Issue 60 - University of Surrey's Student Union

4 NEWS
The Stag | 29 th May 2013 news@thestagsurrey.co.uk
Union Contact: ussu.information@surrey.ac.uk
The Stag | 29 th May 2013
UNION 5
University awards nights recognise
outstanding student achievments
By Rachel Thomason, News Editor
Two of the biggest awards
nights for Surrey students
ended this year on a high. The
Student Awards and Colours
Ball 2013 saw students get out
their best dresses and suits
and celebrate great stduent
achievements at the university.
This year Colours Ball 2013
took place on Saturday 11th
May at Epsom Racecourse
for sports clubs to celebrate
their success this year as part
of Team Surrey. The evening
gave students the chance to
sit down and have a three
course meal while watching
the presentation of awards. VP
Sports, Arabella Gilby, hosted
the evening with awards given
to the Rifle Club, Netball Club,
Men’s Football Club, Fencing
Colours Ball 2012
Club, Mountaineering Club and
Trampolining Club.
Individual awards included
the Sports Exec trophy going
to Gillian Lord from Netball;
the Sally Edie Trophy to Andy
Reynolds, fencing coach;
Mayors Trophy to Lowell Lewis
from Hockey; Team Surrey
Trophy to Ana Rita Morgado Da
Silva from Volleyball; Leggett
Trophy to Ross Abrahams
from Trampoline; the Sue
Jupe Plate to Stephanie Gooch
from Archery, Badminton and
Taekwondo; and the Nicholls
Trophy to Liz Ng from Fencing.
Some students also picked
up Club, Half or Full Colours
awards for their participation
within each club. For a full list
of winners, visit www.ussu.
co.uk.
The Annual Student Awards
The annual Team Surrey Colours Ball on Saturday
11 th May was held at Epsom Racecourse this year
with the highest attendence yet.
The evening recognised students and coaches at the
University of Surrey for their sporting achievements,
with the night hosted by outgoing VP Sports and
Recreation, Arabella Gilby. Awards were presented
by members of the university, the Students’ Union
and Surrey Sports Park staff and volunteers.
Congratulations to the achievements of everybody
involved in Team Surrey clubs this year!
celebrate the achievements of
Surrey societies and individual
students over the whole year.
University Hall provided the
venue for a lovely evening and
was attended by many who
have been getting involved
this year and those who
celebrated friend’s and peer’s
achievements.
Society winners included
Chem Soc as the Departmental
Society of the Year; Arts
Society of the Year was won
by Gospel Choir; the Nepalese
Society won International
Society of the Year; Faith and
religious Society of the Year
went to the Christian Union;
CoppaFeel! won Political and
Campaigns Society of the Year;
the Special Interest Society
of the Year went to Enactus;
the Student run service of the
year was St John’s LINKS; and
GU2 Radio, part of Stag Media,
won Society Improvement and
Development. Overall Society
of the Year went to Christian
Union.
Individual awards
recognised some of the most
dedicated students at the
university with awards going
to Tom Windibank as Best
President and Maria Sklirou for
Outstanding contribution to
Representation and Wellbeing,
to name but a few. Mike Frazer
also picked up two awards, the
Student Media Award and the
Outstanding Contribution to
the Student Community.
The university and the
Students’ Union would like to
congratulate all winners and
nominees for their contribution
to the university this year.
Rachel Thomason
News Editor
Being News Editor of
The Stag has been such
an amazing experience
for me and I am so
grateful for being voted
in this year. Thank you
to our readers, to the lovely Stag team, and
to my team of writers who have met every
deadline I’ve given them with incredible
dedication. Best of luck to Shunayna Vaghela
who has been a part of my fantastic teams of
writers this year. Have a great summer!
UNION AWARDS
2012
And the winners are...
• Best Newcomer – Sophie Ruffett
• Fundraiser of the Year – The RAG
Kilimanjaro Fundraising Team
• Student Staff Member of the
Year – Tom Heywood-Pope
• Student Media Award – Mike Frazer
• Departmental Soc of the Year – Chem Soc
• Arts Society of the Year – Gospel Choir
• International Soc of the
Year – Nepalese Society
• Faith and religious soc of the
year – Christian Union
• Political and campaigns soc
of the year – CoppaFeel!
• Special interest soc of the year - Enactus
• Student run service of the
year – St John’s LINKS
• Academic rep of the year
– Salim Ramjean
• Academic staff member of the
year – Dr Caroline Catmur
• John Hoborough Award for volunteer
of the year – Katy Sawyer
• Outstanding contribution
to representation and
wellbeing – Maria Sklirou
• Student run event of the year –
‘Ahadadream’ by Ahad Alley
• Most active society member – Freya Poole
• Best society committee
member – Chris Medley
• Best President – Tom Windibank
• Society Improvement and
Development – GU2 Radio
• Society of the Year – Christian Union
• Outstanding Contribution to the
Student Community – Mike Frazer
Researchers from UniS help find iodine
deficiency affects foetal development
By Hannah Craig, News Team
Iodine deficiency in pregnant
women has been found to
have a negative impact on foetal
cognitive development.
