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- Monday 9 May
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- Monday 23 May
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
Fire Safety News
Following last week's item and the news (see below) about a fire in an American University the Fire Officer requests that each Schools reviews the storage of highly flammable liquids in their laboratories to ensure that the highest standards of safety are maintained.
If Schools require any assistance or advice regarding best practice please contact John Davies (email: J.H.Davies1@Bradford.ac.uk), or Graham Seed (email: G.Seed@Bradford.ac.uk)
Account
of the fire (word document)
Image
of the fire (jpeg version will open in a new window)
New Senior Press Officer
The University has a new senior press officer.
As of 4 April 2005, Oliver Tipper took over the role that was previously occupied by Rachael Ellis.
For those that don't know, Oliver works with the deputy press officer, Emma Banks, in the press office which is based within the department of Marketing and Corporate Communications on D Floor in the Richmond Building.
If anybody has a news item they want publicising in the media or in the University's stakeholder magazine News and Views, please get in touch with Oliver on extension 3084 or e-mail o.tipper@bradford.ac.uk.
Alternatively, contact Emma on extension 3089 or e-mail e.banks1@bradford.ac.uk
Please make sure you update your records accordingly so that Oliver or Emma don't miss anything.
International Development Seminar
International Development Seminar is taking place on Wednesday 4th May in room H33 of Richmond Building, from 14.00 - 15.30.
The Speaker is Professor Carole Rakodi, from University of Birmingham, and the topic is 'African Towns and Cities: Powerhouses of Economic Development or Slums of Despair?'
The seminar is open to postgraduates, doctoral students and all staff.
Organised by Dr P B Anand from BCID.
For any further details please contact Jill Gulbrandsen on ext 3955 or e-mail her at g.m.gulbrandsen@bradford.ac.uk
Bradford Dementia Group Seminar Series
A Period of Transition: Routes, Roads and Diversions on the Research Journey by Professor John Keady, Northumbria University / 'for dementia'
Wednesday 11 May, 2pm - 3.30pm, at the School of Health Studies
For further details please go to http://www.bradford.ac.uk/acad/health/bdg/seminar/keady.php
Civic & Community Education Programme
Nelson, 200 years after Trafalgar
Saturday 21 May
Tutor: David Brandon
This event traces Nelson's life, examines the Battle of Trafalgar, and reconsiders what life was like aboard the fighting ships during the heroic days of the Royal Navy.
What on Earth is Assertiveness?
Saturday 28 May 2005
Tutor: Sandra Goad
This lively day school will give the opportunity to find out what it means to be assertive, what is necessary to make changes so that you will be able to respond more appropriately in whatever difficult circumstances you may find yourself in.
Further information can be found at; http://www.brad.ac.uk/sled/civic-community/
Alternatively, please contact the Short Course Unit on 3217/3
Assessments/exams
in PC clusters - important!
If you plan to have formative/summative assessments taking place in PC clusters supported by Learning Support Services, please contact the ICT Service Desk (e-mail ictservicedesk@bradford.ac.uk ext 3333) with at least one month's notice giving the following details:
Name:
Module Code and Title:
Date assessment will be delivered:
Time assessment will be delivered:
Length of time of assessment:
Number of students sitting the assessment:
Cluster room (NB please ensure you book this separately via Meeting Maker or LSS Reception):
Names of Invigilators:
Accommodation required for special needs students:
We can then take the necessary steps to minimise the risk of hardware/software failures. Please help us to help you.
Research Support Unit - Research Bulletin number 22
Dated 3rd May 2005
The next edition of the Research Bulletin is now available on the web and can be found at: http://www.bradford.ac.uk/admin/rsil/Newsletter/newsletterfp.htm
Included in this issue:
Association of Commonwealth Universities - Global Survey of Research Management
- EPSRC - General Engineering Programme - First Grant Scheme
- National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts - NESTA - Fellowship Programme
- EPSRC - Security Research for e-Science
- The Royal Society - History of Science Project Grants
- Lifespan Trust Grants - research into the special problems of ageing and age discrimination
- Arts Council of England - Creative Partnerships Programme
- Wellcome Trust - Strategic Translation Award
- BBSRC/EPSRC - Stem Cell Science and Engineering initiative
Reminders
Degree ceremonies 20, 21, 22
July 2005 
This July all final year students (with the exception of the School of Health) will register for their degree ceremony through e-Vision.
