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Next editions Next editions and entries to the briefing General University notices Christmas Pay Dates, December 2006 Items for the internal home page LSS Wireless RoamNet information Ecoversity Update and Fair Trade Fiesta - further details Cash/petty cash requirements - news from Finance Job Vacancies Advertising Deadlines Counselling Service Bradford Dementia Group Study Day News from the Sports Centre Thank you - SSIS Coffee Morning Retirement at Christmas Reminders Community Engagement Events Christmas Lunches in the refectory Trip for all staff - Lincoln Christmas Market (a few places still available) Training and Development Opportunities for Staff Staff Training Opportunities Arts on Campus Art and Archives - An anniversary celebration (Gallery II) Good Grief Connie, It’s Christmas! Christmas Sing Lectures, seminars and newsletters Research Bulletin Bradford Engineering Quality Improvement Centre's Seminar Series - update of time A Rough Guide To Musical Theatre Part One: 1728-1943 Special Collections News Royal Institute of Philosophy Seminar Job Vacancies at the University

Next editions and entries to the briefing

• Tuesday 19 December (last one before Christmas)
• Monday 8 January 2007

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

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General University notices

Christmas Pay Dates, December 2006

Please be advised of the following payment dates for the month of December.

Weekly Paid Staff

• Week 37 - week ending 17/12/06 Pay date: 21/12/06
• Week 38 - week ending 24/12/06 Pay date: 28/12/06
• Week 39 - week ending 31/12/06 Pay date: 04/01/07

4 Weekly Paid Staff

• Period Ending - 31/12/06
• Pay Date - 28/12/06

Monthly Paid Staff (including Part-Time Hourly Paid)

• Period Ending - 31/12/06
• Pay Date - 29/12/06

Comments and queries to Stuart Preston, Payroll and Pension Manager at: s.preston@bradford.ac.uk

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Items for the internal home page

If staff would like to include a news item to go on the University's internal Web pages, please request this via ICT ServiceDesk (ictservicedesk@bradford.ac.uk, ext: 3333), remembering to submit

1. a heading
2. a short explanatory line, and
3. a hyperlink to a relevant Web page.

Please note that inclusions will be at the discretion of the Web Administrator and that items may not necessarily appear on the main Welcome page.

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LSS Wireless RoamNet information

LSS would like to remind all that, due to the nature of wireless networks, it is not possible for us to control what wireless basestations may be available on or near campus. It may be a computer discovers, and attempts to connect to, a wireless network that is not genuine RoamNet. Before typing in a username and password to any web page some attention should be paid to the server certificate which can usually be spotted by clicking on the locked padlock symbol in the web browser. The genuine University of Bradford RoamNet certificate is verified by GlobalSign. For enhanced security it is recommended to use Wired RoamNet.

Locations for Wired and Wireless RoamNet can be found by browsing to http://www.roamnet.brad.ac.uk/ and clicking on the link entitled "Where to find RoamNet".

In the meantime if you are setting up a wireless network, or thinking about doing so, you are reminded the University has a Wireless Networking Policy which can be found at http://www.brad.ac.uk/lss/regulations/policy/wireless.php

Basically the policy says don't set up any wireless basestations without consulting LSS first. Its aim is to make sure whatever is set up works reliably and securely to the satisfaction of all interested parties.

If you have any questions please contact ictservicedesk@bradford.ac.uk

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Ecoversity Update and Fair Trade Fiesta

Monday 11th December 2006, 1pm till 4pm, Norcroft Conference Centre

Drop in to this event for an update on the University Ecoversity Project and catch up on some of the activities and achievements over the last year. There will be short presentations during the course of the afternoon and displays and stalls from internal projects and external partners such as Yorkshire Water, Metro and Bradford Community Environment Project.

Nick Andrew, Programme Sponsor for the Ecoversity, will be introducing the presentations as follows:

• 1pm - Focus on the Healthy Environment and Thriving Economy
• 2pm - Focus on Community Engagement and Social Wellbeing
• 3pm - Focus on Teaching and Learning

Followed by Coffee and mince pies to celebrate the University Status Fair Trade Certificate to be presented by the Vice-Chancellor, Chris Taylor, at 3.30pm.

All staff and students are invited to the event.

Comments and queries to Katherine Wyatt, Community Associate, at: K.J.Wyatt@Bradford.ac.uk

http://www.brad.ac.uk/ecoversity/ecofair.php

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Cash/petty cash requirements - news from Finance

From time to time, most departments require cash to enable them to function and there are over eighty departments within the University that hold a Petty Cash float. The Inland Revenue govern this type of expenditure to ensure that it is an 'allowable business expense'. The list is endless, but generally they allow items to be purchased such as hospitality tea and coffee and ad-hoc stationery items that may not be available through the usual channels. I will be contacting all petty cash holders to make sure that their float is still required and that the level of their float is correct to their requirements.

In addition, and quite separately, departments and schools may require Cash Advances to enable them to arrange and fund a specific function. These could include Degree Day Celebrations, Summer Schools and small one-off payments to volunteers for research purposes.

