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Staff BriefingA joint initiative by MIS, Corporate Communications and Inprint & Design |
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- No briefing Monday 21 March or Monday 28 March. Please email any urgent message for staff to: mis-servicedesk@bradford.ac.uk
- Monday 4 April. Deadline for entries, 12 noon on Friday 1 April.
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
Annual Travel Survey
Estates & Facilities are seeking your participation in the annual West Yorkshire Travel Survey to help them develop new travel initiatives appropriate for University staff and students.
You can participate by completing the on-line survey, which takes less than one minute, as available from Leeds City Councils website (the survey hosts), see: http://www.leeds.gov.uk/Bradford (external link, will open in a new window)
The link will only be available from the 14th to 18th of March, so please don't delay in your response.
The survey will collect the following information:
- Name of institution
- The usual mode of travel to work/study - if you use more than one mode of transport, please indicate the one which covers the longest segment
- Home post code - collected to automatically calculate your distance travelled
Please note, the information you supply is strictly confidential and will not be disclosed to any third parties.
Jaime Sullivan, Environment Manager
UNISON AGM
A reminder to all Unison members that the Annual General Meeting is on Thursday 17th March at 12.30pm in the Small Hall.
Lunch provided.
Full details on the website: http://www.bradford.ac.uk/other/unions/unison/
There's still time to let us know you are coming so we can order you lunch.
Email s.wilson@bradford.ac.uk or telephone 4996.
Halls Wardens
Applications are invited for staff and students to become wardens in University Halls of Residence for 2006/2006.
Closing date: 1st April 2005
Full details at: http://www.brad.ac.uk/news/wardens-2005.htm
Research Bulletin No. 18 - 8th March 2005
The 8th March edition of the Research Bulletin is available on the web at: http://www.brad.ac.uk/admin/rsil/Newsletter/newsletterfp.htm
Included in this issue:
- Research Governance Responsibilities for NHS Research
- ResearchResearch.com
- ESRC - Programme proposal under development - Ethnicity
- European Science Foundation Exploratory Workshops - call for proposals
- INRIA (Institut National de Recherche en Informatique et en Automatique) - postdoctoral positions 2005
- The British Academy - next deadlines
- Korea-UK Science Networks
- ESRC - current funding opportunities
- EPSRC welcomes announcement of SR 2004 Allocations
Contract for the Provision of Temporary Staff
Following a recent tender, Purchasing Services are pleased to announce that this contract, effective from the 1st April 2005, has been jointly awarded to the respective Temporary Staff Agencies as follows:
Office Support & Administration Staff
- Horizon Recruitment
- Randstad Employment Bureau
- Reed Employment
Light Industrial & Catering Staff
- City Catering
- Horizon Recruitment
- Randstad
For further information and contact details please visit: http://www.brad.ac.uk/admin/purchasing/uni/tempstaff.php
Events from the Short Course Unit
Evening Panel Discussion
An evening panel discussion 'With God on our Side: Politics and Religion
in a post 9/11 World' will be held on Wednesday 23 March 2005.
Further details are available at: http://www.brad.ac.uk/admin/conted/civic-community/godonourside.html
Civic and Community Education
Programme
Saltaire and New Lanark: From Model Industrial Village to World Heritage
Site
Saturday 16 April, at the Exhibition Building, Shipley College.
For further details please go to http://www.brad.ac.uk/admin/conted/civic-community/saltaire.html
Talking
helps.
No judgement, just clarity
Remember the Counselling Service in the Communal Building.
Talk through any issues troubling you at the moment; work, families, parents, relationships, general anxieties. No current waiting list.
Counselling Service: open Monday - Friday 9.00-5.00, Thursday 9.00 - 7.00
Drop-In sessions (just call
in) at Bradford College, Grove Building:
Monday - Friday 12.15 - 1.15 (Term Time)
Check out the website, more information available at: http://www.bradford.ac.uk/counselling
Call in at The Communal Building or phone: ext: 5750Text: 077 498 200 70
Email: counselling@bradford.ac.uk
The Drop - In service will close for Easter on Friday March 18th 2005 and re-open on April 4th 2005.
