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Boris Johnson, Mayor of LondonMay 2011

As I write, the cranes and diggers are in full swing at the Olympic Park, as the fantastic Stadium and facilities for the 2012 Games take shape. Also at the Park, construction has begun on the landmark ArcelorMittal Orbit, one of the most important monuments to be built in London since Nelson’s Column.

This spiralling 150 metre tall tower has been designed by one of the world’s greatest artists and London alumnus, Anish Kapoor.

Its design is groundbreaking and stretches the rules of engineering, ensuring that long after the 2012 Olympics visitors for generations to come will visit east London to enjoy the breathtaking views from the Orbit’s stratospheric viewing platform.

In this edition of insight you can read more about the Orbit and Anish Kapoor’s amazing career and how his work is an inspiration to people in London and cities around the world.

As summer nears, students within London’s universities and art schools are busy planning their final year shows. Between May and July London is bursting with young talent who inject colour, energy and inspiration into the city with their showcases in art, design, architecture, film and, one of my favourites, fashion.

I am fully committed to supporting the city’s emerging design talent and to championing our world-leading fashion industry. I wholeheartedly believe that the designs you see on the streets of London today will be on the catwalks of Paris, Milan and New York tomorrow.

I hope you enjoy reading this edition of insight. Remember, you can go to www.studylondon.ac.uk for more news and information on studying in the most creative city in the world.

CONTENTS

NEWS02 Read about the latest courses, research and

student successes from London’s universities

08 We take a look at some of the latest scholarships available in London

buSiNESS & fiNaNCE10 THE SCiENCE Of MaRKETiNG Technology

and a global marketplace are changing the way businesses think

11 Fashion collection • Enterprise lab • Insurance research • Top MBA ranking

CREaTivE aRTS12 SCuLPTuRE iN THE SKY London alumnus

designs iconic tower for London’s Olympic Park13 Light show • Lady Gaga designs • Art summer school • Jazz prize

SCiENCE & TECHNOLOGY14 ENGiNEERiNG STuDENT SHOWCaSE How

the city’s engineers are designing the future15 Manufacturing machinery • Dark matter • Academic superstar • European exchange

HEaLTH & PubLiC POLiCY16 iNTERNaTiONaL NuRSiNG London

continues to be an inspiration to the world’s nurses17 Student lawyers • Quality of life • Nepal visit • Ecological study

REGuLaR fEaTuRES18 CaLENDaR Of EvENTS Discover London’s

diverse festivals and celebrations20 LONDON’S HiDDEN GEMS Maritime Greenwich Exploring one of London’s four World Heritage Sites, home to universities, the Royal Observatory, National Maritime Museum and Greenwich Mean Time

SCHOLaRSHiPS iN LONDON

NEWS

2 www.studylondon.ac.uk

iN thE NEWS the LAteSt NeWS FROM LONDON’S UNIVeRSItIeS

POSTGRADUATE students fromthe Royal College of Art have been chosen to design the podiums and staff uniforms that will be used in London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games medal ceremonies.

This unique opportunity will

2012 design victory

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give students the chance to work alongside industry and retail experts to turn their ideas into finished products before the Games begin in July 2012. The students’ designs will be used in more than 700 ceremonies and will be seen by millions of people watching on television worldwide.

The London 2012 Olympic Stadium

Harrods charity bag

AN environmentally-friendly shopping bag designed by Jessica Madden, a graduate from the University of Westminster, was recently launched by the famous luxury retailer Harrods to raise money for London’s Great Ormond Street Hospital.

Jessica was praised for her creative approach to the limited-edition canvas bag design, which is now available in-store at Harrods and online. She graduated from Westminster’s BA Fashion Degree which is ranked second in the UK and ninth worldwide by online fashion industry bible fashionista.com.

NEWS

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rts London

Colin Firth with Drama Centre Principal, Dr. Vladimir Mirodan

UNIVERSITY of the Arts graduate and Hollywood film star Colin Firth has won the Best Actor Oscar at this year’s Academy Awards for his role as the stammering King George VI in the film The King’s Speech.

Colin refined his acting skills at the Drama Centre, which is a part of Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design. Prior to filming Colin sought the advice of his sister Kate Firth, a voice coach who trained at Central School of Speech and Drama’s MA Voice Studies. Kate helped her brother perfect a variety of speech techniques vital to his performance as the stammering king.

Oscar win for London alumni Colin Firth

Did you know?

FIVEspecialist drama and theatre schools in London

There are


Computer science award

ONE of the leading computer science publications has given Dr Peter O’Hearn, from Queen Mary, University of London, a retrospective award for the Most Influential Paper of 2001.

