates. Watch the programme
here and skip
to 10.18 minutes.
Monday 24
University graduates
in job struggle
More than
half of students who graduated from universities in the East in 2010
have struggled to find a graduate-level job, a BBC Inside Out East
investigation has revealed. Professor Jules Pretty, the Deputy Vice
Chancellor of the University of Essex, said universities needed to
do more to help students into work.
BBC
You can see more on this story on
‘Inside Out ‘on BBC1 in the East at 7.30pm.
A new spin on a story of bored and violent youth
The Volcano Theatre Company will be at the Lakeside Theatre this
week with a timely take on a controversial classic – A
Clockwork Orange.
Gazette
It was 5.15pm on January 19…the moment that changed my life
University of Essex Philosophy graduate,
Gabriele Britton-Voss talks to the Gazette about her studies at
Wesley House College, part of the Cambridge Theological Federation
to become a Methodist Minister.
Gazette
Sport contest
University of Essex expert, Dr Valerie
Gladwell has helped set up an Olympics-themed competition to inspire
students to become sport and exercise researchers. The students
investigate an area of sports physiology and present their findings
to sports scientists.
Gazette
My delight at Gadaffi death
A Libyan graduate at the University of
Essex described the news of Colonel Gadaffi’s death as a fantastic
day. He said he was ‘speechless’ and that it was a ‘fantastic day
after eight months of struggling’
Gazette
Sunday 23
Morning Star conference: Our day to fight back
MPs and union activists came together at the weekend to build the
alternative to the government's deeply damaging cuts agenda. Tax
Justice Network spokesman Professor Prem Sikka said that a vast
network of accountants was being "rewarded for financial engineering
and not real engineering" but that allowing all tax returns to be
published would help to cast light on this secretive industry.
Morning Star
Time with parents, not money, is key to
kids' happiness
The recent findings are among the
first outcome of a £50 million, government-funded study. Conducted
by academics from the universities of Essex, Oxford, Warwick and
Surrey, the study is following the lives of 100,000 people in 40,000
households across the country. Most parents think that they can make
their children happy by simply providing materialistic pleasures to
them, but as per the findings of the new study, it is the peace
between parents, not the material things, that matter most to them.
The Understanding Society project noted in its landmark report that
children who grow up in a traditional two-parent family and eat a
family meal at least three times a week are more likely to be happy
with their lives.
The Money Times
Does commuting drive women crazy?
Using data from the British Household
Panel Survey in a fixed effects framework that includes variables
known to determine psychological health, as well as factors which
may provide compensation for commuting such as income, job
satisfaction and housing quality, results showed that commuting had
an important detrimental effect on the psychological health of
women, but not men.
The Business Insider
Saturday 22
Essex team shines light on
efforts to increase yields
Plant researchers based at the
University of Essex are undertaking a new study which could lead to
major increases in crop yields after they were awarded grants
totalling £800,000 towards the project.
East Anglian Daily Times
Norwich Evening News
Cambs 24
Comet 24
Friday 21
Edge Hotel School college events in Leeds &
London in November
Edge, in partnership with
the University of Essex and their academic partner, Kaplan Open
Learning, are hosting events for colleges at which they can find out
how the project is progressing and how you can be involved in
recruiting the hospitality leaders of the future to study at the
Edge Hotel School,
Edge
Cinderella shall go to the ball and she will go in style
The
Octagon in Weston Super Mare will be putting on Cinderella as their
seasonal pantomime next year. Buttons will be played by ‘local lad’
and East 15 Acting School graduate Simon Burbage.
ThisisWestonSuperMare
Longer drinking hours ‘drive up workplace absence’
Extended
drinking hours in England and Wales have led to more than 660,000
extra days of absence from work every year, research has claimed.
Using data from the British Household Panel Survey, Economists at
Lancaster University Management School used the government’s UK
Labour Force Survey to compare work absence rates from before and
after the 2005 licensing act changes.
People Management
Family groups
awarded £11m to deliver support services
Eleven
family organisations are to receive a share of £11m from the
Department for Education to deliver national online and telephone
support services. Coram Children’s Legal Centre is one of the
organisations receiving money to provide more online support.
