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Week ending Friday 9 December 2005 |
Staff BriefingA joint initiative by MIS, Corporate |
Edition
239
Next editions and entries to the briefing
- Tuesday 13 December (note change of date from the 14th)
- Monday 19 December - last one of the year
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
General University notices
Installation and Award Ceremonies week - Information for staff
Following the Special Staff Briefing on Friday information about this week's forthcoming events:
http://www.bradford.ac.uk/news/installation-week.htm
Items covered include tickets for the installation, catering and car parking.
Tickets for students
A limited number of tickets are available for students to see the installation ceremony from the Great Hall balcony. Departmental administrators are requested to pass this on to their students. Requests for tickets should be sent to June Kronbachs at j.kronbachs@bradford.ac.uk
Accommodation Services Update
Over the summer vacation there were a number of changes in Accommodation Services, they are:
Closure of Shearbridge Green Hall, Main Campus. This is the first stage in the process of development for the new halls.
Sale of Laisteridge Lane - the site was sold on 16th September to ING. CRM (Corporate Residential Management) are employed by ING to manage the site. The University has a 90% nominations agreement with ING for the halls at Laisteridge Lane, University staff will continue to allocate these rooms to students.
A Service Level agreement is also in place to ensure appropriate standards/levels of service are maintained to students. CRM have a manager and assistant on site at Laisteridge Lane. Ms Shirley Ormerod, Manager, Mr Andy Cummings, Assistant Manager
Wardley House - The University continues with its nominations agreement with Unipol Student Homes for rooms in Wardley House, again administered by the University Accommodation Services staff
Re-organisation of Accommodation Services - due to the closure of Shearbridge Green Hall and the sale of Laisteridge Lane an assessment of the staffing structure took place. Details from the Accommodation Office.
The university Accommodation Services Department is still located at Dennis Bellamy Hall.
Short Stay Accommodation - due to the closure of Shearbridge Green Hall, the sale of Laisteridge Lane and the increase in students requiring hall places we are unable to offer this facility.
Thanks are extended to all the staff in the department for their hard work and commitment in ensuring a successful intake at such a difficult time.
Phone: 01274 234883 / 236124 / 235501
Fax: 01274 234882
Email: halls-of-residence@bradford.ac.uk
Celebrating Thirty Years of Commonweal Collection at Bradford
Commonweal Collection, an independent peace library, has been based at the J.B. Priestley Library for thirty years, providing a unique resource to the University and the city. This long and fascinating history is on show in a display of photographs, posters and leaflets in the J.B. Priestley Library Atrium until the New Year. The display also illustrates the Commonweal archives of peace movements, recently donated to the University's Special Collections to enable us to bring these unique resources to a wider audience.
Commonweal Archives:
http://www.brad.ac.uk/library/special/cwlarchives.php
Commonweal Collection:
http://www.brad.ac.uk/library/services/commonweal/index.php
Alison Cullingford
Special Collections
Ext 5256. A.Cullingford@bradford.ac.uk
Undergraduate Research Bursaries in Science 2006 from The Nuffield Foundation
Bursaries are available for Undergraduate students from Physical Sciences, Engineering, Computing, and Biomedical Sciences.
Supervisors should make the application on behalf of the named student by the 14 February, 2006.
Application forms and further information is available from SFIS in the Communal Building and the Foundation's Website: http://www.nuffieldfoundation.org/go/grants/sciurb/page_93.html (external link, will open in a new window)
Counselling Service Ho Ho Ho!
Christmas can be a stressful time. The counselling service will be open as usual except from the 23rd December to 3rd of January. If you would like to talk to us call us on 235750, send us a text message on 07749820070 or email counselling@bradford.ac.uk
We will be running a group for students who experience anxiety about exams before and after Christmas. Full details from the contacts above.
Follow the Star!
The University Analytical Centre is holding a fun competition for the festive season.
Monday 19 December 2005 - University Analytical Centre
Register your team to come along and take part in hands-on analysis of gold, frankincense and myrrh
- Full details (word doc, will open in a new window)
Heating in the Richmond Building
There is currently an issue with overheating in some rooms in Richmond building, on the Richmond wing. This will unfortunately exist until the cladding works have been completed.
