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The University of Essex in the Press
September 2012
Sunday 30 September
ESCALA
Artwork from
ESCALA was featured in an Observer article
about the Public Catalogue Foundation’s Your Paintings project.
Observer
Sunday Times University Guide 2013
The University of Essex was ranked 46th in the Sunday Times
University League Table, 18th in the student satisfaction table and
9th in the research quality table.
Sunday Times
BBC Essex
News item about the Stand Tall project taking place next
summer.
Society loses from its fixed idea of what a man should be
Professor Andrew Samuels from Centre for
Psychoanalytic Studies writes to The Observer in response
to a recent article 'It's time we ditched this bogus notion
of 'real manhood'.
The Observer
Saturday 29 September
BBC Essex
Jenny Grinter talks about the Stand Tall project which will
take place next summer. Over 12 weeks, the town's streets, parks and
open spaces will be taken over by 2.62m high giraffe sculptures,
including one at the University of Essex. You can listen to the
interview on
iplayer (forward to 2:45:45).
5 minutes of green exercise boosts mental health
In only five minutes you can cure the blues, let go of stress or get
over a bad day. All you need to do is go outside and get some ‘green
exercise.’ ‘Green’ exercise is any kind of physical activity that is
done outside, from gardening in your backyard to walking through a
city park. In a study by Jo Barton and Jules Pretty published in
Environmental Science and Technology, activities like cycling,
fishing, horseback riding and farming were studied and all were
found to be beneficial for mental health he activity that you choose
to do outside isn't as important as being outside where a natural
green environment is the central focus. Greenexercise.org found that
exercising outdoors especially helped with depression, fatigue,
self-esteem and tension.
examiner.com
The art of appreciating a coastline's
caress
The nine talented artists in the Tidal Margins collective have
recently exhibited at the Peter Pears Gallery in Aldeburgh. One of
the members of the group is James Canton from the Department of
Literature, Film, and Theatre Studies at the University of Essex. He
has taught the MA in Wild Writing at the University since its
inception in 2009.
East Anglian Daily Times
Friday 28 September
BBC Two
Servants: The true history of life below stairs
Dr Pamela Cox looks at the grand houses of the Victorian
ruling elite - estates dependent on an army of staff.
You can view the episode on the BBC iplayer
here.
The viewing figures for the first episode were around 2.4
million - an 11% share.
Read reviews in the
Daily Telegraph and
The Independent.
Sports mad Kat Parnell celebrated half marathon victory
by scoring a goal for ITFC ladies without even stopping for a shower
Footballer Kat Parnell admits she was mad
for playing for Ipswich Town Ladies just hours after winning the
Ipswich Half Marathon on Sunday. The Essex sports and exercise
science graduate, who was also a London Olympic torchbearer in July,
ran the London Marathon in just over three-and-a-half hours in
April.
EADT 24
Universities 'still advertising
vacancies' before term starts
As most undergraduates prepared to start courses on
Monday, it emerged that 110 universities or higher
education colleges were advertising clearing
vacancies for British and EU students. This included
a number of prestigious institutions such as
Essex, York, Lancaster,
Leicester, Sussex, Surrey and the School of Oriental
and African Studies, London.
Daily Telegraph
The worst student unions: how does yours
compare?
The University of Essex Students'
Union scored 67% and the University 86% in the
National Student Survey.
The Guardian
Do we need nature?
The Green Exercise Research Team at the University of Essex is
showing that green exercise – or exercise undertaken in nature –
yields clear health benefits and improvements in wellbeing, with the
majority of people experiencing better mood and increased
self-esteem.
Financial Times
Choosing the right university: what makes a university
'better'?
In the most recent national Research Assessment Exercise, which
ranks universities according to the quality of their research, the
University of Essex came ninth in the UK, above Bristol, Leeds,
Sheffield and other red-brick institutions. “In social science we
were top in the country, so those wanting to study politics,
economics or sociology could do well here,” says the university’s
spokesperson Jenny Grinter. “In economics, 100 per cent of our
research was internationally recognised. In politics, 45 per cent
was world-leading. Those figures eclipse Oxford, Cambridge and some
other leading universities.”
Employability is also a priority. Jenny
Grinter at the University of Essex says employers know the courses
that suit them — and those may not exclusively be from big-name
institutions. She advises applicants to dig a little deeper.
“Consider what you want to study and how strong a particular
university is in that subject, rather than just looking for an
institution that you recognise. For example, big human rights
organisations, such as the United Nations, are full of our
graduates. People wanting to work in that field know that going to
Essex opens doors.”
The Daily Telegraph
Charlie rushes to the aid of man
injured in an A133 car crash
University of Essex law student, Charlie Goodlake came to
the aid of a man who had collapsed on a grass verge along the A133
after a crash. Charlie and his friends called an ambulance and tried
to make him comfortable until the ambulance arrived.
Colchester Gazette
University fun day for schoolchildren
Places are available for a university fun day in Harwich,
organised by the University of Essex and Tendring District Council
aimed at encouraging children to progress to higher education.
Colchester Gazette
East Anglian Daily Times
'This place is incredible'
Next week cannot come quick enough for the Lakeside
Theatre's new artistic director, Ian Tidbury, or Tid, as he is known
by everyone on the Wivenhoe Park campus. Tid says "I want to make
the Lakeside a cultural retreat not just for audiences but for
performers and artists as well. "
Essex County Standard
Produce study is launched
The impact of buying and selling local food produce is
to be investigated in a major research project carried out by the
University of Essex and funded by the East of England Co-operative
and the British Academy.
Essex County Standard
Seminar eases growing pains
A special seminar has been held at the University of
Essex to help support innovative companies seeking to grow their
businesses. The seminar provided an opportunity to look at what
helps businesses to innovate successfully.
Essex County Standard
Zoo's birthday project attracting
major interest
Businesses, including the University of Essex are
taking part in the Stand Tall project which will take place next
summer when over 12 weeks, the town's streets, parks and open spaces
will be taken over by 2.62m high giraffe sculptures.
Essex County Standard
Survivors tell pupils horrors of
Holocaust
More than 80 pupils from eight schools listened to
Holocaust survivors talk about their experiences at an event at the
University of Essex. The event also launched the Dora Love prize, a
special awards programme established in memory of Holocaust
survivor, Dora Love.
Colchester Gazette
MBA will pay for employers
Colchester Institute's Centre for Business,
Management and Computing is enrolling for its MBA course. The MBA
which starts in October is being validated by the University of
Essex.
Essex County Standard
Thursday 27 September
45,000 reasons why we're already
seeing an Olympics legacy
Borough Councillor Tina Bourne talks to the Colchester
Gazette about the Colchester Partnership for London 2012, set up to
ensure the town tapped into the potential of having the Games on
Essex's doorstep. The group was made up of representatives of
organisations from across the borough, including the University of
Essex.
Colchester Gazette
'England does
not
love
Coalitions' (but
it
will
have to
get
used to
them)
Academic research from the University of Essex has found that 'on
the basis of overall left-right placement, the agreement was closer
to the Liberal Democrat manifesto than to the Conservative one'. For
any coalition partner, particularly a junior one, this should be
seen as an overarching triumph. Read Alan Wager's
article in the Huffington Post
here.
