Staff Briefing - week ending 7 October 2011

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University news

• Learning & Teaching Open Forums
• Temporary closure of Unique
• News from the Career Development Service
• 100 Objects Special Collections
• Student Welfare & Support - Survey for Staff
• Bus Services Review and Prize for Car Sharers
• Book a stall in the Atrium

Works on Campus

• Closure of Richmond Building 5 & 6 November

Development opportunities, courses and workshops

• Anti-bribery act training
• Development opportunities for staff

Jobs

• Job Vacancies at the University

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• How to add an entry to the Staff Briefing

University news

Learning & Teaching Open Forums

The PVC for Learning & Teaching, Shirley Congdon, invites all staff to a series of Learning and Teaching open forums.
These are intended to keep staff up to date and examine key issues related to student retention and achievement and to share best practice.  The first session will be on 6 October 2011 from 3.00 pm to 4.00 pm in John Stanley Bell Lecture Theatre, D Floor, Richmond Building.  Others are scheduled for:

• 1.00 pm Tuesday 15 November 2011
• 2.00 pm Monday 16 January 2012
• 1.00 pm Thursday 1 March 2012
• 2.00 pm Monday 16 April 2012
• 10.00 am Wednesday 23 May 2012
• 2.00 pm Monday 2 July 2012

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Temporary closure of Unique

We apologise that because of continuing works and investigations, Unique Fitness & Lifestyle will not now re-open on Monday 10 October and will continue to be closed until further notice.  This is due to essential works needed to be taken out in line with procedures for the small traces of Legionella particles found in the water system. An update will be given week beginning 10 October.

A temporary exercise class schedule has been put in place and is available at www.bradford.ac.uk/unique/ These classes will take place in the Communal Hall at Student Central. No booking is required, places will be allocated on a first come first served basis.

Further information about Legionnaires is available on the NHS Choices website: http://www.nhs.uk/Conditions/Legionnaires-disease/Pages/Introduction.aspx If you are concerned  about your health, please contact NHS Direct on 0845 4647, or speak to your GP.

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News from the Career Development Service

In the Career Development Service there have been a number of recent staff changes. Here are the new points of contact:

• Joanne Beaumont Head of service ( J.Beaumont4@bradford.ac.uk)
• Ann Berry ( A.Berry@bradford.ac.uk ) and Emma Brown (E.Brown5@bradford.ac.uk)- information and resources including employer contacts
  

Our Opening times will be: 9am - 6pm Monday to Thursday and 9am – 4pm Friday

The service for issuing on-campus work contracts is now available: 10am-12pm Monday to Thursday and 10am-1pm Friday

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100 Objects Special Collections

No. 31 “A Sense of Mystery and Drama”. The role of Jacquetta Hawkes in the making of the Festival of Britain.
http://100objectsbradford.wordpress.com/

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Student Welfare & Support - Survey for Staff

Sara Blagbrough (Student Safety & Welfare Co-ordinator) would like to say a big thank you to all members of staff who took the time to complete the Student Welfare & Support Survey. For those members of staff who have not yet had a chance to complete it Sara would be really grateful if they could take 5 minutes out of their time to complete it - Please click on the link to access the survey: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/StudentWelfare

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Bus Services Review and Prize for Car Sharers

The Bradford bus services review is nearing the close of its consultation.  To find out if your service is effected click here - 
http://www.wymetro.com/consultation/busreview/BradfordBusServices.  
The consultation ends on 7th October and there is a web form for doing this,

To celebrate National Lift Share Week you can win £250 by joining the liftshare network - https://www.liftshare.com/uk/.  Find local car sharers at wycarshare.com or about our university car share scheme at www.bradford.ac.uk/carshare.

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Book a stall in the Atrium

Got something to say? Staff and students can now book the table and display board by the glass lift in the Atrium as an exhibition stand or information point. The space is free of charge. You can book it as an individual or to represent your staff or UBU society.

The space must be booked in advance, and you must agree to conditions of use, which we will send to you.

How to book

Booking form

Works On Campus

Closure of Richmond Building 5 & 6 November

Stage two of the fire alarm replacement scheme within Richmond Building has now been completed. Programming of the system will take place on Friday 4th of November.

In order to ensure that the system is functioning as required it will be necessary to undertake a full and thorough test to ensure everything operates as we need it to.

Therefore it will be necessary to close the building down between the hours of 0800 and 1600 on both days (i.e. Saturday and Sunday 5th and 6th of November). Should the work be completed earlier than anticipated Security will be advised that the building may be occupied at the earlier time.

Please contact Steve Wiggins (s.w.wiggins@bradford.ac.uk) with any questions.

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Development Opportunities, Courses and Workshops

Anti-bribery act training

Finance are running two training sessions on the Anti Bribery Act on Tuesday 4th October at 1pm in D3 Richmond, Wednesday 5th October 9.30am D2 Richmond

We will cover the following:

• Background and history of the bribery & corruption bill;
• Full explanation of the Act and relevant legislation;
• The risk assessment process;
• Expected due diligence requirements;
• Potential risk areas within your organisation;
• Training tailored to the needs of the organisation (taken from risk assessment);
• The open and honest environment – raising a concern;
• The monitoring and review process;
• Practical, interactive workshop sessions which will include areas of specific concern to your organisation;
• Question and answer session; and,
• Quality handouts on each session.

We have a few places left on each session if anyone would like to attend please contact Berni on x 3096 staff development or email staffdev@Bradford.ac.uk
to request a place.

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Development opportunities for staff

Staff Training Opportunities

Jobs

Job Vacancies at the University

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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