News archive 2009
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Archive 2009
- 17 Dec 09 – UEL student wins first new music award for young Londoners
- 15 Dec 09 – Come along to the New Year Open Day at UEL
- 04 Dec 09 – June Brown and Kwame Kwei-Armah celebrate Humanities and Social Sciences graduates success
- 04 Dec 09 – Graduation Stories 2009
- 25 Nov 09 – Law and Psychology graduates celebrate success
- 23 Nov 09 – UEL congratulates Honorary Award Holder Baroness Ashton
- 20 Nov 09 – Class Act: Cass School of Education graduates celebrate academic success
- 18 Nov 09 – E-Factor launched with £10,000 to play for
- 16 Nov 09 – James Caan, Sir Gulam Noon MBE and West Ham United celebrate Business School graduates success
- 12 Nov 09 – Royal Docks gets down to business
- 06 Nov 09 – Lord Sebastian Coe KBE, Christine Ohuruogu MBE, Mark Hunter MBE and Sunand Prasad awarded Honorary Doctorates by the University of East London
- 03 Nov 09 – From People’s University to People’s Palace
- 30 Oct 09 – UEL announces new Vice Chancellor
- 30 Oct 09 – Graduates celebrate academic success at UEL’s first award ceremony
- 27 Oct 09 – Talented UEL photography graduate wins prestigious prize
- 27 Oct 09 – Lucky UEL graduates learn the tricks of the PR trade
- 27 Oct 09 – Liam Kane, Sathi Ludhianvi and Baroness Kingsmill awarded honorary doctorates at UEL’s first graduation ceremony
- 27 Oct 09 – Baroness Kingsmill, Liam Kane and Sathi Ludhianvi awarded honorary doctorates at UEL’s first graduation ceremony
- 26 Oct 09 – UEL student replaces bitumen with chip fat in first road building trial
- 21 Oct 09 – UEL graduate Jimmy Doherty teaches us something new
- 19 Oct 09 – UEL Social work experts debate prevention and child protection
- 19 Oct 09 – Olympic hopeful visits UEL’s Autumn Open Day
- 16 Oct 09 – Speaking a common language? Academic differences across the Atlantic
- 09 Oct 09 – Cherie Blair opens UEL’s pioneering Sir John Cass School of Education
- 06 Oct 09 – Cherie Blair to open UEL’s new Sir John Cass School of Education
- 30 Sep 09 – UEL hosts an exciting forthcoming Black History Month for everyone
- 30 Sep 09 – UEL Civil Engineering students win bursaries from Thames Water
- 30 Sep 09 – New programme at UEL offers ways to beat the recession blues
- 29 Sep 09 – UEL launches pioneering East London Lives 2012 Olympic archive
- 28 Sep 09 – IPAD launches dynamic new dance studios at Trinity Buoy Wharf
- 23 Sep 09 – UEL academic displays iconic Sindy in the Swinging Sixties
- 22 Sep 09 – UEL welcomes thousands of new students at First Week
- 16 Sep 09 – UEL takes a leap forward with its new dynamic dance studios
- 04 Sep 09 – UEL September Open Day is a hit
- 02 Sep 09 – UEL creative MA students put on an amazing show
- 25 Aug 09 – All welcome to Open Day on 2 September after a record breaking Clearing
- 24 Aug 09 – UEL Arts lecturer is shortlisted for prestigious London 2012 Cultural Olympiad
- 20 Aug 09 – UEL celebrates Clearing 2009 success
- 14 Aug 09 – Clearing a course for success - UEL set for record numbers of applicants on Thursday 20 August
- 10 Aug 09 – It is rocket science as leading US Aerospace manager flies in to UEL
- 04 Aug 09 – Team UEL triumph at the London Triathlon
- 31 Jul 09 – Newham claim the Cup at inaugural Royal Docks 5-a-side tournament
- 29 Jul 09 – Dubai Students visit UEL and the multi cultural East End
- 28 Jul 09 – Speedy UEL student is a champion in the making
- 22 Jul 09 – Star volunteer honoured by the Mayor at Redbridge Asian Women's Fair
- 20 Jul 09 – UEL student develops a lot of use for chip fat
- 20 Jul 09 – Students show off their innovative designs at prestigious New Designers exhibition
- 15 Jul 09 – Mark Stephens appointed Chair of Governors at University of East London
- 13 Jul 09 – Top British athlete joins Newham students at UEL’s Leadership Summer School
- 10 Jul 09 – We do need more education! - Barking & Dagenham students speak out
- 10 Jul 09 – 'Drawing Together' event brings out the best in school arts
- 07 Jul 09 – UEL Partner Charity launches joint programme with a smile
- 07 Jul 09 – International graduates celebrate their success
- 07 Jul 09 – Business student joins Pearson Student Advisory Board
- 06 Jul 09 – New Counselling degrees at forefront of professional practice
- 02 Jul 09 – UEL students build iconic structures at Olympic Park site
- 01 Jul 09 – Summer Open Day at UEL is a hit
- 26 Jun 09 – Spanning the globe at Architecture Year End Show
- 26 Jun 09 – Leading lecturer in Fine Art exhibits at the Florence Nightingale Museum
- 25 Jun 09 – Exciting new Sports Journalism degree launched
- 24 Jun 09 – Brazil to Brick Lane: UEL photographers create Ballroom in the Brewery
- 23 Jun 09 – All welcome to Asian Women’s education and training fair in Ilford - 16 July
- 22 Jun 09 – Prof. Shackleton spots green shoots at BDCC Directors' Roundtable
- 18 Jun 09 – UEL celebrates an innovative Architecture Year End Show
- 17 Jun 09 – All welcome to UEL Open Day – 27 June
- 16 Jun 09 – Radio Reactive? Top media scholars hold public debate on how radio makes us cry, laugh and confide
