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Safe Surgery association recruits volunteers for pilot project

The World Surgical Association (WSA), a new organisation co-founded by Mahiben Maruthappu, a Green Templeton clinical medical student, is launching a Safe Surgery pilot project in south India this year and is looking to recruit volunteers to help its mission of improving surgical care in developing countries.

Wednesday, 16 May 2012

First year DPhil student and cancer survivor wins Blue in Women's Rugby

Reem Hafez, a first year Green Templeton DPhil student in the Department of Public Health, was recently awarded a Blue in Women's Rugby. This is an astounding achievement given her recent health history: in February 2009 Reem was diagnosed with and treated for stage IVB Hodgkins Lymphoma, just three years before she came to Oxford.

Tuesday, 15 May 2012

GTC Associate Fellow wins prestigious award for business case study

GTC Associate Fellow Kathryn Bishop has won a prestigious award from the European Foundation for Management Development (EFMD) for her case study entitled ‘Becoming a Trusted Advisor.’

Monday, 14 May 2012

Human Welfare e-Journal launched

Sean Grant speaks at the HWC V on 11 and 12 May 2012 On Saturday 12 May at the 5th annual Human Welfare Conference, the College launched a new online academic journal Human Welfare: An International Journal of Graduate Research. The Journal showcases the original research of graduate students investigating issues in human welfare across the globe.

The College also launched the Human Welfare Blog, which along with the Journal provides a forum for continuous debate about human welfare amongst graduate students.

Monday, 14 May 2012

Follow the GTC Human Welfare Conference on Twitter

Green Templeton’s fifth annual Human Welfare Conference is using social media for the first time this year to share live coverage of the Conference via the internet.

Friday, 11 May 2012

Mental health aid to Haiti is focus of Human Welfare Conference keynote speech

Dr Nick Rose is presenting the first keynote address at HWC 5 An expert on mental health delivery in crisis zones will explore some of the contradictions inherent in the delivery of mental health aid to Haiti, in the first keynote address of Green Templeton's Human Welfare Conference 2012 which takes place on 11 and 12 May.

Thursday, 10 May 2012

GTC weather station records wettest April in Oxford for 250 years

Data collected from the Radcliffe Meteorological Station in the gardens of GTC shows that last month was the wettest April in Oxford for almost 250 years since records began.

Wednesday, 09 May 2012

Professor Linda Scott's inaugural lecture now online

Professor Linda Scott 'The Double X Economy' the inaugural lecture by Professor Linda Scott, DP World Professor of Entrepreneurship and Innovation, and GTC Fellow, is now available to view on the Internet.

Tuesday, 01 May 2012