Archive for January 2013
Bath to receive funds from £12.9 million investment
31 January 2013
Our Centre for Sustainable Chemical Technologies is to receive £2.9 million for its project ‘Catalysis for Chemical Transformations’ led by Professor Matthew Davidson.
Health & Safety Management update
30 January 2013
Read the January edition of the monthly Health & Safety Management updates.
Great Bustard project
30 January 2013
Watch the BBC Newsround report on the University’s Great Bustard project.
Alternative methods of delivering lectures and learning activities on 4 and 5 February
29 January 2013
To ensure that appropriate examination and assessment is in place for all relevant programmes of study it has been necessary to create some regrettable disruption to the teaching programme. This message provides further detail about the implications of this for staff and students.
A circumstance for pomp at the Holburne Museum
29 January 2013
The Holburne Museum is offering free access to its latest exhibition – Painted Pomp: Art and Fashion in the Age of Shakespeare – to all University staff and students.
Vice-Chancellor’s Research Day
28 January 2013
The fourth annual Vice-Chancellor Research Day was held on Wednesday 23 January and once again lived up to expectations.
Implications for teaching timetable of new arrangements for examinations rescheduled to Monday 4 and Tuesday 5 February
28 January 2013
To ensure that appropriate examination and assessment is in place for all relevant programmes of study it has been necessary to create some regrettable disruption to the teaching programme. This message provides further detail about the implications of this for staff and students.
New Open Café invites you to have your say on Euroscepticism
28 January 2013
Local people are invited to a new monthly event to discuss issues that are central to society, kicking off with Euroscepticism, tonight, Monday 28 January at the Raven Pub, Bath.
Update on arrangements for postponed examinations for Category 1 students
26 January 2013
This updated information on the arrangements for postponed examinations rescheduled for Monday 4 and Tuesday 5 February applies to Category 1 students only.
Praise for students and staff who helped those stranded in the snow
25 January 2013
The Vice-Chancellor’s Office received a phone call yesterday afternoon from Eric Snook, a well known member of the Bath community, wanting to pass on his thanks and gratitude to students and staff who stopped to help him when he got into difficulties on Bathwick Hill on Tuesday evening.
Public invited to share Second World War stories
24 January 2013
A new interactive website that shares people’s experiences from the Second World War will be launched in Bath at a public event at the Bath Royal Literary & Scientific Institution (BRLSI) on Tuesday 29 January.
New arrangements for examinations postponed from Friday 18 January and Tuesday 22 January 2013
24 January 2013
As you will be aware the recent adverse weather conditions have caused the postponement of a number of examinations.
Arrangements for examinations postponed from Friday January 18 and Tuesday 22 January 2013
24 January 2013
This announcement concerns examinations originally scheduled for Friday 18 and Tuesday 22 January 2013 which were postponed due to adverse weather conditions. It outlines the arrangements the University is making to ensure that these examinations can take place.
Updated information for those currently travelling to campus
24 January 2013
Roads (and pavements) are very icy at the top of the hills approaching the campus.
University open as normal today (Thursday 0700)
24 January 2013
The University of Bath will be open as normal on Thursday 24 January.
The University of Bath joins new Regional Research Grouping
24 January 2013
Today sees the announcement of our formal collaboration with the Universities of Bristol, Cardiff and Exeter. The grouping of four research-intensive universities will be tentatively named the GW4.
£3.75m will allow development of ‘light controlled’ factories
23 January 2013
Researchers at Bath have received funding of £3.75 million to explore the next generation of light controlled factories.
Engaging the young with death and natural burial
23 January 2013
Researchers from Bath are working to engage the young with death through exploring issues related to alternative burial processes.
New Staff survey coming on 15 March – have your say
23 January 2013
The staff survey is your chance to say what you like about working at the University and what you think could be improved.
1100 Update for staff and students
23 January 2013
Access to campus has been changeable during this morning and vehicles abandoned last night have been causing significant problems for cars and buses. However, the bus services are now currently running and we are advised that all main access routes are currently open.