Only two weeks left to nominate an honorary

Each year, UEL recognises a handful of outstanding people with honorary doctorates. These are awarded for exceptional achievements in their fields and contributions to their communities, especially where they have a link to UEL or east London more widely. Members of staff and students are invited to nominate an honorary by downloading an application form here. Completed forms must be sent to t.williams@uel.ac.uk by 4 February 2013...

Commonwealth Professional Fellows – Library and Learning Services (LLS) is delighted to welcome a second cohort of Commonwealth Fellows from India and Ghana. LLS are acting as official hosts to Mr Henry Atsu Agbodza and Dr Mallikarjun Angadi, who have been awarded a prestigious Commonwealth Professional Fellowship by the Commonwealth Scholarship Commission. For the full story click here...

Student Services raise money for Hospice – Student Services raised £350 for Richard House Hospice, which is based in Newham.The hospice depends on voluntary donations to provide vital services to children, young people and their families. Student Services would like to congratulate the winners and thank everyone who supported the cause by buying a raffle ticket!

Cashier's office extend hours – Students and staff who wish to use the Cashier's Office in Docklands Campus, Room NBG02, will now be able to take advantage of its extended hours. The facility will now be open from 9.30am-4.30pm each working day.

Graduation 2013 – Graduation dates have been set to take place at the indigo2 over four days between 18-21 November. A breakdown of school-specific dates will follow in due course. Please ask final-year students to check the graduation page from February onwards or ‘like’ our Facebook page.

Chartwell's are offering great prices for food and drink– Chartwell's are offering coffee for £1.00 in the Green and the Edge. Even better than that, tea is available for only 80 pence. Don't miss out on these great offers in the winter frost!

Dr Paolo Taticchi keynote speaker at GreenIT workshop– A senior lecturer at RDBS, Dr Taticchi was a keynote speaker at the GreenIT workshop organised by the University of Utara, Malaysia on 7 January 2013. The workshop grouped all interested in understanding the role of the IT Industry for a sustainable development.
Dr Taticchi reported on “Sustainability, Corporations and Green IT”, receiving great attention from the audience. The event was streamed live in other universities in Malaysia and Thailand. Dr Taticchi has been recently appointed Associate Director of the MBA Programme.

Six Country Explore guides created for staff– The Learning and Development department has commissioned, as a resource for staff, six Country Explore guides covering India, Nigeria, China, Russia, Malaysia and Cyprus to help staff gain a better perspective on these particular. Each countries guide contains information on the cultural differences of students coming from these countries. To access the guides click here...

Limited places still available at UEL Children's Garden – With new student-parents starting their courses in February, they may not be aware of the child care facility Children's Garden at Docklands Campus. Please be aware that places are still available click here for more info...

Lucky student Alona Saveljeva wins ipad – Continuum, the centre for widening participation studies here at UEL, conducted a survey to investigate student attitudes to enterprise, with an opportunity to win an ipad and received 1,151 responses. Continuum would like to thank everyone who completed the survey.

Seed drive at UEL – With spring approaching at UEL the Green team have restarted their weekly Allotment Club. They have dug the beds over and are now looking for garlic, spinach, peas, rhubarb and parsnip, chilli seeds and peppers seeds. They are also looking to plant black mint, thyme and coriander in self-contained pots. If you have any seeds or pots you would like to donate or would like to come and plant yourself at the Stratford Allotment, please contact Sustainability Officer Emily Hamilton.

Don’t waste it, WARPit
– Another success for WARPit, the University’s online reuse portal. The campus management team have successfully disposed of surplus items as a result of a post-Olympic clear up.

The items were advertised on UEL’s WARPit, which includes membership of local charities. The items were quickly claimed by the British Heart Foundation. With a combined value of more than £2,000, these items should hopefully raise some important funds for the charity.

The WARPit system makes it easy for staff with surplus resources to give away or loan them to others inside the University. This reduces the need to buy items we already have.

If homes cannot be found within the University the system automatically advertises to charities. This is where the likes of BHF can really benefit. If you would like to register your School or Service on WARPit, please contact Emily Hamilton.

Events: ReDS Drop-in sessions – Drop-in to discuss anything concerning applying for grants and funding opportunities with Research Development Co-Ordinator Sonja Weirauch. For more info on dates and times for the drop-in click here...

Call: Action grants for the prevention of, and fight against, crime– Funding will provide up to 90% of eligible costs for actions on the following themes: the threat posed by chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear materials and explosives; radicalisation leading to terrorism and the protection of victims of terrorism; trafficking in human beings; sexual exploitation of children and the illegal use of the internet; financial and economic crime; activities to enhance the communication with Europol; projects on the exchange of information for law enforcement purposes; projects on operational Law Enforcement cooperation...

Call: HEA Collaborative Teaching Development Grant– Grants are awarded annually to projects that span disciplines, departments or institutions, and that lead to innovative approaches to learning and teaching. The scheme invites proposals from two or more departments or other groupings within or between HEIs that support the enhancement of learning and teaching. This year's themes are assessment, feedback and flexible learning. For more info click here...

Accessing Skills for Higher Education (ASHE) – ASHE is a two-day intensive study skills programme that will be useful for students who have been out of education for a while, for those who wish to brush up on their study skills, or those who have recently commenced their undergraduate degree at UEL and would like to receive additional support click here...

Mandinga Arts Internship – This is a great opportunity for an art student to intern as an archive and administration assistant for a minimum of two-three days per week over a period of three months. This commences from Monday 25 February 2013.

Students must contact Melissa Remai for an application pack by calling on 020 8674 6560 or emailing with the subject heading ‘Archive and Admin Intern’. The deadline for applications is 5pm, Thursday 14 February 2013.

IdeasTap bursary available for current art students or recent graduates – Open to first-year art students or a graduate who has embarked on a BA or BMus in 2006 or later,recipients could have £9,000 wiped off their student loans. For a chance to win, the student must simply tell IdeasTap in 100 words or fewer what they could offer to IdeasTap's network in exchange for the money. It could be an idea or a service; for example "This is how you could improve your site". The more imaginative, original and feasible the idea, the better! For more info...

UEL Judokas continue to collect medals – UELSports scholar Andy Burns has added another medal to UEL's collection, winning a silver medal in the British Judo Championships in Sheffield last Sunday.

Andy an MSC Strength andConditioning student, faced tough competition but reached the final with relative ease. In the final of the Senior Men u90 he narrowly lost to Scottish Judoka Matthew Purssey.

There were also some other great results from the UEL community, with UEL alumna and London 2012 silver medallist Gemma Gibbons winning gold in the u78 kg category.

Also winning gold was previous UELSports scholar Sophie Cox in the u57kg. Andy will lead the largest- ever UEL judo team to the BUCS Judo Championships in late February, where he and UELSports scholar Szandra Szogedi will be expecting to win further medals.