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Nobel Prize winner begins term as Chancellor of the University of Bristol
The Wolfson Foundation’s £2 million grant for University of Warwick
The University of Warwick has been awarded £2 million from The Wolfson Foundation to help construct a new Mathematical Sciences building. The full cost of the new
building will be around £27 million. It will be built close to the current Mathematical Sciences
Sir Paul Nurse, a Nobel Prize-winning scientist and former President of the Royal Society, has begun his term as Chancellor of the University of Bristol. Sir Paul is a leading geneticist and cell biologist. His work on the control of
cell division underpins current research into treatments for cancer and other serious diseases. His contributions to science were recognised with a knighthood in 1999. In
addition, Sir Paul’s endeavours relating to the discovery of molecules that regulate the cell cycle saw him jointly awarded the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine in 2001. Sir Paul said: “I felt very honoured to be asked to Chancellor of the
University of Bristol. It is one of the UK’s great universities, both in terms of its world-leading research and its teaching. With the recent announcements about its new campus and ambitious plans outlined in its new strategy, it’s an exciting time to be involved.” Professor Hugh Brady, Vice-Chancellor and President of the University of
Bristol, said: “To have Sir Paul as our next Chancellor is a huge honour. He has an unrivalled standing in the scientific community, in this country and across the world. He will be a great inspiration for our staff and students. “His appointment could not have come at a more opportune time, as we
look forward to the next step in our University’s development. I very much look forward to working with him over the coming years.” Sir Paul will be installed as Chancellor on 22 March 2017, during a special
ceremony in the Wills Memorial Building.
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facilities and create a space for the co-location of inter-disciplinary research and training for the Computer Science, Mathematics and Statistics departments. The building will take their “without walls” approach to the next stage, guaranteeing a genuine multi-disciplinary mix of staff and students and further promoting interaction and integration. Construction will begin in the first half of 2017. Professor Colin Sparrow, Professor of Mathematics and Head of
Warwick’s Mathematics Institute said: “The University of Warwick’s Mathematical scientists have substantial world-renowned reputations for pure and applied research, developing new research programmes that make a difference globally. We are delighted with this award which will enable our three departments to grow and to work even more closely together. In particular, the new building will allow us to exploit Warwick’s position as one of the five UK universities recently chosen as partners in the creation of the Turing Institute, including interdisciplinary space for both research and teaching in data science; it will also allow us to bring our graduate training programmes closer together in a new Mathematical Sciences Graduate School.” Paul Ramsbottom, Chief Executive of the Wolfson Foundation, said:
“The Wolfson Foundation is a charity that only makes awards following a rigorous review process, and our grants are intended to serve as a badge of excellence. The research that will take place within the new Mathematical Sciences building will be of the highest international quality. We are delighted again to be funding Warwick, and the quality of this project is demonstrated by the fact that this is our joint largest award this year.”
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Teachers and support staff lack training to tackle “taboo” of self-harm in schools
The majority of teachers and support staff lack the time and training they need to support students who self-harm, according to a recent report from a GW4 research community. A survey of staff from 153 secondary schools
across Devon, Somerset and Wales also found that teachers and support staff were reluctant to talk to students about self-harm, because they feared it could lead to an increase in the number of incidents. Self-harm is becoming a major issue for schools
nationwide, with a recent University of Bristol study finding that nearly two out of ten 16-17 year olds self-harm. Respondents to the GW4 survey felt that staff are not sufficiently trained to deal with self-harm,
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with eight out of ten (81%) listing inadequate staff training as a barrier. Teachers and support staff also cited a lack of
time in the curriculum (79%) and a lack of resources (74%) as significant obstacles to providing self-harm support to students. School staff were also concerned that raising
awareness of self-harm with students may actually lead to an increase in self-harm incidents. Dr. Astrid Janssens, Senior Research Fellow at
the University of Exeter Medical School, said: “It is worrying that schools see talking about self-harm specifically as taboo. That same approach applied to talking about suicide 20 years ago, but now it is routinely assessed by clinicians, who have the training to ask questions about suicidal thoughts
in the right environment. We need to ensure that these concerns do not prevent teachers from engaging with young people who want to open the dialogue around self-harm. “We recommend that schools have a policy
about what to do if a young person self-harms, including information on what to do if someone discloses self-harm. This should include not being afraid to ask a young person if they are or have thought of self-harming as part of a supportive, non-judgmental conversation by a designated member of staff.”
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