The ban has been issued in an effort to curb water usage and maintain current reservoir levels. Seven major water companies in the south east, including Veolia Water, Thames Water, and South East Water have all declared temporary use bans to help conserve supplies.Read more...
FEATURES»The question may sound silly as it appears with an initial obviousness, yet upon exploring the intriguing intricacies of the en-suite, one discovers a whole world of habits and washing rituals. Man has been washing throughout history.Read more...
SOCIETIES»A successful month for PENsoc By Tom Goulding, Deputy Editor February has been a busy month for Surrey PEN. From our postcard campaign to themed cupcakes, we have been working hard to promote the importance of free speech across campus.Read more...
SCIENCE & TECH»If you thought that DNA or its sister molecule, RNA, were the only means of storing genetic information-think again! A team of researchers at Cambridge University have successfully created synthetic alternatives called xeno-nucleic acids (XNAs) which can not only store genetic information- but are almost as capable of evolving. Picture it: a spiralling ladder-with each step a sugar bound to a molecule in the middle called a base (one to each sugar) and you have envisaged the very basic structure of DNA.Read more...
ARTS»Matilda the Musical,Les MiserableShrek the Musical. Frankenstein Desh ...Read more...
SPORTS»With deadlines looming, and exams slowly but surely creeping their way in, it’s very easy to forget what the summer season is actually about. However! Help is at hand with the very first ‘Social Sports Month’, which will be kicking off this May with a variety of different events, not least of all ‘Society Sport’s Day’ which will see societies across campus going head to head in a series of events on the 16th of this month.Read more...
OPINION & ANALYSIS»A Freedom of Information request response shows that for last year, Court Life Mentoring cost over a quarter of a million pounds – the request shows that for the year 2010/11 the cost of the scheme was £258,393.97.Read more...
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Government cutting Culture, Media and Sport departments
Published 13th May 2012
It was announced last week that the Department for Culture, Media and Sport may be closed down, after the 2012 Olympic Games are over. The department’s current responsibilities include the Olympics, the government’s role in the Diamond Jubilee celebrations as well as the switch to digital television.Read more...
Guildford Nightclub Saved From Closure
Published 13th May 2012
Backline Live, a popular nightclub in Guildford, may have been saved from closure after a potential investor made a last-minute approach. The club had been due to open for the final time on Saturday 21 April as the current tenants are facing a 350 per cent increase in rent, raising the monthly bill from £1,000 to £3,500 for the premises.Read more...
University Leaps Up Student Poll
Published 13th May 2012
According to the latest Times Higher Education Student Experience Survey, the University of Surrey has rocketed up the tables. The University leapt from 43 amongst UK universities to 15.Read more...
Depot for Class A Drugs in Student Area
Published 13th May 2012
Surrey Police have obtained a closure order on a property in Guildford after a warrant to search the property found evidence of drug use and supply at the address. The closure notice comes due to concerns raised by local residents, who at a local panel meeting on April 11, voted that tackling drug related problems was to be a neighbourhood policing priority.Read more...
Dry Winter Forces Water Companies to Ban Hosepipes
Published 7th May 2012
The ban has been issued in an effort to curb water usage and maintain current reservoir levels. Seven major water companies in the south east, including Veolia Water, Thames Water, and South East Water have all declared temporary use bans to help conserve supplies.Read more...
BT Art of Sport Exhibition comes to Surrey
Published 7th May 2012
BT Art of Sport has chosen University of Surrey’s Lewis Elton Gallery and Surrey Sport’s Park to host the London 2012 exhibition of Olympic-inspired art as part of the Cultural Olympiad programme. June 2012 will open the doors to the exhibition displaying the art work of the BT Art of Sport project featuring painting, sculpture and photography produced by twelve prominent artists.Read more...
Universities Prepare For Showdown With Unions Over Pay Rate For Low Paid Employees
Published 18th Mar 2012
Last Week the National Union of Students and UNISON came together to launch a new campaign – to ‘name and shame’ universities that fail to award all staff the living wage. The union duo said that all staff employed by universities or by private sub-contractors on campuses should be paid at least the minimum national living wage of £7.Read more...
High Selenium Intake could be Harmful
Published 18th Mar 2012
It has been found that a high intake of selenium could have negative effects on health and can lead to an increased risk of the development of Type 2 Diabetes. A recent review of a paper published Online First in the Lancet discusses the potentially harmful effects excess dietary selenium could have on health.Read more...
Video Launched to Help Prostrate Cancer Patients
Published 18th Mar 2012
A new video has been launched by the University of Surrey to help men suffering from prostate cancer. The film, titled ‘Getting Down to Coping’, is intended to accompany a self management program for cancer sufferers.Read more...
Laptop Snatched from Man at Bus Station
Published 18th Mar 2012
Surrey police have arrested two people for the theft of a man’s laptop, which was snatched from him, whilst he was sitting at the Guildford Bus Station, adjoined to the Friary shopping centre. The incident occurred last month between the hours 8 to 9:30pm.Read more...