£1.2 million donation for speech and language therapy programme

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27 March 2010 Issue 93
£1.2 million donation for
speech and language
therapy programme
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NEWS
2 £1.2 million donation
for speech and
language therapy
programme
4 Software sniffs out
criminals by the shape
of their nose
5 The stock market
comes to UWE
7 UWE + Malaysia
partnerships cemented
during recent visit
£1.2 million donation for speech and
language therapy programme
Better together - Emma Sandbrook pictured
left and Sue Roulstone
8 UWE makes it easy
being green for the
Royal Bath and West
14 UWE launches
environmental
footprint
17 New UWE Research
Repository launched
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Front cover:
Front cover: Emma Sambrook (left)
and Professor Sue Roulstone.
Front cover photo Martin Chainey
A donation of £1.2 million supporting speech
and language therapy work undertaken by
researchers at the University has been given
by The Underwood Trust.
The money will be used to set up an
endowment fund to secure the future of
speech and language therapy research at the
University. This research is conducted by the
Speech and Language Therapy Research Unit
which is a partnership between UWE and
North Bristol NHS Trust, where the Unit is
based at Frenchay Hospital.
More than 250,000 people live with
disabilities following stroke, the most
common of which is communication
impairment, and nearly 40,000 children every
year enter school with significant difficulties
with speech, language and communication
difficulties.
The research programme works at improving
outcomes for people with speech, language
and communication impairments. Professor
Sue Roulstone is delighted at the impact the
donation will have:
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“It’s very reassuring that the endowment
fund set up from this donation will support
our work over the coming years and we are
grateful for this very generous support that
will enable the team to find solutions for
people who experience speech, language and
communication difficulties.
“Language and communication impairments
stem from a wide range of developmental
and acquired conditions including autism,
learning difficulties, hearing impairment,
Parkinson’s disease, motor neurone disease,
throat cancer and many others. Impairments
in a person’s ability to communicate
effectively can impact on every aspect of
their life – their education, relationships and
their employment.
“We are committed to detailed analysis of
what therapies work best, how technologies
used by professionals working in this arena
might be put to better use and to find out
more about why some people with speech
and communication difficulties cope better
than others.
“The programme of research has been
based at the Speech and Language Therapy
Research Unit, hosted by North Bristol
NHS Trust and we are delighted that
this wonderful donation will enable the
University to maintain and develop our links
with the NBT and with the clinical speech and
language therapy departments. We will use
the endowment to establish The Underwood
Trust Chair for Language and Communication
Impairment.”
This donation comes on top of long term
support of more than 20 years for speech
and language therapy research from
The Underwood Trust. Most recently The
Underwood Trust funded research which
has resulted in a film about teenagers with
communication difficulties. Called The Bristol
Project, the film focuses on the experience of
five teenage boys and explores what it is like
to be a teenager with speech and language
difficulties. The film will soon be ready for
distribution.
Sue Roulstone said, “The responses of the
teenagers were not quite what we expected
to hear. The young people challenged us to
focus on their interests and their positive
contributions rather than on their difficulties.
The film portrays these teenagers with
affection and humour and gives them a
chance to share their enthusiasms. Although
the boys’ difficulties with communication may
be apparent in the film, we are challenged
to consider our role in defining their
difficulties.”
Emma Sambrook, Director in UWE’s
Development and Alumni Relations Office,
said, “The Underwood Trust was keen to
ensure UWE’s commitment to the programme
of speech and language therapy research
and to the links with the Speech and
Language Therapy Research Unit. As this
was a philanthropic donation we were in a
position to apply to the Higher Education
Funding Council for England (HEFCE) scheme
that gives 50 per cent matched funding to
projects attracting donations which in this
case amount to £600k.
“This is good news for UWE as a whole,
as of the HEFCE contribution we will ringfence £300k for the work of the Speech and
Language Therapy Research Unit but the
remainder can be used for philanthropic
projects organised by the University. This
will include projects nominated by staff and
students in a scheme to be announced soon.”
Steve West, Vice-Chancellor, said, “Securing
a donation large enough to set up an
endowment at a time when funding for
universities is threatened with significant cuts
is brilliant news and it reflects admirably the
importance of the work that Sue Roulstone’s
team is doing. Well done to everyone and
huge thanks to The Underwood Trust for
supporting the programme of research in
speech and language therapy.”
From left: Mark Holling, Emma Sambrook, Alison Heyes and Lesley Cook
How the Development
and Alumni Relations office
can help you
The Development and Alumni
Relations Office was able to
increase the donation to speech
and language therapy research
through an application to HEFCE’s
matched funding scheme for
charitable donations.
The University has established a
professional development and
alumni relations office which at
present comprises the Director of
Development (Emma Sambrook),
Head of Fundraising (Alison Heyes)
and two alumni relations staff
(Mark Holling and Lesley Cooke).
As the Vice-Chancellor and Senior
Management Team map out the
key priorities for the University
over the coming five to ten years,
the Development Office will be
charged with finding potential
donors.
Emma Sambrook said, “Funding
will remain the remit of the
contracts team in RBI, but where
we are able to help is with helping
source funding via grant-giving
trusts or wealthy benefactors
who want to make philanthropic
donations.
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We can help with donor research,
planning approaches to donors,
helping with ‘asking’ for gifts
and producing proposals. We’re
not just here for large donations,
we’re happy to help with any
charitable project. Due to the
small size of the team, the level of
support we can give will depend
on its priority level within the
University as agreed by the Deputy
Vice-Chancellor.”
Until August 2011, the University
is able to access matched funding
from HEFCE for all philanthropic
donations stewarded by the
Development Office. This could
result in an additional 25 per cent
of the donation for a recipient
project. To access this funding,
the Development Office should
be kept informed of the funding
application and any donation
received, which should be initially
banked using a Development
Office code. It will then be
transferred to the recipient and
any matched funding transferred
when received from HEFCE.
NEWS
Software sniffs out criminals by the shape of their nose
Forget iris and fingerprint scans –
scanning noses could be a quicker
and easier way to verify a person's
identity, according to scientists from
UWE and the University of Bath.
With worries about illegal
immigration and identity theft,
authorities are increasingly looking
to using an individual's physical
characteristics, known as biometrics,
to confirm their identity. Unlike other
facial features used for biometrics,
such as eyes or ears, noses are difficult
to conceal and also aren't changed
much by facial expression.
Professor Melvyn Smith and Dr
Gary Atkinson from UWE's Machine
Vision Laboratory, together with Dr
Adrian Evans and Adrian Moorhouse
from the University of Bath, decided
to investigate whether images of
people's noses could be used to
recognise individuals. They used a
photographic system called PhotoFace,
developed at UWE to scan the 3D
shape of volunteers' noses, and used
computer software to analyse them
according to six main nose shapes:
Roman, Greek, Nubian, Hawk, Snub
and Turn-up.
Instead of using the whole shape of
the nose, the researchers used three
characteristics in their analysis: the
ridge profile, the nose tip, and the
nasion or section between the eyes at
the top of the nose.
Whilst the researchers used a
relatively small sample, they found
that nose scanning showed good
potential for use as a biometric, with
a good recognition rate and a faster
rate of image processing than with
conventional biometric techniques
such as whole face recognition.
Professor Melvyn Smith said, “This
collaborative project with Bath is very
exciting work with great potential.
PhotoFace is an innovative 3D face
data capture system developed as part
of an EPSRC funded project involving
UWE, Imperial College, the Home
Office (Scientific Development Branch)
and General Dynamics Ltd.
Dr Adrian Evans (University of Bath)
"It works by taking photos lit by a
flash from several different angles
so that four images are taken in very
rapid succession of every point on the
face, each under different controlled
lighting conditions.
This image, taken by UWE’s Machine Vision
Laboratory, was named as the Institute of
Engineering and Technology’s processed
image of the month in February. The triple
image was captured using the 3D face
recognition photometric stereo imaging
system developed at UWE, funded by an
EPSRC grant. It has also been selected for
a special issue of the IET Computer Vision
journal on biometrics.
“The technique is known as
photometric stereo and UWE's
Machine Vision Laboratory is one of
only three UK centres with expertise
in this area.”
Photo credit Nic Delves-Broughton
This research was extensively covered
in the media. For the full story see
UWE newspages: http://bit.ly/dh80m8
Digital Cultures Research Centre launch
The launch will showcase projects in development and celebrate
the first successful six months of operating.
UWE’s new Digital Cultures Research
Centre is being launched at the
Pervasive Media Studio in Bristol on 13
April 2010 at 16:00.
On display will be rooms that react when someone enters,
interactive sculpture, YouTube documentary film production, and
acoustic archaeology.
The Centre is a new initiative bringing together research into the
ways that digital technologies are changing our lives.
The Digital Cultures Research Center is a partner with Watershed
and the Pervasive Media Studio, bringing together creative
enterprises, artists, technology developers as well as academic
research, teaching and learning in a unique, open-innovation
environment.
With its roots in the Faculty of Creative Arts, the Centre brokers
collaborative research between Computer Sciences, the Arts,
Social Sciences and Regional Cultural Industries. The Centre
investigates how people make culture through their interactions
with media technologies. It aims to create new knowledge about
media applications in real world contexts.
To register for the event please go to http://rbi.uwe.ac.uk/
Internet/dcrcevent.asp
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The stock market comes to UWE
Bristol Business School now boasts a fully
functional Reuters trading room. There
are only a handful of UK universities
that offer this resource.
The Reuters trading room is being made
available primarily for Finance, Business
and Economics students to provide
students with an insight into stock
market trading.
The room includes ten computer
terminals each equipped with the
Reuters 3000 Xtra system and a central
large flat screen monitor, that streams
in the latest Infopoint financial market
information.
Four PhD students have been especially
trained to act as facilitators to help
other students to learn how to use the
systems.
Wessan Abouarghoub, one of the PhD
student facilitators, said, “This is a
fantastic resource and gives us a brilliant
opportunity to get some real hands-on
practice with systems that we may use
in our future professional lives. It’s also
an added bonus for people like me who
can use the system for detailed analysis
in research work. My personal research
interest is in the shipping industry and
access to the trading room means I have
detailed, real-time information on costs
and shares, graphs, volatility forecasts
and news.
“As facilitators we will provide the
training and many students will work
towards a useful qualification that has
industry recognition and that will give
BBS students an edge when it comes to
future employment opportunities.”
