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An archive of recent coverage is
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the Communications Office.
The University of Essex in the Press
December
Friday 21 December
BBC Essex
Professor Philip Hancock from Essex Business School was
interviewed about his research into the role of Santa.
Essex County Standard
Wivenhoe House have launched their own specially-commissioned gin.
The gin is 40 per cent proof with juniper, orange zest, coriander,
elderflower and Earl Grey tea flavours.
Essex County Standard
A web poll carried out by the National Policy monitor which is based
at the University of Essex has discovered that two-thirds of people
know nothing about Britain's Supreme Court.
Essex County Standard
Professor Philip Hancock from Essex Business School has carried out
research into the role of the Santa. He interviewed a number of
Father Christmases working in stores and shopping centres in London
and the South East.
Essex County Standard
The Parachute Regiment won the 24-hour row off between students from the University of Essex Rowing Club and soldiers from
the Parachute Regiment.
Essex County Standard
Pupils from Willow Brook Primary, St Andrew's Junior School and
Millfields Primary School visited the University of Essex to learn
more about Human Rights as part of the Arts and Human Rights in
Education project developed by Dr Aoife Daly from the Human Rights
Centre and School of Law and Dr Lisa Wade from the School of
Philosophy and Art History.
Essex County Standard
The Mackman Group, a Colchester Marketing and research firm
with an office at the University of Essex have taken on two new
staff to work as client leads.
Essex County Standard
Les Bell, a former systems programmer at the University of Essex is
publishing his first collection of poetry at the Wivenhoe Bookshop
this weekend.
Thursday 20 December
Herald Scotland
Professor Prem Sikka from Essex Business School comments on research
carried about by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of
Scotland which said it found no evidence
that the compulsory rotation of audit
firms improves the quality of the checks they complete on company
accounts.
Link:
http://www.heraldscotland.com/business/markets-economy/accountancy-group-under-fire-for-research-on-audits.19718998
BBC World Service News
Suzanne Nolan
from Art History at Essex talks about the Ancient Mayans and why
their culture offers far more to appreciate than predictions of
apocalypse.
Essex Chronicle
Radio and TV presenter Sandy Toksvig, Chef Atul Kochhar and nature
writer Richard Mabey are three of the authors and experts who will
be taking part in Essex Book Festival events at the University of
Essex next year.
Times Higher Education
Peter Lugtig from the Institute for Social and Economic Research has
been awarded a grant of £129,016 for research looking at survey data
quality in panel surveys: trade-offs between non-response and
measurement errors.
Daily Gazette
A web poll carried out by the National Policy monitor which is based
at the University of Essex has discovered that two-thirds of people
know nothing about Britain's Supreme Court.
Daily Gazette
The former Secretary of The University Of Essex Classical
Music Society, Oliver Mitchell
will be playing the cello at a concert in Leigh
on 5 January.
Business News Daily
Science Daily
Chattahbox
Tom
Foulsham from the Department of Psychology was part of a team who
conducted research into identifying leaders.
The research revealed that groups may be
able to predict leaders based on their prestige and dominance
and also make the decision very quickly.
Link:
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/12/121219084219.htm
Wednesday 19 December
Daily Gazette
Wivenhoe House Executive Chef Paul Boorman is pictured making
cupcakes with a youngsters from the University of Essex Day Nursery.
UBC Public Affairs
Innovations Report
EurekAlert!
Tom Foulsham from the Department of Psychology is a co-author in a
piece of research using eye tracking to look at factors that predict
leadership in individuals.
Link:
www.publicaffairs.ubc.ca/2012/12/19/for-power-and-status-dominance-and-skill-trump-likability/
Webwire
Web Newswire
The University of Essex is mentioned with reference to future
prospects for ADVA Optical Networking and the University’s
involvement in the development of 'Openflow'.
Link:
www.webnewswire.com/node/1258206
Christian Science Monitor Online
Alaska Dispatch
Professor Landman of the Institute for Democracy and Conflict
Resolution at the University of Essex comments on the availability
of guns in the US.