Children and Young People Now
Department of Education
Student dies in fall at
start of first term
A student has died after falling down a
flight of stairs at the University of Essex. He was taken to
Colchester General Hospital but after suffering severe head
injuries, later died at Queen’s Hospital in Romford.
Essex County Standard
Heart
Parents’ tribute to son
The parents of a teenager who died
after falling down the stairs in university accommodation have paid
tribute to their son. His family have also asked that their privacy
be respected at this difficult time.
East Anglian Daily Times
Darkness lights up autumn
Putting on your debut theatrical
production straight from the Edinburgh Festival is not a bad way to
open your new autumn season. Its homecoming at the Lakeside Theatre
marks the beginning of another exciting season at the Colchester
campus-based venue.
Essex County Standard
Colchester Youth Awards
The Colchester Youth Awards
celebrated youngsters’ achievements and recognised their courage,
humility and determination. The University of Essex sponsored the
Learning and Participation Award which was won by Lucy Lovelock. The
V Team at the University of Essex were also finalists in the
Community Improvement category.
Essex County Standard
It’s a brainwave
University of Essex researchers are
developing the RoboChair to help people with mobility problems and
disabled people are taking part in trials which is controlled by
facial expressions and brainwaves,
Essex County Standard
Card-skimmers target
students on campus
A card-slimming device was found on a
university cash machine. Essex Police and Santander are
investigating how many students were affected and how much money was
stolen.
Essex County Standard
Contrasting fortunes for
Essex University fighters
Essex University Amateur Boxing Club
experienced mixed fortunes at the Essex novice boxing championships
in Harlow. They will now go straight into the Eastern Counties
finals on 11 November in Peterborough.
Essex County Standard
Thursday 20
U.K. Professor Lecturing
on Economy, Human Rights
A visiting lecturer to the University
of Manitoba will give a speech on economic implications and
consequences of human rights. Professor Diane Elson from the
University of Essex in the UK is currently researching fiscal and
monetary policy and the realization of human rights, with a
particular focus on economic development gender inequality. Elson
has been researching and writing about development issues for more
than 30 years, and has published widely in journals, conference
proceedings, books and monographs.
www.chrisd.ca
Mother’s Care
“There is growing . . . empirical
evidence to show that exposure to nature brings substantial mental
health benefits,” according to “Green Exercise and Green Care,” a
2009 report by the Centre for Environment and Society at the
University of Essex in England. Researchers examined people who took
part in two walks, one in a country park around woodlands,
grasslands, and lakes, and one in an indoor shopping centre.
“Improvements in self-esteem and mood were significantly greater
following the green outdoor walk in comparison to the equivalent
indoor walk, especially for feelings of anger, depression, and
tension. Read the article
here.
www.utne.com
Student dies after falling
down stairs
A teenage has died after falling down
stairs at the University of Essex. He was staying in student
accommodation on the Colchester campus when he was found unconscious
at the bottom of the stairs.
East Anglian Daily Times
Pals’ fury as rave
stampede kills girl
Nabila Nanfuka, 22, was knocked down
and trampled as hundreds of panicking student revellers surged down
steps, fearful of missing their buses home. University of Essex
student
Birunji Makiwala, 22, was
rescued by bouncers at the event.
The Sun
Daily Mail
Daily Mirror
ThisisLondon.co.uk
Book fans land £49k for
festival
Volunteers who took over the running of the Essex Book Festival have
secured a £49,000 Arts Council grant. Essex County Council and the
University of Essex will support the festival in March 2012.
Gazette
Chelmsford Today
Basildon Today
Billericay Today
and 13 other local news outlets around the county
Ecotherapy
A University of Essex study for mental health
charity Mind found that 90 per cent of people who took part in
"green" exercise activities said the combination of nature and
exercise is most important in determining how they feel. A massive
94 per cent said outdoor exercise had benefited their mental health.
The Sun
Grant winners
Christine Raines
from the University of Essex has been awarded £350,173 to research
metabolic engineering to enhance photosynthesis based on empirical
data and silico modelling.
THE
Wednesday 19
Award nomination for promising East 15
playwrightEast 15 graduate
Jesse Briton has been nominated for this year's Evening Standard
Theatre Awards for her play Bound. The multi-award winning play was
first performed as part of East 15's annual BA Acting and
Contemporary Theatre Debut Season and the cast are all East 15
trained.
