7 April 2006

NEWS

'Clumsy' Government help for prostitutes
The use of Anti Social Behaviour Orders, Drug Treatment Orders and other measures designed to help women in the sex industry could lead to more prostitutes being jailed now than fifty years ago, researcher Jo Phoenix (Social & Policy Sciences) claims.

Unhooked thinking – changing attitudes to addiction
The reason why people get addicted to everything from alcohol and drugs to gambling and shopping will be discussed at an international conference to be held in Bath from 19-21 April and co-organised Alan Rayner (Biology & Biochemistry).

Greatest innovation of the last 40 years
Research and Innovation Service's Week was a great success with over 350 people taking part in our competition to find the greatest innovation of the last 40 years. Thanks to everyone who took part. The internet was the clear winner.

New look for the University of Bath's website is launched
We have redesigned the site's main pages and updated its links to achieve a fresher, colourful look that is more modern and can present large amounts of information. It also brings greater consistency to our pages.

International relations
Keynote addresses were given by Dr Mary Hayden and Professor Jeff Thompson (Education) at a recent international conference on "Internationalising the curriculum" held in Waterloo, Belgium. They also made presentations to members of the Supreme Education Council of Qatar, in Doha, in late March, at the same time as visiting the University City in Qatar, where opportunities for establishing links between the University of Bath and the Qatar authorities were discussed. Additionally, they conducted workshops for senior and middle managers in the Qatar education system.

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INFORMATION

ht://Dig Search engine malfunction
The search engine on the University's website is not working properly. BUCS have been informed and are working to correct this. We hope to resume normal service soon. The Google search engine for the University pages is still working.

BUCS service disruption 11 April
On Tuesday 11 April 2006 between 7.45 and 8.15am BUCS will be removing redundant hardware from the central file server for use elsewhere. In order to disconnect this hardware the server will need to be powered down. During this time all BUCS services should be considered unavailable including H: drive, G: drive, Select drive, Active Directory PCs, email, Web access, etc. Apologies for any inconvenience this may cause.

Nominations:

• Chancellor's Prize for a student who has demonstrated academic excellence together with a contribution to the life, academic reputation and general work of the University.
• Staff Recognition Award recognises either individual members, or small groups, of support staff who have shown excellence in the way in which they have undertaken their duties. The Award consists of a cash prize of £500 to the successful nominee.

Do you have a water cooler in your department?
Following several complaints of incorrect invoicing and poor service from the various water cooler companies supplying the University, Purchasing Services are conducting an audit of all water coolers (bottled and mains fed) on and off campus.

Message from Jon Bursey
"I should like to thank most warmly all who came to my farewell gathering on 31 March, and who kindly wrote or emailed wishing me well in retirement."...More

Rail tickets
STA Travel has sourced a new system for issuing a complete range of rail tickets which is due to go live on Monday 24 April 2006. The new supplier is imposing extra charges for the use of their systems and it will become necessary to charge £1.00 per ticket issued. Due to training requirements, STA will not be able to issue any tickets between the dates of 1–23 April. Apologies for the inconvenience.

Sainsbury & Tesco vouchers
The nursery are currently collecting the Sainsbury & Tesco vouchers - they would be most grateful for any vouchers. Please send through internal post.

Text styleguide is published
Guidelines for writing text for print and the web to enable consistency of style, spelling, punctuation and capitalisation.

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

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

• Jo Phoenix (Social & Policy Sciences) was interviewed on BBC Radio Bristol about her research into prostitutes and the justice system. Her research has received coverage on numerous news websites include Sky News.
• Geoff Hammond (Mechanical Engineering) was quoted by Reuters following an article he published about rating a country's carbon output against its biocapacity or geophysical ability to absorb it.

TRAINING & DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES

• Writing Grant Proposals 2: Dealing with funders 13 April
• Women's Lunch: Spring clean you life 25 April
• Springboard - Personal development for Women 26 April, 23 May, 20 June & 18 July

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

Tuesday 11
12:15 PM  Special service for Holy Week at the Chaplaincy

Wednesday 12
12:30 PM  UBSA Easter grand raffle
7:30 PM  BRLSI Talk: Medieval Bath

Thursday 13
12:30 PM  Self Organised Group for Disabled Staff

Tuesday 18
7:30 PM  BRLSI Talk: William Blake - Radical & visionary poet

Wednesday 19
Addiction Conference: Unhooked thinking

Thursday 20
Translation memory software training - Two day course

Friday 21
7:30 PM  BRLSI Talk: The Brunel Celebration Lecture

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ARTS www.bath.ac.uk/icia

1 East 2.1, phone ext 6777 or check out the website for further details.

Bobby Baker Diary Drawings
Till 9 June | ICIA Art Space 2 (3WN)
Bobby Baker, one of Britain's leading performance artists, exhibits a series of humorous and moving drawings exploring issues around mental health. This exhibition marks the launch of the University's second gallery area in 3West North.

University Orchestra & Strode College musicians
Tuesday 25 April, 7.30pm | Strode Theatre, Street | Box Office: 01458 442714 | Tickets £3.50, £2.50 concs
An evening packed full of young people's music-making featuring the University Orchestra and various ensembles from Strode College, Somerset.

SPORT www.teambath.com/news

Basketball
The Men's Founders Basketball Cup Final and the Women's EBL Division 2 and Men's Division 3 Playoff Finals are to take place at the Sports Training Village on Sunday 9 April.

Judo
University of Bath student Sian Wilson won a bronze medal at judo's inaugural GB World Cup for women in Birmingham at the weekend.

Hockey
The first ever TeamBath Hockey event took place last Sunday at the Sports Training Village with a 7–a–side challenge for men's and ladies' clubs. The University of Bath team won the Men's Final.

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