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Staff and students heard Baroness Professor Ruth Lister reflect on how our understanding of poverty has changed over the past 50 years, since the ‘rediscovery of poverty’ in the 1960s, and what this has meant for policy.

 

 

QUOTE FOR THE WEEK:

 "Poverty is the parent of revolution and crime." 

 
Aristotle (384BC-322BC) Greek Philosopher.
 

 

Friday 23 March 2012

 

News

VC hosts scholars’ tea party
On Thursday 8 March all philanthropically-funded first year scholarship students were invited to meet over tea and biscuits for the annual Scholars’ Tea, hosted by Vice-Chancellor Professor Dame Glynis Breakwell and joined by members of University staff.

Three academics promoted to Professor
Three academics at the University have been promoted to personal chairs: Avi Shankar (School of Management), Dmitry Skryabin (Physics) and Stephen Gough (Education).

Reports from Council and Senate – Feb/Mar 2012
Reports of items discussed at the recent meetings of University Council and Senate.

New Widening Participation Office – increasing access from under-represented groups
We are making a number of changes to ensure that the University meets new targets for increasing its intake of students from under-represented groups.

Research in the World lecture report – poverty & politics
Staff and students heard Baroness Professor Ruth Lister reflect on how our understanding of poverty has changed over the past 50 years, since the ‘rediscovery of poverty’ in the 1960s, and what this has meant for policy.

A new Dragon in the Den
Following the success of last year’s competition, we are very pleased to welcome a new Dragon into the Den for 2012. Mr Hubert Velge (MSc Business Administration 1984) will not only bring an additional £12,500 worth of start-up funds to the competition, but will offer his support and advice, invaluable to our student entrepreneurs.

Video: Children with autism participate in design of tutorial tool
 Academics from the University of Bath’s Departments of Psychology and Computer Science are working together with children with Autism to develop a computer-based maths tutorial system.

Student entrepreneurs triumph at Deloitte
Students from Bath swept the board at a recent student entrepreneur pitching event run with one of the UK’s biggest employers.

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Research

Department of Computer Science shows research at international digital entertainment conference
 Chuan Li, Garry Ren and Jake Hobbs from the Department of Computer Science and the Centre for Digital Entertainment have showcased and demonstrated their current work at XML 2012 last Friday (16 March).

Video: Sustainability challenged in West Africa
 Dr Roy Maconachie has made a video examining the affects of the rapidly changing global economy on sustainable resource management practices in Nigeria.

Images of research 2012: 'Research in your World' Submissions deadline - noon Wednesday 4 April
The theme of the exhibition this year is ‘ Research in your World’ and the University is looking for entries that will show the public how our research is relevant to the world that they know.

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Staff training & development

Internal

Programme of staff development courses for 2012
 Dates for staff development courses throughout 2012 are now available.

CPD course guides freelance interpreters to career success
The ‘Simultaneous and Consecutive Interpretation’ CPD course uses state-of-the-art interpretation laboratories to boost participants’ interpretation skills, preparing them for the competitive United Nations’ freelance interpretation exams.

Immigration and UKBA compliance update Wednesday 28 March
This session will cover: admissions requirements - English, Academic Progression, ATAS clearance; the visa application process; requirements and restrictions for Tier 4 students; our responsibilities - attendance monitoring and reporting requirements; the latest UKBA changes and where to find further information and contact details.

Don’t miss the Leadership@lunchtime workshops until Tuesday 15 May
This comprehensive programme of lunchtime workshops looks at aspects of leadership in the context of research or academia in general. Designed as a series of workshops, participants are welcome to attend just one or two sessions or book for the complete series.

A road map to involving patients in research Friday 25 May
This one day event will provide attendees with an opportunity to gain insight into the importance and benefits of patient and public involvement (PPI) as well as practical information to help support the use of PPI within your own research.