London Evening Standard
Town’s new public library could
be open 24 hours
Southend’s new public library could become the first in Essex to
open 24 hours a day. Councillors are considering plans to give
residents round-the-clock access to the new library, which is being
built on the former Farringdon multi-storey car park in Elmer
Avenue. Southend Council hopes to open the new library, a joint
venture with South Essex College and the University of Essex, on
September 30, 2013, and work has already begun clearing the land
where the car park used to be.
Halstead Gazette
Echo
Southend Standard
Trying out new identities key to video games' appeal
One reason why people worldwide spend 3 billion hours per week
playing video games may be because the games allow them to "try on"
characteristics they might like to have, a new study suggests."A
game can be more fun when you get the chance to act and be like your
ideal self," said study author Andy Przybylski, from the Department
of Psychology at the University of Essex.
WXVT15
New student dies after fall on
university stairs
A student has died after falling down a
flight of stairs in accommodation at the University of Essex.
Gazette
Halstead Gazette
Clacton, Frinton and Walton Gazette
Harwich and Manningtree Standard
Cash machine crooks target
university bank
Thieves have placed a skimming device onto a machine outside
Santander’s University of Essex branch.
Gazette
Halstead Gazette
Clacton, Frinton and Walton Gazette
Harwich and Manningtree Standard
Tuesday 18
What's more important: being
rich or being richer than your neighbours?
People with the highest income are less
likely to be in the highest happiness bracket. This study theorizes
that a good part of this may be because once you're very happy,
becoming even happier may be a function of how you're doing compared
to others. The relationship between income and subjective well-being
(SWB) is investigated using eight waves of the British Household
Panel Survey.
Business Insider
Mean Men Make More Money
A new study has found that there's a correlation
between personality and earning potential. According to the
Economist, researcher Guido Heineck used the British Household
Panel Survey, which in 2005 asked questions to determine the
psychological profile of respondents and discovered that certain
traits correlate with higher wages.
Jezebel Surveys
‘Feed the world’ cash for
crop researchers
Plant researchers at the University of
Essex have been awarded grants totalling £800,000 to help tackle the
challenge of feeding the world’s ever-growing population. The team
at Essex, led by Professor Christine Raines, has been awarded grants
by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council
(BBSRC) to explore new approaches to improve crop yields for both
food and fuel.
Business Weekly
Samba beat around the uni
Samba dancers led a parade around Essex Univesity to raise awareness
of discrimination against people with leprosy.
Gazette
Disabled set to try out the robochair
Disabled people are taking part in trials of a wheelchair controlled
by facial expressions and brainwaves> Researchers at the University
are developing the RoboChair to help people with severe mobility
problems.
Gazette
Braintree and Witham Times
Essex County Standard
Halstead Gazette
Residents urged to focus
on Colchester
A project inspiring photographers to capture as many angles of
Colchester as possible takes place this weekend. The University are
amongst the organisations taking part.
Gazette
Essex County Standard
Halstead Gazette
Monday 17
Feed the world cash for crop researchers
Plant researchers at the University have been awarded grants
totalling £800,000 to help tackle the challenge of feeding the
world’s ever-growing population. Read the full
article.
Business Weekly
Supremely misreported
Richard Cornes, Department of Law,
writes about how efforts to make the supreme court more transparent
have encountered difficulties. Read the
article.
The Guardian
Neale ready to Accelerate
Jason Neale is the top techie at
Accelerate Okanagan Technology Association. Neale, who has a
background in cellular technology, digital networks and satellite
systems, was appointed CEO of the not-for-profit organization. He is
the founder of OmniGlobe Networks, a service provider of broadband
internet and cellular service to remote regions around the world.
Neale holds a PhD in electrical systems engineering
from the University of Essex in the United Kingdom, as well as
executive MBAs from London Business School, and Columbia Business
School.
Vernon Morning Star
BC Local NewsSunday 16
Sadok Belaid
Sadok Belaid is currently the head of
Kafaa (ar.”Capacity”), an independent list in the Ben Arous election
district, a small but prominent area located south of Tunis.