Huffington Post
Irish Budget
2013: ESRI launches 'Budget Perspectives 2013' conference; People
better off working than on dole
The ESRI (Economic and Social Research Institute) launches the
pre-budget season today with its 'Budget Perspectives 2013'
conference and the 15th conference will examine issues of interest
from both macroeconomic and microeconomic standpoints. The institute
has published 3 papers overnight dealing with work incentives
and one of these is from Professor
Mike Brewer from the
University of Essex will outline his analysis which will shows that,
if successful, the Universal Credit,
a single welfare payment for working-age adults,
would make the welfare system more effective and coherent. But it
will create winners and losers in the process: couples with children
will gain from it and, when transitional protection expires, lone
parents will lose.
Finfacts
Back to the soil
Rapid decline of natural fertility of farmland as well as poorer
quality of food produced on it has led to a re-discovery of the
benefits of organic farming methods by farmers in many parts of the
world, including India. Jules Pretty has
analysed 45 non-chemical agricultural initiatives spread across 17
African countries. From these some 730,000 farming households have
substantially improved their food production and food security. In
95 per cent of the projects where yield increases were the aim
cereal yields have improved by 50-100 per cent.
Deccan Herald
Drinking advice for freshers
Freshers at the University of Essex are to be given
life-saving lessons and safe drinking advice by ambulance teams as
part of their 'What to do when your Mate's had a few'.
Colchester Gazette
Harlow Star Series
'Poor' school kids opt for packed
lunch
More and more poor school children are shunning free school meals
and opting for a packed lunch, according to research carried out by
the University of Essex.
Colchester Gazette
Essex County Standard
Appointments
The director of the International Academy at the University of
Essex, Stuart Bannerman has been second to University Campus Suffolk
to take up the position of director of international.
Times Higher Education
Join our club in Colchester -
Archaeology and History Society
Secretary, John Hayward talks about the Society's
library at the University of Essex where researchers can find
considerable information.
Essex Life
Hawkins Wharf, The Hythe
This riverside development features one, two and
three-bedroom apartments with secure underground parking and is
conveniently placed for the University of Essex and parents of
students at the University have purchased properties for their sons
or daughters as it offers excellent accommodation close to the
campus.
Essex Life
Wednesday 26 September
All-girl schools show edge
International research has shown that women who went to all-girl
schools are more competitive than their counterparts.
The behaviour of 260 students of both sexes was compared in a joint
study between the Australian National University and
the University of Essex in England. They
were asked to enter a competition that included a small financial
reward. Girls from single-sex schools and boys from both single-sex
and co-ed schools were equally likely to behave competitively in the
experiment. Girls from co-ed schools were much less likely to
participate, but the likelihood of girls participating rose after
they were placed in single-sex groups.
The New Zealand Herald
The political and social impact of the
Olympics and Paralympics
Dr Tom Scotto and Professor Eric Smith from spoke at a Breakfast
Briefing held at the Colchester Campus on the impact of the
Olympics.
Anglia News
BBC Essex (listen
here from 1:42:12)
Heart FM
ITV News
New artistic director has high hopes for Lakeside
The Gazette spoke to the University’s new artistic director for the
Lakeside Theatre, Ian Tidbury about the
University and his plans for the Theatre: "I want to make the
Lakeside a cultural retreat not just for audiences, but for
performers and artists as well. This place is incredible, away from
the hustle and bustle of town. It has beautiful parkland with pretty
lakes, plus some incredible architecture to explore. I want it to be
a centre for the community to meet up and work together in a kind of
creative bubble, but I also want people to see it as basically a
great night out. Come and have a walk around the park, get a pizza,
see an amazing show."
Colchester
Gazette
Study begins into
effects of buying
locally
A university is to look at the impact of buying local food and drink
as part of a major research project. The University of Essex is to
begin a year-long project to see if buying and selling
locally-sourced food really does contribute to the well-being of
suppliers and consumers. It will also capture the views of farmers
on how this affects their livelihoods. Dr Zareen Bharucha, a
research officer at the university's Essex Sustainability Institute,
said, “There has been an explosion of political, practical and
academic interest in local food, but the evidence-base on its
precise contributions to mental and physical health is still
patchy.”
Speciality Food – online
Trees 'boost African
crop yields and
food security'
The nitrogen-fixing roots of certain trees provide valuable
nutrients to resource-poor arable land. Planting trees that improve
soil quality can help boost crop yields for African farmers, an
assessment shows. 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 and were commented on by the
editor-in-chief of the International Journal of Agricultural
Sustainability, Professor Jules Pretty from the University of Essex.
He said that 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.
www.sudanvisiondaily.com
Fresh advice for new students on lasting the course
FROM today the region's ambulance service will be giving university
freshers lessons in life-saving in preparation for their next three
years of work and play. Now that mum and dad are no longer around
students will need a new life-saver, so paramedics from the East of
England Ambulance Service NHS Trust (EEAST) will be at freshers'
fairs this week demonstrating how to give CPR and much more.
The team will also be at Cambridge
University next Tuesday and Wednesday (October 3 and 4) and finally
concluding their tour at the University of Essex on Saturday,
October 6.
Herts & Essex Observer - online
Tuesday 25 September
Talk Sport
Dr Valerie
Gladwell being interviewed about the fact some footballers are using
saliva testing to assess and improve their performance.
Public rejects plans for regional pay
Most of the public are opposed to regional pay, new research by the
TUC revealed on Monday. A survey of more than 1,000 adults found
that only one in four supported the idea of different wage rates for
nurses, teachers and other workers in different parts of the
country. Accounting Professor Prem Sikka of the University of Essex
warned of the devastation to communities if the policy was
enacted."The government seems hell-bent on creating new ghettoes,
destroying morale at work and finding new scapegoats for the crisis
caused by speculators, bankers and gamblers," he told the Star.
"Instead it should be focusing on investment, economic growth and
harnessing workers' involvement in corporate government to rebuild
the economy."
Morning Star – online
LACA response to ISER research into free school
meals
Local Authority Caterers Association (LACA) gives its comments
regarding a study by the University of Essex’s Institute for Social
and Economic Research (ISER) into the factors that inhibit Free
School Meal take up. ISER estimates that although 1.1 million
children are entitled to Free School Meals (FSMs), around 300,000
are not taking them up or registering for the benefit. According to
the study, over 25% of children entitled to FSMs take a packed lunch
instead because they fear being stigmatised. The study revealed that
segregation and stigmatisation are the two key factors that are
affecting FSM take up. Read the full article
here.
LACA
Here's cooking with you
Essex Life talks to Paul Boorman from Wivenhoe House hotel
about food memories, kitchen disasters and his favourite dish.
Essex Life
The Essex Archipelago
Essex boosts no less than 19 islands off its coastline and
Professor Jules Pretty OBE, author and deputy Vice-Chancellor at the
University of Essex, is an expert on our own archipelago. Nicky
Adams from Essex Life asks Jules more about the unique
features of our Essex islands.
Essex Life
Movers and shakers
Law firm Barker Gotelee has appointed University of
Essex law graduate Amanda Crowe as a solicitor. She has been a
trainee solicitor with Barker Gotelee since August 2010.
A member of the personal tax, trusts and
probate team at Birkett Long, Kayleigh O'Donnell obtained a first
class law degree with honours from the University of Essex. She will
qualify as a solicitor shortly.
