Staff Briefing

Invitation to the People's Picnic

To celebrate the University's recent achievement of the Investors in People (IiP) Standard, the University is holding a fun, informal event on Thursday the 12th of June to which all staff are invited.

Bradford is the only pre-1992 university in England to achieve this much sought-after recognition as a whole institution.

The People's Picnic will be held on the amphitheatre (weather permitting - if not the event will take place in the Communal Building) from 12.30pm - 2pm. The aim is to celebrate the team effort involved in achieving the Award through a lively and inclusive event which will be open to all staff and will include music, quizzes, games, a prize draw and light refreshments.

It will focus on the varied range and nature of individual achievements across the University and will include displays and information on the opportunities, facilities and support available to staff, including Staff Development, Learning Support Services, the Sports Centre, Counselling, Payroll, Pensions and more. In the event of bad weather, the Dance Floor, Communal Building, will be used.

Staff are welcome to come along at any point between 12.30 and 2pm but to help facilitate catering, please let us know that you plan to attend by returning the form below. Some s eating will be available but comfort-lovers may wish to bring a picnic blanket or similar.

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"An Inspector Calls" at the J.B. Priestley Library.

A new display is on show in the atrium (Floor 0). This display was created by Special Collections staff to accompany the recent showing of "An Inspector Calls" at the Alhambra Theatre. The J.B. Priestley Archive includes all kinds of material relating to this play, including programmes for performances from all over the UK and the rest of the world, posters and photographs. We have chosen some of the most interesting items for the display. The accompanying text tells the story of the play, from J.B. Priestley's original ideas to the first performances in Russia, and then its worldwide success.

For more information about the Archive and about Special Collections, please see our web site http://www.bradford.ac.uk/library/special

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Attention all Placement Tutors and Secretaries

Please bring Tax Credits to the attention of students aged 25 and over or students with children who are going on placement. Students on paid placements who are over 25 and working 30 hours a week may find they are eligible for Tax Credits. All students with children should apply for Tax Credits.

Information can be found at: https://www.taxcredits.inlandrevenue.gov.uk/Home.aspx - we do not recommend applying online at the moment, but we do have a stock of application forms in Student Financial and Information Services, Top Floor, Communal Building.

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The cupboard is bare . . .

Student Financial & Information Services and the Student Advice Centre have both run out of food to give to needy students.

If you have any non perishable items we would be very grateful for them.

SFIS - ext: 6505
Student Advice Centre - ext: 3246

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Nautilus Suite closure

The Nautilus Suite will be closed on Tuesday 10th June from 9.00am - 2.30pm for essential electrical maintenance. Open as normal from 7.30am - 9.00am.

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Excellence Plus Mini Conference

Implementing The Bradford Approach To Learning And Teaching
Date: Wednesday 18 June 2003
Venue: Mezz1 The Graduate School, Richmond Building
Time: 10.00am - 4.00pm

Following last year's successful Mini-Conference, the second Mini Conference will be held on 18 June 2003. The Excellence Plus strategy is being implemented across the University. The strategy sets out the University's distinctive approach to Learning and Teaching and identifies the unique qualities of the Bradford experience as a strength that the University should actively encourage and promote.

This year's Mini-Conference is the major dissemination event for Excellence Plus in 2003. It provides an opportunity for participants to share experience and good practice, as well as being a forum to exchange up-to-date information on Excellence Plus plans for the future.

A major element of Excellence Plus concerns the introduction of Higher Education Progress Files integrated with work on Key Skills, the Virtual Learning Environment and Work-Based Learning.

The Mini-Conference will have morning and afternoon sessions with presentations from various Schools and others. There will be opportunities for open discussion with colleagues as well as a plenary talk on national developments by Rob Ward, Head of The Centre for Recording Achievement. A buffet lunch will also be provided.

If you are interested in attending this event, please complete the form below and return to Teaching Quality Enhancement Group by Wednesday 11 June 2003 or email tqe-sec@bradford.ac.uk.

A more detailed programme will be sent to participants nearer the time. For further information, see:- http://www.brad.ac.uk/excellenceplus and select "News and Events".

