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The University of Essex in the Press
September 2011
Friday 30
Trail of the unexpected: Firstsite exhibition space, Colchester
Simon Calder writes a review of firstsite for
The Independent
and mentions seeing the Essex Collection of Art from Latin America.
Read his article and view the film
here.
The Independent
The EU man cometh
Professor Prem Sikka from Essex Business School looks at the state
of the audit market and explains why he believes big changes may be
needed.
PQ Magazine
See the nation’s oil paintings online and help tag them
Next year will mark the
culmination of the Public Catalogue Foundation’s ambitious project
to photograph the nation’s entire collection of oil paintings. These
paintings are being shown on the BBC website. As Andrew Ellis, the
PCF’s Director, explains this project will reveal to the world the
UK’s extraordinary art collection. He mentions going to the
University of Essex to see modern
Latin American paintings.
Read his article
here.
dcms blog
A cultural landmark for Essex
Colchester’s firstsite gallery is a cultural landmark for the town
and for Essex, not just because it’s an iconic building but also
because it will be home to internationally important art. Aside from
temporary exhibitions, firstsite is now home to the University of
Essex’s internationally renowned collection of Latin American Art.
thisistotalessex.co.uk
Love at firstsite
A different selection from the University of Essex’s world-renowned
collection of Modern Latin American Art will be showcased alongside
each new exhibition in the main gallery with the first being
examples of printmaking from Brazil, Paraguay and Chile.
Essex County Standard
‘A building for you, the community’
Colchester’s new contemporary arts gallery has opened its doors to
the public and more than 3,000 people visited on the first day.
The building was financed by the Arts Council England, the East of
England Development Agency, Essex County Council, Colchester Council
and the University of Essex.
Essex County Standard
Family Fun
The big draw family day takes place at the University of Essex on
Sunday 2 October from 2pm.
Gazette
Learning Shop has a new role
The Learning Shop in Colchester town centre has been given a
facelift and a new role. The centre previously offered free advice
on post-16 qualifications and training through its sponsors which
included the University of Essex.
Gazette
Writer creates hotbed of murder right on our doorstep
Martyn Waites, Royal Literary Fund Fellow in the Department of
Literature, Film, and Theatre Studies at the University of Essex has
co-written a book with his wife Linda. The latest series of books,
written under the pseudonym Tania Carver are all set in Colchester.
Gazette
Mexican Revolution talk Thursday
Professor Alan Knight, a professor of history of Latin America at
Oxford University, will present a free, public lecture titled, "The
Mexican Revolution: Success or Failure?" at 7:30 p.m. Thursday,
Sept. 29 in the Hamilton College Kirner-Johnson Bradford Auditorium.
Knight is a fellow at St. Antony’s College at Oxford and director of
the Latin American Centre. He has taught at the University of Essex,
the University of Texas at Austin, and served as a visiting fellow
at the Centre for U.S.-Mexican Studies at the University of
California, San Diego.
RomeSentinel.com
New homes in Essex offer sold buy-to-let returns
Weston Homes' new homes developments in Essex are proving popular
with buy-to-let investors, thanks to a high level of demand from
tenants.
Located on the banks of the River Colne, Weston Homes'
luxury development Hawkins Wharf is proving extremely popular with
students at the University of Essex, with a long list of potential
tenants looking to rent the three and four bedroom houses available,
providing a good opportunity for property investors. Students are
waiting for investors to purchase new properties so they can rent
them. There is an added incentive for anyone buying the three and
four bedroom houses, with their rent guaranteed for two years if
they are unable to find a tenant.
What House?
Easier.com
Forest in NYC: Fred Forest and Holly Crawford
University of Essex Art History graduate Holly Crawford will be in
discussion with French artist Fred Forest who will be discussing his
last project. The focus of this discussion will be Forest’s
September 23rd Surprise Performance (Homage to Pierre Restany) held
at a major museum in New York City and done in collaboration with
artist and art historian, Holly Crawford.
Rhizome
Africa’s most influential women in Science and Tech
In the spirit of celebrating African excellence, IT News Africa has
decided to profile 10 African women who have been pivotal in the
development of Technology on the continent. Oreoluwa Somolu is
Executive Director of the Women’s Technology Empowerment Centre
(W.TEC), a non-profit based in Nigeria working to encourage Nigerian
women to use technology to empower themselves socially and
economically. Oreoluwa worked for several years in the United States
at an educational non-for-profit organisation on a number of
projects, which explored the interplay between gender and technology
and which sought to attract more girls and women to study and work
in science and technology-related fields. She has a Bachelors degree
in Economics from the University of Essex and a Masters degree in
Analysis, Design and Management of Information Systems from the
London School of Economics & Political Science.
IT News Africa
Thursday 29
The Jacob Burns Institute for Advanced Legal Studies at Cardozo
School of Law presents: Fantasy and Markets
This conference will bring together a number of prominent scholars
from around the world who have been studying the relationship of the
subject to the market from the perspective of a number of
disciplines including law, psychoanalysis, philosophy, sociology and
literary studies. One of the participants is Jason Glynos from the
Department of Government, University of Essex
This story was featured in 75 news outlets across the United
States
Fall into a new routine
In Florida, the start of the fall season is the perfect time to mix
up a dusty exercise routine, as unpredictable afternoon showers and
boiling temperatures taper off. Researchers at the University of
Essex found the benefits of outdoor exercise to be so powerful that
it could be used to treat depression and mental illness. Outdoor
walks were suggested to calm employees in stressful work
environments and researchers even said outdoor activity could help
youth offenders. The biggest effect was seen with exercise in an
area that contained a body of water, such as a lake or river.
East Orlando Sun
Seminolevoice.com
Maitland Observer
India Today
Wednesday 28
Shakespeare and Bible
The King James Bible and the work of Shakespeare will be compared
and contrasted at Essex University next month. A study day will take
place at the Colchester Campus on Saturday, October 29, to mark the
400th anniversary of the publication of the English version of the
Bible. Visit www.essex.ac.uk/conferences_king_james_bible to book a
place.
Gazette
How ancient Greek philosophy could help improve social care today
Keith Cooper is granted
exclusive access to a group of academics, lawyers and carers as they
wrangle over how to grant patients autonomy. Today, adult social
care is all about "maximising autonomy". Last year the Department of
Health claimed reform of social care is "about citizens gaining or
regaining control over their lives". A consultation on the delayed
social care bill was launched earlier this month to allow councils
and lobbyists to influence the reforms. On the same day, social
workers, nurses, philosophers, psychiatrists and lawyers came
together to discuss how the academic discipline of philosophy may
help them understand what autonomy means – and how to achieve it.
