Academic Council minutes 6 November 2012

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Student shortlisted for award
February 12: Construction engineering management student Bisrat Solomon Degefa has been nominated for a National Placement and Internship Award. Nominated by one of his placement employers NGM Surveys, Bisrat is the second University of Portsmouth student to be shortlisted for an award. He is a finalist in the category for Best Student Contribution to a Small or Medium-sized Enterprise, along with fellow nominee Kristina Angelova, a student in the Business School.

Grow your business
February 5: Internationally renowned entrepreneurship expert, Robert Craven, will be running a practical session to demonstrate the top ten tips for business growth at the University on March 20, from 6-8pm. This networking event is open to all and is free, with donations to Brendoncare Foundation. To book, visit: http://www.eventbrite.co.uk/event/4716917427

Funding win for Alzheimer's research
January 22:Dr Jerome Swinny, from Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences, has been awarded £80,000 PhD studentship funding from the Alzheimer’s Society to try and discover if the depression, anxiety, and aggression common in Alzheimer’s disease patients are caused by different chemicals in the brain to those which cause the same conditions in people without the disease. The team hope the results will lead to new ways to improve treatment for people with Alzheimer’s.

Researcher to study chemicals in water
January 14: Dr Alex Ford, of the School of Biological Sciences, has been awarded £250,000 to study the effects of antidepressants in the water on aquatic life. It will be a two year study with colleagues in France. Dr Ford will be working as part of Professor Darek Gorecki's grant from the EU to look into the potential use of peptides in the pharmaceutical, cosmetic and food industries.

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