The Counselling Service will close from Thursday March 24th 2005 and re-open on Wednesday30th March 2005
Web Courses in April
Effective Web Site Design
6 & 7 April 2005
http://staffdev.bradfordcollege.ac.uk/cgi-bin/staffdev/enduser_course.pl?event_id=553
Weave your own Web 20 April
2005
http://staffdev.bradfordcollege.ac.uk/cgi-bin/staffdev/enduser_course.pl?event_id=605
FrontPage 2003
27
April 2005 http://staffdev.bradfordcollege.ac.uk/cgi-bin/staffdev/enduser_course.pl?event_id=550
Web workshops 6, 13, 20, 27
April 2005
http://staffdev.bradfordcollege.ac.uk/cgi-bin/staffdev/enduser_courselist.pl
Regulars
People Development Courses
Introduction to Management
(2 days) - Monday 21 & Tuesday 22 March 2005, 09.15 - 17.00
Target Audience: Mainly for University staff who are new to managing,
or who have been a manager for between 0 and 2 years, but longer-term
managers are also welcome to attend.
Helps identify the skills needed to become more effective as a manager
and provides information from key service areas in the University. For
more information and booking: http://staffdev.bradfordcollege.ac.uk/cgi-bin/staffdev/enduser_course.pl?event_id=303
New Staff Induction
- Monday 4 April 2005, 11.45 - 15.00
Target Audience: Staff who are new to the University of Bradford Provides
information on various central services, a brief overview of the structure
of the University, and how to get more information on specific areas of
interest. For more information and booking: http://staffdev.bradfordcollege.ac.uk/cgi-bin/staffdev/enduser_course.pl?event_id=328
Mental Health Awareness
- Tuesday 5 April 2005, 09.00 - 17.00
Target Audience: Personal Tutors and other staff who work closely with
students, and manage staff The number of students with mental health problems
in HE is increasing and this brings new challenges. Additionally, mental
health problems are the third most common cause of sickness absence. This
course aims to assist staff in dealing with students, and other staff
who have mental health problems, by knowing how to help or where to get
help. For more information and booking: http://staffdev.bradfordcollege.ac.uk/cgi-bin/staffdev/enduser_course.pl?event_id=301
Appraisee Training
- Thursday 7 April 2005, 09.15 - 16.45
Target Audience: All staff Informs about the University's approach to
appraisal, gives an overview of the appraisal interview, and familiarises
participants with the associated paperwork. For more information and booking:
http://staffdev.bradfordcollege.ac.uk/cgi-bin/staffdev/enduser_course.pl?event_id=59
Appraiser Training -
Friday 8 April 2005, 09.15 - 16.45
Target Audience: Staff who appraise other staff. The aim of this course
is to inform about the University's approach to appraisal, prepare participants
to undertake appraisal interviews, understand the skills required of appraisers,
and for them to become familiar with the associated paperwork. (NB prior
attendance at an Appraisee training course is a requirement of this course).
For more information and booking: http://staffdev.bradfordcollege.ac.uk/cgi-bin/staffdev/enduser_course.pl?event_id=61
Project Management -
Wednesday 13 April 2005, 09.30 - 16.30
Target Audience: For anyone who wishes to gain a basic understanding of
the principles of Project Management. Demonstrates how Project Management
can be applied to your activities at the University (eg. consultancy,
planning your workload, etc). The session will be a mixture of interactive
work and presentations. For more information and booking: http://staffdev.bradfordcollege.ac.uk/cgi-bin/staffdev/enduser_course.pl?event_id=480
Managing Meetings -
Thursday 14 April 2005, 09.00 - 16.30
Target Audience: Any staff who attend meetings An opportunity to find
out what you could do to improve the quality of the meetings you attend.
For more information and booking: http://staffdev.bradfordcollege.ac.uk/cgi-bin/staffdev/enduser_course.pl?event_id=309
Arts on Campus this week
Theatre in the Mill - www.bradford.ac.uk/theatre
Monday night workshop - Production, Publicity & Marketing
Monday 14th March
Come and find out what it takes to produce a show from start to finish, including how to publicise your event and get the press interested. All welcome.
Meet at Theatre in the Mill for 7.30pm
Thursday 17, Friday 18 and Saturday 19 March | 7.30pm
£4.50/£3.00Timothy and Jane have just graduated from University and now proudly own a degree each; this leads them to their first problem. Now that University is done and dusted what on earth are they going to do?
Timothy's parents insist he get a job instantly, and naturally Jane must be married off as quickly as possible. In their confusion the two hit on an ingenious plan, what if they were to wed? . . . of course that still means that Tim needs to get a job but at least half the problem would be solved. Coincidentally a passer-by offers Tim a job for a month; all he has to do is look after a piano.