The computer science professor shared the £1,000 prize with co-author Samin Ishtiaq. Their

Source: Queen M

ary, University of London

THE Southbank Centre and King’s College London are collaborating to create a unique Master’s programme linking education and culture.

The MA Education in Arts & Cultural Settings is the first of its kind and is ideal for people working on educational programmes within arts organisations.

King’s will provide students with a theoretical understanding of teaching while the Southbank Centre will show them how to deliver a learning and participation programme in a world-class cultural setting.

The Southbank Centre is the largest single-run arts centre in the world. It includes the Royal Festival Hall, Hayward Gallery, Poetry Library, and 21 acres of creative arts. Over 22 million people visit the site, making it one of the most popular cultural destinations.

Arts andculture course

NEWS

academic paper examines how mathematical techniques can help computers better utilise software to avoid crashes, freezes and other errors. The paper’s key findings have since been applied to practical problems in computer programming and have been used in the latest software tool from Microsoft Research.

Dr Peter O’Hearn


ANDREAS Philippopoulos-Mihalopoulos, a law professor from the University of Westminster has been named Law Teacher of the Year 2011.

Andreas’s winning journey began when he was nominated by nine students from his university. The professor was judged on a variety

Vogue fashion THIS year’s winner of the British Fashion Council (BFC) and Vogue Designer Fashion Fund was University of the Arts London graduate Christopher Kane.

The MA Fashion graduate wins £200,000, plus access to mentors in the industry and a twelve-month bespoke mentoring programme from BFC. The Fund will help Christopher’s fashion label make the transition from a small creative business into a global fashion brand.

Christopher is a rising star of the fashion world. He has received clothing commissions from pop star Kylie Minogue and his clothes are already stocked in luxury stores around the world including Barneys, Liberty and Harvey Nichols. In addition to creating his own clothing range, Christopher also designed the Verses Collection from Donatella Versace and launched a capsule collection for UK high street store Top Shop.

Law teacher of the year

NEWS

Source: Jonathan Schofield

of criteria including his scholarly activities, his communication skills and how he inspires his students.

The national award examines law teachers from across the UK by using a variety of techniques including campus visits, interviews and the filming of teaching sessions.

Andreas Philippopoulos-Mihalopoulos (left)

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Grammy music success

TWO London graduates celebrated success at this year’s Grammy Awards, the prestigious US award for outstanding achievements in the music industry.

University of Westminster graduate Alexander ‘Shux’ Shuckburgh was awarded two Grammys for Best Rap/Sung Collaboration and Best Rap Song. He co-wrote and produced the Jay-Z and Alicia Keys song Empire State of Mind. Since completing his BA Commercial Music at Westminster, Shux has worked with a variety of artists, including Snoop Dogg and Lily Allen.

NEWSSource: Royal College of M

usicChristopher Tin

Classical music star and Royal College of Music (RCM) graduate Christopher Tin also won two Grammys. Christopher won Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s) for his work Baba Yetu while his album Calling All Dawns was named Best Classical Crossover Album.

The American composer graduated from RCM’s internationally acclaimed Composition for Screen course in 2000. He credits living in London, one of the great artistic capitals of the world, for helping him to become a successful film composer.

THE Institute of Education (IOE) has been awarded accreditation to become a Doctoral Training Centre in partnership with three other University of London colleges: Birkbeck; the School of Oriental and African Studies; and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.

Each year, 26 PhD studentships will be available to students working in: demography; economics; education; political science and international studies; psychology; social anthropology; social policy; health and wellbeing; quantitative methods and international development.

The Bloomsbury Colleges Training Centre, as the collaboration will be known, offers high quality training across the social sciences. Most studentships will be awarded for 3 to 4 years, depending on the applicants’ previous research training.

Doctoral training


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Alexander ‘Shux’ Shuckburgh

KING’S College London’s UN World Food Programme society recently joined up with Fareshare, a charity that helps tackle food poverty and food waste.

The charity redistributes surplus food and drink generated by supermarkets to disadvantaged people in the community. Students from King’s will work in London to help sort and transport the food to those in need.

The society aims to raise the profile of global malnutrition and help achieve the Millennium Development Goal of halving world hunger by 2015. The UN World Food Programme aims to bring food assistance to over 90 million people in 73 countries.

World food volunteers


NEWS

THE London School of Economics (LSE) has announced its exciting 2011 Summer School programme. The School will offer 70 intensively taught three-week university level courses in accounting; finance; law; economics; international relations; government and society; and management.

With over 4,000 students and

Source: Squease

AN International Culinary Arts student from University of West London, the new name for Thames Valley University, is currently starring in her own cooking television show on the BBC.

The ‘Baking Made Easy’ programme features a selection of Lorraine Pascale’s modern recipes and the

TV cooking queen Journalism award BILLY Kenber, an MA in Investigative Journalism graduate from City University London, has been awarded the prestigious Hugh Cudlipp award for student journalism.

