11 May 2007

NEWS

RIS launch 2007 Annual Report
Vice-Chancellor Professor Glynis Breakwell recently took part in the launch of the Research & Innovation Services Annual Report for 2007, which showcases the University’s research and development projects together with new business creation, such as spinouts, and licensing initiatives.

Innovation Centre project boosts south-west chip start-ups
New silicon chip start-up companies in the south-west are set for a boost around the world through a project with Silicon South West, the network run by the University's Innovation Centre.

George Alagiah speaks on immigration
BBC news presenter George Alagiah spoke to a sell-out audience, as part of the Swindon Festival of Literature, when he talked about his upbringing and explored the broader issue of immigration, raising important questions on the meaning of multiculturalism and British identity.

How do you get to the University?
Researchers from the Department of Psychology are interested in how you travel to and from the University and your associated thoughts and attitudes to travel.

Keynote presentation about HE leadership
Rajani Naidoo, Director of Studies for the Doctor of Business Administration in Higher Education Management, was invited to give a keynote presentation at the recent Association of University Administrators' Annual Conference (AUA). Drawing on contemporary leadership theory and research, she argued that the HE sector appears to veer between appointing academics who are untrained and often ambiguous about leadership roles and importing private sector managers with little knowledge of higher education who are expected to magically transform institutions by the direct application of commercial principles.

Chemistry paper to feature in important science journal
A paper that Matthew Davidson and Steven Bull (Chemistry) have published in Organic Letters has been chosen as a feature article for review in the prestigious journal Science. Steven Bull says that 'collaboration between organic (Bull) and inorganic (Davidson) chemists produces cutting-edge research that is better than the sum of the two parts'.

PhD student nominated for prize
Rachel Hobson, a Pharmacy & Pharmacology PhD student, has been nominated for a prize by the American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy. The Journal has singled out Rachel's article for the ASHP Foundation Literature Award in Pharmacy Practice Research.

Doctorate student stages Oliver Twist
It was curtain up last night (Thursday) on a school production of Oliver Twist, brought to the stage by Paul Sheppard, an EdD student, who has resurrected the school's theatre company.

LECTURES

BNP talk cancelled
The talk by Nick Griffin, leader of the BNP, that was scheduled to take place on campus on Monday 14 May will not go ahead due to the likelihood of substantial public order problems and the real possibility of disruption of the essential activities of the University community.

Free seminar asks 'why supervision?'
Local business people are invited to find out about the benefits of supervision in a seminar organised by the University of Bath in Swindon on Monday 14 May.

The role of autonomy in medical & research ethics
Local residents are invited to a lecture on the debate surrounding informed consent in medical practice and research. The talk will be given by Baroness Onora O'Neill, President of the British Academy of Humanities & Social Sciences, at 7pm on Tuesday 15 May. Free tickets from Stephanie Marshall, ext 3659.

Finance seminar simplifies the figures
People running small and medium-sized businesses are invited to change the way they think about finance, in an interactive workshop at the Oakfield campus on Tuesday 15 May.

Final Millennium Lecture of series to be given by Nobel Laureate
Staff and students are invited to a lecture by Professor Robert Grubbs from the California Institute of Technology, USA, which will take place on Friday 18 May. It is entitled Fundamental research to commercial products: Applications of olefin metathesis catalysts. For free tickets, email mhsah20@bath.ac.uk

Eco-politics and good governance
People in Bath are invited to discuss eco-politics and evidence-based policy in two seminars at the University. The first seminar (Monday 21 May, 2.30-6pm) will introduce a political and research agenda for an era where the environment has moved to the centre of public debate, but unsustainable practices and lifestyles are still being defended. At the second seminar (Tuesday 29 May, 4.30pm), Dr John Turnpenny from the University of East Anglia's Centre for Social & Economic Research on the Global Environment will present Joined up (good) governance? Links and missing links between evidence and policy.

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INFORMATION

Keith retires after 30 years' dedicated service
Keith Newis, Assistant Mechanical Services Supervisor in the Department of Estates, is taking early retirement from the University after nearly 30 years service.

Thanks from the Romania team
Thank you to all those who donated books, made cakes, helped set up the stalls and sold and bought items at Thursday's Bake & Book Stall.  The total amount raised was £450.15 in aid of Casa Lumina, a Romanian orphanage.

