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Edition
167 Next edition of the briefing
- Tuesday 1 June 2004
Please send entries through in plenty of time to guarantee entry to the briefing.
Email: briefing@bradford.ac.uk
Clearing Open Days
Clearing Open Days will be held on:
- Saturday 21st August 10:00am - 3:30pm
- Sunday 22nd August 10:00am - 3:30pm
- Wednesday 25th August 10:00am - 3:30pm and 6:00pm - 8:00pm
For more information on these Open Days please contact Kevin on ext: 3034 or email k.spencer1@bradford.ac.uk.
Next edition of News and Views
Due to unforeseen circumstances the new publication date for the May/June edition of News and Views is 11 June.
Comments and queries to Rachael Ellis, Press Officer at r.ellis1@bradford.ac.uk
Learning from Success
The third annual Bradford Conference on Learning And Teaching takes place on Tuesday 8 June 2004, The Graduate School, Richmond Building, 9.30am - 4.00pm.
The final programme is available via: http://www.brad.ac.uk/news/learning.html
To book a place e-mail tqe-sec@bradford.ac.uk or phone ext 3286.
This week at Theatre in the Mill - ticket offers for staff
Part
of Northern Exposure - 15 May 2004 to 12 June 2004
A festival of new
writers and new work at Theatre in the Mill and the West Yorkshire Playhouse,
Leeds. Staff and their family and friends are invited to the newly refurbished
Theatre in the Mill to see new works from around the UK.
Summer Shorts
Monday 24 and Tuesday
25 May at 7.30pm
The best of the best! 12 new short plays have been selected from entries from across the North of England and Eastern Europe. Six different pieces will be read each night. After the two showcases at Theatre in the Mill the very best of those 12 will be read at the Playhouse in the Best of Summer Shorts on Thursday 3 June at 3pm.
Tickets £6.50 and concessions £4.00
Also this week
Apart
Again - 27 May at 7.30pm 2 for 1 ticket offer
A French soundtrack, quirky kitchen style set and Marianne Rouvier-Angeli's idiosyncratic movement vocabulary combines to create a world of inventive choreography, arresting imagery and strong emotional narrative.
Claire
Dowie in Creating Chaos - 28 May at 7.30pm 2 for 1 ticket offer
Creating Chaos is the story of a self-sufficient community founded at the end of the sixties by a bunch of university drop-outs and their first born CHAOS - a mixture of Swampy, John Lennon, Bob Geldof and Princess Diana.
Tickets £6.50 and concessions £4.00 - 2 for 1 tickets for Apart Again and Creating Chaos for University staff on production of a copy of this briefing.
We hope you can come along to one of our shows.
Box Office
Tel: 01274 23 3200
Email: theatre@bradford.ac.uk
Useful links
- Theatre in the Mill
- West Yorkshire Playhouse (external link, will open in a new window)
Staff Development Events
New Event from the Staff
Development Unit
Supporting HE Students With Asperger's Syndrome - a 1-day course for staff across all academic areas who are likely to have direct contact with HE students, particularly those who provide support, guidance and information such as tutors, personal tutors, notetakers and accommodation staff. The aim is to provide an overview of Asperger's Syndrome and an opportunity to discuss its effects in HE and devise support strategies. Monday 5 July 2004, 09.15 - 16.45. For further information and booking: http://staffdev.bradfordcollege.ac.uk/cgi-bin/staffdev/enduser_course.pl?event_id=777
Places available on the following Staff Development Unit events:
New Staff Induction - a 3 hour session for Staff who are new to the University of Bradford to provide information on various central services and a brief overview of the structure of the University and who to speak to get more information on specific areas of interest to you. Also to allow an opportunity for you to meet some service providers and other new staff. Monday 7 June 2004, 11.45 - 14.45. For more information and booking go to: http://staffdev.bradfordcollege.ac.uk/cgi-bin/staffdev/enduser_course.pl?event_id=484
Introduction to Managing Diversity - a 1-day course for any staff to raise awareness of issues relating to equality and diversity and explore some of the key issues and challenges of learning to value ethnic and cultural diversity. Tuesday 8 June 2004, 09.00 - 17.00. For further information and booking: http://staffdev.bradfordcollege.ac.uk/cgi-bin/staffdev/enduser_course.pl?event_id=457
