Press Releases 2008
December 2008
- University of Surrey announces Deputy Vice-Chancellor appointment »
- E.ON backs major organic-inorganic hybrid photovoltaic project at the Advanced Technology Institute »
- British company launches free satellite imaging initiative »
- Interest rate cuts are much less effective when credit is tight »
- RAE confirms strengthening of Surrey's world-class research »
- ‘A Road Less Travelled – Reflections on an Uncompleted Journey’ »
- New degree at the University of Surrey aims to boost interest in Paramedic Practice »
- Surrey offers HR Healthcheck »
- 'Life on Mars' at the University of Surrey »
- University of Surrey forges partnership with Banco Santander »
- Surrey to train scientists and engineers for Britain’s future »
- OBE for Surrey's Professor Jim Al-Khalili »
- Announcement - Annual Lecture »
- SSTL welcomes UK outcome of ESA Ministerial »
November 2008
- Energy re-think needed to make homes and businesses greener »
- SSTL payload computer will help Chandrayaan-1 search the moon for ice »
- Lord Winston joins University Council »
- Music at the University of Surrey – December 2008 »
- Iraq's Oil Future: Finding the Right Framework »
- Secret of a good golf swing revealed »
- Best Poster Award at UK NanoForum 2008 goes to Novel OPV Design »
- SSTL’s Hyperspectral imager celebrates 7 years in orbit »
- Unique sputtering tool extends thin film research possibilities »
- Encouraging investment in Iraq's oil industry »
- Yorkshire-based Dance Theatre Company Instant Dissidence presents White Out Conditions at the University of Surrey »
- Symphony Orchestra full of sunshine and cheer on a chilly autumn evening »
- Classical sensation and gramophone award winner Tasmin Little comes to Guildford »
- How to survive in the face of the credit crunch »
October 2008
- Music at the University of Surrey – November 2008 »
- Ann Elliott to give Surrey Sculpture Society Lecture at the University of Surrey »
- SETsquared Partnership Showcase 2008 shows UK technology innovation thriving »
- Photo opportunity – Stag Hill Archers Open Indoor Tournament »
- Glimmerglass Opera appoints Surrey graduate as Music Director »
- Office workers given the blue light to help alertness »
- Media advisory – National Sleep-in Day experts available for interview »
- SSTL earns ESA award for its role in Galileo »
- Research into Trustworthy Voting Systems announced »
- Surrey student excels at SET Awards »
- The Artificial Intelligence Debate »
- Leading lights from science and engineering honoured by IET »
- Research funding to enable engagement between retail industry and academia »
- Galileo workshop considers GIOVE satellite results »
- Creators of Britain's 'innovation economy' to showcase the technologies of the future at the fifth SETsquared Partnership Showcase 2008 »
- To blog or not to blog – is that your question? »
- Exciting, educational, uplifting…enjoy an evening of Indian dance and music at the University of Surrey »
- Treatment of Cancer »
- National Cancer Imaging Research at Surrey »
- Surrey Research Park formalises Korean links »
- University of Surrey and Regional NHS Collaboration »
- Russian pianist Demidenko to perform at the University of Surrey »
- Youngsters flying high after winning top UK space competition »
- Statement on the Decision by St George’s University of London »
- Join the Guildford Boundary Challenge Walk »
- Open Day at the University of Surrey - 22 October »
- Tourism for Peace and Development Award »
- Surrey welcomes State Secretary of the Ministry of Education and Culture, Hungary »
- The Morag Morris Poetry Lecture »
September 2008
- Surrey shortlisted for University of the Year at Times Higher Education Awards 2008 »
- Surrey welcomes Freshers »
- Surrey Science Circus »
- Parlez-vous français? Sprechen Sie Deutsch? ¿Habla Usted español? Would you like to? »
- University of Surrey Annual River Sports Day »
- Surrey graduate receives Royal Army Medical Corps Consultants' Prize »
- Success of pianist Emilie Crapoulet on tour in Nicaragua »
- Translating talk into action – University of Surrey Conference shows the way to Sustainable Practice in Universities »
- DMCii pioneers new framework for satellite imaging quality control »
- Star soloists in TV Show Maestro to perform at the University of Surrey »
- A cautionary note in the use of carbon nanotubes as interconnects »
- Sleep researchers at the University of Surrey awarded £2.6 million in research funding »
- Relax, Invigorate, Enjoy! A journey through voice styles »