Link:
www.csmonitor.com/World/Global-Issues/2012/1218/Global-sympathy-for-Newtown-antipathy-for-US-gun-laws-video
Frost Illustrated
Individual.com
Amnesty International warns Shell Oil could be
facing an increase in litigation following a University of Essex
study.
Link:
www.individual.com/storyrss.php?story=168261550&hash=b3b02cdc9f2269513689a51b8f2b1fbb
Tuesday 18 December
The Guardian
Sarah Boseley interviews University of Essex Honorary Graduate, Graça
Machel.
Link:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2012/dec/17/graca-machel-nelson-mandela-africa
East Anglian Daily Times
The LB Group, a Chartered Accountant, Tax and Business Advisor firm
based in Colchester have sponsored the University of Essex's
football team kit. The University's five teams make up one of the
biggest amateur football clubs in the East of England.
Daily Telegraph
Daily Gazette
Anglia News
New Business Online
Professor Philip Hancock from Essex Business School has carried out
research into the role of the Santa. He interviewed a number of
Father Christmases working in stores and shopping centres in London
and the South East.
Monday 17 December
BBC Radio 4
Professor Marina Warner from the Department of Literature, Film, and
Theatre Studies discovers the real life stories behind Grimm's
fairytales in her new series on BBC Radio 4 starting today at
1.45pm.
Link:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p012kpwq
Daily Gazette
Wivenhoe House have launched their own specially-commissioned gin.
The gin is 40 per cent proof with juniper, orange zest, coriander,
elderflower and Earl Grey tea flavours.
Saturday 15 December
BBC Essex
Professor Steffen Böhm discusses the potential environmental threat
of ‘fracking’ - the process of drilling down into the ground and
using explosions to shatter and crack hard shale rocks to release
the gas inside. Professor Böhm argues our energy supply needs to be
secured in a more responsible way using tested and sustainable
technology. The interview starts at
1:44:00.
Link:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p011d2kf
East Anglian Daily Times
Paul Boorman from Wivenhoe House offers the readers some winter
warmer recipes - Cranberry bread pudding and spiced apple juice.
East Anglian Daily Times
Steven Russell writes about University of Essex MA student
Liz Fisher-Frank who was a Children's Rights lawyer and is now an
author after starting an MA in Creative Writing at the University.
Link:
http://www.eadt.co.uk/news/features/how_redundancy_had_a_silver_lining_for_legal_eagle_liz_1_1747954
East Anglian Daily Times
Each week Sir Bob Russell MP writes a column detailing his week's
activities. Last week he visited the University to give a talk about
Palestine and Israel as part of the Human Rights Week.
East Anglian Daily Times
Steven Russell writes about the county of Essex and how perceptions
of the county have changed over the years. He mentions Pete May's
book The Joy of Essex which mentions Wivenhoe, the town
near to the University of Essex being nicknamed Sociology-on-Sea
because of the number of academics living there.
East Anglian Daily Times
The East Anglia Daily Times features the work of Dr Emma Bond, a
senior lecturer in childhood and youth studies at University Campus
Suffolk who has carried out intensive research into pro-anorexia
websites.
The Island
A recent University of Essex English Language and Literature
graduate writes about her internship at
Godfrey Cooray Associates in Negombo.
Link:
http://www.island.lk/index.php?page_cat=article-details&page=article-details&code_title=68399
South Wales Argus
Cambodian Times
University of Essex student Aaron Jones who is studying for a
business degree in Southend has formed a company called Fikay which
makes bags and wallets from recycled cement bags and then sends a
large proportion of its profits back to a charity in the Far East.
Link:
http://www.southwalesargus.co.uk/news/gwentnews/10110103.Ex_Bassaleg_pupil___s_business_funds_Cambodia_school/
forest.fi
Dr Jo Barton and Professor Jules
Pretty published a study which showed that just
five minutes of exercise in a green
environment boosted mental health.
