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Goldsmiths, University of London
Goldsmiths, University of London are joining forces with global brand agency, The Brand Union, to launch a unique, international Master’s degree in Brand Development.
The postgraduate degree, starting in September 2009, will study contemporary branding and communications methodologies and their social, economic and political contexts.
Key themes such as intellectual property rights, the changing media environment, globalisation and the impact of digital communications and marketing technologies will also form part of the syllabus.
It is estimated that we are exposed to 3,000 brands a day, often subliminally. The new course will look at the art and science behind building a successful brand in this increasingly branded world.
Kevin – www.studylondon.ac.uk
Talented Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance student Benjamin Shepherd has won the British Athletic Championships in tumbling.
Tumbling is a gymnastics discipline requiring high jumping abilities, space orientation, co-ordination, power, strength and courage. Although the discipline has not been seen at the Olympics since 1932 (see video), Ben hopes to represent his country if tumbling is chosen as one of the gymnastics disciplines for the forthcoming London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
In the meantime, Ben will be busy combining his studies with training for more international tumbling competitions.
Simon – www.studylondon.ac.uk
Video
1932 Olympic tumbling champion Roland Wolfe gives a short demonstration of his gymnastic discipline
Imperial College London
Imperial College London
Imperial is consistently rated among the world’s best universities and has a reputation for teaching and research in science, engineering, medicine and management.
The College is a global university attracting students from 123 different countries: 46 percent of students and 32 percent of staff come from outside the UK.
Imperial’s institutes and centres bring together expertise from across the university to tackle some of the world’s greatest problems. Examples include the Grantham Institute for Climate Change, focussing on mitigation techniques and influencing international policy. At the Institute of Biomedical Engineering, scientists, medical specialists and engineers are drawn together to create revolutionary progress in medical diagnosis and treatment.
Quick facts:
- 13,000 students; 3,000 academic and research staff; research income of £230 million.
- Over 200 undergraduate and postgraduate courses in science, engineering, medicine and business
- Notable alumni include Michael Birch, founder of Bebo; Simon Dennis and Luka Grubor, Olympic gold medallists; Ken Michael, Governor of Western Australia.
Contact details
Imperial College London
South Kensington Campus
London, SW7 2AZ
Tel: +44 (0)20 7589 5111
Web: www.imperial.ac.uk
**This profile is part of a series which forms a directory of London’s universities. You can read more university profiles here as they are published.**
University of the Arts London interior spatial design student. Copyright Mario A. Razetto.
The University of the Arts London is offering crucial support to help creative businesses survive the economic downturn thanks to a government fund of half a million pounds.
The fund will ease the transition between university and work by helping graduates find employment or to set up their own business.
Graduates will get advice on maximising the potential of their intellectual property and how to develop new markets. Support will also include mentoring programmes, training and specialist career advice.
London is Europe’s leading centre for the creative industries employing over 450,000 people – so it is the perfect place to find a job, set up a business or simply be creative.
Kevin – www.studylondon.ac.uk
University College London
University College London (UCL) has announced that it will be placing all its research online and giving free access to anyone who wants to use it.
Open Access is a new form of dissemination for published books, articles, conference proceedings and digital material. Its principles are based on the Berlin Declaration, which urges authors to retain the rights in the materials they produce and to place a copy in an Open Access medium – in UCL’s case the university’s online database – so that they are freely available to anyone, anywhere in the world.
This move places UCL at the forefront of academic institutions that are pioneering the move to Open Access and has already given all of its PhD students the option of making their theses available online. The database will be launched in the coming months allowing the university to showcase its research to a global audience.
Kevin – www.studylondon.ac.uk
UEL student Amy Thomason in action
University of East London (UEL) student Amy Thomason is training to compete in the European Universities Karate Championship in Spain.
Amy, the current UK karate champion is busy finishing her final year dissertation for her Media and Creative Industries degree while also being an active member of the Great Britain University Team and representing England in karate.
Once Amy has completed her degree, she hopes to combine her love of sport with her media degree by becoming a sports writer. And with the London 2012 Games fast approaching, there will be plenty of opportunities for her to practise her skills.
Simon – www.studylondon.ac.uk
Heythrop College, University of London
Heythrop College, University of London
Heythrop College is the specialist philosophy and theology college of the University of London. It has probably the largest library in its field in Britain and one of the largest faculties. Heythrop has a 96-bedded hall of residence for students in Kensington Square.
The College has a major international reputation with some of the leading academics in its field – all of whom lecture to undergraduates. The College offers one-to-one tutorials for undergraduate students.
Quick facts:
- 955 students, income of £4 million
- 40 teaching staff of which 70% are research active
- Eight undergraduate degrees; 14 postgraduate courses; three non-degree courses in theology; philosophy; and combined psychology degrees.
Contact details
Heythrop College, University of London
Kensington Square
London, W8 5HQ
Tel: +44 (0)20 7795 6600
Email: enquiries@heythrop.ac.uk
Web: www.heythrop.ac.uk
**This profile is part of a series which forms a directory of London’s universities. You can read more university profiles here as they are published.**
The Nintendo Wii, from fun to fitness to education (source: Nintendo)
Popular playground games such as clapping and skipping are to be converted into Nintendo Wii-type computer games as part of a unique collaboration between the British Library, Nintendo and two London universities – Institute of Education and University of East London.
The games will help to record and conserve playground games for future generations of children with advice from games developers at Nintendo. Generating these prototype playground games is only one strand of the ambitious £600,000 project.
The project also aims to digitally convert the important collection of playground games and songs held at the British Library. This collection will then be transferred to an interactive website where children, parents, educators and members of the public can access the digitised archives.
Kevin – www.studylondon.ac.uk
A computer generated image of the London 2012 Media Centre (source: LOCOG)
The Media Centre for the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games will create just under 900,000 square feet of business space in legacy with the potential to generate thousands of new jobs.
The Centre will support around 20,000 broadcasters, photographers and journalists communicating the Games to an audience of four billion people worldwide. Combining an innovative mixture of permanent and temporary elements during the Games, the Centre has been designed to be as flexible as possible to accommodate a range of businesses once the Games are over.
In addition to creating new jobs, the Centre will include the use of recycled non-drinking water collected across the Olympic Park and will build new habitats to attract wildlife to the area.
Simon – www.studylondon.ac.uk
Yasmina Siadatan
London School of Econmics (LSE) alumni Yasmina Siadatan is the latest winner of the popular TV series, The Apprentice.
Aired on BBC One, the show is designed for budding business entrepreneurs to compete for position to earn the prize of a six-figure salary with Sir Alan Sugar, one of Britain’s most respected business moguls.
Yasmina studied BSc Economic History and Population Studies at LSE. Since graduation in 2004, she has set up a successful restaurant and has competed in the London Marathon. It is believed Yasmina will take a high profile role in one of Sir Alan’s companies, which cover property, jet hire and computers.
Kevin – www.studylondon.ac.uk
“London is a city where different cultures and thoughts meet. Living in this city, I never feel bored.
