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Staff BriefingA joint initiative by MIS, Corporate Communications and Inprint & Design |
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Next editions and entries to the briefing
- Monday 14 March
- No briefing Monday 21 March or Monday 28 March. Please email any urgent message for staff to: mis-servicedesk@bradford.ac.uk
- Monday 4 April
Please keep entries concise with, if necessary, a link to further details on the web. Please check entries for accuracy and timeliness before sending.
Deadline for entries is (generally) 12 noon each Friday.
Email: briefing@bradford.ac.uk
Birthday Bonanza Winners
A huge thank you to everyone who filled in the Birthday Bonanza Questionnaire, both online and the paper version.
The winners were randomly picked this morning and they are:
- 3rd prize ( £10 Virgin or Waterstone's vouchers) Philip Briggs (MIS)
- 3rd prize ( £10 Virgin or Waterstone's vouchers) Graham Pearson (Pharmacy)
- 3rd prize ( £10 Virgin or Waterstone's vouchers) Elspeth Allcock (Language Unit)
- 2nd prize (£20 Virgin or Waterstone's vouchers) Liz Carpenter (Clinical/Life Sciences)
- 1st prize (silver iPod Mini) Sue Robinson (Estates and Facilties)
Congratulations to you all. We will be in touch about your prizes shortly.
We will be going through the questionnaires over the next couple of weeks and will feed the results and action plan back to colleagues.
Winners chose using http://www.random.org/nform.html (external link, will open in a new window)
Open Day - 9th March (http://www.bradford.ac.uk/openday)
This Wednesday (9th March) the University will be holding a general Open Day from 11.00am - 6.00pm. This event is for both prospective Undergraduate and Postgraduate students. Research from last October's Open Day has shown that 53% of visitors who had not applied before attending have gone on to make an application to the University. So these events are a big influence and your help is greatly appreciated.
A few extra notes:
- Our own Undergraduates
Any member of staff who teaches final year undergraduates or has contact with them is asked to encourage them to attend the Postgraduate part of the Open Day in the Richmond Building and to register in the Richmond Foyer.
- Catering
On the main campus both Chesham Strollers and Jazzmans will be open from 8.00am - 4.00pm, and may be less busy alternatives to facilities in the Richmond Building.
- Car parking
It is expected that the University car parks will be busy for the Open Day.The overflow car park, opposite the Peel pub, will be reserved for Open Day visitors only. To help reduce the number of cars needing parking on the main campus, staff are encouraged to do one of the following suggestions:
- car share for the day
- use public transport for the day. Details available at http://www.wymetro.com/ (external site, will open in a new browser window)
- park at the Laisteridge Lane site, behind Dennis Bellamy and Revis Barber Halls rather than on the main campus
Staff who have a reserved car park space who will not be requiring their space on Wednesday can help optimise space by contacting Mick Habergham on ext: 4897 or m.habergham@bradford.ac.uk.
Thanks
Kevin Spencer, Marketing Officer (Campaigns)
RoamNet update
RoamNet is the open-access service from Learning Support Services which allows any member of the University to connect any suitable computer to the network to gain access to campus network services and the Internet.
This service has expanded considerably over the last few months and now covers all University libraries and many other spaces.
Those who are interested might like to look again at the RoamNet web page at http://www.brad.ac.uk/lss/it-services/support/roamnet.php.
This page contains an FAQ and a definitive list of all areas where RoamNet is available.
UBYou Showcase - Wednesday 16th March, 8am - 4pm
The UBYou showcase will run in the Richmond Foyer on the date above. This is your opportunity to view the new range of equipment that will be available for staff to purchase in the next ordering window for the Home Computer Initiative (HCI) which runs from April 4th to 22nd. http://www.brad.ac.uk/lss/it-services/ubyou/staff/ - will be updated shortly
A new scheme that is aimed primarily at students, but which is also available to staff, will also be included in the showcase. This is the UBYou laptop rental scheme. It allows you to rent a laptop, with Microsoft Office already installed, for any period from one month to 3 years. Prices start from about £25 a month. As with the purchase schemes for staff and students, this includes on site support to minimise disruption to your work in the event of problems arising.
http://www.ucrentals.co.uk (external link, will open in a new browser window)
In addition to the opportunity to purchase or rent a new computer, there will also be another chance to get discounts when signing up for new or extra Telewest services.
Please come along and see what is available and to discuss your particular needs.
Salsa and Latin Workshop
In the sports centre studio - beginners welcome!! Thursday 10th March,8.30-10pm with Pedro Coimbra. Have a go - all welcome - try something new! £5/£3 Ring the sports centre on 234871 to reserve your place.
