2 December 2005

NEWS

Inspector endorses plans for new Swindon campus
The University of Bath in Swindon has welcomed the planning inspector's endorsement of plans for a new campus at the Gateway site.

University of Bath awarded almost £2.5M
The University of Bath has been awarded £2,436,784 in the provisional, indicative HEIF3 allocations - new funding to enable universities to transfer knowledge to business and industry.

Award helps develop low cost cockroach technology
Julian Vincent from the Centre for Biomimetic and Natural Technologies has received a prestigious award of £30,000 from the Royal Society to help develop novel dehumidifier technology inspired by the desert cockroach.

Benchmarking the knowledge economy
The Department of Social and Policy Sciences at the University of Bath is organising a Symposium in association with the European Institute of the London School of Economics to be held at LSE (Room D202) on Monday 19 December from 3 - 6.15pm, where Professor Graham Room's new book written (in collaboration with other Bath academics) will be launched.

Open day opens doors to interdisciplinary research
More than 40 researchers from across the University took part in the open day held in the Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering recently to find out about research taking place in the Department and discuss potential future collaborations.

My voice, my vote, my community
Professor Helen Haste's latest research concludes that young people care about social justice but don't trust the Government to deliver it.

Honorary degrees from University of Bath
Winter awards ceremonies take place at the Assembly Rooms next Tuesday and Wednesday when the following five people will be awarded with honorary degrees:

• Jacqueline Wilson, writer of the Tracy Beaker stories.
• Brian Ford, OBE, founder and Director of the Numerical Algorithms Group.
• Simon Murray, CBE, entrepreneur who helped develop Orange, and became the oldest man to walk to the South Pole unaided.
• Sir Stuart Lipton, founder and Chairman of the property company Stanhope, as well as a former Chairman of the Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment.
• Sir David Watson is a champion of lifelong learning (previously know as adult education), and wrote the seminal publication Managing the Modular Course.

International honour for academic
At a meeting of international educators held in The Hague in November - comprising over 3000 participants, the largest of its kind in the world - Professor Jeff Thompson (Education) was presented with an award for his outstanding contribution to the promotion of international education through his teaching and research over thirty five years. Jeff said: "I am particularly honoured and pleased to be presented with this award from a constituency containing so many practitioners in schools and universities around the world".

Lifelong Learning students receive awards
Students of the Division for Lifelong Learning received their University of Bath awards at a presentation held at the Oakfield campus on Friday 25 November.

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INFORMATION

Save energy on campus
The new Energy & Manager, Peter Phelps, is urging departments to make every effort to reduce heating and lighting costs in order to cut the campus bill.

New policy: Disposal of confidential waste paper & hard drives
All departments are now required to use:

• B&NES for the disposal of confidential waste paper
• RecommIT (via the waste services department), for the disposal of all levels of computers containing intact hard drives.

Hard disk drive disposal: Pete Jewell, Hazardous Waste Manager, Ext 6540
Confidential waste paper disposal: Lizzie Richmond, Records Management Service, Ext 3464
Order special waste sacks: Central Stores, Ext 6680

Roadworks affecting Ralph Allen Drive junction
A letter from BANES explains the reason for the disruption caused by road works near the University.

Staff & Postgrads! Get paid £10 to watch TV
Volunteers are required for an eye-camera experiment.

Have your irises photographed
Researchers are keen for volunteers to have their irises captured in order to create an iris database.

Jobs:
Vacant posts: www.bath.ac.uk/jobs

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TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES

Finance Seminars - change of schedule
Equipment and Capital Seminar rescheduled to 12 December
Journals - 13 December

Voice Matters
12 December

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IN THE MEDIA

• Peter Orton (School for Health) featured in an interview on Radio Bristol focusing on men's health and the RCGP Learning Unit's latest Men's Health education package due out in the new year. He was also quoted in the Observer.
• David Ballard (School of Management) is interviewed on the HERO website about why it makes sense to tackle climate change with 'action research'.
• Richard Guy (Pharmacy & Pharmacology) was quoted on the BBC News website about recent research into the effectiveness of injections into the buttock region.
• Alula Pankhurst and Pip Bevan (Wellbeing in Developing Countries Research Group) are mentioned on the ESRC Society Today website in respect of taking a more holistic approach to HIV/AIDS and poverty research.
• Julie Turner-Cobb's research evidence (Psychology) that childcare can reduce the stress levels of the children of working mothers continues to receive coverage around the world.
• Stefan Wolff (ESML) did an interview with Radio Bristol on the security situation in Iraq in light of the recent kidnapping and killings of British citizens.

