11 August 2006
NEWS
New bird flu drug promises to beat the problem of resistance
A new kind of drug to fight bird flu that will not suffer from the same
kind of resistance problems as current treatments should begin clinical
trials within the next three years, thanks to new funding awarded to
Dr Andrew Watts in the Department of Pharmacy & Pharmacology.
Volunteers needed to help make mobiles more user-friendly
Researchers in the departments of Computer Science and Psychology are
looking for local volunteers to help them design user-friendly software
for the mobile phones of the future.
Funding secured for summer schools
The University has secured funding for two further years of its popular
summer schools programme for young people with no family experience
of higher education.
MSc in Marketing competition winner announced
Alex Walker-Sage, a 24-year-old graduate working in London, has won the
competition run by the University of Bath and The Guardian for a place
on the new MSc in Marketing in the School of Management.
Rare insect spotted for first time in Bath
A type of damselfly never before seen in the region has been spotted
by Dr Robert Kelsh from the Department of Biology & Biochemistry
next to the lake on the University campus.
Young people get creative in educational arts weeks
Young people in Swindon will try their hand at a packed programme of
artistic activities and find out about life at university in two Creative
Arts Weeks run by the University of Bath in Swindon.
Bath
alumna wins national teaching award
Dr Mary Hartog, a former student of the University of Bath School of Management,
has been named as one of England and Northern Ireland’s top 50
university teachers and support staff.
Patients
become people in student’s course diary
It is a busy summer for postgraduate pharmacy student David Thompson
whose latest course diary has been published by Pharmacy Today.
Professor
presents at National Business Awards
Professor Andrew Graves, Director of the School of Management’s
Innovative Manufacturing Research Centre (IMRC), was a panel judge at
this year’s National Business Awards (NBA) for South East and Wales & West
Country.
Call for volunteers to help local charities
The local Volunteer Centre in Bath is looking for staff to fill a variety
of volunteer trustee/committee member roles for a diverse range of
charities.
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INFORMATION
Last call for applicants for Bath MBA
Students with all supporting documents
are invited to submit their application for a place on this year's full-time
Bath
MBA
by 25
August
2006.
Learning for life and leisure in Salisbury: autumn courses
The new autumn prospectus from the University of Bath's Centre for Lifelong
Learning is now available. The programme of part-time courses, held
at the University's partner institution Salisbury College and at Sarum
College in Salisbury, runs from 25 September to 8 December.
Wessex House precinct closed this weekend
Works to refurbish the Wessex House Level precinct are
being carried out over the next four weeks. As part of this process,
no access will be permitted to the area this weekend. Equalities & Diversity
Committee seeks manual staff member
The Equalities and Diversity Committee is looking for an enthusiastic
member of manual staff to engage positively with issues relating to
equalities and diversity, and to take an active part in moving forward
the University’s agenda in these areas.
City
gets £90 million a year from students
Students plough more than £90m into Bath's economy each year, new
figures released by the Royal Bank of Scotland today show. New UK-India research fellowships
UKIERI Research Fellowships will be made available to support up to 50
Indian and UK researchers for periods of up to 12 months in each others
country. The deadline for applications for bursaries beginning between
now and 31 March 2007 is 30 September 2006.
Free bus tickets for journeys between Bath and Bristol
FirstBus is offering 500 free return tickets between the two cities,
to be allocated on a first-come first-served basis.
Jobs
Vacant posts: www.bath.ac.uk/jobs
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TRAINING & DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES
IN THE MEDIA
- Andrew Watts appeared on BBC
Radio Bristol and GWR talking about research into a new kind of drug
to fight bird flu that will not suffer from the same kind of resistance
problems as current treatments.
- Duncan
Ray appeared on GWR
talking about his request for volunteers for a new project aiming
to improve the user-friendliness of mobile phone software.
- John Collomosse talked about his work into
interactive artwork on BBC Radio Manchester.
- Stefan Wolff was interviewed by BBC Radio
Bristol and GWR about the alleged plot to blow up planes mid-flight
to the US.
- Caroline Gardiner outlined
on BBC Radio Swindon the new autumn programme of part-time courses
that the Department for Lifelong Learning are
running.
topˆ EXHIBITIONS
Frabjous Beasts | Till 10 September | Holburne Museum
Quentin Blake has selected twenty beastly works by some of the country's finest living illustrators.
Free entry to staff & students
The Golden Age of British Painting | Till 24 September | Holburne Museum
The years from around 1700 to 1840 in Britain are considered by many to be one of the Golden Ages of European art. During this period, art in Britain was transformed: a country of generally conservative and provincial tastes, served by immigrant artists from the continent, became one that produced its own outstanding painters, whose work was admired and imitated throughout Europe and North America.
Free entry to staff & students
DanceSCAPES | Till 13 October | ICIA Art Space 1 & 2
A unique photography exhibition specially commissioned by Dance South West & Arts Council England South West is shown as part of the Big Dance 2006, a national celebration of dance across the UK between 15 & 23 July 2006. Leading photographer Kevin Clifford was invited to combine the beauty of the West Country with the imagination and talent of the region's most creative dance artists. ICIA at the University of Bath is the only venue in the south west to exhibit the full series of photographs.
Free entry topˆ
Hundreds prepare for 2006 British Transplant Games
One of the most remarkable events on the sporting calendar got underway in
Bath this week with the start of the British Transplant Games. The University
is one of the venues hosting athletes from across the country, all 500 of
whom have had life–saving organ transplants.
Best event yet for hockey festival
Last weekend saw the seventh Bath Mixed Hockey Festival at the University
which attracted a record 24 teams all competing for the new winners trophy,
provided by new sponsors MTR. The event finale saw a Team Bath XI take-on a
Select Festival side and come out winners 2-0.
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