Dr Woon Wong from the Centre for
Global Finance at Bristol Business School
is managing the Reuters room. He said,
“We are proud that we can offer this
new resource to students. It will help
to bridge the gap between theory and
practice. Students previously only had
access to these systems on internships. In
the past we have relied on data in the
FT which is well and good but having
access to real-time systems and the
breadth of data that this system provides
will give a much broader insight into the
markets.”
Professor Jon Tucker, Director of the
Centre of Global Finance said: “We are
delighted that we can offer students
and staff such a fantastic opportunity
to access this kind of technology which
replicates that of a real-world trading
room.”
Students will be able to take an
examination online from the Thomson
Reuters Markets Academy, which they
can use to prove to future employers
that they have experience of trading
room market software. There are also
plans to enter students into a Reuters
international portfolio management
competition once they have mastered
the system.
Coach Club
Mystery Trip - 10 March
Charlecote Park - 24 April
Members £10, Non-members £11.
Members £9.50 (NT members) £17 (Non NT Members)
Non members £10.50 (NT members) £18 (Non NT members)
Easter weekend – Northern France 2 – 5 April
Malvern Show – 8 May
Members £195, Non-members £200 Single supplement £70.
Members £22 Non-members £23.
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NEWS
New digital archive study aims to create permanence from the web
How can we curate and make
permanent the narratives and transient
experiences we share daily on the web?
Can we preserve a player’s participation
in an Alternate Reality Game that spans
continents and platforms, or in reading
a story that disappears from the world
once its last page is turned?
Dr Tom Abba (CA) is investigating
this – he has just been awarded an
early career research grant to identify
strategies for archiving new and
existing digital works. His research
into how to classify and curate these
digital narratives will strengthen UWE’s
emerging reputation for research into
new and interactive media, focused
through the University’s Digital Cultures
Research Centre.
Originally trained as an illustrator, Tom
is now established as a practitioner
and theorist in new media. This latest
project was largely inspired by three
experiences: the first was encountering
an early digital poem, Agrippa,
dating from the very earliest days of
the web in 1992. Appropriately, the
subject matter of the 305-line work by
William Gibson is the impermanence
of memory. It is a trans-generational
memory poem about Gibson’s father
and his own youth, which can run
just once before encrypting itself into
oblivion. Another inspiration is the
web-native novel, 253, by Geoff Ryman,
exploring the connections between
each of the passengers and driver on a
full tube train.
Tom says, “The transitory nature of the
web, and the speed at which things
emerge and quickly vanish, causes all
sorts of problems for scholars looking
UWE well represented at
national Student Experience
Conference
to understand new forms of story.
The third insight for my research
was recognising that there was an
opportunity to take hold of some of
those curatorial questions, and try to
determine what was worth holding
onto for future generations and why.
“This research funding means that
I can explore the academic and
practical issues involved in setting up
and curating such an archive on an
ongoing basis, taking into account the
fact that technology and the use that
practitioners put it to is constantly
evolving.”
In all, 21 UWE staff were awarded early
career research grants worth £300,000
in 2009/10 to get their research careers
off to a flying start.
School of Creative Arts and the Centre for Performing Arts
www.uwe.ac.uk/sca
A national conference entitled ‘Providing an Excellent
Student Experience’, held in London in February,
included two speakers from UWE. In the morning
session Professor Geoff Channon (VCO) was on the
platform alongside government minister Lord Young
and in the afternoon John Clarke, Assistant Director,
SSD, presented UWE as a case study in employability
developments in HE.
The event organised by EMAP in association
with AMOSSHE (the HE Student Services national
organisation), included representatives from senior
management across the sector, including the 1994
Group, as well as many directors of student services.
Professor Channon focused particularly on the role
of student surveys and both the value that could
be drawn from drilling down into the data from
these and the potential dangers of survey ‘overload’
on students themselves. John Clarke’s presentation
focused on the progress that has been made across
a range of employability developments at UWE
including GDP, the My Future e-learning tool, the
E-Zone area on Frenchay Campus and the integration
of careers support services with Faculty and academic
staff. UWE’s contributions to the event were well
received and there has been subsequent follow-up
from a number of delegates to wishing to find out
more about developments here.
Measure for Measure
Measure for Measure is an astonishingly modern dark comedy about sexual
repression and human frailty. Whilst laying bare the warped sexual being of
each one of its three central characters, the play provides the best antidote to
over zealous puritans in any age - a rich dose of laughter therapy!
Redgrave Theatre
2 Percival Road
Clifton, Bristol BS8 3LE
Wednesday 28 April to
Saturday 1 May 2010
19.30
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Exhibition on
Bristol’s Lost Quarter
provokes debate
Lively discussions have been sparked
by an exhibition by postgraduate
architecture students on future
developments at Bristol’s Castle Park.
The exhibition, at the Architecture
Centre, showed project work from
BArch students in which they looked
at possible uses for land at the edge of
the site, opposite St Nicholas’ Church,
in Bristol’s city centre. Flattened by
wartime bombing, this area is known as
Bristol’s Lost Quarter as it was once the
most lively and densely occupied heart
of the city. It was left fallow for around
30 years and then became a park in the
mid-1980s.
UWE + Malaysia partnerships cemented
during recent visit
A recent visit by a research team from the Institute for Bio-Sensing Technology
(IBST) to Malaysia has led to further collaborations with universities and industry
contacts in the country.
The visit took place in late January and included representatives from UWE and
the Urological Institute at Southmead Hospital at the invitation of the Malaysian
Royal High Commission.
Professor Richard Luxton, Director of IBST, said, “We met with representatives
at the United Nations University in Kuala Lumpur, the Malaysian Bio-Diagnostic
Research Unit, the Clinical Research Centre at the Malaysian Ministry of Health,
the University of Malaya and University of Kebrangsaan Malaysia.
“The meetings consolidated research collaborations with our colleagues in
Malaysia. There are several areas of complementary research work that we have
already established including investigations into the ethnic diversity of prostate
cancer in Caucasian and Asian populations, rapid detection models for dengue
fever, and analysis of kidney stones formation and pathogenesis.
“We have taken our relationships a step further with the signing of a
memorandum of understanding with the Clinical Research Centre with the
Malaysia Ministry of Health and a commitment to deliver a programme of
collaborative research with the University of Malaya. We are very grateful to the
support we received from Lee Ching Heong from the Science and Innovation
Network at the British High Commission, for making this visit possible.”
Mr David Gillatt, consultant surgeon and specialist in urological cancers,
emphasised, “These collaborations revive the tradition of knowledge exchange
between the Bristol Urological Institute and the University of Malaya, and we
are very pleased to have been able to build on this relationship in partnership
with UWE.”
The exhibition on Castle Park photographed
by student Adam Holmes
Senior Lecturer James Burch (FET) said,
“The land along Wine Street, at the
outer edge of the site, has been bought
by a developer. The site is contentious
because some people only know it as a
park, without understanding the longer
perspective. The students’ projects
looked at how the site could work as
partly park, and partly city, providing
a critical evaluation of the space and
offering various design arguments.
“The Architecture Centre held a
debate entitled Recovering Bristol’s
Lost Quarter on 3 February, chaired
by UWE’s Professor of Architecture
Richard Parnaby. This was an extremely
lively evening, to say the least, as the
exhibition acted as the catalyst for
a discussion, quite heated at times,
between park users, urban designers,
architectural practitioners working
with developers who have an interest
in the western edge of the park, and
academics.”
Journalist James Russell wrote a piece on
the exhibition for The Bristol Magazine,
saying, “Underlying the various schemes
for museums and health centres, gardens
and bike parks are a well-thought-out
set of aims and principles - designed not
to try and recreate a lost city but to learn
from it as we continue the decades-long
task of rebuilding.”
Steve West, Vice-Chancellor, said, “IBST at UWE and the Urological Institute
at Southmead Hospital have an important ongoing research partnership and
we are delighted with the
outcomes of meetings in
Malaysia. We look forward
to extending our welcome to
Malaysian collaborators and
partners as we work together
on developing diagnostic tests
for cancers and investigations
into dengue fever.”
The UWE delegation to
Malaysia included Professor
Richard Luxton, Dr Janice
Keily and Dr Olena Doran, and
representatives from the Bristol
Urological Institute included Dr
David Gillatt, Adele Long and
Jo Worthington.
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UWE rugby has gained promotion
to the BUCS Premiership for the
first time in the club’s history, with
an away victory in February against
Hartpury College 2nds, winning by
6-13 points. The elation at the end
was clear for all to see as UWE also
won the league in the process. Head Coach George Tavner commented, “I
am delighted for the players. Their performance today was excellent and
they got what they deserved. This is a huge achievement for UWE rugby
and reflects the hard work and attitude the players have put in all season.”
Pictured is the UWE rugby team in action against Bristol University in last
year’s Varsity match.
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NEWS
College students
visit UWE Hartpury
Campus
Students from Gloucestershire,
Royal Forest of Dean, Stroud and
Cirencester Colleges attended a
Health care Taster Day at UWE’s
Hartpury Centre on 12 February.
The Countess of Wessex and auditor Andy Cross present environmental certification
to Matt Lomax (centre)
UWE makes it easy being green for
the Royal Bath and West
The Royal Bath and West of England Society is now one of the greenest
agricultural societies in the UK thanks to a partnership with UWE.
The Society, which runs the annual Royal Bath and West agricultural
show at Shepton Mallet, has gained international recognition for
its new environmental management system and its commitment to
environmental sustainability.
A Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) with UWE has resulted in 18
major environmental improvements over the past two years aimed at
significant improvement in waste management and recycling rates,
reduction in the use of energy, improvements to drainage and a
reduction in demand for water.
The Countess of Wessex, President of the Society, was at the Shepton
Mallet Showground along with Matt Lomax from UWE and the external
accreditation auditors to hear that the Society had reached international
environmental standards laid down by ISO 140001. This enabled the
Society to register with the EU Eco-Management and Audit Scheme ,
with which only 160 organisations in the UK are currently registered.
Academic supervisor Gareth White (BBS) said, “Meeting these standards
demonstrates the Society’s commitment to sustainability. They are the
culmination of two Knowledge Transfer Partnerships with UWE which
involved reviewing all energy and waste processes and implementing an
Environmental Management System.”
KTP associate Matt Lomax said, “I was keen to see the Society succeed
in gaining accreditation, so I stayed on for another four months, under
the new shorter KTP scheme launched in July 2009, to fully embed the
system.