The prize was awarded for Billy’s 5,000 word article on the mistreatment of failed asylum seekers. The article, which was originally written for his MA project, was subsequently published as a special investigation in UK national newspaper, The Independent.

Billy received a £1,000 cash prize and is now a graduate trainee working at The Times newspaper. The Hugh Cudlipp award is judged by some of the most respected journalists in the UK.

THE Exploration Board at Imperial College London, which supports and funds challenging student expeditions, recently gave full approval to a variety of trips including mountaineering in India, trekking in the Arctic and caving in North Africa.

The expeditions give students the chance to explore remote and challenging environments, with the added value of giving students new skills and experiences that can be applied to their studies when they return.

University adventures

professionals attending last year, the summer school is the largest in the UK.

Established in 1989, the Summer School has welcomed over 26,000 students from all over the world. This year, students can study exciting new courses such as Global Communications and The Art of Negotiation.

Short summer courses

accompanying cookery book has already become a bestseller on the online retailer Amazon’s website.

Lorraine has worked in some of the world’s most renowned kitchens and she has since founded Ella’s Bakehouse, which sells exquisite cupcakes in London’s Covent Garden.


est London

Lorraine Pascale

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iNtERNAtiONAL SChOLARShiP SPECiAL

Corporate scholarships

t he London School of Economics (LSE) has launched a new scholarship fund backed by Standard

Bank, South Africa’s largest bank. Beginning in September 2011, the scholarships will fund students from countries such as Brazil, China, Russia, Turkey and Sub-Saharan Africa to study a Master’s from within the School’s finance department.

A number of other large global companies have recently announced multimillion pound tuition funds, including accounting consultants KPMG and pharmaceuticals giant GlaxoSmithKline.

Pranav Patel, a student at University College London (UCL), is a recipient of a similar award set up by the UK railway company Network Rail. Pranav is one of 40 students sponsored by Network Rail on the MSc Project

Pranav Patel

Source: Study London

Enterprise Management and is finding his studies at UCL extremely rewarding.

“The class is very mixed in that it has students from a number of different disciplines, such as law and business, which is great as it brings different perspectives into the classroom,” Pranav explains.

After completing his first degree, a BSc Business Computing Systems at City University, Pranav decided to continue studying in London because of the city’s diversity. He says, “The array of students from different cultures and nationalities makes it a diverse community in which to study and this is exciting.”

Pranav is completing his Master’s this year and is looking forward to undertaking exciting and challenging projects at Network Rail. With more companies investing in scholarship programmes, the future looks bright.

for London’s scholars. Questions to ask when looking for a scholarship:

• Willthescholarshippayfor your living costs, tuition fees or both?

• Howisthefundingawarded? Is it based on your academic abilities or your financial need?

• Whencanyouapply?Remember, you will not be able to apply for most scholarships until you have been accepted for your chosen course.

• Whichcountriesdoesthe scholarship cover? Some awards are country specific as well as course specific.

For more advice visit www.studylondon.ac.uk/scholarships

Scholarship advice


Scholarship students at Brunel

iNtERNAtiONAL SChOLARShiP SPECiAL

Social science studentships

KING’S College London has been awarded £5.2 million to support postgraduate studentships and training in the social sciences. Its Social Science Doctoral Training Centre has won a coveted place in the national network of training centres accredited by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC).

The Training Centre will focus on 15 research areas that connect social sciences with health, natural sciences, arts and humanities. Students can progress from more than 230 Master’s programmes at King’s onto specialist doctoral research in the social sciences.

CENTRAL School of Speech and Drama has been awarded a grant by the prestigious Andrew Lloyd Webber Foundation to provide a three-year scholarship for a musical theatre student. The scholarship will pay for the tuition fees of a student

throughout their undergraduate course and will be allocated based on the talent shown in the audition and application process. The lucky student will then be trained to the highest standards of professional music theatre performance.

Andrew Lloyd Webber award

ROYAL Holloway, University of London has announced it will offer more than 120 scholarships and awards worth a total of £2 million to support postgraduate students. The scholarships will be available over the next three years to outstanding PhD and Master’s students. The awards

will support students across the College including those within the Arts and Social Sciences faculties.

One of the largest schemes is the International Excellence Scholarship. It is awarded to overseas students on undergraduate and postgraduate programmes.

Postgraduate support

Source: Brunel University

THIS year’s International Scholarship Programme at Brunel University will provide over 40 scholarships worth £2,000 to £3,000 each.

The annual awards provide financial

support to exceptional students and all scholarship holders will act as ambassadors for Brunel during their studies.

