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Index

• Open Day this Saturday
• University's Improvement Plan
• You and the Web!
• Children's Summer Activities at the Sports Centre
• Consultation on Student Referral
• Saturday Schools and Public Lectures for Autumn 2002
• Introduction of ModCat II
• Migration of Data to SAINT and Existing Work In Progress Files
• Change to Deadlines for Submitting Changes to Units and New Units via ModCat

Open Day this Saturday - 6th July

All staff are invited to the next University Open day, which will take place this Saturday, 6th July. If you have any friends or family that are thinking about University why not bring them along too. There will be the opportunity to have a campus tour, visit the School of Management and the School of Health Studies, speak to Admissions Tutors and staff about the courses offer, and speak to current students who are at the University.

Full details are available on the Open Day website at: www.brad.ac.uk/openday/

Staff are also asked to add a note into their email footer for the rest of this week which reads:

Our next Open Day:
6 July http://www.bradford.ac.uk/openday

Any extra publicity we can generate about the University will help with recruitment for the forthcoming year.

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University's Improvement Plan

The University's Improvement Plan is available to staff and students on the Assembly website.

You will find the Plan at: www.brad.ac.uk/admin/assembly/archive/private/improvementplan.html

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You and the Web!

1:45pm - 3:30pm Tuesday 9th July 2002, John Stanley Bell Lecture Theatre

An important event for ALL staff of the University whether authors of Web pages on the University site or simply users of the information on it. ·

• Did you know that the way you see the University web site at work is different from what your prospective students will see?
• Is your site ready for Clearing? Will it entice or repel prospective students?
• Can you find what you are looking or on the University web site? If not, have you reported that the information cannot be found?
• Will your Web site meet legal requirements from September 2002?

Click for the full details.

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Children's Summer Activities at the Sports Centre

29th July to 23rd August - Swimming, Tennis, Football & Dance. Call ext: 4868 for more details

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Consultation on Student Referral

A consultation is currently being undertaken regarding whether or not the University's rules governing the discretion of Board of Examiners to refer undergraduate students in up to 20 credits, need to be clarified and/or changed.

All responses and queries to Alison Carass, Academic Standards and Support, ext 3897 or email a.j.carass@bradford.ac.uk.

Full details are available on the ASSU Information Page at www.brad.ac.uk/admin/acsec/assu/information.html

Your input to the debate is requested

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Saturday Schools and Public Lectures for Autumn 2002, from the School of Lifelong Education and Development

The new list of public lectures available from SLED is available on the web at: www.brad.ac.uk/admin/conted/cfa/dayschools.html. This includes Saturday Schools, Friday morning lectures and Thursday evening lectures.

A wide range of topics is covered and all are welcome.

For further details please ring SLED on ext: 3210.

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Introduction of ModCat II

The introduction of the new student information system, SAINT, has resulted in some changes to the ModCat system. ModCat will close down on the 30th July 2002 and ModCat II will come on line in Mid August. ASSU will be running a series of open access workshops in J22 Richmond Building on the following days to help people get used to the updated system.

• Tuesday 20th August 2pm - 4pm
• Thursday 22nd August 10am - 12noon
• Friday 30th August 10am - 12noon

These will not be formal training events, just informal drop in sessions which will give you the opportunity to come and have a look at ModCat II, try it out and then ask any questions that you may have. You may stay as long as you wish, but because the two systems are so similar it is envisaged that it will only take you 15 to 20 minutes to become familiar with the new process.

If you would like to attend one of these sessions please mail Bharti Mistry in the ASSU General Office, b.mistry@bradford.ac.uk. You do not have to specify what time you want to come, just the fact that you will be attending.

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Migration of Data to SAINT and Existing Work In Progress Files

The last of the new and amended data held on ModCat will be uploaded to ISIS over night on the 31st July and migration of the module data from the ISIS database to SAINT will begin on the 1st August. When ModCat shuts down any new or amended descriptors that you have saved as work in progress files in ModCat (i.e. descriptors you are working on but have not yet sent to the Authoriser) will be deleted.

If you have modules under development which are not ready to send for Authorisation by the 30th July I would suggest that you save the descriptor to your server area and then cut and paste the information into the new ModCat system when it comes on line around mid August.

Any queries about this matter should be directed to your Academic Standards Administrator in ASSU

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Change to Deadlines for Submitting Changes to Units and New Units via ModCat

The formal University deadline for submitting proposals for new units and changes to units is the 31st of July 2002. In Lynn McVey's memo to Deans, Associate Deans and School Administrators of the 29th May 2002 we asked that ideally proposals for new and amended units be submitted to ASSU no later than the first 2 weeks in July to allow time for the SAINT migration. Now that we have an even clearer picture of the form migration will take, it is necessary to bring the formal deadline forward.

• The deadline for sending new modules to your ModCat Authoriser is now the 29th of July 2002.
• The deadline for sending amended modules to your ModCat Authoriser is now the 30th July 2002.

If this change causes difficulties please contact your ASSU representative who will discuss the situation in more detail and try to accommodate your requirements.

If you have comments or queries about the introduction of ModCat II please feel free to contact Amanda Huggon on ext: 3027 or via email, a.j.huggon@bradford.ac.uk

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