Archive for March 2009
Website for student digs abroad wins business plan competition
20 March 2009
A novel idea of helping UK students find accommodation abroad has won this year’s student business plan competition run by the University of Bath.
New poetry evening: the poems of Michael Longley
20 March 2009
The poems of Michael Longley, one of Ireland’s most significant contemporary poets, will be read and discussed at an evening event in Bath on Wednesday 25 March.
Bath academic receives award at the Mumbai World Conference on Tobacco or Health
20 March 2009
The 2009 International Award for Outstanding Use of Tobacco Industry Documents has been awarded to Anna Gilmore (Tobacco Control Research Group). The Public Health Advocacy Institute and University of California, San Francisco Center for Tobacco Control Research and Education praised Dr Gilmore’s significant and well-recognised contribution to public health through the use of internal tobacco industry documents.
Schinazi International Exchange Programme (SIEP) with Emory University
20 March 2009
The Raymond F. Schinazi International Exchange Programme (SIEP), funded for five years, will begin in the 2009-10 academic year to support a faculty and postdoctoral exchange programme between Emory University and the University of Bath, to further research and education in key areas of scientific excellence. Applications by 19 June 2009.
Spring into Fitness – New group exercise timetable
19 March 2009
Following the success of the Group Exercise schedule and feedback from customers, the Sports Training Village has revamped its schedule with many exciting additions. The new programme will start on Monday 23 March.
Important new University procedure on defining employment status
19 March 2009
The departments of Finance and Human Resources are launching a new policy to help departments make the right engagement decisions when deciding on when an individual is an employee or a non-employee.
Graduate named Young Woman Engineer of the Year
19 March 2009
Bath graduate Bijal Thakore (Aerospace Engineering, 2005) was the winner of the Women’s Engineering Society (WES) prize for her service in the engineering sector at a recent prestigious award ceremony.
Students take on 900-mile hitchhike challenge to raise money for African children
19 March 2009
Students Peter Markowski and Mark Bond are embarking on a charity hitchhike to Prague on 30 March to raise money for African children.
Making the news
19 March 2009
Visitors to our website will notice some changes to the news pages. This is a result of the launch of a new publishing system which went live yesterday.
University researchers to develop coatings that kill superbugs
19 March 2009
Researchers from Chemistry and Biology & Biochemistry are to be part of a €3 million Europe-wide research collaboration to pioneer research into safer, more effective anti-bacterial plastics and coatings that can be used in items such as food packaging, medical devices to wound dressings, and nappies.
The University is saddened to announce the death of Joshua Carter
19 March 2009
The University is saddened to announce the death of Joshua Carter, a second year BSc (Hons) Mathematics and Statistics undergraduate.
First Bus to terminate 20A/C bus service in May
18 March 2009
First Bus will stop running the 20A/C bus service on Sunday 10 May 2009 as part of cuts across First’s network in the west. The University is hopeful that a replacement will be found, and is working with the Students’ Union and B&NES Council to ensure that appropriate services are available to staff and students on the 20A/C route.
Visiting Professor wins Prince Philip Designers’ Prize
18 March 2009
Max Fordham, a Visiting Professor in the Department of Architecture & Civil Engineering, has been awarded the prestigious Prince Philip Designers’ Prize 2008.
Public lecture: how great entrepreneurs rise from recessions
18 March 2009
How great entrepreneurs rise from recessions will be discussed by leading businessman David C W Rogers at a free public lecture on Thursday 26 March. It will be chaired by Professor Richard Elliott, Dean of the School of Management, in Lecture Theatre 3 West North 2.1 at 5.15pm. There will be an exhibition of the University’s enterprise work in the foyer of the lecture theatre from 4.30pm.
Team Bath netballers face Lightning in play-off
17 March 2009
Team Bath netballers beat defending Co-operative Superleague champions Mavericks 55-46 last Monday to maintain their 100 per cent record for the regular season and set-up a home play-off against Loughborough Lightning on Monday (23 March). Tickets are available for the game.
Judo players excel at BUCS Championships
17 March 2009
The University of Bath judo squad achieved their best results yet at the British Universities and Colleges Sport (BUCS) Championships winning both the men’s and women’s team titles, both regional titles and a huge haul of individual medals: 35 gold, four silver and seven bronze medals.
Strict labour market regulation increases global unemployment, study shows
17 March 2009
A study by Horst Feldmann (Economics & International Development) has shown that unemployment is increased in countries that have stringent labour market regulations. The research also suggests that the UK’s fairly flexible labour market regulation is likely to strengthen the economy’s resilience to weather the current global financial crisis.
Stem cell scientist to run workshops at the Indian Institute of Science
16 March 2009
Vasanta Subramanian (Biology & Biochemistry) is returning to the institute where she did her PhD studies to share her expertise in stem cell research by coordinating a number of workshops for postdoctoral students at the Indian Institute of Science in Bangalore.
Local children see science come to life
13 March 2009
Over 700 local school pupils were inspired by science, today, as Bath Taps into Science began at the University (Friday 13 March). Twenty different primary and secondary schools from Bath and the surrounding area came to enjoy the hands-on science fun, having a go at understanding why things work as they do. Families and shoppers can enjoy the fair’s second day at Bath’s Green Park Station on Saturday 14 March (10am to 4pm).
Public lecture: DNA nanotechnology
13 March 2009
Professor Andrew Turberfield, from the University of Oxford, will present a public lecture on DNA nanotechnology on Wednesday 18 March at 4.15pm in the University Hall.