A new computerised heating control system was installed in the Richmond Building during the summer, whilst this installation has the capability to accurately control the environment within the building such is the efficiency of the new cladding it is leading to overheating in some areas, because of the discrepancy between clad and unclad areas. The control system has to respond to the lower temperatures (parts of the building were the cladding has not been completed) thus overheating others which have already been clad. Because of the significant difference of levels of insulation between the two areas, it is only possible to make limited adjustments to balance out the temperatures.
When the cladding work has been completed, the internal temperatures will settle down and will be hopefully uniform down the length of the building.
Apologies for any inconvenience caused during the current works.
Notification of Works to the Richmond Building
For your information, the following works are to be carried out in the Richmond Building.
Refurbishment of Laboratories M12, M13, M18, M19 and M20 for the School of Life Sciences. The works will commence on Wednesday 30th November 2005 and will be completed by Friday 24th February 2006.
Should you have any queries regarding the work, please direct them to Mr Andrew Hague on extension 5020.
Recruitment Advertising in December (reminder)
Please note the following deadlines for advertising approved vacancies in December.
Adverts should be with Personnel in the week ending 9 December to appear in publications during the week ending 16 December.
For publication deadlines see:
http://www.brad.ac.uk/admin/personnel/recruitment,selection,induction/AdDeadlinesDec05.html
The last vacancy bulletin will be issued on 19 December. We will resume advertising week commencing 2 January.
If you have any queries, please contact Alexa on ext 6016.
e-Strategy project - questionnaire for all staff (reminder)
We need your help!
Between now and the end of March 2006 the Content Management System project (e-Strategy project number 12) will be looking at how the University currently manages, and communicates, information. Following a phase of research with colleagues across the University we will be looking at whether it is possible to provide an IT system (or systems) to assist or manage these process in the future.
The initial phase of our research is a questionnaire, and we would like to encourage as many staff as possible, from all Planning Units and at all levels, to take part. It shouldn't take long, and the results of the questionnaire will help inform the questions for our Focus Groups that are taking place between January and March 2006.
A link to the questionnaire is available on the home page of our project website. Have a look at: http://cmsproject.brad.ac.uk/
We will accept questionnaires up to lunchtime on Monday 12 December.
If you have any comments or queries email us at: cms-team@bradford.ac.uk
Book your staff Christmas dinners! (reminder)
Celebrate Christmas with your colleagues! Lunches from 12th - 16th December.
Book now so not to miss out.
- Christmas menu and contact details (word doc, will open in a new window)
Metrocards for Staff (reminder)
Do you regularly travel to work on public transport?
If so, the Metrocard scheme allows you to obtain an annual travelcard through the University for either unlimited bus travel throughout West Yorkshire, or a number of railzones (with unlimited bus travel), and the total annual cost of the metrocard is recovered through equal deductions from your salary/wage over the year.
Staff joining the scheme in February pay a pro-rata fee for the metrocard up to the 30th September and can then renew from the 1st October for a full 12 month period.
Applications to be received no later than Thursday 15th December 2005.
For further information including zone prices, please see http://www.brad.ac.uk/admin/estates/environ/metro.html or contact Personnel on ext: 5347 or pop in to D35, Richmond Building.
Events this week and next week
Whose Shoes at Theatre in the Mill
2 for 1 offer for staff and special family priced ticket £15 for
up to 2 adults and 2 children
Children's Show at Theatre in the Mill, Bradford
Thursday 8th December 7:30pm, Friday 9th December 2pm only and Saturday 10th December 2pm & 7:30pm
Theatre in the Mill presents a very special children's show, "Whose Shoes" by Mike Kenny
Theatre in the Mill presents an in-house production of the delightful children's play, "Whose Shoes" by Mike Kenny. The play centres on Eldamina a carefree, young girl whose passion is dancing in her favourite dancing shoes given to her by Aunty Cinderella.
An uplifting tale of jealously, tantrums, dancing, music, sisterly love and redemption.