Friday 14 December
Essex
County Standard
Investors should rigorously
challenge oil companies regarding their environmental standards and
impact on communities in oil-rich regions such as the Niger Delta,
legal experts at the University of Essex have urged. A new academic report, Corporate Liability in a New
Setting: Shell and the Changing Legal Landscape for the
Multinational Oil Industry in the Niger Delta, focuses on legal
actions taken against Shell but its conclusions could have
repercussions for other multinational enterprises.
Daily Gazette
Pupils from Willow Brook Primary, St Andrew's Junior School and
Millfields Primary School visited the University of Essex to learn
more about Human Rights as part of the Arts and Human Rights in
Education project developed by Dr Aoife Daly from the Human Rights
Centre and School of Law and Dr Lisa Wade from the School of
Philosophy and Art History.
Daily Gazette
The Parachute Regiment won the 24-hour row off between students from the University of Essex Rowing Club and soldiers from
the Parachute Regiment.
Essex County Standard
Youngsters from the University of Essex Day Nursery visited the
construction site for The Meadows and had a guided tour. The Meadows
is due to open next Autumn.
Essex County Standard
Nikki Richardson, President of Sport Colchester writes to the Essex
County Standard on behalf of the Daily Gazette, the University of Essex
and Colchester Institute who are looking for Olympic and Paralympic
games makers for a special category recognising them in next year's
Sports Personality of the Year awards.
Natural News
Children
in the west are becoming less and less fit
according to a study conducted by researchers
at the University of Essex. They found that the
average 10-year-old in 1998 could outrun 95 percent of
10-year-olds in 2008. This result could
not be explained by rising obesity rates, as the children in the two
groups were of roughly equivalent weights.
Optometry Times
Using
a study conducted by researchers at the Universities of Oxford and
Essex, researchers have found an increased
incidence of asthma among children born to parents who used
assisted reproductive technologies (ART).
Daily Gazette
Southend Standard
Echo
Southend Council want to install a six
metre by three metre screen in the new £31million library
development, joint-funded by the
Council, South Essex College and the
University of Essex to broadcast
attractions such as the Wimbledon finals, Commonwealth Games and
other major sporting events.
Local residents are concerned by the plans.
Farms.com
Essex County Standard
and featured on 13 other news websites across the USA
The University of Essex is involved in a major research
project awarded to the University of Illinois, funded by the Bill &
Melinda Gates Foundation. The aim of this $25m, five-year project is
to explore new ways to improve plant photosynthesis.
Link:
http://www.farms.com/news/university-of-illinois-to-improve-crop-yield-through-photosynthesis-in-a-new-global-effort-57876.aspx
Thursday 13 December
Anglia News
Professor Eric Smith from the Department of Economics discusses the
latest unemployment figures and in particular the implications for
the long term unemployed.
Essex Chronicle - Go!
The Chronicle profiles Paul Boorman from Wivenhoe House.
Link:
http://www.thisistotalessex.co.uk/passion-food/story-17574348-detail/story.html
East Anglian Daily Times
Daily Gazette
Youngsters from the University of Essex Day Nursery visited the
construction site for The Meadows and had a guided tour. The Meadows
is due to open next Autumn.
Times Higher Education
Dr Rowena Gray from the Department of Economics reviews 'The Making
of Global Capitalism: The Political Economy of American Empire' by
Leo Panitch and Sam Gindin.
Link:
http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/story.asp?sectioncode=26&storycode=422092&c=1
FTAdviser
Using data from the University of Essex's Understanding Society
study in 2011 and other data, the Institute of Public Policy
Research's report, 'No
Place to Call Home', found that despite 88
per cent of young people wanting to
own a home within the next 10 years, 51 per cent believed they would
not be able to buy.
Daily Gazette
Professor David Sanders and Professor Vicky Randall from the
Department of Government have been given awards by the Political
Studies Association.
Daily Gazette
The Gazette interviews Abdul Razouk, a Syrian student studying for a
PhD in Management. He talks about his family who are now in Turkey
and his plans to visit a refugee camp in the Easter holidays to
teach english and appeals for others to join him.
