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New This Week Next editions and entries to the briefing Blood donor sessions Discretionary Pay Scheme Photocopiers Tasmin Little Music Centre - this week Tim Hindley - Retirement from Bradford Breakthrough Accessibility of information Web Authoring Courses Laptops for staff and improvements in teaching areas (e-Strategy) Buddhist Meditation Regulars People Development Events Learning Support Seminars and Events from TQEG Research Support Unit - Bulletin number 31, dated 27 September 2005 Jobs at the University and College Reminders Exhibition at Gallery II

Next editions and entries to the briefing

• Monday 10 October
• Monday 17 October

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

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Blood Donor sessions

Sports Centre Monday 3 October, Tuesday 4 October 10am - 6pm

Do something amazing!

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Discretionary Pay Scheme

Details of the procedure and timescales for the Discretionary Pay Scheme 2004 - 2005, can now be found at:

http://www.brad.ac.uk/admin/personnel/pay,grading&remuneration/Reward/Index.html

Please note that the closing date for cases to be submitted to Dean / Head of Planning Unit is 14 October 2005.

This item will be included on the paper briefing today.

Email: personnel@bradford.ac.uk
Ext: 5347

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Photocopiers

Purchasing Services in conjunction with the NEUPG will shortly be reviewing the University’s contract for photocopiers, which is due for renewal in April 2006. As part of this process we will be directly contacting user areas in the near future to ascertain their requirements under the new contract.

In the meantime if you have any queries regarding this, could you please address them to purchasing@bradford.ac.uk

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Tasmin Little Music Centre - this week

Wednesday 5 October | 12.15pm

Twelve Bars from Mars - Jazz
Richmond Foyer | Free

Band leader Martin Bond is a multi-faceted composer, pianist, saxophonist and Rumanian folk fiddler extraordinaire, and under his guidance12 Bars from Mars completed an exciting residency this summer at Bradford’s Latest Jazz venue - The Tram Shed. Performing repertoire that covers the jazz era from Gershwin to Charlie Parker, they also include some tasteful original compositions by Bond and other band members. After outpourings of high critical acclaim they are much in demand for concerts and events throughout the region.

http://www.bradford.ac.uk/music

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Tim Hindley - Retirement from Bradford Breakthrough

Tim Hindley retired from Bradford Breakthrough on 30th September 2005 but will remain actively involved at the University in his role as Pro-Chancellor and Lay Member of the University Council for the immediate future.

Mr Hindley’s email address and contact telephone number at Bradford Breakthrough are no longer valid, therefore, please could you ensure that these are removed from address books/database.

Current contact details for Mr Hindley may be obtained via the Registrar and Secretary’s Office on ext: 5321.

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Accessibility of information

The University has a moral and legal obligation to do all it can to make our electronic information accessible. The Accessibility Web page - http://www.bradford.ac.uk/internal/index.php?section=accessibility - has been updated to give guidance to users on features such as access keys, changing font size/style or colours, viewers, PC clusters, Blackboard, etc.

More and more of our word processed documents are being made available via the Web and Blackboard in either Word or pdf format. How these are riginally created has a huge impact on how accessible they are and whether they are read in a logical order by someone using a screen reader. Please make sure your word processed documents are accessible by following the guidelines given in the following documents:

Long Document and Report Writing - http://www.bradford.ac.uk/cc/documentation/doc-list/index.php#Wordprocessing

Making Microsoft Word Documents Accessible (pdf) -
http://www.bradford.ac.uk/lss/documentation/making-word-documents-accessible/making-word-documents-accessible.pdf (pdf file, will open in a new window)

Fine-tuning Graphics in Microsoft Word (pdf) -
http://www.bradford.ac.uk/lss/documentation/fine-tuning-graphics/fine-tuning-graphics.pdf (pdf file, will open in a new window)

Creating Accessible PDF Files (pdf) -
http://www.bradford.ac.uk/lss/documentation/creating-accessible-pdf-files/creating-accessible-pdf-files.pdf (pdf file, will open in a new window)

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Web Authoring Courses

Introduction to Dreamweaver (subject to software being available)
20 October 2005
http://www.bradford.ac.uk/dev-prog/it/index.php?course=web-dw

