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The University in the Newspapers - October 2004

Local and national print coverage

Internet stories are published daily as 'University of Leicester Stories in the Media' - http://ebulletin.le.ac.uk/news/

Week Ending 8 October 2004

National

BIG PRINT / THE SUN / THE TIMES, 6 October 2004: Stalking study.

FINANCIAL TIMES, 6 October 2004: Scionix spin off teams up with Whyte Chemicals to market biodegradable cleansers.

THE GUARDIAN, 7 October 2004: The work of WG Hoskins.

THE GUARDIAN, 12 October 2004: Moves; Jon Gorridge is new director of finance at the University of Edinburgh.

THE INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY - REVIEW, 3 October 2004: Survey analysis by psychologist Dr Adrian North reveals that certain music improves your wellbeing.

THE TIMES, 5 October 2004: Survey analysis by psychologist Dr Adrian North reveals that certain music improves your wellbeing.

THE TIMES HIGHER EDUCATION SUPPLEMENT, 8 October 2004: EPSRC saving problem science subjects, University named.

THE TIMES HIGHER EDUCATION SUPPLEMENT, 8 October 2004: Review, ‘DNA Changing Science and Society’, mentions work at University.

Local

BARNSLEY STAR / BELFAST TELEGRAPH / BIRMINGHAM POST / BRADFORD TELEGRAPH AND ARGUS / CAMBRIDGE EVENING NEWS / CHESTER EVENING LEADER / EDINBURGH EVENING NEWS / HEARTLAND EVENING NEWS / HUDDERSFIELD DAILY EXAMINER / LEICESTER MERCURY / METRO / METRO LONDON / SCARBOROUGH EVENING NEWS / SHROPSHIRE STAR / SWINDON EVENING ADVERTISER / THE DONCASTER STAR / THE NORTHERN ECHO / WREXHAM EVENING LEADER, 6 October 2004 – THE NORTHERN ECHO, 8 October 2004: Stalking study.

BIRMINGHAM POST, 7 October 2004: Professor Robert Burgess delivers opening address at Newman College ceremony.

BUSINESS TIMES (Northampton), 7 October 2004: Undergraduate wins place in STEP final.

COVENTRY EVENING TELEGRAPH / NUNEATON EVENING TELEGRAPH, 2 October 2004: Sunny Sandhu starts business management course at university.

DAVENTRY EXPRESS, 7 October 2004: Lifelong learning festive literary publication.

FARNHAM HERALD, 8 October 2004: A profile of archaeologist and museum curator Anne Jones.

FENLAND CITIZEN, 6 October 2004: Kirsty McColl gains BA in History of Art.

GRANTHAM JOURNAL, 1 October 2004: Alzheimer’s speech by Professor James Lindesay.

ISLE OF MAN EXAMINER, 5 October 2004: John Beckerson gains PhD in History.

KETTERING EVENING TELEGRAPH / NORTHAMPTON CHRONICLE & ECHO, 5 October 2004: Faculty of Medicine and Biological Science to use CD/DVD business cards from Netsoundtrack.

LEICESTER MERCURY, 1 October 2004: Open day.

LEICESTER MERCURY, 4 October 2004: Genetics lecture by Professor Yuri Dubrova.

LEICESTER MERCURY, 4 October 2004: New BA Honours in Educational Studies for Teaching Assistants launched.

LEICESTER MERCURY, 5 October 2004: Professor Ken Pounds’ Physics and Astronomy career celebrated at dinner.

LEICESTER MERCURY, 7 October 2004: Newman College distance learning linkup.

LEICESTER MERCURY, 8 October 2004: Lindsays final season.

PENARTH TIMES, 7 October 2004: Student Amin to study medicine at Leicester.

SANDWELL EDITION EXPRESS AND STAR, 6 October 2004: Graduate artist Stephen Morris exhibits in Wednesbury.

SCOTTISH SUNDAY HERALD, 3 October 2004: Members of Radio and Space Plasma Physics Group write poem to honour Charles Thomson Rees Wilson and Kristian Birkland.

THE HARTLEPOOL MAIL, 2 October 2004: Star Profile, Richard Attenborough.

Magazines and Trade

GP, 1 October 2004: Asthma and peak flow study by University.

