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100 Best DoC Alumni

Published on 7 February 2007 in Higher Education and Journal. 2 Comments

From the IC Department of Computing alumni office:

Dear Alumnus

Imperial College would like to produce a brochure promoting Engineering’s past and potential achievements for our celebrations and cultivation events associated with the Centenary.

The intention is to have 100 from the past 100 and 100 for the next century – ie 100 alumni who have made a big impact in the last century on engineering, business, society, wealth creation, quality of life etc – and 100 current staff and students or recent alumni whose work or potential will have had an impact when we look back from our next centenary.

Accordingly, DoC is asking you to nominate a colleague (including yourself) you consider real successes in your DoC class (or other classes) with a one sentence reason for each one why you consider them a success.

With best wishes

Helen

Helen Harth
Industrial Liaison Officer
Department of Computing, Imperial College London
South Kensington campus
London, SW7 2ZA
Tel: 020 7594 8278
Email: h.harth {at} imperial.ac(.)uk
www.doc.ic.ac.uk/careers

Bummer! Probably a couple of years early for me to make this, LOL :-)

I wonder if anyone from my time in DoC (1999-2003) has been, or indeed, should be nominated.

Tony Blair has a “department for happiness”

Published on 16 January 2007 in Higher Education, Journal and Society. 0 Comments Tags: , , , , , .

Just catching up on the newswires. This made my laugh: Happiness is a chat over the fence, The Sunday Times (7 January).

“People who take the time to chat over the fence to their neighbours, have plenty of sex in a stable relationship and care about endangered species tend to be happier, according to a report by Tony Blair’s ‘department for happiness’. Gardening, praying and going for walks are also all linked to broader smiles, says the study, written by a professor of economics at Imperial College London’s Tanaka Business School and circulated to ministers and senior civil servants… Paul Dolan, lead author of the report, said that while the evidence on happiness could be assessed, the practical implications for policy were likely to prove far more contentious.”

Credit: Imperial College Communications bulletin.

Harvard targets UK state schools

Published on 30 October 2006 in Higher Education and Journal. 0 Comments Tags: , , , , .

Today’s FT reports that Harvard University will be especially seeking to recruit state school pupils from the UK this year. Not a surprising development given the introduction of top-up fees as many students will actually be financially better off by going to America.

Harvard University’s student recruiters are to target state schools this year in an effort to break the grip the private sector has over its UK intake. Representatives of the prestigious US university will be dispatched to state schools to ensure students are aware of Harvard’s policy of waiving fees for parents with incomes of less than $60,000 (£32,000).

Aaarrggh! Why did no-one tell me about that policy? Don’t get me wrong, Imperial College was great and I had a fantastic time there – but I’d have passed IC over for Harvard any day!