Archive for April 2012
Money, power & competition
19 April 2012
Entrepreneur Margaret Heffernan will take a fresh look at money, power and competition in a free public lecture at the University on Wednesday 23 May.
Death of Professor J. Grant Buchanan
19 April 2012
Professor J. Grant Buchanan died on Tuesday morning, at the age of 85, following a short stay in Dorothy House. The funeral will be at Haycombe Crematorium on Monday 23 April at 3.15pm. The family request no flowers, but suggest that donations may be sent to Dorothy House Hospice.
Bath students scoop awards at Lovelace Colloquium
18 April 2012
Our undergraduate Computer Science students scooped a number of awards at the annual national Lovelace Colloquium last week.
Be the best student traders at Spitalfields!
17 April 2012
Bath’s student shop competition is going national! If you think you can be part of a winning Bath team to run a successful stall at London’s world famous Spitalfields market, then the Uni Pop Shop competition is for you.
Professor Paul Salkovskis discusses phobia treatments on BBC Radio 4
16 April 2012
Professor Paul Salkovskis from the Department of Psychology has taken part in a BBC Radio 4 programme which looks at treatment for phobias.
Research in the World lecture series: Nominate a speaker
13 April 2012
For this open lecture series, we invite eminent and inspiring speakers to address current major global issues and challenges that resonate with key areas of our research and scholarship. Please send your suggestions for speakers for the next academic year to Jane Millar, Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Research) as soon as possible.
Olympic Torch’s journey through Bath to start on campus
13 April 2012
The Olympic Flame will begin the Bath leg of its journey on campus: Starting from outside the East building, the flame will be carried past the Sports Training Village and along Norwood Avenue before turning right on to Claverton Down Road towards the city centre. Details of road closures and changes to bus routes will be published shortly.
Tim Bilham awarded honorary position by Severn Postgraduate Deanery
12 April 2012
Tim Bilham, Director of Studies for the MSc in Primary Care in the Department for Health, has been appointed to an honorary position of Associate Postgraduate Dean within the School of Primary Care of the Severn Postgraduate Deanery. Tim said: “The Severn School of Primary Care is consistently ranked as one of the top GP training schemes nationally in terms of the calibre of its intake and in the results of its trainees. The MSc in Primary Care is designed to enable high performing GPs to extend their expertise intellectually and practically and apply it to the rapidly evolving primary care environment.”
Prestigious civil engineering awards for ACE professor & graduate
12 April 2012
Professor Doug King (Department of Architecture & Civil Engineering) has won the New Civil Engineer/Association for Consultancy & Engineering Outstanding Achievement Award for 2012 for his contribution to sustainable building design. At the same ceremony Phil Anthony Moutousamy, who graduated in 2008 with a first class MEng in Civil & Architectural Engineering, was named the 2012 NCE/ACE Young Consultant of the Year. Congratulations to both!
Psychology student to lobby parliament for type 1 diabetes research funding
12 April 2012
Final year pyschology student Elizabeth Sheils is going to Westminster to lobby parliament for more funds to find a cure for type 1 diabetes.
IT Purchasing Shop moving on to University e-Marketplace
12 April 2012
From Monday 23 April ordering from the IT Purchasing Shop on Agresso is moving on to the University e-Marketplace. The process of getting orders to the IT Purchasing Shop will not change, only how you populate the requisition.
Biology PhD student wins Panton Fellowship to promote open data in science
11 April 2012
Ross Mounce, a third year PhD postgrad studying the impact of fossils in phylogenetics, has been awarded a Panton Fellowship. The fellowships are a new initiative to support scientists who promote open access to data.
Bath Enterprise: student shop film
05 April 2012
Watch our film Watch this film about what happens front of house and behind the scenes at the annual BANTER Students Shop. We will be running a competition at Spitalfields in June when the six univeristies in the SetSquared partnership will go head to head as they open their own market stalls.
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council investment update
05 April 2012
EPSRC announce their planned investment for the majority of their research portfolio between April 2012 and March 2013, including changes to their peer review and how the Research Development & Collaborations Team within RDSO can help you.
Researcher internationally recognised for outstanding work in tobacco control
05 April 2012
Silvy Peeters, a member of the Tobacco Control Research Group within the Department for Health, was presented with a Young Investigator Award at the closing ceremony of the 15th World Conference on Tobacco or Health (WCTOH) in Singapore.
University launches new Public Engagement Unit
05 April 2012
We have been awarded £300,000 to set up a new Public Engagement Unit to help us promote our research. The award from Research Councils UK will fund projects including: training staff in aspects of public engagement; setting up a new website; and hosting an awards ceremony to reward staff involved in public engagement activities.
Computing event opens doors to school girls
04 April 2012
We are holding an event aimed at increasing female participation in computer sciences, and are opening its doors to members of the community for the first time.
Bereavement research gets almost half a million in funding
03 April 2012
Professor Tony Walter and Dr Christine Valentine have been awarded £451,000 to study families who have lost loved ones through alcohol and drug misuse.
Welcome to Tim Kaner, our new Director of Marketing & Communications
02 April 2012
Tim Kaner, a former Marketing Director at Sony Europe, has been appointed as the University’s new Director of Marketing & Communications and will take up his new appointment on 11 April 2012.