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BriefingIn July it will be the ten year anniversary of the Bradford Riots. The city has come a long way since 2001 and the University is proud to have played an important role in supporting Bradford’s communities, bringing together people from all walks of life and encouraging dialogue between communities and faiths. Many of our academics and staff have worked in this area and the University’s Programme for a Peaceful City and Faith in the City lectures have been particular highlights of this work.
The anniversary of this event will bring a lot of media interest and many journalists have already carried out research in preparation for releasing articles in the run up to the anniversary. The University’s press office function is working very closely with Bradford Council, West Yorkshire Police and partners of the Bradford District Communications Group on a communications strategy. The strategy aims to minimise the impact of this media interest and ensure through examples of the strengths of Bradford and its communities that the media are able to report a true picture of the city.
Should you get any calls from the media on this matter, please get in touch with the Press Office on 01274 233089.
No. 19. Remember Eva Smith: the Inspector’s Russian Journey.
You may have heard of J.B. Priestley’s greatest play, An Inspector calls, but did you know it was first seen in the USSR in 1945? This wonderful poster and photo album tell the story.
http://100objectsbradford.wordpress.com/
Chance to learn about what social media can do for you – 5 July
The Marketing and Communications department have commissioned an industry speaker to deliver an inspirational and practical lecture on the possibilities of using social media. It will take place 10.30-12.30 on Tuesday 5 July in the JSB lecture theatre, city campus.
If you are an academic wanting to promote your work, a member of staff involved in recruiting students or dealing with enquiries, or just want to learn more about the latest in social media, then this session is for you.
The speaker will look at latest developments and what opportunities this can provide for HE institutions. There will be an opportunity to ask about your specific opportunities and challenges and get advice from Nigel Collier, Managing Director of Skylab, who has 25 years experience in the digital industry.
To book your place, please email k.daley@bradford.ac.uk
If you have any questions about this session, please contact Charlotte Renwick on 3084 or c.renwick@bradford.ac.uk
From 1 July, all new students will get @student.bradford.ac.uk email addresses. Returning students will migrate to @student.bradford.ac.uk addresses over the first semester.
Blackboard will be upgraded to v9.1 during the week beginning 25 July and is likely to be unavailable for part of this week. It would be helpful if staff could email the codes and titles of modules that will be running over this period to VLEenhancement@bradford.ac.uk.
Staff office PCs supported by LSS will begin to move to Windows 7 and Microsoft Office 2010 from January 2012 onwards. Staff in IT Services will work closely with departments to arrange for the upgrades to happen, and the IT Trainers will provide training to staff at the time they move across. All LSS-maintained student cluster PCs will be updated with the new software between 29 August and 2 September.
More information and FAQs are available at http://www.bradford.ac.uk/lss/it-services/changes/
Optometry are looking to recruit staff and students able to initially commit to around two hours (in a minimum of 30 minute blocks) to contribute to research into depth perception. We can pay £20 for your participation, with the option of further experiments likely afterwards. For more information please contact Glen Harding on g.harding1@bradford.ac.uk
Have you missed out on taking part in the British Science Festival this year? Do you have a drop-in, hands-on activity that you or a colleague would like to run during the weekend of the BSF? Is the activity science based, exciting and effective? If so then this message is for you!
Kerry Jaine Baker is looking after the Family Learning Activities during the BSF Weekend (Saturday 10 and Sunday 11 September) and is offering UoB colleagues first refusal to take part.
Your commitment is to have your activity operational (either supervised by you, a colleague, or a trained student) between 10am and 4pm on both Saturday & Sunday and to provide Kerry with links to learning materials (i.e. websites, books etc) that can be added to the weekend printed programme.
If you are interested please email, k.baker2@bradford.ac.uk (and copy in Gayle G.Dickson@bradford.ac.uk)!
The recent issues experienced by some MyView users in relation to holiday booking/approval have now been resolved. The IT Service Status list screen provides details of the resolution of the issue.
Thank you to everyone who contributed to make this event a positive one. There are a number of follow-up opportunities:
The sports camp reutrns to Unique Fitness & Lifestyle this summer for girls and boys aged 5-12 years old.
Dates are available for 1-5 August and 22-27 August from 9am-3.30pm
£15 per day or £70 for the whole week.Activities include football,basketball,cricket, fun swim sessions, rock climbing, go-karting trampolining tennis and much more.
Bookings are now being taken.You can call the sports centre on ext. 4871. Alternatively email Debbie d.l.tomlinson@bradford.ac.uk or John j.parker3@bradford.ac.uk or for more detail check out our website.
