RESEARCH TRAINING FELLOWSHIP
 Martin
Thomas, Research Institute for Primary Care and Health
Sciences, has been awarded a West Midlands Nursing, Midwifery and
Allied Health Professions Research Training Fellowship to undertake a
PhD.
Martin, who is a physiotherapist by training, will spend three years
with the Arthritis Research UK Primary Care Centre as part of the
clinical epidemiology team.
This personal award, worth £135,486, will enable Martin to undertake a
study entitled: 'The clinical epidemiology of symptomatic foot
osteoarthritis, with special reference to the midfoot'. |
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DONATIONS TOWARDS PARKINSON'S DISEASE RESEARCH
 Dr
Rosemary Fricker-Gates, Dr Rowan Orme and Dr Monte Gates, ISTM, have
accepted donations totalling £20,000 from three Parkinson's disease
groups.
The donations were from the Wolverhampton branch (£10,000 from the
senior group members and £3,000 from Fresh Approach, the younger arm of
the branch), £5,000 from Worcester and district and £2,000 from the
Hillingdon branch. The money will go towards supporting an ongoing
research project titled "Generating midbrain dopamine neurons from stem
cells using novel contact dependant signalling proteins", which aims to
identify protein signals that can be used to produce dopamine nerves,
which are lost in Parkinson's disease, from stem cells.
Dr Orme said: "We are delighted to have received these very generous
donations. Members of all three groups have worked extremely hard to
raise the money and we are very pleased they chose to donate it to our
research project. Without such donations our work towards finding a cure
for Parkinson's disease would not be possible."
Gwen Lovatt, Carole Bristow and Pauline Callaghan (back) are pictured
presenting cheques from the Wolverhampton branch to Rowan Orme and
Rosemary Fricker-Gates (front). |
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VICE-CHANCELLOR AWARDS CERTIFICATES IN TEACHING
The Vice-Chancellor, Professor Nick Foskett, at a ceremony in Keele
Hall last week, presented certificates to staff from Keele and Harper
Adams UC on completion of the postgraduate certificate Teaching and
Learning in HE, the postgraduate certificate in Teaching and Learning
with Technology, and the MA in Learning and Teaching in HE. The photo
and a list of those graduating is at tinyurl.com/certificates2010. |
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WRAPPED UP FOR CHRISTMAS
The Widening Participation and LLN events team wrapped
up the first semester's activities with a flurry of campus based events
for young people from the local and wider area.
More than 340 learners attended three University Experience days, enjoying sessions such as The Arctic, Greenhouse Gases and Climate Change, with Dr Richard Waller, High Schools in America, with Dr Jonathan Parker, and taking an interactive quiz, An Intro to H.E.,
with Aimhigher ambassadors. Ninety young people 'solved solitaire',
whilst others worked out the chance of landing the 'big one' on the
Lotto, with Dr David Bedford and Dr Martyn Parker, in a KS4 Maths Day.
Finally, 140 pupils attended a KS4 Music day, investigating Music and Mind Control, with Dr Nick Reyland, Nasty Noises, with Steve Bird, and enjoyed a recital from current Keele music students.
The events were supported by a team of Keelelink
mentors, all Keele undergraduate students. The organisers would like to
thank all staff who have continued to support the events during the
semester. |
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RESEARCH GRANTS
Dr Nick Forsyth, Research Institute for Science and
Technology in Medicine (iSTM), has been awarded £82,763 by the UHNS NHS
Charity funds for a project titled " Stem cell-enhance modified
microfracture (STEMM) for articular cartilage repair".
Professor Simon Davies, (iSTM), has been awarded
£1,280 by Kidney Research UK for a project titled "Development of a
patient decision aid (PtDA), in paper and web formats, to improve renal
patients' informed decisions about dialysis modality". |
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NEW BUSINESS MODEL FOR CAR MANUFACTURERS
Dr Carole Thornley, Keele Management School, with Dr Dan Coffey, of
Leeds University Business School, have been causing some excitement with
an investigation into the pros and cons of a revolutionary business
model which would result in car manufacturers having responsibility for
vehicles from the production line to the scrap heap.
It is a scheme which would result in old cars being taken out of the
system more quickly, reduce emissions by drivers using the latest
vehicles and lead to more manufacturing jobs.
They have presented their work to industry specialists at the
Volkswagen University in Berlin and at Coventry University. They have
also been invited to deliver their paper in Paris.
FROM THE ARCHIVES
Christmas 43 years ago -
The Princess Margaret, Chancellor of the University, attended the
annual students' ball and was met in the Students' Union by Father
Christmas, who presented the Princess with a Spode china marmalade pot.
For the ball, nine groups provided eight hours' non-stop dancing, and by
tradition the Princess's first dance was with the president of the
Students' Union, Malcolm Clarke. 12 December 1967. |
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