The summer school, hosted by the University of Essex autonomy
project and funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council, was
created to provide new forum to discuss the problems presented by
autonomy in health and care today. Professor Wayne Martin, the lead
academic on the project, believes philosophy can help practitioners
tackle the tricky ethical questions that arise when autonomy is made
paramount.
The Guardian
Tuesday 27
Firstsite’s jobs boost
Colchester’s new art gallery has provided much-needed jobs for the
town’s young people. More than 50 new posts have been created across
the gallery and its restaurant Musa, run by the University of Essex.
Jonathon Weston has just finished a postgraduate course in curating
and gallery studies at the University of Essex and is now working at
Firstsite as a Gallery Assistant.
Gazette
In Defence of Public Higher Education
Hundreds of academics have signed a document that warns of the dire
consequences of the government's white paper on higher education. Dr
Michael Bailey from the Department of Sociology and Dr Ewen Speed
from the School of Health and Human Sciences are two of the
signatories.
The Guardian
Manager appointed to run Edge Hotel School
Stephen Mannock has been appointed as the new General Manager of the
innovative Edge Hotel School and country house hotel based at
Wivenhoe House in Colchester. He becomes the first industry
professional appointed to the historic country house hotel which is
currently undergoing a £10 million refurbishment before opening in
late Spring 2012.
Essex Life
New library gets green light – and new name
A
£27 million state-of-the-art library and learning facility in the
centre of Southend has been given the green light – and a new name.
The Forum will be a pioneering joint enterprise between
Southend-on-Sea Borough Council, the University of Essex and South
Essex College. Work will commence in February next year and The
Forum is due to open to the public in September 2013.
Outlook – The official Southend-on-Sea Borough Council
magazine
New international centre for the visual arts designed by Rafael
Viñoly Architects opens in Colchester
Firstsite, a major new centre for the visual arts, designed by
internationally acclaimed Rafael Viñoly Architects, opened in
Colchester on Sunday 25 September 2011. Firstsite is home for the
work of the long established visual arts organisation of the same
name. It also features a display space to showcase works from the
University of Essex’s internationally important collection of Latin
American art, extensive learning spaces for children, students and
community groups, a destination bar/restaurant and a 190-seat
auditorium suitable for film screenings, lectures and events. The
new building is the product of a strategic partnership between Arts
Council England, East of England Development Agency, Essex County
Council, Colchester Borough Council, the University of Essex and
firstsite.
ArtDaily
FlashArt online
Monday 26
Ben Okri to speak at the University of Leicester
The prize-winning Nigerian poet, short story writer and novelist,
Ben Okri, OBE, FRSL, is to give the first Annual Creative Writing
Lecture at the University of Leicester. Ben Okri is acclaimed as one
of the finest African writers in the postcolonialist tradition. His
family moved to England when he was a baby, so that his father could
study law. They returned to Nigeria when Ben was aged seven, and
much of his early writing reflects the violence he witnessed during
the Nigerian civil war. He returned to England in 1978 to study for
a degree in Comparative Literature at the University of Essex,
though lack of funds meant he never completed his studies.
24dash.com
Should you publish your PhD as a book?
University of Essex graduate, Jo VanEvery writes about whether you
should publish your PhD as a book.
University Affairs - oline
Well-earned degree of pride
Over 130 proud students gathered with parents, relatives and friends
for the University Campus Suffolk Bury St Edmunds graduation
ceremony on Saturday. The East Anglian Daily Times editor Terry Hunt
became the first Honorary Fellow of University Campus Suffolk.
East Anglian Daily Times
Bury Free Press
Dining as a family may create happier, healthier teens
A new survey reveals that a family sit-down at dinnertime can
benefit teenagers in more ways that you may think, and may even
reduce your child's risk for trying or using drugs, cigarettes, and
alcohol according to a report from the US National Centre on
Addiction and Substance Abuse.
Other factors in increasing childhood happiness? Spending
time together. "Contrary to the popular belief that children only
want to spend time playing videogames or watching TV," said
researcher Dr. Maris Iacovou of the University of Essex, "we found
that they were most happy when interacting with their parents or
siblings." Read the article
here
The Independent
New York Daily News
World Book and News
Yahoo! Singapore
Yahoo! News Philippines
Why it feels good to get inside Master Chief's helmet
University of Essex psychologist Andrew Przybylski says that the
secret sauce in irresistible video games is the characters'
personalities - especially those that leave just enough creative
space for players to pour themselves into. "Games offer a window.
They offer you that window to be your ideal self," Andrew
Przybylski. Read the article
here.
Fast Company
Sunday 25
Looking back to Ithaca
Every year thousands of Greek students leave for the UK and enrol in
British universities. The majority aim to come back once they have
finished their course. However, increasing numbers are deciding to
stay in hope of building a career despite economic hardships also
faced in the UK. Ioanna Vassilaki arrived in the UK as an
18-year-old from Patra back in 2000, to pursue a BA honours degree
in linguistics at the University of Essex. At the time she thought
she would stay in the UK just for the duration of her course but a
visit to London altered that perception. Read the article
here.
Athens News
Children who were breastfed as infants score higher on tests
A study has found that children who were breastfed scored higher on
tests of language and reasoning at age five than bottle-fed infants.
But the reason behind this is still unclear -- is it physiological
or psychological? The study was carried out by researchers at the
University of Oxford, University of Essex, and University of York,
and was published in the August 10, 2011, online issue of The
Journal of Pediatrics.
The Atlantic
Bangladesh Daily Star
KHOU
Saturday 24
Firstsite plan to attract half a million visitors to Colchester
The unveiling of Firstsite is the first step in a grand plan to
attract 500,000 visitors a year to the south of Colchester town
centre. At the press preview yesterday, the project’s financers said
the £26million arts centre was an investment in success. Leading
lights at the Arts Council, Essex County Council, Colchester
Council, University of Essex and Firstsite described the building as
a regional base for the visual arts and the cornerstone of the
Cultural Quarter – a project to regenerate the St Botolph’s area of
Colchester.
Braintree and Witham Times
Gazette
Halstead Gazette
Times of Oman
Charity warns number of homeless in Colchester could double
The number of homeless in Colchester could more than double due to
Government cuts, a charity warned. Dave Egan, manager of the April
Centre, revealed the allowance paid to under-35s for
privately-rented, one-bed properties is set to drop in April from
£100 to £60 a week. He said: “We have a strong market, especially
with the University of Essex providing such a large rental
market.“The loss in allowance is going to have a big impact.”