- UK-DMC satellite first to transfer sensor data from space using 'bundle' protocol »
- Potential partnership between University of Surrey and St. George's, University of London »
- SSTL completes Galileo in-orbit test campaign »
- Surrey Alumnus Professor Nitish Chandra Debnath hosts UK Science Park delegates at a planning meeting in Bangladesh »
- Surrey nuclear physicists win £3m for basic research »
- Music at the University of Surrey - September 2008 »
- Open Day at the University of Surrey - 4 October »
- Lost Horizons: The Big Bang »
- Surrey moves up in Shanghai Jiao Tong academic rankings of world universities »
- Employee Share Schemes Made Easy »
- Surrey Chef gears up for charity bike ride »
August 2008
- RapidEye constellation launched successfully »
- Two-egg diet cracks cholesterol issue »
- Sleep researchers at the University of Surrey awarded £2.6 million in research funding »
- RapidEye constellation ready for launch »
- NPL - University of Surrey Strategic Partnership Launch Event »
- Professor Roland Clift appointed as a Vice-President of Environmental Protection UK »
- Media Invitation: Sustainable Practice in Universities: Leading and Improving »
- A level results day? Don't panic! 12 tips to get you through »
- Advanced sputtering tool will help leading laboratory's research into piezoelectric and pyroelectric transducers, and PEC cells for the hydrogen economy »
- Large area transistors get helping hand from quantum effects »
- Surrey on show at the Utah Small Satellite Conference »
- Innovative research brings quantum computers one step closer »
- Surrey Satellite Technology US opens for business »
- Open Day at the University of Surrey »
- UK-Japan Young Scientist workshops in Surrey this week »
- New nanotechnology tagging system to help solve gun crime »
July 2008
- Surrey shines at Improving Patient Safety Conference »
- Surrey nuclear physicists celebrate 50 years of research »
- How Innovative Leaders Inspire their Teams and Drive Creativity »
- Dreaming of a good night’s sleep in retirement? »
- University of Surrey opens English department to cater for high demand for new English course »
- Older people may need less sleep, study finds »
- Maloney's Law »
- Guildford Book Festival announces highlights for 2008 Festival 16-25 October »
- University of Surrey’s ATI announces prestigious Royal Society Research Fellowship »
- Surrey Professor named Fellow of the British Academy »
- Join UniSPORT for Walkfest »
- Do you know a local unsung hero? »
- The University of Surrey celebrates its diversity of research »
- Surrey professor joins the best of engineering »
- Personality at work including the dark side »
- Winner of GuilFest 2008 Competition revealed »
- Controlled growth of truly nanoscale single crystal fullerites for device applications »
- UK space competition unearths young talent »
- Languages Day at the University of Surrey »
- World leading Surrey space company on show at Farnborough »
- Wild CATS in Guildford »
- Media Invitation: A lecture by Professor Philip Mellor: Bluetongue Disease and Climate Change »
- Under starter’s orders »
- Guildford to host the BA Festival of Science »
June 2008
- 'No win, no fee' under scrutiny »
- Surrey researcher wins prestigious five-year fellowship »
- University of Surrey awards honorary doctorate to Jimmy Page »
- University of Surrey awards honorary doctorate to Sir Ray Tindle »
- University of Surrey awards honorary doctorate to Sir George Martin »
- University of Surrey awards honorary doctorate to Professor Richard Casten »
- University of Surrey awards honorary doctorate to Professor Jean Hooper CBE »
- University of Surrey awards honorary doctorate to Arie de Geus »
- Surrey Professor elected to prestigious European Academy »
- Open Day at the University of Surrey »
- Peter Monkman: Changing Face »
- The Big Dance for All Day »
- Media invitation – UK’s first ever course in Natural Orifice Transluminal Endoscopic Surgery »
- International Student Mobilities: a workshop at the University of Surrey »
- Enhanced EO satellite UK-DMC-2 passes Test Readiness Review »
- Could your company benefit from government funding and academic expertise? »
- United Nations World Tourism Organization – Ulysses Awards and Conference »
- "12" Final Year Photography Foundation Degree Students – Farnborough College of Technology »
- Short Courses in Advanced Materials »
- Rohde & Schwarz UK supports renowned satellite communications research centre »
- OBE Honour for Surrey's Professor Jim Al-Khalili »