Week Ending 15 October 2004

National

BBC NEWS, 15 October 2004: England and Wales local directories go online digitised by the University.

NEW SCIENTIST, 9 October 2004: Letter, nuclear arithmetic, from Andy Saunders, Department of Geology.

THE DAILY EXPRESS, 9 October 2004: Death of Graduate.

THE DAILY TELEGRAPH, 13 October 2004: John Clare, Any Questions, top university list cites Leicester.

THE GUARDIAN, 12 October 2004: Picture; University students break their fast at dusk on a day during Ramadan.

THE GUARDIAN, 13 October 2004: Obituary of Pete McCarthy (Peter Charles Robinson, 1951-2004), teacher, writer, performer, broadcaster, comedian and graduate in English from the University of Leicester.

THE SCOTSMAN, 10 October 2004: Colleagues pay space age tribute to scientist David Watson.

THE TIMES HIGHER EDUCATIONAL SUPPLEMENT, 15 October 2004: Competition winner Greg Walker’s opening chapter.

THE TIMES HIGHER EDUCATIONAL SUPPLEMENT, 15 October 2004: Degree classes are too broad a measure and should go says Burgess Report. Informative systems are required.

Local

ALDERSHOT MAIL, 12 October 2004 – BRACKNELL MIDWEEK NEWS, 13 October 2004 – BRACKNELL NEWS / THE RUSH, 14 October 2004: Stalking study

DUNDEE COURIER AND ADVERTISER, 14 October 2004: Kasabian performs at University.

LEICESTER MERCURY, 9 October 2004: Professor Gilly Salmon appointed to promote e-learning.

LEICESTER MERCURY, 11 October 2004: Care conference at University.

LEICESTER MERCURY, 11 October 2004: Steam Railway editor to talk at University.

LEICESTER MERCURY, 12 October 2004: Charity fashion show on campus.

LEICESTER MERCURY, 12 October 2004: Green house gases monitored by University.

LEICESTER MERCURY, 12 October 2004: Physiotherapy course starts.

LEICESTER MERCURY, 12 October 2004: Solar energy for the concrete lab.

LEICESTER MERCURY, 13 October 2004: Dr Adrian North’s research on music and mood.

LEICESTER MERCURY, 13 October 2004: Dr Hoskins and the beauty of Leicester.

LEICESTER MERCURY, 13 October 2004: Linda Perham MP, graduate of 1969, hosts reception at the House of Commons celebrating the ongoing success of the University thanks to its Alumni.

LEICESTER MERCURY, 13 October 2004: Students Helen Kerr and Graham Collier recognised by the Shell Technology Enterprise Programme.

LINCOLNSHIRE ECHO, 15 October 2004: Scheme to get pupils hooked on science.

SANDWELL EDITION EXPRESS AND STAR, 12 October 2004: Survey analysis by psychologist Dr Adrian North reveals that certain music improves your wellbeing.

SCOTTISH SUNDAY HERALD / THE SCOTTISH SUNDAY POST, 10 October 2004: Salt and vinegar, to shake or not to shake dilemma.

SCUNTHORPE EVENING TELEGRAPH, 15 October 2004: Students promised passport to higher education.

SUNDERLAND ECHO, 12 October 2004: JRF Reports spending on long-term care for older people is rising as a percentage of GDP.

Magazines and Trade

ASIAN LEADER, 2 – 15 October 2004: Graduate Haresh Sood wins Australian global media award.

BELLA, 14 September 2004: Parents coping when their children leave for university.

REAL MAGAZINE, 15 October 2004: Women binge drinking increase.

RETAIL EXPRESS, 12 October 2004: Professor Martin Gill comments on rise in business crime.

Week Ending 22 October 2004

National

DAILY STAR, 19 October 2004 – THE SUN, 21 October 2004: University research finds that 46% of professional footballers know of a colleague using recreational drugs (Front page article).

EVENING HERALD (Dublin), 20 October 2004: Professor Aidan Halligan’s appointment to chief executive officer of the new Health Service Executive.

SCOTTISH SUNDAY HERALD, 17 October 2004: Report on xenophobia.

THE GUARDIAN, 16 October 2004: Leicester male students second best looking in UK.