Essex County Standard
Gazette
Friday 23
Erosion of childhood: letter with full list of signatories
Professor Andrew Samuels from the Centre for Psychoanalytic Studies
is one of the 200 experts who signed a letter which appeared in the
Daily Telegraph about how childhood is being eroded by a
“relentless diet” of advertising and addictive computer games. Read
their letter
here.
Daily Telegraph
Mum's happiness more important to children
A UK study has found that a mother's happiness in her partnership is
more important to the child than the father's. The findings are
based on a sample of 6,441 women, 5,384 men and 1,268 young people.
The Understanding Society research examined the relationships
between married or cohabiting partners, and relationships between
parents and their children. Professor John Ermisch, Maria Iacovou,
and Alexandra Skew from the Institute for Social and Economic
Research found that the happiest children are those living with two
parents – either biological or step – with no younger siblings, who
do not quarrel with their parents regularly, who eat at least three
evening meals per week with their family and whose mother is happy
in her own relationship.
Times of India
Our £26m Firstsite is tourism gold
The first exhibition has it all…a nod to our past and world-class
art by Warhol. Along with the Berryfield Mosaic in its
permanent glass-floored case, the Essex Collection of Art from Latin
America will be showcased alongside each new exhibition in the main
gallery. The first is examples of printmaking from Brazil, Paraguay
and Chile.
Gazette
New art gallery can attract 500,000 visitors a year to Colchester,
claim bosses
Leading lights at the Arts Council, Essex County Council, Colchester
Council, the University of Essex and Firstsite described the
building as a regional base for the visual arts and a cornerstone of
the Cultural Quarter – a project to regenerate the St Botolph’s area
of Colchester.
Gazette
£22m student homes plan unveiled
A new £22 million project aimed at housing the growing number of
university students in Colchester has been unveiled. Work on The
Meadows, which will be next to the University of Essex’s Knowledge
Gateway is due to start in April.
Essex County Standard
Rescued: girl stuck waist-deep in the mud
A human chain helped save a teenage girl who was sinking fast in mud
at a remote part of the River Colne. A quick-thinking student from
the University of Essex spotted the girl and called the emergency
services and campus security. Clacton coastguards, the Walton
coastguard mud rescue team, the police, firefighters and university
all formed a human chain to pull her out.
Essex County Standard
and 7 other regional newspapers
Traffic and homes the headaches
Traffic is the biggest problem for people living in the Mile End
area of Colchester according to a survey undertaken by the
Interdisciplinary Centre for Environment and Society at the
University of Essex.
Essex County Standard
Common Sense Club back in Thetford
The Common Sense Club, Thetford’s popular lecture and discussion
group, formed in the wake of the Tom Paine Bicentenary Celebrations,
is back in session this month. Future meetings see the return of
Alan Cardew from the University of Essex on October 14, to talk
about political clubs and their influence.
EDP24
Cycle town up for award
A £4million project to turn Colchester into a Cycle Town has been
shortlisted for a national award. Cycle Colchester project, a
three-year project run by Essex County Council, Colchester Council
and cycling groups, is a finalist in the prestigious National
Transport Awards. Key achievements include installing more than
1,200 new cycle parking spaces at schools, the town centre and at
the University of Essex.
Essex County Standard
Jail ‘inevitable’ for university rapist
A student is facing jail for attempting to rape a teenager after he
was convicted on two charges of attempted rape.
Essex County Standard
Thursday 22
In pictures: Colchester's firstsite arts centre completed - BBC
News
Colchester's firstsite arts centre has been completed. The centre
has been funded by Colchester Borough Council, Essex County Council,
Arts Council England East, the East of England Development Agency
and the University of Essex. The one-storey semi-circular building
has been designed by Rafael Vinoly. View the pictures
here.
BBC
Family splits leave millions to face their later years alone
Family break-up, divorce and the decline of marriage are producing
millions of lonely middle-aged Britons. There is a ‘considerable
increase’ in numbers living alone and facing an old age without the
help and support of children or partners, according to a report from
the Office for National Statistics. It suggested one in ten men and
one in five women are on their own by the age of 60. The findings
were based on evidence from several sources, including the
long-running independent British Household Panel Survey of the lives
of 7,500 people, and the ONS’s own General Household Survey. Read
the article
here.
Daily Mail
This is Money
Stay sane and solvent while funding your further studies
At the University of Essex, increased priority is currently being
given to the task of guiding postgraduates through the funding
landscape. A new post of bursaries and scholarships officer is about
to be filled, and a new “scholarship finder” added to the website.
“One of the challenges for postgraduate applicants is that there’s a
huge variety of types of funding available,” says Joanne Tallentire,
deputy director of admissions at Essex. “We try to work
collaboratively as a central admissions service with our
departmental and faculty colleagues so that wherever the first point
of contact for a student is, the applicant gets the right support,”
she explains. Read the article
here.
The Independent
University of Essex reveals £22m accommodation plans
The University of Essex has unveiled proposals for new accommodation
for up to 650 students. The £22m development would see a number of
town houses for 228 students and flats for an additional 420 on land
adjoining its Colchester campus. A planning application will be
submitted to Colchester Borough Council at the beginning of October.
Building work could start in April next year and the accommodation
could open in the autumn of 2013.
BBC
States of decay
A collaborative project between academics at the University of Essex
and NHS South East Essex have looked at the feasibility of selecting
appropriate check-up intervals for patients based on their risk of
developing problems.
THE
Your main gripe is roads, Mile Enders
A report just published by the Interdisciplinary Centre for
Environment and Society at the University of Essex confirms that
Mile End residents have had enough of the area’s research problems.
Their findings will be used to shape a planning document which will
help decide future development in the area.
Gazette
Computer mouse? No - a computer rat: Chip 'restores' brain function
in rodent - and could save humans
Scientists from the Tel Aviv University in Israel have used a
computer chip to restore cognitive function in a rat's brain
sparking hopes the technology could one day help humans. The chip
mimics the cerebellum, a small region of the brain which plays an
important role in motor control and movement. Francesco Sepulveda,
from the University of Essex told New Scientist: 'This demonstrates
how far we have come towards creating circuitry that could one day
replace damaged brain areas and even enhance the power of the
healthy brain.' Read the article
here
Daily Mail
Pharmacy Choice
Singularityhub.com
Denis: Are you Doddy or a Meldrew?
Scientists have discovered that we are born pre-inclined to be
either happy or glum. Professor Elaine Fox from the University of
Essex tested the DNA of 100 adults and discovered that people with
short genes are more likely to get depressed while those with long
genes are far more stable.