The scholarships are open to any

international fee paying student who has applied for a full-time course at Brunel starting in September 2011. The application deadline is 25th May 2011.

International scholarship programme


business & FinAnCe neWs AnD COuRses

The science of marketing

The Chartered Institute of Marketing celebrates its centenary this year having been founded in

London in 1911. Fast-forward to today’s increasingly global and online marketplace and it is easy to understand why marketing is at the centre of many successful business strategies.

When, why and how people choose to buy or not to buy a product is a key question for businesses and it is the job of marketing professionals to find the answers.

Today’s aspiring marketers can turn to London’s universities for inspiration and insight. A new MA in Strategic Marketing at Imperial College London examines the roles of new technology and digital media in a company’s marketing strategy.

At London Metropolitan University,

Did you know?

(Source: www.studylondon.ac.uk)

You can choose from almost

300marketing courses in London

an MA Digital & Experiential Marketing provides students with an understanding of the impact of the digital world on brand management. The course uses the expertise of the university’s computing and social sciences departments to give students a unique understanding of digital marketing.

The International Management with Marketing MSc at Roehampton University teaches aspiring managers and leaders how marketing can be applied across different cultures and languages. Students analyse how global brands are managed and they can choose to specialise in subjects such as technology marketing, political marketing, retail marketing or marketing in the not-for-profit sector.

It is easy to see why the city’s innovative university courses and close business links attract the world’s top marketing talents. Nirmalya Kumar, a published author and professor of marketing at London Business School, says, “London has a world-class infrastructure and

Course highlightsKinGsTOn uniVeRsiTY Marketing Communications and Advertising BA

uniVeRsiTY OF GReenWiCHAdvertising and Marketing Communications BA

uniVeRsiTY OF WesTMinsTeRMarketing Management BA

KinG’s COLLeGe LOnDOnInternational Marketing MSc

iMPeRiAL COLLeGe LOnDOn Strategic Marketing MA

LOnDOn MeTROPOLiTAn uniVeRsiTYDigital & Experiential Marketing MA

ROeHAMPTOn uniVeRsiTYInternational Management with Marketing MSc

Find more courses at www.studylondon.ac.uk

Technology and a global marketplace are changing the way businesses think.

connectivity. Everyone who is anyone in business comes to London at least once a year. London is a very good place for ambitious students to study.”

Home to marketing and advertising giants such as Saatchi & Saatchi, London is the ideal place for students seeking work experience or networking opportunities. It is this connectivity and nurturing of future marketing talents that makes London an exciting place to live, learn and work.

Nirmalya Kumar

Source: London Business School

business & FinAnCe


Enterprise lab A NEW student business incubation centre has opened at Royal Holloway, University of London. The facility offers expert business support, hot desks and meeting facilities to students wishing to start a business, social enterprise or charity.

There are over 1,000 students currently signed up to Royal Holloway Entrepreneurs, a student-led enterprise support organisation that will work closely with the new Enterprise Lab. Initial tenants in the lab include eNovella, a social network for creative writers and Study Buddy, a language skills exchange scheme.

TWO London Business School MBA students have launched their first fashion business. Cheryl Mainland (pictured, left) and Polly McMaster (pictured, right) have created The Fold, a design and retail business providing clothes for high-flying professional women.

The clothes have been designed

Fashion collection to look good, travel well, be comfortable and allow professionals to go from the office and into the night in style. The collection was launched at London’s luxurious Sanderson Hotel and will now be sold online as well as at events in major cities including London and New York.

FOR a second consecutive year, an MSc Insurance and Risk Management student from Cass Business School has been awarded a prestigious research prize by the global reinsurer SCOR UK.

Tom Hoad received the prize for his MSc dissertation, which examines the possibility of creating a new insurance product designed to cover credit risk. His highly original research was commended for proposing a practical solution to a significant current problem for insurance firms. Tom is now working as part of the Enterprise Risk Team at Kiln, the insurance underwriters at Lloyd’s of London.

Insurance research

Top MBA rankingLONDON Business School’s MBA programme has been ranked number one in the world for the third consecutive time in this year’s Financial Times (FT) Global MBA ranking. The School shares the top spot with Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.

Other London schools that performed well were Cass Business School, which moved up six places to 32nd, and Imperial College London Business School which ranked 37th.

The FT Global MBA Rankings 2011 assesses business schools based on alumni salaries, international reach and research output.

In addition to the traditional business and management MBAs, there’s also a wide variety of specialist MBAs such as aviation, maritime and healthcare.

The SCOR Awards encourage research in actuarial science and the management of risk.

Source: Cass Business School

Tom Hoad

Source: London Business School

Did you know?


