University of Surrey News
Let them eat Easter eggs!
26 March 2013
Should you let your children indulge in Easter Eggs or not? That is the question on health-conscious parents’ lips at this time of year.
Hilton Park Lane manager named as Alumni Award winner
25 March 2013
University of Surrey honours graduate Michael Shepherd, general manager of the London Hilton on Park Lane and veteran hotelier.
British public divided on merits of drone strikes, says new study
25 March 2013
Fifty-five per cent of the British public would support the UK Government assisting in a drone missile strike to kill a known terrorist overseas, but support drops substantially if innocent casualties are likely, according to a new study.
Surrey music academic in collaboration with Andrew Lloyd Webber
20 March 2013
Professor Steve Goss, from University of Surrey's School of Arts, has been collaborating with composer Andrew Lloyd Webber on a guitar arrangement of material from Lloyd Webber’s new musical, Stephen Ward. The piece will be unveiled during ITV’s star-studded tribute to Andrew Lloyd Webber and performed by award-winning guitarist Miloš Karadaglic. It will be the first time that any of the music from the show is heard in public.
A revolutionary ‘nuclear battery’ a step closer
20 March 2013
Experts in nuclear physics at the University of Surrey have helped develop research towards a ‘nuclear battery’, which could revolutionise the concept of portable power by packing in up to a million times more energy compared to a conventional battery.
Experts look to plants and animals to discover the future of computers
18 March 2013
Living organisms have an innate ability to adjust to new situations, make complex decisions, and even to heal themselves when damaged.
By contrast, man-made technological systems struggle to cope with the unexpected.
Quantum Information Processing: A Step Closer
14 March 2013
Researchers from Yale, Surrey, and Paris have made an important breakthrough towards ‘quantum information processing’, which promises to lead to massive information technology advances in the future.
Head of Banking at Santander speaks to Surrey students
14 March 2013
Steve Pateman, Executive Director and Head of Banking at Santander UK, gave a lecture to members of the university community about the current threats the UK economy faces and also the future of UK banking.
More than eight out of 10 women with gestational diabetes missing out on crucial postnatal care
13 March 2013
Just 13 per cent of women who have had gestational diabetes receive the right care after giving birth, leaving them at risk of developing Type 2 diabetes, a lifelong condition, research reveals.
Licence deal brings breakthrough prostate cancer test closer to clinical use
13 March 2013
The University of Surrey has signed a world-wide non-exclusive agreement with international diagnostic specialist Zeus Scientific to develop and market its breakthrough urine biomarker, EN2. This signals a significant step forward in the battle against prostate cancer which kills nearly 11,000 men in the UK every year.
Medical Ethics Forum for Vets & Doctors
11 March 2013
25th March 2013
University of Surrey
Meeting Centre, Leggett Building Manor Park Campus
Guildford GU2 7WG
With the advancement of medicine and veterinary medicine, doctors and vets are increasingly able to improve quality of life or artificially extend life expectancy. However, these technological advances in medicine are now re-focusing both professions on confronting numerous and challenging ethical dilemmas.
Music and New Writers festivals
8 March 2013
Festival season starts early at the University of Surrey, with the Guildford International Music Festival and Surrey New Writers Festival both taking place in March.
Smartphone satellite “STRaND-1” operational in orbit
7 March 2013
STRaND-1, the nanosatellite carrying a smartphone, has been declared operational in orbit by the mission team from the University of Surrey’s Surrey Space Centre (SSC) and Surrey Satellite Technology Limited (SSTL).
The satellite successfully separated from the Indian PSLV launcher in low Earth orbit after its launch on February 25, and first contact with STRaND-1 was made on its second pass over the Guildford ground station.
Expert in space weather joins the University
4 March 2013
A leading UK expert in the effects of solar storms on satellite, aircraft and electronic systems has joined the University of Surrey’s space centre staff.
Keith Ryden has an impressive background in advising governments on the potential impact of such storms which can have a substantial effect on everyday communications systems like mobile phone networks, power grids and distribution networks which increasingly use GPS.
Surrey's applications grow by a third
28 February 2013
The Vice-Chancellor was recently interviewed by The Independent newspaper around how the university has managed to increase its number of applications for undergraduate places.
University secures £4.9m of funding for new Veterinary Clinical Skills Centre
27 February 2013
Pursuing its vision to deliver a series of projects which will expand its existing research and education strengths and promote economic growth, the University of Surrey has secured £4.9m of funding from the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) for a new Clinical Skills Centre at its Guildford-based campus.
Lack of sleep alters human gene activity
25 February 2013
Latest research from the University of Surrey has found that as little as one week of inadequate sleep is enough to alter the activity of hundreds of human genes.
World’s first "phonesat" Smartphone successfully launched into orbit
25 February 2013
'STRaND-1', a nanosatellite carrying a smartphone, has successfully launched into Space from India.
Continuity and tension in the definition, perception and enactment of the first-line management role in healthcare
22 February 2013
A study that examined first-line management in health care organisations has found that effective first-line management in the NHS requires more coherent, focused and credible roles.
The hidden life on your phone – the bacteria that lurk on your mobile
21 February 2013
Long after we’ve swiped and tapped our smart phones, sent or received personal texts, our devices retain a biological history of our actions.
Students studying bacteriology at the University of Surrey imprinted their mobile phones onto Petri dishes to see what they might carry.
