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BriefingSome of you may have read this weekend's Sunday Times which featured a story on ratios of academic to non-academic staff at UK Universities in which we were cited.
The way in which universities categorise staff varies considerably across the sector. Here at Bradford, the student experience depends on the expertise of many staff who may not automatically be classified in the returns as academic. Nevertheless over half of our staff costs are for academic posts.
The overall staff to student ratio at Bradford, which is a key factor in a good student experience, is above the national average of all current league tables. Our focus is on student success and providing the right environment for them to learn in. Staff in laboratories, the library, counselling services and other areas are all part of that experience.
The Sunday Times also incorrectly reported that we had already announced our fee level for 2011/12. Our fee level has not been announced and will be discussed at the next meeting of University Council on Friday (15 April).
Amendments to the Employment Equality (Age) Regulations came into effect on 6 April 2011. This means that there will be no default retirement age in the UK. The only exception will be for staff who are due to reach retirement age on or before 30 September 2011 and have been notified of their impending retirement on or before 30 March 2011.
Contact HR Adviser Emma Bulter, e.l.butler@bradford.ac.uk
It is with great sadness that we have to report the death of Kazimierz Lewalski from the University's security team who died last week. Known to most colleagues as Kaz, he had worked at the University for over 20 years and was an extremely well liked and valued member of the team. Details of funeral and memorial arrangements will be provided once available.
Peter Haines
Head of Security
The next meeting of the Staff Assembly will be held on Wednesday 13 April at 1pm in the John Stanley Bell Lecture Theatre. All members of staff at the University are invited to attend.
You may wish to note that the meeting will provide an opportunity for members to contribute to discussions relating to a number of important issues such as changes to funding, pension arrangements, visa regulations and the academic year.
The University Web Team would like to announce the launch of the new external website for the University. Users off-campus see this website when they access our website: www.bradford.ac.uk
User on-campus can get to the link by typing: www.bradford.ac.uk/external into their browser or using the 'External home page' link in the top right of the internal home page.
The site is aimed at prospective students, their influencers, prospective researchers, people who may wish to work at the University and anyone wishing to find out generally about the University. It follows on from two more recent projects - sites specifically for prospective undergraduate students and prospective postgraduate and research students.
We hope that you and any external users you communicate with find the site useful and informative and we are always looking at ways to improve the university's online presence generally. Our next big project will be to improve the online presence of Research and Knowledge Transfer at Bradford.
Comments and suggestions always welcome, email: web@bradford.ac.uk
The Postgraduate Taught Experience Survey (PTES) is now live and we invite all staff who have contact with postgraduate taught students to encourage them to fill it in as soon as possible.
The PTES is a national survey which the University will use as an internal benchmark to monitor and review how well it is doing in terms of the post graduate taught student experience. Resources to use in lectures to promote the survey are also available on the website.
The survey closes 31 May 2011.
Due to bank and customary University holidays, the Counselling Service will be closed on a number of days between 18 April and 3 May. There will be no drop-in sessions during this time.
Please see website for more details and information
Tel: 01274 235750
The Hardship Cupboard is again running very low on food and toiletries, any donations would be very gratefully received. Donations can be left at the HUB with the front of house team.
This week: Banning Britain's H-bomb. Images of 1950s and 1960s anti-nuclear protest. Part of the work of the PaxCat Project, which brought hidden peace archives to life.
Japanese students of the University are planning an appreciation event on 14 April at Student Central to say thank you for all of the donations following the earthquake and tsunami in their country.
12 - 6pm in Student Central, Ground Floor and including Japanese food, music, films and more.
More information (Facebook event) (external link)
Friday 15 April Word Life - With Denis Jones, Polar Bear, Joe Hakim, Andy Cook + Open Mic
Saturday 16 April Martin Stephenson songwriter and frontman for the Daintees
Hop on the free Art Bus and discover another side to Bradford! Day Trippers Art Tours Friday 15 April 2.30pm - 9.00pm
This sports camp is for girls and boys age 5 to 12 years. 18-21 April, 9.00am - 3.30pm everyday, £15 per day
Activities include football, basketball, cricket, fun swim sessions, rock climbing, go-karting, trampolining, tennis and much more.