“Working as a KTP Associate gave me the opportunity to undertake
great professional development, including gaining Chartered
Management Institute membership, IEMA membership, qualifying as an
Environmental Assessor and gaining a NEBOSH qualification in Health
and Safety.”
For more information on UWE KTPs visit http://rbi.uwe.ac.uk/Internet/
business/ktp.asp
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The day provided an opportunity
for students to find out more about
health care professions and courses.
It was supported by Aimhigher west
and UWE staff from the Faculty
of Health and Life Sciences, who
provided a number of interactive
and information workshops including
Adult Nursing, Clinical Skills, Mental
Health, Radiotherapy and Diagnostic
Imaging. Students also had the
opportunity to find out more about
making an application to university,
finance and support services
available. Student ambassadors were
available throughout the day to help
answer queries about university life.
The feedback received from the
event was extremely positive with
many students commenting how
the day had helped inform their
career planning and provided lots of
information about University.
Anne Radley, Gloucestershire
College Aimhigher FE Co-ordinator
commented, “The taster event was
great and I know my participants
found it very useful. Opportunities
like this to meet current university
students and lecturers are very
important as it helps my learners to
develop a realistic view of further
study.”
Janet Lonsdale, Aimhigher Health
Care Strand Co-ordinator stated, “We
were really pleased with the success
of the day and hope to be able to
offer similar events at Hartpury in
the future.”
The Aimhigher programme aims to
promote higher education to young
learners who would not necessary
consider university an option.
Real criminals use virtual worlds to launder money
on the real economy. The
previous research is now
relatively out-of-date given
the fast pace of technology
and the criminal mind. The
difficulty in virtual money
laundering and banking
law is the confusion
over the jurisdiction the
crime has taken place in.
Clare Chambers is investigating
This project is a global
virtual money laundering
examination of the laws
relating to virtual worlds and
whether we can assimilate real world laws into a virtual world.
A study of virtual worlds to see how criminals use them to
launder real money is under way at UWE.
Senior Law lecturer Dr Clare Chambers has just started an
18-month project to investigate whether the legal structure
of these virtual worlds – where players use real money to
buy virtual goods such as land, businesses or consumer items,
which can then be sold on or exchanged - enables money
laundering offences to be committed.
Clare said, “On an average day, about £750,000 changes
hands in the most popular virtual world platforms. The most
recent research into virtual fraud was carried out in 2007 and
this concluded that money laundering was on the increase in
virtual realities. More up-to-date research is required in this
area order to understand and combat it.
“I will be making recommendations on how the government
can regulate this growing virtual crime, and these will be
communicated through policy consultation and journal
publications. For example, the UK government can ensure
that funds exchanged in this way count as genuine financial
instruments, covered by existing laws and regulations.
“The number of users of one popular platform, Second Life,
has soared from 700,000 in 2003 to 6.2 million in 2008. Players
create on-screen characters known as avatars who can mingle
with others anywhere in the world. Using a pretend currency
called Linden dollars they can buy and sell virtual items from
clothes to homes, for fun or to impress. Characters can even
start up businesses.
“The new opportunities offered by virtual worlds for money
laundering include people providing false online identities, tax
evasion and unregulated cross-border money movements.”
“Crucially, Linden dollars can be freely exchanged for real
American dollars. My research will examine how money
laundering can take place through virtual platforms. Little is
really known about virtual economies and the effect this has
Clare is one of 21 UWE staff awarded grants to help their early
research careers.
Research, Business
and Innovation support
drop-in sessions
In a new initiative, staff
are invited to a series
of lunchtime drop-in
sessions to discover how
RBI can support them in
developing their research
and knowledge exchange
activities.
University of the West of England
Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities
You are warmly invited to attend an
During the sessions, visitors
RBI staff at the drop-in
are provided with advice
(from l to r) - Claire McQuillan,
on a wide range of topics
Katie Gough, Neil Phillips and
including research funding
Andrew Wilson.
opportunities, innovation
support, working with
business and community, Knowledge Transfer Partnerships,
market research, Continuing Professional Development
and development opportunities available for postgraduate
researchers.
Inaugural Professorial Lecture
on
Thursday 13 May 2010, 18.45
Conversations in Culture:
Afterlives of Late-Victorian British Writing
Guidance was also provided on UWE’s Early Career Researcher
Starter Grants and the Project Approval Support System.
Of particular interest was a Beginner’s Guide to Research
Professional which can be used to search for funding
opportunities across a wide range of funders and can be
accessed at http://new.researchresearch.com/
Professor William Greenslade
Professor of English
Lecture Theatre H124, St Matthias Campus,
UWE, Oldbury Court Road, Bristol BS16 2JP
Successful events have so far been held at Frenchay Reception
and Felixstowe Court. For details of future events contact
Claire McQuillan on ext 81644 or via e-mail Claire.Mcquillan@
uwe.ac.uk
Drinks and canapés will be served following the lecture
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for National Science and
Engineering Week
Daniel Jubb, the rocket scientist developing one of
the engines for the BLOODHOUND SSC supersonic
land speed record attempt, visited UWE to describe
his work on Bloodhound’s hybrid rocket, designed
to power the car to speeds of over 1,000mph.
RBI’s Dr Neil Phillips leads a mock evaluation panel exercise to
help early career researchers understand how peer review works.
Workshop for UWE’s Early
Career Researchers
His talk was part of UWE’s programme of events
for National Science and Engineering Week and
was aimed at all students from higher education
institutions in the region.
More than 40 staff attended an RBI workshop in February
to find out more about how to develop their research
careers and how to secure the resources to do so. The
workshop was part of UWE’s strategy for supporting the
next generation of researchers and was aimed at early
career researchers bidding for external funds or the
University’s Early Career Researcher Starter Grants.
Daniel said, “The best thing about being part of
the Bloodhound SSC team is helping to maintain
the UK engineering capability by encouraging
young people to get into engineering.”
Daniel was born in Manchester in 1984 and has
been interested in rockets from an early age.
He founded The Falcon Project in 1995 with his
grandfather Sid Guy and soon they were building
and launching rockets capable of reaching 20,000
feet altitude. The Falcon Project Ltd now designs
and manufactures custom solid, liquid and hybrid
propellant rocket systems in the US and UK, with
applications ranging from mine disposal and target
drones to high altitude research rockets.
The programme included an overview of UWE’s Early
Career Researcher Starter Grant scheme, a mock panel
evaluation exercise, an applicant’s perspective and tips
for preparing a good application.
There was lively discussion about the merits of mock
proposals considered as part of the panel evaluation
exercise. This included consideration of ethical issues and
the practicalities of different research methodologies.
Attendees reported that it was very useful to be
seeing the process from the other side of the fence by
simulating the role of evaluators. In particular they noted
how important it was to make sure that proposals were
clear and easily comprehensible to reviewers.
Dr Claire Rocks (LS) who organised the Bloodhound
lecture said, “It’s great that we could get Daniel to
come along and tell us first-hand about his exciting
work. The students found it inspiring and that’s
part of the whole BLOODHOUND Project; to inspire
and enthuse the next generation of engineers.”
UWE’s Early Career Researcher Starter Grants are aimed
at supporting early career researchers, in excellent and
emerging areas of research, to undertake preliminary
work with a view to making a substantial bid for
external funding to take this work forward. Although
the deadline for this year’s awards has now passed,
it is hoped that this will continue to be an annual
competition. For more information visit http://rbi.uwe.
ac.uk/intranet/research/ecrsg2.asp
The Bloodhound full-size show-car was also
on view during NSEW. The car itself is being
constructed at a site adjacent to Brunel's ss Great
Britain on Bristol’s Harbourside.
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UWE is a founder partner of the Bloodhound
Project led by Richard Noble, a previous world land
speed record holder. The project was launched at
the Science Museum in London in October 2008.
Progress on the project can be followed at www.
bloodhoundssc.com
Geek Pop ’10 launches with live science and music gigs
Alumni from UWE’s Science Communication course are behind
a music festival with a difference. Geek Pop ’10, a celebration
of science-inspired music and geek culture, kicked off with a
live gig in Bristol on 11 March.
Run by Sounds of Science team members Jim Bell, Hayley Birch
and Vicky West, the previously online-only event branched
out with live performances in Bristol and London for the
first time this year. The team’s original idea for a virtual pop
festival helped them win a merit award in UWE’s theBizIdea
competition in 2009 and the event, now in its third year, has
become an established annual event.
A total of 30 bands from around the globe were signed up
to perform across its virtual and physical stages in 2010, with
music from every set available to download for free.
The event was sponsored by Computer Geeks and the British
Science Association, and ran during National Science and
Engineering Week.
According to Festival Organiser Hayley Birch, the festival
has evolved rapidly since 2008. “In the first year, we only
had about ten artists and none of the music was specifically
written for us,” she says. “It’s great to see we’re establishing
ourselves as an annual event and especially that we’re giving
creative inspiration to musicians to make music about science.”
Festival-goers can experience the virtual festival from the
comfort of their own homes by visiting www.geekpop.co.uk
Festival organisers Hayley Birch and Jim Bell with compère
Chris Dunsford (top left)
Student research – is it ethical?
the student experience. Particular attention will be given to
managing risk, issues of gaining consent and the various types
of consent in research, how to deal with confidentiality, data
storage and protection, and working within the constraints of
the NHS research governance framework. Attendees will also
be able to find out about UWE’s processes and procedures
and there will be opportunities to share best practice and
understanding with colleagues from across the University, and
put questions to specialists in the field.
Are you a supervisor? Do your students carry out small-scale
investigations? Do you know what your students are getting
up to? Do you worry about your responsibilities?
If your answer to any of the above is yes then you may benefit
from coming along to the UWE Exhibition and Conference
Centre on Tuesday 6 July for a research ethics training
conference, organised by the University’s Research Ethics
Committee (UREC), focusing on exploring ethical issues in
student research.
Professor Robin Means, Chair of UREC, says, “Annual audits
by the Committee have repeatedly identified concerns from
supervisors about their responsibilities where the focus of the
student’s research involves human participants or their tissue.
This event is being organised to recognise this need for ethics
awareness training and will to be a positive exploration of
these important issues.”
UREC is committed to promoting high ethical standards in the
conduct of research undertaken by all staff and students. All
research involving human participants and/or tissues has to be
subject to research ethics scrutiny by the Committee or one
of its Faculty Research Ethics Sub-Committees. However it is
important that the scrutiny is appropriate and efficient, and
not such that it prevents researchers from carrying out their
research.