The finding was made using
data from Bristol-based Avon
Longitudinal Study of Parents
and Children. The health research
project followed over 14,000
pregnant women from 1991 and
1992, tracking their children’s
health and development. This is
why the study is also known as
‘Children of the 90s’.
Researchers from University
By Sam Bradbury, News Team
The Surrey Sports Park has
recently received £115,883 of
lottery funds in order to get more
people involved in sports.
The National Lottery’s Sport
England’s Community Sport
Activation Fund has distributed
£5.1 million among 32 projects,
all of which are trying to support
local sporting activity. The aim is
to create a legacy after last year’s
successful hosting of the Olympics
and Paralympics.
Surrey Sports Park, in
partnership with the Guildford
Borough Council and the
University of Surrey, will use the
investment in order to fund the
new Game on Guildford project.
of Surrey and University of Bristol
collaborated on this research
project. Iodine concentrations
were measured on a group of
1040 pregnant women’s urine
samples in the first trimester of
pregnancy.
Children’s cognitive abilities
were assessed at age eight
and nine years. The lower the
mother’s iodine concentrations
in pregnancy, the lower the
children’s IQ and reading ability.
External factors which could
influence children’s cognitive
development such as, parental
education and breastfeeding
SSP lottery fund helps to
launch ‘Game on Guildford’
Game on Guildford will deliver pay
per play sessions, introductory
coaching courses and social sports
leagues. It will also offer funding
for coaching courses for potential
project workforce.
The project will launch next
month on Saturday 24th August at
Surrey Sports Park with an open
day sporting event.
Surrey Sports Park Sports
Development Officer, Claire
Shapland, said: “We are excited to
have been awarded funding to be
able to make a real difference to
sport and activity in the Guildford
Borough. We hope that this fund
will enable us to tackle current
issues such as lack of coaches and
waiting lists for clubs by offering
further sporting opportunities.”
Surrey Sports Park recieved lottery funds for a new Game on Guildford project
were controlled for. This ensured
findings were solely based on
iodine levels.
The research should inform
pregnant women’s diet to ensure
adequate levels of iodine. Dr
Sarah Bath, a dietician and
researcher, said: “Pregnant
women and those planning
a pregnancy should ensure
adequate iodine intake; good
dietary sources are milk, dairy
products and fish”.
More information on iodine
sources are provided on the
University of Surrey and British
Dietetics association web-sites.
Forever Surrey alumni network host free
beer and pizza event for final year students
By Rachel Thomason, News Editor
Forever Surrey are set to host an informal but
informative event with free drinks and pizza on
Tuesday 11 th June.
The event is being hosted by the university’s
alumni relations team for all final year students and
aims to welcome students who are set to graduate in
July to Surrey’s alumni network Forever Surrey.
Forever Surrey has an active global network of
87,000 alumni and has many supporting benefits to
help graduates develop their career.
Trudy Monk, alumni relations manager, said:
“We look forward to welcoming final year students
to our relaxed evening to give them an insight into
our alumni network which they will soon be a part
of. Forever Surrey is here to support graduates and
By Rachel Thomason, News Editor
Lecturer in the School of
English and Languages at the
University of Surrey, Dr Gregory
Tate, has been named as one of
the New Generation Thinkers for
2013.
BBC Radio 3 and the Arts and
Humanities Research Council
(AHRC) named Dr Tate as one of
their New Generation Thinkers
for 2013 out of 60 candidates.
The ten who were selected went
through a series of challenging
written presentations and all-day
workshops. The final decision was
made by senior staff from BBC
Radio 3, BBC Television Arts and
the AHRC.
Dr Tate researches the
connections between literature
and science, and particularly
investigates how Victorian poets
reacted to and employed new
scientific ideas to do with the
mind in the 19th century.
He will have the opportunity
to work on programme ideas for
BBC Radio 3, and will participate
in regular New Generation
Thinkers slots on several of their
programmes.
At Radio 3’s Free Thinking
festival in November 2013, Dr Tate
may also have the chance to be a
guest speaker as part of the New
Generation Thinkers event and
could work with BBC Television
Arts to create a short taster film
which might potentially be shown
at www.bbc.co.uk/arts.
Dr Tate commented: "I'm very
excited to be given this fantastic
opportunity to discuss my
research with a national audience.
It's a wonderful chance to share
my love of literature, and to let
we want Surrey to remain an important part of
students’ lives.
“The event will also provide an opportunity for
students to tell us what they would like from their
alumni network. All washed down with a free drink,
whether that is beer, wine or a soft drink, and some
pizza!”
The evening is set to take place from 5.30pm to
7.00pm in the Living Room, part of the Student Union
building.
Please register by Monday 10 th June by
emailing alumnievents@surrey.ac.uk.
For further information please call 01483
683143 or visit:
www.surrey.ac.uk/alumni
Surrey English academic named a
BBC New Generation Think 2013
the BBC's listeners know about my
research area: the relationship
between literature and science in
the 19th century."
Alongside Dr Tate as part of
the ten New Generation Thinkers
are academics who hold positions
at universities such as Oxford,
Cambridge and Edinburgh. They
also undertake research in arts
and humanities topics.
Dr Gregory Tate named as a New
Generation Thinker for 2012