The Revolution is Healing - An exhibition by Graham Martin
10 June - 29 July. Exhibition Launch Thursday 9 June 5 - 7pm
Staff Training Opportunities - 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-CMSM110627 | Using Site Manager for Moderators | 27-Jun-11 | - | - | - | 13:30 | 16:30 | Room F29, Richmond Building | Jacqueline Cuthbert |
| MPAP110629 | Managing People and Performance | 29-Jun-11 | 30-Jun-11 | - | - | 09:30 | 16.30 | To be confirmed | Staff Development and Human Resources |
| ECDL-W 1126 | ECDL / ITQ Workshop | 30-Jun-11 | - | - | - | 09:30 | 11:00 | Room F29, Richmond Building | Elaine Smith |
| ECDL 1113 | ECDL Tests | 30-Jun-11 | - | - | - | 11:00 | 12:00 | Room F29, Richmond Building | Elaine Smith |
| UIT2.5 1114 | NVQ IT Workshop | 04-Jul-11 | - | - | - | 09:30 | 12:30 | Room F29, Richmond Building | Cath Rose |
| WEB-CMSC110705 | Using Site Manager for Contributors | 05-Jul-11 | - | - | - | 13:30 | 16:30 | Room F29, Richmond Building | Jacqueline Cuthbert |
| EVAC110706 | Evac+Chair Training | 06-Jul-11 | - | - | - | 13:00 | 16:00 | To be announced | Steve Wiggins |
| EXPD110706 | Experts Directory Training | 06-Jul-11 | - | - | - | 13:30 | 16:00 | D1, Richmond Building | RKTS / Marketing and Communications |
| ECDL-W 1127 | ECDL / ITQ Workshop | 06-Jul-11 | - | - | - | 15:00 | 16:30 | Room F29, Richmond Building | Elaine Smith |
| NSIN110706 | New Staff Induction | 06-Jul-11 | - | - | - | 09:30 | 13.00 | To be confirmed | Staff Development and guest speakers |
| PP-ESS 1102 | PowerPoint 2007 Essentials | 07-Jul-11 | 08-Jul-11 | 14-Jul-11 | 15-Jul-11 | 09:30 | 12:30 | Room F29, Richmond Building | Cath Rose, Elaine Smith |
| UNGV110708 | University Governance | 08-Jul-11 | - | - | - | 10:00 | 12:00 | To be confirmed | Adrian Pearce |
| MM8-1 1102 | Meeting Maker Intro | 11-Jul-11 | - | - | - | 13:30 | 16:30 | Room F29, Richmond Building | Cath Rose, Elaine Smith |
| ECDL-W 1128 | ECDL / ITQ Workshop | 12-Jul-11 | - | - | - | 09:30 | 11:00 | Room F29, Richmond Building | Elaine Smith |
| ECDL 1114 | ECDL Tests | 12-Jul-11 | - | - | - | 11:00 | 12:00 | Room F29, Richmond Building | Elaine Smith |
| WEB-CMSM110714 | Using Site Manager for Moderators | 14-Jul-11 | - | - | - | 13:30 | 16:30 | Room F29, Richmond Building | Jacqueline Cuthbert |
| ECDL-W 1129 | ECDL / ITQ Workshop | 20-Jul-11 | - | - | - | 09:30 | 11:00 | Room F29, Richmond Building | Elaine Smith |
| EVAC110720 | Evac+Chair Training | 20-Jul-11 | - | - | - | 09:30 | 12:30 | To be announced | Steve Wiggins |
| UIT2.5 1115 | NVQ IT Workshop | 21-Jul-11 | - | - | - | 13:30 | 16:30 | Room F29, Richmond Building | Cath Rose |
| AC-ADV 1101 | Access 2007 Advanced | 21-Jul-11 | 22-Jul-11 | 28-Jul-11 | 29-Jul-11 | 09:30 | 12:30 | Room F29, Richmond Building | Cath Rose, Elaine Smith |
| WEB-CMSM110726 | Using Site Manager for Moderators | 26-Jul-11 | - | - | - | 13:30 | 16:30 | Room F29, Richmond Building | Jacqueline Cuthbert |
| EMWT110727 | Emergency Warden Training | 27-Jul-11 | - | - | - | 09:30 | 11:30 | D1, Richmond Building | Steve Wiggins |
| ECDL-W 1130 | ECDL / ITQ Workshop | 28-Jul-11 | - | - | - | 13:30 | 15:00 | Room F29, Richmond Building | Elaine Smith |
| ECDL 1115 | ECDL Tests | 28-Jul-11 | - | - | - | 15:00 | 16:00 | Room F29, Richmond Building | Elaine Smith |
Born in Bradford is a study of 13,500 families with new babies in Bradford. As the babies in the study grow it will be possible to identify those things that help them stay healthy and those things that are challenges to good health. Knowing these things will help to improve health in the city.
With infant mortality (deaths in the first year of life) greatly higher in Bradford than the average for the country as a whole it is essential for our communities to understand why and use what we learn to help plan ways to improve health for people in Bradford and elsewhere.
This lecture will take place on Wednesday 29 June from 6pm-7.30pm at the JSB Lecture Theatre, Richmond Building, University of Bradford.
Please book your place by emailing community@bradford.ac.uk or calling 01274 236772. Please note that places are free, but are limited.
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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