If you supervise or have any dealings with students who may
be conducting research involving human participants or their
tissue, are a member of a research ethics committee, or have
an interest in the ethics of research, you are likely to find this
event interesting and useful.
Particular issues for undergraduate and master’s students
include time constraints, the definition of ‘research’ and
awareness of research ethics concerns, such as data storage and
confidentiality and the personal safety of the researcher.
For further information and to book a place contact Alison
Vaughton (RBI) on 0117 32 82872 or e-mail Alison.Vaughton@
uwe.ac.uk
This free event will comprise presentations from specialists,
highlighting the issues encountered by supervisors and other
staff working with researchers, and workshops covering many
aspects of the ethics of research, with a specific slant on
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Future Bristol
Professor James Longhurst (FET),
Co-Director of the Institute
for Sustainability, Health and
Environment, recently shared a panel
with entrepreneurs and key civic
leaders in Bristol at a special event
focusing on the Bristol City region in
a new global economy. The event,
held at At-Bristol was hosted by Jim
Knight, Minister for the South West.
The Future Story project supports
regions in developing their own
global links and strategy to deal in
worldwide markets for business and
enterprise. A government initiative
headed by the Talent and Enterprise
Taskforce chaired by Lucy Parker, aims
to promote a wider understanding of
how globalisation is already changing
people’s everyday lives and jobs for
the future. By telling the story through
the UK’s cities and regions, the project
aims to bring globalisation alive to
people. FutureStory identifies through
local success stories, where the jobs
and industries of the future are
coming from and how to create them.
James explains, “I was pleased to be
part of this panel and to contribute
my views on how the region must and
can develop in an environmentally
sustainable way. UWE has much to
contribute to the story of our regional
success, and is an important player in
the future of this region. Bristol has
always had global connections and
UWE is well placed with expertise
in the environmental technologies
and carbon management. This
expertise will help ensure that the
region develops sustainable jobs
and industries fit for the low carbon
future of tomorrow.”
The event, which took place on 25
February was attended by UWE PhD
students and invited sixth formers
from local schools and colleges.
Professor Longhurst was interviewed
for the Future Story book and DVD,
and is featured on the website http://
futurestory.enterpriseuk.org/. John
Lanham (BIT) also attended the event
and was interviewed for the DVD
and book visit: http://futurestory.
enterpriseuk.org/building-blocks (click
on education).
Law graduate Jay Wilcox launches début single
Bristol Law School graduate and rising talent, Jay Wilcox has
collaborated with Bristol Drum and Bass star Roni Size on his
single and music video 'Sick and Tired'.
“It can be daunting for a new artist meeting up with record
labels. It’s important to understand the contractual terms
of what you’re signing up to, so it helped that I had a solid
grounding from a module I studied in Media Law.”
Jay who graduated in 2008, filmed the video for 'Sick and
Tired' in Bristol, keeping up his university connection by
inviting UWE students on Facebook to appear as extras in a
nightclub scene. Described as a ‘quirky dnb floor filler’, the
single has already been warmly received with over 4,000 video
views on You Tube and will soon to appear on the MTV Base
music channel.
Marcus Keppel-Palmer (Senior Lecturer in Law) who teaches
Media Law said, “Many students in the UWE Law School
are multi-faceted and it is pleasing to see that someone can
combine degree studies with carving out a career in the
entertainment industry. Jay now has the legal knowledge to
ensure that he can look after the business side of his career as
well as the performing and song writing sides. He should be
very successful.”
A legal background has helped Jay to get to grips with the
complexities of the music industry. Jay says, “I really enjoyed
studying for my Law degree and felt at home at UWE from day
one. The Law school has an excellent reputation and I particularly
liked the modules in Human Rights and Criminal Law.
The single 'Sick and Tired' will be released in May/June on
Contour Records.
Berry O’Donovan, Deputy Director of AsKE (Centre for Excellence
for Teaching and Learning), Oxford Brookes University, gave a
presentation on 17 March 2010 to UWE staff at a jointly organised
seminar under the auspices of the Learning and Professional
Development Research Unit and the Student Experience
Programme, hosted by Professor Ursula Lucas and Jonathan
Bradley.
The seminar, entitled Knowing Me, Knowing You – The
Importance of Affinity Space and Community in the Learning
Environment, was concerned with the importance of learning
spaces within higher education and invited challenge and debate
on the role of community in improving the academic performance
of students.
Pictured from left are: Ursula Lucas, Berry O'Donovan
and Jonathan Bradley
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launching a new approach to communications and engagement under the heading ‘our footprint’.
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•Gas consumption reduced at
Frenchay site by 40 per cent through
boiler upgrades
•Green electricity from renewables
such as water and wind power
reducing our CO emissions by 8,000
tons per year – that’s by over 70 per
cent
•Switch off campaign cut electricity
use by 15 per cent in the student
village in 2009
•More bus travel on Ulink buses - now
6,000 journeys a day
•Local seasonal and organic food
increased to 10 per cent of all food
served
•Fairtrade spending on products
increased to £100,000
•Volunteer staff and students helping
out in 122 organisations and 45
schools and FE colleges
draft proofing, and further voltage
reduction of site electricity supplies is
planned (which has already resulted in
12 per cent electricity savings at Bower
Ashton campus).
The team is working to ensure all new
buildings are as sustainable as possible,
with the R Block extension on track to
achieve a BREEAM excellent rating. This
building will have an innovative heating
strategy, making use of recycled waste
cooking oil from the University kitchens.
For further information visit www.
uwe.ac.uk/estates/energyInfo.shtml or
contact [email protected]
Waste
The recycling rate for 2008/09 academic
year was 37 per cent, one of the highest
in the HE sector. During the summer of
2008, 150 recycling banks were provided
in offices enabling the removal over
1,000 under-desk bins and increasing
the recycling rate in most cases. UWE
spends almost £0.3 million each year
on waste disposal. Landfill disposal
costs are increasing by 15 per cent each
year. The challenge for the future is to
reduce the amount of waste produced
as this will save money and improve
resource efficiency.
What UWE is doing now
Recycling
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More information on what to do with
waste can be found at www.uwe.ac.uk/
environment/waste or by e-mailing
[email protected]
Transport
UWE has been working hard to get
people off the roads and on to buses
and bikes. The Ulink has been going
from strength to strength with more
and more people using the buses.
Expansion of U-link bus service –
numbers of buses
September 2006 (pre-Ulink) –
two vehicles
Energy and carbon management
The University’s key target regarding
carbon emissions is to cut buildings
carbon emissions from 2001 levels by
30 per cent by 2012. The energy team
is currently on track to meet this target
and emissions have been cut by 26 per
cent to date.
Further savings will be made through
initiatives like the automatic PC switch
off programme; improvements to
student residences such as automatic
control of lights, heating controls and
September 2007 – seven vehicles
September 2008 – 14 vehicles
September 2009 – 23 vehicles
Passenger numbers these services
have increased significantly
September 2006 – 9,300 (estimate)
September 2007 – 22,000 (estimate)
Mark Webster with recycling bins
September 2008 – 49,435
September 2009 – 60,566
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“The information that follows summarises some of the great work that has taken place across UWE in the last two years and,
as you will see, our approach to managing our footprint encompasses a wide range of staff and students from across the
University. Visit our new website to find out much more.” www.uwe.ac.uk/environment
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purchasing power the procurement
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encourage good practice. As stated by
the Higher Education Partnership for
Sustainability, ‘Sustainable procurement
is all about taking environmental
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procurement decisions. It is about
looking at what your products are made
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awards is to encourage and celebrate
environmental best practice in Students’
Unions through an environmental
accreditation scheme operated through
the purchasing consortium NUS Services
Limited. The scheme is made up of a
list of 175 criteria in the form of a work
book, with each delivering a practical
book,
action that will help the Union reduce
its impact on the environment. Last year
UWESU was awarded a bronze medal
and this year it is hoping to do as least
as well.
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In 2010 the Horticulture Grounds
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to use shrubs and perennials as
replacements for some of the summer
and spring carpet bedding. This should
provide a sustainable landscape that will
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The University is working closely with
council officers to develop Cycling City
routes to UWE’s campuses. There are
four new routes to Frenchay Campus,
some of which are currently under
construction. Bower Ashton will have a
new cycle route running from Ashton
Court through to Hotwells and the City
Centre. The transport planning team
continues to lobby the council to make
improvements for cyclists on the steep
Blackberry Hill near Glenside.
organic
premises in Cinderford, Gloucestershire.
UWE's fruit and vegetable supplier, Class
One, sources seasonal local produce
from within a 75 mile radius of their
premises in St Philips, Bristol. All eggs
used are free range and sourced from
Westcroft Eggs, Berrow, Burnham-onSea. Milk is purchased from Cotswold
Dairies in Tewksbury, Gloucestershire.
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• 50 per cent by value of meal
ingredients to be sourced locally
• 30 per cent by value of the food
served to be from organically certified
sources
More information www.uwesu.ac.uk
• Special meat free meals to be
promoted in One Zone at Frenchay
to help to cut our carbon footprint
by reducing meat intake. Come and
support us.
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• Screen saver energy drive - join us in
2010 and switch monitors off when
during meetings, breaks or even when
are reading for a few minutes. It all
helps.
Student and staff initiatives
Future plans
• 50 new cycle racks added to the 500
plus already at UWE. Go to www.
uwe.ac.uk/cycle for cycle routes and
details of low cost cycle maintenance
on site. Try cycling once and week
and help increase the number of
staff cycling from six per cent to
eight per cent this year!
• 450 more recycling bins on site in the
last year and hundreds more ordered.
Help UWE to recycle - our challenge
is to increase recycling by 2 per cent
year on year.
• Low cost bus service, the Ulink, for
students, staff and the public. After
months of lobbying, real-time info
on the buses now on the electronic
timetables at bus stops. Visit www.
uwe.ac.uk/ulink for information.
FET is running a competition called UWESpark 2010. Students are being asked
to submit proposals which will help the
University to work towards a greener,
lower carbon and more sustainable
Faculty. There are some great prizes
and UWE have pledged to implement
the winning entry if at all possible. See:
www.bne.uwe.ac.uk/uwespark/
Library Services have put an article
about recycling in this month’s edition
of Library News to raise awareness and
change behaviour of library staff.
