Winner of the internal communications survey prize draw announced

Congratulations to Sara Kassam who has won £20 for completing the recent internal communications survey. We received around 200 responses which revealed some interesting results about how you felt about the way we communicate with you.

You may be interested to hear that the most popular channels for information among staff are the staff newsletter and email, followed by face-to-face communication. We were also inundated with ideas and suggestions regarding how we can improve internal communication at UEL.

As a next step, we will be collating the responses and identifying some clear goals and actions to take forward which we will publish in this very newsletter.Thank you to everyone who responded to the survey.

Christmas Greetings from InFocus

We would like to take this opportunity to wish all staff a very Merry Christmas and a happy New Year!

Welcome programme for international students–UEL International will be welcoming over 200 new international students, Science without borders, Eramus and Study abroad students, who will be joining UEL for our January in-take...

Catering outlet services hours – The catering outlets will be providing different service hours between Wednesday 2 January - Friday 25 January. For opening hours click here...

Centre for Innovation Management and Enterprise– A new centre to help discover east London’s answer to Steve Jobs and Bill Gates was unveiled last week at UEL by the Chief Executive of a global blue chip company...

. Helen Penn, Professor of Early Childhood selected as panel member for Newsnight on Childcare costs– Helen Penn who is also the co-director of the International Centre for the Study of the Mixed Economy of Childcare (ICMEC) Cass School of Education was selected to be apart of the Newsnight panel on childcare costs.

UEL's Final Open Day for 2012– On Saturday 1 December academic, services, marketing, facilities and catering staff all came together to host the last Open Day event for 2012.The cold weather didn’t keep the guests out as 659 potential students came along with their family and friends to the Dockland and Stratford campuses to get a taste for what it means to be a UEL student...

New Education for Sustainability Tool–The University of Gloucestershire working in collaboration with the UK Quality Assurance Agency and in partnership across a consortium with four other English HE institutions have produced a Guide to Quality and Education for Sustainability in Higher Education...

Winter Shutdown:Don't switch off about switching off– GreenThing would like to issue a reminder to all staff to ensure all areas of UEL are shut down as much as possible during the Christmas closure. This includes switching off all lights (especially your glittery Christmas lights) and equipment in your office at the wall socket, such as printers, computer screens and chargers. Don’t forget to check that windows are closed and secured and that all heating, particularly portable electric radiators, have been switched off or set to the frost setting...

Recycle and reuse your wrapping paper– Did you know: An estimated 82 sq km of wrapping paper will end up in the UK’s bins this Christmas, which is enough wrapping paper to cover the whole of Hyde Park 57 times over! ! So why not try using newspaper or keeping the wrapping paper and using it to make handmade cards next year or even use an old scarf to wrap your presents up...

Call: Wellcome Trust announce two research fellowships in ethics and society– Open to individuals not yet in established academic posts, who wish to undertake a period of postdoctoral research. Fellowships provide a salary, research expenses and an award up to £250,000...

Call: AFR postdoctoral grants– The National Research Fund Luxembourg has no thematic limitations and is open to all researchers, regardless of their nationality, who wish to engage in research training in Luxembourg or abroad...

Call: Research seminars competition Economic and Social Research Council– Seminar groups who meet regularly to exchange information and ideas with the aim of advancing research within their fields. ESRC expects to make approximately 50 awards of up to £30,000 for a minimum duration of two years and a proposed number of three seminars per year...

International Christmas day–Do you know any international students who are staying in London for Christmas? If so, please direct them to the link below to find out about the fun festive christmas activities organised by the International Student House taking place. For further information please click here...

Applications for the 2012 UEL Undergraduate Research Internship now open–Know any students interested in knowledge and discovery? Let them know about this great opportunity to become a research intern at UEL. The chosen student will get the chance to work with academics on important research projects for up to ten weeks over the spring and summer period. The student will also be paid for their hard work. Applications must be submitted by midnight on Sunday 3 February 2012. For more info...

International superstar, Liam Payne competes for ADI in Campus Sport event– Pop sensation Liam Payne from One Direction popped into SportsDock last week to play in the latest Campus Sport event...

Try a Sport reaches the 2,000 mark just in time for Christmas!
– Try a Sport has seen 2,000 students take part in free weekly taster sessions in a variety of sports. It’s not too late for staff to get involved in the programme, either as a participant or a session leader. For more information...

Sports Clubs– Over the first semester new and returning students have been training hard to try to replicate and improve on their results from last season. So far teams are not disappointing with seven teams sitting top of their respective BUCS leagues. For more results...

Campus Sport – In 2013, Campus Sport will be back with more sport events for everyone to try including dodgeball, cricket, netball and more! For more information....