Gareth and Graeme to Attend Stammering Conference at University
Work is Breaking our Bodies and Our Minds
Poetry at Scottish Churches House
Presiding Officer to Give Williamson Lecture
Director of Cold Mountain at MacRobert
University Gives Police Lessons on Dementia
Criminology Seminars at Stirling
Gareth
and Graeme to Attend Stammering Conference at University
Date released:
Thursday 2 September 2004
Pop star Gareth Gates and Wet Wet Wet guitarist Graeme Duffin are
to appear at a conference on stammering at the University of Stirling
this weekend.
The British Stammering Association (BSA) is holding its tenth Annual
Conference, Freedom to Speak on campus from 3-5 September.
The event, aimed at adults and children who stammer, their friends,
relatives speech therapists and other interested professionals,
aims to increase awareness of stammering and provide support to
those affected. The BSA is hoping to attract scores of new participants
and potential members to the event, which this year coincides with
the establishment of its new Scottish Branch.
There will be An Audience with Gareth Gates on Saturday
4 September at 12.40pm and Wet Wet Wet guitarist Graeme Duffin will
deliver a workshop on Flirtations with Fluency at 9am.
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Work is Breaking our Bodies and our Minds
Date released:
Monday 6 September 2004
The University of Stirling’s Occupational and Environmental
Health Research Group has raised serious questions about the impact
of work on health and the failure of governmental organisations
to tackle root problems effectively.
Professor of Health Effectiveness, Andrew Watterson has voiced his
concerns over the Health and Safety Commission’s new strategy
for occupational health in the International Journal of Occupational
Safety and Health (IJOEH).
Professor Watterson said: “The Health and Safety Commission
(HSC) has ditched crucial occupational health functions, such as
the post of HSE medical director, despite its own evidence showing
it is failing to meet its targets to reduce occupational ill-health.
Its new strategy document for occupational health is an enormous
disappointment and looks certain to fail to deal effectively with
what is a very serious public health problem.”
The HSE’S recently published Occupational Health Statistics
Bulletin 2003/4 notes that the around three quarters of the 43 million
working days lost each year in the UK to workplace disease and accident
are due to occupational disease. The top workplace diseases are
musculoskeletal strains and sprains and mental health problems.
Other common types of ill-health with a significant number of occupational
cases were lung diseases such as asthma, contact dermatitis and
disorders related to vibration noise. The annual toll for work-related
cancers is estimated at 6,000.
Professor Watterson said: “At a time when occupational health
and safety needs to raise, not lower, its profile and increase,
not reduce, its champions, specifically in the occupational health
field, current decisions about occupational medicine seem deeply
flawed.”
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Poetry at Scottish Churches House
Date released:
Tuesday 14 September 2004
The University of Stirling's Professor of English Studies, Roderick
Watson, will take part in a poetry reading and discussion weekend
at Scottish Churches House, Dunblane from 24-26 September on the
theme of Poetry and the Human Spirit.
He and three other poets, Meg Bateman, Robert Crawford and Michael
Symmons Roberts, will read from their own work, discuss it with
the participants and enter into wider conversations about the role
of poetry in a secular world, its relationship to spirituality and
what it offers for readers and writers.
Roderick Watson’s poetry has appeared in numerous periodicals
and anthologies. His first full collection, True History on
the Walls was published in 1976 and another, Into the Blue
Wavelengths, will appear later this year from Luath Press.
He has published extensively on modern Scottish literature, has
been General Editor of the Canongate Classics series since it was
established in 1987 and is the editor of the comprehensive anthology,
The Poetry of Scotland: Gaelic, Scots and English (Edinburgh,
1995).
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Presiding Officer to Give Williamson Lecture
Date released: Wednesday 15 September 2004
George Reid MSP will give the University of Stirling’s annual
Andrew John Williamson Memorial Lecture on Friday 24 September.
Mr Reid, who is Presiding Officer of the Scottish Parliament, will
speak on The Scottish Parliament and the Need to Look over the
Horizon.
Head of Politics at the University of Stirling, Dr Graham Timmins
said: “In a very short time the Scottish Parliament has established
itself as a force for positive change in Scottish politics and has
become a symbol for the nation within Europe and the wider international
community. George Reid's talk at the University of Stirling comes
at a time when Scotland is facing a range of complex political challenges.
