THE UH HISTORY PROJECT In 2012 the University of Hertfordshire celebrates the sixtieth anniversary of its origins as the Hatfi eld Technical College and the twentieth anniversary since becoming a University. To mark the occasion we are producing a history of the University, which will be published in the autumn of next year. We are currently conducting oral history interviews with former students and staff, and would love to receive any written memories, photographs, fi lm footage or other mementos from your time at the College, Polytechnic or University. All contributions will be placed in the University archive. If you would like to donate any materials, get involved, or want further information then please contact the Alumni Offi ce or email
uh.heritage@herts.ac.uk
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Sports news
● University student Gavin Beard has been selected by the FA and British Universities & College Sport (BUCS) to receive the Football Futures award 2011 for his valuable contribution and volunteering to develop football and futsal across the UK. ● Four current and ex-University of Hertfordshire students and Hurricane players (Fab Garguilo, Leslie Oluwalu-Wilson, Fred Boyle and Matthew Meyer) were part of the GB American Football squad during the recent European Championship in Frankfurt, Germany. ● Home netball team Hertfordshire Mavericks continues with its run of victories, culminating in being crowned the winners of the Netball Super League Grand Final. Filmed by Sky Sports 3, the Mavericks beat Surrey Storm in a nail-biting 57–46 fi nal on 9th June. ● The annual University Athletic Union Colours awards saw Jim Messenger, coach of the American Football team, awarded Coach of the Year, with his players receiving the Team of the Year accolade. Trampolining received the Club of the Year award.
Smirnoff Exchange project
The Forum Hertfordshire was chosen as one of three venues in the UK to host the prestigious Smirnoff Nightlife exchange events. The project allows several countries to swap the best nightlife experiences they can muster with each other in a series of global parties. Last year the party was held in London and in thirteen other countries all over the world including the US, Australia, and Brazil. A key requisite of this year’s show was that students contribute to the ‘experiential’ aspect of the night. Consequently a competition was launched for design students to come up with a concept to transform the Forum refectory into a ‘Miami super-Club’. The judges were RPM (a leading events design agency), Diageo and the UHSU. The winners put pink fl amingos and tropical plant life all over the venue. The event was described by attendees as ‘one of the best they have ever been to’.
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networking sites to compete and dominate whilst women are using them to build networks, according to new research from the University.
The study analysed nearly 5,000 tweets from twelve infl uential entrepreneurs and found that male users sent 61 per cent more self-promotional tweets than their female counterparts.
Professor Karen Pine said: “It’s been interesting to see how men are using social media as an extension of the board room or playing fi eld where they typically have to lead the competition and dominate. “Women use social media far less aggressively, they tend to use it more socially to build contacts and network with people, as is often the case in the ‘real world’.” From the study the top two entrepreneurs by tweet were Michelle Mone (1,030 tweets) and Lord Sugar (965 tweets).
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