East Anglian Daily Times
Study could give food for thought
The impact of buying and selling local food produce is
to be investigated in a major research project by the University of
Essex, funded by the East of England Co-operative Society and the
British Academy.
East Anglian Daily Times
Colchester Gazette
BBC Essex
Lion stars in new play
The infamous Essex Lion is the subject of a new radio
play written by University of Essex student, Luke Hayes. It will be
available from Colchester's Frequency Theatre.
Colchester Gazette
Final countdown begins for Virgin Media’s 100
day game
project
Virgin Media is counting down the days as it gears up to reveal an
all new mobile game ‘Superfluid’, as the developers head towards the
critical final stages of the project, bringing to life their new
game concept in just 100 days. The team from the
University of Essex won Virgin Media’s 100 Day Game Project,
run in association with Eurogamer and The
University of Abertay in Dundee, championing the talent of young
developers in the UK. Read the article
here.
MCV
Gamasutra
Financial experts on board PI
Pengang Institute has
appointed Dr Wong Chin Huat as a fellow. He obtained his first
degree in Economics from Universiti Malaya, a Masters in Industrial
and Organizational Psychology from Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
and a PhD in Political Science from the University of Essex. His
doctoral dissertation analysed the electoral system and party
politics in Peninsular Malaysia.
The Star online
Monday 24 September
Buying food locally
A study of the benefits of buying food locally is being conducted at
the University of Essex.
BBC Essex news item
The September Taxcast: whistleblowers,
Accountants, Bangladesh - and more
A whistleblower reward threatens banking secrecy -
where will the money go next? Bangladesh considers expanding a
regressive VAT tax and Professor Prem Sikka on the neglected role of
the Big Four accountancy firms aka the 'pin-stripe mafia.'
Tax Justice Network
Heavy or moderate interval training equally
heart healthy
That's the message of an article that was published ahead of print
in the European Journal of Applied Physiology at the end of last week. During a six-week
experiment, Mark Rakobowchuk and his colleagues from the University
of Essex and the University of Leeds investigated
which protocols would elicit
more favorable changes in carotid artery stiffness, blood
pressure, and heart rate variability in a group of 20 healthy,
previously untrained young men and women.
SuppVersity - Nutrition and Exercise Science for
everyone
UN special rapporteur
Dr Ahmed Shaheed, a UN special rapporteur for Iran, is to spend the
next year at the University of Essex. He will be a visiting
professor of human rights practice.
Colchester Gazette
Minivan News
100 years ago 1 in 4 of us would have been servants ...
and we wouldn’t have been very Abbey about it
Social historian Dr Pamela Cox believes their secret history has
been brushed under the carpet. Now she reveals the truth in her BBC2
series Servants: The True Story Of Life Below Stairs, which starts
on Friday. Read the article
here.
The Sun
Sunday 23 September
Thousands of pupils shamed out of free school meals
300,000 prefer to take a packed lunch rather than face 'stigma' of
sitting apart from friends, research shows.
More than a quarter of children entitled to free school meals
take a packed lunch instead because they fear being stigmatised,
according to a study by the Institute for Social and Economic
Research.
The Observer
Children and Young People Now
Local Government Chronicle
'There's money in chatting patois'
Ii is the view of many that the Jamaican
patois is of little use outside of Jamaica, and that the learning of
English, which is the language of international business, law and
science, should emphasised. But while not disputing the urgent need
for more Jamaicans to become competent in the use of the English
language, a number of persons are busy improving their economic
status, largely because of their proficiency to 'chat patois'. Dr
Andre Haughton of UWI's Department of Economics concurred with the
other presenters, noting that when he was pursuing his PhD at the
University of Essex in the United Kingdom in 2007, everyone he met
wanted to come to Jamaica because they were fascinated to hear him
speak. "When people see us as Jamaicans, they see us as a unique set
of people, and uniqueness comes in the culture, in tourism. It's
tied up with the music also, and international negotiations," he
said.
Jamaican Observer
The October project comes to Surbiton
An art exhibition celebrating friendship and artistic endeavour
through a series of paintings, prints, photography and drawings is
coming to Surbiton next month. Su Collins will be
exhibiting her artwork at the Cornerhouse throughout October.
Mrs Collins, who lives in Surbiton, has been involved with the
Cornerhouse for more than 10 years. She studied history of art at
Essex University and says she draws “for fun” using pencil and
pastel to interpret the human form.
Streatham Guardian
Saturday 22 September
Servants: A life below stairs
From Upstairs, Downstairs to Gosford Park and Downton Abbey, TV
dramas and films have made us care about the characters below
stairs. Domestic service was Britain's biggest employer a century
ago, but how have things changed over the years? "If we look at the
1891 and 1911 census we see a really interesting fact emerging. In
1891, the number of indoor domestic servants is 1.38 million, which
is a pretty high number," says Dr Pamela Cox, senior lecturer in
sociology at the University of Essex. Read the
article here.
BBC News
Computer pioneer to be honoured by UCS
Entrepreneur Dame Stephanie 'Steve' Shirley will be honoured at a
University Campus Suffolk graduation ceremony on 29 September
alongside 190 graduating students at the Bury St Edmunds campus.
East Anglian Daily Times
Poetry Focus On: Tiffany Anne Tondut
Tondut is a confessional poet, performance poetry tutor at The City
Lit and columnist for The Chap magazine. She
undertook her Bachelor of Arts in Literature and Theatre Studies at
the University of Essex, from which she
graduated with First Class Honours in 2005. Her first play Plagued
was performed at The Lakeside Theatre. Over the next three years she
developed her playwriting with The Soho Theatre before returning to
poetry. In 2008 she won a publication in Poetry News followed by
appearances in magazines including Nutshell and Rising. She has a CW
Poetry MA from Kingston University.
Eyewear
Friday 21 September
Servants: The True Story of Life Below Stairs, BBC Two,
Preview
Dr Pamela Cox discusses her startling series about the lives of
servants. Read her article
here.
The Daily Telegraph
Royal opening for Wivenhoe House and the Edge Hotel
School
HRH The Duke of Kent described Wivenhoe House, home of the Edge
Hotel School in Colchester, as "unique" when he opened what is the
UK's first hotel school where degree students combine their studies
with work in a commercial luxury hotel.
Caterer and Hotelkeeper
Edge
Nuruddin Farah: a life in writing
The Guardian interviews novelist, playwright and
University of Essex graduate, Nurriddin Farah who left
Somalia in 1974 to do a master's degree in theatre at
the University of Essex.
The Guardian
Time versus
distance for pacing
(and training)
Runner's World looks at a graph from
a study just published in Medicine & Science in Sports &
Exercise, from Dominic Micklewright's group at the University
of Essex.
Runner's World
BBC Look East
Coverage of the Duke of Kent's visit to Wivenhoe House. The
report starts at 15:48. You can view it
here.
Court Circular
The Duke of Kent visited Edge Hotel School at the
University of Essex, Wivenhoe Park.
The Times
Duke visits to open hotel school
The country's first ever hotel school, based in
Wivenhoe, has been given the Royal seal of approval. During his
visit he met with students and staff and was given a tour by general
manager Stephen Mannock. The Duke unveiled a commemorative plaque,
before having lunch in the Hotel's Signatures Restaurant, prepared
by Executive Chef Paul Boorman.
