Staff Briefing

Open Day this Saturday - 5th October

Staff are invited to the next University Open day, which will take place this Saturday, 5th October.

If you have any friends or family that are thinking about University why not bring them along too.

There will be the opportunity to have a campus tour, visit the School of Management and the School of Health Studies, speak to Admissions Tutors and staff about the courses on offer, and speak to current students who are at the University.

Full details are available on the Open Day website at: www.bradford.ac.uk/openday/

Staff are also asked to add a note into their email footer for the rest of this week which reads:

Our next Open Day: 5 October
http://www.bradford.ac.uk/openday

Any extra publicity we can generate about the University will help with recruitment for the next academic year.

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Unison response to Feasibility Study - Strategic Issues for Human Resources

Unison representatives, together with representatives from all other Unions (both University and College) will be meeting with the Feasibility Study Project Team on Tuesday 1st October, to particularly discuss issues raised by the document 'Strategic Issues for Human Resources (HR)', available on the website at www.bradford.ac.uk/feasibility/.

If you are a Unison member and have any comments about the document, please email either Susan Wilson (s.wilson@bradford.ac.uk) or Linda Broadley (l.j.broadley@bradford.ac.uk) and we will make sure your views are represented.

If you are a member of another Union, I am sure your own Union representatives would be delighted to hear your views. Please don't feel constrained by the short timescale.

Tuesday's meeting is part of an ongoing negotiation process and your views would be welcome at any time.

Susan Wilson, Vice Chair
University of Bradford branch of Unison

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For departmental Secretaries and Administrators

Please could you put a notice up on your undergraduate notice board asking students to collect their student loan cheque ASAP as Student Financial and Information Services have to send them back after 28 days.

Any queries please contact Caroline Joseph on ext: 6500.

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BBC Workshop at Theatre in the Mill

Story telling and Structure

A workshop to find out the basic elements of dramatic writing, and have a go at drafting the outline of that play you've always wanted to write. Wednesday 9th October at 6 - 8pm (not 7 - 9pm as advertised).

All welcome - FREE. For further details email: bally.johal@bbc.co.uk

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ModCat 2 Release

Access to ModCat 2 will be available to colleagues in Schools from 10am on Wednesday 25th September 2002.

Before you use the new version of ModCat to enter a new module or make an amendment to an existing module, please read through the ModCat 2 guidance on the web at www.brad.ac.uk/admin/acsec/assu/modcat_users_home_page.htm.

The section at the end of the guidance comprises step by step instructions on how to use ModCat 2 to amend existing modules, create a new module or a new occurrence of an existing module and how to change the semester in which a module is delivered.

For further details see the pdf file here: www.brad.ac.uk/briefing/modcat.pdf or phone ext: 5345.

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From the School of Lifelong Education and Development

Please note that "Raising the Dough: Funding for the Voluntary Sector" (DS01) has been postponed to 14th December and the panel will now be led by Peter Tate of Bradford Council.

For further details please ring ext: 3210 and see the full list of Public Lectures at: http://www.brad.ac.uk/admin/conted/cfa/dayschools.html

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Learning Support Seminar Series

"Getting your Levels Right - Writing Module Descriptors" on 2nd October - Excellence Plus Strand.

"Widening Participation" on 7th October 2002 - Excellence Plus Strand.

"Introduction to Learning Technologies at Bradford" on 7th October 2002 - Excellence Plus Strand.

"Identifying and Auditing Key Skills" on 9th October - Excellence Plus Strand.

Further information from the pdf file: www.brad.ac.uk/acad/tqeg/Programmes/LSSProgramme02.pdf

To book a place e-mail tqe-sec@bradford.ac.uk or phone ext: 3286.

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Funds available to students 2002/03

From Student Financial and Information Services.

Details are now available of the funds available to students for the forthcoming academic year. Full details are available in pdf format from www.bradford.ac.uk/briefing/funds.pdf or contact SFIS on ext: 6504.

Please be aware of these funds and pass on to your students as necessary.

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We need laptops!

Do you have a laptop that we could use for forthcoming open days?

More and more departments are requesting PCs for use on their stands at open days and it would make life easier if departments could use laptops running off batteries rather than PCs. We would need to borrow the laptop from the day before the open day until the next working day following the open day. Great care will be taken of them and they will be locked in Security over night.

If you would be able to assist in any way please email c.s.gibbons1@bradford.ac.uk or phone ext: 6529. Many thanks.

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New Coffee Cart in the School of Health Studies

This Friday a new coffee experience is opening in the School of Health Studies Foyer (Unity Building). This service is similar to the Richmond Foyer serving quality Fair Trade speciality coffee with delicious snack items.

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Last updated: 30 September 2002
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