Press Releases 2009
December 2009
- “Are your nanostructures feeling the strain?” »
- HOX Genes: New Targets for Cancer Therapy »
- The world’s smallest snowman has been created by scientists »
- Private school pupils turn to universities overseas because of rejection by Oxbridge, research says »
- Professor Silva elected to the National Academy of Sciences Sri Lanka »
- Students get a boost with cheaper fees »
- Professor Colin Grant appointed Pro-Vice-Chancellor of the University of Surrey »
- Surrey celebrates double success »
- Surrey Sports Park selected to host major international sporting event in 2010 »
- Space pioneer Sir Martin Sweeting awarded the IET’s Faraday Medal »
November 2009
- Surrey graduate wins prestigious Mary Seacole Award »
- Winter Happenings at the University of Surrey »
- Does carbon labelling give developing countries a bad deal? »
- SECAmb consultant paramedic appointed as Visiting Professor »
- Media Advisory: The Fall of the ‘Iron Culture’ and the Culture of Europe: 1989-2009 »
- 100 not out: new study hopes to tap into the secrets of centenarians »
- Surrey’s graduates given a Flying Start »
- University of Surrey Multi-Faith Centre to change shape of campus faith relations... »
- Sri Lanka signs agreement with SSTL for space capability »
- Surrey students make a difference in Guildford »
- Launch of ‘Sleep Problems in Later Life’ »
- Surrey students call in financial experts at Money Week »
- Storm sign kit deal with Gilbert »
- The UKSEDS Annual Conference comes to Surrey: Saturday 7 November »
October 2009
- UK and Japanese scientists join forces to construct the Virtual Microbe »
- Surrey appoints Director of Development and Alumni Relations »
- Psychologists argue behaviour change can help halt climate change »
- SETsquared business incubator sees technology innovation investment soar to over £52 million »
- British Institute of Humour Studies networking event... »
- Surrey Sports Park backs England 2018 bid »
- New breast cancer research funding for Surrey »
- Stickier adhesives discovered at Surrey »
- Computers learn to spot unspoken meaning in human conversations »
- Surrey Storm sign England duo Greenway and Dunn »
- Photo opportunity - Stag Hill Archers Open Indoor Tournament »
- Public Lecture: ‘Self’ in Qur'an and Hadith - The Dynamics of Human Spiritual Development »
- Universities aid regional biopharmaceutical industry »
- Understanding identity in sense of self »
- Can India be freed from the Coal Raj? »
- Between 70-90% rapes thought to go unreported …and 94% of reported cases don’t end in a conviction »
- Live Music: Bassekou Kouyate and his band Ngoni Ba... »
- Medication errors in care homes »
- University of Surrey joins global celebration of good mental health »
- Storm's England players ready for action! »
- Reid Strengthens Surrey Storm Defence »
- Annual Poetry Lecture: J.H. Prynne on Edmund Blunden... »
- Human Rights and Nursing Awards recipients announced »
- Vice-Chancellor begins term as Institution of Engineering & Technology President... »
September 2009
- The Fluid Piano™ Launch Event, 28 November... »
- Mkoloma and Mentor sign for Surrey Storm »
- Prestigious Leadership Fellowship awarded to Surrey academic »
- New look for Surrey Storm! »
- Surrey’s MA Translation joins European network... »
- Calm before the Storm at the Surrey Sports Park »
- Guildford Book Festival 2009 promises to be a best-seller »
- Appointment of Deputy Vice-Chancellor for Academic Development »
- Two awards for Surrey RAG team »
- Surrey professor joins Nanotechnology and Materials team at NPL »
- The evolution of monsters in the garden of England kicks off the British Science Festival »
- People in their 50s lose significantly more sleep during a recession, research says »
- New research finds that TV doesn’t ‘rot your brain’ »
- Fear of sloth and wasting doctors’ time mean older people shun benefits of a good night’s sleep »
- Daily events listings: Saturday 05 September »
- Daily events listings: Monday 07 September »
- New coach set to make squash one of Surrey’s showcase sports »
- University of Surrey and Waterfall Solutions sign Memorandum of Understanding »
- Sense of identity protects emergency workers from stress »
- Guildford Cathedral: The light fantastic... »
- Selenium deficiency in the British diet could be corrected with new fertiliser »
- Looking back at the Great Look Up... »
- Wake up and Smell the Coffee »
- Healthy Eating: The Prostate Care Cookbook »
- New light shines on cathedral for British Science Festival »
- Surrey rower wins at the World Championships »
- British Science Festival to highlight the groundbreaking work being done at The Surrey Research Park »
- The future starts here »
- Robert Winston: The Man behind the Moustache »
- Daily events listings: Wednesday 09 September »
- Daily events listings: Tuesday 08 September »
- Daily events listings: Thursday 10 September »
- An Evening with Bill Bryson »
August 2009
- World's elite digital security experts gather at University of Surrey »
- £2.5m funding to commercialise breakthrough carbon nanotube interconnection process for next-generation semiconductors »
- Surrey rower selected for World Championships »
- University of Surrey looks forward to hosting British Science Festival 2009 »
- Royal Society Public Lecture »
- The stars are out for The Great Look Up »
- Student satisfaction continues to rise at University of Surrey... »
- Surrey Sports Park to become training ground for Woking FC »
July 2009
- £10m Knowledge Transfer deal signed by the University of Surrey and the National Physical Laboratory (NPL) »
- Stars of science to shine in Surrey! »
- Grant awarded for Myeloma Research »
- University of Surrey tops English graduate employment league... »
- Surrey Sports Park and Guildford City Swimming Club pool resources »
- Surrey academic selected as HP Innovation Research Award recipient »
