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213 Next editions and entries to the briefing
- Monday 6 June
- Monday 13 June
- Monday 20 June
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
40th Anniversary Celebrations in 2006
The University will be 40 years old next year and to celebrate this landmark we will be holding a full programme of events for students, staff (past and present), graduates and the wider community.
We would be grateful for suggestions from staff and students to ensure we have an exciting and varied calendar.
Ideas so far have included holding a Fundraising Ball, a University Open Weekend, BBQ's, quizzes, sports/exhibitions and a live music event on the amphitheatre.
Suggestions should be sent to June Kronbachs, Events and Alumni Manager, Marketing and Corporate Communications or email j.kronbachs@bradford.ac.uk before the end of June 2005.
The JobShop has moved!
We have a new, larger office just inside Career Development Services in the Communal Building. Andrea Balderson, the JobShop Co-ordinator, has now left the JobShop to take up a new post in Personnel but Cheryl Holdsworth and Nicola Crowther are still available to assist with your casual staffing needs.
If you are looking for help over the summer please let us know as soon as possible.
You can still reach us on ext 5506/4992 or email JobShop@bradford.ac.uk. Or why not pop over and see our great new office!
News from the Press Office - Press Cuttings Digest
As you may be aware, the University's press office currently provides a press cuttings service where copies of all newspaper, journal and online cuttings are distributed to 'key figures' and individuals around the organisation.
Firstly, the labour-intensiveness of this service is causing valuable resources within the press office to be diverted from more meaningful and proactive work. Secondly, we are aware that readership of our press cuttings is low once they have been sent out. Therefore, in an effort to improve this service and to fruitlessly stop pushing large amounts of paper around the organisation, we would like to make some new proposals which will see the marketing/recruitment manager for each academic school, more involved in this service.
We propose, as of 1 June 2005, to:
- Stop sending press cuttings to Deans, Heads of Department and individuals named in the copy
- Instead, send a report to Marketing and Recruitment managers based within each school once a month, detailing the previous month's press activity
This report will detail:
- The headline of the article
- A paragraph summary of the article
- The name of the publication in which it appeared
- The date and, where possible, the page number it appeared on
- Whether there was a picture used
- Names of individuals used in the copy
This report is designed to make the press cuttings service a more demand-focussed entity. Once you receive your copy on e-mail, on say 1 June 2005 detailing the press activity we have received for May 2005, you can then send it to staff across your schools for them to read at their leisure.
Any requests for press cuttings you or your staff wish to receive can be directed to the contact named in the report (Emma Banks, Deputy Press Officer) who will deal with them accordingly.
We feel this approach will not only help focus our resources on more profitable areas of work, it will help you to keep abreast of all generated copy for your school and help reduce organisational wastage in terms of officer time and paper.
To help you digest this new information, a sample press cuttings report is below.
Sample
Press Cuttings Report 
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We would welcome your feedback on these proposals.
Many thanks
Oliver Tipper
Press Officer, o.tipper@bradford.ac.uk,
ext: 3084.
Catering Services - questionnaire
Catering have a new online questionnaire for staff and students to fill in to help them improve their service to staff, students and visitors.
They hope as many staff and students as possible will fill it in.
Visit: http://www.brad.ac.uk/admin/catering/catering-questionnaire.htm
Trip for International Students
The International Students Society are having a day out to Lake Windermere on Saturday June 11th.
Cost: £10.00 per person
Leave University of Bradford - 8.00am
Depart: Windermere - 5pm
If students would like to go, they need to pay their your money at the Sports and Societies office in the Communal Building, Students' Union before Friday 3rd June.
Please pass on to your international students.
Health and Safety Services - website
The Health and Safety Services website has information about the new fire alarm/corridor refurbishment in Richmond Building and interim arrangements which may be necessary during the alterations.
There is also information about :
- The Wearing of Respiratory Protection
- IOSH - Managing Safety Course 5th ,6th,12th &13th of September 2005
- Machinery Risk Assessment form
Visit: http://www.brad.ac.uk/admin/safety/
John Davies, Fire Safety Officer, ext: 5764, email: j.h.davies1@bradford.ac.uk
Sports Centre news
For the attention of all members and all staff in general:
As of today Monday 23 May, the gym in the Sports Centre has been updated with 5 new Treadmills and 1 Crosstrainer now installed.
