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Index

• Acting Head of the School of Health Studies
• Appointment of PVCs
• Excellence Plus Learning Support Seminar Series
• New MIS website
• Statement regarding selection of staff for the 2001 RAE
• News from Student Information Service
• From the School of Lifelong Education and Development

Acting Head of the School of Health Studies

As from 1 January 2002, Mrs Gwendolen Bradshaw will be Acting Dean of School of Health Studies following Professor Jeff Lucas's appointment as PVC (Academic)

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Appointment of PVCs

The following appointments have been made with effect from 1 January 2002 for a period of 3 years, to 31 December 2004:

• Professor Mark Pollard - Pro-Vice-Chancellor with responsibility for Research and Innovation.
• Professor Jeff Lucas - Pro-Vice-Chancellor with responsibility for Teaching and Learning.

They join Professor Grace Alderson who is Pro-Vice-Chancellor with responsibility for Resources - appointed from 1 August 2001 for a period of 3 years, to 31 July 2004.

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Excellence Plus Learning Support Seminar Series

• Personal Tutoring - Evaluating your own Effectiveness - 16 January 2002 - Key Skills Strand
• Feedback on Draft Postgraduate Annual Monitoring Reports - 21 January 2002 - Quality Assurance and Enhancement Strand

Further information can be obtained from www.brad.ac.uk/acad/tqeg/programmes/excellence_plus.pdf. (large pdf file) or ext: 3286.

For details and to book a place, email tqe-sec@bradford.ac.uk or phone ext 3286.

• Videoconferenced seminar on e-moderating by Dr Gilly Salmon of the UK Open University Business School

15 January 2002 in Room 01.58 - Time 3.30pm - 4.45pm

In this interactive seminar, Dr Gilly Salmon will address some of the key features that make a successful online e-moderator and there will be an opportunity to ask questions and discuss the issues. Gilly researches and publishes extensively on online teaching and learning and is the author of the extremely successful book "e-Moderating: the key to teaching and learning online". Gilly Salmon is a Senior Lecturer in the Centre for Information & Innovation at the Business School of the UK Open University and Visiting Professor at School of Economics and Management, Queens University, Belfast.

Please note: the numbers are strictly limited and participants MUST book in advance by emailing tqe-sec@bradford.ac.uk phone ext 3286.

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New MIS website

Management Information Services (MIS) have just unveiled their new website. The new site is much more user friendly and offers a useful Frequently Asked Questions section, designed to help staff with their PC problems.

The site also contains news from the department, reports and plans for the future, as well as a contacts list and information about the services MIS provide.

The site can be found at www.brad.ac.uk/admin/mis/ and if you have any comments or suggestions please email: r.p.davis@Bradford.ac.uk or telephone ext: 3106.

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Statement regarding selection of staff for the 2001 RAE

A statement regarding the selection of staff for the 2001 RAE can be found under latest news at www.brad.ac.uk/admin/personnel.

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News from Student Information Service

As exams are looming, we would be grateful if you will remind students that The Ordinances and Regulations can be found at the following web address - www.brad.ac.uk/admin/acsec/taught_courses.html

Please remember that the Counselling Service can help those students who are experiencing high levels of stress.

A number of students will return to the University short of money, although Student Loans should be in UK home student's bank account on the 14 January. If a student appears to be in distress about finances please direct them to Student Information Service where we should be able to help them.

Details of the funds available to students can be found at www.brad.ac.uk/admin/student-services/sis/funds.htm and in pdf form at www.brad.ac.uk/briefing/funds.pdf

Our new web pages were launched just before Christmas, they can be found at www.brad.ac.uk/admin/student-services/sis/ Please have a look.

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From the School of Lifelong Education and Development

A reminder that this semester's Civic and Community Education Programme, consisting of Saturday schools, study visits and public lectures, can be found at: www.brad.ac.uk/admin/conted/cfa/dayschools.html

Also, the Guidelines for Running Short Courses have been updated and can be found at: www.brad.ac.uk/admin/conted/scu/contents.html

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