Daily Gazette
Students and staff at the University of Essex organised a week of
events to mark Human Rights Day. This week, the Institute for
Democracy and Conflict Resolution published a Human Rights Atlas
online. The Atlas will give a view of the rights and lives of human
beings over 30 years in 220 different countries around the world.
Daily Gazette
Students at the University of Essex were able to try different
paralympic sports during the Disability Awareness Week which took
place at the University.
Daily Gazette
Students from the University of Essex Rowing Club and soldiers from
the Parachute Regiment took part in a 24-hour row off in Lion Walk
and finished at 6pm yesterday. The winners are due to be announced.
Daily Gazette
Professor Ted Benton's book 'Grasshoppers and Crickets' has been
named one of the best of the year in Robert Macfarlane's Guardian
review of books of the year.
Wednesday 12
December
BBC Essex
Sarah Jane Walsh was interviewed on the Dave Monk show
about her part in the BBC One programme 'Miniature Britain'.
Daily Gazette
Online
Essex County Standard
Professor Eric Smith, Deputy Head of Economics, responds to the
latest Census figures and predicts that rapid growth of the
population in Colchester could put a strain on public services.
Link:
www.essexcountystandard.co.uk/news/10101631.Census_figures_show_population_increase_of_18_000/?ref=nt
Colourful Radio – Interview with
Professor Sheldon Leader
Professor Sheldon Leader, Director of the Essex Business and Human
Rights Project, was interviewed about a report published on Shell
and its legal liabilities in relation to its operations in the Niger
Delta. Listen again online at:
http://www.colourfulradio.com/presenter/breakfast/ (Select
2012-12-10-0800 podcast. Interview begins around the 41 minute
mark).
Qatar Peninsula
Toronto Telegraph
Professor Prem Sikka from Essex Business School is
quoted in article on Britain ending tax scams.
Daily Gazette
The University of Essex hockey team won 9- 0 against Brentwood.
Tuesday 11 December
East Anglian Daily Times
Marine Biology PhD student Sarah-Jane Walsh is appears in a BBC
documentary ‘Miniature Britain’. She will be looking at the
miniature organisms living on our coastlines.
BBC One – Miniature Britain
Marine Biology PhD student Sarah-Jane Walsh is appears in the BBC
documentary ‘Miniature Britain’. She will be looking at the
miniature organisms living on our coastlines.
Daily Gazette
Nanowerk
East Anglian Daily Times
PhysOrg.com
The News Gazette, Illinois
The University of Essex is involved in a major research
project awarded to the University of Illinois, funded by the Bill &
Melinda Gates Foundation. The aim of this $25m, five-year project is
to explore new ways to improve plant photosynthesis.
Link:
http://www.news-gazette.com/news/agriculture/2012-12-10/gates-foundation-gives-ui-25-million-photosynthesis-research.html
Link:
http://www.eadt.co.uk/business/farming-news/university_of_essex_involved_in_major_bill_gates_foundation_project_to_benefit_farmers_1_1736235
Daily Gazette
Dr David Reinstein from the Department of Economics will be speaking
about his research into altruism at a Café Scientifique event on
Wednesday.
The Jamestown Foundation
University of Essex graduate, Alex Vatanka who
is now a Fellow at the Middle East
Institute is a Moderator at the Sixth
Annual Terrorism Conference: Implications
of the Arab Spring for Insurgencies, the Jihadist Movement and
al-Qaeda taking place in Washington.
Monday 10 December
The Guardian
Polly Toynbee writes about tax avoidance and talks about the work of
Professor Prem Sikka.
Link:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/dec/10/end-tax-scams-by-hitting-big-four
Daily Gazette
Students at the University of Essex were able to try different
paralympic sports during the Disability Awareness Week which took
place at the University.
Link:
http://www.gazette-news.co.uk/news/10099157.Students_try_disabled_sports_during_awareness_week/
Eurek Alert!