- Media Invitation: A lecture by Dr Paul Newman: "Where am I?" – A Robot’s Perspective »
- Media Invitation: A lecture by the Honourable Mrs Justice Dobbs DBE: Are You Getting the Judges You Deserve? : Diversity in the Judiciary in the 21st Century »
- Allan Wells, (1980 Olympic Gold Medallist, 100m) launches South East Paralympic Pre-Games Training Camps Guide »
- Media Invitation: Fourth Annual Hart Brown Economic Forum – There is only Opportunity »
- Successful first test of high speed ‘penetrator’ »
- Media Invitation: Paralympic Pre Games Training Camp launch at the University of Surrey »
- University of Surrey strengthens senior management team »
- The Earthscan Reader on Sustainable Consumption »
- Science Circus at the University of Surrey »
May 2008
- Surrey students raise £5,000 at Three Peaks Challenge »
- Surrey support following China earthquake »
- Surrey Physics student wins prestigious award from the Chinese Government »
- Surrey doctoral student wins funding from the American Philosophical Society to support research »
- Sharing the oil wealth: a study of petroleum taxation yesterday, today and tomorrow »
- SSTL wins satellite imager contract for climate modelling »
- Surrey student named top Master of UAE »
- Nationalism, Ethnicity and Citizenship: Whose Citizens? Whose Rights? »
- Privacy and Surveillance »
- Viral Therapy of Cancer »
- The University of Surrey Chinese Earthquake Appeal »
- Leading educationalists to call for rethink on established concepts of learning »
- Phase of clock gene expression in human leukocytes correlates with habitual sleep timing »
- Surrey High Sheriff praises good work of UniSPORT »
- Les Murray to give the University of Surrey Annual Lecture »
- University of Surrey and GuilFest announce formal association »
- New world disorder: How can the international community respond? »
- All eyes on Guildford »
- Media Invitation: Surrey High Sheriff supports young people engaged in sport »
- Surrey’s new MA Law (Senior Status) validated for launch in September 2008 »
- Surrey Physics students win IOP/EPSRC funding to attend the Lindau Nobel Laureates Conference »
- New Barnet student unlocking the key to the atom at Yale »
- Media Invitation: Serious Fun at the University of Surrey »
- Salters' Festival of Chemistry at the University of Surrey »
- Nano-designed transistors with disordered materials, but high performance »
April 2008
- Short Course in Composite Technology and Smart Systems »
- First meeting of high level Education and Skills Panel to advise the Engineering and Technology Board (ETB) »
- Privacy and Surveillance … is it possible to have both? »
- Most new mothers agree that early diet is important for the long term health of their babies »
- Bath’s Elizabeth Simos named President »
- Swanley’s Natalie Forrester wins election »
- High Wycombe’s Nick Entwistle wins election »
- East Preston’s Jack Symons wins election »
- Bournemouth’s Christophe Mathers wins election »
- Surface Analysis - An Introduction to XPS, SIMS and Scanning Auger Microscopy »
- EU project shows car safety is not just about engineering »
- Let’s go lunar roving – Surrey Space Centre wins Academy funding for Chinese exchange »
- New rural partnership develops the research landscape in South East England »
- Making a Fortune: Learning from the Asian Phenomenon »
- Surrey Professor receives the Adhesion Society Award for Excellence »
- Numerical Modelling in Materials Engineering »
- Surrey Toxicology receives prestigious National Award »
- Evening Language Courses at the University of Surrey »
- Light Metals and Alloys »
- Surrey scientist given hearty grant for research »
- New MSc in International Event Management and MSc in Operations and Logistics Management validated for launch in September 2008 »
- Ceramics and Ceramic Matrix Composites »
- Major boost for Physics in the South East »
- EADS Astrium signs an agreement to acquire Surrey Satellite Technology Limited from the University of Surrey »
- Surrey students celebrate the festival of colours »
- SSTL’s Sir Martin Sweeting receives lifetime achievement award »
- Music and Dance at the University of Surrey – May 2008 »
- ESA confirms SSTL’s GIOVE-A 'full mission success' »
March 2008
- A sustainable answer to the challenges of 1960s buildings »
- Polymers for Advanced Applications »
- Health Secretary formally opens largest bowel cancer screening hub »
- Surrey Visiting Scholar wins Avicenna Award and is tasked with furthering patients’ rights in Iran »
- National Science and Engineering Week 2008 at the University of Surrey »
