20 January 2006
NEWS
Prince and Duchess to open painting exhibition at Holburne Museum
Prince Charles and The Duchess of Cornwall are to open the exhibition Painting The West Country House & Garden at the Holburne Museum of Art on Friday 3 February.
They will arrive by helicopter on the University campus.
Student applications up at Bath despite national downturn
The University of Bath has bucked a national trend for declining numbers of student applications at UK universities by reporting an increase in applications for undergraduate courses this year.
£3.8 million for Swindon-based project to fill local training gaps
An extra £3.8 million is to be spent in Swindon and the rest of the South West to get more people to study vocational courses at university.
Swindon initiative wins highest rating for helping women entrepreneurs
The Small Business Hub
at Oakfield, which offers free support and training to local businesses and entrepreneurs, has become the first organisation in the South West to receive a Flagship award for its support of female entrepreneurs.
Blogging student wins competition
Modern Languages & European Studies student
Claire Daly
has won a competition for writing a blog about her year abroad in Russia.
UK's first ever Doctor of Business Administration degrees in Higher Education Management awarded
Moira Helm of Canterbury Christ Church University and Kofi Nkrumah-Young of the University of Technology, Jamaica, studied part-time over three and a half years for their DBAs in HE Management at the University of Bath. topˆ INFORMATION
Chemistry networking forum 1 February
An event to introduce some of the current and future research topics that members of staff in Chemistry have interests in, and to facilitate discussions regarding new research collaborations and interdisciplinary projects between Chemistry and other departments.
Research leaders' survey
Following the success of the CROS research staff surveys, institutions from across the UK are taking part in this new HEFCE-funded survey, aimed at finding out what research leaders think about their role and the support they receive to learn it, develop it and perform it. National Teaching Fellowship Scheme (NTFS) 2006
The Higher Education Academy's National Teaching Fellowship Scheme recognises and rewards individual excellence in teaching in higher education in England and Northern Ireland.
Find out what happened to your students!
Copies of Issue 8 of BA2, the University's alumni magazine, are available from alumni@bath.ac.uk Orange Mobile Service on campus
Due to problems with a transmitter located on Norwood House, service is severely affected on the Orange network currently.
Brenda Frankham retires
Brenda Frankham will be taking early retirement on Wednesday 1 February after nearly 18 years with the Finance Department. If you would like to sign the card or make a contribution towards a gift to mark her retirement, please see Angela Milsom, Wessex House 4.04 or Mary Benjamin, Wessex House 4.08. There will be a presentation for Brenda on 1 February in the Payments Office (Wessex House) at 1pm. If you would like to attend for a bite to eat and a drink prior to this please email A.J.Milsom@bath.ac.uk asap.
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, and Julian House - the leading provider of services to homeless men and women in B&NES. 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.
Jobs:
Vacant posts: www.bath.ac.uk/jobs
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Monday 23
7:30 PM BRLSI talk: A German lady's impressions of Regency Bath
Tuesday 24
12:15 PM Women's Lunch
1:00 PM Adult recreational netball
Wednesday 25
9:30 AM An introduction to Action Learning Groups
Thursday 26
12:00 Noon SF Reading Group
6:00 PM Iyengar Yoga
Friday 27
12:15 PM Lunchtime Development for Men - Power in relationships
7:45 PM Jazz Frames
Saturday 28
8:00 PM Time to dance again
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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.
Lines of Enquiry 2 Work by Graduates of BA Fine Art Drawing School and Design, Swindon College
Till 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.
Sweet Charity by BUSMS
Wednesday 8-Saturday 11 Feb | 7.30pm
ICIA Arts Theatre | £9, £7 concs & University staff, £5
BUSU
Bob Fosse's outrageous musical that became a landmark of the late 60's is a story of an impetuous young woman who not only wears her heart on her sleeve, she's had it tattooed on her arm! Includes show-stopping songs such as Rhythm of Life, Rich Man's Frug, If My Friends Could See Me Now and the unforgettable Big Spender.
TeamBath trio heading for Torino
TeamBath skeleton sliders Kristan Bromley, Adam Pengilly & Shelley Rudman have been selected to represent Team GB at the Torino 2006 Olympic Winter Games. Shelley is studying part-time on the Foundation Degree in Sport (Sports Performance) at the University.
TeamBath take-on arch rivals Loughborough
TeamBath aim to continue their 100 per cent record in netball's inaugural figleaves.com Superleague when they travel to Leicestershire to play arch rivals Loughborough Lightning on Saturday 28 January. TeamBath are currently top of the table with Loughborough third. The University of Bath-based team beat Loughborough 47-44 when the two teams met earlier this season - even though Loughborough had raced away to a 1-10 lead in the first six minutes of the contest. Romans make it three out of four
TeamBath Romans beat Colchester United 77-66 in England Basketball League Division 2 to move into a play-off place and make it three wins from their last four matches.
Forthcoming home fixtures
Football
Saturday 21 January: TeamBath FC v Rugby Town - Twerton Park, kick-off 3pm
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