Bower Ashton sustainability group has
an Ideas Wall to collect ideas and raise
awareness of environmental issues.
FET is developing a wild flower garden
at Frenchay to improve the biodiversity
of the site.
Five actions that will help
make a difference:
• Drive less
• Eat better
• Re-cycle and re-use
• Switch off
• Print and photocopy less
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The student group People and Planet,
which takes action on the environment
and human rights, is active in the
university. For example for Earth Hour
last March they organised at free
candlelit event at a café on Gloucester
Road with entertainers, music and a
few speeches. In December 2009, eight
members of the group attended the
Copenhagen summit on Climate Change
by bus and train and are now following
this up with a joint event with Oxfam to
raise awareness of the issues. On campus,
amongst other things, the group is
lobbying for more water fountains and
for the bottled water sold to be both
ethical and local from water sources in
Somerset.
If you have any ideas that you would
like to share with the environmental
team, want to get involved or find out
who your department’s sustainability
representatives are contact 0117 32
82658 or e-mail [email protected]
From left to right, Andrew Staples, Elizabeth Apap Bologna, Adam Wattrus, Tony Parraman (BLOODHOUND Education),
David Stark, Matthew Baillie, Matthew Coker, Aled Jones and James Burch (FET).
UWE shows some TLC at The Living Centre launch
Student Services is set to improve the wellbeing of students
and staff at the University with the launch this month of
its pioneering new venture, The Living Centre (TLC) at
Frenchay Campus.
The opening follows a review last year of the current
pastoral provision for students at the University. With the
aim of providing an inclusive service that recognises the
individual needs of each student, the review identified
eight core strands: physical, emotional, wellbeing, spiritual,
vocational, recreational, social and environmental, which
will form the Centre’s new identity and aims.
A new name was needed to reflect this change and
following a competition in December for staff and
students, BA Business Studies Student, Josh Delaney
provided the winning entry of The Living Centre to which
the judging committee added the phrase ‘exploring the
essence of being human’. Josh was doubly delighted
to have found out he’d won on his 21st birthday, and
received a £100 prize at the launch.
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Centre or TLC @ the Octagon sums up exactly what we
are trying to achieve. We want to provide a space that
reflects the diversity and interests of our students and
staff. We work in partnership with local practitioners
and faith groups in Bristol to deliver a comprehensive
service. Whether it’s a quiet space to pray, meditate or
to even enjoy some live music in your lunchtime, there’s
something for everyone at The Living Centre and we’d
encourage students and staff to come along and explore
for themselves.”
visit from the National Adviser for Higher Education for
the Church of England, who described The Living Centre
as a pioneering project because it has a holistic theme
that helps students and staff actively explore all aspects of
their identity and purpose including the traditional areas
of faith and chaplaincy. This will also involve colleagues
from different faculties and services at UWE in helping
to provide the services on offer and contributing to the
University’s knowledge exchange agenda.”
Revd Dr Peter Johnson, Head of The Living Centre, added,
“The concept of The Living Centre has been widely
acclaimed within higher education. We recently had a
For further information on The Living Centre please ring:
0117 32 82334 .
New UWE Research Repository launched
the collection of material needed for the REF (Research
Excellence Framework) and will help with compliance with
funding requirements.
UWE is creating greater visibility for its research output
through a new open-access system called the UWE Research
Repository. The online facility has been created by library
staff in conjunction with stakeholders throughout the
University and aims to bring UWE in line with many other
universities worldwide who are making their research
findings accessible to a wide audience through a web-based
system. http://eprints.uwe.ac.uk
In addition to increased visibility of research benefits to
staff include the possibility of creating personal profiles and
CVs through this central record of research, as well as easily
referenced support for funding proposals.
Amanda Richardson, (Library Services) says, “We already
hold 6,000 records of UWE research, many with full-text,
thanks to buy-in from Faculties and the University. This is a
great achievement since many other university repositories
are not at this number yet although they have been running
for a while. This system will provide a valuable resource
for staff for storing their research outputs. By providing
open access to research outputs we hope this will stimulate
further collaborations and showcase the range and depth of
the University’s research capability.”
Open access follows the principle that web technology
enables much greater information sharing than previously
and the University and the research community will benefit
from making their research findings more visible.
The simple user-friendly system, developed by the library in
conjunction with RBI, will enable any form of research to be
uploaded by staff, with repository staff being on hand to
check legal and copyright issues are complied with before
it is visible externally. All types of research output can be
deposited including journal articles, book chapters, images
and conference papers.
The Team will be rolling out a programme of briefings for
the University on using the system. To find out more e-mail
the Repository Team at [email protected].
The Repository is highly visible to web users and is indexed
by Google and other search engines. It will also help with
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NEWS
UWE Ventures community
keeps on growing
Obituary Mike Hodkinson,
1946-2010
Mike Hodkinson, who was Senior Lecturer in Politics
from 1974 to 1997, died suddenly on 4 January aged 63.
When Mike joined the Department of Economics and
Social Science at Bristol Polytechnic, his specialism
was American politics. His interests soon diversified
and for many years he taught West European
politics on the BA Modern Languages degree. He
developed a particular interest in the politics of postwar Germany, became fluent in German and spent
a sabbatical year in Berlin. For several years he also
headed the politics section within the department.
Students James, Chris, Luke, Will and Sam have set up in UWE
Ventures
Three new businesses joined the UWE Ventures Bristol in
February. UWE’s business incubation centre now houses and
supports a total of 36 clients. The new clients are:
His interest in politics was both as a participant
as well as an academic. He was an elected staff
representative on the Board of Governors, and
candidate for parliament in the 1983 general
election. He managed local and European election
campaigns. He was a local elections analyst for the
BBC and commercial radio and, with colleague Steve
Williams, author of guide to the region’s elections,
The West Votes. At the time of his death he was a
councillor in his adopted home town of Wimborne in
Dorset.
Aaron Heyworth – Aaron is a 2nd year Electronic Engineering
undergraduate who came to Bush House via the Ideas Factory
initiative. Aaron has invented a safety device designed for
use in a domestic or accommodation environment and
produced a proof of concept unit. His project is supported
by UWE Accommodation Services and Estates Depts and is
being followed by Avon Fire and Rescue and endorsed by
Hampshire Fire Service. Aaron is working closely with Andrew
Wilson, UWE Technology Transfer Manager, and looking to
move to the next stage of his product development.
Mike encouraged students to go beyond scholarly
confines to understand politics. In 1986 he involved
final year politics students in conducting an exit poll
which was used by the BBC to forecast accurately the
outcome of Bristol council elections. In the 1990s he
and colleague Clive Tempest organised three tours
for students to countries of the former east European
communist bloc. On these trips he displayed a vast
knowledge of the history, culture, politics (and road
bridges!) of the countries travelled to and through.
PinkLime creative design group comprises five undergraduate
students from the Product Design and Technology course
at Frenchay. Chris Hedges, Luke McGonnell, Sam Stevens,
Will Drake and James Eelbeck have come together in their
sandwich year to set up and run their own business as an
alternative to a placement with an external company. Their
offer includes graphic design, branding and corporate
identity, product design and development. They are
developing a signage and navigation proposal for Bush
House, working with Incubator client Coolboard, and are in
discussions with other Bush House clients about new projects.
Mike was a keen sportsman. He played for the staff
football team, the Dynamoes and was an all-rounder
and sometime captain of the Venturers, the staff
cricket team.
Company X Communications – this award winning design
agency moved into UWE Ventures in Bush House in February.
Directors David Martin and Russell Perry formed the company
after years of working with some of the largest design and
advertising agencies in the UK on accounts such as Volvo,
Cadbury Schweppes and Lloyds TSB.
Mike will be fondly remembered as a good colleague,
witty, at times edgy, loving coffee and cigarettes. His
life was full but sadly too short.
Dean McSweeney
Acknowledging the shift towards digital marketing,
CompanyX develops business focused web strategies that
deliver higher sales, more customers and greater brand
awareness to their clients. They do this by designing and
developing highly effective websites, e-mail marketing and
viral campaigns, e-commerce solutions and social network
strategies. Aware of how hard budgets have to work in the
current economic climate, CompanyX have many successful
case studies including one e-commerce project which shows a
£35 return on investment for every £1 spent. Clients include
The Royal Navy, Alastair Sawday Publishing, Tourism Skills
Network and the Campaign for Better Transport. For more
information see www.co-x.co.uk
Correction to February Bulletin p22 Internationalising
the Curriculum
Please note that the next LTAC Seminar will be on
Friday 14 May, not in June.
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UWE’s Colston Hall Feast Saturday 24 April 2010
UWE’s Centre for Performing Arts will host a whole day of
events at Bristol’s Colston Hall on Saturday 24 April 2010,
culminating in an evening performance of Walton’s mighty
oratorio Belshazzar’s Feast.
Nearly 400 performers, mostly amateurs, will take part:
students, staff, alumni and friends of the University will be
joined by local choirs and brass bands from the area for the
occasion. The event is part of the Centre for Performing
Arts’ ambitious artistic season and developing programme of
outreach work.
The centrepiece of the evening concert will be Walton’s
gargantuan oratorio Belshazzar’s Feast. The work is one of the
most enduring, emotionally charged and musically exciting
oratorios. Based upon the book of Daniel and using one of the
bible’s most dramatic episodes as its storyline, the inclusion of
two off-stage brass bands is an appropriate symbol of the scale
of the work.
Accompanying Belshazzar’s Feast in the programme will be
Bruch’s ever popular Violin Concerto No. 1, featuring the
father and son duo of conductor Roger Huckle and soloist Emil
Huckle-Kleve. To add to what promises to be an extraordinarily
exciting evening, the concert will also feature the world
premiere of Adrian Hull’s Fanfare for Brass, and Sibelius’
nationalistic tone poem Finlandia.
Ian Holmes, Centre for Performing Arts Director and conductor
said, “It has been a great experience for the University Singers
and Orchestra to work towards the performance of such
an immense choral work and all have put in many hours of
preparation. We are also very pleased to be welcoming so
many musical friends from the local community to join us for
this occasion!
European Court Judge to give
Centre for Legal Research
Annual Lecture
“It is an opportunity and privilege, both for the Centre for
Performing Arts and all the musicians of the University, to be
singing and playing in such a fine concert hall and we are very
pleased to be welcoming many school children who will be
joining us for various events throughout the day.”