- Allan Wells Sports Lecture – An Evening with Sir Trevor Brooking »
- A High Power Laser Zap to Nanotechnology »
- NPL extends strategic relationship with the Advanced Technology Institute, Surrey for a further three years »
- Essential safeguard, or infringement of personal liberty? »
- Lectures fail to help students learn says Harvard professor »
- Secretary General of the UN and British Government minister sends messages of support to University mock UN event »
- World is on the menu »
- The future of sustainable tourism in Greece »
- Media Invitation – Surrey welcomes St John Ambulance for County Competition »
- An invitation to Surrey dance students’ End-of-Year Shows »
- Luxfords St George's Hill 3 beat UniSport Guildford 2 »
- Music and Dance at the University of Surrey – April 2008 »
- Thorn in the Flesh – a new novel by Anne Brooke »
- ¡Toma la Palabra! Making languages fun »
February 2008
- Music and Dance at the University of Surrey - March 2008 »
- Minister discusses Moon missions at SSTL »
- Surrey helps IBM reach milestone »
- Business Start-up Tips »
- Sport Relief – do your mile(s) at the University of Surrey »
- Surrey Professor to serve on European Research Council: The Human Mind and its complexity »
- Surrey celebrates diversity with iFestival »
- brandRapport appointed by University of Surrey »
- Surrey celebrates National Science and Engineering Week »
- Village life: Everyday experiences from a rural Indian community challenge the design skills of RSA Design Directions design students »
- Anglican Diocese of Guildford donates £250,000 to University Multi-Faith Centre »
- Surrey students do their part for National Volunteering Week »
- UniSport Guildford 1 lost to Surrey Health & Racquets Club 4 »
- Surrey player wins Senior National Squash Championship »
- Media Invitation – Cheque handover »
- Surrey celebrates Fairtrade Fortnight with wine and chocolate »
- Chinese New Year celebrated by Surrey students »
- University of Surrey sees highest growth in applications »
- Surrey Professor appointed editor of the European Journal of Information Systems »
- UniSPORT Guildford 1 lost to Probuild Bristol 4 »
- …Under A Bushel – Mixed media exhibition by staff and students of the University of Surrey »
- Allan Wells Sports Lecture – An Evening with Sir Trevor Brooking »
- Conversation with Maxine Doyle - Choreographer for punchdrunk »
- Conversation with Wanda Moretti – Founder of ‘Il Posto’ and Vertical Dance Artist »
- University of Surrey Symphony Orchestra and Choir perform Mahler's Resurrection Symphony »
- New MSc International Financial Management validated for launch in September 2008 »
- Surrey student reaps success at Ford 2007 'WISE' prize »
- Dance conversation with Kevin Finnan »
- Surrey student receives award for outstanding coursework »
- Surrey NanoSystems takes its 'next-generation semiconductor tool' technology to Asian industry at Nanotech 2008 »
- SSTL wins role on Canadian satellite programme »
January 2008
- Tackling Anti-Social Behaviour in Schools Conference »
- UniSPORT assists girls to groove the night away at the Electric Theatre »
- University of Surrey signs on to the principles for responsible management education »
- Media Invitation: Recovery After Work »
- PNH Properties Chichester 4 beat UniSPORT Guildford 1 »
- Surrey says Kung Hei Fat Choi »
- Stand Up and Be Heard! »
- Steve Cottingham named best student at Guildford: Life with Style awards 2007/2008 »
- PNH Properties Chichester v UniSPORT - Tuesday 29 January »
- Improving the working environment for our ageing workforce »
- Media Invitation: Evolving synthetic societies: a workshop »
- The House of Wisdom and the legacy of Arabic science »
- Surrey research group wins grant to develop new low-cost fuel cells »
- Surrey celebrates the best of its research »
- Classroom scientists shoot for space »
- Front of pack labelling evaluation to begin »
- University leading the way to fill skills gap »
- MBE Honour for Surrey's Sally Edie »
- New BSc Hons degree in Financial Services Management »
- Mothers make it work »
- Security and crime prevention using nanotechnology »
- Music and Dance at the University of Surrey - January/February 2008 »
- Use Your Influencing Skills to Achieve Greater Success »
- Surrey Professor appointed new Editor-in-Chief of Annals of Tourism Research »
- Guildford prepares for worldwide welcome »
- Carbon nanotube tool innovator names Director of Sales and Marketing »
- Raising Funds to Start Your Business? »
- Surrey Student wins best talk prize for battery research »