Regulars
People Development Courses
Creative Writing -
Wednesdays 9 & 16 March 2005, 13.05 - 13.50
Target Audience: Any members of staff
This course aims to release some 'writer's magic' in you and free up your
creative, imaginative potential. Will help improve the fluency and impact
of your writing; and help to overcome blocking, writing apprehension,
and other writing process problems. For more information and booking:
http://staffdev.bradfordcollege.ac.uk/cgi-bin/staffdev/enduser_course.pl?event_id=112
Presentation Skills (2 days)
- Monday 14 & Friday 18 March 2005, 09.15 - 16.30
Target Audience: Staff who would like to improve their presentation skills
- nervous and confident alike.
(There is an alternative course, run within the Graduate School, for those
who wish to develop presentation skills within a research context).
Prerequisites: Commitment to attend both days of the course. Provides
an opportunity to practice the preparation and presentation of audience-targetted
information. A small amount of homework is involved to prepare a short
presentation for delivery on the 2nd day of training. For more information
and booking: http://staffdev.bradfordcollege.ac.uk/cgi-bin/staffdev/enduser_course.pl?event_id=479
Voice Projection -
Wednesday 16 March 2005, 14.00 - 17.00
Target Audience: Any members of staff Introduces (non-strenuous) exercises
to help make your voice work for you more effectively.
The session covers the basic components of voice production: posture;
breathing; shaping and projecting sound. For more information and booking:
http://staffdev.bradfordcollege.ac.uk/cgi-bin/staffdev/enduser_course.pl?event_id=726
Introduction to Management
(2 days) - Monday 21 & Tuesday 22 March 2005, 09.15 - 17.00
Target Audience: Mainly for University staff who are new to managing,
or who have been a manager for between 0 and 2 years, but longer-term
managers are also welcome to attend.
Helps identify the skills needed to become more effective as a manager
and provides information from key service areas in the University. For
more information and booking: http://staffdev.bradfordcollege.ac.uk/cgi-bin/staffdev/enduser_course.pl?event_id=303
Learning Support Seminars and Events from TQEG
Cancelled Event
Progress Files 2: Developing Good Practice on the 9 March - This Seminar will be rescheduled at a later date.
Latest Events
Using CAA to Support Learning on 8 March at 1300-1400 in Room 1.7, JBP Library Building - Presented by Carol Higgison and Ken Panko of the Teaching Quality Enhancement Group.
Quality Learning Materials for Students: Introducing LearnHigher on 9 March 2005 - Presented by Prof Peter Hartley of the Teaching Quality Enhancement Group, Colin Neville of the School of Management and Vicky Illingworth, Student Development Coordinator.
Bradford University Academy on 16 March at 1300-1400 in Room 01.58, JBP Library Building - Presented by Sally Raby of Marketing and Corporate Communications.
How Can I Use the VLE? on 4 April at 0930-1230 in Room 1.7, JBP Library Building - Presented by Carol Higgison and Ken Panko of the Teaching Quality Enhancement Group.
Multimedia on the Web - Enhancing Learning and Teaching on 5 April at 1330-1630 in Room 1.7, JBP Library Building - Presented by Prof Peter Hartley, Carol Higgison and Ken Panko of the Teaching Quality Enhancement Group.
Facilitating Online Group Learning on 6 April at 0930-1230 in Room 2.7A JBP Library Building - Presented by Presented by Carol Higgison and Ken Panko of the Teaching Quality Enhancement Group.
Practical Assessment - Strategies, Marking Schemes, etc on 6 April at 1330-1630 in Room 01.58, JBP Library Building - Presented by Presented by Dr Chris Alder and Ken Panko of the Teaching Quality Enhancement Group.
Writing High-Quality MCQs on 8 April at 0930-1230 in Room 01.58, JBP Library Building - Presented by Carol Higgison and Ken Panko of the Teaching Quality Enhancement Group.
The New Professional Standards Framework for Lecturers on 18 April at 1300-1400 in Room 01.58, JBP Library Building - Presented by Prof Peter Hartley of the Teaching Quality Enhancement Group and Pete Sayers of People Development.
What Makes a 'Good Module Description'? on 20 April at 1300-1400 in Room 01.58, JBP Library Building - Presented by Prof Peter Hartley and Dr Chris Alder of the Teaching Quality Enhancement Group and Dr Jon Owen of the Academic Standards and Support Unit.
The Three Cycle Model: Curriculum Change or Rebranding on 27 April at 1230-1330 in Room 01.58, JBP Library Building - Presented by Prof Geoff Layer of the School of Lifelong Education and Development.
Chairpersons of Board of Examiners Induction Training on 29 April at 0900-1300 in The Board Room, Richmond Building - Presented by Dr Jon Owen and Alison Carass of the Academic Standards and Support Unit.
Details of the above events and online booking can be found via: http://staffdev.bradfordcollege.ac.uk/cgi-bin/staffdev/enduser_courselist.pl
Please contact Christine Rayment or Beverley Lyons on 5138 or email tqe-sec@bradford.ac.uk if you have further enquiries.