East Anglian Daily Times
Colchester Gazette
Essex County Standard
Chelmsford Weekly News
Expert reveals what life was really
like for servants
Dr Pamela Cox, a senior lecturer in the sociology
department at the University of Essex is presenting a new BBC2 show,
called Servants: The True Story of Life below Stairs.
Essex County Standard
Servants: the True Story of Life below
Stairs
Dr Pamela Cox tiptoes around the social minefields involved in the
hiring and firing of the help, while looking at the daily grind of
keeping a country house ticking over. She provides lots of
fascinating little details about the rigid hierarchy, not just above
stairs, but below too, where there was a well-established picking
order with senior servants wielding power.
Radio Times
Work on £26m university extension to
start in January
Work on a £26million extension at the University of
Essex will start in January. The student centre will provide
information about accommodation, finance and support services under
one roof, as well as IT facilities, a media room and a reading room.
It is due to open in late 2014.
Essex County Standard
Pair sign their latest crime novel
Thriller writer Martyn Waites will be at Waterstones tomorrow
promoting his latest book Creeper, co-written with his wife Linda
under the pseudonym Tania Carver. Martin was asked to be a
University of Essex Fellow in the Department of Literature, Film,
and Theatre Studies and regularly visits the department to give
lectures to students.
Colchester Gazette
Has John found the infamous Richard
III?
Dr John Ashdown-Hill, who studied for his PhD at the
University of Essex has been a key player in what could turn out to
be one of Britain's most important archaeological discoveries in
decades. Dr Ashdown-Hill, an expert in medieval monasticism,
travelled to Leicester for the dig and personally carried the
excavated bones from the site, believed to be those of Richard III.
Essex County Standard
Prisons in Latin America - A
journey into hell
Far from being secure places of rehabilitation, too many of the
region’s jails are violent incubators of crime. But there are some
signs of change. Read
comments made
by Andrew Coyle, from the
International Centre for Prison Studies at the
University of Essex.
The Economist
Professor needs help to free the Lady
of Layer Marney from curse
Professor Charles Young of the Department of Lost
Historical Treasures is back again, looking for families to help him
find some hidden treasure. After popular treasure walks around the
University of Essex, this quest will take place at Layer Marney.
Essex County Standard
Thursday 20 September
Tax-Free
Capitalism
Tax dodging is one of the largest businesses in the world
according to a landmark study entitled “The Pin-Stripe Mafia: How
Accountancy Firms Destroy Societies,” Austin Mitchell (MP, UK House
of Commons) & Prem Sikka (University of Essex).
Counterpunch
UK Progressive
Dr Pam is bringing the lives of
servants to TV
University of Essex lecturer, Dr Pamela Cox is making her TV debut
presenting a show abut servants' lives. Servants: The true story of
life below stairs begins on Friday 28 September.
Colchester Gazette
Cream of culinary talent
Paul Boorman of Wivenhoe House was one of the judges
of the Chef of the Year in the Essex Food and Drink awards.
Go!
Wednesday 19 September
Skillful restoration awarded plaque by
society
The Southend Civic Society has commended the University of Essex
for its conversion of a 150-year old church
into a successful theatre and studio.
Southend Echo
A Household of Witches - the Leimbach Case and Witch Belief
In 1652 the Leimbach
family in Germany were accused by a neighbouring child of being
witches, and tried accordingly. Dr Alison Rowlands, senior lecturer
in European history at the University of Essex, explores the event
from the perspective of the community and the authorities, examining
the prevailing fears and concerns of both at
Treadwell's Bookshop.
Timeout.com
Summer with STEM Team East
While school was 'Out for Summer’, Cambridgeshire and Bedfordshire
STEM Ambassadors and school pupils were busy! Congratulations to
over 50 Yr 12 pupils who spent their holidays taking part in
research projects as part of the Nuffield Bursary Scheme and for
British Science Association Gold CREST Awards. Thank you to the STEM
Ambassadors, organisations and companies who hosted these students -
including the University of Essex - who
gave up their time and shared their incredible knowledge and
expertise with the next generation of STEM Professionals.
Cambridge Network
Slight inflation drop 'won't help workers'
Ministers welcomed figures showing a slight drop in inflation
yesterday - but economists warned that working people will see no
benefit. The consumer price index (CPI) rate of inflation fell to
2.5 per cent in August, from 2.6 per cent the previous month, the
Office for National Statistics (ONS) said. Professor Prem Sikka
said "Ordinary people have seen transport,
food and energy costs go through the roof and bear no resemblance to
the ONS figures. It is time to reconstitute the index," he said.
"Even with these low figures, the living standards of many people
have been eroded as people face wage freezes and welfare cuts."
Morning Star
£26 million projects gets go ahead
VP for Education at the Students' Union Zain Kukaswadia
talks to Dream 100 about the benefits to students of the planned new
Student Centre and extension to the Albert Sloman Library.
Dream 100
Get it Writ
Essex Book Festival, which the University supports, has launched a
new short story competition. The six best stories will be read at
the start of the Festival next year. For more information see
www.essexbookfestival.org.uk/extras.
Gazette
John Bercow interviewed by Jemima Khan
Speaker of the House of Commons and Essex alumni John Bercow MP is
profiled.
Read full article.
New Statesman
The art of baking
English Literature student Katie Byrne discusses our obsession with
baking.
Read her article.
Running in Heels – Pan European comment for the modern
woman
Clearing
University of Essex mentioned briefly in overview of the Clearing
situation in the region.
Watch the full piece on BBC iPlayer (interview starts after
8mins50secs).
Look East
Tuesday 18 September
Heart Radio
Chris Woodman, Estate Management Section
Re: £26m student centre
Moving end to my 20-year quest to find
Richard III
Dr John Ashdown-Hill, who studied for his PhD at the University of
Essex has been a key player in what could turn out to be one of the
Britain's most important archaeological discoveries in decades. Dr
Ashdown-Hill is an expert on King Richard III and it was his book
which sparked the search for the body of the infamous monarch. Last
week, archaeologists in Leicester announced they had unearthed a
skeleton which could be that of Richard.
Colchester Gazette
Green light given to £26m uni complex
A new £26 million state-of-the-art student complex has been given
the green light by planners and the University of Essex will now out
out a tender to find a contractor for the centre, which is expected
to be finished towards the end of 2014. Among the facilities that
the new building will provide are a "one-stop shop" for
student services, new IT facilities, state-of-the-art media centre,
24-hour reading room and an extension to the Albert Sloman Library.
East Anglian Daily Times
ITV news
CNplus.co.uk
Strong turn-out for Trust meeting
More than 200 people attended the Annual Public Meeting of NHS North
Essex Partnership held at the University of Essex.
East Anglian Daily Times
Monday 17 September
BBC Radio 3
Writer and academic Jules Pretty of the University of Essex
explores Rachel Carson's celebrated book about the environment,
Silent Spring. You can listen to the
programme on the iplayer
here.
Help! I'm feeling
overwhelmed
Reader question: Lately I've been feeling constantly overwhelmed by
demands at home and at work. Are there strategies I can use to help
me get my head above water? A study by researchers at the University
of Essex (England) found that just 5 minutes a day of exposure to
nature is all you need to improve your mood and self-esteem.