THE INDEPENDENT, 21 October 2004: A profile of graduate John Peters, Gulf veteran and Chairman of the Association of MBAs.

THE INDEPENDENT REVIEW, 20 October 2004: Japanese knotweed may have met its match thanks to research at the University over the last twenty years.

THE SUN, 21 October 2004: Survey analysis by psychologist Dr Adrian North reveals that certain music improves your wellbeing.

THE TIMES HIGHER EDUCATIONAL SUPPLEMENT, 22 October 2004: NASUWTs new general secretary, Chris Keates, graduate of University.

THE TIMES HIGHER EDUCATIONAL SUPPLEMENT, 22 October 2004: The Burgess Report recommends that educators should be able to measure the added value of courses including the potential financial rewards for graduates.

THE TIMES, 18 October 2004: Salt and vinegar, to shake or not to shake dilemma.

Local

BRISTOL EVENING POST, 19 October 2004 – LEICESTER MERCURY, 20 October 2004: Professor Rutty comments in murder case.

CAMBRIDGE EVENING NEWS, 18 October 2004: Astronaut Michael Foale visits the National Space Centre as guest of honour to open the new Rocket Tower Lift.

HEARTLAND EVENING NEWS, 21 October 2004: Student recruitment event at Walkers Stadium.

KETTERING EVENING NEWS, 22 October 2004: Graduate Joe Hill working for NASA on Swift.

LEICESTER MERCURY, 19 October 2004 / LEICESTER MERCURY, 20 October 2004: Opening of the Sir Michael Atiyah opens the new science building named in his honour.

LEICESTER MERCURY, 19 October 2004: Free lecture on stroke treatments.

LEICESTER MERCURY, 19 October 2004: Graduate fair this month at Walkers Stadium.

LEICESTER MERCURY, 19 October 2004: Knighton Chamber Orchestra at Fraser Noble Hall.

LEICESTER MERCURY, 21 October 2004: Geographical Association event.

LONDON EVENING STANDARD, 22 October 2004: Survey analysis by psychologist Dr Adrian North reveals that certain music improves your wellbeing.

SWINDON EVENING ADVERTISER, 21 October 2004: Book on Avebury stones by Mark Gillings.

YOUNG PEOPLE NOW (Leicester), 20 October 2004: Adolescent substance misuse, book review by Douglas Cameron.

Magazines and Trade

CHEMISTRY AND INDUSTRY, 18 October 2004: Enzyme catalysis quantum mechanical effects.

THIRD SECTOR, 20 October 2004: Tracey Morgan, the founder of the Network for Surviving Stalking, teams up with Dr Lorraine Sheridan the University’s expert on stalking.

Week Ending 29 October 2004

National

DAILY STAR, 23 October 2004 – THE SUNDAY EXPRESS, 24 October 2004: Survey analysis by psychologist Dr Adrian North reveals that certain music improves your wellbeing.

NEW STATESMAN, 25 October 2004: Political studies guide 2005.

THE GUARDIAN / THE SCOTSMAN, 26 October 2004: Dangerous gamma ray bursts could threaten life on earth. Swift robot spacecraft instruments will alert earth-based astronomers.

THE GUARDIAN, 29 October 2004: Obituary of Charles Clenshaw.

THE INDEPENDENT, 26 October 2004: Obituary of Brian Wilson, scholar of the sociology of religion.

THE INDEPENDENT, 28 October 2004: Physics is a way of thinking but students are falling.

THE MAIL ON SUNDAY, 24 October 2004: Hostage Margaret Hassan.

Local

BARNSLEY STAR / BOLTON EVENING NEWS / MANCHESTER EVENING NEWS / THE DONCASTER STAR, 23 October 2004 – HALIFAX EVENING COURIER, 25 October 2004 – LEICESTER MERCURY, 25 October 2004 – MANCHESTER METRO NEWS, 29 October 2004: John Williams of the Centre for Sociology of Sport says football hooliganism has been on a downward trend since the 1980s.

CAMBRIDGE EVENING NEWS, 26 October 2004: LX Rigby club plays at University.

CARLISLE NEWS AND STAR, 27 October 2004: Focus on mature graduates with dyslexia.