It will be a welcome opportunity to hear the views of a much respected
Scottish politician.”
The lecture has been organised by the Andrew John Williamson Memorial
Trust, which was established by an endowment from the parents of
Andrew John Williamson. Andrew died as a result of a car accident
in 1981 while a Politics student at the University of Stirling.
The talk is free of charge and open to the public. It will be held
in the Logie Lecture Theatre commencing at 6.30pm.
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Director of Cold Mountain at MacRobert
Date released: Thursday 16 September 2004
Internationally acclaimed writer and film director, Anthony Minghella
(The English Patient and Cold Mountain) will provide
the keynote speech for Inspire, 21st Century Literacies - Creativity
and Ambition, an Education Forum at MacRobert, University of
Stirling on 17 September.
Editors are invited to send a reporter and/or photographer to MacRobert
at 9.00am when a photo shoot and interview has been arranged with
Mr Minghella.
Inspire will consider the role of moving image media education
in the Scottish Curriculum. This education forum is part of Discovery,
Scotland’s first International Film Festival for Children
and Young People that runs until 19 September 2004. This unique event showcases the
very best of national and international film for and by children
and young people and features gala events, public and school screenings,
special guest appearances, workshops and discussions.
The MacRobert Young Consultants, aged between 7 and 17, have been
involved in all aspects of the festival including viewing and selecting
films for the Discovery programme, film projection and
overall management of the building during the festival.
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University
Gives Police Lessons on Dementia
Date released:
Tuesday 21 September 2004
The University of Stirling has joined forces with the Scottish Police
Service to supply dementia awareness training to officers working
in the community.
The CD-ROM based training module will be launched on: World Alzheimer’s
Day, Tuesday 21 September, at Alzheimer Scotland’s Dementia
Centre at 81 Oxford Street, Glasgow at 10am. It has been developed
with the expert assistance of the Dementia Services Development
Centre (DSDC) at Stirling University in conjunction with Alzheimer
Scotland to explain what dementia is and identify the different
ways it can affect people.
The module uses a series of interactive activities and four different
case scenarios to give officers the opportunity to think through
the types of situations they may have to deal with in the course
of their duties and acquire strategies for dealing more effectively
with people with dementia. Scenarios include an elderly lady who
is caught shoplifting at 2am, a man in his late 40s causing a disturbance
in a pub, a distressed older woman running through the streets at
night wearing only a jacket and an elderly man who keeps leaving
his home.
DSDC Education and Training Officer and author of the module, Fiona
Fowler said: “It is important to remember that Britain’s
population is ageing, with this comes new challenges. People with
dementia are able to live longer whether in their home or in a care
home. That is why we all need more information and education on
dementia. Identifying whether a person has dementia can be difficult,
particularly in the early stages, as there are other illnesses that
have similar symptoms. Through completing this module, officers
will discover information which will assist them as they carry out
their work in the community.”
The module provides practical advice for police officers working
within the community. It sets out clear guidelines for dealing with
people with dementia including being aware of facial expressions,
using a quiet tone, allowing time for them to respond and sitting
facing them in good light.
Chief Constable Paddy Tomkins, Chair of the Association of Chief
Police Officers in Scotland’s Diversity Standing Committee
said: “It is a fact that people who suffer from this complex
illness will sometimes come into contact with the police. We have
a commitment to deal with all members of our communities in a fair,
sensitive and supportive manner and this new training allows officers
in Scotland to do that. The Scottish Police Service has always sought
to improve the service it offers to communities and this is yet
another positive step forward in achieving that.”
Endorsing the module, Rachel Guy, Fundraising & Public Relations
Director for Alzheimer Scotland said: “Alzheimer Scotland
very much welcomes the launch of the training module which will
help develop a better understanding of dementia amongst the police
in Scotland.’’
For further information:
Lesley Pollock, Media Relations Manager, University of Stirling,
01786 467058
Stuart Wilson, Communications Officer, ACPOS, 0141 532 6302
Karen Gallacher, Public Relations & Marketing Manager, Alzheimer
Scotland, 0131 243 1453
Journalists and War Reporting
Date released:
Monday 27 September 2004
The distinguished journalist Roy Greenslade will give this year’s
Hetherington Memorial Lecture on the subject Not
my country right or wrong: journalists and war reporting.