- 16 Jun 09 – Playground games for the Nintendo generation
- 15 Jun 09 – Brain stimulation boosts motor skills in robot-mediated rehab exercises
- 11 Jun 09 – Over 2,000 UEL students awarded European Computer Driving Licences
- 10 Jun 09 – Building bridges: Princess Anne meets UEL staff and students at Construction Future Skills 2009
- 09 Jun 09 – UEL designers a runway success at Graduate Fashion Week
- 05 Jun 09 – New book offers guidance to researchers working in war zones
- 05 Jun 09 – Artists make exhibitions of themselves at Showcase 09
- 04 Jun 09 – UEL students bring sports science skills to West Ham United Academy
- 28 May 09 – UEL Visual Arts degree exhibition highlights the best of local national and global talent
- 28 May 09 – New unique distance learning course is the first of its kind in the UK
- 22 May 09 – UEL announces sports support at Newham Athletics Network launch
- 21 May 09 – Fabulous designs on show at Graduate Fashion Week
- 19 May 09 – UEL welcomes distinguished Harvard professor for first annual lecture in Cultural Studies
- 18 May 09 – Welcome to ‘Homoworld’ - short film wins award at film festival
- 18 May 09 – Double dose of exciting free public lectures at UEL
- 14 May 09 – Student National Karate Champion limbers up for European tournament in Spain
- 13 May 09 – Students win £100 each and get Moore business ideas from local estate agent
- 12 May 09 – UEL student Tinchy Stryder still Number One
- 11 May 09 – Is film star Daniel Craig therapy? Maybe so says a new media research network
- 08 May 09 – Exciting seminar explores culture, economics and identity today
- 07 May 09 – Mayfest 09 is a success in the sunshine
- 06 May 09 – All welcome to Adult Learners Week roadshow
- 05 May 09 – Get set for Mayfest 09
- 01 May 09 – Spring Open Day at UEL is a huge success
- 15 May 09 – Accreditation for acupuncture and herbal medicine
- 29 Apr 09 – UEL Lecturer called to the Palace for 60th Commonwealth anniversary
- 27 Apr 09 – UEL students win design work at London 2012 Aquatics Centre
- 27 Apr 09 – UEL puts health and wellbeing on the curriculum
- 24 Apr 09 – Giving students a voice - education experts listen to learners at UEL conference
- 22 Apr 09 – All welcome to UEL Open Day - 29 April
- 20 Apr 09 – Team UEL put best feet forward for first Newham Classic 10K run
- 17 Apr 09 – Innovative UEL event is developing entrepreneurship in difficult times
- 15 Apr 09 – UEL leads £710,000 economic investment challenge in Thames Gateway
- 14 Apr 09 – UEL Law student aims high
- 10 Apr 09 – Transforming our campuses
- 07 Apr 09 – Innovative health project will help bring communities together
- 28 Apr 09 – UEL Students showcase internationally-inspired artwork at Canary Wharf Travel Scholarship Exhibition
- 27 Mar 09 – East London student wins £10,000 to start-up business
- 25 Mar 09 – East End promise: Petchey Centre for Entrepreneurship open for business
- 13 Mar 09 – Celebrating innovative partnerships for education
- 11 Mar 09 – UEL students win top award in recognition of pioneering Education Partnerships
- 10 Mar 09 – Media and the Inner World - journalists and academics launch innovative research network
- 09 Mar 09 – UEL students go bananas for Fairtrade
- 09 Mar 09 – Local students learn about the business world with help from UEL
- 04 Mar 09 – Curtain Raised on 160 Years of East End Theatre History
- 03 Mar 09 – UEL’s Chancellor Lord Rix is a star on Desert Island Discs
- 03 Mar 09 – First Telethon fundraising campaign at UEL raises over £90,000
- 27 Feb 09 – UEL Lecturer keeps on running to raise money for H.E.A.R.T UK
- 10 Feb 09 – The man who mistook his neuropsychologist for a pop star
- 09 Feb 09 – Rehabilitation robots for stroke patients
- 05 Feb 09 – UEL welcomes international students for the new semester
- 23 Jan 09 – UEL calls for a fairer funding system for innovative research that makes a difference
- 21 Jan 09 – Camila Batmanghelidjh and 6th Earl of Listowel awarded Honorary Degrees
- 20 Jan 09 – New Exhibition looks at personal meaning behind public space
- 20 Jan 09 – Innovative flexible and distance learning takes off with UELconnect
- 15 Jan 09 – East London Lives - 2012 legacy archive invites you to have your say
- 06 Jan 09 – Carole Snee awarded OBE for services to urban regeneration
Latest News Stories
- 12 Jan 12 – UEL academic and award-winning director premieres new film
- 11 Jan 12 – UEL graduate and entrepreneur talks business with Sir Richard Branson
- 04 Jan 12 – UEL student handed highest award by Duke of Edinburgh
- 21 Dec 11 – UEL signs agreement with Royal Society for Public Health
- 20 Dec 11 – Howzat? UEL student called up for England cricket tour
- 07 Dec 11 – Work starts on unique university campus in central Stratford
- 07 Dec 11 – Universities play a ‘central’ role in sports legacy plans
- 29 Nov 11 – UEL announces unprecedented bursary offer to local schools and colleges
- 25 Nov 11 – University of East London Chief Says UK Higher Education ‘Hit by Double Whammy’
- 21 Nov 11 – Lights in the sky over London - UEL academic coordinates major art project
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