Darien Patch
Woodridge Patch
Blake Harrison
Blake Harrison is an English actor and dancer who is most well
known for playing Neil Sutherland in the E4 comedy The
Inbetweeners. He attended the BRIT School in 2003 and the East
15 Acting School in 2007, before appearing in The Inbetweeners
and two episodes of The Bill for ITV as Pete Monks in 2008. He has
also appeared in fringe theatre productions, such as The Accidental
Lives of Memories as well as Market Boy and Richard III while
training.
Hollywood Previews
Wick names Steve Phillips board chairman
University of Essex Electronics graduate,
Steve Phillips has been elected chairman of the board of Wick
Communications Co. He is senior
vice president and chief information officer for Avnet, Inc., a
Phoenix-based global technology distributor and
also a member of the Avnet Executive Board and a corporate
officer. He is chairman emeritus of the board of the Arizona
Technology Council, a trade association that connects, represents
and supports Arizona’s technology industry, and served as chairman
from 2008 through 2011.
Inside Tucson Business
Essex University wants builder for £26m
student centre
The University of Essex will go out to tender next month for a new
£26m Student Centre and extension to the Albert Sloman Library at
its Colchester Campus. The project has been granted planning
permission and once a contractor is on board work is due to start in
January 2013 with a completion date set for late 2014.
Construction Enquirer
If
we lose training times battle, we'll quit youth football, claims
Cowling
Colchester United owner Robbie Cowling has said that if the club
aren't allowed to extend its training hours at their new ground in
Tiptree then youth football could be under threat and 34 jobs lost.
The club moved to the new complex after years training at the
University of Essex and other sites.
Colchester Gazette
Understanding Indonesia's changing religious society
University of Essex Sociology PhD student,
Amika Wardana writes for the Asia News Network.
You can read his article
here.
Asia News Network
Jakarta Post
Sunday 16 September
Does ‘green withdrawal’ influence our winter blues?
In a new study published in Environmental Science and Technology,
a team from the University of Essex examined the way in which visual
color influenced mood and perceived exertion during exercise.
Hiking Research
All-girl schools show edge
International research has shown that women who went to all-girl
schools are more competitive than their counterparts.
The behaviour of 260 students of both sexes was compared in a
joint study between the Australian National University and
the University of Essex in England.
They were asked to enter a competition that included a small
financial reward. Girls from single-sex schools and boys from both
single-sex and co-ed schools were equally likely to behave
competitively in the experiment. Girls from co-ed schools were much
less likely to participate, but the likelihood of girls
participating rose after they were placed in single-sex groups.
The New Zealand Herald
DJ Zane Lowe to tour UK Universities with Nokia Lumia
DJ Zane Lowe will be touring 16 UK universities in 30 days sponsored
by Nokia Lumia and will be appearing at the
University of Essex on 11 October. Zane has previously been a
VJ on MTV and presented MTV Rocks on Gonzo and currently presents
BBC1’s Evening show.
WMPoweruser.com
Saturday 15 September
The gender
agenda: developing an economic policy of equality
Professor Diane
Elson is one of the world's most respected
economic thinkers on development and gender, a pioneer in her field
who has managed to keep ''gender'' alive as a legitimate issue for
more than four decades. Now an Emeritus Professor at the University
of Essex, Elson was in Australia recently to deliver the fifth
annual Ted Wheelwright Lecture at Sydney University. She used the
event to talk about the ways in which the financial crisis is
hurting men and women in very different ways.
Read the article
here.
Sydney Morning Herald
Brisban Times
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Getting children to aim higher in life
The University of Essex and Tendring Council have joined forces
to organise a university fun day for School
children in Harwich. The event will
involve three interactive and exciting sessions
with a focus on history, psychology and science in action to
engage young people not only in academic subjects but also their
local area.
East Anglian Daily Times
New challenge for UCS chief
Stuart Bannerman has joined University Campus Suffolk as Director of
International. He is being seconded from the University of
Essex for two years and will take responsibility for the
advancement of the international agenda at UCS, working closely with
other Directors and the Heads of School to deliver UCS's aims in
regard to internationalisation of the curriculum, distance learning
and student recruitment.
East Anglian Daily Times
Friday 14 September
Civilisation's alternative roots
'Spectacularly erudite' survey of Enlightenment and
post-Enlightenment philosophy highlights some morally dubious
aspects. Professor David Conway is a
visiting fellow at the School of Philosophy and
Art History at
the University of Essex and reviews 'Socrates
and the Jews' by Miriam Leonard.
You can read his review
here.
Jewish Chronicle
Colchester really is getting back to
work
The University of Essex has a role to play in driving
Colchester forward and Councillors have welcomed a report by Dr
Janice Pittis, Director of the Research and Enterprise office, which
showed the university's turnover plus the spending of staff and
students, contributed an estimated £200million to the local economy.
The figure is expected to grow when the Knowledge Gateway is
completed.
Colchester Gazette
Stodel left numb by penalty
University of Essex student, Scott Moorhouse's quest for a
Paralympic medal has come to an end. The 23-year old finished
seventh in last Friday's F42 javelin final at the Olympic stadium.
Essex County Standard
University team is up for award
The Professional Development Studies team at the
University of Essex has been shortlisted in the Times Higher
Education awards in the Outstanding Employer Engagement category.
Essex County Standard
Company HQ rocks says fashion fan
University of Essex graduate Katie Byrne won the
chance to join the team at Company magazine and help produce the
October issue.
Essex County Standard
Thursday 13 September
Youngsters urged to aim high at university fun day
The University of Essex and Tendring Council have joined forces
to organise a university fun day for School
children in Harwich. The event will
involve three interactive and exciting sessions to engage young
people not only in academic subjects but also their local area. The
event is free of charge and open to young people attending Harwich
and Dovercourt High School, Manningtree High School, Tendring
Technology College and their feeder primary schools.
Harwich and Manningtree Standard
Animal charity's Jeremy gets uni
honour
Animal welfare campaigner, Jeremy Hulme has been awarded an honorary
degree by Writtle College. The College's degrees are validated by
the University of Essex.
Colchester Gazette
Oscar Arias Sánchez
University of Essex graduate, University of Essex
Honorary Graduate (1988) and former president of Costa Rica is
profiled on
biography.com.
Biography.com
John Bercow
Jemima Khan interviews University of Essex graduate
and Honorary Graduate John Bercow MP.
The New Statesman
Bargain hunters in frenzy at Chelmsford Primark opening
PRIMARK pandemonium hit Chelmsford as thousands of shoppers flooded
through the doors on its first day of trading. Shop assistants
Nicola Boyle, 19, and Rebecca Reffell, 21, were already tidying the
dresses section, just a few hours after opening on September 6.
University of Essex student Rebecca, of Chelmsford, said: "We have
been sorting out rails all day, and helping people.
Essex Chronicle
Global R&D team to play key role in development and
adoption of SDN and OpenFlow technologies
Earlier this year, teams from ADVA Optical Networking and the
University of Essex unveiled an SDN testbed showcasing a common
OpenFlow control capable of dynamically operating both packet and
wavelength switches. As part of the OFELIA project, this was the
industry's first glimpse into an automated network with OpenFlow in
the optical wavelength-switched domain and highlighted the potential
for true network virtualization across multiple network layers.