Bookings are now being taken. Please call the sports centre on ext: 4871 or email Debbie d.l.tomlinson@bradford.ac.uk
As part of Green Travel Week you are encouraged to leave your car at home on Thursday 14 April.
Full details: http://www.bradford.ac.uk/briefing/we-08-april11.php#green-travel
The BBC are holding open auditions for Mastermind on Thursday 21 April at the Midlands Hotel in Forster Square. Each audition will last about 20 minutes and the producers are keen to stress that contrary to popular belief they are not looking for experts, but people who are prepared to become experts in the subjects that they love. So whether your passion is Florence and The Machine or Florence Nightingale, Michelangelo or Michael Jackson, all are welcome to apply.
No booking is necessary but if you would like to book a slot, call 0161 2443 723. You can also email mastermind@bradford.ac.uk for more information.
The Centre for Educational Development's next Academic Practice Party is on Tuesday 12 April, 1 - 2pm in the Escalate centre on F floor, Richmond Building.
A recent ADEPT weekly tip generated interest in exploring what the phrase 'Teaching informed by research' might mean; this will be our topic for discussion. Before we meet, you might like to re-visit the weekly tip and explore some of the papers mentioned therein. Anyone involved in teaching or learner support is invited and encouraged to attend.
Presented by Fiona Van Marken from the Disabilities Office on 11 May, 1 - 2pm in JB Priestley Library 01.58.
Full details: http://www.bradford.ac.uk/briefing/we-08-april11.php#dyslexia
The Diversity and Inclusion in Learning Teaching and Assessment (DILTA) group of the University is holding a half-day event on 6 May at 12.30pm for all university teaching staff. The workshop will investigate issues of inclusion and diversity that are of increasing relevance to university staff. There will be two short presentations about inclusion and diversity in the university setting: one focused on policy and the other on pedagogic issues.
The remainder of the session will be devoted to exploring current good practice in inclusive learning, teaching, and assessment through a number of case studies. Participants are encouraged to share practice from their own discipline areas and to discuss both the current barriers to adopting a truly inclusive teaching practice and ways to overcome these barriers.
Further details to follow.
To book a place or for any accessibility requirements please contact; equality@bradford.ac.uk
Also see: http://www.brad.ac.uk/dev-prog/index.php?section=diary
| Course ID | Details/Booking form | Start date | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Start time | End time | Venue | Leaders |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WEB-CMSM110418 | Using Site Manager for Moderators | 18-Apr-11 | - | - | - | 13:30 | 16:30 | Room F29, Richmond Building | Jacqueline Cuthbert |
| ECDL-W 1116 | ECDL / ITQ Workshop | 19-Apr-11 | - | - | - | 13:30 | 15:00 | Room F29, Richmond Building | Elaine Smith |
| ECDL 1108 | ECDL Tests | 19-Apr-11 | - | - | - | 15:00 | 16:00 | Room F29, Richmond Building | Elaine Smith |
| EMWT110420 | Emergency Warden Training | 20-Apr-11 | - | - | - | 13:00 | 15:00 | D1, Richmond Building | Steve Wiggins |
| WEB-CMSC110428 | Using Site Manager for Contributors | 28-Apr-11 | - | - | - | 09:30 | 12:30 | Room F29, Richmond Building | Jacqueline Cuthbert |
| WEB-CMSM110503 | Using Site Manager for Moderators | 03-May-11 | - | - | - | 09:30 | 12:30 | Room F29, Richmond Building | Jacqueline Cuthbert |
| COYG110504 | Costing your Research Grant | 04-May-11 | - | - | - | 10:00 | 12:00 | D2, (New Board Room) Richmond Building | RKTS / Finance |