You can choose from over

50MBA courses in London


CREATIVE ARTS NEWS AND COURSES

Sculpture in the sky

A new icon of British sculpture is currently rising above London which will soon tower over the Olympic

Stadium when the city hosts the 2012 Games. The ArcelorMittal Orbit is the latest monumental structure from Anish Kapoor, a London alumnus and one of the world’s most influential sculptors.

When finished, the Orbit will be Britain’s biggest ever piece of public art and will attract visitors to the newly created Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in East London for generations to come.

Born in Mumbai, Anish Kapoor has lived and worked in London since completing his studies at Hornsey College of Art (now Middlesex

London alumnus designs iconic tower for London’s Olympic Park.

University) and later at the Chelsea School of Art, a college of the University of the Arts London.

Anish’s public sculptures and solo exhibitions have drawn crowds from around the world. In 2009, he was the first living artist to be given a solo show at the Royal Academy in London. The exhibition featured a cannon shooting balls of red wax onto the gallery’s pristine white walls. This imaginative spectacle attracted 260,000 people in just three months and became the Academy’s most popular show.

The artist’s new Orbit sculpture is by far his most challenging artwork to date, in terms of both its scale and complexity. Rising 115 meters above the London skyline it will be taller than New York’s Statue of Liberty. At its summit, the twisting tower will contain a massive viewing platform and outdoor walkway for visitors.

The Orbit is at the cutting edge of

London loves sculpture. The city streets are packed with thousands of artworks, from the classic pieces such as Nelson atop his column in Trafalgar Square to the modernist giant electrical plug on the side of a building in Carnaby Street.

Only in London

The ArcelorMittal Orbit

Course highlightsCAMBERWELL COLLEGE OF ARTS Sculpture BA

LONDON METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITYFine Art (Sculpture) BA

WIMBLEDON COLLEGE OF ART Fine Art (Sculpture) BA

ROYAL COLLEGE OF ARTSculpture MA


(Source: ArcelorMittal)

The ArcelorMittal Orbit will use approximately

1,400tonnes of steel

Did you know?

Source: Arup

engineering and the designers have recruited the leading London-based engineering firm Arup to turn Anish’s designs into reality. Arup and its young architects already have lots of experience building complicated designs, having been a part of the team that built Beijing’s ‘Bird’s Nest’ Olympic Stadium.

When completed, Anish Kapoor’s spiralling structure will blur the boundaries between art, architecture and engineering to become an icon and a symbol of the city’s creativity.

Anish Kapoor and Mayor Boris JohnsonSource: Jam

es O’ Jenkins


CReATiVe ARTs

Art summer school THIS summer the Courtauld Institute of Art will host its largest and most ambitious Summer School and Study Tours programmes. Students can choose from 34 courses over a period of four weeks.

Each full-time course will last for a week and will cover a range of subjects from Italian Renaissance art to European Modernism. The courses will combine lectures and seminars with visits to museums, galleries and studios, giving students an insight into some of the most exciting art venues in the world.

Courtauld is one of the world’s leading centres for the history and conservation of art and architecture, and its Gallery houses one of Britain’s best-loved collections.

BRUNEL University design student Kat Harris has won the ARC Show’s LED Architectural Lighting Challenge. Her winning design uses a unique mechanism to change ambient light into a spotlight,

Light show ideal in hospitality environments where different levels of light are required. The Industrial Design and Technology student’s light was praised for being elegant, discreet and highly functional.

LADY Gaga, the singer-songwriter and exhibitionist with a flair for theatrics, recently wore the clothes of London College of Fashion (LCF) graduate Dinu Bodiciu when she appeared on the Jay Leno Show in Los Angeles. The celebrity’s endorsement came just two weeks after Dinu had presented his final

Lady Gaga designs

Jazz prizeTWO London students have been honoured in the annual Dankworth Prize for Jazz Composition. Laura Jurd, a student at Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance, recently won the Big Band category. The Jazz Trumpet and Composition student won the prize for her composition of La Danza de la Selva, which she premiered at London’s legendary Ronnie Scott’s Jazz Club earlier in the year.

Meanwhile, Alex Roth from the Royal Academy of Music won the Small Band category for his composition of November’s Song. The Dankworth Prize for Jazz Composition is open to young, up-and-coming UK composers.

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ourse

Kat Harris

collection at the College’s catwalk show at London’s V&A Museum.

Dinu came to London from Romania to study the MA Fashion Design Technology: Womenswear at LCF. His final collection plays with the concepts of illusion and reality to design three-dimensional clothes with bold shoulders and strong silhouettes. (Source: www.studylondon.ac.uk)

There are almost

300music courses to choose from in London

Did you know?


SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY NEWS AND COURSES

Engineering student showcase

E ngineers are vital to modern life. They help build the roads beneath our feet, the roofs above our heads

and so much more. Their skills are integral to our everyday lives so it is little wonder engineers are highly sought after by employers.