PR Zoom
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Wednesday 12 September
THINK 2012 poll sees young people choose family over
faith
A poll commissioned by BBC Religion and Ethics as part of BBC
RE:THINK 2012 Festival suggests young people think caring for family
and putting others before yourself is more important than having
religious faith or belief.
BBC Religion and
Ethics has also commissioned new analysis on religious observance,
from NatCen Social Research surveys, British Social Attitudes (BSA)
and Understanding Society. The latest figures on religion from BSA
have not been released until now.
BBC News
The Tablet
Dr Pam Cox on BBC Radio
Four’s Midweek
Dr Pam Cox from the Department of Sociology was one of the
guests on the weekly programme chaired by Hardeep Singh Kohli. She
talked about her new BBC Two series on the history of servants
Fellow guests include Pam Ayres, John Taylor and Sean Hughes.
Midweek
London Underground map gets curves in lecturer's
design
Psychologist Dr Maxwell Roberts has spent the last 10 years studying
global underground maps and has just published a book on the
subject.
Read
full article.
Listen to his interview with Etholle George on BBC Essex.
BBC New online
BBC Essex
Tuesday 11 September
Katie's magazine chance
University of Essex literature graduate, Katie Byrne won the chance
to join the team at Company magazine and help produce the October
issue. She was one of eight aspiring fashion journalists picked in a
nationwide competition.
Colchester Gazette
Lowy's mall strikes Olympic legacy gold
Frank Lowy's Westfield mega-mall in
London's docklands stands as the most prominent legacy of the 2012
Olympics, according to two English academics. His Stratford shopping
centre, the biggest mall in Europe, created 18,000 jobs and 300
retail outlets inside the Olympic precinct, and 90 per cent of
spectators walked through it to get to London's Olympic Park every
day of the Olympics and Paralympics. "It was the real story of the
Olympics," social researcher Dick Hobbs of Essex University told a
symposium at the University of Western Sydney's Parramatta campus on
Tuesday. Read the article
here.
news.com.au
Brisbane Courier Mail
Nine MSN
Monday 10 September
BBC Essex
Alex Burdumy from the 'Languages
for All' programme talks about learning a
new language.
Uni up for top award
The University of Essex has been nominated for a top award for its
Professional Development Studies team who have been shortlisted in
the Times Higher Education awards in the Outstanding Employer
Engagement category.
Colchester Gazette
Services showcase
North Essex Partnership will showcase some of its services ahead of
its annual publication meeting this week. It starts at 2pm at the
Ivor Crewe Lecture Hall at the University of Essex, followed by the
meeting at 5pm.
East Anglian Daily Times
Dan Bukar Foundation hosts
best UK Varsity Graduate
The Dan Bukar Educational foundation held a reception in
Abuja for Rukayya Mustapha Bukar, a Nigerian from Daura in Katsina
State, who recently graduated with first class in telecommunication
engineering from the University of Essex United Kingdom.
AllAfrica.com
Reidy: Statute of limitations should not be excuse for
withholding justice
University of Essex Alumnus of the Year (2002),
Aisling Reidy writes about the situation in Turkey. Read her article
here.
Today's Zaman
Sunday 9 September
Seminars for autumn 2012 at the Institute of
Historical Research
Profesor John Walter from the Department of
History will be giving a seminar at the Institute of Historical
Research entitled 'The English spring: 1641 and the making
and taking of the Protestation oath'.
Institute of Historical Research blog
Saturday 8 September
Playing the Hero: Why we make good moral choices in
video games
Last month, developer Telltale Games released statistics on The
Walking Dead, its latest point-and-click adventure game series, and
found that when it came to making difficult, often morally ambiguous
decisions, the majority of players tried to do the “right” thing,
even if it meant endangering their characters or others. A 2011
study by the University of Essex published in an issue of
Psychological Science, investigated the idea that millions of people
around the world enjoy playing video games because they allow people
to “try on different hats.” “A game can be
more fun when you get the chance to act and be like your ideal
self,” explained study co-author Dr. Andrew Przybylski. “The
attraction to playing video games and what makes them fun is that it
gives people the chance to think about a role they would ideally
like to take and then get a chance to play that role.”
GamesBeat
Raise Your Athletic IQ
Whether you're trying to finish your first race, nail a PR, or
increase your weekly mileage, runners who are most successful in
achieving their goals have a high "athletic intelligence." That's a
catchy way of saying these athletes are skilled at reading their
body's cues and making the necessary on-the-spot adjustments–to
pace, form, or attitude–to power through their workouts and races,
says Dr Dominic Micklewright, a sports
psychologist at the University of Essex in the United Kingdom.
Read the article
here.
Runner's World
if p then q readings
Dr Philip Terry,
Director of the Centre for Creative Writing at the University of
Essex took part in a UK based if p then q poets
reading, held to celebrate the work of the UK based if p then q
poets.
if p then q
Friday 7 September
Season's best not enough to secure Paralympic medal for
Moorhouse
University of Essex student Scott
Moorhouse missed out on a medal in the final of the F42 javelin at
the Paralympics today. The 23-year-old from Southgate threw a
season’s best of 45.30m at the Olympic Stadium in Stratford to
finish seventh in a high-standard competition. He has been training
for the Paralympics at Lee Valley Athletics Centre, deferring the
third year of his business management degree at the University of
Essex to focus on the Paralympics.
Hendon Today
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news stories around the UK
Human Rights Defender Profile: Haris Azhar of Indonesia
Human Rights first profiles University
of Essex graduate Haris Azhar. He is
the Co-ordinator at KontraS, a nation wide human rights NGO
based in Jakarta.
Human Rights first
Education sector provides
opportunities
Graeme Davies writes about universities increasingly turning
to private sector operators for expertise in building and then
managing facilities. He lives close to the
University of Essex and talks about our development project
named the Knowledge Gateway, using part of its vast campus estate to
develop a business park and new student accommodation.
Read the article
here.
FM World
Duke to visit town on official Royal
business
The Duke of Kent is to visit Colchester to officially open
two new centres on 20 September. He will visit the Edge Hotel
School to have a tour and lunch in the Signatures restaurant.
Essex County Standard
Quam appoints
Mr Kenneth Young
Chun Man as
independent
non-executive
Director
Quam Limited, a Hong Kong-based financial services group, today
announced Mr Kenneth Young Chun Man was
elected by the shareholders of Quam at its annual general meeting as
an Independent Non-executive Director. Mr Young
has over 26 years of professional experience in audit and accounting
field, with 17 years of those as partner, in medium to large
international accounting firms. He holds the Bachelor of Arts
(Economics) from the University of Essex and a Master of Corporate
Finance from The Hong Kong Polytechnic University.
IT News
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Be a Firstsite master
Firstsite is set to offer a degree course to art
teachers. The gallery is teaming up with Colchester School of Art to
offer a Master of Arts degree which will be validated by the
University of Essex.
Essex County Standard
Children are taught about the
Paralympics
Youngsters learnt about the Paralympic Games during a week of events
at the University of Essex day nursery.
Essex County Standard
Man is arrested after hidden camera is
found in bathroom
A man has been arrested after students found a camera
concealed in their bathroom. A University of Essex spokesman said
"We always encourage students who rent privately to choose
properties managed by landlords for are part of the Students' Union
accreditation scheme. Our records suggest this property is not part
of the scheme".