The public lecture will take place on Wednesday 6 October at 5.30pm
in the Logie Lecture Theatre, University of Stirling.
Roy Greenslade is a media commentator for The Guardian,
a presenter on BBC Radio 4 and Professor of Journalism at City University,
London. The former editor of the Daily Mirror is also the
author of Press Gang: how newspapers make profits from propaganda
(2003) and Maxwell's Fall (1992).
The annual event, organised by the Stirling Media Research Institute,
is named after the late Alastair Hetherington. The former editor
of The Guardian and Controller of BBC Scotland was the
first Research Professor of Media Studies at the University of Stirling.
Previous lectures have been given by Peter Preston, Jon Snow, Alan
Rusbridger, Sheena McDonald and Jonathan Freedland.
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Criminology
Seminars at Stirling
Date released:
Monday 27 September 2004
The University of Stirling’s Department of Applied Social
Science is launching the second session of its criminology seminar
series.
New Themes in Criminology brings together national and international
scholars who all share an interest in the study of crime and crime
control strategies.
The series aims to generate critical debate of the latest empirical,
methodological and theoretical developments in criminological research.
All three seminars will be held in Room 2, The Iris Murdoch Centre,
from 4.30 - 6.00pm to which members of the public are most welcome:
Wednesday 6 October
Professor John Muncie
Repenalisation and Rights: Global Developments in Youth
Justice
John Muncie is Professor of Criminology at the Open University and
is a leading international scholar on youth justice and youth criminology.
His work is positioned within critical criminology, challenging
traditional crime and law-and-order agendas. He has published widely
on youth criminology and his current research involves comparative
analysis of global youth justice reform and policy transfers. He
is a member of the editorial boards of the British Journal of Criminology,
The Howard Journal of Criminal Justice and Youth Justice. He is
also compiling, authoring and editing of the first Dictionary of
Criminology in the UK.
Wednesday 10 November
Professor Joe Sim
Inhibiting Radical Change: Criminology and the Limits
of Penal Reform in England and Wales
Joe Sim is Professor of Criminology at Liverpool John Moores University.
His main research interests lie in the sociology of violence, the
history of prisons and punishment, contemporary penal systems and
criminological theory, the politics of criminological research and
masculinity and crime. He is the author of numerous articles and
books including British Prisons and Prisons Under Protest. He has
also co-edited Western European Penal Systems.
Wednesday 1 December
Dr Shadd Maruna
Beyond "Barbarians" and "Bleeding Hearts":
Understanding Public Attitudes Toward Punishment
Shadd Maruna is a Lecturer in Criminology at the University of Cambridge’s
Institute of Criminology. His research focuses on the reintegration
of formerly incarcerated citizens into society. His work tackles
issues of resettlement, the processes of self-change of offenders
and the public’s attitudes and responses to law-breakers.
He is the author of Making good: How ex-convicts reform and rebuild
their lives which was awarded the American Society of Criminology's
Michael J Hindelang Award for 2001. He is co-editor of After Crime
and Punishment: Pathways to Offender Reintegration and he has written
numerous articles and book chapters.
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The
Warsaw Uprising, 1944
Date released:
Monday 27 September 2004
A one-day conference is to be held at the University of Stirling
to examine one of the major turning points of the Second World War,
the Warsaw Uprising.
Director of the Centre for Research in Polish History, Professor
Peter Stachura, said: “The Uprising was begun on the 1st of
August 1944 by the Home Army, the largest military resistance movement
in occupied Poland, with the aim of expelling the Germans and asserting
Poland’s claims to national independence and freedom. After
63 days of intense fighting, however, the Uprising was brutally
crushed.”
Specially invited speakers will assess the military, social and
political character of the Uprising and its consequences. Particular
reference will be made to the role of the Allied Powers, Britain,
the Soviet Union and the United States.
The conference will take place on Saturday 2 October from 10am -
4pm. For further information or to book a place contact Professor
Stachura on Tel: 01786 467580 or E-mail: p.d.stachura@stir.ac.uk.
The conference fee is £15 or £12 for students.
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