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Past Issues << | Issue 102: Wednesday 21 May 2008 |
Helping to make UEL a bully-free zoneStanding up to bullying, a lunchtime staff and student debate took place this week (Tues 20 May), as part of a week of anti-bullying activity. Organised by UELSU Race and Welfare Officer, Sky La Foucade, roadshows and club and Dj nights are also a part of the campaign. Sky, who chaired the debate, said: “We want to send out a strong message that bullying in any form, against any group, is totally unacceptable.” Secretary and Registrar, Alan Ingle said: "We will have zero tolerance for homophobic bullying while at the same time continuing to celebrate our richly diverse community. The start of this anti-bullying campaign signals our intent." UELSU and UEL Anti Bullying and Harassment Campaign see www.uelunion.org
Pictured: Clockwise from left, Ruqayyah Collector - NUS Black Students' Officer, Henry Brefo - UELSU LGBT Officer, Alan Ingle - Secretary and Registrar, David Small - Stonewall, Michelle Ward-Parker - Caress, Glynis Feist - Caress, Joe Greenwood - Director, National Mentoring Consortium, Sky La Foucade - UELSU Race and Welfare Officer.
Beverley Gull wins Adult Learner’s award Graduate, paralympic champion and former member of staff, Beverley Gull MBE, has snapped up a top award from the National Institute of Continuing Adult Education (NIACE). For the full story visit: http://www.uel.ac.uk/news/index.htm
To find out what we've got on offer as part of Adult Learners' Week, visit: http://www.uel.ac.uk/news/events/adultlearners.htm
Baroness Sc
otland celebrates students' success at National Mentoring Consortium Award Ceremony 2008 The Rt. Hon Baroness Scotland of Asthal QC, Attorney General for England and Wales, delivered a keynote speech as the National Mentoring Consortium (NMC) celebrated its 14th Annual Award Ceremony at Lehman Brothers European Headquarters in Canary Wharf on Tuesday 6 May. Rt Hon David Blunkett MP, Susan Scott-Parker OBE, Chief Executive of the Employers Forum on Disability, and Khristian Gibson, of Global & Commercial Banking at Barclays, joined Baroness Scotland in praising the work of the NMC. For the full story visit: http://www.uel.ac.uk/news/latest_news/stories/nmcaward.htm
Engineering success at Constructionarium event Civil Engineering students got a taste of real construction work when they took part in a special ‘Constructionarium’ event at the National Construction College in Norfolk, from 30 March - 4 April. Forty-eight students took part in the project, which involved building a bridge, and an oil rig. The completed oil rig (pictured) was floated out onto a lake, and precisely positioned, simulating the construction of a real-life, deep-sea rig. Roy Bayliss, Programme Leader for BEng Civil Engineering, said: "We were one of only twelve universities to take part nationally in this prestigious project and we were absolutely delighted to do so. Engineering is a very practical subject and there is only so much a student can learn academically. Ultimately, an engineer always needs hands-on experience and this was an excellent opportunity to get just that." For the full story visit: http://www.uel.ac.uk/news/latest_news/stories/constructionarium.htm
Our Refugee Research Centre (RRC) has been awarded three new grants Giorgia Donà has been awarded a £31,855 Leverhulme Fellowship grant for her project, 'Bystanders to the Rwandan genocide: revisiting genocide narratives and reconciliation initiatives', and she has a book contract with Palgrave to publish the research. Brazilian visual artist Marie Ange Bordas (pictured) is spending eight months as the RRC’s Leverhulme Artist-in-Residence. Marie Ange Bordas explores ideas about displacement and globalisation (click here for project link) through different media. For more information, please contact Marie Ange Bordas marie.ange@gmail.com or Anita Fábos a.fabos@uel.ac.uk.
The Pathfinder Grant will help our RRC establish a Transitional Professional Development Scheme for Refugee Academics/ Scholars at Risk. The project will be coordinated by Helen Taylor. For further information, please contact Helen H.M.Taylor@uel.ac.uk or Giorgia Doná g.dona@uel.ac.uk.
Membership of the Board of Governors Staff are reminded that they are free at any time to propose the appointment of external people to the Board of Governors. All proposals will be considered in the first instance by the Governors' Search Committee. For more information please visit http://www.uel.ac.uk/governors/prospective.htm or contact Alan Ingle.