Huddersfield Daily Examiner
Sharks snap up Pirates stars
One club’s misfortune may be another’s gain as the Sharks look to
add to their roster ahead of the new season. The Essex Pirates, have
decided to call it a day after sponsors withdrew their funding for
the team. The Pirates joined the BBL in 2009 with the aim of
developing young players through a partnership with the University
of Essex but struggled to remain competitive on the court. However,
the Sharks are set to step in to offer two of the Pirates brightest
talents - Colin Sing and Zach Gachette.
The Star
Identifying criminals: Justice seen to be done
Identifying those who took part in the recent riots in London and
other English cities may prove easier than in past disorders, but
the recent widespread introduction of surveillance technology brings
its own problems, argues Edward Higgs from the Department of
History. Read his article
here.
History Today
5 Minutes with Nature Can Boost Mental Health
Just 5 minutes doing something in a park, in the woods or even in
your backyard can boost mental health, a new study finds.
Researchers studied data on 1,252 people drawn from 10
separate studies in the UK. They analyzed activities such as
walking, gardening, cycling, fishing, boating, horse-riding and
farming. The largest positive effect on self-esteem came from a
five-minute dose, they conclude. "For the first time in the
scientific literature, we have been able to show dose-response
relationships for the positive effects of nature on human mental
health," said University of Essex researcher Jules Pretty.
Live Science
www.personnelzone.com
Wednesday 21
Suffolk Student Receives First Class Honours
A Student from Suffolk New Collage has become the first graduate to
achieve a first class honours degree in civil engineering through
the University Campus Suffolk. Louise Hall, from Capel St Mary, was
part of the first cohort of students to complete the course and she
is thrilled with her results. "I put in a lot of hours, a lot of
weekends and evenings. I feel kind of lost without it now!" she
said.
She has been studying for five years - initially taking on a
three-year foundation degree and then opting to 'top up' with the
two year BSc (Hons) programme. Although she was based at the
college, the degrees are validated by the University of East Anglia
and Essex.
Institution of Civil Engineers
East 15 Acting School MA Acting Showcase
Paul Vale from The Stage reviews the East 15 Acting School MA
Acting Showcase which took place at the BAFTA headquarters. Read his
review
here.
The Stage
UN special rapporteur on the right to food calls for a new Green
Revolution based on agroecology
Agroecology is the application of ecological science to the study,
design, and management of sustainable agriculture. It seeks to mimic
natural ecological processes, and it emphasizes the importance of
improving the entire agricultural system, not just the plant.
The widest study ever conducted on these approaches, led by Jules
Pretty of the University of Essex, identified 286 recent
interventions of resource-conserving technologies in 57 developing
countries covering a total area of 37 million hectares in 2006.
GRAIN
Three new Trustees join Berkshire Museum Board
The Berkshire Museum Board of Trustees in Pittsfield, USA have
elected Carol Riordan as Vice President and Treasurer. Carol
received her PhD from the University of Essex and was a National
Institutes of Health post-doctoral fellow at the University of
California, Berkeley.
iBerkshires.com
The daily commute is driving women mad
Using data from the British Household Panel Study, Economist
Professor Jennifer Roberts, from the University of Sheffield has
produced a report which looks at the effects of commuting on women’s
psychological health.
news.com.au
Daily Telegraph Australia
Human chain saves girl from river mud
A human chain was formed to help save a teenage girl who was sinking
fast in mud in the river Colne near Essex University. A girl had
sunk past her waist and a man who tried to rescue her also got
stuck. A quick-thinking student spotted the girl and called the
emergency services and campus security staff.
Gazette
Health talk
David Shore, associate dean at Harvard University School of Public
Health, will give a free talk at Essex University’s Colchester
campus on Wednesday, October 5. The talk is entitled: “The Right
Start: How to launch successful change initiatives in healthcare”.
Gazette
Plans for student residences
Plans to build 650 new student bedrooms at the University of Essex
have been announced. The university has appointed developers Uliving
to design, build, finance and operate the new accommodation at the
Meadows which will cost around £22million.
East Anglian Daily Times
Cycle plans on track, despite funding blow
Improvements for cyclists in Colchester will go ahead even though a
£5million bid for funding was rejected. Essex County Council’s
application to the Department for Transport to help pay for the
Colchester Cycle Town project has been turned down, but it says
upgrades will still be made this year, including a new cycle route
linking Greenstead to Essex University.
Gazette
Firstsite: The only way is Essex
When Colchester's Firstsite Visual Arts Centre opens on Sunday it
will be the very last hurrah as far as major Lottery-funded fine
arts buildings are concerned. Designed by an international superstar
architect, the Uruguayan Rafael Viñoly.
This is not an art gallery with one or two "extra bits". It's a
visual arts centre that multi-tasks very ambitiously. No single
space, or use, completely dominates the building. The only clear-cut
architectural move is the plan-form of the building, whose spinal
curvature gives it a single continuous promenade space that
stretches between the entrance area and the restaurant at the other
end. Apart from that volume, there is no sense of a hierarchy of
Firstsite's functional spaces – the three art galleries, the
education and meeting rooms, the auditorium, the artist-in-residence
space, and the segment where Essex University’s outstanding
collection of South American art can be shown.
The Independent
Tuesday 20
New student rooms fit for 21st Century
A
new £22 million project to house the growing number of university
students in Colchester has been unveiled. A complex of town houses
will accommodate 228 students in groups of 12 and there will be
clusters of en-suite flats, providing accommodation for 420
students.
Gazette
Essex County Standard
Iconic buildings at the Uni
Hundreds of Essex undergraduates occupy the infamous uni towers and
attend lectures in the Ivor Crewe Lecture Hall. This flagship
1,000-seat lecture hall was described by Prince Charles as looking
like a dustbin. It made the shortlist for the Civic Trust Awards in
2008. Daniel Liebskind, who designed the replacement for the World
Trade Centre has agreed to design the University’s Institute of
Democracy and Conflict Resolution.
Gazette
Pair stuck up to waists in mud
Two people escaped unharmed after sinking up to their waists in the
banks of the River Colne. A 17-year old girl was spotted stuck in
the mud off Hythe Quay, near the University of Essex but when a man
went to try and free her, he too became trapped. Clacton coastguard
and Walton coastguard’s specialist mud rescue team were called to
the scene and freed the pair.
East Anglian Daily Times
How and where the millions were spent
A
£4.2 million project to turn Colchester into a Cycle Town has been
shortlisted for a national award, despite figures showing it failed
to achieve the predicted results. Projects including adding 12km
more track, training cyclists, hiring bike schemes in the town
centre and adding more than 1,200 cycle parking spaces in the town
centre, at schools and the University of Essex have helped create a
lasting cycle legacy for Colchester.
Gazette
Kent Blaxill Border
In the Premier Division, the University of Essex held firm at home
thanks to a goal from Santigie Karma, giving them a 1-0 win over
Hedinghams United. In the Premiere Reserves Division, West Bergholt
Reserves finally got their season started as they beat University of
Essex Reserves 5-1.
