date: Mon, 3 Mar 2008 17:28:24 -0000
from: "Penstone-Smith Claire Mrs \(MAC\)" <Claire.Penstone-Smith@uea.ac.uk>
subject: Media Summary 3.3.08

   East Anglian Daily Times 3.3.08
   P22 New laws needed to save Amazon species
   Protected forest strips buffering rivers and sreams of the Amazon rainforest should be
   significantly wider than currently according to new research by scientists at the UEA.   Dr
   Carlos Peres (ENV) is quoted.
   East Anglian Daily Times 3.3.08
   P23 New UEA study will analyse flood risk.
   Rainfall in the UK became more intense during the past 100 years according to new research
   at the UEA.
   East Anglian Daily Times 3.3.08
   P23 Nitrous Oxide Group
   Farmers, food suppliers, policy makers, business leaders and environmentalists are joining
   forces to confront the threat of the `forgotten greenhouse gas' nitrous oxide by taking
   part in a new forum co-ordinated by Prof David Richardson (SCI) of the UEA who is quoted.
   Evening News 3.3.08
   P11 City Hall is preparing for its darkest hour
   Norwich has become the first UK city to sign up to a worldwide initiative to switch off
   lights to raise awareness about global warming on March 29 as part of Earth Hour 2008.
   Norwich City Council have agreed to work with CRed at the UEA to try and involve other
   organisations.
   Marcus Armes is quoted.
   [1]http://www.eveningnews24.co.uk/content/News/story.aspx?brand=ENOnline&category=News&tBra
   nd=enonline&tCategory=news&itemid=NOED01%20Mar%202008%2010%3A25%3A30%3A927
   Evening News 3.3.08
   P14 Hospital averts a maternity crisis
   Sufficient midwives have been recruited to work at the Norfolk & Norwich Hospital because
   many due to retire.  Eleven graduate midwives have been recruited from the UEA.
   [2]http://www.eveningnews24.co.uk/content/news/story.aspx?brand=ENOnline&category=News&tBra
   nd=ENOnline&tCategory=news&itemid=NOED01%20Mar%202008%2010%3A08%3A41%3A033
   EDP 3.3.08
   P20 Loft ideals for an insulation project
   Reepham is one of the highest polluting towns in the UK in term of emission of carbon
   dioxide according to a survey carried out by CRed at the UEA and the Energy Saving Trust.
   The Observer 2.3.08
   P11 Business & Media - Prince of pension buyouts
   Profile of Mark's Wood, founder and chief executive of Paternoster, studied at the UEA.
   The Observer 2.3.08
   P7 Review - Ask the experts
   Prof Rebecca Stott (LIT) is one of three authors answering questions about books.
   Sunday Telegrah 2.3.08
   P26 A day to savour the rewards of motherhood
   Article about Mother's Day which includes mention of the recent study from the UEA that
   indicates a third of professional women lose out on career advancement once they have
   children.
   Mail on Sunday 2.3.08
   P61/63 What I've learn from being in the system is that there's a seed of mental illness in
   everyone
   Interview with author Clare Allan, who studied creative writing at the UEA.
   The Independent 1.3.08
   P2 Proof that we are not taking climate change seriously
   Article that mentions a study by the Tyndall Centre on greenhouse gas targets.
   EDP 1.3.08
   P17 UEA graduate to Radio 1 - in a day
   Interview with Greg James, who graduated from the UEA last year, and is now working at for
   Radio 1.
   [3]http://new.edp24.co.uk/search/story.aspx?brand=EDPOnline&category=Features&itemid=NOED01
   %20Mar%202008%2011:23:51:217&tBrand=EDPOnline&tCategory=search
   EDP 1.3.08
   P40 Now it's all systems go for `carbon calculator'
   Farm accounts will change next week when important calculations will be based around
   greenhouse gas emission and carbon sequestration via a new web-based calculator.  The
   article quotes Mark Little of the Norwich office of Savills agribusiness who it mentions
   instigated discussions with the UEA and took the lead in the launch of CRed.