Designing effective Web site navigation
21 October 2005
http://www.bradford.ac.uk/dev-prog/it/index.php?course=web-nav

Web accessible tables
31 October 2005
http://www.bradford.ac.uk/dev-prog/it/index.php?course=web-td

Cascading Stylesheets for formatting
1 November 2005
http://www.bradford.ac.uk/dev-prog/it/index.php?course=web-css

Web workshops
5, 12, 19, 26 October 2005
http://www.brad.ac.uk/dev-prog/it/index.php?course=web-oa

Weave your own Web
3 October 2005 - Cancelled

Introduction to FrontPage
4 October 2005 - Cancelled

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Laptops for staff and improvements in teaching areas (e-Strategy)

Please read the memos below from Dr Stan Houghton and Professor Rae Earnshaw re: funding for laptops for staff, and the upgrade of equipment in general teaching areas around the University.

	Two important summer e-Strategy developments (laptops and GTA improvements) (word doc, will open in a new window)
	Laptop funding for departments (memo from July 2005) (word doc, will open in a new window)

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Buddhist Meditation

Why not relax on your lunch hour and go along to the Meditation Sessions held every Wednesday, starting on Wednesday 12 October, in T1.3 Ashfield Building from 12.15 to 1.30pm.

Everyone is welcome.

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Regulars

People Development Events

Places are available at the following training events for members of Staff:

Can you Hear me at the Back? (Voice Projection) - Tuesday 4 October 2005, 09.00 - 12.00
Target audience: Any members of staff
Aims: To introduce (non-strenuous) exercises to help make your voice work for you more effectively. The session covers the basic components of voice production: posture; breathing; shaping and projecting sound. There will be notes to take away and practise with afterwards.

For more information and booking: http://www.brad.ac.uk/dev-prog/development/index.php?course=VCPJ

Managing Change - Tuesday 11 October 2005, 09.00 - 12.30
Target audience: Middle managers (for this course, "middle managers" are defined as people who have responsibilities for managing staff and who are not part of the University or College Senior Management teams).
Aims: to help participants

• understand the general principles of managing change and how to assist staff through the uncertainties of a change process;
• manage the process of organisational change - and especially the implications for communication.

For more information and booking: http://www.brad.ac.uk/dev-prog/development/index.php?course=MCHA

Committee Support - Tuesday 18 October 2005, 09.15 - 16.45
Target audience: Any members of staff, but especially University Committee Secretaries
Aims: To clarify the role of the administrator/secretary involved in committee servicing and to look at the processes involved. This is a practical session, looking at all aspects of committee servicing from initial preparation for the meeting, to writing of the minutes and the final follow-up action.

For more information and booking: http://www.brad.ac.uk/dev-prog/development/index.php?course=COMS

Introduction to Management at the University (2 days) - Monday 31 October & Tuesday 1 November 2005, 09.15 - 16.45
Target audience: For newly-appointed managers at the University of Bradford, or anyone who has been a manager at the University for between 0 and 2 years.
Aims: To help identify the skills required to become more effective as a manager, and to provide information from key service areas within the University.

For more information and booking: http://www.brad.ac.uk/dev-prog/development/index.php?course=MIND

Details of all the People Development training events for 2005-6 may be found at:
http://www.brad.ac.uk/dev-prog/index.php?section=development

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Learning Support Seminars and Events from TQEG

Becoming an Online Tutor on 3 October 2005 to 18 November 2005.
An online course led by Carol Higgison of the Teaching Quality Enhancement Group.

Planning Multimedia for e-Learning (1) on 4 October 2005 at 1300 - 1400 in Room 01.58, JBP Library Building
Presented by Dominic Winsor of the Teaching Quality Enhancement Group.

Electronic Plagiarism Detection via Blackboard on 5 October 2005 at 1300 - 1400 in Room 01.58, JBP Library Building
Presented by Carol Higgison of the Teaching Quality Enhancement Group.

