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Week ending Friday 21 October 2005 |
Staff BriefingA joint initiative by MIS, Corporate |
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Next editions and entries to the briefing
- Tuesday 25 October
- Monday 31 October
- Monday 7 November
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
Staff attendance at the Installation and December Award Ceremonies
Information for staff who wish to attend the Installation of Imran Khan as Chancellor at 10.15 on Wednesday 7 December, or any of the other award ceremonies scheduled for Wednesday 7 and Thursday 8 December, is now available on the Student Registry web site. If you wish to participate in the academic procession or apply for a guest ticket please complete the Staff Reply Form available on line at: http://www.bradford.ac.uk/admin/student-registry/Degreeceremonies2005/staff.htm
It should be noted that guest tickets for the Installation may be limited
taking into account the overall demand including that from external
guests.
If you have any query with regard to the arrangements please contact Claire Cuvier ext: 3057 or c.m.cuvier@bradford.ac.uk
Please note the closing date for applications is Friday 11 November 2005.
European Week of Safety and Health
Monday 24 October - Friday 28 October 2005
A number of events will be occurring during the week for staff and students. These include fire safety, personal safety, giving up smoking, Victor Marshall Conference, manual handling training, display screen equipment (VDU) training and much more.
A full programme of events is displayed at http://www.brad.ac.uk/admin/safety
SMART boards - new document now available!
The Sympodium(TM) Interactive Pen Display - A guide to using SMART Board(TM) software to present documents and lecture notes on an interactive screen at the touch of a stylus.
Available in pdf format from http://www.bradford.ac.uk/lss/documentation/sympodium-interactive-pen-display/sympodium.pdf
(pdf file, will open in a new window) 
Invitation: To all staff with an interest in industrial placements/work-based
learning
The City & Guilds of London Institute
The University is hosting a national C & G Delegated Authority Seminar on November 8 at Heaton Mount.
See agenda (pdf file, will
open in a new window)
Several Schools within the University use Senior Awards as a means of crediting work based learning such as industrial placements.
To reserve a place, or find our more about the University's Delegated Authority status and the Senior Awards contact Connie Heyes at c.e.heyes@bradford.ac.uk or call 4240.
Garden of the Heart at Theatre in the Mill
Friday 21st October at 7:30pm
Boojum Theatre
Garden of the Heart
Strange dishes and exotic brews.
Tall tales and odd mementos.
Theatre in the Mill | £6.50/£4.00 concessions.
Orphaned Molly lives on a barren island in an abandoned lighthouse with her grandparents, Ida and Eddie. As her fourteenth birthday approaches, she begins to discover that some things don't add up in the heroic tales she's heard about her parents. When Molly decides to face the truth of her parentage to escape her claustrophobic surroundings, painful past memories force Eddie and Ida to face the truth of their own relationship . . .
Featuring live music, Garden Of The Heart explores themes of growing up, the distortion of memory over time and the ways in which personal myths and imagination can offer us routes to freedom.
Garden of the Heart will take you on a unique lyrical journey into the tangled lives of three people who discover how the imagination can bury our hopes - or unearth new treasures.
Boojum is a bold new company committed to total theatre, blending vivid language with striking visuals and live music.
Suitable for 14 years and over.
http://www.bradford.ac.uk/theatre
Centre for European Studies - European Research Seminars
Anthony Murphy (Department of Social Sciences and Humanities, SSIS)
'The rise and fall of far-right populism in Austria: the case of Joerg
Haider'
Chair: Kurt Richard Luther (University of Keele)
21 October 2005 at 1400, in Mezz 2, Graduate School, Richmond Building
All welcome
Anthony Murphy lectures in political sociology, as well as completing a socio-political investigation into the Austrian Freedom Party as his doctorate. He has published in political science journals in Austria and Germany.
Dr Kurt Richard Luther is Senior Lecturer in Politics and Director of the European Parties Research Unit at the University of Keele. He is the author of several monographs on Austrian politics and on European political parties.