With immediate effect, we are introducing a new, more formal way of dealing with requests for Cash Advances. This will help us comply with Audit Requirements and enable us to assess exactly how much cash is out in the departments at any one time.

You will complete a form, have it authorised and send it the Cashiers Office at least 3 days prior to the date the cash is required (please note, if this is impossible we will always try and accommodate your requirements). On the form, it will be necessary to estimate the date on which you should be able to provide receipts (or proof of expenditure) for cash spent and return any unused cash.

In the past, some departments simply rolled forward any unused cash, but the new procedure will require surplus cash to be repaid. I know things are very busy but we will contact you regarding any outstanding Advances that become overdue. Under normal circumstances, just one Cash Advance per Department will remain outstanding at any one time.

• Cash order/request form - excel sheet, will open in a new window

For further information, please contact Jill Miller on ext: 3123.

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Job Vacancies Advertising Deadlines

The deadline for advertising of approved vacancies before the Christmas vacation is Wednesday 6 December, and all information should have been received in Personnel by this date.

The last Jobs@bradford circulation will be sent on Tuesday 12 December and deadlines for vacancies advertised in this publication will be Friday 5 January. The following Jobs@bradford circulation will be sent on Tuesday 9 January.

For more information please contact Alexa Copley on ext 6016 or your normal Personnel contact.

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Counselling Service

Are your students stressed by exams! Help is at hand.

Back by popular demand. The EXAM STRESS GROUP. This 2 session group is on December 6th and January 10th from 12.15pm to 1.45pm in the students' union boardroom.

To secure a place call in at the Counselling Service Reception, Communal Building, tel ext: 5750,or email counselling@bradford.ac.uk or book online at http://www.brad.ac.uk/admin/counselling/exams/

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Bradford Dementia Group Study Day

On 10 January Bradford Dementia Group will be hosting a study day on ‘Ethical issues in dementia care’ facilitated by Dr Clive Baldwin at the School of Health Studies.

For further information please ring 3996.

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News from the Sports Centre

New Lane Swimming sessions Tuesdays & Thursdays 12.30 - 1.30 in the Sports Centre Swimming Pool.

Christmas opening times - Word doc, will open in a new window

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Thank you - SSIS Coffee Morning

We'd like to say a very big thank you to everyone who supported the SSIS coffee morning in memory of Cathy Chapman.

Thanks to everyone's generosity we have approximately £600 with more money promised. It's not too late if anyone wants to donate money or buy handmade cards which are in BCID.

Julie Perrins, Marketing & Recruitment Officer
School of Social & International Studies
Tel: 3983
Email: j.a.perrins@bradford.ac.uk

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Retirement at Christmas

As some of you may already know, I am retiring at Christmas after 9 years service with the University. I would like to invite friends/colleagues to a farewell ‘get together’ on Thursday 14 December between 12 - 2 pm in the Common Room (F Floor, Richmond Building).

For catering purposes it would assist if you would please let me know if you are able to come along.

Kind regards,

Vera

Vera Long
Ext: 6211
email: v.e.long@bradford.ac.uk

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Reminders

Community Engagement Events

Tuesday 12 December, 4.00 - 5.30pm, Board Room, Richmond Building:
Wellbeing and Community Engagement - what’s it all about?
How can Wellbeing connect local communities with your work - adding interest and relevance, enriching the student experience and benefiting everyone? Find out more about how you’re (probably!) already doing this and how we can help you to develop it.

Wednesday 13 December, 4.00 - 5.30pm, Sanderson Room, Richmond Building:
Cohesion and Community Engagement - what does it mean?
Cohesion can be a controversial and confusing term which means different things to different people - so what does it mean in this HEI context? If you’re interested in issues of equality, diversity and how people get on with each other, then book your place.

To reserve a place on the 12 and 13 December events, please contact the Short Course Unit on ext 3217/3213 or email: scu@bradford.ac.uk

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Christmas Lunches in the Refectory

As the Staff Refectory is no longer (it is now offices) Christmas lunches will be offered from Monday 11th until Thursday 14th December in the main refectory. This will be done as a counter service like a normal day. No booking is needed.

Further details from Catering on ext: 4901, or email: catering@bradford.ac.uk

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Trip for all staff - Lincoln Christmas Market (a few places still available)

Bradford University Staff Association (formerly the OSA) are running a trip to Lincoln Christmas market to which all staff are invited.

Date: Sunday 10th December
Destination: Lincoln Christmas Market
Departure time: 8:30am
Depart Lincoln: 6.20pm
Return Bradford: 8pm

Cost £10 members, £12 non-members; this price includes coach, entrance into the Christmas market is free.

Contact Susan Schmassmann ASAP at: S.M.Schmassmann@Bradford.ac.uk for further details and to book.

Also see: http://www.brad.ac.uk/admin/busta/f-events.htm for a link to the market website.

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Training and Development Opportunities for Staff

Staff Training Opportunities

Arts on Campus

Art and Archives - An anniversary celebration (Gallery II)

Friday 1 December 2006 - Friday 19 January 2007
Free

The University of Bradford celebrates its 40th anniversary in 2006. During the year, a varied and lively programme of events has been held to enable the University's friends and contacts to share our past and look to our future.