Before deciding to run in Tunisia’s 2011 Constituent Assembly
elections, Belaid had previous experience working as a lawyer,
professor, and administrative figure. He has been a visiting
professor at various universities worldwide, including Johns Hopkins
and Princeton in the United States, the University of Essex in
England, several universities in France (Caen, Dijon, Nice,
Perpignon, Toulouse, and Aix-en-Provence), and universities in
Kuwait, Morocco, Algeria, Romania, and Italy.
Tunisia Live.net
After controversy and delays, U’s training
complex is taking shape
Colchester United’s state-of-the-art training complex is finally
taking shape in Tiptree, after years of controversy and delays. The
U’s, who have never had their own training ground, currently split
training between Essex University and Colchester Garrison.
Halstead Gazette
Essex County Standard
Gazette
UKBA accused of breaking pledge to end
child detention
As
many as 2,000
children
a year, including many unaccompanied by an adult, could be detained
each year at the UK's borders despite government promises to end
child detention. Kamena Dorling, policy and programmes manager at
Coram Children's Legal Centre dismissed government claims of ending
child detention as "rebranding" and added that there were concerns
about children being getting insufficient access to legal advice and
healthcare in short-term holding facilities.
The Guardian
Trees 'boost African
crop yields and food security'
Planting trees that improve soil quality can help boost crop yields
for African farmers, an assessment shows. Fertiliser tree systems
(FTS) also help boost food security and play a role in "climate
proofing" the region's arable land, the paper adds. Researchers from
the World Agroforestry Centre say poor soil fertility is one of the
main obstacles to improving food production in Africa. The results
appear in the International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability.
The editor-in-chief, Professor Jules Pretty from the University of
Essex said the study illustrated that there was a growing movement
of agricultural innovations across Africa that were increasing
yields and at the same time improving the environment. Read the
article
here.
BBC
The Conservatives would create only loopholes when a total reform of
the tax system is needed
Read Professor Prem Sikka’s
article
here.
Tribune Magazine
Saturday 15
A last sad farewell to my mentor and ‘poetry dad’
Martin Newell writes about his friendship with Dr Joe Allard who
sadly died at the end of September. They had been friends since the
1980s and Joe persuaded Martin to publish his first poetry
collection entitled I Hank Marvinned.
East Anglian Daily Times
Berating the bean counters
Bean counters beware: a new paper by Austin Mitchell, pictured, the
Labour MP, and Prem Sikka, from the University of Essex, does not
make pleasant reading. You should get the gist from the title: The
Pin-Stripe Mafia: How Accountancy Firms Destroy Society, but if not,
the first chapter is titled: "Epicentres of sleaze and corruption",
while the final instalment is "Crimes against the people".
The Independent
Friday 14
The Economics of Human Rights
For 2011, the prestigious Robert and Elizabeth Knight Distinguished
Visiting Lecture focuses on issues relating to the economic
implications and consequences of human rights. This year’s visiting
lecturer is Diane Elson from the University of Essex, and a research
affiliate of the Centre for Women’s Global Leadership at Rutgers
University. Her current research interest is fiscal and monetary
policy and the realization of human rights, with a particular focus
on economic development gender inequality. She has been researching
and writing about development issues for more than 30 years, and has
published widely in journals, conference proceedings, books and
monographs.
Canada Views
BBC says “mixed race” is mainstream in the UK
Around 2 million people in the UK — roughly 3 per cent of the total
population — come from “mixed race” backgrounds. This finding comes
from a study by Dr Alita Nandi at the University of Essex’s
Institute for Social and Economic Research (ISER) using data from
the UK Household Longitudinal Study for BBC 2’s Newsnight programme.
The big surprise is that the estimate is twice the number recorded
in official statistics.
Mauritius Times
Healthy mind, healthy body
Meditating outdoors increases the relaxation benefits to your body
even further. A 2010 study by the University of Essex found that
just five minutes of exercise in a green space can reduce stress, so
doing your yoga stretches in the garden or practising tai chi in the
park could help to free your mind from the strains of modern living.
