23 June 2006

NEWS

BANES drops plan to ban right turn from The Avenue
Council transport officials had wanted to ban cars from turning right from The Avenue into Convocation Avenue, the main access road to the University's Claverton Down campus. But when the council advertised the scheme, 88 people wrote in to object to it, while only 14 publicly supported it.

Magnetic field research could make computers 500 times more powerful
Magnetic fields created using nanotechnology could make computers up to 500 times more powerful, if new research by Dr Alain Nogaret (Physics) is successful.

Technology used in cars to reduce cost of oil exploration
Technology that has helped improve the environmental performance of cars is being adapted by Dr Sam Akehurst (Mechanical Engineering) to reduce the cost of drilling for oil.

Dean awarded Fellowship from top Bangladeshi university
Professor Geof Wood (Dean of Humanities & Social Sciences) has been awarded the Convocation Fellowship of the Independent University in Dhaka.

Top Canadian fellowship for University architectural historian
Mark Wilson Jones (Architecture & Civil Engineering) was recently awarded one of only five international research fellowships from the Canadian Centre for Architecture.

Dr Niki Panteli appointed Chair of the IFIP working group on Virtuality & Society
Dr Niki Panteli (School of Management) has been appointed Chair of the International Federation for Information Processing (IFIP) Working Group 9.5 on Virtuality & Society.

CARPP-led consortium wins Special Achievement Award
The Connect4Cymru Consortium with the Welsh Assembly Government have been awarded the Public Service People Management Special Achievement Award for their unique leadership development programme, designed to build the capacity of senior managers in public services across the whole of Wales. The programme, which is delivered using an action learning methodology, is led by Professor Peter Reason (Management) and the Centre for Action Research in Professional Practice (CARPP) and employs a network of action research specialists from Wales and England.

'Get children out of school', says educationalist
The national decline in traditional educational fieldtrips is producing a generation completely disconnected with their environment, said educationalist Dr Robert Barratt, who has created the UK's first programme to qualify training geography teachers in specific field teaching and risk management skills.

Student's diary sheds light on postgraduate pharmacy course
The second instalment of a course diary being kept by postgraduate pharmacy student David Thompson has been published by Pharmacy Today.

Chemists saddle up for National Bike Week 17-25 June
The Department of Chemistry has 12 out of 25 academic staff who cycle to work, proving its green credentials during this week's national Bike Week.

Bath alumna raising funds for Tanzanian business development project
Rachael Duffy, a graduate of the BSc International Management with Modern Languages programme, has been selected to work on a small business development project in Africa, which will select families affected by HIV or Aids to receive small business grants enabling them to support their extended families.

Young people get a taste of university life
School and college students from Bath and the South West will get an opportunity to experience life as a university student during two free residential weeks of academic ‘taster' courses and social activities at the University of Bath. (2-7 July for Year 11 school students, and 9-14 July for Year 12 students from Further Education Colleges).

Web workshop was "great success" says organisers
Organisers and delegates have called last week's tenth Institutional Web Management Workshop, held at the University and organised by UKOLN, a ‘great success'.

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INFORMATION

Executive Committee notes
Summary notes of the Executive Committee held on 10 May 2006 are now available online.

Bids sought for Teaching Development Fund
Bids are sought for the E-Migration Fund 2006/07.

Ede & Ravenscroft Prize 2006
Holly Shearer (Chemical Engineering) has been awarded the 2006 Ede & Ravenscroft Prize for postgraduate research students.

The Chancellor's Prize 2006
Andrew Edwards and Rebecca Plappert (Physics) have been awarded the 2006 Chancellor's Prize.

Pay Modernisation Update
Human Resources continue to meet with the campus Trade Unions to discuss proposals for implementing new pay structures in the University. Further talks are scheduled over the coming weeks. Many unions will be balloting their members over the next few weeks - the Unison vote takes place on campus on Tuesday.

Open Day for prospective undergraduates & postgraduates
We are expecting more than 5,000 visitors (prospective students and their parents) to attend on Tuesday, most of whom will arrive by car from approximately 9.30am, so there will inevitably be extra pressure on parking spaces. Overflow parking will be on the playing fields in front of Eastwood Residences, on the playing field behind the STV and possibly on the playing field beside BUCS (2 South).

Online postgraduate open event in School for Health
The School for Health will next week hold an innovative online open event to help promote its postgraduate courses in a range of topics from supplementary prescribing to sport and exercise medicine.

Supplier Expo 2006 - confirmation of prize winners
Were you a prize winner at this week's Supplier Expo? One prize remains unclaimed.

Royal Mail to change way mail is priced
From 21 August 2006 Royal Mail will be changing the way mail is priced. In the new system, mail will be charged by weight and size.

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

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TRAINING & DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES

• IT training courses
• Effective Appraisal - Clerical, admin & academic related - 5 July
• Emergency Life Support - 10 July
  

IN THE MEDIA

• Simone Lewis & Ian Andrews (Sports Development) appeared on Sky News TV talking about Team psychology and Michael Owen's injury.
• Richard Whitman (ESML) commented on the EU-US summit in Vienna on SFM (South Africa), Vedomosti (Russia) & China Radio International.
• Alain Nogaret (Physics) was interviewed on Bath FM about his research into how magnets can affect computer speeds.
• Ben Drew (Mechanical Engineering) discussed the Clever Car on Leading Edge, BBC Radio 4.

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

Monday 26
19:30 PM  BRLSI Talk: World citizenship & world peace

Tuesday 27
10:00 AM  Open Day for Undergraduates and Postgraduates
10:15 AM  Unison members' vote on latest pay offer
19:30 PM  BRLSI Talk: Wisdom of the Ancients

Thursday 29
13:00 PM  Ernest E. Cook & the Holburne Collection
16:15 PM  Council
18:00 PM  MBA Open House Event

Friday 30
19:30 PM  BRLSI Talk: FT-infrared spectroscopy

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SPORT www.teambath.com/news

Bath take second place in BUSA Championships
Another successful year of sport at the University of Bath ensured we secured second place in the 2005/06 BUSA championships for the fourth year running.

Karate success
Seven current and former Bath students, led by University of Bath Karate Club instructors Tom Crick (Computer Science), Charlie McMullan and Jim McCafferty, have placed fifth overall (two golds and six bronzes) in the WUKO European Karate Championships in Austria, behind national federations from Italy, Romania, Belarus and Portugal. With many strong performances from the squad, the sights are now set on the WUKO World Karate Championships in Valencia next June.

Debbie aims for World Championships
After three years of helping athletes based at the University of Bath improve their performance, applied sports scientist Debbie Palmer is returning to international action herself as a member of Great Britain's ice hockey squad.

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