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Friday 27 January 2012
News
Sports nutrition: match your meals with your sports training programme
Inside the sports cafe there is a nutritional information point that gives the STV's customers the opportunity to swot-up on what they should be eating during the day to get optimum health benefits.
Dr Julian Rose explains the solar storms taking place this week
Reports in the news this week have highlighted that the Earth is being bombarded by the strongest solar storm since 2005, with the Northern Lights seen as far south as Yorkshire.
The University is part of a new partnership which aims to establish the South West of England as a centre for international excellence in training for bioscience and food security research.
Smokeless tobacco sold illegally online, researchers find
Researchers from the University’s Tobacco Control Research Group have found that the tobacco product snus can still be purchased on the internet in the EU despite sales being illegal.
Dr Harriet Dunbar-Morris was a panel member in last Friday's live Guardian Professional webchat at 12pm on improving the quality and reach of information, advice and guidance (IAG) about higher education.
LimesNet: bringing interdisciplinary expertise together at the BaleHaus
Interdisciplinary expertise from across the university was brought together at BaleHaus recently to identify potential opportunities to develop holistic research collaboration into the development of low impact innovative construction materials.
KTA film - mobile science technology in education
Dr Danaë Stanton Fraser discusses her KTA project investigating how the use of mobile technology can impact on teaching science to children in schools.
Welcome to staff who joined the University in December
This page provides details of all our new starters and their roles and departments within the University.
A team of three University academics from the Faculty of Engineering & Design have just returned from Kuala Lumpur where they ran a series of exciting robotics challenges in six key schools.
Research
Skills development for research supervisors
Internationally recognised expert, Hugh Kearns, will be running a course entitled ‘Creating the seven secrets of highly successful research students’ on Friday 10 February 2012.
Promoting your research via social media – places available on workshop 26 January 2012
This workshop will show you how you can use social media to help your research and your career. The session will provide information on how to make informed decisions about using social media and help you select from the vast range of tools available.
Good Practice in research
Our Code of Good Practice in research has been revised and updated.
David Parkin Visiting Professorship 2012/13
Applications are invited for the David Parkin Visiting Professorship for the academic year 2012/13.
ERSC media training days
The ESRC has organised a series of media training days for ESRC funded researchers who are beyond their first five years as a researcher.
KT Champion funding continues to support showcasing, secondments and website development
Academics across the University have received funding from the Knowledge Transfer Account. Funding is available for activities aimed at building new collaborative links with external organisations.
Food security: developing disease resistant crops and preventing disease spread
Researchers led by Dr Richard Cooper in the Department of Biology & Biochemistry have been working closely with palm oil producers to combat fungal crop diseases and protect yields and profits.
The deadline for applications for the next round of the researcher led innovation fund is Friday 30 March 2012.
Learning & teaching
HEA STEM plagiarism seminar
The University will be hosting a seminar on plagiarism in the STEM disciplines, sponsored by the Higher Education Academy, on Wednesday 29 February 2012.
Don’t miss the Leadership@lunchtime workshops! Tuesday 24 January - 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.
Call for teaching development fund bids 2012/13
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. The deadline for bids is Monday 16 April 2012.
Developing training courses for commercial clients
This one-day workshop will take place on Wednesday 8 February.
Information
Room design competition – Win an iPod Touch or a Kindle!
Get your students to put their design skills to the test for the chance to win an Apple ipod Touch or a new Kindle.
New programme of staff development courses for 2012
Dates for staff development courses throughout 2012 are now available.
Change to wireless to improve performance - removal of 802.11b
As a measure to improve the speed of the wireless network and provide a better user experience, BUCS will be phasing out the slower 802.11b wireless standard at the end of Semester 1 (4 February 2012). After the transition is complete, only the faster 802.11g and n standards will be in use.
Effectiveness Review of Council – staff & students: We need your views!
Council, the governing body of the University, has recently commissioned a review of its effectiveness. It has been six years since the last review so it is important that students and staff please let us know what you think. Deadline extended to 27 January.
Reminder! Watch out for cyclists
Motorists and cyclists are reminded to take extra care on the roads surrounding the campus, especially at this time of year when visibility is poor.
Scopus citation database now available via library webpages
Scopus is an abstract and citation database from Elsevier which covers over 19,000 peer-reviewed journals, scientific web pages and data from five patent sources. The search interface is clear, easy to use and suitable for undergraduates. There are advanced search options that postgraduates and staff will find useful.
Bars & Eateries introduce clear dietary food labelling
Following the Religion & Belief survey, the Equalities & Diversity Committee recommended better food provision and labelling in the bars and eateries on campus. In response, we have created colour coded dots to indicate which dishes contain ingredients of religious significance or dietary preference.