External

AUA Postgraduate Certificate in Professional Practice opportunities
The Postgraduate Certificate in Professional Practice is designed as a self-managed, supported, work-based learning programme and is one of the independent learning programmes leading to a level 7 Postgraduate Certificate, validated and awarded by the Open University.

IT skills

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Learning & teaching

Better@Bath celebrating Learning & Teaching: Are you being watched?
Pete Clark, Manager of the Audio Visual Unit, explains how lecture capture at the University came about, and reports that in the first year of use, 1,500 hours of lectures were captured, resulting in a total of around 10,000 hours worth of viewing by students.

Call for teaching development fund bids 2012/13 deadline - Monday 16 April
The University’s Learning & Teaching Quality Committee is pleased to invite bids for the latest round of teaching development funding for projects in academic year 2012/13.

Spreading expertise through CPD: Fabrication of photonic crystal fibres
The Centre for Photonics and Photonic Materials (CPPM) at the University, well known across the scientific community for its expertise in photonic crystal fibres, opened its doors to researchers and engineers from around the world for a CPD course focusing on the fabrication and physics of photonic crystal fibres.

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Information

Be a Jam Buster
The Jam Buster commuter challenge is a regional competition which encourages employees to travel by sustainable modes and keep an online diary of their journey to work.

Excellence in Doctoral Supervision award deadline - Wednesday 4 April
The purpose of this award is to promote, recognise and reward excellence in the supervision of doctoral students of all kinds. The award consists of a prize of £1,000 to the successful nominee (s). Please could you make any potential successful nominees aware of this award.

The Chancellor's Prize 2012 deadline - noon Friday 20 April
If you feel one of your students deserves the Chancellor's Prize 2012, then make sure you nominate them. The winner of the prize will receive £1,500.

The 2012 Staff Recognition Award deadline - Monday 23 April
The Staff Recognition Award 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.

We're collecting supermarket vouchers! deadline - Wednesday 11 April
Sainsbury's supermarket has just launched its annual Active Kids voucher campaign, and Westwood Nursery on campus is collecting the vouchers.  These can be exchanged for a range of sports and cooking equipment for the children to use at the Nursery.

Chance to enter the Race for Life - Sunday 17 June
Entries for Cancer Research UK's Bath Race for Life have opened. Organisers are issuing a rallying cry to mums, daughters, sisters, grandmothers and friends, encouraging them to sign up as soon as possible for the event which will take place at the University.

Jobs
Visit the Jobs page

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In the media

Would you like to receive a daily email of news stories that feature the University? Please email press@bath.ac.uk and include the word 'Headlines' in the subject box. A selection of HE stories in the national media is also included. For a more comprehensive list of the University's media coverage, visit the bathinthemedia page.

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Events

Queen's Anniversary Prize Conference Friday 30 March
The conference presents some of the research that led to the prize and explaines its importance in times of austerity.

Human development in India: towards social inclusion Monday 23 April
This lecture will draw heavily on India's recent Human Development Report, for which Dr Mehrotra was lead author. Dr Mehrottra was one of the original architects of the UN Human Development Reports, and is currently Director of the Indian Institute for Manpower Service.

Public lectures: Spring term dates confirmed
The full list of the Spring term public lectures is now up so have a look and come along.

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Work perks

Omnibus staff society

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Alumni News

Zama Katamzi interviewed in South African Mail & Guardian Online
Zama Katamzi (PhD Electrical & Electronic Engineering 2011) discusses her career as a space physicist.

Richard Conder joins main board of Anson Group Limited
Richard Conder (MBA 1987) has been appointed as the new chairman of the main board of fund administration company, Anson Group Limited.

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Arts

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Sport

Varsity comes to Bath
This year’s varsity between the Universities of Bath and Exeter will be the largest student sporting event in the history of the University of Bath.

Trio selected for Paralympic World Cup
University-based athletes- Katrina Hart, Ben Rushgrove and Sophie Kamlish have been selected to represent Great Britain at the BT Paralympic World Cup in Manchester in May.

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