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February 2007

Monthly Publications


Canary Wharf E14 Magazine
Listing for the exhibition at The Women's Library Prostitution: What's Going On?

El Gazette
London Met is listed as an English language teaching-related master course provider.

London Housing Magazine
Piece on Barnet's homelessness service and the changes it has made in the last two years. When Head of Housing Needs Mohammed Hussein decided to recruit inexperienced new housing advisers, his aim was to start a clean state by training new employees via a two-year programme validated by London Met.

RIBA Journal
Article on Brass Eye, which is being held at London Met this month. Go to www.londonmet.ac.uk/architecture/departments/events for more information.

RPS Journal
Profile of Inge Clemente, who moved to London from the Basque Country to study a BA in Film and Broadcasting Production at London Met, specialising in photography. Inge's work focuses on the urban landscape of the East End, having completed projects on the Gherkin and the then derelict Tower House in Whitechapel. Some of Inge's documentary work on Basque gastronomic societies was shown at the National Portrait Gallery's BP Portrait Awards. To view Inge's work in detail, visit www.ingeclemente.com.

Top Sante Health & Beauty
Article discussing the benefits of buying organic foods such as chicken, which research by London Met shows it contains 25 per cent less fat than non-organic chicken.


1 February

Camden New Journal
Article by 100-year old Rose Hacker asserting 'children of all abilities need to mix and match'. There is a mention of Mildred Masheder, who was an educationalist at the North-Western Polytechnic, now London Met, and wrote books on education, focusing on bullying and education.

Hackney Gazette & North London Advertiser
News that London Met, in conjunction with Hackney Community College, is to offer a foundation degree for cricketers with academic aspirations.

Hampstead & Highgate Express
News that London Met will be a key player to the scheme 'Vizion 7' which has been driven by Richard Artus of Stadium Capital Holdings as part of the ongoing regeneration of Holloway. The artistic enclave, similar to Brick Lane, will incorporate space for art students of London Met to work. A big part of the development is geared towards the young people living and studying in the area.


2 February

Aberdeen Press & Journal
Repeat of story in The Daily Telegraph, 2 February.

The Bookseller
Listing for the exhibition at The Women's Library Prostitution: What's Going On?

The Daily Telegraph
News that the 10-strong long list for Britain's biggest arts award, the £100,000 Gulbenkian Prize for museum and galleries has been announced and that The Women's Library has been short listed. The competition includes the Horniman Museum in south London, a 19th century mill at Braintree, Essex, as well as new Islamic galleries at the Victoria and Albert Museum. The winner will be announced on 24 May 2007.

Evening Standard
Repeat of story in The Daily Telegraph, 2 February.

The Independent
Repeat of story in The Daily Telegraph, 2 February.

Islington Tribune
Repeat of story in Camden New Journal, 1 February.

PRW - Plastics & Rubber Weekly
Listing for the 'Designing with Expanded Polystyrene' course.

3 February

The South Wales Argus
News that the John Frost Square Museum will be hosting the exhibition Action Women: The Real Story of The Women's Institutes on behalf of The Women's Library. The exhibition will run until 31 March 2007.

TTJ- The Timber Industry Magazine
News that Bo Lerenius, group chief executive of Associated British Ports was awarded a London Met honorary doctorate in Business Administration, in recognition of his service to business and industry, particularly to the UK ports industry.

The Western Mail Series
Repeat of story in The Daily Telegraph, 2 February.


4 February

The Independent on Sunday
News that London Met is to introduce a degree in cricket- the first in the world- in September 2007. The course has been designed for young players with academic aspirations and is aimed particularly at those in inner cities. London Met will collaborate with Hackney Community College Cricket Academy and the London Community Cricket Association to provide the course that will eventually be extended to universities in the West Indies and Pakistan.


5 February

East End Life
Reminder of the talk, being held at The Women's Library as part of the exhibition Prostitution: What's Going On?, by Vanessa Munro, from the School of Law King's College London, who will present an overview of the different legislative models in different countries.


7 February

Braintree & Witham Times
London Met student Darren Draper is currently training to run the London Marathon on 22 April with a target time of under four hours and hopes to raise more than £1,200 for St John Ambulance. 22-year-old Darren Draper is also training to be an airline pilot.

Home & Property (supplement to the Evening Standard)
In-depth article about the emerging creative hub that is Holloway. News that Islington Council wants to 'consolidate regeneration sparked by Arsenal's Emirates Stadium and the Daniel Libeskind-designed building for London Met.

Newham Recorder
News that students based in the Eastend, including those from London Met, have been urged by Bethnal Green-Bow Respect MP George Galloway to support a challenge to the leadership of the NUS.

Time Out
Listing for Prostitution: What Should Be Done in the Critics' Choice.

York Evening Press
The decision by Masterfoods, the manufacturers of chocolate bars such as Mars and Snickers, to phase out advertising in magazines, television and websites intended for children under the age of 12 by the end of the year, has not seen its rival Nestle Rowntree follow suit. Jeremy Baker, expert of retail, marketing and the consumer at London Met, sees the move by Masterfoods as 'good PR' since TV watchdog Ofcom will eventually impose a junk food advertising ban anyway.


8 February

Chichester Observer
Article on the Gulbenkian Proze Long List, of which The Women's Library at London Met, features.


9 February

Islington Gazette
Letters to the paper concerning the cutbacks in the public sector due to the financial cost of the war and occupation of Iraq. One letter invites people to attend a meeting organised by 'Islington Stop The War', to discuss the war and the renewal of Trident, where vice-president of London Met Students Union Noreen Fatima will speak.