GreenUn24
Robotic schools of fish made from 3D printers will patrol for water
pollution
Researchers at Michigan State University are developing robotic fish
that swim in schools and navigate underwater to watch for pollution
in lakes, rivers, streams, and oceans. However, this isn’t the first
time we’ve heard of robotic fish. UK company BMT Group Limited, in
conjunction with researchers at the University of Essex, were also
building robotic fish to test for water pollution. However, these
fish are much larger than MSU’s fish, at about 1.5 meters in length
compared to Tan’s 6-inch prototype, and cost $29,000 each to make.
Geek.com
Monday 19
Michael White's conference diary: Nick Clegg is forgiven
For sheer gloom about Britain and the wider west's prospects, Vince
Cable easily outdid Paddy Ashdown in puncturing conference cheer.
However, University of Essex accountancy wizard Prem Sikka
out-gloomed them both. After the business secretary held out faint
hopes of persuading major shareholders to squeeze more outrageous
levels of executive pay Sikka explained on the conference fringe why
it's unlikely to happen. Since 1981 individual share ownership has
fallen from 28.1% to 10.2% (2008 figures), insurance and pension
fund holdings almost halved from 47.2%. Foreign investors? Up from
3.6% to 41.5%. But the average time they hang on to the shares has
dropped – from five years in the 1960s, two years in the 80s – and
around seven months today.
The Guardian
Nick Broomfield
Filmmaker magazine profiles University of Essex graduate Nick
Broomfield. You can read the article
here.
Filmmaker
Major New Arts Centre Opens This Sunday, 25 September 2011
This Sunday, firstsite opens a major new building to the public,
designed by the architect Rafael Viñoly. Spread over 3,200 square
metres and bounded by the original Roman wall of Colchester, the new
firstsite will include purpose built gallery spaces, learning spaces
for children, students and community groups, and a 190 seat
auditorium for film screenings, lectures and events.
Not to be forgotten is the UK’s largest collection of Latin American
art, which is held by the University of Essex, who are also working
in partnership with firstsite.
Apollo Magazine
Methodics Expands Global Sales Organization to meet growing demand
for IP and Design Data Management Solutions
Methodics, Inc., the leading provider of integrated solutions used
in managing design data and semiconductor intellectual property (IP)
for complex IC design, today announced the expansion of its global
sales organization with the addition of two chip industry veterans
in North America and Europe. Joining Methodics in its US
headquarters is Ali Sadeghi, while Kevin Steptoe will manage the
company's European sales and services operations. Kevin has held
executive positions at some of the most significant names in EDA,
including Cadence Design Systems, Chronologic Simulation, Avant,
Pulsic Ltd., and Magma Design Automation. He holds a BSc. Degree in
electronic engineering from the University of Essex and is a member
of the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET).
Marketwatch
and 7 other news outlets around the world
Humshaugh news
Congratulations to Callum Jones who has been accepted at one of the
most prestigious and long established theatre schools in London –
East 15 Acting School. Callum has been a member of Humshaugh Youth
Theatre group for many years and starred in nearly all their
productions, his finest one being when he played Demetrius and Snug
the Joiner in the group’s production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream at
the Edinburgh Festival a few years ago. We wish him lots of success.
Hexham Courant - online
Survey: Traffic is estate’s concern
Traffic is the biggest headache for people living in Colchester’s
Mile End estate, according to a survey carried out by the University
of Essex in July.
Gazette
Online Chatrooms in History
Today’s chat room is the grand daughter of countless many years of
development..Based on some investigation, the deeper source of the
current day chatroom may be the Multi User Dungeon software. It’s
called MUD Server and was developed by a University of Essex student
called Roy Trubshaw in the late 1970′s. The software allowed
individuals connect to people using their home computers to sign up
within an online fantasy game. The new and exciting world initiated
by online fantasy game Dungeon and Dragons, became popular specially
with this special feature where everyone an talk to anyone anytime
online. The easy game became an instant phenomenon and the program,
from the small network containing friends and acquaintances, becomes
the forefront of future developments of the chat tool. From gaming,
exactly the same chat software was widely accepted as the software
for general discussion and conversation.
Mycontent Builder
Saturday 17
New Vice-Chancellor
The new Vice Chancellor of Cardiff University has been announced as
Professor Colin Riordan. Before he embarks upon his new role in
Cardiff he currently remains the Vice Chancellor at the University
of Essex.
Gair Rhydd
Blackwater Midstream Corporation holds Annual Shareholders' Meeting
on September 12, 2011 and Election to its Board of Directors
Blackwater Midstream Corp is pleased to announce the election of
members to its Board of Directors by an overwhelming percentage of
the votes cast by its shareholders. One of those elected to the
Company's Board of Directors was William Gore, founder of Manfield
Partners Ltd, a specialist UK-based Venture Capital fund, who has
focused his career in working with emerging growth companies around
the world. He currently serves on various boards and was formerly on
the Chair of Governors at the University of Essex in the UK.
Business Wire UK
and 25 other news outlets around the world
Public consultation
Residents of Mile End and Braiswick have recently been sharing their
views on the local community in a consultation carried out by the
University of Essex. Colchester Borough Council commissioned the
university to find out what people think is special about the area
and identify any issues or areas that could benefit from future
change.
East Anglian Daily Times
Friday 16
Creative England appoints Chief Executive
Creative England has appointed Caroline Norbury as its first Chief
Executive Officer. Since 2002, Caroline has been the Chief Executive
of South West Screen and in June 2011 was appointed as Interim
Establishment Director of Creative England. She studied for her
first degree in Government at the University of Essex and has an MA
in Cultural Leadership from City University, London.
Creative Boom
Man guilty of attempted rape
A Colchester student has been convicted of sexually assaulting an
18-year old girl at the University of Essex last October and will be
charged on 10 October.
East Anglian Daily Times
Essex County Standard
BBC Essex
Dream 100
Now a redundancy victim is
making tracks to university
Professional cyclist, Tony Doyle from West Mersea is about to start
a three-year law degree at the University of Essex after studying on
the Access to Higher Education course at the Colchester Institute.
Gazette
Essex County Standard online
Thursday 15
ISI-backed Kashmir think tank resumes anti-India activities
The ISI-backed International Council for Human Rights has resumed
its anti-India activities in Europe with moderate Hurriyat
Conference chairman Mirwaiz Umer Farooq in tow. The Mirwaiz, who
flew to Geneva a few days back, was one of the speakers at a seminar
entitled human rights and peaceful protest at the United Nations
(Palais des Nations) in Geneva on Tuesday. Other speakers included
Aoifa Daly, School of Law and the Human Rights Centre at the
University of Essex and Ronald Barnes, chairman, Indigenous Peoples
and Nations Coalition.
