University Updates
11 April 2008
News
University to help South West firms work out ‘carbon footprints’ for their products
Consumers are increasingly interested in understanding the ethical and environmental impact of their personal shopping habits, so businesses are starting to react by providing more information to help shoppers make informed choices. To help with this, researchers in the Department of Chemical Engineering will be training regional companies in 'carbon labelling'.
Visiting Professor's team wins design award for polymeric bridge
A New Civil Engineer Outstanding Contribution Award has recently been presented to the Bridges Division at Parsons Brinckerhoff (PB) led by Steve Denton, a Visiting Professor in the Architecture & Civil Engineering Department for the innovative use of structural materials.
WeD presents key research findings at Westminster
The Wellbeing in Developing Countries (WeD) research group held a lunchtime seminar at the Palace of Westminster, to disseminate the key findings from their five-year research programme.
UKOLN celebrates 30th anniversary at the British Library
UKOLN celebrated 30 years of expertise in digital information management with a major event at the British Library in London yesterday.
Students explore EU policy making in Belgium
Students from the MSc in International Social Policy (MISP) recently went to Leuwen and Brussels to take part in the MISP Vacation School which focused on EU policy making.
'Bringing the career into the degree'
Following six months of academic study, 18 students on the Masters in Advanced Management Practice are now embarking on a 20 week paid placement with blue chip companies.
Local schoolchildren explore how to create a greener future for the planet
Twenty Year 10 pupils at Beechen Cliff School took part in a biofuels awareness day, which was run by our students on the University Ambassadors Scheme. The event included studying renewable energy resources, with emphasis on crop-based fuels.
1001 Nights Society brings spectacle of Middle Eastern dance to Bath
A gala festival of Persian, Egyptian and Turkish dance and music will be held in Bath Assembly Rooms on Friday 18 April. It will be followed by two days of workshops on campus. The festival is presented by the 1001 Nights Society in partnership with the Institute of Contemporary Interdisciplinary Arts (ICIA) and is supported by BANES and Arts Council England.
Information
New Director of Human Resources is appointed
Ian Cheetham has been appointed as the next Director of Human Resources. He will join the University on 1 July 2008.
Latest Facts & Figures booklet is published
The Department of Corporate Communications is circulating copies of a new booklet giving the latest facts and figures about the University. Extra copies of the booklet, which is a useful resource for open days, exhibitions, visits to external clients and so on, are available on request from Claire Hornshaw.
Funding opportunity for new academics
EPSRC wishes to encourage new academics to build industrial collaborations early in their research career. Although CASE for new academic appointees was discontinued on 1 April 2008, this financial resource has been transferred to the Industrial CASE scheme.
Tulips in Amsterdam 25-28 April
There are a few places left on UBSA's four-day trip to Holland. The trip, which costs £195, includes free entrance to the world famous Keukenhof Gardens, visits to other attractions, three nights half board accommodation (plus free bar), and transport to and from the University via Dover. Please contact Margaret Pickering for further information or to book. The trip is open to everyone, not just UBSA members.
A36 roadworks close road till May
Work has started on roadworks at Limpley
Stoke that will close the A36 to through-traffic for up to 12 weeks.
University reception desk opens in Library
A University reception desk is now open alongside the security
desk in the Library. The Wessex House Security Office is now only dealing with car parking and electronic access control enquiries.
Jobs
Vacant posts: www.bath.ac.uk/jobs
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.
Training & development opportunities
- 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
- Supporting Students - a workshop for departmental administrators - 21 April
- VAT - the basics - 23 April
- Lunchtime web sessions: Managing your professional identity
on blogs & social networking sites - 23 April
Forthcoming lectures
Talk to explore daily dramas of women through poetry
The daily dramas will be explored at an evening of discussion and readings of contemporary Irish poet Eavan Boland at Bath Royal Literary & Scientific Institution (BRLSI), Queens Square. Wednesday 23 April, 7.30pm.
Bath Science Café: Low carbon houses – a future for our children
Low carbon housing will benefit the future climate and change our everyday lifestyles, says Bill Gething, who will speak at the next Bath Science Café. Monday 14 April, 7.30pm, The Raven pub, Queen Street.
Climate change debate at Bath Abbey
Four eminent speakers (including Anil Markandya) will summarise the present state of the climate change debate, and give their views about what organisations and individuals need to do to respond. In particular there will be discussion about how Bath can move towards being an ‘eco city’ following the example of ‘Transition Towns’ Bristol and Totnes, amongst many others. Tuesday 29 April, 7.30pm.
What's on next week
Monday 14
19:30 PM The monographer - Forensic scientists of the botanical world
Tuesday 15
12:15 PM Mid week Eucharist/Holy Communion
12:45 PM Oxfam Lunch
13:15 PM Women's Studies Seminar
13:15 PM CNM Seminar
16:30 PM Climate change in the UK: economics, impacts and adaptation
18:00 PM Traffic & pollution - what do we want for Bath?
Wednesday 16
10:00 AM Community partnerships to reduce alcohol-related harm
12:15 PM The development and evaluation of a community stroke scheme
19:30 PM Will China Become Democratic?
Friday 18
British Powerlifting Championship
Saturday 19
19:30 PM If we really had free will... What do we do all day?
Arts
Concerts and Performances
- Orchestra, Wind Band, Choral Society & Barbers Oldfield Baptist Church, Bath | Wednesday 16 April, 7.30pm
Symphonic orchestral pieces, male barbershop, easy listening wind band music and sensational chorus scoring marks the end of an extremely successful year of student music-making. - Bath University Student Theatre A Double Bill of One Act Plays: The Collection AND Sexual Perversity in Chicago Little Theatre Cinema, Bath | Thursday 17 - Saturday 19 April, 7.30pm
The Collection is a trim, witty but unsettling vignette portraying a household wobbling with a tremor of adultery. Meanwhile Sexual Perversity in Chicago is a controversial, provocative and bitingly funny comedy centring around four young people looking for love. - 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.
Exhibitions
- Polly Gould Peninsular ICIA Art Space 1 | Till Friday 20 June,
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 bed sheets. - Tim Brennan Great Northern Coalfield ICIA Art Space 2 | Saturday 19 April - Friday 1 August
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.
Symposium
- so far…Arts, Spatialisation and Memory University of Bath | Saturday 19 April, 10am-5pm
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; and Dr Axel Goodbody, University of Bath.
Sport
Strictly Latin American
The students involved with this year's Zambia project are organising a fundraising 'Strictly Latin American Night' on Saturday 19 April, 7.30pm, at UBSA Bar. The evening will include instructor-led Latin American dance and freestyle, buffet, raffle and competition for the best dancer.
Judo Performance Research and Development Centre launched
British Judo has entered into a new partnership with the University of Bath to launch a national British Judo Performance Research and Development Centre. The work undertaken by the Centre will play an important part in the success of British Judo's performance programmes and will significantly contribute to its build up to London 2012 and beyond.
Buccs finish sixth in Division One
Team Bath Buccaneers ended their 2007/8 campaign in Slazenger England Hockey League Division One in sixth place.