Essex is involved in a major research project
awarded to the University of Illinois, funded by the Bill & Melinda
Gates Foundation. The aim of this $25m, five-year project is to
explore new ways to improve plant photosynthesis − the process that
enables plants to harvest energy from the sun and convert it to
products for food and fuel. The £1.8m sub-contract awarded to Essex
will involve improving photosynthetic carbon fixation – the process
where plants convert carbon into sugar using sunlight − to overcome
some of the fundamental limitations of photosynthesis.
Link:
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-12/ifgb-uoi120712.php
Daily Gazette
Amnesty International
All Africa.com
Investors should rigorously
challenge oil companies regarding their environmental standards and
impact on communities in oil-rich regions such as the Niger Delta,
legal experts at the University of Essex have urged. Failure to do
so could leave them exposed to serious financial risk.
A new academic report, Corporate Liability in a New
Setting: Shell and the Changing Legal Landscape for the
Multinational Oil Industry in the Niger Delta, focuses on legal
actions taken against Shell but its conclusions could have
repercussions for other multinational enterprises.
Link:
http://www.amnesty.org.uk/news_details.asp?NewsID=20496
Sunday 9 December
BBC Radio Four - Broadcasting House
Professor Prem Sikka sets out a manifesto for reform of the
tax system to ensure big corporations do not avoid paying tax in the
UK and greater transparency.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b01p6rys/Broadcasting_House_09_12_2012/
Tripoli Post
Zawya
Professor Marina Warner from the Department of Literature, Film, and
Theatre Studies will be organising a British Comparative
Literature Association Conference on
migrations which will focus on women
writers and their response to the Libyan Spring.
Adelaide Now
Read more about a report that Professor Sheri Markose has written
for the International Monetary Fund about derivatives
and systemically important financial
intermediaries.
Link:
http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/striking-it-rich-again-with-gold/story-e6frea6u-1226533223476
Saturday 8 December
BBC Essex
Professor Prem Sikka, Essex Business School
News item Starbucks tax protests 8
December 2012
East Anglian Daily Times
University of Essex Rowing Club members will be taking part
in a 24-hour rowing challenge with soldiers from Colchester
Garrison. The teams will have two rowing machines at the Lion Walk
shopping centre from 6pm Tuesday to 6pm on Wednesday.
The Guardian
Professor Prem Sikka from Essex Business School writes
about the 'predatory practices of major accountancy firms'.
Link:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/dec/08/predatory-practices-accountancy-firms
This story has been featured worldwide in
over 20 countries worldwide.
Friday 7 December
BBC
Read Professor Paul Whiteley's comments about by-elections.
Link:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-20638773
The Guardian
Read Professor Prem Sikka's article about Sweetheart deals'
with tax authorities.
Link:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2012/dec/07/starbucks-tax-offer-angers-critics
BBC Radio 4 "Today" programme
Professor Prem Sikka spoke about the Starbucks
and tax.
You can listen to it on the iplayer here:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01p3nqh - forward to 2:10:35,
Professor Prem Sikka speaker at 2:14.
Daily Gazette
University of Essex Rowing Club members will be taking part
in a 24-hour rowing challenge with soldiers from Colchester
Garrison. The teams will have two rowing machines at the Lion Walk
shopping centre from 6pm Tuesday to 6pm on Wednesday.
Daily Gazette
Sarah-Jane Walsh, a PhD Marine Biology student will be appearing on
BBC1's Miniature Britain. She will be looking at miniature organisms
inhabiting Britain's coastlines.
Daily Gazette
Dr John Woods from the School of Computer Science and
Electronic Engineering is one of the academics giving a talk at the
University of Essex Junior Christmas Lectures. The sessions form
part of the Children's University programme.
East Anglian Daily Times
Daily Gazette
Essex County Standard
Dr David Reinstein from the Department of Economics will be speaking
about his research into altruism at a Café Scientifique event on
Wednesday.
Essex County Standard
University of Essex's Aaron Spenner won his boxing match which took
place at the Cameo Hotel in Ipswich. Fellow student Toyin Alfobi
also won his match.