- Surrey researchers study how dietary carbohydrates influence the thickening of arteries »
- Should Gordon Brown resign and who should replace him? »
- From animals to humans: a multi-disciplinary approach to the study of zoonotic diseases »
- University of Surrey experts part of research team awarded £430k grant for pioneering nanotechnology research »
- Noel Fitzpatrick awarded honorary doctorate by the University of Surrey »
- Open Day at the University of Surrey - 14 and 21 July »
June 2009
- Adaptive coxed four bring home gold in World Cup rowing... »
- Surrey students take From London to Ulaanbaatar: The ultimate road trip »
- Surrey Vice Chancellor receives Distinguished Educator Award »
- Genes predict how brain responds to fatigue, human study shows »
- Surrey International Institute celebrates first graduation in China... »
- Surrey students take ultimate road trip from London to Ulaanbaatar »
- World nutrition experts gather for annual symposium »
- Students recommend Surrey »
- University of Surrey experts call for water regulation improvements following visit to African nations »
- Eating for prostate health: The Prostate Care Cookbook by Professor Margaret Rayman, Kay Gibbons and Kay Dilley »
- University of Surrey hosts successful Saudi International Conference 2009... »
- UniSPORT CATS Activity Camps - Summer 2009 »
- Surrey Sports Park to open first Starbucks licensed store in multi-sports facility »
- The 3rd Saudi International Conference to be held at the University of Surrey »
- University of Surrey Vice-Chancellor appointed Technology Strategy Board Governor »
May 2009
- Global Campus has University of Surrey at its heart »
- Appointment of Senior Deputy Vice-Chancellor »
- High-flying University of Surrey researcher chosen as European astronaut... »
- University of Surrey hosts 2009 Royal Economic Society Conference »
- Surrey Number 1 for Tourism Studies... »
- Politics and Languages degrees at the University of Surrey »
- Media Invitation: An Evening with Clarissa Dickson-Wright »
- Dr Indarjit Singh CBE speaks at the University of Surrey »
- University of Surrey students help to raise £500 for local charity »
April 2009
- Music at the University of Surrey – May 2009 »
- Salters' Festival of Chemistry at the University of Surrey »
- Brain training, chimp chat and the dark side of the Universe… »
- Universities of Surrey and Reading to aid pharmaceutical industry in the South East prepare for economic upturn »
- Surrey's Leadership Academy leads new ways of innovating during difficult economic conditions »
- University of Surrey Students' Union wins Silver at this year's Sound Environmental Impact Awards »
- Nigerian engineers learn to map African resources using NigeriaSat-1... »
- The original Concorde pilot-training simulator is re-commissioned at Brooklands Museum »
- 'Moving Mountains' by Claire Bertschinger »
- Carbon nanotube polymer nanocomposites for field emission cathodes »
- University of Surrey awards honorary doctorate to Jonny Wilkinson »
- University of Surrey sponsors Charity Swim fresh2o Challenge »
- New £1.85m/$2.8m funding for UK consortium continues successful research on uncooled photonic devices »
- Recession must make us question ‘relentless pursuit of growth’ – Sustainable Development Commission »
March 2009
- The University of Surrey in new deal with Universidade de São Paulo in Brazil »
- Gender differences in the health risks of obesity »
- Squash strikes Gold »
- National Science & Engineering Week 2009 »
- SSTL-led team investigates GNSS signals for remote sensing »
- Media Invitation: Open Innovation in Security »
- Nursing figures on the rise »
- Surrey moves ahead with new Research Chair in Space Engineering »
- Scientists and industrialists have invented a sophisticated new air quality measuring device that can act as a pollution radar over cities »
- Surrey secures £3.85m to deliver economic and social impact »
- Green IT Twitters away at Surrey »
- President-elect outlines key steps necessary to manage innovation and enterprise within universities »
- Topping out ceremony for the University's new sports park »
- SSTL delivers on Russian KANOPUS missions »
- National contest seeks game programmers of the future »
- Wake up to a new you! »
- New MD for the Surrey Sports Park »
February 2009
- BBC World Music Award Winner Bassekou Kouyate launches UK Tour at Guildford International Music Festival »
- Media Invitation: Surrey Sports Park to hold Topping Out Ceremony with Alec Stewart »
- HRH The Duke of Kent KG unveils Surrey Stag »
- Music at the University of Surrey – March 2009 »
- Five minute interview with Professor Lord Winston »
- Two-egg diet cracks cholesterol issue »
- A Dream for All »
- National Science & Engineering Week 2009 comes to Surrey »
- Surrey Maths Challenge »
- Test tube chemistry inside a carbon nanotube »
- Surrey professor elected to Academy of Social Sciences »
- Leading professor of cardiac nursing joins the University of Surrey »
- Important Announcement: UCAS Day Wednesday 4 February 2009 Cancelled »
- Important Announcement from the Vice Chancellor »
- Music and Dance at the University of Surrey – February 2009 »
January 2009
- Penelope Keith appointed Pro-Chancellor »
- Surrey student wins national midwifery student award »
- Lifting the Mask on the Beijing Opera »
- Doing, Done and Undone at the University of Surrey »
- A Taste of Technology »
- Crime and Justice @ Surrey - A cross-faculty initiative of the University of Surrey »
- Surrey researchers hold hope for diabetes sufferers »
- Parlez-vous français? Sprechen Sie Deutsch? ¿Habla Usted español? Would you like to? »
- SSTL sale represents most successful spin-off for British University »
- Positive signals for Galileo »
- EADS Astrium acquires Surrey Satellite Technology Limited »
- Surrey professor named as winner in first pan-European awards for academic enterprise »