But when the piano is a little out of the ordinary and the rest of society seems to have taken too much sugar in its morning cup of tea, we can only expect things to get stranger from here on in.
Tickets: ext: 3200 or email: theatre@bradford.ac.uk
Tasmin Little Music Centre - www.bradford.ac.uk/music
University Orchestra - American Dream
Conductor Mark Haydn Robinson
Bradford Gallery, Yorkshire Craft Centre | FreeLunchtime Concert
Wednesday 16 March
Please note later start time of 1.15pmWe present music inspired by America and feature the talented Bradford-born pianist Andrew Bedford in Gershwin's inimitable Rhapsody in Blue along with movements from Dvorak's most popular work - New World Symphony.
Composed in 1893, the symphony explores the folklore of African Americans and American Indians, though it is firmly rooted in Dvorak's Bohemian homeland.
Gallery II - www.bradford.ac.uk/gallery
Friday 4 March - Friday 15 April 2005
Weekdays 11am-5pm (except Thursdays until 6pm) | free"Each of my works seeks to identify and isolate a particular aspect of what it is to be human, and to intensify that perceived state through the process of painting, intertwining elements of personal history into a symbolic language of the body.
"Every work is a representational painting of an abstract emotion, visualised using one or more experienced situations drawn from memory, but sometimes using empirical sources to fulfil the emotional resonance of the subject."
Andrew Whamond This exhibition is presented with the aim of showing the development of, and the engagement with, the subject over a period of years,1984-2005.
Learning Support Seminars and
Events from TQEG 
How Can I Use the VLE? on 4 April at 0930-1230 in Room 1.7, JBP Library Building - Presented by Carol Higgison and Ken Panko of the Teaching Quality Enhancement Group.
Multimedia on the Web - Enhancing Learning and Teaching on 5 April at 1330-1630 in Room 1.7, JBP Library Building - Presented by Prof Peter Hartley, Carol Higgison and Ken Panko of the Teaching Quality Enhancement Group.
Facilitating Online Group Learning on 6 April at 0930-1230 in Room 2.7A JBP Library Building - Presented by Presented by Carol Higgison and Ken Panko of the Teaching Quality Enhancement Group.
Practical Assessment - Strategies, Marking Schemes, etc on 6 April at 1330-1630 in Room 01.58, JBP Library Building - Presented by Presented by Dr Chris Alder and Ken Panko of the Teaching Quality Enhancement Group.
Writing High-Quality MCQs on 8 April at 0930-1230 in Room 01.58, JBP Library Building - Presented by Carol Higgison and Ken Panko of the Teaching Quality Enhancement Group.
The New Professional Standards Framework for Lecturers on 18 April at 1300-1400 in Room 01.58, JBP Library Building - Presented by Prof Peter Hartley of the Teaching Quality Enhancement Group and Pete Sayers of People Development.
What Makes a 'Good Module Description'? on 20 April at 1300-1400 in Room 01.58, JBP Library Building - Presented by Prof Peter Hartley and Dr Chris Alder of the Teaching Quality Enhancement Group and Dr Jon Owen of the Academic Standards and Support Unit.
The Three Cycle Model: Curriculum Change or Rebranding on 27 April at 1230-1330 in Room 01.58, JBP Library Building - Presented by Prof Geoff Layer of the School of Lifelong Education and Development.
Chairpersons of Board of Examiners Induction Training on 29 April at 0900-1300 in The Board Room, Richmond Building - Presented by Dr Jon Owen and Alison Carass of the Academic Standards and Support Unit.
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.
Notifications of Works
Restriction of access to Richmond
Road and the main entrance of the Richmond Building
Friday 18th to Wednesday 23rd March 2005
Yorkshire Water services Ltd are currently carrying out a programme of refurbishment to the water distribution mains in the area of the University campus. The first stage of these works will be the relining of the water main, which lies underneath Richmond Road. This will have no impact on the water supplies to any University building but will restrict the access through the security barriers at each end of Richmond Road.
The entrance to Richmond Road from Great Horton Road will be restricted to cars and small vans only.
The lower entrance at the Tumbling hill Street, Richmond Road Junction will be closed and will be an exit only for the period of the works.
These works will require the excavation of deep pits at each entrance; Staff and students are requested to respect the barriers which will be erected for their own safety.
Please contact: Keith Maven, Mechanical Maintenance Officer on ext 3437, if you have any queries regarding these works
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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