Friday 1 November 2012
News
University withdraws from 1994 Group
Our Vice-Chancellor, Professor Dame Glynis Breakwell has informed the Chair of the 1994 Group of universities, Professor Michael Farthing, of our decision to withdraw from membership of the group.
Blog - Partnership with Hanyang University, Republic of Korea
The latest blog from our Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Internationalisation, Professor Colin Grant.
Reports from Senate & Council – October 2012
Report of items discussed at the recent meeting of University Council.
Natural Sciences graduate wins brace of British sailing awards
Alexandra Rickham has collected a pair of top titles at the Skandia Team GBR annual prize giving dinner.
Welcoming international visitors from Norway, China & India
The University hosted several campus visits by school teachers, school counsellors and students from schools in Norway, China, and India in October.
Share the spirit of Christmas
The International office is looking for staff and students across the University to share a Christmas experience with an international student during December.
Research
When the heat is on, water travels uphill
Physicists Alex Grounds and Richard Still have been investigating a strange phenomenon that allows water droplets to levitate and even climb uphill.
New research project to increase recycling of electronic devices
Dr Janet Scott and her team in Chemistry have been awarded a £1.25m grant to optimise the recovery and reuse of components in portable electronic devices.
Fair trade: research shows some companies are better at playing fair
Companies using the Fairtrade Mark demonstrate different types of commitment to the fair trade movement and therefore their impact on producers in developing countries is not the same, according to a new review from School of Management Senior Lecturer Dr Iain Davies.
£380k Wellcome Trust grant to extend our bio-imaging facilities
A group of researchers have been awarded new funding that will extend and develop the range of imaging facilities in the University’s Bio-imaging Suite in the Microscopy and Analysis Suite (MAS).
Learn the basics of Twitter - what it is, how to access it and how to use it and hear from several researchers and academics who use Twitter.
Collaborating for IMPACT event - Tuesday 27 November
Join senior staff from universities, voluntary organisations, social enterprises and their public and private sector partners to share and learn from good practice, innovation and experiment.
Fellowships for women PhD/post-docs from developing economies
The Schlumberger Foundation Faculty for the Future programme awards fellowships to women from developing and emerging economies to pursue PhD or post-doctoral studies in the sciences, engineering and technology at leading universities abroad.
Learning & Teaching
Launch of the 'Leading the Enhancement of Assessment Practises' (LEAP) project: Enhancing assessment practices
This new institution-wide LEAP project aims to support departments in transforming assessment and feedback practices through the use of new technologies.
New e-resource launches for new Foundation Degree students
Stepping into Higher Education is designed to help students adapt to higher education and develop effective academic practices during and after their induction programme.
South West Crucible now open for applications from researchers - Deadline Sunday 25 November
Crucible is a programme of personal, professional and leadership development for highly promising research leaders of the future who are building their careers in the South West.
Staff training & development
Discover China...with our four-week multi-cultural awareness course - Monday 5 November
This course will cover aspects of Chinese culture and society that might be of interest to members of staff and students.
Mental health first aid - Thursday 8 November
This course is aimed at all staff but particularly those who support students' well-being.
Managers' Forum - Friday 9 November
This forum looks at how Universities can be adaptable organisations.
In this interactive workshop you will be challenged to question your habitual responses to pressure and will begin to investigate alternative strategies for dealing with pressure at work.
BBC Academy's female experts training day - Submission deadline Friday 16 November
FindaTVexpert is working with the BBC Academy on a media training day (Friday 18 January 2013) for female experts in Science, History, Politics, Business and Engineering.
Retirement: Planning for the future - Wednesday 21 November
This course aims to give staff considering retirement an opportunity to prepare themselves for their future.
Nuts and bolts of managing staff - Wednesday 21 November
This session is an introduction for all new line managers on the responsibilities and processes involved in managing people at the University.
Programme of staff development courses for 2012
Jobs
View our current vacancies
Information
Important change to winter graduation coach departure times
Coaches transporting staff to the winter graduations will leave the West Car Park one hour before the start of a ceremony (this is 15 minutes earlier than previously).
New discounts for University staff
A list of the latest discounts available to University staff.
In the media
Christine Griffin talks about the changes over the past 30 years in how society views young women, BBC Radio Wiltshire (Listen from 14.04)
Hanna Diamond discusses the significance of shaving hair and why people care for hair on their heads, BBC World Service ‘The Why factor’, (Listen from 5.46)
Bath Olympian Samantha Murray plays piano live on BBC Radio 3 . . . after just six lessons, Bath Chronicle
Paul Gregg discusses the cost in state welfare and lost production of young adults not in employment, education or training, Malta Star
Iain Davies talks to BBC Radio Somerset about different approaches to Fair Trade (Listen again at 1.26)
Ravi Acharya's research into the possibility of snake venom being used to design new heart disease drugs features in Daily Express
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Events
Bath fireworks display - Saturday 3 November
Bath Rotary Club & University of Bath RAG are once again putting on a joint fireworks display.
Join us in celebrating the relaunch of the Disabled Staff Support Group (SODS) - Free Lunch - Tuesday 6 November
If you are a member of staff with a disability, join us 12.15-13.30 in the Wessex Restaurant for an informal Express Lunch and a chance to discuss the role of the group and how to take it forward.
Are buildings evil? - Tuesday 6 November
Professor David Coley will discuss why buildings use energy, and how much they use.
Research in the World lecture asks how to keep robots ethical - Tuesday 20 November
Professor Alan Winfield from the Bristol Robotics Lab will put the case for a new ethical code for roboticists, in a free public lecture at the University.
What lies beneath: The influence of segmental tunnel lining on building settlements - Thursday 22 November
Professor Molins will discuss the use of segmental linings, currently the most used tunnelling technique which has reduced, to a large extent, negative effects on upper existing buildings.
Work perks
Omnibus staff society events programme
- Annual staff event - Wednesday 14 November
- Day trip to Cardiff for culture or Christmas shopping, contact Jane Heywood - Saturday 24 November
- Victorian Festival of Christmas, Portsmouth Historic Dockyard, contact Margaret Pickering - Saturday 1 December
- Aladdin Christmas Pantomime at Bristol Hippodrome - Sunday 30 December
Arts
Upcoming events:
Dance
- James Wilton Triple Bill - Saturday 3 November
Music
- Choral & Orchestral Society - Remembrance Concert - Sunday 11 November
Exhibition
- Dinu Li - Nella Mia Fantasia Wednesday 17 October - Friday 18 January
- Yvonne Buchheim - False Starts Thursday 1 November - Friday 14 December
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Sport
Lizzie makes the move to Bath
Double Olympian Lizzie Simmonds has moved her training base to British Swimming’s Intensive Training Centre at our University.
O’Connor and Jarvis named in GB Euro Short Course team
Bath-based swimmers Siobahn-Marie O’Connor and Calum Jarvis have been selected to compete at the European Short Course Championships in France next month – the first international swimming championships since London 2012.
Moustaches galore expected as Movember arrives at the Sports Training Village
Team Bath is backing the Movember campaign to change the face of men’s health.
Louise hunts down doubles title in Nottingham
Bath student Louise Hunt claimed her fifth ITF 2 women’s doubles title of the year with victory at the Nottingham indoor Wheelchair Tennis Tournament at the weekend.
Murray reaches quarter-finals in Canada
Team Bath MCTA tennis player Samantha Murray followed up her maiden Challenger title at the Glasgow $25,000 event by reaching the quarter-finals of the $50,000 National Bank Challenger in Saguenay, Canada.
Team Bath judo player Gregg Varey collected a bronze medal at the European Cup competition in Sweden at the weekend.