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Wed 17 October 2012

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Arrow New parking enforcements now in place at The Green, Stratford

The London Borough of Newham has new parking enforcements in place at The Green, Stratford. The Green is the road located between Green Point and University House which leads to the main entrance of the campus. Signs are in place and you will be fined if you park on the double yellow lines, or on the pavement in this area.

Arrow 2013 UEL Teaching Fellowship call now open

A UEL Teaching Fellowship Award recognises and rewards excellence in teaching and the support of learning. A maximum of three individual financial awards of £5,000 will be provided to successful claimants to support personal, professional and pedagogic development...

 

Stratford Campus

Parking enforcement now in place at Stratford Campus

Lecturer

2013 UEL Teaching Fellowship call open

 
 
 
Rounders
 
 

Arrow Do the rounds at rounders

Want a fun way to keep fit every week? Thanks to funding from the London Borough of Newham, staff can now play rounders for free every Monday evening from 5.40 – 7pm in SportsDock...

Arrow All you need to succeed in fashion today

If you're a keen trend-setter, then Knowledge Dock tenant Fashion Capital's 'All you need to succeed in fashion today' will be right up your catwalk. Taking place on Thursday 18 October from 10am – 5pm in EB.G.08, the event will feature speakers from start-ups, fashion support organisations and UEL's Centre of Excellence for Women's Entrepreneurship...

   

Healthy Campus
tip #1

Do you really need to take the lift? By simply taking the stairs you can burn approx. one calorie per step, helping you lo lose weight, increase your stamina and lower your blood pressure.



       
   
           
Taylor Bennett Foundation       News       Dr Bike
             
 

Arrow UEL-supported foundation Taylor Bennett wins ‘Business in the Community’ awardUEL-supported foundation Taylor Bennett has won a ‘Collaboration and Partnership Award’...

Arrow Fabpad featured in Sky's Styled to Rock In episode seven of Rhianna's Styled to Rock on Sky Living, contestants had their digital designs printed by UEL's fabric printing bureau Fabpad. View the prints 14 minutes into the show...

Arrow Pool game raises over £240 for cancer research A friendly game of pool between UEL staff last month saw £240.61 raised for charity...

   
   
 

Arrow School of Health, Sport and Bioscience awarded personal grants by the Higher Education Academy The School of Health, Sport and Bioscience was very pleased to hear that bids for two personal grants from the Higher Education Academy were successful...

ar UEL graduate launches charity to help Britain’s homeless children – Former international politics student Soleha Khawar launched 'Streethands' earlier this month, following her shocking realisation that 84,000 children live on Britain's streets today...

   
   
 

Arrow UEL celebrates cycling – 15 staff and students have had their bikes checked by qualified Dr Bike mechanics from the London Cycling campaign...

Arrow Green Impact 2012–2013 – We are nearly one month into Green Impact and the Environment Team have more than 10 teams on board. A big thank you to everyone who has signed up so far and is helping to make UEL a greener university...

Arrow £20,000 for a low-carbon idea – The Mayor's Low Carbon Prize is now open for applications from HE or FE students who submit an innovative idea that will “redesign the future”...

   
                 
           
      Student writing       Exercise class
             
 

Arrow Call: British Academy Wolfson Research Professorships Thanks to the generosity of the Wolfson Foundation, the British Academy is able to offer four new Research Professorships to be taken up in the autumn of 2013...

Arrow AHRC draft strategy 2013–2018With the Arts and Humanities Research Council’s current Strategic Plan (2007–2012) expiring at the end of the year, the AHRC is in the process of drafting its vision for the arts and humanities...

Arrow Call: New Economic Models in the Digital Economy Up to £3.5 million is available to support projects consisting of research and people-based activities...

   
   
 

Six-week academic writing and academic language workshops (for undergraduate home students)Skillzone will be running six-week academic writing and academic language workshops...

Arrow Academic writing and language workshops (for international students)The Language Centre is currently holding workshops for international students...

Arrow Bloomberg Assessment Tests

Arrow USA summer camp presentation

Arrow International students' workshop – working in the UK after university

   
   
 

Arrow New exercise class timetable at SportsDockSportsDock has added more exercise classes to their timetable, with more classes in the evening, more classes at the weekend and more classes at lunchtimes...

Arrow Interested in playing squash? – UELSports has developed a partnership with Walthamstow Squash Club, which allows UEL staff to play at the club on a reduced pay-as-you-go rate...

Come and support UEL’s sports clubs: fixtures and results – All UEL sports clubs will be back to sporting action today, aiming to build on last year’s league and cup successes. Find out which clubs will be playing and how they've fared so far...

   
 
Terry Braun
 

Award winning film director returns to east London university

Filmmaker Terry Braun will be joining Adrienne Hart, of Neon Dance, to deliver a ‘Dance for the Camera’ module to UEL students this year....

Featured in the Newham Recorder.

Tim Prendergast
 

Veteran Paralympian at UEL inspires young to sport

A veteran Paralympian visited an east London university to inspire young people as part of a special sports programme...

Featured in the Newham Recorder.

Football
 

Domestic violence rises by a third when England win or lose big football matches

Study author Professor Allan Brimicombe, from the University of East London, said the increases...

Featured in the Daily Mail.

 
 
     
 
StartUp Britain Bus
Wednesday 24 October, 2.30–5.30pm
Knowledge Dock, Docklands Campus
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StartUp Britain Bus
 
Thu 18 Oct All you need to succeed in fashion today
10am – 5pm
EB.G.08
, Docklands Campus
Fri 19 Oct

An insider’s guide to the House of Commons
11am – 12.30pm
Portcullis House, Westminster

Tue 23 Oct
Language and power in action
5 – 7pm
ED.2.04, Stratford Campus
Thu 25 Oct

Public Leverhulme Lecture
3 – 6pm
SD.1.14, Docklands Campus

Mon 26 – Wed 28 Oct

Fourth International Steelpan Conference
Various times
Cass School of Education and Communities Building
, Stratford Campus

Wed 31 Oct Partnership
in Learning
Conference

10am – 4pm
Begins in Main Lecture Theatre, Docklands Campus
 
 
 
 
 
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