Support for Job Seeking Graduates
University Welcomes Delegates from USA and Canada
New Book Looks at Football in the New Media Age
Stirling University Golfers Amongst European Elite
Legal Philosopher Elected to British Academy
World Youth Congress Comes to Stirling University
Toddlers Exposed to Daily Pesticide Threat
Support for Job Seeking Graduates
Date released:
Friday 2 July 2004
With degree ceremonies taking place across the UK, the University
of Stirling is reminding job-seeking graduates to take advantage
of their local Higher Education Careers Advisory Service.
Thanks to a reciprocal agreement, graduates can visit practically
any service in Scotland for up to one year following graduation
regardless of where they studied.
So, graduates who have moved away from their place of study, for
example back to their home town, should make contact with the careers
advisory service at their nearest university or college.
Like most University Careers Advisory Services, Stirling’s
remains open throughout the summer break; so graduates need not
wait until the start of the next semester before they visit. A drop
in service is available 10 - 4pm, Monday to Friday. It is best call
in advance if travelling from a distance.
Senior Careers Advisor Jim Campbell said: “The Careers Advisory
Service is here to help students find out about potential careers
and to take the right steps to get a job that suits them or a place
on a further programme of study. “
Services include:
- Short guidance interviews with careers advisers
- A fortnightly vacancy publication (available at www.careers.stir.ac.uk <http://www.careers.stir.ac.uk/>)
- A careers library - with information on a wide range of career opportunities
- CV and application form assistance
- Interview preparation
- Experience of selection tests
- An annual careers fair
- An employability skills programme
- A programme of employer presentations
Graduates can also access a series of interactive career development
seminars developed by the Association of Graduate Careers Advisory
Services (AGCAS) Scotland. Entitled SORTED, these seminars help
graduates assess their personal skills and experience, teach them
how to create a CV, prepare for interviews and look for graduate
jobs in Scotland.
The outlook for UK graduate recruitment in 2004 is more positive
than in recent years, with over two-thirds of the employers surveyed
in the Association of Graduate Recruiters (AGR) report indicating
that they expect to maintain or increase their graduate vacancies
for 2004.
Figures as at March 2004, show that nearly two-thirds of Stirling
graduates are employed full-time within 6 months of graduating,
12.57 per cent are employed part-time and 1.43 per cent are self-employed.
Graduates can contact the Careers Advisory Service on Tel: (01786)
467070 or E-mail: careers@stir.ac.uk. Alternatively log onto www.careers.stir.ac.uk
for further information.
Lesley Pollock
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University Welcomes Delegates from USA and Canada
Date released:
Monday 5 July 2004
Delegates from the USA, Canada and rest of the UK will descend on
the University of Stirling this week (6 - 8 July) for an international
conference promoting educational links between North America and
the UK.
The British Universities Transatlantic Exchange (BUTEX) Association’s
6th Conference will explore themes of regionalism and diversity
in regard to international education.
The opening plenary, entitled Scotland and the United States;
Renewing Connections and Attracting Fresh Talent, will be given
by Susan Stewart, the First Secretary for Scottish Affairs at the
British Embassy in Washington.
The conference will cover a variety of topics from interactive recruiting
to the Scottish Higher Education experience.
The University of Stirling prides itself on developing strong links
with North America and other regions such as Japan, China and Europe.
There are currently 100 exchange students studying at Stirling.
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New Book Looks at Football in the New Media Age
Date released: Monday 5 July 2004
With football rarely out of the headlines this summer, a timely
new book from the University of Stirling’s Media Research
Institute examines the game's relationship with the media.
Football in the New Media Age, written by lecturers Dr
Raymond Boyle and Dr Richard Haynes, looks at the football industry
at a time when stories about star players misbehaving, clubs facing
financial meltdown and TV companies battling over broadcast rights
dominates much of the mainstream news and current affairs agenda.
Dr Raymond Boyle said: “The impact of the vast amounts of
money paid to elite footballers, and the inability of young men
to cope with this when combined with their media-fuelled celebrity
status, have frequently made headlines. However, at the core of
this process is the battle to control a game that has exploited
its position as a key 'content provider’ for new media over
the last decade.”
The book analyses the impact of media change on the football industry,
drawing on extensive interviews with key people in the media and
football industry. It examines the finances of the game; the rising
importance of rights and rights management in the industry; and
attempts by clubs to establish their own media capacity. At its
core, is the battle to control football as the media, business and
fans seek to re-define the game in the 21st century.
Lesley Pollock
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Stirling University Golfers Amongst European Elite
Date released:
Tuesday 13 July 2004
The University of Stirling was well represented in European team
golf competitions last week:
Sports Studies student Richard Ramsay made a significant contribution
to Scotland's victory in the European Youths Team Championships
played at The Island Golf Club, Dublin over the weekend. Playing
in the final against a strong England side, Ramsay turned a one-hole
deficit into a two-hole advantage, gained a vital point, and secured
a narrow 4 - 3 win for the Scots. Scotland last won the title 8
years ago.
