Press Releases 2011
December 2011
- Scientists to investigate human benefits of birdsong »
- Surrey composer awarded gift to create new concerto »
- Are sex offenders and lads’ mags using the same language? »
November 2011
- New coatings process to reduce the carbon footprint of the transport industry »
- Space conditions recreated at the University of Surrey »
- Breakthrough in low loss high frequency carbon nanotube electronics »
- Evening light: disrupts sleep and the biological clock. New clues to why we go to bed so late »
- Surrey wins awards for excellence in Chemical Engineering »
- Should tax-payers subsidise holidays? »
- World record number of honorary graduates »
October 2011
- Researchers claim that police officers find the Human Rights Act actually helps them in their work »
- Mind the gap: Hydrogen meets Graphene »
- 90th Poppy Appeal to launch at the Surrey Sports Park »
- University to provide enhanced e-learning across campus »
- Surrey nuclear experts gain £2M award to examine exploding stars »
- Sonia Sabri Company’s innovative and inspiring Kathakbox comes to Guildford »
- SETsquared appoints Partnership Director to lead industry collaboration and support of high-growth businesses »
- Winners of Space App Competition announced »
- Surrey Researchers Produce Landmark 40Gbit/S Silicon Optical Modulators »
September 2011
- Oscar-winning film animation firm to use University-inspired research in future blockbusters »
- Social learning concept for new University library »
- Innovative University of Surrey graduate start-up company wins Technology Strategy Board grant to drive NHS cost savings »
- Electronics expert Professor Ravi Silva to lecture at the Royal Society »
- Samsung looking for Torchbearers for London 2012 Olympic Torch Relay »
- Tenth Human Rights and Nursing Awards announced »
- Surrey soars up University league table »
- Breakthrough in sight for new cheaper solar cells »
- University nominated for award for most improved students’ experience. »
August 2011
- Smart phone in space project up for national award »
- Tackling world problems through an academic partnership »
- University’s steady success in poll of students »
- Does a change in main meal time shift biological rhythms? »
- Surrey scientist joins world record holding yachtswoman in new global challenge »
- Satellite innovators launch smartphone Space App competition »
- Bridging the gap between glass and silicon »
July 2011
- New plagiarism detection system to clamp down on thieves and cheats »
- First approval for production of an anti-HIV antibody in plants »
- Olympic legend awarded honorary degree »
- Surrey retains top spot for graduate employment »
- Male flirts less happy at work »
- Low iodine levels in organic milk could compromise brain development in early life »
- The curious case of a cat and a quantum computer - Schrödinger’s cat in a silicon chip »
- Space student wins prestigious Sir Arthur Clarke award »
- University links up with top broadcaster for new audio visual technology »
- Spaceman’s name launches the Guildford Roll of Honour »
June 2011
- ‘Smart materials’ that make proteins form crystals to boost research into new drugs »
- University rises up the Times Good University league table »
- Former student returns to University as Dean »
- University’s Chancellor opens new inspiring Arts centre »
- School science challenge at University of Surrey »
- Double honour for space researchers in prestigious Sir Arthur Clarke awards »
- SETsquared announces winning student entrepreneurs from Surrey »
- Surrey Storm through to Superleague Grand Final »
- Google praises Surrey computer student as one of the best in the World »
- Experts in pioneering technology gather to focus on burgeoning hi-tech market »
- Award-winning novelist Monica Ali to launch University PEN at Surrey »
May 2011
- Experts aim for new materials to advance technology »
- Surrey dance students host an exciting end-of-year celebration of dance »
- University of Surrey rises up the league tables »
- County council and university unveil £4m scheme to reduce roundabout congestion »
- Pop Star and Physics Professor - a chance to meet the UK’s most famous scientist »
- Surrey Professor helps set up science centre in Sri Lanka to boost new hi-tech economy »
- Surrey's new space innovation centre launches aiming to attract £25 million of investment »
- Salters’ Festival of Chemistry »
April 2011
- Surrey Sports Park celebrates first year anniversary »
- New centre for researchers to improve cancer treatment and homeland security »
- High praise for Surrey Sports Park as Singapore is Surrey bound »
- How managers are coping with being “Fired at 50” »
- Letting there be more mosquitoes may lead to fewer malaria deaths, say researchers »
- The interaction between migratory birds and domestic poultry may play a role in the persistence of avian flu, suggest experts »
- University boost for pupils with learning difficulties »
- Nigeria set to train in Surrey ahead of London 2012 »
March 2011
- Surrey student hailed as computer technology pioneer »
- Brighten up one corner of your world »
- Nanoelectronics workshop in Japan »
- Meet Dr Zdenek Kalal »
- 9/11: Ten years on what lessons have we learnt? »
- University of Surrey announces £9k fee proposal for 2012 »
- Professor Paddy Regan comments on the nuclear situation in Japan »
- Sound financial advice for young people makes Surrey safer »
- Boost for research into tackling internet fraud »
- Get THE industry edge at tourism and hospitality careers day »
- UK first for university in intellectual property scheme »
- Does everything really begin with One or is it that everything ends with One? »
- Revolutions in the Middle East and North Africa: a victory for people power? »
- Guildford International Music Festival - 5 – 26 March 2011 »
- University of Surrey's diagnostic urine test: a real breakthrough »
February 2011
- New ‘intelligent’ microphone system to help hard-of-hearing »
- University voted most welcoming in the UK by students »
- Carbon nanotache with 3D Symmetry »
- Discover your inner rabbit »
- Children's charities squeezed by government policies »
- See youth culture in a different light »