Getting Started with Blackboard (bb1) on 10 October 2005 at 1300 - 1500 in the Interactive Learning Centre, SoHS
Presented by Carol Higgison, Ken Panko and Jak Radice

University Awards for Excellent Teaching and the National Teaching Fellowship Scheme on 12 October 2005 at 1300 - 1400 in Room 01.58, JBP Library Building
Presented by Prof Peter Hartley of the Teaching Quality Enhancement Group.

Online Assessment (CAA) in Blackboard (bb2) on 17 October 2005 at 1300 - 1500 in the Interactive Learning Centre, SoHS
Presented by Carol Higgison, Ken Panko and Jak Radice.

Online Assessment (CAA) using QuestionMark Perception on 18 October 2005 at 1330 - 1600 in Horton Building, SoHS
Presented by Carol Higgison and Ken Panko of the Teaching Quality Enhancement Group.

Widening Participation - An Overview on 19 October 2005 at 1300 - 1400 in Room 01.58, JBP Library Building
P resented by Prof Geoff Layer of the School of Lifelong Education and Development.

Developing and Approving Programmes and Units on 26 October 2005 at 1300 - 1400 in Room 01.58, JBP Library Building
Presented by TQEG and ASSU.

Online Collaboration in Blackboard (bb3) on 31 October 2005 at 1300 - 1500 in the Interactive Learning Centre, SoHS
Presented by Carol Higgison, Ken Panko and Jak Radice

Multimedia - The Production Process on 1 November 2005 at 1300 - 1400 in Room 01.58, JBP Library Building – Presented by Dominic Winsor of the Teaching Quality Enhancement Group

The Role of CART Members on 2 November 2005 at 1300 - 1400 in Room 01.58, JBP Library Building - Presented by Amanda Hughes of the Academic Standards and Support Unit

Making e-Learning Accessible: Can we? Will we? Do we have to? on 7 November 2005 at 1300-1500 in Horton Building - Presented by Carol Higgison of the Teaching Quality Enhancement Group

Interactive Handouts with MS Word on 8 November 2005 at 1600 - 1800 in the Interactive Learning Centre, SoHS - Presented by Carol Higgison, Ken Panko and Jak Radice

Reviewing Annual Monitoring Reports on 9 November 2005 at 1300-1400 in Room 01.58, JBP Library Building - Presented by Julie Hodgson of the Academic Standards and Support Unit.

Details of the above events and online booking can be found in at: http://www.brad.ac.uk/dev-prog. All the Teaching Quality and Enhancement Group's Seminars are listed on the "Learning and Teaching" link.

Please contact Christine Rayment or Beverley Lyons on 5138 or email tqe-sec@bradford.ac.uk if you have further enquiries.

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Research Support Unit - Bulletin number 31, dated 27 September 2005

The next edition of the Research Support Unit Bulletin no 31 dated 27th September 2005 is available on the web at http://www.bradford.ac.uk/admin/rsil/Newsletter/newsletterfp.htm

Included in this issue:

• Notice for Costing of Research Grant Proposals
• EPSRC Winter Regional Seminars
• British Academy - Full Economic Costing
• British Academy - Forthcoming Funding Opportunities
• Japan Foundation Endowment Committee - Research Grants
• BBSRC - SysMO: (Systems Biology in Microorganisms)
• Joseph Rowntree Foundation - New Calls for Proposals
• Research Methodology Programme - two new Calls for Proposals

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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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Reminders

Exhibition at Gallery II

Chinese Art: Traditions and Innovations
Friday 16 September - Friday 14 October 2005

Weekdays 11am - 5pm (Thursdays until 6pm) | Free

Chinese art goes back to the first millennium before Christ and was the source of inspiration for Japanese art before the eighteenth century. After recovering from the Cultural Revolution, Chinese art is prospering again.

This exhibition of contemporary Chinese art includes paintings strictly following the Chinese classical artistic tradition, and paintings which bring innovation to the tradition as well as works seeking inspiration from the very early stages of Chinese art, folklore art, religious art, and a few works which reflect the international art movements of the late 20th century.

This exhibition is presented by Dr. Rebekah Xiao Zhao, who moved from China to the UK with her family after gaining her PhD in Chinese History in 1994. She currently teaches Chinese in Ampleforth College, Leeds University and Bradford University (School of Management).

http://www.brad.ac.uk/gallery/chinese.php

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