DNA
Greater Kashmir
Gene breakthrough: 'Happy
gene' boosts optimism
Scientists claimed to have discovered a gene that they say makes a
person happy. They say part of our DNA possesses the attributes for
making a person either naturally positive or negative. To identify
the so-called ‘happy gene,’ professor Elaine Fox in collaboration
with her colleagues looked at DNA samples of 100 volunteers and
tested their responses to high emotions stimulating images,
triggering positive as well as negative emotions.
TheMedGuru.com
The Food Movement: Its Power and Possibilities
Frances Moore Lappé writes about the Food Movement and the potential
it has to transform not just the way we eat but the way we
understand our world, including ourselves. She writes about the
International Assessment of Agricultural Knowledge, Science and
Technology for Development and that it furthers an emerging
understanding that agriculture can serve life only if it is regarded
as a culture of healthy relationships, both in the field—among soil
organisms, insects, animals, plants, water, sun—and in the human
communities it supports: a vision lived by many indigenous people
and captured in 1981 by Wendell Berry in The Gift of Good Land and
twenty years later by Jules Pretty in Agri-Culture: Reconnecting
People, Land and Nature. Read her article
here.
The Nation
Axis of Logic
Common Dreams
Researching about Maltese linguistics overseas
Maris Camilleri, 22, has just obtained her Masters with distinction
in Linguistics from the University of Essex, after studying
‘Relative constructions in Maltese’ which focused on the description
and analysis of a small but very important aspect of the Maltese
grammar. Ms Camilleri is now pursuing further research at the
University of Surrey and the University of Essex.
Independent.com.mt
Celts lay plans to defend against English border raids
Wales fear losses as Scotland opens coffers in a bid to keep its AAB
students. In England, the universities of Kent and Essex have
unveiled initiatives to attract high-achieving students, including
£2,000 scholarships for students with three A grades at A-level,
regardless of family income. Read the article
here.
THE
Ludmilla Jordanova
University of Essex graduate and former University of Essex
lecturer, Ludmilla Jordanova has been appointed a trustee of the
National Museum of Science and Industry. Profesor Jordanova is a
Chair in Modern History at King’s College London.
THE
Book Review: Slow Violence
and the Environmentalism of the Poor
Professor Jules Pretty reviews ‘Slow Violence and the
Environmentalism of the Poor’ written by Rob Nixon. Read his
review
here
THE
University’s dental study
A Study by Essex University and NHS South East Essex found
proposals to offer dental appointments every two months to smokers,
heavy drinkers and people with a history of mouth cancer could be
beneficial. Dr Phillip Cannell said: "Quite where the six-monthly
check-up with the dentist originated is one of those enigmas to
which we may never know the answer.
Gazette
Schofield Sweeney move for Rashid
Law degree alumnus Amar Rashid has returned to Bradford to become a
partner at Schofield Sweeney solicitors. Mr Rashid is a banking and
corporate specialist and has in recent years developed a successful
business advisory practice. He is well known for using experience of
corporate recovery law to help businesses manage financial problems
posed by the economic downturn.
thebusinessdesk.com
Wednesday
14
Man denies trying to rape girl on campus
A man tried to rape a student near her flat at Essex University, a
court heard. The jury was told the 19-year-old student was out with
friends during fresher’s week last year when she went to one of the
nightclubs on campus. Chelmsford Crown Court was told the woman
started dancing with another student and he kissed her. Later; the
two left the club and he is alleged to have tried to rape her.
Gazette
Tuesday 13
In the deep: UoE introduces Robo Cod
Cruising around the edges and smaller isles of IBC can lead to some
startling initiatives, and those with a fine line in fish jokes
should hunt out Robo Cod amongst a set of R&D projects featured by
the University of Essex. Read the article
here.
TVB Europe
Speak Out With Your Geek Out: My gaming history from Red Box to
Third Edition
Michael "Talien" Tresca is a game designer, author, communicator,
and artist and writes about his gaming history from table-top
gaming, through to the advent of Multi-User Dungeons (MUDs) and
beyond. In 1978 MUDs were invented by Roy Trubshaw and Richard
Bartle at the University of Essex. Following in the footsteps of the
single-player computer games, MUDs allowed players to adventure
together in groups just like the Fellowship. Read the article
here.
Examiner.com
Monday 12
Open Wonderland supports drag-and-drop docs
Bernard Horan from the School of Computer Science and Electronic
Engineering writes about the features of
Open Wonderland.
Read the article
here.
Hypergrid Business
Focal Point Theatre Company Announces Their Inaugural Season
Focal Point Theatre Company (FPTC) was formed in the spring of 2010,
by local theatre artists Melissa Albertario, Morgan Manasa, Jason
Peck, and Hayley L. Rice. Artistic Director Melissa Albertario hails
from the Chicago suburb of Deerfield and holds a MA in Theatre
Directing from the University of Essex and a BA in theatre from SIU
Carbondale. BroadwayWorld.com
Town signs up for its own Military Covenant
Colchester has formalised its support for soldiers based in the town
in an Armed Forces Community Covenant. The borough council,
Colchester Garrison and the local Royal British Legion have signed
the agreement - a statement of mutual support between a civilian
community and its local Armed Forces. Colchester Garrison Commander
Colonel Tom Fleetwood said: “The British Army has a long and proud
history in Colchester and the town has always been a stalwart
supporter of soldiers and their families. “That support manifests
itself all the way from strong partnership working with institutions
such as Colchester Council, the NHS and the University of Essex to
local businesses offering military discounts and individuals raising
money for military charities or turning out when troops march
through the town”.
British Forces News
Are the Liberal Democrats Regaining Credibility?
Scott Hill from the
Huffington Post writes about Nick Clegg
and mentions that he was one of very few politicians willing to
accept the findings of the University of Essex that found that
"alienation from the political class" may have played a major role
in this summer's riots; demonstrating a willingness to listen and
understand the problems within our society. Read the article
here.
Huffington Post UK
How we’ve coped with the day the world changed forever
The Gazette speaks to people that were affected, directly and
indirectly, by the 9/11 attacks. One of these people is Dr Mateen
Durrani, a member of the Islamic Society at the University of Essex.
Gazette
Uni falls down the rankings
The University of Essex has been placed 47th in the
Sunday Times guide. A University spokesman said “ we are committed
to improving the student experience at Essex and are working on a
number of initiatives to build on our reputation as leading,
research-intensive university.