Come along and have a look!
Exploring Workplace Inequality: A Capabilities Approach
4.00pm, 1 June 2005
Ambler Room, Heaton Mount, School of Management
Speaker: Dr Cornelius, Brunel University
You are invited to this Research Seminar being held at the School of Management.
Dr Cornelius is a leading scholar at Brunel University in the area of diversity and equal opportunities. She has worked on a range of high profile projects on various organisations and has written one of the leading HRM text books.
Please contact the Research Office on ext 4323 (k.a.cousens@bradford.ac.uk) for further details.
Web authoring courses in June
CSS for Layout - 15 June 2005
http://staffdev.bradfordcollege.ac.uk/cgi-bin/staffdev/enduser_course.pl?event_id=547
FTP and .htaccess – 22 June 2005
http://staffdev.bradfordcollege.ac.uk/cgi-bin/staffdev/enduser_course.pl?event_id=608
For further details of these and weekly Web workshops or to reserve a place see
http://staffdev.bradfordcollege.ac.uk/cgi-bin/staffdev/enduser_courselist.pl
Special Offer from St George's Hall
Friday 10 June 2005 at 7.30pm
One Night of Queen
Starring Gary Mullen and The Works
Special Group Offer : Groups of 8+ - £2 off top two ticket prices
This amazing show is said to be the only Queen tribute to combine the look and the sound of Freddie Mercury, Brian May, John Deacon and Roger Taylor, and capture the very essence of the showmanship and musicianship that was the hallmark of Queen live.
Singer Gary Mullen has been a lifelong Queen fan and in the year 2000 he won Stars In Their Eyes as Freddie Mercury, polling 864,838 votes. Since that time he has been selling out theatres and thrilling audiences in the UK, Ireland, Germany and New Zealand, with his portrayal of Freddie. This great live show features all the fantastic hits, including We Will Rock You, We Are The Champions, Bohemian Rhapsody, Radio Ga Ga, It's A Kind Of Magic and many more.
A guaranteed great night out for Queen fans and Rock fans alike, book now!
Tickets £10, £12.50, £14.50 Call now for the best available seats - 01274 432000
Regulars
Learning Support Seminars and Events from TQEG
Teaching Quality Information on 1 June at 1300 - 1500 in Room 01.58, JBP Library Building - Presented by Dr Chris Alder of the Teaching Quality Enhancement Group
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.
People Development Events
New Staff Induction - Monday 6 June 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=329
Performance Management (2 days) - Monday 13 & Tuesday 14 June 2005, 09.15 - 16.45 Target Audience: Any staff who manage other staff Aims to provide techniques for managing good performance, and setting targets for improving poor performance, dealing with unacceptable behaviour, including how to use disciplinary procedures and manage sickness absence.
For more information and booking: http://staffdev.bradfordcollege.ac.uk/cgi-bin/staffdev/enduser_course.pl?event_id=360
Minute Writing and Taking - Wednesday 22 June 2005, 13.30 - 16.45 Target Audience: Staff who wish to learn about the University's conventions for meeting minutes. This half-day session aims to provide you with some tips on minute taking and a framework for producing them based on the University's minute writing format.
For more information and booking: http://staffdev.bradfordcollege.ac.uk/cgi-bin/staffdev/enduser_course.pl?event_id=305
Eating Disorders - Food for Thought - Thursday 23 June 2005, 13.30 - 16.45 Target Audience: Lecturers, personal tutors, those who work closely with students, and pastoral staff. Eating disorders are increasing in the general population and are one of the main life-threatening mental illness conditions in young people. In education we are likely to come across many students who have significant difficulty in their relationship with food, which can adversely affect their ability to achieve their potential in academic work. This may also have implications on the University's standards of student achievement and retention.
For more information and booking: http://staffdev.bradfordcollege.ac.uk/cgi-bin/staffdev/enduser_course.pl?event_id=265
Research Supervision Workshop (2 days) - Thursday 23 & Friday 24 June 2005, 09.00 - 17.00 This 2-day Workshop is designed for members of academic staff, and Contract Research staff, who are new to Research Supervision. It is also for experienced colleagues who may wish to review their own practice, and offer the benefit of their experience to others.
