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Roehampton University
Roehampton University has signed a cooperation agreement with the College of Technology at the Vietnam National University to develop a joint Master’s degree in information management.
The degree is the first in a number of Master’s degrees that the institutions will develop together, with a business Master’s next on the agenda.
This is the second South East Asia partnership for Roehampton, who recently established a relationship with the Royal University of Phnom Penh in Cambodia to run a joint MSc in Psychology, helping to address Cambodia’s shortage of psychology practitioners.
Kevin – www.studylondon.ac.uk
Imperial College London
A futuristic £1 million rooftop ‘greenhouse’ has been created at Imperial College London to allow scientists to grow large quantities of plants for experiments ranging from developing new sources of biofuels to helping sequence the tomato genome.
The new Imperial GroDome is the only rooftop facility of its kind in London. It provides plant scientists with over 200 square metres of temperature and light controlled growing space for a variety of plant species, allowing them to carry out large-scale plant experiments.
The GroDome is the part of a development project to support plant science research at Imperial, which has also seen the refurbishment of laboratories and the installation of controlled environment plant growth rooms for smaller plants, as well as imaging labs and mass spectrometry facilities.
Kevin – www.studylondon.ac.uk
Duke of York delivers his speech
City University London’s newly refurbished School of Arts was recently opened by HRH Duke of York.
The School’s £12 million transformation provides state-of-the-art accommodation and new facilities that include a television and radio studios; music recording studio; concert space and resource centre.
The new building will house the university’s departments of journalism, music, cultural policy management, languages and translation studies.
Kevin – www.studylondon.ac.uk
Micheline Mannion's book cover (source: D&DA)
A Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design student has been named student of the year at the prestigious D&AD Student Awards.
Micheline Mannion designed a solution to the Faber & Faber book cover brief, incorporating the publisher’s new Print on Demand (PoD) service. It’s a quirky take on the old-fashioned highlighter pen combined with cutting-edge technology to create a personalised cover.
The international D&AD Awards reward outstanding creativity and high standards of design and innovation amongst students studying courses in advertising, graphic design, digital media, film & animation, photography, illustration, product design and interior design.
Kevin – www.studylondon.ac.uk
Inspirational Londoners by Sue Kemp
A new art exhibition celebrates some of London’s most inspiring figures. Five students from Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design were commissioned by the student accommodation provider Unite to exhibit their artwork in Unite’s new student accommodation in London’s vibrant East End.
The exhibition will feature an eclectic selection of Londoners, past and present – from the architect behind the Gherkin, Sir Norman Foster, to Phyllis Pearlsall who created London’s first A to Z street map by painstakingly walking every street until she had mapped them all!
Sue Kemp, a fine art student at CSM, chose to celebrate all Londoners in her painting (pictured), creating a collage of everyday, ordinary people who through creativity, self-belief and hard work have achieved amazing things.
Simon – www.studylondon.ac.uk
Nursing student Jason Towner
London student Jason Towner has won the Royal College of Nursing Fellows Student Nurse award in recognition of his hard work for during his nursing studies.
Jason, who is on his final year in BSc Adult Nursing at Thames Valley University, will now be automatically selected for the Nurse of the Year Awards, the most prestigious accolade for recognising and rewarding excellence in nursing.
Nursing is Jason’s second career, having previously worked in pest control for 15 years. We wish Jason good luck in the national awards, due to take place in London in November.
Kevin – www.studylondon.ac.uk
An artist's impression of Goldsmith's new building
Work has started on a £20 million cutting-edge new building at Goldsmiths, University of London, which will have many environmentally friendly features, such as bat and bird boxes, as well as the latest technology for students.
The building, to be completed summer 2010, will house the Department of Media and Communications, and house radio, TV and photographic studios. In addition the building will contain a 250 seat lecture theatre, 120 seat screening room and a café with outside seating.
The building will help protect the environment with heating sourced from a biomass boiler and extensive use of natural ventilation, aided by four large wind towers on the roof.
Kevin – www.studylondon.ac.uk
Institute of Education, University of London
Institute of Education, University of London
The Institute is a leading centre of education and social science research hosting over 250 research projects during a typical year and has been praised by the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) for the scale, strength and vitality of its research contributions.
The Institute is London’s highest rated initial teacher training provider and has partnerships with over 500 schools and colleges in Greater London.
Students come from a wide range of employment backgrounds including education, health and social care departments, local and national government, charities, voluntary and non-governmental organisations and the private and commercial world.
Quick facts
- Almost 6,000 students; around 800 staff including over 90 professors and readers; income over £60 million annually.
- More than 50 Master’s programmes, 20 teacher training courses and an extensive range of degrees, certificates and diplomas plus a wide selection of professional development courses.
- Notable alumni include novelist Louis de Bernières; Grace Naledi Pandor, Education Minister for South Africa; Paul Myners, former director of M&S, Powergen, Orange, Guardian Newspapers and Chair of Low Pay Commission.
Contact details
Institute of Education, University of London
20 Bedford Way
London, WC1H 0AL
Tel: +44 (0)20 7612 6000
Email: info@ioe.ac.uk
Web: www.ioe.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.**
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