The annual lecture of the Centre for Legal Research is to be
given by George Arestis, a Judge at the Court of Justice of the
European Union. The title of his lecture is European Citizenship
and the elimination of discriminatory measures among
European citizens, with special reference to social benefits.
Activities will be taking place at the Colston Hall throughout
the day. At 12:30, there will be a free lunchtime concert in
the foyer given by Essenjay, a contemporary jazz-influenced
ensemble made up of talented music scholars from the
University. The afternoon will see all the performers come
together for the first time at 14:00, when there will be an
open rehearsal ahead of the evening’s concert to which all are
invited. This will be followed at 18:00 by a free, pre-concert
talk in the main hall by Dr Adrian Hull, composer and lecturer
in performing arts at UWE, looking at various issues arising
from the evening’s exhilarating programme.
The lecture is very timely. The ratification of the Lisbon Treaty
in December 2009 will have wide-ranging implications for
the United Kingdom, both domestically and in terms of its
relationship with the rest of Europe. Originally formulated
in the Maastricht Treaty (1992), the concept of European
citizenship, combined with the principle of non-discrimination
on the ground of nationality, is at the heart of the free
movement of persons, one of the fundamental freedoms
established under the European Union Treaties.
George Arestis was a member of the Cypriot Supreme Court
before becoming an ECJ judge in 2004. He has given lectures
at a number of universities in the UK and was the keynote
speaker at the 2009 Training Programme for National Judges in
European Competition Law organised in May 2009 in Cyprus by
Bristol Law School and Palermo University.
Tickets for this unique evening are selling fast, but are still
available either from the Colston Hall http://www.colstonhall.
org/whatson/Event1045 on 0117 922 3686 or via the UWE ticket
store https://store.uwe.ac.uk.
Visit the Centre for Performing Arts at www.uwe.ac.uk/cpa
The annual lecture is to be given at the Watershed, Bristol
on Monday 19 April 2010 at 18:00. The lecture is free, but
it is essential to reserve a place in advance in order to gain
admission.
The Bolland Lecture
Tuesday 15 June 2010
Guest speaker: Dr Ray Priest
To reserve a place please e-mail [email protected] by 1
April 2010. For further information please visit: http://law.uwe.
ac.uk/news/pdf/crl-lecture.pdf.
For further information please e-mail
[email protected]
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NEWS
Human Resources Update
Changes to operations
team responsibilities
There have been several changes in the
Operations team recently and so your HR
contacts may have changed. Please refer to
the HR website for the latest updates for your
Faculty/service: www.uwe.ac.uk/hr
From sick note to fit note...
...the statement of fitness to work
From 6 April 2010 the sick note is changing to
become a fit note.
What is changing?
The form will allow a doctor to provide more
information on an employee’s condition and
how they might be able to return to work. The
fit note will allow doctors to indicate whether
they believe an employee to be ‘not fit for work’
or ‘may be fit for work’.
If a patient ‘may be fit for work’ the doctor
will give advice to consider when discussing an
employee’s return to work for example a phased
return to work, altered hours, amended duties
and/or workplace adaptations. The doctor will
also provide written comments on the form
offering more detailed information of what
might help an employee’s return.
If the advice can not be accommodated then the
employee will remain off sick and the statement
acts as if the doctor had signed ‘not fit for work’.
How will the University respond to fit
notes?
HR, Occupational Health and the Health and
Safety Unit are working together to ensure
advice and support is available for employees
and managers.
Individual situations will be discussed positively
between the manager and the employee to try
to implement the advice from the doctor.
If you have a question regarding these new
notes please contact your HR Adviser.
Feel Good @ UWE
A new website had been launched which
brings together all the feel good provisions the
University has to offer staff and students. On the
website you can find information about physical
activity and cycling to work, healthy eating,
stress awareness and counselling information,
stopping smoking, learning a language, singing
in a choir, training courses, equality networks,
staff association, dignity at work and family
friendly policies to mention but a few.
Our ambition moving forward is to promote
and enhance UWE as a Healthy University. We
also want to communicate more widely with
employees about the University’s Health and
Wellbeing provision.
Log on to our webpage now!
www.uwe.ac.uk/feelgood
What do I do if I get given a fit note from
my doctor?
Talk to your manager in the first instance to
discuss the recommendations and how these
might be accommodated within your role.
Investing for future growth - UWE
Management Conference, 4 May
2010
Steve West has invited all senior and middle
managers to attend a one day management
conference. Taking place in the University’s
Exhibition and Conference Centre, this is the first
time that all senior and middle managers have
been invited to meet together. The theme for the
conference will be managing and leading UWE
into the future. The conference will be followed
by change workshops for managers.
TSU performance +
development review
In 2009 an HR review looked into the issues
surrounding appraisal completion, and examined
reported problems with the current schemes.
The review concluded that the existing schemes
should be made simpler and clearer in order
to improve their ease of use. The new scheme
is currently being rolled out throughout the
University for all permanent and fixed-term staff.
In line with the new scheme the Temporary
Staff Unit have developed a performance +
development scheme for staff in the temporary
bank. The scheme will be voluntary and its
purpose will be to:
•
rovide feedback and recognition of past
p
performance
•
set future career objectives
•
agree future developmental needs
$
$
The new scheme will commence in April 2010
and is aimed at those bank temps with more
than one year’s service. The review is not
designed to replace any separate review that
the temporary member of staff’s line manager
may wish to conduct.TSU will invite staff to
participate on an individual basis.
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Opening doors 2010
Professional development workshops for those interested in
the fields of practising psychology, counselling or psychotherapy
E-mail [email protected] Telephone 0117 32 82493 Website www.uwe.ac.uk/openingdoors
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News in Brief
NEWS
Staff in the media
Publications
Appointments
Keith Hicks (M&C) was interviewed on Monday
8 February by BBC Radio Bristol about university
applications. He was also interviewed for Star/Jack
FM Radio on 11 February about the internships
being offered at UWE.
Emeritus Professor Peter Gold (HLSS) had
a recent article published entitled Gibraltar at
the United Nations: caught between a Treaty,
the Charter and the 'fundamentalism' of the
Special Committee, in Diplomacy and Statecraft
Vol 20 (December 2009), No 4, pp 697-715,
was summarised by the editor of the Gibraltar
Chronicle on 15 February 2010 under the
heading ‘Spain could accept Gib UN delisting
without giving up claim' (see:www.chronicle.gi/
headlines_details.php?id=18307)
Professor Brian Ilbery (CCRI) has been
appointed as a member of the Assessment Panel
for the fourth round of The Rural Economy and
Land Use Programme (RELU), a multi-million
pound initiative funded by the ESRC, BBSRC,
NERC, Defra and the Scottish Government. RELU
has called for proposals on the theme of adapting
rural living and land use to environmental
change.
Barry Percy Smith (HSC) was interviewed by
BBC Radio Bristol on 11 February about a primary
school plans to ban the sending of Valentine Day
Cards.
Dr Stephen Hunt (Department of Sociology
and Criminology) was interviewed on Bristol
Radio’s programme Face to Faith on 15 February
on the subject of religion and sexuality.
Fabian Frenzel (BBS) was interviewed on BBC
Radio Bristol on 19 February about his research
into slum tourism.
Professor Nigel Curry (CCRI) has co-authored
with Anthony Plumridge (BBS) and DJ Webber
a journal article entitled Business Productivity
and Area Productivity in Rural England, published
in Regional Studies 43 (5) pp 661-675. With
Professor Stephen Owen he co-authored
an article entitled The Disempowerment of
Empowerment: How Stakeholding Clogs up Rural
Decision-Making, published in Space and Polity
13(3) pp 211-224. He has also published Rural
Planning in England: A Critique of Current Policy,
Town Planning Review 80 (6) pp 575-596 and
Differentiating Trust in Rural Decision Making
Drawing on an English Case Study, Sociologica
Ruralis 51 (2) pp 34-51.
Lee Salter (CA) was interviewed on BBC Radio
Somerset on 19 February to talk about regulation
of the press and was also interviewed by the New
Left Project, published also on Znet, about his
research into the BBC's reporting of Venezuela.
Dr Stephen Hunt (Department of Sociology
and Criminology) has recently had published
his chapter The Life Cycle or the Life Course?
in A Giddens and P W Sutton (eds) Sociology:
Introductory Readings, (Polity Press).
John Rushforth (VCO) was interviewed by BBC
regional TV covering Oxford and Swindon, BBC
Radio Wiltshire and Brunel Radio on 24 February
about the Swindon Campus.
Professor Robert Luther, Director, MSc
Financial Management (BBS) and Emeritus
Professor Colwyn Jones have recently published,
with Astrid Saxl of the University of Innsbruck,
Experiencing Change in German Controlling:
Management Accounting in a Globalized World,
(Elsevier, 2009). This is continuing output of their
CIMA funded research project Three Traditions
in European Manufacturing Accounting. The
new book is concerned with contemporary
practices of German controlling. It is based on
case studies of three manufacturing organisations
in Germany, a large private company, a division
of an international group, and a family firm.
The work provides a resource for UK managers
and accountants who have
connections with
German companies,
or wish to learn from
German practices. It also
contributes to academic
debate on the influence of
national characteristics and
processes of globalisation
on the development of
management accounting.
Chris Alford (SLS) was interviewed on The Late
Show on BBC Radio Leeds on 15 February about
sleep and weight, how are they related and tips
on how to beat insomnia.
Lisa Harrison (HLSS) did a pre-election
commentary for the Bath Chronicle on 17
February about the boundary shake up in that
area.
Christien van den Anker (HLSS) was
interviewed on Thursday 25 February by BBC
Radio Bristol about BBC Points West about
human trafficking in Bristol and also on
Monday 8 March on BBC Radio Somerset about
International Women’s Day.
Ian Henderson (CPA) and two cast members of
The Wedding Singer were interviewed on BBC
Radio Bristol on Saturday 27 February.
Professor Melvyn Smith, Professor Lyndon
Smith and Dr Gary Atkinson (Machine Vision
Laboratory) were interviewed on Tuesday
2 March on BBC Radio Bristol, Heart Radio,
Three Counties radio, BBC World Service, and
BBC Radio 2’s Simon Mayo Show about the
application of PhotoFace technology to verify
a person’s identity by their nose. They also
appeared on BBC Points West and ITV West
Tonight news. This story has also received
significant national and international press and
web coverage.
