Warwick People

First published in CommUnicate issue 314.

Peter Jewel, Assistant Director and currently Acting Director of the Centre for English Language Teacher Education (CELTE), retired from the University at the end of March.

First published in CommUnicate issue 314.

Vice-Chancellor Professor Nigel Thrift has received Distinguished Scholarship Honors from the Association of American Geographers (AAG). Each year, the AAG Honors Committee invites nominations for awards recognizing outstanding contributions to the advancement or welfare of the discipline and Professor Thrift was nominated for 2007.

Valerie Yating He, a WBS student, has won a place on this year's China Synergy Programme.  Places on the Programme are highly sought after owing to the stringent selection criteria.

The Programme offers students of ethnic Chinese origin (paternal or maternal) to enjoy a range of experiences in China and learn about the current socio-economical, technological and cultural development of China.

Warwick Conferences' annual Christmas fundraising event has yet again helped local schools through backing projects and initiatives which provide specialist educational facilities for children ranging from 2-19 in age.

A group of MSc students from the Warwick Manufacturing Group recently won a Postgraduate Project Management competition organised by the Association for Project Management.

The Apprentice-style challenge saw teams of five being given a £100 budget with which to buy items to sell at a car-boot sale or flea-market the following day.  The challenge was to raise at least £50 profit to donate to Oxfam (to fund an African business-start up loan).