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WHAT'S ON www.bath.ac.uk/whats-on

Special Faith Forum: 'Abraham - Our Strongest Link'
Representatives of Islam, Judaism and Christianity give their understanding of the prophet Abraham, followed by a discussion, in which all are warmly invited to take part. Speakers: Mr Ajmal Masroor, Director of Communities in Action; Jonathan Gorsky, Education Advisor for the Council of Christians and Jews; Mother Sarah, Orthodox & Assistant University Chaplain. Tuesday 6 December 2005 6:30pm in 2E 3.1

Monday 5 December
1:15 PM Charity cake sale
1:15 PM BICS seminar: Fretting Fatigue - Engineering Problems and Applied Mechanics Solutions
5:00 PM Millennium lecture: Titan, Saturn’s largest moon - a first view from the Huygens Probe
7:30 PM BRLSI talk: The Star of Bethlehem

Tuesday 6 December
Winter Award Ceremonies
10:00 AM BIRD at the Bath Christmas Market
12:45 PM Oxfam Lunch
1:15 PM European Culture seminar: Strangers in the sanctuary - Resistant re-signification of spaces in Barcelona
1:15 PM CNM seminar: Molecular simulation in the Canonical Ensemble and beyond
4:30 PM Beyond government incumbency: Strategic repositioning of the German Green Party
6:30 PM Faith Forum: Abraham - Our strongest link
7:30 PM BRLSI talk: The political philosophy of George Santayana

Wednesday 7 December
Winter Award Ceremonies
12:15 PM SF Reading Group: Talk
5:30 PM Commercialisation Masterclass: Experiences of a successful academic entrepreneur
7:30 PM Gardening Club: Garden Design Today

Thursday 8 December
12:30 PM UBSA Xmas Xtravaganza Quiz
4:15 PM Faculty of Humanities & Social Sciences research seminar: Agile actors on complex terrains
5:30 PM University of Bath Student Photography Exhibition Preview
7:00 PM Film: The Descent

Friday 9 December
Unison HAPPY day
7:30 PM BRLSI talk: The Long Woman

Sunday 11 December
7:00 PM Film: War of the Worlds

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ARTS www.bath.ac.uk/arts
1 East 2.1 - ext 6777 - ICIAinfo@bath.ac.uk

Visual Arts: Ceramic weekend workshop
Sat 3 & Sun 4 Dec| 10am-4pm| £60/£40 Concs/Uni staff
ICIA is offering an intensive Figurative Sculpture weekend workshop which is open to people of all abilities.

University Orchestra, Wind Band & Choral Society
Sat 3 Dec | 7.30pm | St John's Church, Bathwick | £4/£3 Concs
Performances by University ensembles to celebrate a successful term’s music making.

University Chamber Choir
Sat 3 Dec | 7.30pm | St. Nicholas Church, Bathampton | £5
A programme of mainly a cappella music looking from Advent towards Christmas.

Shanties, poems & musical seascapes
Wed 7 Dec | 5pm & 7.30pm | Holburne Museum | £5 via 01225 780336
A light-hearted musical presentation from University chamber groups with readings on a nautical theme by the Friends of the Holburne Museum.

Wyrd Sisters
Wed 7-Sat 10 Dec | 7.30pm | Arts Lecture Theatre | £7/5 Concs
Terry Pratchett’s cult novel is brought to the stage in this hilarious take on Macbeth. Expect lots of off-the-wall jokes and slapstick comedy woven together with some sharp insights into human nature.

BUBBA & UWE Big Band
Fri 9 Dec | 7.30pm | University Hall | £4/3 Concs
Hard-swinging big band jazz from this fantastic double-bill featuring the University of Bath's BUBBA Big Band and the University of the West of England's Big Band.

University Orchestra, Wind Band, GASP & BUBBA
Sun 11 Dec | 7.30pm | ICIA Arts Theatre | £4/3 Concs
The Orchestra and Wind Band are joined by the forty plus GASP choir (gospel, a cappella, soul, pop) and BUBBA big band to celebrate the ensembles’ achievements this season.

Student Photography Exhibition
Thurs 9 Dec-Fri 16 Dec | 6pm | ICIA Arts Space 1 | Free Admission
This lively exhibition showcases selected and diverse works from this year’s University of Bath Student Photography competition.

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SPORT www.teambath.com/news

International football match Bath 2 - Alicante 0
The Bath boys were victorious in the first battle for the Friendship Trophy (or 'Copa de la Amistad') held on Spanish soil in Alicante.

Swimming stars of the future
Swimming stars of the future will be in action in the three-day University of Bath Speedo Christmas Age Group and Youth Meet. The action gets underway on Friday (2 December) and continues till Sunday.


Forthcoming home fixtures

Football: Saturday 3 December 3pm ­ TeamBath FC v Yate Town (league)
NOTE: TeamBath FC's match at home to Halesowen on Monday 5 December has been postponed and will be rescheduled.

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