Allaboutyou.com
Professor was visionary and a giant in arts field
Tributes have been paid to an inspirational teacher and arts
visionary, who has died of pneumonia. Dr Joe Allard, a professor of
literature at the University of Essex, was described as a true
visionary and a great friend. Jonathan Lichtenstein, head of the
Department of Literature, Film and Theatre Studies at the
university, said Dr Allard had been a lecturer there since 1977. He
said: "He was an inspirational teacher with a passion for poetry and
a gimlet eye for the peculiarities of the academic world. His
students in the Department of Literature, Film and Theatre Studies
came first. Whether it was introducing them to the taut, vibrant
inflexions of Icelandic poetry or the discourses of early modern
literature, he always did so with a wry wit, a dry sense of humour
and generous kindness." Dr Allard is survived by his wife, Sanae,
and son, Christopher.
Essex County Standard
University ranked in world’s top 400
The University of Essex has been named among the top 400 in the
world.
The University was ranked between 200th and
225th in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings.
Essex County Standard
Edinburgh hit to open new season at Lakeside theatre
Putting on your debut theatrical production straight from the
Edinburgh Festival is not a bad way to open your new autumn season.
That’s the enviable position the Lakeside Theatre, at the University
of Essex, is in this month when it stages Darkness, written by
Wivenhoe playwright Jonathan Lichtenstein. It wowed audiences and
critics at the Fringe, winning five four-star reviews and being
hailed as “gripping, atmospheric and quite superbly acted” by
Guardian theatre critic Lyn Gardiner.
Gazette
3,000 homes and research hub plan for edge of town
Hundreds of hectares of countryside on the edge of Colchester could
be turned into a business park and more than 3,000 homes.
Mersea Homes has unveiled a blueprint to turn
some of the 300 hectares of fields near Greenstead into a
"knowledge-based hub", where research industry firms can but land,
build a complex and tie in with the University of Essex' forthcoming
Knowledge Gateway.
Essex County Standard
Thursday 13
Council cautious on huge homes scheme
Councillor Tim Young, the Councillor responsible for housing and
community safety has said that he wanted to see proposals in full
for 3,000 homes and a huge business park before he formed an
opinion. The business area will invite research industry firms to
buy land, build units and form ties with the University of Essex’s
forthcoming Knowledge Gateway.
Gazette
On the shoulders of giants
Matthew Reisz talks to the movers and shakers of the past 40 years
who made Times Higher Education what it is today. He speaks
to Brian MacArthur who was the supplement’s first editor and Brian
recalls carrying copies of the paper that carried reports on riots
at the University of Essex to a big conference in Bologna and when
sharing a lift with the Vice-Chancellor’s wife, she suggested
putting them on the bonfire.
THE
Uni open days
The University of Essex is holding undergraduate open days at its
campuses in Wivenhoe and Southend on Saturday 22 October. Visitors
will have the chance to meet staff from a variety of departments and
ask questions.
Gazette
Sanna Jay Dance Company
A
vibrant and explosive evening of dance workshops, music and
performances featuring some of the hottest fusion and dance hall
moves and choreography will take place at the University of Essex.
Gazette
Wednesday 12
New South East LEP chairman aims to create the most enterprising
economy in England
Mr John Spence was confirmed as SELEP Chairman at a meeting of the
SELEP Executive Group. Three vice chairs representing each of the
county areas covered by SELEP were also announced at the meeting.
These are Derek Godfrey (East Sussex), George Kieffer (Essex) and
Geoff Miles (Kent). George Keiffer is a member of the Enterprise
Board of the University of Essex.
Individual.com
Plans for 3,000 homes on edge of Greenstead
Hundreds of hectares of countryside on the edge of Greenstead could
be given over to a developer planning to build a massive business
park and more than 3,000 homes. Mersea Homes has unveiled a
blueprint to turn some of the 300 hectares of fields into a
“knowledge-based hub” where research industry firms can buy land,
build a complex and tie in with the University of Essex’s Knowledge
Gateway.
Gazette
Reforms Could Increase Child Poverty
Almost a quarter of Britain's children will be left in poverty by
the end of this decade because of the Government's tax and benefit
changes, a think-tank is warning. Mike Brewer from ISER is
interviewed for Sky News re report he co-authored while at IFS
talking about falling incomes and rising levels of child poverty.
Sky News
Support for leprosy battle
Bernard Jenkin and Bob Russell joined town mayor Helen Chuah at the
University of Essex for the launch of Colchester-based LEPRA’s new
Humanity in Action initiative. The launch coincided with an
exhibition of photographs of LEPRA’s work currently showing at the
Lakeside Theatre at the University of Essex.