| ECDL-W 1118 | ECDL / ITQ Workshop | 05-May-11 | - | - | - | 13:30 | 15:00 | Room F29, Richmond Building | Elaine Smith |
| NSIN110505 | New Staff Induction | 05-May-11 | - | - | - | 13:30 | 17.00 | To be confirmed | Staff Development and guest speakers |
| ECDL 1109 | ECDL Tests | 05-May-11 | - | - | - | 15:00 | 16:00 | Room F29, Richmond Building | Elaine Smith |
| IE-ESS 1102 | Using Internet Explorer 7 | 05-May-11 | - | - | - | 09:30 | 12:30 | Room F29, Richmond Building | Cath Rose, Elaine Smith |
| DILTA110506 | Diversity and Inclusion in Learning Teaching and Assessment (DILTA) Conference | 06-May-11 | - | - | - | 12:30 | 16:00 | Escalate, F Floor, Richmond Building | Sean Walton (CED) |
| OL-ESS 1102 | Outlook Essentials | 06-May-11 | - | - | - | 09:30 | 12:30 | Room F29, Richmond Building | Cath Rose, Elaine Smith |
| MCHA110506 | Managing Change | 06-May-11 | - | - | - | 09:30 | 12.30 | To be confirmed | Liz Proctor |
| UIT2.5 1110 | NVQ IT Workshop | 09-May-11 | - | - | - | 09:30 | 12:30 | Room F29, Richmond Building | Cath Rose |
| DYLX110511 | Supporting Students with the Specific Learning Difficulty, Dyslexia | 11-May-11 | - | - | - | 13:00 | 14:30 | JB Priestley Library 01.58 | Fiona Van Marken (Disability Service) |
| IPAC110511 | Advanced IP Seminar | 11-May-11 | - | - | - | 13:30 | 16:00 | D2, Richmond Building | RKTS |
| ECDL-W 1119 | ECDL / ITQ Workshop | 11-May-11 | - | - | - | 15:00 | 16:30 | Room F29, Richmond Building | Elaine Smith |
| EVAC110511 | Evac+Chair Training | 11-May-11 | - | - | - | 09:30 | 12:30 | D1, Richmond Building | Steve Wiggins |
| QSCP110512 | Sharing Good Practice - Collaborative Provision | 12-May-11 | - | - | - | 13:00 | 15:00 | JB Priestley Library 01.4 | Rizwana Ahmed (ASSU) |
| WEB-CMSC110512 | Using Site Manager for Contributors | 12-May-11 | - | - | - | 13:30 | 16:30 | Room F29, Richmond Building | Jacqueline Cuthbert |
| AC-ESS 1102 | Access 2007 Essentials | 12-May-11 | 13-May-11 | 19-May-11 | 20-May-11 | 09:30 | 12:30 | Room F29, Richmond Building | Cath Rose, Elaine Smith |
This one day seminar is entitled 'Feminist Action to Improve Women's Lives and Health: Working Together in a Global Context' and will be held on Tuesday 12 April.
This is a free event but for catering purposes please book a place. For more information, or to book a place, please contact Ruth Grundy in SSIS: email: r.h.grundy1@bradford.ac.uk or telephone: ext: 3072.
A one-day symposium organised by the Department of Philosophy (University of York) and The Bradford Media School on Thursday 28 April, 10am-6pm at the Treehouse, Humanities Research Centre, University of York.
Full details at: http://www.bradford.ac.uk/briefing/we-11-march11.php#film
There will be asbestos removal works taking place within two risers on Chesham B level 1 which will take place on April 16th and 17th.
Access to the risers opposite the fire escape stairwell and opposite B1.11. will be restricted During the works there will be restricted access to this area and also the rooms between the risers. Should you have any queries please contact Steve Clayson in Estates on ext: 5051
There will be disruption to power and lighting in the ICT building between Tuesday 26 and Thursday 28 April due to the routine statutory inspection of electrical installations of the building.
Please contact Geoff Bird on ext: 3433 if you have any queries regarding these works.
Current Internal Job Vacancies at the University can be found on the Information for Staff section of the Human Resources website (UoB username and password required).
The page is password protected so you need to click on the Internal Job Vacancies link on the left hand side and you will be prompted for your details.
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