Reply form

Word version

PDF version

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Walking on Glass - EIMC end of year show
Imaging Innovations

Students' work from the final-year module of EIMC Imaging Innovations is being exhibited in the University's Gallery II from Monday June 2 until Friday June 6, 2003.

This exhibition marks the culmination of work by twenty students on the Final-Year module and two tutors in the Department of Electronic Imaging and Media Communications (EIMC), who have all participated in a year-long programme of activities.

Entrance to the Gallery is free, and further details can be found at:

• Press release
• Gallery II site

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Are you up for the 24-Hour Secret Show Challenge?

Bradford University Theatre Group (BUTG) will, once again, be holding a 24-Hour Show this year - starting on Thursday 12th June at 7:30pm at Theatre in the Mill. This year's show will be held in conjunction with the Students' Union as part of their RAG (Raise and Give) Campaign 2003, and in true 24-Hour Show tradition, the chosen show is being kept a secret. Anyone wishing to participate is invited to come along to Theatre in the Mill on Thursday 12th June at 7:30pm, where the title of the show will be announced.

Following 24 hours of frantic auditions, line-learning, acting, singing, dancing, fund-raising, poster designing, set-building, lighting, sound design and costume-making, the cast and crew will unveil a show to remember.

For further details see the press release or contact the show's production team at: 24hour@butg.org

Acting Workshop

If you can't quite handle the 24-Hour Show why not go along to the Acting Workshop on Monday 9th June, Theatre in the Mill 7:30pm-9pm. As per usual it's open to anyone over 16 with no experience necessary. Just turn up on the night wearing comfortable clothes, ready to enjoy yourself.

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The University of Bradford Working with Horizon Recruitment and Randstad Employment Bureau

In order to meet our legal obligations and to ensure best value, a tender exercise was recently carried out with regard to the provision of temporary staff.

As of the 1st of April 2003 the contract was equally awarded to Horizon Recruitment and Randstad Employment Bureau. Horizon and Randstad replace Brook Street Bureau, who had previously supplied the University.

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Staff Development Unit Training Programme 2003/4

In mid-June the Staff Development Unit will be deciding what goes into their training programme for September 2003 - July 2004. We have been in touch with School Staff Development Coordinators to find out what Schools/Planning Units would like us to do during 2003/4 taken from training summaries from staff appraisals and the needs of School/Planning Unit objectives, but we'd also be interested in the following from individuals:

• further individual requests for new or existing events
• requests for events to be run on certain days/times of the week (particularly for part-time staff)
• requests for events to run at particular times of the year

We cannot guarantee that we will meet every request for an event or be able to arrange the dates to everyone's satisfaction, but we can assure you we will take all suggestions into consideration and do our best to meet people's needs.

The final programme will be published in late August to all staff.

Please let us have any comments by Monday 9 June by either e-mail staffdev@bradford.ac.uk, calling us on ext. 3096 or sending us a note in the internal mail

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Alzheimers Awareness Session

Time to Listen is a project for befriending people who have dementia and live alone in the Bradford area. This could involve chatting over a cup of tea or coffee, going for a walk, a trip to the shops, reminiscing or whatever people choose to do.

Time to Listen aims to provide support and friendship to people in the early stages of dementia, who may be feeling isolated. Volunteer befrienders will receive full training, support and expenses.

All staff are invited to attend a 1 hour Awareness Session on Tuesday 10th June in Meeting Room 3, Communal Building at 12pm. Alternatively, there will be a stand in the Richmond Foyer between 1pm and 3pm.

Please come along to find out more.

If you require further information please contact Caroline Chambers on ext 3278 or email C.Chambers1@bradford.ac.uk

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TQEG Seminars

Designing Programme Specifications on 11 June - Excellence Plus Strand

Widening Participation on 13 June - Excellence Plus Strand

Sharing Good Practice from Annual Monitoring on 16 June - Quality Assurance and Enhancement Strand

The QAAHEs New Method for Academic Review on 19 June - Quality Assurance and Enhancement Strand

• Further information can be obtained via: http://www.brad.ac.uk/acad/tqeg/Programmes/LSSeminars02-03/
• To book a place e-mail tqe-sec@bradford.ac.uk or phone ext 3286.

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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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