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Wed 5 September 2012

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Arrow Vice-Chancellor's meetings with staff

The Vice-Chancellor, Professor Patrick McGhee, would like to invite you to attend his usual meeting with staff prior to the commencement of the new semester. The next meetings will take place today, Wednesday 5 September, at:

  • 11am, CC.1.01, Stratford Campus
  • 2pm, Main Lecture Theatre, Docklands Campus

Arrow Collect your car parking permit

If you successfully applied for a staff peak car parking permit for the 2012/13 academic year, it is now available for collection...

Arrow Christmas closure

UEL will be closed on 27, 28 and 31 December and staff will receive payment on 20 December 2012 and 24 January 2013...

Arrow Vehicle barriers at Docklands to be removed

Vehicle barriers put in place at Docklands Campus during the Olympics will soon be removed. These works will commence on Tuesday 4 September and are scheduled to be completed by Friday 7 September...

 

Patrick McGhee

Vice-Chancellor Professor Patrick McGhee invites you to his next meeting with staff

Car park

Collect your car parking permit

Christmas

Christmas closure at UEL

 
 
 
Exhibition
 
 

Visit a visual arts exhibition curated by ex-UEL student

Former UEL student, Philippa Edwards, has been selected to curate a visual arts exhibition in east London, opening this September...

Arrow Take up a cycling challenge to win a cash prize

The Centre for Challenge Prizes at Nesta is offering two large cash prizes for coming up with new ways of increasing the number of people cycling across the UK...

   


 
       
   
           
Jeremy Hanshaw       Graduation       Fairtrade
             
 

Arrow New Chief Executive appointed for UEL Global Examinations Board - Jeremy Hanshaw has been appointed as Chief Executive for the UEL Global Examinations Board...

UELSU share good practice at national conference - Last month UEL Students' Union was invited to contribute to the national conference for Workers in Democracy and Representation...

   
   
 

Graduation 2012 update - The Graduation Team have now started to send out the invitations for this year’s graduation ceremonies, including to those awaiting their results...

ar Year round support for Programme Reps from UELSU - UELSU has revamped the support they provide to their Programme Representatives throughout the academic year...

   
   
 

Fairtrade Happy Hour - As part of Sustainability Spectacular, catering outlets at Docklands and Stratford Campuses will be running Fairtrade Happy Hour, offering a 10% discount on all Fairtrade products from 3 – 4pm each day...

Don’t waste it…WARPit - WARPit is up and running and it is doing spectacularly well. So far, UEL has saved more than 5,600kg of CO2...

   
                 
           
      Residence Permit       Ali Jawad
             
 

Arrow Research Interns poster exhibition - This summer, UEL’s Undergraduate Research Interns worked with UEL academic staff on research projects...

UEL Research Funding Blog - For all current external funding opportunities and research funding stories visit uelresearch.wordpress.com

   
   
 

Visa workshops offer help to international students - The next Visa Workshops to help international students with the renewal of their student visas will take place today at 2pm...

Arrow Write it right – helping students to achieve - APSE has launched a new e-resource, developed to support our Level 0/1 students with academic essay writing....

   
   
 

UEL student Ali Jawad does us proud! - Ali narrowly missed out on winning a medal at the Paralympics, coming fourth in a dramatic Powerlifting Competition...

Arro Be a sport at Sportivate - UEL is encouraging people in East London to capitalise on the feel good factor of the London 2012 Games by signing up for a new and exciting sports programme at SportsDock...

   
 
Dwayne Fields
 

Londoner Dwayne Fields sets sights on South Pole

UEL student Dwayne Fields spoke to BBC Breakfast about being the first black British man to reach the North Pole, in 2010...

Featured on BBC Breakfast.

Clearing
 

UEL opens helpline for London Metropolitan University students

The University of East London has moved quickly to attract London Metropolitan University students without a place and facing deportation..

Featured in London 24.

Teresa Witz
 

Olympic artist Teresa Witz is reunited with athletes at Canary Wharf exhibition

An artist based at Bow Arts Trust caught up with Olympic athletes, at an outdoor exhibition of her work...

Featured in East London Advertiser .

 
 
     
 
Freshers Fair 2012
Monday 17 – Friday 21 September 
Docklands and Stratford Campuses
Arrow Free
First Week 2011
 

17 Sep -–
19 Sep

WARPit Live
Time TBC
Docklands
17 Sep -–
21 Sep
Freshers Fair
10am – 4pm
Docklands
18 Sep

Dr Bike Workshop
10am – 2pm
Stratford

18 Sep UELSU Comedy Show
9pm – 12 midnight
Docklands
19 Sep -–
20 Sep
Freshers Fair
12 noon – 2pm
Stratford
19 Sep UELSU Silent Disco
9pm – 2am
Docklands
20 Sep UELSU Live Bands Night
9pm – 12 midnight
Docklands
21 Sep Green Impact Launch
12.30 – 1.30pm
Docklands
24 Sep
Green Impact Launch
1 – 2pm
Stratford
 
 
 
 
 
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