East Anglian Daily Times
A date with yourself
Researchers at the University of Essex in England say the positive
outcomes of "green exercise" on physical and mental health are
clear. In a 2007 study for the English mental health charity Mind,
the Essex team assembled 108 people to participate in a variety of
outdoor activities such as cycling, running and gardening.
Ninety-four percent reported benefits to their mental health. Ninety
percent of participants reported a better sense of self-esteem after
a nature walk, and 44 percent felt a decrease in their self-esteem
after walking through an indoor shopping mall.
LiveStrong.com
Tuesday 11
Celebrating success for foster carers
Nine foster carers from Thurrock Council’s
Therapeutic Fostering Service received their Certificate in
Therapeutic Foster Care from mayor, Cllr Charlie Curtis. The
certificate, which is taken with the University of Essex, is
equivalent to half a first-year degree. The University of Essex
designed this ground-breaking course to increase the skills and
knowledge of Thurrock Therapeutic foster carers. Therapeutic
Fostering is part of the Thurrock Fostering Service and provides for
children and young people who need specialist care.
Your Thurrock
Essex University named in
list of world's best
The University of Essex has been named among the top 400 in the
world. The university was ranked between 200th and 225th in the
Times Higher Education World University Rankings.
Brentwood Weekly News
Echo online
Basildon and Wickford Recorder
Gazette
Halstead Gazette
Southend Standard
Essex County Standard
Chelmsford Weekly News
MPs join Leprosy charity to raise awareness
Lepra Health in Action enlisted Bernard Jenkin and Bob Russell at
the University of Essex to call on the United Nations to back a
resolution ending discrimination against people suffering from
leprosy and their families. The charity has organised a week of
events highlighting the resolution which includes a photographic
exhibition, a Samba procession and an evening of poetry, talks and
film at the Lakeside Theatre,
Gazette
How a physio can give you a helping hand with pain
Physiotherapist Maggie Whittaker has been qualified for 20 years and
is a lecturer in the subject at the University of Essex’s School of
Health and Human Science. She explains the management of long-term
pain is just one of the patient areas in which physiotherapy is used
– its treatments ranging from before birth right up to old age. As
well as her role at the University of Essex, Maggie also works with
Colchester Hospital on its pain management programme.
Gazette
Canoeist dies 'helping triathlon training'
Tributes have been paid to a canoeist who died after getting into
trouble in the Firth of Forth near Edinburgh. Michael Tattersall,
29, of Granton, in Edinburgh, was named by police yesterday after
dying in the early hours of the morning. He was part of a group of
two canoeists and two swimmers, who set out at about 6pm on Sunday.
Mr Tattersall studied maths at the University of Essex and had
worked as an instructor at Sutherland Lodge Activity Centre in North
Yorkshire, which teaches rock climbing, kayaking and other outdoor
activities.
The Scotsman
Outstanding Business Partnerships and Future Business
Leaders to Receive Major Awards
Businesses and higher education institutions from across the
UK will celebrate the year’s most successful and innovative
partnerships and recognize future business leaders when the annual
Knowledge Transfer Partnerships (KTP) Awards are presented at the
Innovate11 conference and exhibition in London today. One of the
five finalists (involving a business, academic institution and
graduate associate) is:
Logical Glue, University of Essex and Faiyaz Doctor.
PR Web
Process and Control Today
Ramon Chen
Ramon Chen is VP of product management for RainStor. He has
20+ years experience marketing and product managing software
infrastructure tools, applications and databases, and writes the
industry blog Cloud N’ Clear. He holds a BSc (Hons) degree in
computer science degree from the University of Essex. Before joining
RainStor, Ramon was VP product marketing of Siperian, a master data
management software provider and previously directed product
marketing for GoldenGate Software, acquired by Oracle. He has also
served in marketing and product management positions for MetaTV,
Evolve Software and Sterling Software.
Business Insider
Monday 10
461 Economists call for urgent action against excessive speculation
on food commodities
Professor Diane Elson from the Department of Sociology and Professor
Neil Kellard from Essex Business School are two of 461 economists
from over 40 countries who called on the US Commodity Futures
Trading Commission (CFTC) to tackle excessive speculation on food
commodities with position limits that would promote stable markets
and benefit food producers, consumers and poor people around the
world. In a joint letter addressed to G20 finance ministers sent
today to Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner and the 5 commissioners
of the CFTC, the group of respected economists urged swift action to
counter speculation.
