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4 April 2008

News

New research grants will help promote healthy lifestyles
The School for Health has been awarded more than £600,000 by the Medical Research Council for two new research projects aimed at promoting healthy lifestyles.

Mitosis gets harder thanks to new gene discovery
A biological process taught to every pupil studying GCSE science has just become a little more complicated thanks to a new discovery published today.

Major chemical biology grant links universities of Bath and Hamburg
More than £400,000 has been awarded to the universities of Bath and Hamburg to work on the molecules that act as messengers inside cells.

University joins Power Academy
The University has become one of only seven universities in the UK to be accredited as part of the Institute of Engineering Technology’s Power Academy.

Students organise fun run for Romanian orphanages
Organised each year by Student Community Action, the Bathwick Hill Fun Run encourages participants to get sponsored to run the course, with all the money raised going towards funding its annual Romanian aid trip.

Wanted: students with brilliant business ideas
Vysiion, the latest start-up company to join the University’s Innovation Centre is hunting for talented students to join them.

University energy champions attend Guildhall event
25 Energy Champions from the University attended a celebratory event at the Guildhall recently.

Klaus Meyer appointed adjunct professor at CBS
Klaus Meyer, Professor of Strategy and International Business in the School of Management, has been appointed adjunct professor at Copenhagen Business School.

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Information

A36 roadworks started this week
Work has started on roadworks at Limpley Stoke that will close the A36 to through-traffic for up to 12 weeks.

Disconnection of power supply to various buildings 5 & 6 April
To enable urgent maintenance work to be carried out it is necessary to disconnect the electrical power supply to various buildings from 7.30am-5pm on either Saturday 5 April 2008 or Sunday 6 April 2008.

University reception desk opens in Library
A University reception desk has been opened alongside the security desk in the Library.

Moodle 1.9 'sandbox' now available
The Moodle 1.9 sandbox test environment is now available to staff.

Hospitality newsletter for April
The April newsletter from Hospitality & Catering is now available.

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

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Nominations & deadlines

Staff Recognition Award
All staff other than academics are eligible to receive this award which recognises either individual members, or small groups, of support staff who have shown excellence in the way in which they have undertaken their duties, and who have contributed to the broader life of the University. Please consider nominating a colleague. Deadline: Wednesday 30 April.

Teaching Development Fund
As part of its Learning & Teaching Strategy the University has continued its commitment to a Teaching Development Fund. Bids are invited for the latest round of funding totalling approximately £60,000, which is due to be allocated for the academic year 2008/09 on 10 June. In support of current developments at the University, the themes of this year's allocation will be: academic induction; assessment and feedback; employability; work-based and placement learning. Deadline: Friday 2 May.

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Training & development opportunities

• Step up to management (parts 1, 2 & 3) - 3 April, 17 April & 1 May
• Appraisal refresher training: support staff - 9 April
• Writing for publication: the opportunities & practicalities - 15 April
• Responding to the needs of Chinese learners - 18 April
• Communication skills for IT support staff - 18 April
• Team leading (ILM level 2) - April/May
• South West Institutions' Middle Managers' programme (SWIMM 2008) 14-16 May (deadline 4 April)

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What's on next week

Monday 7 April
13:15pm BICS Seminar
19:30pm Small garden makeovers: challenges, plants &fun

Tuesday 8 April
12:30pm Lunchtime reading group
13:15pm CNM Seminar
16:30pm ICE: Psychology & personal carbon trading
19:30pm Bath Transport Package

Wednesday 9 April
10:15am Preparing for your viva (Humanities & Social Science PhD Students)
14:15pm SENATE
14:15pm Publishing Your Research
19:30pm BODYSOC: Salagia Seven Sins

Thursday 10 April
09:15am Writing your thesis (less painfully)
12:00 Noon SF Reading Group
13:15pm Thinking About Your Future ...
15:15pm Visual communication in science & science education
15:30pm Electrical capacitance tomography
19:30pm BODYSOC: Salagia Seven Sins

Friday 11 April
10:30am Writing for the web
19:30pm BODYSOC: Salagia Seven Sins

Saturday 12 April
10:00am Throwing on the wheel
19:30pm BODYSOC: Salagia Seven Sins

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Arts

Concerts and Performances

• POLLY GOULD Libraries and Landscape: Or what is it that I have lost? ICIA Arts Theatre | Saturday 19 April, 7.30pm
  Polly’s engaging, intimate piece explores memories, and the relationship between performer, audience and setting, and our desire for stories, both to tell and be told them.
• The Radio Science Orchestra with special guest Ken Hollings Memories of the Future ICIA Arts Theatre | Friday 25 April, 7.30pm
  The Radio Science Orchestra performs a live score to a series of short films of ‘radio scientific’ subjects. The Orchestra line up includes performances by the theremin, the world’s first practical electronic instrument, the only one today to be played without being touched.
• BODYSOC SALIGIA: Seven Sins ICIA Arts Theatre | Wednesday 9 - Saturday 12 April, 7.30pm
  Produced by students from the University of Bath’s effervescent dance society, it features a variety of performances from guest societies, including the Breakdancers, the Cheerleaders, Latin and Ballroom and the Salsa Society.

• Lines of Enquiry 4 ICIA Art Space 2 | Thursday 17 January - Friday 4 April, 10am-5pm
  Work by recent graduates in their first major show since graduating from the highly respected BA in Fine Art Drawing at Swindon College.
• Polly Gould Peninsular ICIA Art Space 1 | Saturday 1st March - Friday 20 June, 10am-5pm
  Peninsular documents Gould’s journey to the Antarctic Peninsular taking with her the drawings she made of her father as he lay dying among the white expanse of the bed sheets.
• Tim Brennan Great Northern Coalfield ICIA Art Space 2 | Saturday 19 April - Friday 1 August, 10am-5pm
  A series of atmospheric photographs taken on a low-resolution mobile phone camera depict the North Sea, where most of the North's un-mined coal still resides. Enlarged beyond clear definition, the images become hazy, impressionistic, glowing with colour.

• so far… University of Bath | Saturday 19 April, 10am-5pm
  Arts, Spatialisation and Memory
  Space is a central interest to many contemporary arts practitioners, and spans many other disciplines. ICIA’s Symposium unites academics, students and those working in the visual arts, music, theatre, dance, cultural studies, architecture, cultural geography and literature areas. Speakers include Dr Anna Fenemore, Pigeon Theatre & University of Leeds, Tim Brennan, artist & University of Sunderland, Dr Peg Rawes, The Bartlett, UCL, Dr Axel Goodbody, University of Bath.

• Throwing on the Wheel Studio 2, ICIA Arts Complex | Saturday 12, Sunday 13 & Saturday 19 April, 10am-4pm
  An opportunity to focus on throwing techniques in a small group.