University of Bradford. Staff Briefing.

Week ending Friday 10 May 2002
Edition 65

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For all staff

New Annual Report

The new Annual Report is now available on the University website at www.brad.ac.uk/admin/recruitment/annrept/2002/ This publication reports on the activities of the University between August 2000 - July 2001.

Please note that the Annual Report is now only available online. We will not be producing a paper version. If you have any comments please email corp-comms@bradford.ac.uk or telephone ext: 3088.

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For all staff

Operation Glendale

As part of the Crime & Disorder Partnership the West Yorkshire Police in Bradford South Division are organising a major operation which is to be known as 'Operation Glendale', which is to run for a period of three weeks, and will commence in the week of 13th May 2002.

Des Cogan, the Head of Security at the University, attended a briefing for this Operation on Wednesday, 1st May 2002, where the general outline and plans for the Operation were provided.

It is intended to target: known persistent criminals; beggars and people involved in anti social behaviour; drug offenders and dealers; and increase patrols in relation to prostitution.

As part of this Operation there will be a Forward Command Vehicle, which will be located in Claremont, near to the junction with Great Horton Road.

For the full information please see www.brad.ac.uk/briefing/glendale.pdf or contact the Security Office on ext: 4897. Please could you make this information available to staff within your area who may not have web and email access.

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For all staff

HERA Pilot Scheme

HERA - Higher Education Role Analysis - is a means of systematically evaluating the value of all roles found in Higher Education. We are currently running a HERA pilot scheme with the Department of Estates and Facilities to test how well HERA works in practice. Over the next 3 months staff holding selected 'benchmark' posts will be asked to take part in structured interviews with trained Role Analysts.

A briefing note designed to give an overview of the pilot scheme is at www.brad.ac.uk/briefing/hera.pdf (pdf file).

For further information or a paper copy of the please contact Helen Dewhirst Project Manager on ext: 5169, Fiona Martin on ext: 3092, or Joan Kennett on ext: 3093.

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For all staff

Awards Ceremonies July 2002

Information for staff who would like to attend the July ceremonies is now available via the Student Registry website. Whether you wish to participate in the academic procession or as a guest in the audience, please complete the staff reply form on-line available at: www.brad.ac.uk/admin/student-registry/awards/staff.htm

The deadline for receipt of applications is Friday 14 June 2002.

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For all staff

For all part-time staff - an opportunity for part-time staff to request convenient days to run Staff Development unit events in 2002/3

On 10th June 2002 the Staff Development Unit will be meeting to discuss the programme for September 2002 - July 2003. We are aware that some of you may have experienced disappointment when staff development courses are run on days that are not convenient with your hours of work. It would be helpful to us if you could let us know which courses you may like to attend during the 2002/3 period and on which days of the week you would like the events to take place.

A list of course we ran this year is available in the Orange Core Programme booklet (which hopefully you all have a copy of) or from the web at: www.brad.ac.uk/admin/staffdev/programmes/core/listbydate.html

There will be some changes to events next year, but nothing substantial. We cannot promise to deliver the right answer for all respondents, but will take them into account when we set the course dates at our meeting on 10th June. The programme will be published in July 2002.

Please respond by Monday 27th May 2002 by either e-mailing staffdev@bradford.ac.uk, calling ext. 3096 or calling into K22, Richmond Building.

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For all staff

Staff Development office move

The Staff Development office has moved to K22, Richmond Building (previously the Disability Office). Extension numbers remain the same.

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For all staff

Pool closing times

Please note that with effect from Tuesday 7th May 2002 the pool will close for casual swimming at 8.30pm on Tuesdays and 8.00pm on Mondays.

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For all staff

Eye Clinic Opening

The Eye Clinic is open for sight examinations until Friday 10th May 2002. Patients who are seen by a student qualify for 25% discount off frames. We have morning and afternoon appointments available - telephone number 234649.

Summer clinics will run, but are yet to be arranged. The Eye Clinic re-opens at the beginning of Semester 1 and appointments are available from the end of September 2002. For further information please contact Sue or Sharon on ext: 4649.

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For all staff

SAINT - University Wide Student Information System

It's time to get involved.

You are no doubt aware, we are about to enter the 'next phase' of the SAINT project, leading up to the CAMS/SRS live running from September 2002. This means a busy schedule of training over the summer, which will be concentrating heavily on module selection and assessment (plus special training for UCAS clearing helpline staff).

