Archive for November 2009
Bath student wins one of 12 national STAR Awards
20 November 2009
James Gower, undergraduate Mathematics student, has been presented with a STAR Award
which recognises individual achievement in the development of employability in spite of disability. Only 12 awards are available nationally and James is the first Bath student to win an award.
Take part in a table-top counter-terrorism exercise
20 November 2009
Avon and Somerset Police and the University of Bath have joined forces to offer employers and staff of bar and restaurants in Bath the chance to participate in an interactive counter-terrorism tabletop exercise.
Kevin McCloud visits Uni’s very own grand design
20 November 2009
Grand Designs presenter and property developer Kevin McCloud visited the University yesterday to officially open the BaleHaus@Bath, a house built of straw and hemp panels as part of a research project to assess the performance of these low carbon building materials.
Launch of Postgraduate Governance Research Network
20 November 2009
The Postgraduate Governance Research Network, an international web-based network for research students and early career researchers, has been founded by research students in the Department of Social & Policy Sciences.
The sound of science: using acoustics in space and under water
20 November 2009
Visiting Professor Jacques-Yves Guigné described how technology used to survey the ocean floor is now being used on the International Space Station, in a seminar organised by the Institute for Sustainable Energy & the Environment (I-SEE) on Tuesday 17 November.
Uni celebrates another gold Bath in Bloom award
19 November 2009
The University has won another award in the annual Bath in Bloom competition; the award this year is a Gold Award in the Community Groups category. The four areas that were judged were the Arrivals Square and herbaceous border, lakeside plantings, the new Woodland Court student residences and the Japanese Garden Courtyard.
Submissions are being taken for the David Parkin Professorship
19 November 2009
Submissions are being taken for the David Parkin Professorship.The deadline for Heads of Departments to put forward one nomination to their Dean/Head of School is Friday 22 January, 2010.
Third call for bids to CPD Development Fund
18 November 2009
Established in October 2008, the fund seeks to encourage University staff to work with external employers to investigate and develop CPD opportunities which meet the needs of their staff. So far 16 bids have been funded and the CPD Support & Development Office is now inviting further proposals. Deadline – 15 January 2010.
Low carbon straw house passes fire test
18 November 2009
BaleHaus@Bath – built of pre-fabricated straw-bale and hemp panels – has fire resistance as good as houses built of conventional building materials according to new research.
Local pupils put their robot designs to the test
18 November 2009
Teams of pupils from across the South-West will be entering robots they have built in class into an international robotics contest, in Bristol on Wednesday 25 and Thursday 26 November.
Order your University of Bath Christmas cards
18 November 2009
Please place your orders for University of Bath Christmas cards by Friday 20 November for delivery week beginning 30 November.
Students: Give feedback on your work experience
18 November 2009
Do we know what you did last summer? Tell us about the work you did this summer for our work experience feedback scheme. Please download the form, fill it in and email it back to careers@bath.ac.uk using your University of Bath email account.
Bath Professors discuss EU Grand Strategy in Brussels
17 November 2009
Professor Adrian Hyde-Price and Jean Monnet Professor Jolyon Howorth (ESML) discussed at a recent conference in Brussels whether or not EU member states needed to define a ‘grand strategy’ to give greater coherence to their actions and aims.
UBSA Christmas shopping trip to London
17 November 2009
UBSA is organising a shopping trip to London on 5 December. This trip is open to all staff, students and family & friends from outside the University.
Launch of postgraduate governance research network
17 November 2009
The Department of Social & Policy Sciences has launched the Postgraduate Governance Research Network, an international web-based network for research students and early career researchers, founded and run by research students. With a focus on empirical public policy research, the network aims to provide a forum for debates about ideas, questions and problems relating to public policy governance and to stimulate thinking about how governance can be applied as a conceptual tool to develop critical perspectives on society, power, and public policy.
Vice-Chancellor visits student shop
17 November 2009
The Vice-Chancellor Professor Glynis Breakwell got a taste of the University’s entrepreneurs today when she visited the student shop in Bath yesterday (Monday 16 November).
International Office holds first international agents’ fair
17 November 2009
The International Office is holding the first Agents’ Conference 25-27 November 2009 for 27 of its overseas educational agents and representatives from 16 different countries.
Winter Award Ceremonies – a message from the Events & Ceremonies Office
17 November 2009
If you would like to take part in the processions for the Winter Graduation ceremonies on 15 & 16 December, please fill in and return your procession form by 27 November.
Maximise your sales via the web
16 November 2009
The University is offering an interactive workshop ‘How to build a successful online business’ next Thursday (26 November) at Carpenter House in Bath city centre
Bath academic advises top Italian Diplomats
16 November 2009
Dr Scott Thomas, Department of European Studies & Modern Languages, has just returned from Italy after speaking at a national conference on international relations and religion.