   EDP 1.3.08
   EDP Saturday, P10
   Baxter to the future
   Interview with singer-songwriter Tom Baxter who recollects seeing the Stray Cats at the
   UEA.
   [4]http://new.edp24.co.uk/content/WhatsOn/story.aspx?brand=EDPOnline&category=WhatsOn&tBran
   d=EDPOnline&tCategory=WhatsOn&itemid=NOED01%20Mar%202008%2017%3A50%3A02%3A150
   EDP 1.3.08
   P20 EDP Sunday, Social Diary
   Photographs of the electro-pop band Hot Chip's gig at the UEA.
   The Guardian 1.3.08
   P16 Review - Me, myself and I
   Review of Submarine by Joe Dunthorne who studied creative writing at the UEA.
   Daily Mail 1.3.08
   P25 Review - How Hitler invaded Wales
   Review of Owen Sheers' latest novel.  He studied at the UEA.
   BBC Look East 29.2.08
   Dr Keith Tovey (ENV) interviewed about the effect of the Bacton gas terminal fire on gas
   prices.
   Headlines 03.03.08
   Newspaper headlines (and online links where possible)
   01.03.08
   First class news (The Guardian Graduate 01.03.08 p. 22)
   [5]http://www.guardian.co.uk/graduate/story/0,,2261162,00.html
   02.03.08
   The lazy student's guide (The Sunday Express 02.03.08 p. 20)
   Plans for 20 new university towns (The Observer 02.03.08 p. 10)
   [6]http://education.guardian.co.uk/higher/news/story/0,,2261433,00.html
   You can tell a great university by the companies it keeps (The Observer 02.03.08 p. 35)
   [7]http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/mar/02/highereducation
   03.03.08
   A market higher education has to create, then supply (The FT Letters 03.03.08 p. 10)
   [8]http://www.ft.com/cms/s/4e9b9910-e8c3-11dc-913a-0000779fd2ac,Authorised=false.html?
   Plans for more towns to have a university (The Daily Telegraph 03.03.08 p. 12)
   [9]http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2008/03/03/nschool403.xml
   University students offered 'earn as you learn' scheme (The Independent 03.03.08 p. 4)
   [10]http://www.independent.co.uk/news/education/education-news/schools-and-universities-lin
   k-up-to-give-earn-as-you-learn-option-to-students-790467.html
   Oxford's finest are offered financial lure to work in tough urban schools (The Times
   03.03.08 p. 28)
   'University challenge' for 20 new campuses (The Times 03.03.08 p. 27)
   [11]http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/education/article3471191.ece
   Additional online stories
   Blowing the whistle on the REF!
   [12]http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/7271431.stm
   Plans for 20 new university towns
   [13]http://education.guardian.co.uk/higher/news/story/0,,2261433,00.html
   Vote may end Cambridge's self-rule
   [14]http://education.guardian.co.uk/administration/story/0,,2261095,00.html
   Royal Society turns to venture capitalism
   [15]http://www.researchresearch.com/getPage.cfm?pagename=ResearchDay&lang=EN&type=UK&Public
   ation=Research%20Day%20UK&Issue=2937
   Denham sets out vision for HE global dominance
   [16]http://education.guardian.co.uk/higher/news/story/0,,2261201,00.html
   UCU warned to 'think again' over pay bargaining
   [17]http://education.guardian.co.uk/higher/news/story/0,,2261156,00.html
   Sector Releases
   A new 'university challenge' (DIUS 03.03.08) [18]http://www.dius.gov.uk/index.html


   Claire Penstone-Smith
   Communications Assistant
   Marketing and Communications Division
   Tel: 01603 593496
   Web: www.uea.ac.uk/comm
   Please note my office hours are Monday - Wednesday.
   For queries on other days please contact my colleague Sue Garrod on s.garrod@uea.ac.uk

