31 March 2006

NEWS

New device could cut chemotherapy deaths
A new method of delivering chemotherapy to cancer patients without incurring side effects such as hair loss and vomiting is being developed by Semali Perera (Chemical Engineering).

Youth justice
New research by Jo Phoenix (Social & Policy Sciences) has revealed that police, magistrates and youth offending teams feel that they have little other choice than to hand out harsher punishments for young offenders despite the government's emphasis on tackling the underlying causes of their criminal behaviour.

Minimal genome should be twice the size, study shows
The simplest bacteria need almost twice as many genes to survive than scientists first believed, according to new research led by Laurence Hurst (Biology & Biochemistry) and published in Nature.

University hosts top pharmacy practice conference
The University will next week host the Health Services Research & Pharmacy Practice Conference, aiming to promote effective public involvement in medicines taking.

Top speakers to tackle the nuclear debate
Geoff Hammond, Director of the International Centre for the Environment (ICE), will be putting the case against nuclear power in opposition to the high-profile supporter of nuclear energy, Sir Bernard Ingham, who was Margaret Thatcher's former press secretary, in a debate on the future of nuclear power in the UK. (Bath Royal Literary & Scientific Institution, Wednesday 5 April 2006, 7.30pm).

Student wins prestigious engineering award
Andrew Bryant, a Mechanical Engineering student currently on work placement with OCRobotics, has won a prestigious Engineering Leadership Award from the Royal Academy of Engineering worth up to £7,500.

Students show schoolchildren that physics can be fun
Charlotte Palmer and Melanie Baylie, both third year Physics undergraduate students, have been busy building schoolchildren's enthusiasm for science as part of their placements.

Alumni Fund helps support Uni athletes
The University Alumni Fund has awarded £2,000 to the Sports Association and Sports Department to help athletes attend internationally recognised events such as the World Student Games.

Arts Societies Fundraising Gala
More than 80 students took part in the first ever Arts Societies Fundraising Gala which played to a full house on 24 March with all proceeds going to the redevelopment of the ICIA arts complex.

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INFORMATION

Car Park F (8 East)
Due to the need to re-establish some of the parking spaces, part of this car park will be cordoned off and unavailable for use for two days, starting Tuesday 4 April 2006.

Rail tickets
STA Travel has sourced a new system for issuing a complete range of rail tickets which is due to go live on Monday 24 April 2006. The new supplier is imposing extra charges for the use of their systems and it will become necessary to charge £1.00 per ticket issued. Due to training requirements, STA will not be able to issue any tickets between the dates of 1–23 April. Apologies for the inconvenience.

Text styleguide is published
Guidelines for writing text for print and the web to enable consistency of style, spelling, punctuation and capitalisation.

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

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IN THE MEDIA www.bath.ac.uk/news/bathinpapers

• ICIA media round-up:
  • Stephen Gill's exhibition achieved extensive local media coverage including interviews in Metro, Big Issue and Venue. His latest series of photographs of Hackney Wick featured in the Guardian Weekend magazine, and he was also interviewed on BBC's Today programme talking about his work.
  • Bobby Baker's Diary Drawings featured in the Bath Chronicle.
  • All three jazz concerts in ICIA'S Spring season were featured in The Guardian's pick of the week.
• Semali Perera's research into chemotherapy using fibre implants has received coverage on the BBC website and the Daily Mail, as well as news websites in Australia and Germany. Dr Perera has also been interviewed on BBC Radio Bristol, GWR and Bath FM.
• Glennys Howarth and Tony Walter (Centre for Death & Society) spoke on a number of BBC radio stations following the BBC broadcasting a TV programme about 'How to have a good death'.
• Laurence Hurst's findings about genetics have been published in Nature as well as on websites in Australia, Turkey and Germany.

TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES

• Emergency Life Support 4 April
• Religious Diversity - new regulations affecting staff & students 6 April
• Fire Safety Awareness 6 April
• Writing Grant Proposals 2: Dealing with funders 13 April

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

Monday 3
10:30 AM  LTA International Tennis - Ladies' qualifying competition

Tuesday 4
- IWA UK Young Researchers Conference
- agentcitiesUK.net Challenge Day on e-Transportation
10:00 AM  LTA International Tennis - Men's main draw starts
4:15 PM  Pain Forum: Vigilance & hypervigilance in chronic pain
7:00 PM  10th anniversary party - MA Interpreting & Translation Japanese stream
7:30 PM  BRLSI talk: The Goddess Movement
7:30 PM  BRLSI talk: Charles Taylor - A philosopher for today

Wednesday 5
- IWA UK Young Researchers Conference
- agentcitiesUK.net Challenge Day on e-Transportation
10:00 AM  LTA International Tennis - Ladies' main draw starts
6:00 PM  Iyengar yoga
7:30 PM BRLSI debate: Nuclear, unclear?

Thursday 6
10:30 AM  MBA Open House Event
7:15 PM  BRLSI talk: Garnets - An under-appreciated stone

Friday 7
9:30 AM  USS member pension presentation
7:30 PM  BRLSI talk: Edward Parry: Bath's arctic explorer
7:30 PM  BRLSI talk: John Herschel

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ARTS www.bath.ac.uk/icia

1 East 2.1, phone ext 6777 or check out the website for further details.

Bobby Baker Diary Drawings
Till 9 June | ICIA Art Space 2 (3WN)
Bobby Baker, one of Britain's leading performance artists, exhibits a series of humorous and moving drawings exploring issues around mental health. This exhibition marks the launch of the University's second gallery area in 3West North.

SPORT www.teambath.com/news

Netball
The Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games ended on a high note for TeamBath netballers Pamela Cookey, Rachel Dunn and Geva Mentor who won bronze medals for Team England.

Judo
It was another successful year at the 2006 Judo BUSA Championships as the University judo programme took home a total of 35 medals.

Basketball
The Men's Founders Basketball Cup Final and the Women's EBL Division 2 and Men's Division 3 Playoff Finals are to take place at the Sports Training Village on Sunday 9 April.

Hockey
TeamBath Buccaneers Men have secured their place in the English Hockey League Division 1 next season coming from 3-1 down to earn a hard fought 3-3 draw away at Holcombe last Sunday. This followed a narrow 2-3 defeat at high flying Beeston the previous day.

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