Suitable for children and adults aged 4 and up
Book on ext: 3200 or email: theatre@bradford.ac.uk
http://www.bradford.ac.uk/theatre
Songs from the Shows concert
Thursday 8 December at 7.30pm
BUSOM at Christmas - Tasmin Little Music Centre
Full price £2, concessions £1.50 (Tickets on the door)
BUSOM invite you to an evening of songs from the shows. The concert will include music from well known classics, as well as lesser known musicals, not forgetting the occasional song or two from the world of Operetta.
http://www.brad.ac.uk/music/concert.php
Free Christmas concert in the Richmond Foyer
Thursday 15 December at 1.00pm
Brass and Voices - Christmas Carols
Mince pies and traditional Christmas music performed by the University Singers accompanied by the University Brass Group. Come and sing through your favourite carols around the Christmas tree and get into the spirit before the spirit gets into you!
http://www.brad.ac.uk/music/cafe.php
News from Bradford Council
Christmas is here so join in the Festive Cheer!
German Christmas Chalet Market
24 November to 11 December 2005, Centenary Square, 9.00 am - 6.00 pm Monday
to Saturday and 10.00 am - 4.00 pm on Sunday
Imagine the scene a cold winters night and the smell of sizzling bratwurst sifting past you, the gluhwein is being served and everyone is merry . . no your not on the Alps its Bradford German Christmas Chalet market, where not only can you taste and purchase the products on offer but you can sit and watch the Christmas festivities take place around you. Plus don't miss the Christmas Carols and chill out with our spectacular ice sculpture.
So make a date in your diary and whatever you do don't miss out on this extra special experience.
Lectures, seminars and newsletters
Learning Support Seminars and Events from TQEG
Strategies for Developing Independence and Autonomy in Learners on 7 December 2005 at 1300 - 1400 in Room 01.58, JBP Library Building - Presented by Peter Hughes of the Teaching Quality Enhancement Group.
Training for Invigilators on 14 December 2005 at 1300 - 1500 in Room 01.58, JBP Library Building - Presented by Janet Steele of Registry.
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.
Centre for European Studies (CES) European Research Seminars
Dr Munro Price (CES)
'The French court nobility and the origins of the Revolution'
Chair: Dr Anthony Heywood (CES)
9 December 2005 at 1400, in Mezz 1, Graduate School, Richmond Building
All welcome
The European Research Seminars are organised with the support of the Jean Monnet Programme and the Marie Curie Training Site on Europeanisation.
For further information, please contact Gabi Borz at G.Borz@Bradford.ac.uk or ext 5573.
http://www.bradford.ac.uk/acad/ssis/research/CES/seminar/
Royal Institute of Philosophy Seminar
Wednesday 7 December at 4pm, Mezz 2, Graduate School
Nick Jones, from Leeds University, will talk about "Morality and Taboo Jokes"
Synopsis: Is it morally acceptable to tell or laugh at racist or sexist jokes? This is a very emotive question, and one which provokes a wide variety of conflicting intuitions. (To give just one example, some people believe that racist jokes are morally unobjectionable because one is "only joking"; while others hold that racist jokes are morally problematic precisely because they don't take racism seriously.) Obviously at least some of these conflicting intuitions must be wrong-headed - which, if any, of them can be justified by well-reasoned argument? In this talk, I am going to present an overview and a critical evaluation of some of the arguments philosophers have put forward recently in trying to answer the question at the head of this abstract.
Further details from Friedel Weinert, F.Weinert@bradford.ac.uk, ext: 5191
Research Support Unit Bulletin
The next issue of the Research Support Unit Bulletin no. 36 dated 1st December 2005 has now been published on the web. It can be accessed at http://www.bradford.ac.uk/admin/rsil/Newsletter/newsletterfp.htm (university username and password required)
- Included in this issue
- Alteration to RO1 form
- HEFCE's new draft Strategic Plan, criticised for lack of strategy, and consultation document
- EU Sixth Framework Programme - Science and Society, Science Shops: Research for Local Civil Society
- BBSRC - Tools and Resources Development Fund
- BBSRC - Technology Development Research Initiatives
- ESRC Research Grants Scheme
Job Vacancies at the University
Current vacancies at the University 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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