If you are a departmental secretary/ administrator and have not yet had the training on QSCY and e-Vision please contact c.m.cuvier@bradford.ac.uk
European Computer Driving Licence
- Applications to join the programme next year
The European Computer Driving Licence (ECDL) is an internationally recognised IT qualification demonstrating basic computer literacy over a wide range of common applications.
Learning Support Services are able to fund a number of places.
If you are interested in applying for one of these places for the next Academic year, you will first need to attend a lunchtime ECDL Information session held from 1pm - 2pm in room 2.7 J B Priestley Library on one of the following dates:
- Friday 6 May 2005
- Monday 9 May 2005
- or Thursday 26 May 2005
Closing date for applications is Friday 17 June 2005.
The programme will start in September 2005.
To book a place on one of these sessions, e-mail training@bradford.ac.uk giving your name and department, or telephone David on ext 5356.
For more information about the university's ECDL programme, visit http://www.brad.ac.uk/lss/training/ecdl/
Regulars
Learning Support Seminars and Events from TQEG
Widening Participation on 18 May at 1300-1400 in Room 01.58, JBP Library Building - Presented by Prof Geoff Layer of the School of Lifelong Education and Development.
Annual Review of the Work of the Course Approval and Review Panel on 25 May at 1200 - 1530 in F21, Richmond Building - Presented by Amanda Huggon of the Academic Standards and Support Unit. See: http://staffdev.bradfordcollege.ac.uk/cgi-bin/staffdev/enduser_course.pl?event_id=35
Details of the above events and online booking can be found via: http://staffdev.bradfordcollege.ac.uk/cgi-bin/staffdev/enduser_courselist.pl
Please contact Christine Rayment or Beverley Lyons on 5138 or email tqe-sec@bradford.ac.uk if you have further enquiries.
Arts on Campus this week
Theatre in the Mill - www.bradford.ac.uk/theatre
Monday
night workshop
Monday 2 May (Bank Holiday Monday) - Acting. All welcome. No previous experience necessary!
Meet at Theatre in the Mill at 7.30pm, till 9.30pm. FREE!
This
week's show
Friday 6 and Saturday 7 May at 7.30pm
Tickets £6.50/£4.00En Masse Theatre present
The Ignatius TrailJoin Ignatius Trail and his fellow Pirate crew on a swashbuckling voyage to the dark and sinister depths of the Pirate underworld. Cut-throat combat, gruesome gags and cacophonous carousals combine to create a roller coaster ride of fast-paced action, introducing you to a side to Pirate life you didn’t even know existed.
"The Ignatius Trail" won a coveted Fringe First Award for new writing and innovation from The Scotsman at the Edinburgh Festival 2004.
Company
Workshop
Saturday 7 May | 2pm-4pm
En Masse Theatre: Pirates
Theatre in the Mill | FREEHave treasure chests full of swashbuckling fun in this drama workshop looking at the themes of "The Ignatius Trail". Here’s your chance to create your own Pirate adventure with the help of professional actors . . . an opportunity not to be missed.
Places booking fast - book yours: theatre@bradford.ac.uk, ext: 3200.
Tasmin Little Music Centre - www.bradford.ac.uk/music
Thursday 5 May at 5.30pm
James O’Hara – Blues Classics
Jazzman’s | FREEGuitarist, singer and bandleader James O’Hara’s lunchtime concert last year was such a success that we were compelled to ask him back for a repeat performance. Creating an amazingly authentic blues sound, O’Hara will literally blow your mind with the quality of his singing style. His song list spans the whole of the blues genre without having to strain for effect. It will be a pleasure to hear him again, this time in our new Jazz Café event in Jazzman’s. When it comes to crafting original cliché-free blues solos and arrangements, James has no equal.
Gallery II - www.bradford.ac.uk/gallery
The Bradford Grid
Friday 22 April - Friday 20 May 2005
Weekdays 11am-5pm (except Thursdays until 6pm) | FREE!Artist's talk
Wednesday 4 May | 12.30pm
Photographer Patrick Allen will talk about the project.
Gallery II | FREE!
All welcomeThe Bradford Grid is a unique collaboration between 10 creative photographers who either live or work in the Bradford Metropolitan district. The group meets on a regular basis and guest photographers are frequently invited to participate. Individual squares from a map of the Bradford area are chosen at random and participants on the project visit that square during the subsequent month. Each photographer works in their own particular style and is given freedom to explore their own working practices and develop themes as they work through each of the squares.
This show is the first of a series and exhibits an individual's responses that display both the diversity of approaches to photography as well as the rich variety of locations that the group has explored to date. We provide an alternative approach to the visual environment of the Bradford district that confronts many of the common perceptions that people have about the city.
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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