This exhibition aims to show visitors some of the rich visual legacy of these 40 years. In particular, the display will celebrate the role of Professor Ted Edwards, the University’s first Vice-Chancellor, in creating the unique ethos of the University: the practical application of knowledge to human welfare.

The University recently received his Archive, and the exhibition will feature images from this and the other historic collections of rare books and archives, along with selections from the University's collection of paintings and other artworks. The exhibition is produced by Special Collections, based in the J.B. Priestley Library at the University, which cares for over 100 collections of archives and rare books, including the J.B. Priestley Archive, the history of the University, Bradford, Yorkshire Dales, archaeology, peace studies and much more.

http://www.brad.ac.uk/gallery/archives.php

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Good Grief Connie, It’s Christmas!

Friday 8th December | 7.30pm
Tickets £4.50/£3

Following the success of "Good Grief Connie, It’s Amazing!" BUTG bring you the festive alternative of "Good Grief Connie, It’s Christmas!"

Come along to the wonderful Christmas cabaret, showcasing established and new material. In addition there will be fun games designed to rid the audience of their hard-earned cash in the name of winning prizes whilst at the same time fundraising for charity.

There will be singing, dancing, acting and loads of fun - including audience participation! How could you miss it?

All ticket sales money and money raised on the night will go be split between the BUTG coffers for projects next year and the Born in Bradford Project. Born in Bradford is a ground-breaking project, designed to improve the health of children - both now and in the future.

Come and join us. Giving money has never been so much fun!

Tickets on ext: 3200, email: theatre@bradford.ac.uk

http://www.brad.ac.uk/theatre/

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Christmas Sing

Thursday 14 December | 12.30pm

University Choir, BUSOM & Brass Group
Richmond Atrium | FREE

Seasonal Carols and Christmas music accompanied by the University Brass Group. Join us to sing your favourite carol and enjoy a nibble on a mince pie or two!

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Lectures, seminars and newsletters

Research Bulletin

The next edition of the Research Bulletin has now been published on the website at: http://www.brad.ac.uk/rkts/researchsupp.php?content=researchbulletins

Included in this issue:

• Research Showcase Competition
• Changes to EPSRC First Grant Scheme from November 2006
• AHRC/ESRC Religion and Society Research Programme
• AHRC Knowledge Transfer Fellowship Scheme
• Joseph Rowntree Foundation - Elders and Carers in Bradford - their perspectives, aspirations and experiences of care and support
• ESRC Research Grants Scheme
• Researchers in Residence (RinR)
• EPSRC
  • IDEAS Factory 2007 Call for IDEAS Topics
  • Challenging Engineering
  • Bioprocess Research Industry Club (BRIC)
• Details of Applying for a personal account with ResearchResearch.com; joining the UKRO mailing list and subscribing to the ub-research mailing list at the University

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Bradford Engineering Quality Improvement Centre's Seminar Series - update of time

Continuing the Bradford Engineering Quality Improvement Centre's Seminar Series, Jim McDonald, Director of European Commodity Business Planning and Commonality, Ford Motor Company, will give a talk on "An automotive perspective on efficient product creation processes across multiple brands", commencing 5.30pm on Monday 4th December in The John Stanley Bell Lecture Theatre.

The automotive market environment, its product creation challenges and strategic solutions will be considered in what promises to be an informative discussion.

Flyer and details at: http://www.eng.brad.ac.uk/eqi/news/

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A Rough Guide To Musical Theatre Part One: 1728-1943

Thursday 14th December: 7.30pm
Barn Lecture Theatre (D01.27: Horton Building)

£3 Full / £2 Students (Tickets on the door)

Bradford University Society of Operetta & Musicals (BUSOM) veteran Richard Lee discusses key moments in the development of Musical Theatre supported by the BUSOM singers performing songs from across the period.

Details at: http://www.ubu.brad.ac.uk/socs/busom

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Special Collections News

Special Collections e-newsletter Issue 6 Nov 2006 now online, including 40th anniversary exhibitions on campus: The University in pictures and Celebrating Ted Edwards (our first Vice-Chancellor).

Plus Picturing Priestley; new collections on peace studies, Bradford history and images of the Yorkshire Dales; meet the Foam Family.

http://www.brad.ac.uk/library/special/newsletters.php

Alison Cullingford
Ext: 5256
Email: a.cullingford@bradford.ac.uk

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Royal Institute of Philosophy Seminar

Wednesday December 6, 2006, 16.00 -18.00 in
Richmond WB22a

Speaker Donald Gillies, "The Problem of Discovery from Plato’s Meno to Pasteur and Fleming".

Full details at: http://www.brad.ac.uk/acad/ihs/seminar/royal_institute/

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Job Vacancies at the University

Current vacancies at the University 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.

If you would like to receive the weekly vacancy bulletin by either e-mail or a paper copy please email Alexa Copley at a.copley@bradford.ac.uk

All queries should be directed to Personnel: ext: 5347, email: personnel@bradford.ac.uk

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