3 February 2006

NEWS

Lifetime achievement award for researcher
Mike Barron, Senior Lecturer in the Department of Architecture and Civil Engineering, has been awarded the prestigious Rayleigh Medal from the Institute of Acoustics.

TV presenter to give Science Week lecture in bath
TV personality Adam Hart Davis will be giving a free public lecture at the University of Bath to kick-start the National Science Week celebrations next month (University Hall, 7.00pm, Wednesday 8 March 2006).

Dead sexy: the corpse is the 'porn star' of popular culture
The media’s interest in death and dying is making the corpse the new “porn star” of popular culture, according to an American academic speaking at a public lecture at the University of Bath next week (3 East 2.1, 6.30pm Wednesday 8 February 2006).

The Cotswolds reveal the secret lives of Neolithic inhabitants
Local people can hear about how the Cotswolds have revealed secrets about the daily lives of the Neolithic communities at a free public lecture at the University of Bath in Swindon next week (Wednesday 8 February).

Globalisation and the English language
English is increasingly referred to as a "global", a "world" or an "international" language. A free lecture at the University of Bath will consider what this really means and the issues it raises. (Wednesday 8 February.)

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INFORMATION

Unwanted Christmas present sale
The charity sale in UBSA raised £702 for local charities.

Royal visit exhibition open
An exhibition that will be visited by the Duchess of Cornwall today is now open at the Holburne Museum of Art in Bath.

Postgrads! Nominate your research for a prize
The Ede and Ravenscroft Prize is for the best postgraduate research student. It will be awarded annually by Senate on the recommendation of the Ede and Ravenscroft Prize Committee.

Half term sports activities
Book now for the activities taking place at the Sports Training Village during half term.

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

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IN THE MEDIA www.bath.ac.uk/news/bathinpapers

• Research by Stephen Brammer (Management) in the Daily Telegraph which shows that an ethical approach to business can harm the bottom line.
• Katy Jordan (Library) on her family history and her new book, Grandmother's Recipes, on BBC Radio Wiltshire
  

TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES

• Effective equalities monitoring
  9 February

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

Monday 6 February
14:15 PM Quality Assurance Committee
19:30 PM St John Chrysostom's interpretation of the Book of Acts

Tuesday 7 February
13:00 PM Adult recreational netball
13:15 PM Engineering in the real world
13:45 PM Oxfam Lunch
14:15 PM University Arts Committee
16:15 PM Bath Pain Forum: Chronic pain & identity
18:30 PM Technical developments in computer gaming
19:30 PM Why Satre matters
19:30 PM Mackintosh in France

Wednesday 8 February
13:45 PM Housing Forum
15:45 PM Housing Forum
17:45 PM Housing Forum
18:30 PM Centre for Death & Society public lecture: Dead sexy
19:30 PM Sweet Charity
19:30 PM Roman Bath

Thursday 9 February
09:00 AM Tissue Regeneration Conference February 9th 2006
10:15 AM Learning and Teaching Committee
12:00 Noon SF Reading Group
12:15 PM Race Equality seminar - Effective equalities monitoring
19:30 PM Sweet Charity

Friday 10 February
19:30 PM Sweet Charity

Saturday 11 February
19:30 PM Sweet Charity
20:00 PM Songs and stories for Candlemas

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ARTS www.bath.ac.uk/icia

Booking for classes and events is now open. Please pop into the office in 1 East 2.1, call us on ext 6777 or check out the website for further details.

Lines of Enquiry 2 - Work by Graduates of BA Fine Art Drawing School and Design, Swindon College
Till Friday 17 February | 10am-5pm ICIA Art Space 1 | Admission Free
This highly respected course brings together students keen to develop an artistic practice through investigating drawing and its role in contemporary art. The pieces selected for this show include video, mixed media, photography and sound.

Sweet Charity by BUSMS
Wednesday 8-Saturday 11 Feb | 7.30pm ICIA Arts Theatre | £9, £7 concs & University staff, £5 BUSU
Bob Fosse's outrageous musical that became a landmark of the late 60's includes show-stopping songs such as Rhythm of Life, Rich Man's Frug, If My Friends Could See Me Now and the unforgettable Big Spender.

Now Gravel Is Under My Shoes; Now Grass by BUST
Wednesday 15-Saturday 18 Feb| 8pm Theatre Royal Bath, Ustinov Studio| £7, £5 BUSU
A new performance piece inspired by and in loose response to Virginia Woolf's masterpiece, The Waves. This group of students with a passion for theatre layer movement, text, sound and video to create an atmospheric and choreographed collage, a poetic dreamscape to swim in.

Jacqui Dankworth Trio
Saturday 18 Feb| 7.30pm ICIA Arts Theatre| £9, £7 concs & University staff, £5 BUSU
Daughter of the legendary Cleo Laine and John Dankworth comes to ICIA arts theatre. Now regarded as one of Britain's finest jazz singers in her own right Jacqui presents a programme of smoky blues, swing, reinvented standards, Latin pop, folk music and semi-classical. This intimate gig is a great chance to get close to music royalty.

SPORT www.teambath.com/news

Netball: Trio selected by England for Melbourne
Three TeamBath netball players were today named in the England squad for the Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games.

Forthcoming home fixture
Saturday 4 February: Football - TeamBath v Bedford Town - 3.00pm, Twerton Park

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