Arts on Campus this week
Theatre in the Mill - www.bradford.ac.uk/theatre
I Have Never
Friday 11 and Saturday 12 March | 7.30pm
£4.50/£3.00"Paramnesia and confabulation - These are errors and illusions in memory and their reproduction. They may consist of: treatment of fantasies as genuine events; belief that events similar to a unique event have previously occurred (reduplication of memory); or belief that an event identical to a previous event has previously occurred (déjà vu). Whilst all remembering depends heavily on reconstruction rather than on mere reproduction alone, confabulation is a highly error-prone form of production of spurious memories and fabrications."
Do you listen to others, or are you just waiting to speak?
Bradford University Theatre Group present a devised play based upon the pathology of memories and a pub drinking game. What have you never done? Or will never do?
Tasmin Little Music Centre - www.bradford.ac.uk/music
Wednesday 9 March | 12.15pm
Imani Hekima
Entrance vestibule to the Richmond Foyer | FreeBradford-based Imani Hekima is one of the most promising artists to emerge from the North for some time. He embarked upon a solo career as a singer/songwriter in 1999 and has played a number of gigs in and around Yorkshire.
His "nu soul" sound combines a thoughtful vocal delivery with soulful musical settings and keenly observational lyrics. Imani's songs exude warmth and maturity.
Gallery II - www.bradford.ac.uk/gallery
Friday 4 March - Friday 15 April 2005
Weekdays 11am-5pm (except Thursdays until 6pm) | free"Each of my works seeks to identify and isolate a particular aspect of what it is to be human, and to intensify that perceived state through the process of painting, intertwining elements of personal history into a symbolic language of the body.
"Every work is a representational painting of an abstract emotion, visualised using one or more experienced situations drawn from memory, but sometimes using empirical sources to fulfil the emotional resonance of the subject."
Andrew Whamond This exhibition is presented with the aim of showing the development of, and the engagement with, the subject over a period of years,1984-2005.
Artist's talk - Wednesday 9 March 12.30pm Gallery II | Free All welcome
Notifications of Works
Restriction of access to Richmond Road and the main entrance of the Richmond Building
Friday 18th to Wednesday 23rd March 2005
Yorkshire Water services Ltd are currently carrying out a programme of refurbishment to the water distribution mains in the area of the University campus. The first stage of these works will be the relining of the water main, which lies underneath Richmond Road. This will have no impact on the water supplies to any University building but will restrict the access through the security barriers at each end of Richmond Road.
The entrance to Richmond Road from Great Horton Road will be restricted to cars and small vans only.
The lower entrance at the Tumbling hill Street, Richmond Road Junction will be closed and will be an exit only for the period of the works.
These works will require the excavation of deep pits at each entrance; Staff and students are requested to respect the barriers which will be erected for their own safety.
Please contact: Keith Maven, Mechanical Maintenance Officer on ext 3437, if you have any queries regarding these works
School of Management
Repairs to the hot water system at Emm Lane. There will no hot water available on Wednesday 9 March 2005 from 16.30 to 18.30, the cold water will be unaffected.
If you have any queries regarding this work, please direct them to Doug Scott on ext 3440.
Sustaining Historic
Urban Environments - Conference 
The School of Archaeological, Geographical & Environmental Sciences and the School of Lifelong Education & Development are jointly hosting a conference in March with PLACE (the People, Landscape & Cultural Environment Education & Research Centre).
The theme is 'Sustaining Historic Urban Environments' and the speakers include: George Sheeran (SLED), Marc Cole, James Symonds, Caroline Wilkinson, Alison Drake and Sue Hayton.
Their papers will explore the strategies to protect and enhance historic urban environments; the impact of urban regeneration schemes upon the historic environment; education and interpretation; public, involvement, social inclusion and access.
Further details and booking forms from the Short Course Unit - email: scu@bradford.ac.uk and online at: http://www.brad.ac.uk/admin/conted/civic-community/urban.html
The Eye Clinic, Listerhills
Science Park
We are open from Monday 31 January to staff, students and general public.
Our clinics are open Monday to Friday offering morning and afternoon appointments.
There are many benefits, including 25% discount off all our frames and lenses.
We also have available contact lens, diabetic, low vision and binocular vision clinics.
For more information or to book an appointment please contact reception telephone number ext: 4649. See our web page at: http://www.brad.ac.uk/acad/lifesci/optometry/clinics/
Job Vacancies at the University and College
Current vacancies at the University and College can be found at the Personnel website:
http://www.brad.ac.uk/admin/personnel/jobvacancies/
The weekly bulletin can also be found as a pdf from the same page.
All queries should be directed to Personnel: ext: 5347, email: personnel@bradford.ac.uk
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