Essex County Standard
Thursday 6 September
Do people pay a price for working in caring jobs?
The British Household Panel Survey contains information about
the occupations and wages of more than 23,000 individuals
and according to their findings the answer is not
straightforward. People in some caring
jobs do pay a penalty, but other groups seem to enjoy a wage
premium. Doctors, nurses and teachers, for example, earn more than
people in comparable occupations.
The Guardian
ArgentinaStar
North Korea Times
Albuquerque Express
Solicitor qualifies: Kayleigh O’Donnell at Birkett Long
Kayleigh O’Donnell is now Solicitor at Birkett Long
and a member of the personal tax, trusts and probate team.
Kayleigh obtained a First Class law degree with Honours from
the University of Essex. She achieved a distinction in her LPC from
the College of Law in York and is currently studying for her
masters. She previously worked for Barclays
Law Society Gazette
2012 THE Awards
The University of Essex has been shortlisted in the 'Outstanding
Employer Engagement Initiative' category in this year's Times Higher
Education. Read more about the awards
here.
Times Higher Education
BBC Essex - Dave Monk Show
Dr Peter Gurney from the Department of History speaks to Dave Monk
about the challenges faced by unmarried mothers in the early 19th
century. Dave has spent the week researching his family history and
discovered his grandmother was a single mum.
Duke of Kent to open two new centres
The Duke of Kent is to visit Colchester on 20
September to open the Creffield Medical Centre and will then visit
the Edge Hotel School at Wivenhoe House. He will have a tour of the
hotel before unveiling a commemorative plaque and will then have
lunch in the Hotel's Signatures restaurant.
Colchester Gazette
Britons backs spending on military
Three out of four Britons want the UK to spend more money on its
armed forces or at least make no further reductions, according to a
study that registers higher support for military spending among
Britons than among Americans. A poll by the Foreign Policy Centre, a
think-tank, conducted with the University of Essex and Georgia State
University, found that 77 per cent of Britons want to see military
spending increased or kept unchanged. Read the
article
here.
Financial Times
'Spy-cam' found in bathroom
A man has been arrested after students allegedly found
a hidden camera in the bathroom of their digs. A University of Essex
spokesman said "We always encourage students who rent privately to
choose properties managed by landlords for are part of the Students'
Union accreditation scheme. Our records suggest this property is not
part of the scheme".
Colchester Gazette
Helen Dennis: Self-compassion, positive emotions are key
to well-being
In the Wall Street Journal article Elaine Fox, professor of
cognitive psychology at the University of Essex and author of "Rainy
Brain, Sunny Brain" (Basic Books, 2012), says that everyone has an
"optimistic and a pessimistic circuit in their brain." Furthermore,
she comments that "The most resilient people experience a wide range
of emotions, both negative and positive. "To enjoy life and feel
good, people need about four positive emotions to counteract the
effect of one negative emotion," she adds.
Daily News, Los Angeles
Daily Breeze
Cardiff’s new chief is determined to regain a place in
the world’s top 100
Professor Colin Riordan, former Vice-Chancellor
at the Essex
talks about his new role at the University of Cardiff.
Wales online
New Journal: Journal of Language Modelling
Professor Louisa Sadler from the University's
Department of Language and Linguistics is a member of the Editorial
Board for the new, open-access electronic periodical: the
Journal of Language Modelling (JLM). JLM is a peer-reviewed journal
which aims to bridge the gap between theoretical, formal and
computational linguistics. Although a typical article will present
linguistic generalisations – either their application in natural
language processing or their discovery in language corpora –
acceptable topics range from linguistic analyses sufficiently
precise to be readily implemented to mathematical models of aspects
of language, and further to computational systems making non-trivial
use of linguistic insights.
Boston University
Wednesday 5 September
BBC Essex - Dave Monk show
Dr Murray Griffin from the Centre for Sports and Exercise Science
talks to Dave Monk about Paralympians. You can listen to his
interview on the BBC iplayer
here - forward to 2:20.
UK’s ethnic pay gap has grown, finds study
The ethnic pay gap in Britain has widened over the past two decades
in favour of white workers, new academic research has found.
However, this is likely to be the result of occupational differences
rather than direct pay discrimination, according to researchers
Malcolm Brynin and Ayse Güveli from the University of Essex. The
pair’s study was based on the examination of data from the Labour
Force Survey from 1993 to 2008, and looked at both the general pay
gap across Britain and disparity within the professions.
People Management
Study finds
cell
phones
may
damage
relationships
Researchers at the University of Essex conducted an experiment -
they got people to have discussions in an isolated room, sometimes
about unimportant subjects, sometimes about the stuff that's central
to relationships: trust, intimacy, empathy. When the conversation
was about something casual, the cell phone made no difference. But
when the topic was something more important and there was a cell
phone in the room, the test subjects "reported that their
relationship quality was worse." They also said they "thought that
their partners showed less empathy if there was a cell phone
present."
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world
Dr André Haughton: From humble beginnings to university
lecturer
André Haughton, PhD, is a lecturer in the
Department of Economics at the University of the West Indies (UWI),
Mona. His journey began in Mt Salem,
Montego Bay, and at just 29 years old, he has already earned a
doctorate in economics from the University of Essex, Colchester, in
the United Kingdom.
The Gleaner, Jamaica
Colchester pupils vying for top drama award
Pupils from a Colchester school are set to
go head to head with rivals from around the county for a top drama
award.
The pupils from Alderman Blaxill School
are taking part in a drama competition in which plays must depict
complicated issues around mental illness.
The final of the competition takes place next Wednesday, September
12, at the annual public meeting of the NHS North Essex Partnership,
at the Ivor Crewe Lecture Theatre, in Essex University.
Colchester Gazette
How your cell phone hurts your
relationships
We might expect that the widespread availability of mobile phones
boosts interpersonal connections, by allowing people to stay in
touch constantly. But a recent set of data by Andrew K. Przybylski
and Netta Weinstein of the University of Essex showed that our
phones can hurt our close relationships. Amazingly, they found that
simply having a phone nearby, without even checking it, can be
detrimental to our attempts at interpersonal connection. In their
study, the presence of cell phones had no effect on relationship
quality, trust, and empathy, but only if the pair discussed a casual
topic. In contrast, there were significant differences if the topic
was meaningful. Pairs who conversed with a cell phone in the
vicinity reported that their relationship quality was worse. The
pairs also reported feeling less trust and thought that their
partners showed less empathy if there was a cell phone present.
Scientific American
Admit it, you still think
about your first love
Shadrack N. Kirunga notes the opinion of
Dr Malcolm Brinyn from the Institute of Social & Economic Research
in her feature in Daily Nation, which you can read
here.
Daily Nation
Tuesday 4 September
Essex's uni race study
Racism can affect children as young as five, while the pay gap
between white people and other ethnic groups is still growing. The
findings are part of two research papers published by academics at
the Institute for Social and Economic Research based at the
University of Essex.
Colchester Gazette
Kids' Paralympics education...by
trying out blind sports
Youngsters learnt about the Paralympic Games during a week of events
at the University of Essex day nursery.
Colchester Gazette
Monday 3 September
Essex Uni supports
better
Visa system
The University of Essex says it backs efforts to deny entry to
people abusing student visas to gain entry to the country Following
a report by MPs criticising the UK Border Agency’s handling of
student visas, the University told Heart FM that it supported
efforts to stop people abusing the system, but warned against
measures which might deter genuine students who want to come to
Essex to study.