LEICESTER MERCURY, 23 October 2004: University Theatre plays RAG-time.

LEICESTER MERCURY, 25 October 2004: Asthma and pollution study.

LEICESTER MERCURY, 25 October 2004: Cassini-Huygens probe due to pass Saturn’s moon Titan at 17:44 tomorrow.

LEICESTER MERCURY, 25 October 2004: Greg Walker wins writing competition.

LEICESTER MERCURY, 25 October 2004: Swift gamma ray telescope to carry plaque in memory of its creator David Watson (1943-2003).

LEICESTER MERCURY, 25 October 2004: Twenty-five years ago, University’s X-ray astronomy department is involved in Spacelab.

LEICESTER MERCURY, 25 October 2004: Youngsters’ art exhibited at University.

LEICESTER MERCURY, 26 October 2004: Dr Mark Pfuhl and Helen Clark MP work to build bridges between parliament and researchers.

LEICESTER MERCURY, 26 October 2004: Dr Tim Stokes draws up guidelines on epilepsy.

LEICESTER MERCURY, 26 October 2004 & 27 October 2004 & 29 October 2004: National one day fast for charity.

LEICESTER MERCURY, 28 October 2004: Images of Titan from Cassini-Huygens project have excited the international scientific community preparing for the Huygens landing site.

LEICESTER MERCURY, 28 October 2004: Student Paul Robinson wins award in Maryland for advancing GIS.

LEICESTER MERCURY, 28 October 2004: Student recruitment event at Walkers Stadium.

LEICESTER MERCURY, 28 October 2004: The search for future doctors, university is reserving spaces.

LIVERPOOL DAILY POST, 23 October 2004: Youngsters build rockets with Rob O’Brien’s help.

NOTTINGHAM EVENING POST, 25 October 2004: EMIN project supports IT business.

SHROPSHIRE STAR, 29 October 2004: SmartWater reduces crime says University study.

THE BRIGHTON ARGUS (Mid Sussex), 26 October 2004: Dr Adrian North reveals that ABBA improves your wellbeing. Opinion by Mike Ward.

THE POTTERIES ADVERTISER, 28 October 2004: Survey analysis by psychologist Dr Adrian North reveals that certain music improves your wellbeing.

WORKSOP GUARDIAN, 29 October 2004: How to become better learners conference by Professor John West-Burnham.

October

Magazines and Trade

BUSINESS NEWS, October 2004: Graduate Andrew Garbett joins Coffin Mew and Clover.

CARING TIMES, October 2004: JRF Reports spending on long-term care for older people is rising as a percentage of GDP.

CIU CLUB JOURNAL, October 2004: Letter of thanks for summer school.

CIU CLUB JOURNAL, October 2004: Photo outside Beaumont Hall.

COUNTRYSIDE LA VIE, October 2004: Dixie Grammar School’s Charity Sixth Form Ball in the Charles Wilson Building.

ETC, October 2004: Quote from Jon Darling graduate of Economics.

IN-STORE, October 2004: Dr Adrian North on the calming effects of music.

LIBRARY AND INFORMATION UPDATE, October 2004: Book review by Suzie Kitchin.

MANAGEMENT TODAY, October 2004: Guide to business education and training, Leicester’s MBA.

PHYSICS WORLD, October 2004: Lateral Thoughts; Alan Mills - Salt and vinegar, sir?

PHYSICS WORLD, October 2004: Martin Ward, chair of the PPARC Science Committee enthusiastic for Aorora.

PIZZA PASTA AND ITALIAN FOOD MAGAZINE, October 2004: Music matters says University’s Music Research Group in ‘The Effect of Musical Style on Restaurant Customers’ Spending’.

PROFESSIONAL SECURITY, October 2004: Alan Beck on stock shrinkage.

QUALITY WORLD, October 2004: New MSc customer service management course from the Centre of Quality Excellence.

THE CARING BUSINESS, October 2004: JRF Reports spending on long-term care for older people is rising as a percentage of GDP.

THE GROUNDSMAN, October 2004: Letter from Colin Hide, Sport and Recreation Manager.

TRAINING JOURNAL, October 2004: Gilly Salmon’s regular column on e-learning.

VOGUE, October 2004: Debate on the worthiness of breast screening.