News for June 2009

Staff Profile: Jane Morgan, Head of Midwifery

Could dance be used in the campaign to combat obesity? Can drama rehabilitate patients and help them overcome serious illness?

When a school is placed under special measures it’s time for drastic action – and failing schools are considered to be no place for newly qualified or trainee teachers.

Edge Hill student Geoff Smart talks to E42 about living on campus with a visual impairment and how both he and his guide dog, Asta, were made to feel right at home.

Football agents – demonised in popular mythology as parasites and pariahs – may be heading for an era of enlightenment.

Staff Profile: Stéphanie Genz, Senior Lecturer in Media and Culture

What makes a great adaptation? Dr Peter Wright, Reader in Literature and Film Studies and a science fiction expert looks at the successes, the failures and merits of a ‘golden oldie’.

The short story, long regarded as the poor relation of the novel, is enjoying something of a renaissance, with Edge Hill leading the way.

The Environmental Science department at Edge Hill is dealing with some of the biggest issues confronting the planet today.

As games consoles replace hide and seek and Facebook becomes the new virtual street corner, E42 looks at why children's freedom to play has all but disappeared.

Are we turning a blind eye to human rights abuses for fear of being called racist? Is multiculturalism undermining human rights? Veteran human rights campaigner Peter Tatchell thinks so.

Edge Hill has earned a place as one of the top ten universities in the UK for its courses and lecturers - and it's all thanks to the students.

Sir James Dyson has sent his personal regards and best wishes to those attending the 2009 Northwest Design and Technology Festival which is being held at Edge Hill University on Wednesday, 24 June and Thursday 25 June 2009.

An Edge Hill University research officer by day and a shooting star by night, Kate Grime, a member of the Ladies Great Britain Shooting team, has brought home Gold from the Helice World Championships.

Edge Hill Guild, the oldest surviving alumni group, met at the Ormskirk campus this weekend for their annual reunion.

The work of Sarah Waters, author of the widely-acclaimed new novel The Little Stranger, and the verse of Liverpool-based poet Cath Nichols comes under the spotlight.

A group of gadget-loving students harnessed the very latest technologies to produce a highly-creative multimedia presentation at Edge Hill University.

Edge Hill media students had their first taste of life on the big screen this week when they showcased their work at FACT, Liverpool.

Edge Hill University will host the international Feminist and Women’s Studies Association (FWSA) Conference at the Bluecoat, Liverpool, later this month.

Edge Hill's Head of Midwifery, Jane Morgan, has been named as a finalist in this year's Daily Post Woman of the Year 2009 competition.

Health experts from Edge Hill University are spearheading a groundbreaking project to train 2000 nurses in Hong Kong to look after patients through the night and ease the strain on overworked junior doctors.

Staff at Edge Hill University are celebrating today after they received a five-star rating from students.