News for October 2009

A successful criminal lawyer has gone back to her roots to tell today's students about her court room experiences.

International links have helped reunite former teacher trainees from Edge Hill University after 44 years.

An international lawyer famous for representing Botswana bushmen will be delivering a public lecture at Edge Hill University on Wednesday 29 October.

Creative writing students are taking a hands-on approach to learning with the production of their own international literary journal.

Students had the chance to learn from an expert at the launch of four new psychology degrees at Edge Hill University.

The world famous civil rights leader, the Reverend Jesse Jackson, sent a personal message of congratulation to the University's scholarship students.

An international exchange is being planned after a successful research initiative by an Edge Hill University academic.

This year's winner of the Edge Hill short story prize Chris Beckett will be reading from his book, The Turing Test, at The Manchester Literature Festival on Saturday 24 October.

Edge Hill University’s Chancellor Professor Tanya Byron will open this year’s BBC Free Thinking festival on Friday 23 October.

Primary school children who struggle with Maths could soon be a thing of the past thanks to a groundbreaking national numeracy project designed by Edge Hill University.

Edge Hill University's talented careers team has won a clutch of awards for outstanding performance in finding job opportunities for students in the middle of the economic downturn.

The new issue of E42, the University’s stylish stakeholder magazine is out now.

The stereotypical “Brit abroad”, who tries to make himself understood in a foreign country by simply shouting louder in English, could soon be a thing of the past.

Creeping round council estates, exploring spooky mansions, trudging through fields – it’s all in a day’s work for Edge Hill graduate and TV location scout, Alex Tridimas.

The debate about the drug ecstasy and how it should be classified has been raging in academic circles for many years – with each new study eliciting frenzied headlines from a media hungry to find a new scapegoat for all the world’s ills.

Staff Profile: Franco Rizzuto, Head of Law and Criminology

After years of being overshadowed by the male-dominated literary canon, women’s literature finally has a mainstream role model in Carol Ann Duffy, the recently appointed, first female Poet Laureate. But does this mean the woman who was once considered “too lesbian for Laureate” has sold out?

With rising levels of diabetes and obesity across all ages, ill health related to poor nutrition is currently on everyone’s agenda. So, a degree course aimed at preventing these conditions has never been more timely.

The smiling faces, the tearful parents, the proud tutors – this year’s graduation ceremonies saw more than 1,500 students don their cap and gown and make the life-changing transition to Edge Hill University graduate and alumnus.

He’s been beaten on numerous occasions, had a bullet through his letterbox and received tons of hate mail. So what makes leading human rights campaigner Peter Tatchell keep going? Following his well-received lecture at the University’s Centre for Local Policy Studies (CLPS) Summer School, E42 spoke to the one-time demon of the popular press to find out.

A team of runners from Edge Hill University’s sports department put in an impressive performance at this year’s 5k Team Challenge race in Liverpool.