For further information, please contact Gabi Borz at G.Borz@bradford.ac.uk or ext 5573.
Miss Moni Choudhury, Research Officer, Research Support Unit
I would like to announce the arrival of Miss Moni Choudhury, a new Research Officer in the Research Support Unit. Moni has come from the Department of Health's Estates and Facilities Division, and has particular experience of advising Universities in their bids, providing peer-reviewed feedback and executing contracts.
Moni will be responsible for UK Research Council and charity bids, and looks forward to hearing from you.
Please contact her on:
Ext. 5182
Email: m.h.choudhury1@bradford.ac.uk
Children's half-term sports activities
Due to the success of the summer camp earlier this year - Sports Camp is back for the October half-term!
24th till the 28th of October, 9.30 - 3.30pm everyday. Only £40.00 for the whole week.
Activities include football, basketball, cricket, fun swim sessions and much more.
Bookings are now being taken. You can call the office on ext 4868. Alternatively if you need anymore details call Debbie on ext 4871.
BBC Mastermind 2006
Do you have what it takes to sit in the famous black chair?
Mastermind is coming to the University of Bradford and they are looking for staff and students to audition.
The audition will be held on:
Tuesday 18 October from 9.00am - 5.00pm
The Boardroom, Students' Union, Communal Building
Book a priority place by calling 09066 800 602 (calls cost no more than 25p per minute) or email mastermind2006@bbc.co.uk
Or simply turn up on the day.
Matthew Kelly in Twelfth Night - 2 for 1 offer for University staff
Tuesday 18 - Saturday 22 October
Winner of the 2004 Olivier Award for Best Actor in Of Mice and Men, stars as Malvolio in this most celebrated of Shakespeare's comedies . . .
An intoxicating merry-go-round of misplaced passions, mistaken identities and comic misunderstandings, Twelfth Night is packed with high comedy, low tricks, riotous frivolity and sparkling wit, that's both wonderfully captivating and a sheer theatrical treat.
Twelfth Night is a colourful feast of classic comedy - touching, poignant, and an evening guaranteed to enthral and delight.
Tickets from £9.50 - £19.50
2 tickets for the price of 1 Tuesday to Friday, all performances.
Call the Box Office on 01274 432000 quoting 'Twelfth Night Offer' for tickets
This offer is subject to availability. It cannot be used in conjunction with any other offer, and does not apply to tickets already booked. Usual terms and conditions apply.
Regulars
People Development Events
Places are available at the following training events for members of Staff:
Introduction to Management at the University (2 days) - Monday 31 October & Tuesday 1 November 2005, 09.15 - 16.45
Target audience: For newly-appointed managers at the University of Bradford, or anyone who has been a manager at the University for between 0 and 2 years.
Aims: To help identify the skills required to become more effective as a manager, and to provide information from key service areas within the University.For more information and booking: http://www.brad.ac.uk/dev-prog/development/index.php?course=MIND
Basic Meditation Techniques - Tuesdays 1 and 8 November 2005, 12.30 - 13.30
Target audience: Any members of staff
Aims: Lunchtime sessions for learning techniques to calm the mind and return you refreshed and alert for the afternoon's challenges.For more information and booking: http://www.bradford.ac.uk/dev-prog/development/index.php?course=MEDI
New Staff Induction - Monday 7 November 2005, 11.45 - 15.00
Target audience: Staff who are new to the University of Bradford
The New Staff Induction is intended as an introduction to the Central Services or "The Administration" of the University. There will be brief introductory talks about several of the services provided centrally, such as Health and Safety, Security, Equal Opportunities, Communications and Marketing and there will be a brief overview of the structure of the University itself.For more information and booking: http://www.brad.ac.uk/dev-prog/development/index.php?course=NSIN
Assertiveness & Dealing with Difficult People - Thursday 10 November, 09.15 - 16.45
