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Index

• Asssembly Meeting
• 'Excellence PLUS' Mini Conference
• For all staff involved in Clearing, departments or centrally
• New Writing Festival 2002 at Theatre in the Mill
• From the GMB
• Office closure for Training
• The Principles and Steps of Kingian Nonviolence
• Changes in Research Council Accounting Procedures
• Fancy being in a Film?

Assembly Meeting

The postponed Assembly meeting of 1 May will now be held on Thursday 30 May 2002 from 1-2pm in the John Stanley Bell Lecture Theatre, Richmond Building.

The agenda for the meeting is as follows:

1. Feasibility Study - a presentation Dr Jim Port (external consultant)
2. Minutes of the Meeting held on 28 November 2001 - available at http://www.brad.ac.uk/admin/assembly/index.html
3. Report from the Standing Committee of the Assembly
4. Questions to the Vice-Chancellor
5. Chairing of the meetings of Assembly

Please note that in agreement with the Vice-Chancellor students have been invited to attend the presentation on the Feasibility Study.

For further details please contact: Ellen Grimshaw, Secretary to the Standing Committee of Assembly, E68a, Richmond Building, email: e.m.grimshaw@bradford.ac.uk, tel: Ext 5345

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'Excellence PLUS' Mini Conference
Implementing the Bradford Approach to Teaching and Learning

Wednesday 19 June 2002, John Stanley Bell Lecture Theatre Richmond Building 11.00 am - 3.00 pm

In April 2001 the Senate approved the ExcellencePLUS strategy for dissemination and implementation across the University. The strategy emerged from the 'Bradford approach to teaching & Learning' and was universally accepted as the positive way forward. Bradford's unique qualities embodied in the approach to teaching & learning were identified and highlighted as a strength that the University should actively encourage and promote.

All staff are invited to this event. For a pdf version of the full details and the reply slip please click here.

A more detailed programme will be sent to participants nearer the time.

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For all staff involved in Clearing, departments or centrally.

There has been some confusion as to what the Helpline Training Days actually cover, and whether they are suitable for departmental staff or only those staffing the Helpline. The answer is both. Liz Lewis, the University;s Education Liaison Adviser has put together a document for staff toexplain how the Clearing Training Days will run and what central helpline and departmental staff will be expected to do over the Clearing period.

Please read the following document, and encourage all staff within your department who may be involved in Clearing to do the same.

Clearing Helpline Training - pdf document

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New Writing Festival 2002 at Theatre in the Mill

This is THE event of the year for Yorkshire based writers, with a chance for them to work alongside experienced commissioned writers and learn tricks of the trade, as well as possibly having work showcased by professional actors and directors.

Audiences have a chance to meet both up-and-coming stars and well-known names, and also see some brand-new, very exciting theatre.

For the full details see the website at: http://www.brad.ac.uk/NWF02/ or contact the Arts Administrator on ext: 3185.

Miss it - miss out!

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Cleaners, catering staff, porters, security guards, gardeners, litter pickers etc . . .

. . . the GMB is YOUR union and exists to protect and improve your terms and conditions of employment. Lower subs for part timers. Membership forms available from Glenn Leedham, GMB shop steward.

Email: g.g.leedham@bradford.ac.uk or phone 1131 (university mobile short code - may have to dial 0 and ask to be transferred) or ask at Halls receptions.

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Office closure for Training

Student Registry, Room D37 Richmond Building will be closed on Thursday 30th May for part of the day, as all staff will be undertaking SAINT training. We are expecting to re-open at approx 2pm.

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The Principles and Steps of Kingian Nonviolence

A FREE one day training course, Wednesday 29th May Venue: Peace Studies Department, University of Bradford. Lunch is included.

The course will be given by Richard Tarlaian, an specialist in and practitioner of Martin Luther King's nonviolence. A senior police officer, he has been responsible for the nonviolence training of half his force. He is also associated with the Rhode Island Centre for Nonviolence and Peace Studies.

There is no charge for the course, but if you are interested, it is essential that you book a place as soon as possible, as places are limited due to the nature of the training. The course is open to everyone.

For further details, or to book, please contact Heather Blakey, peaceliaison@bradford.ac.uk, tel: ext. 5171

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Changes in Research Council Accounting Procedures

There have recently been stories in the media about changes being introduced by the NERC and EPSRC in the way in which grants will be paid due to changes being introduced in government accounting procedures to introduce Resource Account Management. The Research Office has found out from the Research Councils the following information.

BBSRC Have no plans at present for making any changes. However, there will be a slight delay on payment of awards made in July and on some of its initiative schemes.

EPSRC Has introduced an average delay of 6 months on payment of new grants. However, it is open to persuasion to let projects start earlier for ‘good reasons’, though it is not possible to discover what exactly could be counted as a ‘good reason’. For small grants, for example the Small Travel Grants scheme, payment will not be subject to a 6 month delay.

ESRC No delays at present. It has operated under a different accounting procedure from the rest of the Research Councils and due to this, there should be no changes to the timing of the payment of grants.

MRC There are no changes envisaged at present. However, there is talk that changes may be introduced at an unspecified later date.

NERC Due to both the changes in government accounting procedure and a £13.2 million shortfall, no new standard research grants will be issued until December. No applications for standard research will be accepted until the 1 December closing date. There should still be competitions held for Small Grants and Consortium Grants schemes and the Fellowships competition. Recruitment of PhD and Masters students in October should not be affected.

PPARC No plans at present to introduce any changes to the way in which it pays grants.

For any further information please contact Sean Kelly, Research Officer, Research Office. Ext: 5232 www.bradford.ac.uk/admin/rsil

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Fancy being in a Film?

A crowd of 100 people is required to become part of a unique public artwork for the newly developed Glydegate Square, next to the National Museum of Photography, Film and Television. The artwork, called Extra, by Sheffield-based artists Frances Hegarty and Andrew Stones, is due to begin its three year life late in November 2002. Extras are sought to take part in a video shoot on either Sunday 29th September or Sunday 6th October. They are looking for people from as many backgrounds as possible, dressed to suggest their occupation or profession. They would like 4 representatives from the University.

For further information contact Claire Gibbons in Corporate Communications in the first instance, on ext: 6529, or email c.s.gibbons@bradford.ac.uk

Further details also available here (word document or pdf version)

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