Opportunity to volunteer in a Romanian orphanage
The trip enables the volunteers to be submerged in the Romanian culture, pick up some of the language, eat the food, meet the locals, see the country and most importantly give the orphans the love and attention they are most lacking.
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.
- Julian Rose speaks about space weather systems and solar storms, BBC Radio Somerset (0.20.35-0.28.21) and BBC Radio Bristol (1.46.35-1.50)
- Bruce Morley discusses GDP, BBC Radio Wiltshire (1.08.55-1.13.08)
- Richard John Fairchild speaks about executive pay, BBC Radio Wiltshire (2.11.39-2.20.11)
- Nick Waterfield discusses the Pseudomonas bacteria, BBC Radio Bristol
Work perks
- Check out our events programme:
WW1 trip visiting the Somme Battlefields - (4 days / 3 nights) Saturday 31 March 2012
Decennial Floriade Expo - Netherlands (4 days / 3 nights) Friday 6 July 2012
Dublin Tall Ships Festival - (5 days / 4 nights) Thursday 23 August 2012
- New Bristol Hippodrome theatre ticket offers-
Blood Brothers Friday 24 February 2012
Matthew Bourne's Nutcracker Wednesday 18 April 2012
Events
STEM projects to be showcased on campus Monday 30 January 2012 (pm only)
This half-day, afternoon event aims to showcase HE STEM-funded projects being developed and implemented by all University staff.
Building morale and resilience - the key to surviving difficult times? Monday 6 February
This practical and interactive session will provide managers with an insight into their role in enhancing resilience by providing an opportunity to consider different models of resilience and recent research, review their own resilience and identify strategies to develop personal resilience in themselves and in their teams.
Chairing recruitment panels Monday 13 February
This is an awareness-raising course for anyone chairing a recruiting panel at the University. The associated legal responsibilities will be explained and put into the context of the University's Recruitment & Selection Code of Practice, particularly focusing on those responsibilities held by the panel chair.
Standing up for science media workshop Friday 23 March
This full day event, held at the University of Manchester, is free and for early career researchers in all sciences, engineering and medicine (PhD students, post-docs or equivalent in first job).
Training & development
Alumni News
Stuart David Grylls promoted to partner
Stuart David Grylls (BSc Electrical & Electronic Engineering) has been promoted from Director to Partner of Actis, the private equity investor.
Jianhong Yuan joins The Moodle Report
Jianhong Yuan (MSc Globalisation & International Policy Analysis) joins deputy editor of The Moodle Report China, a new e-Zine title to be launched in March, dedicated to Chinese travel retail, tourism and airport news.
Fiona Powrie awarded the 2012 Louis-Jeantet Prize for medicine
Fiona Powrie (BSc Biochemistry) has been awarded the 2012 Louis-Jeantet Prize for medicine for her work on the interactions between the bacterial intestinal flora and the immune system.
Bath graduates healthy fast food restaurant wins award
Friska, a healthy fast food restaurant founded by Griff Holland (BSc Economics & International Development) and Ed Brown (BSc Economics) has been named as one of the winners at the Sustainable Restaurant Association awards held in London.
Arts
Spring season now open for booking for all classes and events. Classes include: street dance, ballet, illustration, drawing skills, landscape painting, DJ skills and samba drumming. Book now www.bath.ac.uk/icia
Upcoming events:
- Wendy McMurdo exhibition: Childhood, fantasy and play | 10am-5pm | ICIA Art Spaces 1, 2 & 3 | Until Friday 27 January |
- Theatre Workshop with Katherina Radeva | 11am-4.30pm | ICIA Arts Theatre | Sunday 12 February |
- Scenography with Katherina Radeva | 11am-4.30pm | ICIA Arts Barn | Saturday 18 February |
Sign up for the ICIA's e-bulletin for all the latest news or keep up to date on Facebook or on Twitter @iciabath
Sport
Learn to Stretch
Team Bath would like to invite you to the Sports Injury Clinic Learn to Stretch event. Whether you work in an office or on an athletics track it doesn’t matter – our active stretching techniques will help everyone.
Level 4 certificate in sports massage launched
The new level 4 qualification marks an exciting opportunity for the industry and learners because it’s one of the highest quality vocational sports massage therapy qualifications in the country. It has been recognised by the Sports Remedial Therapy Council, the UK’s regulator of Sports Therapy Industry.
Tribe half-term holiday camps Monday 13 - Friday 17 February
During the school term breaks, Team Bath Tribe deliver academies and camps for talented, developing, aspiring and novice performers.
Stash of judo medals for Bath students & graduates
Team Bath judo players collected three titles at the British Closed Championships at Sheffield at the weekend.