Target audience: Any members of staff
Aims: To provide strategies and techniques for identifying behaviour types and communicating effectively. This course is suitable for those wishing to explore techniques for improving interpersonal communication, and develop confidence for dealing with difficult people and situations.For more information and booking: http://www.bradford.ac.uk/dev-prog/development/index.php?course=ASDP
Facilitation Skills - Introduction Tuesday 15 November 2005, 09.15 - 16.45
Target audience: Any members of staff
Aims: To provide participants with confidence in using facilitation skills, thus adding value to their contribution to their team and department. These skills can be used for: leading groups; running meetings and helping people learn.For more information and booking: http://www.bradford.ac.uk/dev-prog/development/index.php?course=FACS
Learning in Groups Weekend (Residential) - Friday 18 November,16.00 - Sunday 20 November,16.00
Target audience: Any staff, particularly lecturers/teachers
Aims: The aim of this 3-day course is for staff to learn more about how to organise student learning in groups. It is also an opportunity to spend a weekend in wonderful company, away from Bradford, in the Yorkshire Dales. Staff will be 'participant observers' in a sequence of developmental group exercises that can be adapted for use on courses on campus. (NB there is no charge for this course).For more information and booking: http://www.bradford.ac.uk/dev-prog/development/index.php?course=LIGW
Details of all the People Development training events for 2005-6 may
be found at:
http://www.brad.ac.uk/dev-prog/index.php?section=development
Learning Support Seminars and Events from TQEG
Widening Participation - An Overview on 19 October 2005 at 1300 - 1400 in Room 01.58, JBP Library Building
P resented by Prof Geoff Layer of the School of Lifelong Education and Development.Developing and Approving Programmes and Units on 26 October 2005 at 1300 - 1400 in Room 01.58, JBP Library Building
Presented by TQEG and ASSU.Online Collaboration in Blackboard (bb3) on 31 October 2005 at 1300 - 1500 in the Interactive Learning Centre, SoHS
Presented by Carol Higgison, Ken Panko and Jak RadiceMultimedia - The Production Process on 1 November 2005. Event Cancelled.
The Role of CART Members on 2 November 2005 at 1300 - 1400 in Room 01.58, JBP Library Building - Presented by Amanda Hughes of the Academic Standards and Support Unit
Making e-Learning Accessible: Can we? Will we? Do we have to? on 7 November 2005 at 1300-1500 in Horton Building - Presented by Carol Higgison of the Teaching Quality Enhancement Group
Interactive Handouts with MS Word on 8 November 2005 at 1600 - 1800 in the Interactive Learning Centre, SoHS - Presented by Carol Higgison, Ken Panko and Jak Radice
Reviewing Annual Monitoring Reports on 9 November 2005 at 1300 - 1400 in Room 01.58, JBP Library Building - Presented by Julie Hodgson of the Academic Standards and Support Unit.
Interactive PowerPoint on 15 November 2005 at 1600 - 1800 in the Interactive Learning Centre, SoHS - Presented by Carol Higgison, Ken Panko and Jak Radice.
Progress Files: New University Practice on 16 November 2005 at 1300 - 1400 in Room 01.58, JBP Library Building - Presented by Prof Peter Hartley of the Teaching Quality Enhancement Group
Combined Studies - What's Involved and How You Can Contribute on 18 November 2005 at 1300 - 1400 in Room 01.58, JBP Library Building - Presented by Richard Woodcock of the Teaching Quality Enhancement Group
Engaging Students through Excel on 22 November 2005 at 1600 - 1800 in the Interactive Learning Centre, SoHS - Presented by Carol Higgison, Ken Panko and Jak Radice
Details of the above events and online booking can be found in at: http://www.brad.ac.uk/dev-prog. All the Teaching Quality and Enhancement Group's Seminars are listed on the "Learning and Teaching" link.
Please contact Christine Rayment or Beverley Lyons on 5138 or email tqe-sec@bradford.ac.uk if you have further enquiries.
Job Vacancies at the University
Current vacancies at the University 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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