PRW - Plastics & Rubber Weekly
Repeat listing for the 'Designing with Expanded Polystyrene' course, PRW, 2 February.


10 February

Financial Times
In-depth article charting the evolution of the 'bachelor pad' since the nineteenth century. Dr Bill Osgerby, specialist in media, culture and communication in the Department of Applied Social Sciences at London Met, says: 'the concept of a "bachelor pad" was always, to a large degree, a mythological concept.' Dr Osgerby has carried out a detailed study on what are otherwise known as sophisticated entertainment spaces, stating the idea of a man taking an interest in interior design was controversial, her says: 'Consumer desire and display were precarious waters for articulations of masculinity keen to avoid any hint of effeminacy.'

The Guardian
Listing for the exhibition at The Women's Library Prostitution: What's Going On?


14 February

Time Out
Listing for 'Zine Fest' at The Women's Library.


15 February

BT - Baptist Times
Article on Victorian social reformer, devout Christian, and campaigner for women's rights, Josephine Butler. The exhibition Prostitution: What's Going On? at The Women's Library commemorates the centenary of the death of Josephine Butler. It is described as 'a extraordinary and disturbing exhibition' and mentions that it has been long-listed for the £100,000 Gulbenkian Prize for museums and galleries.

DW - Design Week
News of The Women's Library making the 2007 Long List, for the £100,000 Gulbenkian prize, described as the 'equivalent of Oscars for the museums and galleries world'.

Hackney Gazette & North London Advertiser
News that London Met had a stand at the Community College's Higher Education Fair which was attended by hundreds of students,

LGC- Local Government Chronicle
In-depth look at the regeneration of King's Cross that is still causing some concern for its residents. A soon-to-be-published report by London Met into the effects of the clean-up of King's Cross will vindicate Camden boroughs' approach. According to Camden's head of community safety, Tony Brooks: in the early days there was evidence of increased activity in the estates near Caledonian Road and Finsbury Park, but current figures show crime has actually gone down in each of our hotspots in Camden and Islington.

Local Transport Today
News that a new 'toolkit' has been published by the London Centre of Excellence (LCE) which aims to help London's borough councils get better value for money from their consultancy services. Alongside this, the LCE has launched a series of training courses available to London councils, which have been developed with the borough of Camden and London Met.


16 February

The Jewish Chronicle
Profile on London Met Design alumnus Mark Fraser who has launched sellstudentbook.com. It is a website that allows current and post-grad students to make money by selling their used text books to fellow students at a reduced rate.

PRW - Plastics & Rubber Weekly
Repeat listing for the 'Designing with Expanded Polystyrene' course, PRW, 2 February.


17 February

The Guardian
Listing for the exhibition at The Women's Library Prostitution: What's Going On?


18 February

The Sunday Business Post (Eire)
Article on AJ Small Projects, an annual exhibition of photographs organised by the Architects Journal, which showcases architectural innovation achieved on a small budget. One of the projects comes from London Met's Degree Unit 5 and it is a 'kid's reading shelter built for 360 euro.


20 February

Leisure Painter
Repeat story about The Women's Library being one of the top ten nominees for the Gulbenkian Prize for Museum of the Year 2007.


21 February

Time Out
Listing for the talk Human Trafficking: The Action Plan at The Women's Library.

Wanstead & Woodford Guardian
News that Lecturer in Design at London Met, Mark Lewis, is one of judges for the Reg Fowkes photography competition this year. Now in their thirteenth year, the awards were set up in memory of Mr Fowkes, a well-known local photographer from the last century. The competition is run jointly by the local Guardian and St Mary's Church in South Woodford and gives local residents a chance to showcase their photography skills.


22 February

Camden New Journal
News of short course and business support programme, Forward at 50, run by London Met. Forward at 50 enables enterprising women over the age of 50 to acquire the skills and training they need to become self-employed. It is the only course of its kind in the UK and it is currently recruiting for 80 place available in Spring 2007.

Camden New Journal
News that more than a thousand sponsored students are enrolled onto courses at London Met. Top corporate sponsors include the Bank of England, GlaxoSmithKline, and Royal Mail.

The Guardian
Article looking into the project to put historical constituency data online which is experiencing 'familiar problems' with Ordnance Survey (OS). It says: ' Last year, OS gave Professor Richard Topf, Director for the Centre for Comparative European Survey Data based at London Met, permission to show Westminster parliamentary boundaries for each election since 1983.'

The Independent
Lord Bilimoria, founder of Cobra Beer, writes about his education in this article. Karan Bilimoria did four years of articles in accountancy with Ernst & Young, which was conditional on doing a diploma in accounting at the University of North London, a precursor of London Met.


24 February

The Guardian
Repeat listing for the exhibition at The Women's Library Prostitution: What's Going On?

The Guardian
Feature on East London's museums in which The Women's Library is listed.


28 February

The Guardian
Senior Lecturer in Social Work Liz Davies, writes to the Response column regarding the social worker of Victoria Climbie, Lisa Arthurworrey . Liz Davies met Ms Arthurworrey in 2004 and offered to be her expert witness in the care-standards tribunal.

Time Out
'Around Town' lists Suffering, Salvation and Suffrage, a walk organised by The Women's Library based on the experiences of women who lived, worked and campaigned in the East End, from Victorian prostitutes to members of feminist co-operatives.

 


 
 
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