Gazette
Sunday 11
Sunday Times University Guide
The University of Essex was placed 47th in the Sunday
Times University Guide 2012. It was also placed 9th in
the country for Research.
The Sunday Times
Saturday 10
The happy gene that makes you a smiley, more positive person
If you are a cheery soul whose glass always seems half full, you can
thank your parents. You will probably be pleased to learn some of us
are born optimists who have inherited a 'happy gene'.
The finding may help to explain why some people are always miserable
while others tend to look on the bright side. Professor Elaine Fox
at the University of Essex showed more than 100 people positive and
negative pictures on a computer screen, such as growling dogs and
smiling children. Using a revolutionary computer based therapy, she
was able to measure which ones they concentrated on.
Daily Mail
Scottish Daily Express
The Mirror
and over 70 news outlets around the world
Dell Appoints Richard Teo as New President for Philippine
Operations
Dell has announced the appointment of Richard Teo as President to
lead the operations of its Philippine office. He will lead the CSMB
(Consumer, Small and Medium Business) Customer Services, which is
responsible for providing both technical and non-technical support
to customers in the US. Teo graduated with a 1st class honours BSc
in Computer & Microprocessor Systems from the University of Essex
(UK) in 1987. He also holds a Graduate Diploma in Business
Administration from Singapore Management Institute (1990).
PC World Philippines
The Physics of Terror
After studying four decades of terrorism, Aaron Clauset thinks he’s
found mathematical patterns that can help governments prevent and
prepare for major terror attacks. The U.S. government seems to
agree. Clauset and Young (later joined by University of Essex
political scientist Kristian Gleditsch) found a database of
worldwide terrorist attacks that had been maintained by the Oklahoma
City-based Memorial Institute for the Prevention of Terrorism. A
U.S. Department of Homeland Security training partner, MIPT recorded
36,018 terrorist events in 187 countries from 1968 to 2008, of which
13,407 attacks had killed at least one person. Read the article
here.
Miller-McCune.com
Get a taste of university life
University Campus Suffolk is holding the first of a series of open
events today where students can get information on course options,
finance, accommodation and student life.
East Anglian Daily Times
Friday 9
Cambridge beats Oxford to top spot in university guide
In The Sunday Times University Guide, Anglia Ruskin University came
in fourth place in East Anglia, with University of East Anglia
coming in second place and University of Essex in third place.
NHS Online
Cambridge News
Treasury loses five-year fight to conceal 40 names linked to
collapsed bank BCCI
The Treasury has lost its five-year fight to conceal the names of
40 individuals and companies linked to BCCI, the fraudulent
international bank that collapsed two decades ago. The full
publication of the report marks a victory for Professor Prem Sikka,
a freedom of information campaigner, who is an accounting academic
at the University of Essex. On Friday night, he accused the
Government of a pointless cover-up that needlessly cost taxpayer,
given that almost all of the information has now emerged through
other channels.
Daily Telegraph
Yahoo! News
BBC Essex
Professor Todd Landman, Director - IDCR
his views of the impact on 9/11 ten years on, in terms of what it
has meant to America generally and the war on terror.
Positive? It’s all in the genes
Researchers at the University of Essex have found evidence of a gene
that makes us favour either the negative or positive. Professor
Elaine Fox from the Department of Psychology tested more than 100
adults. The study used a revolutionary computer-based therapy to
reprogramme the brain to avoid people focusing on the bad. The
system is based on the idea our emotional state depends on our
tendency to lean towards the bright, or dark, sides of life.
Gazette
University holds festival to fight leprosy stigma
The University of Essex is staging a week-long event to highlight a
United Nations resolution calling for an end to the discrimination
of people affected by leprosy.
Essex County Standard
Payments Council declares
Cabinet Office's Adrian Kamellard for CEO role
The Payments Council today announced the appointment of Adrian
Kamellard as its new Chief Executive. Mr Kamellard, currently an
Executive Director within the Cabinet Office, will take up the role
on 1 November 2011. Adrian qualified as a Chartered Accountant and
studied Economics at the University of Essex.
RFPConnect.com
CCR Magazine
Business Credit News UK
FinExtra Research
Banking Technology
Stephen is hotel school’s first head
Stephen Mannock has been recruited to run the new hotel school at
the University of Essex ahead of its opening next year. When it
opens next spring after a £10million refurbishment, Wivenhoe House
is to become the first hotel school in the country which is based in
an operational hotel.
Essex County Standard
Caterersearch
Caterer and Hotelkeeper
One Punch logo may be projected on buildings by nightclubs
Late-night troublemakers may soon have a very visible reminder of
what will happen if they get into fights – a giant police campaign
logo projected on the side of buildings near troublespots.
Police launched their One Punch campaign a month ago, warning they
planned to prosecute anyone involved in drunken violence in
Colchester and Clacton. The scheme originally applied at weekends
only, but has just been extended to seven days a week. The move has
the support of Colchester Council, the NHS, Colchester Garrison and
the University of Essex.
Gazette
Triathlon girl helps Africans
Sporty ten-year old Piper-Rose Tatum has decided to take on a
triathlon to raise money for the West Mersea-based Catherine Bullen
Foundation. The money she raised will help the charity build a
canteen at a school in Namibia. The Human Performance Unit at the
University of Essex donated her sporting kit.
Essex County Standard
Man jailed for trying to rob students
A man has been jailed for 18 months after being found guilty of
trying to rob two students on 9 December 2010.
Essex County Standard
Disabled concern over town centre car ban
A Disability group is calling for a halt on plans to ban cars from
Colchester town centre because it would make the high street
“inaccessible” to many disabled people. The proposed changes would
mean that only buses, Hackney cabs and motorbikes could access the
High Street during the day. Rowena Macaulay, access and inclusion
officer at the University of Essex, also spoke at the meeting. She
added that many of the alternative parking spaces being offered were
further away or situated on a steep hill.
Cambridge First
Cambs24
Fakenham and Wells Times
Saffron Walden Reporter
Welwyn and Hatfield Times
Ipswich Evening Star
East Anglian Daily Times
Thursday 8
The New Green Revolution: How Twenty-First-Century Science can feed
the World
In this article, the UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food
Olivier De Schutter analyzes the current food crisis and concludes
that agroecology - the application of ecological science to the
study, design, and management of sustainable agriculture –holds
great promise to meet the challenges of global food insecurity. The
article mentions Professor Jules Pretty’s research which was the
widest study ever conducted on these approaches. Read the article
here.
Global Policy Forum
Acting school graduate to run half marathon
East 15 Acting School graduate, Holly Matthews, 26, is preparing to
run a half marathon in aid of research into Meningitis. Holly and
her six-month-old daughter Brooke have both suffered from
meningitis. Holly played school bully Leigh-Ann Galloway in the BBC
drama Waterloo Road and has appeared on Casualty this year.