For more information and booking: http://staffdev.bradfordcollege.ac.uk/cgi-bin/staffdev/enduser_course.pl?event_id=491
Research Bulletin
Issue 24 dated 1st June 2005 can be found on the Research Support Unit website at: http://www.brad.ac.uk/admin/rsil/Newsletter/newsletterfp.htm
Included in this issue:
- Support for Research Income from Charities
- BBSRC Grants Round
- Food Standards Agency - Working with Diverse Communities: Local Authority Good Practice
- EPSRC - Gun Crime - Taking the Heat off the Streets
- ESRC - Cognitive Systems Foresight Programme
- EPSRC - Mathematical Sciences - Small Grants Scheme
- The British Council - Franco-British Research Partnership Programme - Alliance 2006
- MRC- led LINK Programmes
- Daphne Jackson Fellowships
Arts on Campus events
Theatre in the Mill - http://www.bradford.ac.uk/theatre
Forthcoming
Show
Bradford University Theatre Group present Dennis Potter's study of misplaced nostalgia:
Blue Remembered Hills
Thursday 2, Friday 3 and Saturday 4 June at 7.30pm
Tickets £4.50/£3.00Seven children playing in the Forest of Dean are the focus for one of Potter's most remarkable pieces, originally written for television. With all the parts played by adult actors, Potter wanted to explore childhood and the loss of innocence. Were the happy, summer days of childhood really as innocent as we fondly believe, and how did that innocence end?
See: http://www.brad.ac.uk/theatre/hills.php. Book tickets on ext: 3200 or email: theatre@bradford.ac.uk
Gallery II - http://www.bradford.ac.uk/gallery
Sense of Space: two
Friday 27 May - Friday 3 June 2005 Weekdays 11am - 5pm
FreeThis exhibition marks the culmination of work by fifteen students and two tutors in the Department of Electronic Imaging and Media Communications at the University of Bradford.
Sense of Space: two, is very much a group show. As such it reflects the overall philosophy of the course and has students working in close partnership with tutors and each other to produce work specifically intended for public exhibition.
The work is often personally challenging and amounts to the concrete and expressive realisation of students' (and tutors' ) creative thinking. Much of the work stems from a detailed consideration of real urban and public spaces. It is also an investigation into the material and social nature of creativity and innovation in visual communication and design.
The exhibition is being run in conjunction with the EIMC Final Year Show taking place at the National Museum of Photography, Film & Television - see above for your invite to the show.
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
Reminders 
EIMC Final Year Show - Pictureville
The Department of Electronic Imaging and Media Communications invites all staff to a presentation of project work by final year students.
The event will be held on Friday 10 June 2005 from 10.00am - 4.00pm in Pictureville Cinema at the National Museum of Photography, Film & Television.
Further details can be found at http://www.eimc.brad.ac.uk/show2005.html
Eye Clinic Opening
The Eye Clinic is open for sight examinations until 20th May 2005.
Patients who are seen by a student qualify for 25% discount off frames.
We have morning and afternoon appointments available - ext: 4649.
Book now!
http://www.brad.ac.uk/acad/lifesci/optometry/clinics/
Buddhist meditation classes
Buddhist meditation classes are on every Wednesday from the 1 June 2005, 12.30 - 1.15, room T1.1 in the Ashfield Building.
It's free, it's relaxing and it's good for your stress levels.
All staff and students welcome.
No need to book, or commit to coming each week, just drop in Wednesday lunchtimes and relax.
Making Learning Work - annual
Conference
The fourth annual Bradford Conference on Learning, Teaching and Assessment takes place on Tuesday 7 June 2005 in The Graduate School, Richmond Building, 0930 - 1600.
The programme of presentations, workshops and discussions includes sessions on: assessment; progress files; e-learning; multimedia learning materials; student success and retention; and preparing students for employment.
There will also be a plenary session to discuss the the University's LTA (Learning, Teaching and Assessment) strategy, including the latest developments in our work on student diversity.
A buffet lunch will be provided.
For details of the final programme and the electronic booking form, please go to http://www.brad.ac.uk/acad/tqeg/sessions/conference062005.html
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