Managing (Poor Performance) - a 1-day course for staff who manage other staff to provide techniques for managing good perfomance and setting targets for improving poor performance, dealing with unacceptable behaviour, including how to use Disciplinary Procedures. Thursday 10 June 2004, 09.15 - 16.45. For further information and booking: http://staffdev.bradfordcollege.ac.uk/cgi-bin/staffdev/enduser_course.pl?event_id=492
Get That Interview! - a 2-hour session for staff who are interested in improving their applications for jobs internally within manual, clerical and technician grades to help them understand the process of getting shortlisted for internal jobs and how to improve their skills in this area. Thursday 24 June 2004, 12.00 - 14.00. For further information and booking: http://staffdev.bradfordcollege.ac.uk/cgi-bin/staffdev/enduser_course.pl?event_id=660
Midsummer Melodies
An evening of songs from the shows brought to you by Bradford University Society of Operettas and Musicals
Thursday 27th May, 7.30pm, Tasmin Little Music Centre
Tickets £2 full / £1.50 concs (tickets on the door)
http://www.ubu.brad.ac.uk/socs/busom/
University font - arial
Staff are reminded that the University font for general office documents, presentations, the web and so on is Arial.
The full University Corporate Identity Guidelines can be found at: http://www.brad.ac.uk/corpcomms/corporate/
News from catering
From the end of term (Friday 11th June) Jazzmans and the Staff Refectory will close for the summer period.
The Employment Equality (Sexual Orientation) Regulations 2003
Staff in the University may be aware that the government has recently introduced new anti-discrimination laws in regard of sexual orientation. The Employment Equality (Sexual Orientation) Regulations 2003 make it unlawful for someone to be discriminated against in the workplace on the grounds of homosexuality (except in relation to 'employment for purposes of an organised religion'). In terms of the University, it cannot now lawfully permit anyone - staff or student - to discriminate, harass or victimise any member of staff or any student on the grounds of sexual orientation.
It is important to note that the legislation does not just cover lesbian and gay people, but anyone - gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgendered or heterosexual - who has been, or could be, discriminated against on the grounds they are believed to be of a particular orientation.
It is now imperative that we work within the University to create an environment in which all staff and students, whatever their sexuality or gender assignment, feel welcomed and valued, and in which homophobic behaviour is not tolerated.
I am interested in calling a meeting for members of staff who wish to begin discussions on how we might set about better achieving this within the University. Expressions of interest in participating in such a meeting, or the raising any of issues indicated here, can be addressed to either Ian Burkitt or Clare Beckett (i.burkitt@bradford.ac.uk; c.beckett@bradford.ac.uk).
The Bradford Local Association of the AUT fully supports this initiative. In September 2002 the AUT and NATFHE produced a joint statement urging all Local Associations to negotiate with their institutions a policy on Equality for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgendered (LGBT) Staff and Students. This meeting is an essential first step towards the formulation of such a policy. The AUT statement can be found at: http://www.aut.org.uk/media/docs/jointlgbtequalitypolicy.rtf (external link, will open in a new browser window)
The Regulations can be found on Her Majesty's Stationery Office website at http://www.hmso.gov.uk/si/si2003/20031661.htm (external link, will open in a new browser window)
Please save your stamps
Please save your stamps to be sent to help the Guide Dogs for People with Impaired Vision.
Around four/six carrier bags are collected each year - which we are sure helps.
Thanks to everyone who sends in stamps already.
Please collect your stamps and send them to: Shirley Moorhouse, Student Advisor, UBU Advice Centre, Students' Union, Communal Building.
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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