East London and West Essex Guardian
This is Local London
The Law Society
Economic, social and cultural rights in the age of austerity will be
the topic of discussion at the Law Society’s annual human rights
symposium. Realising Economic, Social and Cultural Rights in the UK
will take place on 21st - 22nd October 2011, and will look at what
impact budget cuts have on the rights of everyone in the UK.
JustFair, which is jointly organising the event with Equality and
Human Rights Commission, the Law Society and the Human Rights Centre
(University of Essex), has received sponsorship from the Law Society
Charity for the symposium.
LawandMore.co.uk
Actress Becky Hindley goes from Corrie cobbles to the Lancaster
Dukes Theatre
Becky’s busy career has taken in radio drama, numerous theatre
appearances as well as an eight month stint on Coronation Street
where she played teacher turned stalker, Charlotte Hoyle.
With her character killed off, Becky has returned to the stage,
taking on the role of Lydia Robinson in Northern Broadside’s world
premiere of We Are Three Sisters, a new look at the story of the
Bronte sisters playing at The Dukes Theatre in Lancaster. After
taking a creative arts course at Trent Polytechnic, Becky won a
bursary to East 15 acting school in London.
Lancashire Life
Youngsters warned of drink, drug and sex perils
Young people in Colchester and Tendring are to be warned about the
perils of drugs, drinking and unprotected sex on nights out. From
Saturday, health workers will visit pubs and clubs to promote a new
young person’s health service aimed at 15 to 25-year-olds. Drop-in
clinics at Cornerstone, in Sir Isaac’s Walk, Colchester, the
University of Essex in Wivenhoe, Teen Talk, in Harwich, and the
family planning clinic at Coppins Hall, Clacton, will become
one-stop shops offering information on drugs and drinking and sexual
health.
Gazette
Lowestoft-based OrbisEnergy launches technology zone bid
Bosses of Lowestoft-based OrbisEnergy yesterday launched a bid for a
slice of £200m of government cash to create a technology innovation
centre aimed at cementing East Anglia’s position as a leading
research centre for the renewable energy industry. Backed by
renewable energy players such ScottishPower Renewables, Vattenfall
and SSE Renewables, the OrbisEnergy proposal also has the support of
the University of East Anglia, University Campus Suffolk, Essex
University and Durham as well as specialist research institutes such
as the Cefas laboratories, TWI and a new UK Centre for Innovative
Manufacturing based at Cranfield University. Read the article
here.
Lowestoft Journal
Great Yarmouth Mercury
Expressing the inexpressible: Writing after 9/11
As more time passes, as historical perspectives adjust and refocus,
more thorough collections have appeared as well as a study of that
writing; last May University of Essex professor Richard Gray,
considered Europe’s leading scholar on American literature,
published “After the Fall: American Literature Since 9/11,” the
first detailed analysis of what has been written about that day and
the cultural and international effect it has had on the United
States. What was undeniably clear was that, for many writers –in the
scope of such colossal events — language had failed them despite the
enormous amount of fine writing that has emerged in the past decade.
Read the article
here.
Downton Express
Climate change plan agreed
A plan to cope with climate change in Essex over the next 10 years
has been agreed by councillors. Essex County Council members
accepted the ‘Adapting to Climate Change Action Plan’ at a meeting
last Tuesday. It includes carrying out flood risk management,
rolling out text alerts to schools, providing transport when needed
and increased checks of elderly people during heatwaves. The council
will also hold six-monthly reviews and will work with students at
the University of Essex to create climate profiles of the county.
Yellow Advertiser
Rayleigh Today
Chelmsford Today
Billericay Today
Grays Today
Basildon Today
Wednesday 7
University’s open day
The Southend Campus of the University of Essex will be holding an
open day on Saturday 22 October. The day lets students, their
families and sixth-form groups look round the campus, meet staff and
students and view student accommodation.
Echo
Sociology
The Independent offers a
guide to studying Sociology and mentions the University of Essex as
it offers study abroad options to North and South America, Japan or
Europe.
The Independent
Tuesday 6
PERCIVIA LLC Appoints Dr. Michael Wyand as Vice President, Global
Operations and Nicholas Plumeridge as Vice President, Global
Business Development
Nicholas will be responsible for global business development for
PERCIVIA. He joins PERCIVIA with 23 years of global business
development experience Nick has a BSc in Biology from the University
of Essex (UK) and spent four years as an officer in the Royal Navy.
Pharma Live
MarketWatch
PharmiWeb
and 10 other news outlets from around the world
University open days for students
Prospective students will get the chance to see first-hand what
higher education is all about when the University of Essex holds
open days at its Colchester and Southend campuses.
East Anglian Daily Times
Gazette
Manager hired for school
Stephen Mannock has been appointed to run the new hotel school
which is due to open at the University of Essex next year. Stephen
has 20 years experience in the hospitality industry and will start
as general manager of the Edge Hotel School and Country House Hotel
in November.
Gazette
Trafficked and migrant children - Age assessment cases: a culture
of disbelief?
Kamena Dorling, Policy and Programmes Manager at the Coram
Children's Legal Centre examines the challenges faced by trafficked
children who are denied support because they have no proof of their
age.
Children and Young People Now
‘Achieve whatever goals you set yourself’, says inspirational
businessman with cerebral palsy who dreams of becoming a
professional football coach
University of Essex graduate Ahmar Mukhtar, 38, of Aylesbury who has
cerebral palsy says he wants to be an inspiration to others with the
condition. Ahmar set up his own company after he spent two years job
hunting and found that no employers were prepared to give him a
chance. He is also the manager of Elmhurst Football Club and is
studying to become a professional referee.
The Bucks Herald
Monday 5
Top British fat cats treble average bonuses
Britain's bosses have almost trebled their average annual bonuses
over the past decade while still calling for tougher anti-strike
laws to keep ordinary workers pay demands down. The High Pay
Commission's latest report found that average bonuses for FTSE 350
company directors have increased by 187 per cent since 2000.
University of Essex Accounting Professor Prem Sikka said it was a
"scandal" that "these people are paid such high sums for mediocre
performance."
Morning Star
Euro riders’ uni stop
More than 100 riders stopped at the University of Essex during a
320-mile cycling challenge. The group was travelling to Amsterdam
and Brussels as part of an event organised by Action Medical
Research.
Gazette
Man jailed for attack by river
A man has been jailed for 18 months trying to rob two students who
were on their way home when hey were approached on a path near the
River Colne at Haddon Park in December last year.
Gazette
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