Roger Conlon (FCA) was interviewed by BBC
Points West on Tuesday 2 March about a long lost
and now found Metsys painting.
Alan Winfield (SCU) was interviewed on Star/
Jack FM on Monday 8 March about the Robotic
Visions project.
Professor Robert Luther (BBS) and Emeritus
Professor Colwyn Jones have published,
Anticipating the impact of IFRS on the
management of German manufacturing
companies: some observations from a British
perspective, Accounting in Europe, 2005, Vol 2,
pp 165-193
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Janet Jones, Principal Journalism Lecturer
(CA) has been appointed as Chair of the BBC
Anchor Local News Group. She will steer a
committee looking at the future of regional news
in the South West over the next three years. The
News Group recognises that digital technologies
and the convergence of media platforms are
revolutionising news production and its purpose
is to engage partners from industry, government
and education to encourage closer engagement
and co-operation and provide impetus for fresh
opportunities. The Anchor Partnership is the first
of its kind in the UK.
Mike Jempson, Senior Journalism Lecturer
and Andy Channelle, Web Development
Co-ordinator (CA) are part of a three-year, 1.5
million euro project called MediaACT. Mike,
who is Director of the journalism ethics charity
MediaWise, is the UK representative on a 12
nation research consortium led by Professor
Susanne Fengler at the University of Dortmund
in Germany. The MediaACT project will map
and compare media regulatory bodies and more
informal systems of quality control in the news
media, and examine the impact of innovative
uses of digital media in Europe and beyond.
UWE’s role will be to work with MediaWise in
developing an online platform to engage with
media bloggers and citizen journalists. The
project’s aim is to provide evidence-based analysis
for all stakeholders in the news media to enhance
press freedom and journalism standards and
assist the European Union in developing policies
that encourage self-regulation.
Conferences
Mike Jempson (CA) chaired a panel at the
Watershed on 24 February at an event which
looked at media coverage of Lesbian, Gay,
Bisexual and Transgender issues entitled What IS
the LGBT story. The panel included Lena Calvert,
Equalities Officer of the NUJ, Venue writer
Darryl Bullock, Sian Norris and Maddie Shapland
of Bristol Feminist Network, and Will Gore,
Public Affairs Director of the Press Complaints
Commission. The Press Complaints Commission
was criticised for its decision not to censure Daily
Mail columnist Jean Moir for her inaccurate
and homophobic comments about the death of
Boyzone singer Stephen Gately, which elicited
over 20,000 complaints. The event, organised
by MediaWise and with the Rainbow Group at
Bristol City Council, was attended by around 50
people. It was filmed by UWE journalism student
Jess Linington and instructor Andy Channelle,
and follow-up activities are planned.
Kate Thomas (Outreach) gave a seminar
on Lifelong Learning Networks (LLNs) to the
University Staff Development Centre at Victoria
University, Wellington, New Zealand on 29
January. The seminar presentation outlined
the aims and activities of LLNs in the UK
and triggered discussion among participants
about vocational progression pathways and
collaboration in New Zealand’s tertiary sector.
Outlook 2010 conference in London on the
subject of the future for rural development within
the Common Agricultural Policy.
for sustainable design, construction and the
built environment. The Academy of Urbanism
Debate on ‘Localism’ was designed to foster new
thinking relating to the role of localism in creating
successful places and sustainable communities.
Robin’s talk - on Localism – learning from abroad
- drew on recent international research on civic
leadership carried out by the Cities Research
Centre.
Professor Robert Luther (BBS), David Dugdale,
Bristol University and Annick Bourgignon of
ESSEC, Paris, will be presenting The French
Accounting Regime at the 2010 European
Accounting Association conference in Istanbul.
Professor Derek Braddon (BBS) was invited to
present an address to 50 senior executives and
civil servants from the French defence industry
and the DGA (the French Defence Ministry) at
the Ecole Militaire in Paris in early February. The
theme of Derek’s address was The Impact of the
Credit Crunch on European Defence Budgets:
Implications and Future Challenges. This follows
two similar recent invitations to address the
Euromil organisation in Brussels last November
and the Geneva Centre for the Democratic
Control of the Armed Forces at the University of
St Gallen, Geneva in December.
Dr Stephen Hunt (Department of Sociology
and Criminology, HLSS) gave a talk entitled
Is Religion Bad for Your (Non-Heterosexuality)?
on 22 February for the Lesbian, Gay Bi-Sexual
and Transgendered History Week at the Council
Building, Bristol.
Dr Janet Dwyer (CCRI) was called to give oral
evidence at the House of Lords Select Committee
on the European Union’s inquiry into the
adaptation of agriculture and forestry to climate
change. She also spoke at the Agra Europe
Robin Hambleton, Professor of City
Leadership (Cities Research Centre, FET)
was invited to speak at the Ecobuild Conference
on 2 March 2010. The Ecobuild event, held at
Earls Court, London, is the world’s biggest event
Dr Janet Dwyer
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Torquay Girls Grammar School
claims first prize in RICS
schools competition
Torquay Girls Grammar School produced the best submission
in the 2009 RICS Schools Competition, hosted by UWE. This
was their fifth win in nine years in the annual Geography and
Sustainable Development Competition for sixth-formers.
The competition involved preparing and presenting proposals
to regenerate a hypothetical waterfront site, based on Castle
Park in central Bristol. Entrants, drawn from 13 schools from
Wiltshire, Somerset and Devon, had to take into account
social, community, environmental, ecological and economic
factors.
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mental Lean
tthew McKaig, Op
erations Director,
RICS West.
James Gregory, RICS South West Regional Chair, and a
partner at Alder King in Swindon, said, “Success in the
competition calls for a great deal more than a general
appreciation of the need to protect the environment. There
is a requirement to understand sustainable development
in considerable detail, as well as to recognise relevant
government, regional and local policies.”
from
Churston Ferrers Grammar School
in Devon.
Winning schools received an engraved glass trophy, with
each team member receiving a book token for £20. UWE also
organised a study day visit for A-level Geography students
and staff from Torquay Girls Grammar School themed on
retail-led urban regeneration.
The annual event is run by the Royal Institution of Chartered
Surveyors (RICS) and supported by the South West of
England Regional Development Agency. The competition
was conceived and organised by Tony Westcott (BNE) in
collaboration with Mark Jones (Education).
Matthew McKaig, RICS West of England Director, said: “The
success of the winning team is doubly encouraging because it
was an all-female team and our industry is traditionally, but
often wrongly, perceived as being a male preserve.”
Cotham School in Bristol came second and Backwell School
took third place. Students also wrote a news article outlining
their plans and a special ‘best press release’ prize, sponsored
by RICS media consultants Golly Slater, was won by the team
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Theme: Universities: a focus of civic responsibility
and public engagement
Thursday 20 May 2010, 09:00 – 16:00, Frenchay Campus
Topics may include:
Objective: To provide an opportunity to reflect on what is
meant by civic responsibility and public engagement in a
university context
• Theoretical perspectives
• Cultural and intellectual enrichment
Context: a key aspect of UWE’s vision and identity is its
commitment to knowledge exchange. Underlying this is
a long standing emphasis on its responsibility, as a civic
university, to engage with a broad range of groups in the
community and to make a difference to the world in which
we live. This annual conference provides an opportunity
to discuss further what this role means for universities and
the relationship between civic responsibility, public and
community engagement in theory and in practice.
• Environmental support and regeneration
• Community and public engagement
• Researchers and practitioners
• Partnerships
There will be a plenary speaker and parallel workshops for
discussion. This one-day conference is free of charge and
open to all members of staff but it is necessary to reserve a
place. If you would like to attend, please visit /www.uwe.
ac.uk/hlss/faculty/news/0910/annual-conference.shtml for
registration form and further details.
For further information, please contact Rose West, Events
Officer, extension 843272 or e-mail: [email protected].
Addiction:
should we penalise or treat?
A public debate
8 April 2010, 6:30-8:00
Watershed, 1 Canon’s Road, Harbourside, Bristol BS1 5TX
This public event will bring together specialists from different fields to discuss addiction.
UÊDr Nick Airey, an NHS psychiatrist specialising in addiction
UÊDr Giles Pearson, Philosophy, University of Bristol
UÊProf Moira Plant, Co-Director, Alcohol and Health Research Unit, UWE
UÊDr Jonathan Webber, Philosophy, Cardiff University
UÊChair: Dr Julian Baggini, editor of The Philosopher’s Magazine
Funded by the AHRC
The event is free of charge but booking is essential
To book a place E-mail [email protected]
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welcome
UWE Open Days
Wednesday 9 June 2010
Register online
www.uwe.ac.uk
UWE 01/01d
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Centre for Performing Arts
Concert Series
www.uwe.ac.uk/cpa
Presenting the
massed choruses of
UWE Singers
Chew Valley Choral Society
Colstons’ Choral Society
Clifton Singers
and members of
Bristol Choral Society
with the
UWE Symphony Orchestra
Lydbrook Band
City of Bristol Brass Band
Belshazzar’s Feast William Walton
Andrew Greenan - Baritone, Ian Holmes - Conductor
Fanfare for 40 Brass Hull World Première
Finlandia Op 26 Sibelius
Violin Concerto No 1 in G minor Op 26
Bruch
Emil Huckle-Kleve - Violin, Roger Huckle - Conductor
Main Hall, 18.00
Pre-concert talk with Dr Adrian Hull
(Lecturer in Performing Arts at UWE)
The Colston Hall, Bristol
Saturday 24 April 2010, 19.30
Tickets £10-£15 (£1-£10 concs),
£1 children 12 years and under (excludes £15 seats)
UWE Online Store https://store.uwe.ac.uk
Colston Hall Booking Line 0117 922 3686
Centre for Performing Arts 0117 32 82067
what'son
Shakespeare at the Tobacco Factory:
The Tempest
Date: 25 March 2010 - 1 May 2010
Venue: The Tobacco Factory, North Street,
Southville
For more information visit: http://sattf.org.
uk/
Hartpury College: Higher Education
Open Morning
Date: 27 March 2010
Venue: Hartpury College
Admission: Register your place Contact:
Hartpury College E-mail: enquire@hartpury.
ac.uk
For more information visit: http://www.
hartpury.ac.uk
Open Day
Date: 27 March 2010 (Time: 10:00-16:00)
Venue: All UWE campuses
Contact: Admissions and International
Recruitment Telephone: 0117 32 83333
E-mail: [email protected]
For more information visit: http://www.