Full details available at: www.brad.ac.uk/admin/mis/saint-training/courses.htm

We do however still receive occasional requests for training in those system components that are already 'live', namely:

  1. Enquiries
  2. UCAS Admissions
  3. Postgraduate/Direct Admissions

If you or any of your colleagues still need training in any of these three areas, the SAINT Project Team would be grateful if you would let them know, so that they can assess the need for any further 'mop-up' courses during May - before the Summer training program begins.

Contact Mike Mooney, SAINT Project Trainer on ext. 6036 or via email: M.J.Mooney@Bradford.ac.uk

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For all staff

SAINT Project - next presentation

The next presentation by the SAINT Project Team will be on 22nd and 23rd May in J19, Richmond Building.

Please book a place for one of the sessions at either 9.30 - 12.00 or 2.00 - 4.30 (same times on both days).

The presentation aims to give you a view of what SAINT is capable of in handling assessment marks and progression and award processes. It will be of interest to academic and support staff involved in all aspects of module assessment, as well as student progression and award processes.

Booking is not essential, but to be sure of a place please contact Faye Smith in MIS; ext 3118, or email to: F.J.Smith1@bradford.ac.uk

We will build on the April presentation and will not repeat material presented in that session. If you have not yet had any introduction to SAINT please see the SAINT website where you will find background information about SAINT, the overview document provided at the previous demonstration http://www.brad.ac.uk/admin/SAINT/ssistagefour/latest_news.htm and the Project Training schedule http://www.brad.ac.uk/admin/mis/saint-training/trainhome.htm

We cannot give a detailed picture at this stage of exactly how we will use SAINT for assessment, progression and award because there is a great deal of diversity of practice across the University. Once you have seen what the system can do, we will discuss with you the best way to achieve a common approach for Bradford. As part of that process, we'll issue a questionnaire after the presentation, and follow it up with meetings in individual Schools.

Outline programme:

Part 1: Marks and Assessment Committees

    • collecting component marks
    • inputting component marks to SAINT
    • calculating module marks
    • preparing for Assessment Committees
    • processing after Assessment Committees

Break

Part 2: Boards of Examiners, re-assessment, progression and award

    • preparing for Boards of Examiners
    • processing after Boards of Examiners
    • communicating outcomes
    • dealing with reassessment
    • preparing for the next academic session

The Project Team

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For all staff

The Unit for Educational Research and Evaluation has moved

From the 26th April, the Unit will be located in the Tumbling Hills Annexe, rooms PS01 to PS07. All telephone numbers will remain the same.

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For all staff

Christine Cartwright has taken retirement

The University's Voice Communications Manager for many years, Christine Cartwright, has taken retirement. I am sure she will be remembered as the mainstay of the University telephony service. Most of you will have been in touch with her over the years and I suspect it was often in panic mode when things went awry.

Just under two years ago, Christine fell ill. Nevertheless, she kept in touch throughout her absence. Indeed, her advice was a great help recently, when the switchboard and telephony service had to relocate to the J B Priestley Building. It was a complicated process, in spite of being largely unnoticed by users of the service. Sadly, Christine has not yet made a full recovery and has decided to take retirement.

She will be sorely missed. I am sure I speak for all who knew Christine when I convey to her our thanks for her invaluable support and our good wishes for a more rapid recovery and a long and happy retirement.

A central account is available for those who wish to contribute to a leaving gift (Account code: 78055/8300/0017) and a retirement card is available in the Voice Communications Office, JB Priestley Building (room 01.10).

Stan Houghton, Learning Support

For further details you can contact Dr Stan Houghton on ext: 3303 or Roger Goodair on ext: 5332, Learning Support Services.

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For all staff

Latest programmes from TQEG

Training for Examination Invigilators - 8th May 2002 - Specialist, Strand of Learning Support Seminar Series

Getting Your Levels Right - Writing Module Descriptors - 8th May 2002, Key Skills Strand of the Learning Support Seminar Series

Personal Tutoring: Evaluating your own Effectiveness - 10 May 2002, Key Skills Strand of the Learning Support Seminar Series

Further information at: www.brad.ac.uk/acad/tqeg/Programmes/Excellence_plus.pdf.

To book a place email tqe-sec@bradford.ac.uk or phone ext: 3286.

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