Sports Studies students, Alex Marshall and Dawn Dewar, helped England
and Scotland finish 4th and 10th respectively in the European U/21
Championships held at Royal Cinque Ports, Deal in Kent.
New recruits to the University of Stirling's golf scholarship programme,
Clare-Marie Carlton and Kylie Walker, helped Scotland U/18s gain
a 10th place finish in the European Girls' Championships, played
over the Golf National Club, Paris.
Stirling students Jamie Macleary and Lynn Kenny competed as amateurs
in leading European Professional Tour events last weekend. Macleary
gained a wild card entry into the Scottish Open, held at Loch Lomond,
as reward for leading the Scottish Order of Merit to date. He bowed
out at the halfway stage with scores of 76, 77. Kenny, one of the
leading Scottish amateur golfers over the past 3 years, accepted
an invitation to play in the Ladies English Open, played at Chart
Hills GC. She narrowly missed the cut with scores of 71,76. Solheim
Cup player and Stirling graduate, Maria Hjorth, won the event with
scores of 66, 67, 64.
Former golf scholarship student, Jonathan King, won the Sutherland
Chalice 72-hole Scottish Golf Union Order of Merit event by four
strokes at Dumfries and Galloway Golf Club with a 12-under-par final
total of 268.
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Public Relations in Britain
Date released:
Tuesday 20 July 2004
The development of public relations in Britain is explored in a
new book by Jacquie L’Etang of the University of Stirling’s
Media Research Institute.
In the book Jacquie poses the question, how did public relations
develop in Britain and why? The question is answered through a broad
ranging narrative that links the evolution of British public relations
in the early 20th century to key political, economic, social and
technological developments.
Drawing on oral history interviews and extensive archival research,
the book highlights some of the sociological issues relevant to
a study of public relations and foregrounds the professionalisation
of the occupation in the second part of the 20th century.
The book takes an interdisciplinary approach and is intended for
academics, researchers and advanced students in the fields of public
relations, media studies, political communication and communication
studies.
Public relations in Britain: a history of professional practice
in the 20th century is published by Lawrence Erlbaum priced
£31.50.
Lesley Pollock
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Legal Philosopher Elected to British Academy
Date released: Monday 26 July 2004
Professor Antony Duff, of the University of Stirling’s Department
of Philosophy, has been elected a Fellow of the British Academy.
The distinction is bestowed on only 35 academics per year by the
Academy.
Professor Duff was elected in recognition of more than 20 years
of research in the field of Legal Philosophy, during which time
he has published numerous articles and books on penal theory and
criminal liability.
He is currently involved in projects looking at criminal responsibility
and the criminal trial.
Professor Duff has also recently acted as an adviser to the NCH
Inquiry into the Children's Hearing System and to a Scottish Council
Foundation project on The Public Interest in Criminal and Youth
Justice.
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World Youth Congress Comes to Stirling University
Date released:
Tuesday 27 July 2004
The University of Stirling will host a major international event
for young people in 2005, which will focus on the environment and
sustainability.
The World Youth Congress, taking place on campus from July 30 to
August 8, will attract more than 600 delegates aged 18 - 25 from
120 countries across the globe.
It is anticipated that the event will attract a number of high profile
attendees from the UK and Scottish Parliaments as well as international
dignitaries.
Michael Chambers, the University’s Marketing Manager, said:
“We are delighted that the University has been chosen as the
venue for such a prestigious event. The large number of delegates
attending the Congress will ensure that the University’s profile
is raised locally, nationally and internationally. The scale of
event will enable the University to showcase its conference, accommodation,
catering and leisure facilities including the Gannochy Tennis Centre,
which will be used as a major auditorium for the Congress’
plenary sessions.”
Lesley Pollock
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Toddlers Exposed to Daily Pesticide Threat
Date Released:
Friday 30 July 2004
New research commissioned by Friends of the Earth shows that up
to 220 children a day could be exposed to potentially dangerous
levels of pesticides from eating a single apple or pear.
The study, carried out with two leading experts on pesticide exposure,
Professor Andrew Watterson of the University of Stirling and Dr
Vyvyan Howard of the University of Liverpool, also revealed that
imported produce was more likely to contain high pesticide levels
than UK fruit.
The researchers used mathematical modelling to measure pesticide
exposure for children aged between 18 months and four years old.
Using the Government’s pesticide residue data and information
from the National Dietary Survey, the study found that between 10
and 220 young children could be exposed to levels of pesticides
which pose an immediate and long term threat to health.
Professor Andrew Watterson said: “Very little is known about
the long term effects on the immune, hormone or nervous systems
when young children are exposed to short term high levels of pesticides.
But the pesticides that were found in this research all have the
potential to cause damage to health. The Government must take a
precautionary approach and ensure that internationally agreed safety
limits are not breached.”
Friends of the Earth is urging the Government to take urgent action
to lower legal limits, but is advising parents not to stop giving
their children fruit.
Lesley Pollock
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