Oxfam America
Farming online
Realwire
Three New Trustees join Berkshire Museum Board
The Berkshire Museum welcomed three new trustees at their annual
meeting. Carol Riordan was elected vice president and treasurer.
Carol provides management consulting services for academic, health
care and nonprofit organizations. She received her doctorate from
the University of Essex and was a National Institutes of Health
postdoctoral fellow at the University of California at Berkeley.
iBerkshires.com
Disadvantaged mothers should breastfeed their children 'to improve
social mobility', experts claim
Breastfed babies are smarter and have a reduced chance of
behavioural problems in later life, according to a new study.
Researchers from the University of Essex's Institute of Social &
Economic Research (ISER) and the University of Oxford have spent the
past two years looking at the impact of breastfeeding on a child's
development. They found that it can improve a child's social
mobility by boosting its IQ in later life, and reduces the
likelihood of a child having behavioural difficulties at age five.
Daily Mail
This is Money
The Guardian
Indiareport
ParentDish
Family GP
Yahoo! India
Sunday 9
The EU Man Cometh
Prem Sikka looks at the state of the audit market and explains why
he believes big changes may be needed. Read his article
here.
PQ Magazine
Saturday 8
Emirati launches community initiative
The need to connect with his community drove University of Essex
graduate, Emirati Saleh Al Braik to create the website
Thinkup.ae
that allows young talent from across the GCC to showcase their
efforts. The initiative was launched with a teaser campaign through
Twitter, followed by the opening of the site on September 4, this
year. So far, there are 85 registered members who have made a
commitment to contribute to the website, while there are 2,400
Twitter followers and 700 Facebook fans of the initiative. "I
couldn't stop wondering about where the talented people of my
generation were, and how could I meet them, listen to their thoughts
and find out what they were interested in" he said. Read the article
here.
Gulf News
Friday 7 October
The Cream of the Design Crop
The University of Essex’s accommodation block for students in London
Road, Southend was given a new build commendation in the annual
Southend Design Awards.
Echo
Cutting through the rhetoric
Professor Prem Sikka from Essex Business School
comments on quantative
easing.
Morning Star
The Nature Cure
For the past seven years, a team of researchers at England's
University of Essex has studied the benefits of green exercise.
Their analysis of data on 1,252 volunteers shows that as little as
five minutes of activity in a natural setting -- tasks as simple as
walking in a park or tending a garden -- helps people feel more
optimistic, proud, and motivated. People with mental illnesses
report the greatest boosts in self-esteem. In light of such
promising findings, the medical community is slowly accepting that
outdoor experiences are key to well-being.
Wholeliving
Two million of mixed race living in Britain... and they may be the
nation's biggest ethnic minority
The number of mixed race people in Britain may be double the
official count, say researchers. The study suggests that there may
be as many as two million from a mixed ethnic background instead of
just under one million, which was the official estimate made earlier
this year. According to the analysis carried out by Dr Alita Nandi
at the Institute for Social and Economic Research, the alternative
way of counting mixed-race individuals produces a figure of 1.99 per
cent of adults, as opposed to the 0.88 per cent who say they are
mixed race when asked directly. Read the article
here.
Daily Mail
Newsnight (you can view the clip
here and forward to 35.03)
Daily Telegraph
This is Money
BBC
There’s a month full of events to celebrate Black History
Author Nardia Foster will be speaking at the University of Essex on
Global Dignity Day (20 October).
Essex County Standard
Waltham Abbey woman climbs Kilimanjaro just months before major
surgery
Eleanor Smithard spent eight days walking in excruciating pain to
scale Mount Kilimanjaro to raise funds for the Salvation Army’s
Dream project to rebuild a school in Kasiwe village, Zambia.
The 28-year-old, who suffers from a connective tissue disorder
affecting her joints and curvature of the spine, risked further
injury to climb the 19,341ft (5,895m) peak. Originally from Doncaster, Eleanor now works at the East 15 Acting School at the
University of Essex and has appeared in TV programmes such as the
BBC series Waterloo Road.
Hertfordshire Mercury
Thursday 6
World University Rankings
The University of Essex has been placed 215th in the
World University Rankings. You can view the rankings
here.