Essex County Standard
At 6pm on Saturday, artist Ansuman Biswas will enter the Art
Exchange with nothing and depend on gallery visitors to bring him
what he needs.
Essex County Standard
Wendy Brading interviews two Canonesses of the Holy Sepulchre who
work all over Colchester carrying out a range of duties including
being part of the Chaplaincy Team at Colchester General Hospital and
the University of Essex.
Weekend Review
Maya Jaggi speaks to playwright and
novelist, Nuruddin Farah who left
Somalia in 1974 to do a masters degree in theatre at
the University of Essex.
Link:
http://gulfnews.com/about-gulf-news/al-nisr-portfolio/weekend-review/keeping-somalia-alive-1.1114994
Essex County Standard
Shazia Mirza, the award-winning Asian comedian will be visiting the
Lakeside Theatre at the University of Essex tomorrow.
Essex County Standard
The University of Essex are holding a series of events to mark Human
Rights Week.
Essex County Standard
Daily Gazette
Police have now closed the file on the student assault which took
place earlier in the term after no witnesses came forward.
Essex County Standard
Daily Gazette
A man who was arrested in suspicion of voyeurism
has been re-bailed until March while investigations continue.
University of Essex student allegedly found a hidden camera at their
privately rented home.
Thursday 6 December
Times Higher Education
Professor David Mead from the School of Law writes to the THE
about quotas of undergraduates from private schools.
Link:
http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/story.asp?sectioncode=26&storycode=422058&c=1
Times Higher Education
Andrea Salvatori has been awarded a grant of £161,854 for research
into job polarisation and job quality.
Newham Recorder
Royston Crow
A group of friends from Newham have got together to start the
brand 'Chucky Chuckz',
putting characters on t-shirts, jumpers, phone cases.
The animal characters are college students and undercover
superheroes and were developed by University of
Essex graduate Jay Oscar December while
studying Network Technology at the University.
Link:
http://www.newhamrecorder.co.uk/newham-life/organisations/newham_graduates_defy_statistics_to_start_own_clothing_line_1_1734080
Caterer and Hotelkeeper
Caterer and Hotelkeeper speak to Danny Pecorelli,
the managing director of Exclusive Hotels.
Danny is also keen to develop talent within the industry and in
August 2012, the group invested £50,000 in a suite at the new
Edge Hotel School at the University of Essex.
Link: http://www.caterersearch.com/Articles/06/12/2012/346488/Caterer-and-Hotelkeeper-100-Danny-Pecorelli-Exclusive.htm
Wales online
Using data from the British Household Panel Survey,
Dr James White, from the School of
Medicine at Cardiff’s University Hospital of Wales, has been
researching influences on children and their health.
Link:
http://www.walesonline.co.uk/health-check-wales/health-features/2012/12/03/healthy-example-begins-at-home-with-mum-and-dad-91466-32340085/
Daily Gazette
ESCALA,
together with the Department of Literature
Film and Theatre Studies (LiFTS) and Essex Transitional Justice
Network (ETJN) at the University of Essex, will
be organising an exhibition of videos and photographs by
David Pérez Karmadavis at firstsite.
American Woodworker Magazine
Researchers at the University of Essex have found
out that as well as exercising outside, the colour green has helped
cyclists exercising. The cyclists felt less tired and had
fewer mood disturbances when they watched the green
filtered version of a
video during their ride.
Wednesday 5 December
BBC Essex -
Dave Monk Show
Professor Prem Sikka, Essex Business School
talking about tax and the Chancellor’s statement
British Medical Journal
Read an article in the BMJ about Doctors making decisions
on behalf of patients with relation to the Essex Autonomy
Project, an interdisciplinary research and knowledge exchange
initiative at the University of Essex.
Link:
http://www.bmj.com/content/345/bmj.e8007
Peterborough Telegraph
Peterborough Handball Club were beaten 36-5 in their latest
match with the
University of Essex.
The Pioneer Online
Students applying for
an MBA at Essex Business School are eligible for a scholarship worth
£5,000.
AllAfrica.com
Law graduate Bunmi Awoniyi has been appointed to the Sacramento
County Superior Court in California.
