http://www.ucs.ac.uk/About/News/NewsArchive.aspx?rss=true Students in their first year of the BA (Hons) Event, Tourism, Hospitality and Leisure Management course at UCS recently came together with local charities and trusts in a 'Spring Forth Event' to help raise awareness and much needed funds. http://www.ucs.ac.uk/About/News/2013/20130503_Students-Spring-Forth-For-Suffolk-Charities-.aspx http://www.ucs.ac.uk/About/News/2013/20130503_Students-Spring-Forth-For-Suffolk-Charities-.aspx Thu, 09 May 2013 09:00:00 GMT Sue Taylor and Gary Reedman both won prizes in the national 2013 Student Starpack Packaging Awards which challenges students to submit solutions to problems set by brand leading FMCG companies, design agencies, and manufacturers. http://www.ucs.ac.uk/About/News/2013/20130502_%20Slice-of-success-for-talented-students.aspx http://www.ucs.ac.uk/About/News/2013/20130502_%20Slice-of-success-for-talented-students.aspx Fri, 03 May 2013 09:00:00 GMT UCS and the Azerbaijan University of Languages (AUL), a public university in Baku, Azerbaijan, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding – an agreement to explore several areas of collaboration between the two institutions http://www.ucs.ac.uk/About/News/2013/20130205_UCS-partner-with-Azerbaijan-University.aspx http://www.ucs.ac.uk/About/News/2013/20130205_UCS-partner-with-Azerbaijan-University.aspx Thu, 02 May 2013 17:00:00 GMT UCS has begun a project to replace its IT infrastructure to increase compute capacity for 8,500 students and staff across the Network, helping to provide a range of services including finance, HR, virtual learning systems and a student information system from Tribal. http://www.ucs.ac.uk/About/News/2013/20130502_T-systems-to-be-upgraded-across-the-Network.aspx http://www.ucs.ac.uk/About/News/2013/20130502_T-systems-to-be-upgraded-across-the-Network.aspx Thu, 02 May 2013 14:00:00 GMT Sport and Exercise Science students from UCS have spent three days 3,500m above sea level in the Bernese Alps, Switzerland, to undertake a number of tests investigating the effects of oxygen deprivation on human physiology and physical and physiological performance to underpin theoretical aspects already examined on their course. http://www.ucs.ac.uk/About/News/2013/20130423_Students-scale-Swiss-mountain-to-explore-effects-on-the-human-body-.aspx http://www.ucs.ac.uk/About/News/2013/20130423_Students-scale-Swiss-mountain-to-explore-effects-on-the-human-body-.aspx Thu, 25 Apr 2013 10:00:00 GMT UCS today hosted an academic seminar on student employability on behalf of the prestigious Higher Education Academy (HEA), the professional body for Higher Education academics. http://www.ucs.ac.uk/About/News/2013/20130424_Academics-analyse-student-employability-at-Higher-Education-Academy-seminar.aspx http://www.ucs.ac.uk/About/News/2013/20130424_Academics-analyse-student-employability-at-Higher-Education-Academy-seminar.aspx Wed, 24 Apr 2013 17:00:00 GMT in consultation with both the Director of Public Health for Suffolk and Suffolk County Council, UCS has developed two new foundation and BSc honours degree courses in public health, to be offered for the first time from September 2013. http://www.ucs.ac.uk/About/News/2013/20130424_New-courses-launched-following-Public-Health-shake-up.aspx http://www.ucs.ac.uk/About/News/2013/20130424_New-courses-launched-following-Public-Health-shake-up.aspx Wed, 24 Apr 2013 12:00:00 GMT Julia Hobsbawm spoke to an audience who spanned a range of business and educational sectors on 'connecting for success: why knowledge networking is the future'. She predicted that in the near future, big businesses will be appointing a Chief Networking Officer to the board. http://www.ucs.ac.uk/About/News/2013/20130423_Visiting-Professor-provides-insight-into-business-networking.aspx http://www.ucs.ac.uk/About/News/2013/20130423_Visiting-Professor-provides-insight-into-business-networking.aspx Tue, 23 Apr 2013 16:00:00 GMT