Thank you to interview volunteers
The Department of Psychology would like to thank all of those people who volunteered to be interviewed by students on the MSc Science, Communication & Culture course. The radio and TV broadcast workshops give students the chance to practice their skills before going on to careers communicating science.

Late May Bank Holiday Playscheme
The Playscheme will run from Tuesday 29 May to Friday 1 June at St Martins Garden Primary School from 8.30am-5.30pm. A range of indoor and outdoor activities are planned. Cost: £8 a day for students; £15 a day for staff. Parents are welcome to use the Care4 Voucher Scheme.

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

CALLS FOR BIDS

Teaching Development Fund
Deadline for bids: 29 May 2007. The main aim of this year's allocation will be to support academic student support or learning skills development. Academic student support encompasses all those activities within the curriculum or otherwise, that directly support, steer or develop students' effectiveness of academic study.

Marie Curie Industry-Academia Partnerships and Pathways
Proposals by 31 May 2007. Note: the Guide for Applicants has been updated since the call was published. Please make sure, therefore, that you download the final Guide for Applicants before proceeding with the proposal preparation.

DTI Technology Programme for Collaborative Research and Development Projects
Deadline: 11 June 2007. The Collaborative R&D competition will provide funding to the most innovative, marketable projects which will boost the UK economy.

TRAINING & DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES

• Managing your stress - Wednesday 16 May
• Making the move to commercial research - 23 May

IN THE MEDIA

• Dibyesh Anand (ESML) discussed Tony Blair's legacy in international politics on BBC Radio Bristol.
• Don Monro (Electronic & Electrical Engineering) talked to NBC News about iris recognition technology.
• Peter Reader (Marketing & Communications) explained why the University had taken the decision not to allow the event involving Nick Griffin to go ahead on Bath FM.
  

WHAT'S ON

Full details: http://www.bath.ac.uk/whats-on/

Monday 14
19:30 PM The culture of curiosity - John Tradescant, father & son
19:30 PM The precautionary principle - Stop the world, we want to get off!

Tuesday 15
09:30 AM Funky finance workshop
12:15 PM Midweek Eucharist/Holy Communion
12:45 PM Oxfam lunch
13:15 PM CNM seminar
16:15 PM Pain Forum - Pain: in your face
19:00 PM The role of autonomy in medical & research ethics
19:30 PM Aspects of Russian piano music 1890-1914

Wednesday 16
12:30 PM DTI Technology Programme lunchtime seminar
16:30 PM Growth, maturation & physical activity in youth
19:30 PM William Blake's illuminated printing

Thursday 17
12:15 PM Special services for Ascension Day
13:15 PM Parental choice of pre-school in Taiwan: the general findings
19:30 PM Supermarkets - how they destroy
19:30 PM The past in China's present

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ARTS www.bath.ac.uk/icia

Contact ICIA on extension 6777 for all tickets and bookings.

PERFORMANCES

• Curious (be)longing (Sat 12 May, ICIA Arts Theatre)
  Smart and seductive, this innovative performance explores ideas of longing and belonging in edgy and humorous interrogation of contemporary culture and politics.
• Bath Dance Forum Shift (Sat 26 May, ICIA Arts Theatre)
  Showcasing new and exciting work created by a variety of companies and individual dancers from the Bath area.

EXHIBITIONS

• Deborah Robinson Recent Work (Till Fri 29 June in ICIA Art Space 1)
  Deeply atmospheric photographic works that draw from the edges of rational thought and vision to explore the unconscious of science.
• Curious (be)longing photographic exhibition (Till 29 June in ICIA Art Space 2)
  Leslie Hill (USA) and Helen Paris (UK) are highly acclaimed artists who work in performance, video and film. In their latest project they explore ideas of longing and belonging.

SPORT www.teambath.com/news

BUSA final defeat for University of Bath
University of Bath footballers suffered a 1-0 defeat at the hands of UWE Hartpury in the final of the British Universities (BUSA) Championships.

Team Mathematics are crowned
After 94 matches through a long season playing against all the departments at the University, two teams met on the in-field at the Sports Training Village for the right to be crowned Inter Departmental Football Cup winners.

University of Bath are swimming team champions
The University won the British Universities Swimming Team Championships for the first time in its history. 

The Bugatti Trust joins Team Bath Racing
The Bugatti Trust has become the latest organisation to support Team Bath Racing, the University's Formula Student racing car team. 

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