Gazette
Feature on artist
Ansuman Biswas who will be taking up residence at Art Exchange on
Saturday and rely on the kindness of strangers to keep him alive as
part of his latest project Present.
Gazette
Bury Mercury
East Anglian Daily Times
Victory for University of Essex boxer Toyin
Afolabi against John Wheatley from Harwich Amateur Boxing Club.
Tuesday 4 December
Southend Echo
University of Essex student Aaron Jones who is studying for a
business degree in Southend has formed a company called Fikay which
makes bags and wallets from recycled cement bags and then sends a
large proportion of its profits back to a charity in the Far East.
East Anglian Daily Times
Royston Crow Series
Two Edge Hotel School students have been awarded a £3,000
scholarship from the Savoy Educational Trust. Gemma Storey and
Fatmata Bangura are both undertaking a Foundation degree in Hotel
Management while working at Wivenhoe House.
Link:
http://www.eadt.co.uk/business/movers_and_shakers_edge_hotel_school_students_win_savoy_education_trust_scholarships_1_1729465
Daily Gazette
The University of Essex are holding a series of events to mark Human
Rights Week.
East Anglian Daily Times
Clacton and Frinton Gazette
Daily Gazette
An event to raise young people's aspirations and help them find out
more about universities was held at the Princes Theatre Clacton on
Saturday. The event was a partnership between the University of
Essex and Tendring District Council.
Daily Gazette
Aaron Spenner won his boxing match which took place at the Cameo
Hotel in Ipswich.
East Anglian Daily Times
Welwyn and Hatfield Times
Professor Paul
Whiteley from the Department of Government
at the University of Essex is one of the new
entries in the 2013 edition of Who's Who
which is out today.
Monday 3 December
Non-league newspaper
University of Essex business management student, Tom Cutts
played in his first
League
Division One North game for AFC Sudbury on
Saturday.
Link: http://www.nonleaguedaily.com/news/index.php?&newsmode=FULL&nid=89798
East Anglian Daily Times
Royston Crow Series
Daily Gazette
Essex Business School is working with Quality Solicitors FJG on a
year long project, funded by the European Regional Development Fund
and the East of England Development Agency through the Low Carbon
KEEP project to help the firm's mission to help people who are being
affected by changes to the legal aid system.
Daily Gazette
Louise Howeson from the Gazette interviews Essex graduate and House
of Lords Life Peer Baroness Gibson of Market Rasen otherwise known
as Lady Anne Gibson.
Daily Gazette
Wendy Brading interviews two Canonesses of the Holy Sepulchre who
work all over Colchester carrying out a range of duties including
being part of the Chaplaincy Team at Colchester General Hospital and
the University of Essex.
East Anglian Daily Times
Derek Kelly, the founder of Kelly Turkeys is featured in the East
Anglian Daily Times and talks about his son Paul receiving an
honorary degree from the University of Essex at a ceremony at
Writtle College.
East Anglian Daily Times
The fifth University of Essex and Writtle College Interdisciplinary
Conference took place recently. It looked at how food production and
how it is consumed, transported and marketed today.
Daily Gazette
The man, arrested on suspicion of causing grievous bodily
harm with intent after an incident at the University of Essex has
been rebailed until 22 December.
Yahoo! Finance Canada and featured on
over 50 websites around the world
Read Professor Prem Sikka's comments about EBay's double tax bases.
Link:
http://ca.finance.yahoo.com/news/insight-ebays-double-tax-prompts-calls-investigation-152143017--sector.html
Yorkshire Post
Kate Humble writes about how as a child, she was at her happiest
outside and how this has shaped her love of the outdoors today. She
also writes about the new study that the RSPB have
launched together with the University of
Essex to find out about how connected to nature young people
are today.
Link:
http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/country-view/farming/brave-the-cold-now-and-help-wildlife-prepare-for-winter-1-5186024
November
Friday 30 November
The Daily Telegraph
Christopher Howse reviews 'Ban
This Filth! Letters from the Mary Whitehouse Archive'.