THE
International issues
‘ignored’ in White Paper
The sector’s international unit has criticised the government for
failing to include internationalisation in the recent higher
education White Paper, while underlining the need for “positive
messaging” to overseas governments. Professor Colin Riordan,
Chair of the International Unit and Vice-Chancellor of the
University of Essex together with Dr Joanna Newman have written to
the higher education directorate at the Department for Business,
Innovation and Skills. Read the article
here.
THE
Notes and Letters
A new festival takes over King’s Place for the weekend of 7-9
October and Professor Marina Warner from the Department of
Literature, Film, and Theatre Studies will be giving a talk
illustrated with lavish musical extracts considering why composters
have kept returning to the tales and unique atmosphere of the
Arabian Nights.
THE
Tuesday 4
How ancient
Greek philosophy could help improve social care today
A summer
school held at the University as part of the Essex autonomy project
looked at the dilemma’s faced by medical professionals and social
workers when dealing with individuals with mental health issues.
Read the article
here.
The Guardian
Changing Incomes
Visiting Professor Stephen
Jenkins was interviewed by Radio 4's Thinking Allowed programme
about his new book Changing Fortunes based on extensive research he
carried out at ISER into income mobility and the dynamics of poverty.
BBC Radio 4
Suppressing opinions diminishes education
America's political season, which never truly ends, is dominating
the airwaves once more. Taxes, tax-breaks, Medicare, Medicaid,
de-escalation, sustainability and change are all buzzwords that will
drown constituencies as our leaders battle once more for the great
honor to lead the nation and do nothing functional.
The American education system is made to create obedient drones that
will stay within the confines of the system and never challenge it.
Students at the University of Essex in the UK organized weeks of
protests when their tuition was raised and they pay less than we do.
The difference is that we have been conditioned to do so,
complacently.
Daily Campus
Employee well-being
Does well-being in the workplace really matter? Surely, for most
organizations, the bottom line is the ultimate key performance
indicator and as long as an organization doesn't actually break the
law and compromise health and safety, then why expend effort on
creating a working environment that actively promotes well-being?
Five minutes exposure to nature is enough to make a difference
(although the more, the better), according to research carried out
at the University of Essex in the UK.
Personnelzone.com
Vistra appoints new private client director
Vistra Jersey today announced the appointment of Victor Ho to the
role of Director - Private Clients. Victor was born in Hong Kong and
graduated with an honours degree in Accounting, Finance and
Economics from the University of Essex in 1991. He trained with KPMG
Jersey office and qualified as a Chartered Accountant in 1995.
Jersey Finance
We are here to defend this injustice
Former University of Essex student Elias Tawil, 32, of Groves Close,
Colchester, has been at the travellers site in Dale Farm, Basildon,
to show his support.
The Gazette
Monday 3
Firstsite gallery: Golden banana or white elephant?
Review of Colchester’s gallery firstsite, mentioning that the only
permanent collection is modern Latin American art on long loan from
the University of Essex.
The Telegraph
First lay on new fleet of buses from town centre to University
New branded buses start running from Colchester town centre to the
University of Essex this month. The recently delivered First buses,
which have low floors to help disabled passengers get on easily,
will be branded with the Essex University logo so people visiting
the campus can find them simply.
Gazette
Mock funeral demo over death of uni pension scheme
Members of the University of College Union staged a demo at the
Colchester campus on Friday. They delivered a mock invoice for what
they say will be a loss of £10million in pension for members.
Gazette
Black History Month has much to enjoy and learn
A
programme of events started at the weekend with a cultural market to
celebrate Black History Month. The University of Essex will be
holding a number of events starting with an event at the Day Nursery
with stories and songs from the Caribbean. A Global Dignity Day is
being held at the University on 20 October.
Gazette
Saturday 1
Soccer pro runs over, around, through competition
The Lake Wylie Pilot writes about Todd Sykes who earned four state
titles – two school and two club – and a national championship by
the time he graduated high school. After four years at Fairleigh
Dickinson University he played for the University of Essex in
England and Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara in Mexico. He also
elbowed his way into the starting line-up for pro squad Colchester
United. Read the article
here.
Lake Wylie Pilot
Charlotte Observer
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