uwe.ac.uk/openday
Open Painting
Date: 28 March 2010 - 9 May 2010
Venue: Royal West of England Academy,
Clifton, Bristol
Admission: £4, (concessions £2.50). Children
Free Telephone: 0117 973 5129 E-mail:
[email protected]
For more information visit: http://www.
rwa.org.uk/
Teaching 'Taster Course' for
Under-Represented Groups
Date: 29 March 2010 - 31 March 2010
Venue: School of Education, UWE,
Frenchay Campus
UWE Farmers Market
Date: 7 April 2010 (Time: 10:00-15:00)
Venue: Courtyard outside Main Reception,
Frenchay Campus
For more information visit: http://www.
uwe.ac.uk/environment/farmersmarket/
index.shtml
Addiction: Should We Penalise Or
Treat? A Public Debate
Date: 8 April 2010 (Time: 18:30)
Venue: Watershed, 1 Canon's Road,
Harbourside, Bristol. BS1 5TX
Admission: Free, booking essential Contact:
Havi Carel Telephone: 0117 32 84397
E-mail: [email protected]
For more information visit: http://www.
uwe.ac.uk/hlss/faculty/news.shtml
Electronic Paper and Plastic Electronics
Date: 12 April 2010 (Time: 18:30 – 19:00)
Adrian Geisow, HP Labs, Bristol
Venue: Lecture theatre 1N5, Frenchay
Campus
Admission: Free Contact: Olly Wells
Telephone: 0117 933 4788 E-mail: owells@
theiet.org
For more information visit: http://www.
theiet.org/bristol
Kierkegaard and the Political - day
conference
Date: 15 April 2010 (Time: 10:00 – 16:30)
David Wood, Christine Battersby, Clare
Carlisle, Alison Assiter
Venue: St Matthias Campus, UWE Bristol
Admission: £40 (waged) £20 (unwaged)
Contact: Alison Assiter E-mail: Alison.
[email protected]
Admission: Free Contact: Alison Pack
Telephone: 0117 32 82416 E-mail:
[email protected]
Distinguished Executive Address Series
Date: 15 April 2010 (Time: 18:00-20:30)
Helen Anne Alexander CBE, President, CBI
Venue: Street Cafe, S Block, Frenchay
Campus
For more information visit: http://www1.
uwe.ac.uk/ssh/education/newsevents.
aspx?URN=8060
Admission: Free - booking required
Contact: BBS Events Team Telephone: 0117
32 86432 E-mail: [email protected]
Facing the Future: A conference for
young people interested in
Journalism, Media, Culture and Drama
Date: 30 March 2010 (Time: 09:30-15:30)
Venue: UWE, St Matthias Campus
For more information visit: http://www.
uwe.ac.uk/bbs/news/dea10a.shtml
www.uwe.ac.uk
Centre for Legal Research
Annual Lecture
Date: 19 April 2010 (Time: 18:00)
George Arestis, Judge at the Court of
Justice of the European Union
Venue: Watershed, 1 Canon's Road,
Harbourside, Bristol, BS1 5TX
Admission: Free, reservation essential
Contact: Rose West Telephone: 0117 32
84372 E-mail: [email protected]
GDP Event: Sharing Good Practice
Date: 21 April 2010 (Time: 12:00-14:30)
Venue: 4E13, Frenchay Campus
Contact: Anne Dyke Telephone: 0117 32
81285
For more information visit: http://www.
uwe.ac.uk/gdp
Varsity: Hockey
Date: 21 April 2010 (Time: 12:30-16:30)
Boys: 13.00-15.00
Girls: 15.00-16.00
Contact: Sports President E-mail: sports.
[email protected]
For more information visit: http://www.
uwesu.org/news_events/sports/varsity
Varsity: Squash
Date: 21 April 2010 (Time: 13:30-17:30)
Contact: Sports President Telephone:
[email protected]
For more information visit: http://www.
uwesu.org/news_events/sports/varsity
Varsity: Badminton
Date: 21 April 2010 (Time: 15:00-19:00)
Contact: Sports President E-mail: sports.
[email protected]
For more information visit: http://www.
uwesu.org/news_events/sports/varsity
Opening Doors 2010: Mindfulness
Based Cognitive Therapy: The heart of
the practice
Date: 23 April 2010 (Time: 10:00 to 16:30)
Amanda Burden
Venue: School of Life Sciences, Frenchay
Campus
Inside Out: Psychoanalytic
Perspectives on our Environmental
Crisis
Date: 17 April 2010 (Time: 9:30 – 16:30)
Centre for Psycho-Social Studies
Venue: UWE, Frenchay Campus
Admission: £90 (concessionary rate £60UWE staff/students) Contact: Mandy James
Telephone: 0117 32 82493 E-mail: Mandy.
[email protected]
For more information visit: https://www.
formspring.com/forms/uwe-future_
registration
Admission: £68 (before 1 March) - 1 March
onwards £75 Contact: Adrian Tait, Visiting
Fellow, CPSS Telephone: 0117 32 81311
E-mail: [email protected]
UWE Singers and Orchestra perform
Walton's 'Belshazzar's Feast'
World Health Day
Date: 7 April 2010
For more information visit: https://store.
uwe.ac.uk/catalogue/products.asp?compid=
1&deptid=13&catID=25&hasClicked=0
Admission: Free Contact: Susan Welsh
Telephone: 0117 32 82232 E-mail: susan.
[email protected]
For more information visit: http://www.
who.int/world-health-day/en/
For more information visit: http://www.
uwe.ac.uk/hls/ls/news/openingdoors.shtml
Date: 24 April 2010 (Time: 19:30)
Venue: The Colston Hall, Bristol
Admission: £10-£15 (£1-£10 concs) Contact:
Centre for Performing Arts Telephone:
0117 32 82067 E-mail: [email protected]
For more information visit: http://www.
uwe.ac.uk/cpa
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www.uwe.ac.uk
Measure for Measure
Date: 27 April 2010 - 1 May 2010
Venue: Redgrave Theatre, Bristol
Varsity: Canoe Polo
Date: 1 May 2010
Venue: Bristol Harbourside
The production is directed by John Reid of
UWE's Drama department.
Contact: Sports President E-mail: sports.
[email protected]
Admission: £8 (£6 concs),£5 pp for group
bookings over 10 Contact: Lisa Thrower
E-mail: [email protected]
For more information visit: http://www.
uwesu.org/news_events/sports/varsity
Admission: Free Contact: EYPS Team
Telephone: 0117 32 84128 E-mail: eyps@
uwe.ac.uk
For more information visit: http://www.
uwe.ac.uk/sca/eventsandnews/drama_
events.shtml
Deaf Awareness Week
Date: 4 May 2010 - 10 May 2010
For more information visit: http://www1.
uwe.ac.uk/ssh/education/newsevents.
aspx?URN=8172
Forty Minutes: London Contemporary
Music Group
Date: 27 April 2010 (Time: 12:40-13:20)
Venue: The Octagon, Frenchay Campus
Admission: FREE Contact: Centre for
Performing Arts Telephone: 0117 32 82067
E-mail: [email protected]
For more information visit: http://www.
uwe.ac.uk/cpa
Department of Primary, Early
Childhood and Education Studies
Research Seminar Series
Date: 27 April 2010 (Time: 18:00-19:30)
Venue: The Street Cafe, S Block, Frenchay
Campus
Admission: Free Contact: Sue Tainton
Telephone: 0117 32 84222 E-mail: sue.
[email protected]
Workers' Memorial Day
Date: 28 April 2010
Contact: Health and Safety Unit
Telephone: 0117 32 82596 E-mail: safety@
uwe.ac.uk
For more information visit: http://www.
uwe.ac.uk/healthandsafety/
BizIdea Presentation Evening
Date: 29 April 2010
Venue: UWE Exhibition and Conference
Centre
E-mail: [email protected]
For more information visit: http://rbi.uwe.
ac.uk/Internet/Innovation/thebizidea/
default.asp
For more information visit: http://www.
deafcouncil.org.uk/daw/index.htm
Opening Doors 2010 - Abandonment
and Recovery: Following separation
and divorce
Date: 7 May 2010 (Time: 10:00 to 16:30)
Philippa Henley and Katina Noble
Venue: School of Life Sciences, Frenchay
Campus
Admission: £90 (concessionary rate
£60-UWE staff/students) Contact: Mandy
James Telephone: 0117 32 82493 E-mail:
[email protected]
For more information visit: http://www.
uwe.ac.uk/hls/ls/news/openingdoors.shtml
Varsity: Boat Race
Date: 8 May 2010
Venue: Harbourside, Bristol
Contact: Sports President E-mail: sports.
[email protected]
For more information visit: http://www.
uwesu.org/news_events/sports/varsity
Postgraduate and Professional
Open Day
Date: 8 May 2010 (Time: 10:00-13:00)
Venue: UWE Bristol, Frenchay and Bower
Ashton Campuses
Frenchay and Bower Ashton Campuses will
be open.
E-mail: [email protected]
For more information visit: http://www.
uwe.ac.uk/openday
Bristol 10K
Date: 9 May 2010
For more information visit: http://www.
bristolhalfmarathon.com/bristol10k/
EYPS Taster course
Date: 17 May 2010 - 21 May 2010
Pat Frawley
Venue: Frenchay Campus, UWE Bristol
Forty Minutes
Date: 25 May 2010 (Time: 12:40-13:20)
Venue: The Octagon, Frenchay Campus
Admission: FREE Contact: Centre for
Performing Arts Telephone: 0117 32 82067
E-mail: [email protected]
For more information visit: http://www.
uwe.ac.uk/cpa
Department of Primary, Early
Childhood and Education Studies
Research Seminar Series
Date: 25 May 2010 (Time: 18:00-19:30)
Venue: The Street Cafe, S Block, Frenchay
Campus
Admission: Free Contact: Sue Tainton
Telephone: 0117 32 84222 E-mail: sue.
[email protected]
Distinguished Executive Address
Series
Date: 1 June 2010 (Time: 18:00-20:30)
Sir Mike Rake, Chairman, BT Group plc
and easyJet plc
Venue: Future Inn Cabot Circus Hotel
Admission: £15. UWE Alumni: £7.50. UWE
Staff/Students - Free Contact: BBS Events
Team Telephone: 0117 32 86432 E-mail:
[email protected]
For more information visit: http://www.
uwe.ac.uk/bbs/news/dea10a.shtml