Heart Radio
The women hooked on CSI
More and more women are taking the step
from being “armchair detectives” to studying criminology and
forensic investigation. Seventeen women – and just five men – have
signed up for the BSc (Hons) Criminology
and Frensic Investigation degree at South
Essex College’s Southend campus. Launching in October, the degree,
which is validated by the University of Essex, will delve into the
world of crime – from who commits it and why, how they are caught
and what happens to them when they are found guilty.
Read the article
here.
Southend Echo
Listed status could save ‘brutal’ Southend library building
A protest group has applied for listed
building status for Southend Central Library in a bid to protect it
when the new library opens next year. The library is one of the most
used in the country, but Southend Council plans to close it when the
Forum, which will be shared by the University of Essex and South
Essex College, opens.
Southend Echo
Racism 'harms children's learning'
Children from families subjected to racist abuse are more likely to
struggle in school, according to new research. The study, by the
Institute for Social and Economic Research at the University of
Essex, found that racial prejudice had an impact on children as
young as five. Youngsters from the families affected were likely to
struggle with cognitive tests and faced more socio-emotional
problems than other children their ages.
Scotsman.com
MSN
Colchester Gazette
Mini Paralympic Games held at nursery
Youngsters learnt about the
Paralympic Games during a week of events at the University of Essex
Day Nursery. Around 20 children aged between three and four played
sports such as sit-down volleyball and covered their eyes with
blindfolds to imagine what it is like playing blind sports.
Wheels were stuck to their chairs inside the
nursery to symbolise wheelchairs and made medals, torches and flags.
As well as highlighting the Paralympics the children also learnt
about university student Scott Moorhouse who competes in the javelin
on Friday September 7, and will visit them on his return. Nursery
nurse Jo Brooks, who organised the events, said: “The children have
benefited hugely from these events as it raises their awareness
about disabilities and sport. “It is important for them to realise a
disability does not have to prevent a person from achieving success.
They have really been embracing it.”
Gazette
Talk about compassion
A talk about compassion in care will be given at the annual public
meeting of NHS North Essex Partnership. The meeting will be at the
Ivor Crewe Lecture Theatre, University of Essex, on Wednesday
September 12, at 5pm.
Gazette
Sunday 2 September
BBC Essex Quest
Wivenhoe House was featured as one of the mystery locations on the
Essex Quest. The Quest Team solved the clue ‘Study this clue to make
the grade (2 would be good). Check out the vista good enough for
Constable and remember ... Who Dares Wins’ with help from members of
the public and enjoyed a few cakes while visiting Wivenhoe House.
You can listen on the
iplayer – the team start to solve the clue around 1:05.
August 2012
Friday 31 August
Black Caribbean workers 'earned more per hour
than whites before recession'
Black Caribbean workers received the biggest pay rises on average
during the pre-recession boom years, earning more per hour than
their white peers by 2008, according to new research. Researchers
from the University of Essex say that although the gap between the
hourly pay of white people and those from ethnic minorities as a
whole more than doubled in the 15 years to 2008, there were marked
differences between groups. Read full article
here.
Guardian
First at the uni
The University of Essex is offering a pioneering online introductory
course in psychotherapy. It is the first course of its kind run only
through the web with lectures and live question and answer sessions
being conducted over the internet.
Essex County Standard
Help us to dig up our history
Budding archaeologists are helping to uncover the foundations of a
mansion which was demolished more than 60 years ago. Marks Hall,
near Coggeshall, invited history lovers to take part in two
community days hosted by the Colchester Archaeological Group. The
day, supported by a University of Essex Knowledge Exchange
Partnership and the Marks Hall Estate, was held as part of a £75,000
project to uncover the history of the site, which is being carried
out by the university’s history department.
Gazette
Gaining a competitive edge
An inspiring collaboration between industry and education has
resulted in the Edge Hotel School, a unique approach to management
training. Ben Walker reports.
Hospitality Magazine
Thursday 30 August
2nd route to university
Students who are in limbo can gain valuable work experience under a
scheme devised by an Essex care home company. Students, Shauna and
Ross wanted to train for a career in physiotherapy but were unable
to secure a place on a University of Essex course in 2011. Since
working at the company, Shauna has secured a place on a four-year
part-time BSc Physiotherapy course at the Colchester campus at the
University of Essex.
Southend Echo
University’s £250k for bike path
The University of Essex has
signed a deal pledging £250,000 for a cycle path between Wivenhoe
and it's campus. The
legal agreement with Colchester Council and Essex County Council is
part of the planning permission for a multi-storey car park at the
university. Councillors agreed in May
the car park could go ahead in principle, provided the university's
travel plan was reviewed and the cash agreement reached.
Gazette
Justice events at the
University of Essex
The public are invited to a series of events
exploring how countries transform from dictatorship to democracy.
The Essex Transitional Justice Network, based at Essex University,
kicks off a week of events with a two day seminar on Saturday
September 8 and Sunday September 9. A summer school then follows
from Monday to Wednesday at the Wivenhoe campus on ‘Understanding
the Economic and Social Dimensions of Transitional Justice’ with key
experts from different parts of the world debating various themes.
The week ends with an international conference at Firstsite on
Thursday and Friday, organised by Lorna McGregor and Dr Clara
Sandoval of the university’s law school. The conference will
consider some of the most important cases to date in Peru, East
Timor, Colombia and Chile.
Gazette- Online
Students will learn on job at hotel in Wivenhoe
House
A new era has begun for Wivenhoe House, as it re-launches as the
pioneering Edge Hotel School. The Grade II listed, 18th-century
country house has undergone a multi-million pound restoration and
after initial trial runs with undergraduate families and honorary
graduates during the ceremony season, it is now opening to paying
customers. Already firmly ensconced within its beautiful
surroundings are the first intake of students, who in two years’
time will emerge with a BA Hons Degree in hotel management, with a
second tranche having just completed their inductions ready to get
started. The Edge Hotel School is the UK’s first teaching
establishment of its kind based in a fully operational hotel. It is
therefore hoped it will become the training ground for the next
generation of hotel industry leaders. The students will be involved
in putting on functions, as well as looking after paying guests. The
hotel’s first wedding is set to take place next month.
Gazette- Online
Wednesday 29 August
Don’t pay polluters
The UN’s Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) pays large sums to
coolant manufacturers in India, China and elsewhere to destroy the
waste gas HFC-23 they produce. Unfortunately paying firms not to
pollute gives rise to a perverse incentive. A firm that threatens to
pollute more gets paid more. So manufacturers have upped their
production of the refrigerants (themselves greenhouse gases, albeit
less potent ones), in order to produce more HFC-23, so they can then
get paid to destroy it. According to University of Essex academic
Siddhartha Dabhi, climate policy should consider the local effects
of co-pollutants, and be designed with an eye on securing health
benefits, particularly in the places with heavy pollution burdens.
Read the full article
here.
Truth Out.org
Edge Hotel School – skills central
Elizabeth Mistry from Caterer and Hotelkeeper visits Wivenhoe House,
which has just reopened as the Edge Hotel School. Read the full
feature
here.
Caterer and Hotelkeeper.com
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