Each year, Brunel University invites prospective employers to the University’s end of year engineering and design showcase, Made In Brunel. Here, employers can meet and talk to students about the products they have created using the skills and academic knowledge they’ve learnt throughout their course.

William Couch, a Mechanical Engineering MEng student at Brunel, enjoys this mix of practical and academic work on his course. “After learning the theory behind a problem, students conduct experiments and explain the relationships between

How the city’s engineers are designing the future.

Course highlightsBRUNEL UNIVERSITYMechanical Engineering with Aeronautics BEng

KINGSTON UNIVERSITYLONDONCivil Engineering BEng

QUEEN MARY, UNIVERSITY OF LONDONSustainable Energy Engineering BEng

UNIVERSITY OF GREENWICHMechanical Engineering

IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDONGeneral Structural Engineering MSc

UNIVERSITY OF EAST LONDONStructural Engineering MSc

UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDONMarine Engineering MSc


the two,” he says. “This cements the understanding of the problem and as your knowledge of the subject progresses you find yourself relating the problem to more and more everyday situations.”

The city is full of opportunities and inspiration that attracts students like William. “Living in London unlocks a wealth of opportunities for individuals that you cannot get anywhere else,” he says. “You are surrounded by a hub of information and people that can help you along the way. Studying in London has opened my eyes and it helps you to be the best you can be.”

Dedication and creative thinking are vital skills for the city’s student engineers. “Engineering isn’t about being a brilliant physicist or mathematician; it’s about problem solving and applying techniques and skills that you have learned during your studies,” William explains. “The best engineers have an extensive range of techniques and skills to apply

William Couch

and learning these takes a lot of time and practice.”

Learning in London continues outside of the lecture theatre too. The Royal Academy for Engineering for instance, hosts the coveted Engineering Leadership Advanced Awards. The Awards provide students with funding and a mentor from the industry to give them the skills that will help them become engineering leaders and role models once they have graduated.


The London Eye is the world’s tallest cantilevered observation wheel, at

135metres. An astonishing engineering achievement

Did you know?


SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Dark matter

PHYSICISTS are closer than ever to finding the source of the Universe’s mysterious dark matter, following a year of research at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN in Geneva.

Teams of scientists, including researchers from Imperial College London, have now conducted the first full experiment to smash protons together at almost the speed of light.

When these sub-atomic particles collide, the resulting energies and densities are similar to those that were present in the first instants of the Universe, immediately after the Big Bang over 13.7 billion years ago.

It is hoped that experiments in 2011 will bring us closer to understanding how the universe was created.

BRUNEL University has launched its new Collaborative Research Network (CRN) in Innovative Manufacturing.

It will give UK manufacturers access to the University’s extensive manufacturing capabilities whilst also creating new opportunities for collaboration, innovation and cross-disciplinary research.

Manufacturing machinery The CRN will use the expertise

of the 500 researchers workingin manufacturing across theUniversity.

They include the expert researchers from Brunel’s world-renowned specialist research institutes in Liquid Metals Engineering and Experimental Techniques Centre.

LEADING healthcare company GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) recently selected Professor Mark Pepys FRS, head of medicine at the Royal Free Campus of University College London (UCL), as one of the ten ‘academic superstars’ who will help the company develop cost-effective medicines.

Professor Pepys founded the UCL spin-out company Pentraxin Therapeutics to develop new drugs to treat various diseases caused by blood proteins. GSK aims to work closely with the professor and other leading external medical researchers, providing them with facilities, funding and incentives as they develop new treatments and drugs.

Academic superstar

European exchange CITY University London is leading a €3.8 million European staff and student exchange programme that will promote and improve entrepreneurship and management skills in science, technology, engineering and mathematics.

More than 260 students and staff in the European Union and Western Balkans will be given the opportunity to study or work in another country where they can share their knowledge and skills. Participants on the scheme will receive a generous scholarship for living expenses, travel and tuition fees.

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Professor Mark Pepys FRS

Established in

1842The School of Pharmacy is the only specialist school in the UK devoted to pharmaceutical teaching and research

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(Source: The School of Pharmacy)


HeALTH & PubLiC POLiCY neWs AnD COuRses

international nursing in London

The month of May celebrates International Nurses Day in recognition of the inspirational work of

nurses around the world. First proposed by US President Dwight Eisenhower in the 1950s, the 12th May was chosen to coincide with the anniversary of the birth of Florence Nightingale, widely considered the founder of modern nursing.

