13 January 2006

NEWS

New project to cut greenhouse gases
An innovative project to cut the amount of greenhouse gas used in building and running homes, shops and offices is underway in Bath.

Middle-aged men sought to help slow the ageing process
Scientists at the University of Bath are looking for middle-aged men to help them work out how to slow down the ageing process.

Professor Saiful Islam joins Department of Chemistry
Saiful Islam has just taken up a new appointment as Professor of Computational Materials Chemistry in the Department of Chemistry.

Personal Chairs for Tim Birks & Philip Salmon
Two members of the Physics Department, Tim Birks and Philip Salmon, have been appointed professors. Both take up personal chairs.

£750,000 business projects to launch in Swindon
The University of Bath in Swindon has been awarded £750,000 funding by the European Social Fund to set up three projects during 2006 aimed at supporting local businesses.

Swindon businesses hit the news
Local Swindon businesses are being invited to a free talk on how they can use the media to raise their profile and boost their business.

Chem Eng graduate is crème de la crème
Kristoff Beanlands was one of only five Chemical Engineering graduates in the UK to be awarded a prestigious Graduate Prize by the Salter's Institute.

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INFORMATION

Unwanted Christmas present sale 2006 Tuesday 31 January
Please bring any gifts you wish to donate to Wessex House 4.8 (or contact Mary Benjamin, ext 3768) as soon as possible and help make this year's charity sale a huge success. Last year you raised £4,100 for the Tsunami Appeal; this year the money you raise will help out closer to home: Dorothy House Hospice - concerned with ensuring the best possible quality of life for people with life threatening illnesses. Julian House - the leading provider of services to homeless men and women in B&NES.

Improving library entrance
A full consultant team has now been appointed to proceed to tender with a scheme to improve the entrance to the Library on Level 2 (Parade). Works will start immediately after the exams in the summer with completion for September 2006.

Contact details for Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Strategic Developments)
It would be appreciated if all communications with Professor Jane Millar in connection with PVC business could be made via the following new routes:
Email: pro-vc-strategic@bath.ac.uk Ext: 3993

Staff! Learn a language at lunchtime
The Foreign Languages Centre offers staff lunchtime classes in French, German, Italian and Spanish. These are continuation classes from semester 1 but new members are also welcome. Please register as soon as possible.

Yoga for Health classes
Places are still available on DfLL yoga courses. They will be taking place at Carpenter House on Thursday mornings starting next week or on campus at Wednesday evenings starting 1 February. 

Car sharing scheme
The scheme is free to use - you simply share the travel costs. It links drivers and passengers together online as part of the largest car sharing scheme in the UK and helps reduce the pollution and congestion on our roads.

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

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TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES

• IT Training: Spring 2006
  Members of staff are entitled to free IT training, so why not brush up your computer skills?
• Cross cultural competence in overseas recruitment
  17 January 2006
• Effective appraisal: academic, research and teaching staff
  18 January 2006
• Effective meetings for chairs
  19 January 2006
• Finding teaching and learning resources
  30 January 2006

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IN THE MEDIA

• Keith Stokes (School for Health) has appeared on Bath FM, GWR and a number of regional BBC radio stations talking about his research into the relationship between exercise and ageing in men.
• Smart Sensors, a University of Bath spin off, was mentioned in the Financial Times in an article about biometric identification technology using the human iris.

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

Monday 16 January
15:45 PM  BICoS £4m bid meeting
19:30 PM  Gardening Club: Water gardens and their plants
19:30 PM  Indonesia: Corruption, ethnicity & the 'Pax Americana'

Tuesday 17 January
13:00 PM  Adult recreational netball
13:15 PM  CNM Seminar

Thursday 19 January
10:15 AM  Applying for Research Council Funding for postgraduate study
16:15 PM  HSS Faculty Research Seminar - "State Failure in a Regional Context" - Professor Stefan Wolff

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ARTS www.bath.ac.uk/icia

ICIA spring-summer season

Booking for classes and events is now open. Please pop into the office in 1 East 2.1, call us on ext 6777 or check out the website for further details. To receive a free brochure or to subscribe to the ICIA e-bulletin (with occasional stop press information and offers), please send an e-mail to ICIAinfo@bath.ac.uk

Lines of Enquiry 2 Work by Graduates of BA Fine Art Drawing School and Design, Swindon College
Friday 20 January - Friday 17 February | 10am-5pm
ICIA Art Space 1 | Admission Free
This highly respected course brings together students keen to develop an artistic practice through investigating drawing and its role in contemporary art. The pieces selected for this show include video, mixed media, photography and sound. This is a chance to view some intriguing work by students immersed in a culture of intense artistic enquiry.
Exhibition Preview: Thursday 19 January | 5.30-7.30pm | ICIA Art Space 1 | all welcome, admission free

SPORT www.teambath.com/news

TeamBath stretch Superleague lead
TeamBath stretched their lead at the top of netball's inaugural figleaves.com Superleague to three points by beating Northern Thunder 68-31 last Friday. TeamBath have won seven out of seven, and remain the only team with a 100 per cent record.

Bullet firing on all cylinders
Bath Bullet Jason Gardener was in record-breaking form at the University of Bath indoor meet on Sunday, twice breaking the UK 100m indoor record.

Forthcoming home fixtures:
Saturday 14 January
Football: TeamBath FC v Northwood (Twerton Park, 3pm kick-off)
Sunday 15 January 2006
Basketball: TeamBath Romans v Colchester United (STV, 4pm start)

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