The book contains snippets taken from the
300 box files held at the University of Essex.
Link:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/bookreviews/9711283/Ban-This-Filth-Letters-from-the-Mary-Whitehouse-Archive-review.html
Daily Gazette
The University of Essex and Tendring District Council are working
together on a project to look at how support can be given to
“vulnerable adults” living in Clacton’s bedsitland.
Link:
http://www.gazette-news.co.uk/news/local/clacton/10081928.Vulnerable_adults_in_Clacton_s_bedsitland_need_more_support/
Huffington Post
The Huffington Post looks at unusual student societies around the
world. Contenders include the Custard Wrestling Society at Cardiff,
the Kettle Society at Nottingham and the Mario Kart society at the
University of Essex.
Yourdover.co.uk and 5
other local websites
Yourdover talks to well-known actress Janine Duvitski
who is a former student at East 15 Acting
School.
Link:
http://www.yourdover.co.uk/leisure/benidorm_star_given_chance_to_show_her_wicked_ways_1_1716825
Daily Gazette
Students
and Staff at the University of Essex are commemorating the
anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights with talks,
film showings and exhibitions during Human Rights
Week.
Essex County Standard
The University of Essex Students' Union were one of the
winners in the 'Excellence in Marketing' category of the Colchester
Business Awards and the University of Essex were one of the winners
in the Environmental Awareness category.
Essex County Standard
Sport Colchester together with the Gazette, the University of Essex
and Colchester Institute are looking for Olympic and Paralympic
games makers for a special category recognising them in next year's
Sports Personality of the Year awards.
Essex County Standard
Managers can take part in a three-day management and leadership
course at the University of Essex starting on 13 December.
Chelmsford Today and featured in 15
other local news outlets around the county
It was revealed at
the
Visit Essex Conference held at the
Wivenhoe House on 14 November that 41
million visitors to Essex spent
£3billion in 2011.
Imperial Valley News
and 10 other news outlets around the world
University of Essex law graduate, Bunmi O Awoniyi
has been appointed as a Judge in the
Sacramento County Superior Court.
Link:
http://www.imperialvalleynews.com/index.php/news/california-news/2454-governor-brown-appoints-two-to-sacramento-county-superior-court.html
Scoop Auckland
The Asian Human Rights Commission in
Sri Lanka have released a statement
prepared by international expert and Essex Human Rights graduate
Sergei Golubok regarding standing orders
relating to the impeachment being flawed in law.
Link:
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO1211/S00516/sri-lanka-the-standing-orders-relating-to-impeachment.htm
Women's Health
A study carried out by the
University of Essex study has found that
exercising outside leads to improved
self-esteem and mood.
Thursday 29 November
Black Enterprise
Netta Weinstein from the University of Essex
and a team of researchers from the University of
Rochester and the University of California in Santa Barbara
have have published research in the
Journal of Personality and Social Psychology.
looking at the role parenting and sexual orientation play in
homophobic attitudes, hostility toward homosexuals
and the endorsement of anti-gay policies.
Link:
http://www.blackenterprise.com/news/homophobia-and-homosexuality-linked-in-new-study/
Daily Gazette
Jazz trumpeter Digby Fairweather
is supporting a campaign for
Southend Central Library to be preserved and
used as an art gallery, exhibition space and concert
venue. A new library is currently
being built on the site of the former Farringdon car
park is being jointly funded by the University of
Essex, Southend Council and South Essex
College and will house an art gallery, lecture
theatres, research facilities and an
enormous huge television screen for public
screenings of theatre and art shows.
Runners World – Online
Dr Dominic Micklewright, from the Sport, Performance and Fatigue
Research Unit at the University of Essex, talks about strategies for
athletes pushing through the pain
Guardian.co.uk
Todd Landman, Director of the Institute for Democracy and Conflict
Resolution at the University of Essex supports the Libraries Without
Borders call for action that supplying 'nourishment for the mind'
should be an essential part of the emergency relief effort when
disasters occur.
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