Florence Nightingale’s legacy lives on in the city. King’s College London is now home to the Florence Nightingale School of Nursing and Midwifery, the world’s first modern nursing school. She is also an inspiration to today’s students such as Donah Xandra from the Philippines. “I chose London to further my nursing because Florence

London continues to be an inspiration to the world’s nurses.


est London

There are over

Did you know?

150nursing courses to choose from at London’s universities

Nightingale, the mother of nursing, was in London and it is here that she practiced her profession,” she says.

Donah is currently studying a BSc Nursing and Healthcare at University of West London, the new name for Thames Valley University. The University has excellent links with NHS Trusts and clinical partners, which means that students can take advantage of fantastic work placement opportunities.

Professor Ian Peate is head of the School for Nursing, Midwifery and Healthcare at the University. He says, “Our Nursing and Midwifery programmes offer students the opportunity to develop and build upon current clinical and academic skills. Our programmes of study are challenging and of a high quality, contemporary and relevant to current nursing and midwifery practice.”

Away from the classroom, meeting people from different countries has been one of Donah’s highlights of

studying in London. She also lists London’s weather as a highlight, “I love everything about London and I genuinely enjoy living here because of the weather, especially during the winter.”

Come rain or shine, nurses trained in London will help improve people’s lives in communities around the world.

There are twelve university hospital trusts in London - perfect for aspiring nurses looking for work experience.

Only in London

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Hospital simulation facilities at University of West London

Course highlightsCiTY uniVeRsiTY LOnDOnAdult Nursing BSc

LOnDOn sOuTH bAnK uniVeRsiTYMental Health Nursing and Social Work BSc

uniVeRsiTY OF GReenWiCHNursing Studies (Adult Nursing) BSc

uniVeRsiTY OF WesT LOnDOn(formerly Thames Valley university)Nursing and Healthcare MSc

KinG’s COLLeGe LOnDOnClinical Nursing for international students MSc


(Source: London Higher)



HeALTH & PubLiC POLiCY

Quality of lifeA £3 MILLION donation to King’s College London will help transform end of life and palliative care across the world.

The funding will be used to train healthcare professionals and improve the way in which care is given to the dying, with a focus on relieving symptoms and enhancing quality of life for patients and their families.

TWO University of Greenwich law students have won a place in the final of a national legal competition.

Students Alex Weeden and Shane Hughes will take part in the final of the National Client Interviewing Competition, an annual event that tests students’

Student lawyers interviewing and advising skills as if they were practising lawyers.

A panel of legal experts will assess the students, analysing their interpersonal skills and their knowledge of the law together with their ability to improvise and solve legal problems.

A GIANT project focusing on deforestation, biodiversity and carbon recycling has begun in forests on the south-east Asian island of Borneo. Scientists from Imperial College London hope the results will help guide the management and conservation of the region’s remaining

Ecological study

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reenwich

Nepal visit TWO Kingston University London students recently visited Nepal to teach classes of six to nine-year-olds at two community schools. Jade Gallacher and Alysia Lewis were taking part in a new exchange scheme organised by their university.

The BA Primary Education students stayed with a local family and taught classes of around 40 pupils. Using just a few words of Nepalese, the Kingston students taught basic maths and English as well as songs, stories and games.

The trip gave the students an insight into teaching in a different culture and country. Despite working with limited resources, they impressed the Nepalese teachers who watched some of the lessons to see how they could make their own lessons more interactive.

Kingston University is now helping the community raise money for a new school building, which will provide accommodation for visiting students and teachers as well as meeting rooms for local groups.

Alex Weeden (left) and Shane Hughes (right)

tropical rainforests.The ecological study is one of

the largest of its kind in the world, encompassing 8,000 hectares. Over the next ten years, scientists from Malaysia and the UK will study how deforestation alters the ability of this tropical landscape to support a unique diversity of life.

There are

Did you know?

150law courts in London, including the world famous Old Bailey and the House of Lords(Source: www.studylondon.ac.uk)


EVENTS

JUNETrooping the Colour Join The Queen as she inspects the troops in celebration of her official birthday. Trooping the Colour is held on Horse Guards Parade in St James’s Park and is a colourful military parade which began in the early 18th century.

Source: The Royal Parks

MAYChelsea Flower Show

Experience the colours and smells at this highlight of the horticultural calendar. Explore the fabulous show gardens, inspirational small gardens and vibrant horticultural displays that make up the world’s most famous flower show.

Source: Royal Horticultural Society

JANUArYNew Year’s Day Parade

International Mime Festival

London Art Fair

FEBrUArYChinese New Year Celebrations

London Fashion Week

Six Nations Rugby at Twickenham

MArchSt Patrick’s Day Parade

Affordable Art Fair

AprilLondon Marathon

London Book Fair

The Camden Crawl

Vaisakhi Celebrations

The Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race

MAYAfrica Day Celebrations

FA Cup Final

Chelsea Flower Show

Student Final Year Shows across London

JUNETrooping the Colour

City of London Festival

London Literature Festival

Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Championships

The Royal Academy’s Summer Exhibition

London Festival of Architecture

Universities Week

Camden Green Fair

A selection of London’s festivals and celebrationscAlENdAr oF EVENTS


EVENTS

JUlY

Wireless Music Festival

BBC Proms Classical Music Festival

Pride London

AUgUST

Trafalgar Square Festival

Carnaval del Pueblo

Notting Hill Carnival

London Triathlon

London Mela

SEpTEMBEr

Regent Street Festival

Open House London

London Design Festival

Thames Festival

London Fashion Week

The Great River Race

Brick Lane Festival

ocToBEr

London Film Festival

Eid Celebrations

Frieze Art Fair

Bloomsbury Festival

Diwali Celebrations

London Games Festival

NoVEMBEr

Lord Mayor’s Show

London Jazz Festival

State Opening of Parliament

dEcEMBEr

Carols in Trafalgar Square

New Year’s Eve Fireworks

Royal Institution Christmas Lectures

Go online to read more about events taking place in London www.studylondon.ac.uk

JUlYBBC Proms Classical Music Festival Enjoy the Last Night of the Proms and any one of the 90 classical music concerts performed by top-class artists from across the world. Visit the renowned Royal Albert Hall to hear newly-composed works alongside the classics.

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y of Arts

JUNEWimbledon Lawn Tennis Championships Watch top international tennis players as they bid to win the world’s premier tennis tournament. Be sure to queue early to get your tickets for an event that has grown from a garden party tournament in 1877 to a Grand Slam tournament followed by millions worldwide.

JUNERoyal Academy’s Summer Exhibition Visit the largest open contemporary art exhibition in the world, with a wide range of new work by established and unknown living artists. Around 200,000 art lovers visit this unique showcase encompassing paintings, sculpture, prints and architectural models.

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MAriTiME grEENwich

loNdoN’S hiddEN gEMS

In eAch edItIon we expLore London’s unIque treAsures, specIALIst coLLectIons And resources. In thIs edItIon we focus on mArItIme greenwIch.

London is one of the few cities in the world to have four UNESCO World Heritage Sites. The most varied site is

Maritime Greenwich, a huge cluster of buildings that demonstrate English artistic and scientific advances since the 17th century. The site is also home to Greenwich Mean Time (GMT), the place from which all of the world’s time zones are measured.

The Royal Observatory, one of the oldest buildings in Maritime Greenwich, was the first purpose-built scientific research facility in Britain. The Observatory’s galleries contain amazing exhibitions on time and astronomy and its Planetarium lets visitors explore the wonders of space. At the front of the Observatory is the Greenwich Meridian (pictured). Standing either side of this line allows you to stand in both the eastern and western hemispheres of the Earth at the same time.

Maritime Greenwich is also home to the stunning architecture of Inigo Jones’s Queen’s House. Built in 1635, the house was the first Palladian building in England. Later in 1694,

the Old Royal Naval College was also built on the site. Designed by Sir Christopher Wren, the College was his first major commission after he completed St Paul’s Cathedral.

Greenwich has a long historical relationship with the sea and shipbuilding, and in 1937 the National Maritime Museum opened. The Museum plots London’s maritime history from an early Roman settlement in 54AD to London becoming the largest port in the world by the 19th century. Visitors can view over 2.5 million items in the Museum’s collections, including scientific and navigational instruments.

In recent years the World Heritage Site has also become a campus for students studying at both the University of Greenwich and the music and dance conservatoire, Trinity Laban. On a hot summer’s day students can be seen revising on the lawns overlooking the River Thames whilst the sound of chamber music from Trinity’s studios drifts over one of the most beautiful and historic university campuses in the world.

london’s four UNESco world heritage Sites are:

The 11th century Tower of London The gothic Palace of Westminster and its Abbey

The green expanse of Kew Gardens

The Maritime Greenwich campus

heritage sites

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useum, London

The Royal Observatory

A line marking the Greenwich Meridian

Find your university course in London at: www.studylondon.ac.uk

Yishan Bai BUSINESS STUDENT FROM CHINA

“I study in London for

the vibrant environment

which is excellent for

shopping, eating and

clubbing. Combined

with all the beautiful

famous architecture,

I just can’t find a city

like London elsewhere.

I love it so much.”

“I chose London to gain a

world-class education and

to have some fun while

doing it. The quality of

the academic programmes

offered is quite high.

Industry involvement

with the course enables

you to gain an invaluable

technical experience

during your study.”

Tolu Ayelabola BUSINESS INFORMATION SYSTEM

STUDENT FROM NIGERIA

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