Visit our catalogue of electronic books Library and Learning Services recently acquired a growing collection of electronic books which are available via our UEL catalogue at http://161.76.217.4/TalisPrism/index.jsp
To find out about many of our activities each week visit the news releases section of our website www.uel.ac.uk/news
Children's Garden Open Day Saturday 31 May 10am -12 noon. Children’s Garden Summer Fair 19 June Noon to 3pm For more information please contact Annette at ext 2663 or a.james@uel.ac.uk
AVA Showcase 08 For more information, visit: www.uel.ac.uk/avashowcase
Visual Arts Degree Show 30 May - 2 June Professional Doctorate in Fine Art 19 June - 26 June Architecture Year End Show Thurs 19 June - 5 July.
Fourth ICMEC international seminar: the state of early childhood provision in Africa Monday 2 June www.uel.ac.uk/icmec
Library and Learning Services support day for researchers Tuesday 3 June: The Research Support Day is aimed at Postgraduate research students as well as lecturers. Librarians will run a series of workshops throughout the day. The event will take place at Docklands Library and Learning Centre: Business School. For more information contact Simone Ngozi-Okolo S.N.Okolo@uel.ac.uk
Summer Open Day Stratford Docklands Saturday 14 June 11am - 4pm. All programmes. www.uel.ac.uk/openday
Next public lecture in our Public Lecture Series - Centuries of Celebrity: Re-Contextualizing the Meaning of Fame Docklands Campus – Friday 27 June 2008 www.uel.ac.uk/lectureseries
Key links
Academic Board: http://www.uel.ac.uk/qa/committees/acaboard.htm
Board of Governors: http://www.uel.ac.uk/governors/board.htm
Good news from the CMT: http://www.uel.ac.uk/vcg/news/index.htm
The Graduate School:http://www.uel.ac.uk/gradschool
To find out about events, and to let us know about events you are organising, see our Events Calendar at: http://www.uel.ac.uk/marketing/support/eventscalendar.htm
Rotary Club of Canary Wharf Dragon Boat Race Festival, Sunday 18 May Sixteen paddlers took to the water on behalf of the UEL Dragons last Sunday and they were: Dina Bavisi, Paul Cooper, Priscilla Eyiah, Bernie Englefield, Karl Twoney, Pritesh Barcha, Barbara Catwell and her sons Ian and Alex and her husband Andrew, Karen O'Connor, Bola Odunlami, Michael Parkes, Claire Duguid, Patrick Wilson, his son Alex, and James Shillito. Although we didn't bring the Paddle back to UEL this year team members were very successful in winning prizes! James won a book about West Ham, Bernie won a £50 health spa voucher, Michael won a frisbee in the penalty shoot-out and Claire scooped top raffle prize - two return flights to Basle!
Many thanks to Kim Hastings for coaching the team and look out for details of future races to be circulated shortly.
Invitation: an after-work walk across the dock
6pm, 22nd May; cost: free. Meet at the Excel Centre reception desk (nearest station Custom House DLR). See www.portsofcall.org.uk for further trails.Why not come to an evening guided walk exclusively for UEL staff of a new audio trail across the dock, ‘gunpowder, flour and flood’. This audio trail includes the beauty of Barrier Park, the horror of the biggest explosion ever to rock London and first hand accounts of working life in the riverside factories and dockside flour mills as well as a vision of how this area could change in the very near future. Composed by UEL lecturer Jo Thomas and featuring original interviews from the Museum in Docklands oral history collection, the trail is 1.2 miles long and will take around two hours to complete.
Three audio trails around the Royal Docks in East London are now freely available for download or experiencing online at www.portsofcall.org.uk There are a thousand sets of professionally produced trail CDs with map booklets; if anyone would like Toby to send them a free set please email him a mailing address. Toby says: "My time as project director of the Ports of Call project is coming to a close, but I will still have a connection with the University of East London as a visiting fellow. I am extremely grateful to all those who have so freely offered their advice and expertise to make a success of the project."
Listening equipment and a guide will be provided, but please email t.butler@uel.ac.uk to register your interest so we can bring enough players.
UEL Extra First Aid Courses 2008 Please contact: Frances Bronzite, 020 8223 4368 or Email: f.s.bronzite@uel.ac.uk
Learning Development Unit course dates http://www.uel.ac.uk/staff-development/index.htm
E-Learning Resources: http://www.uel.ac.uk/sdel/e_learning/resources.htm, SDEL staff development: http://www.uel.ac.uk/sdel/staff_development/index.htm, UEL Plus info: http://www.uel.ac.uk/uelplus/index.htm
European Computer Driving Licence (ECDL) Contact Greg Price, Organisational Development Manager on ext 4361 or email g.price@uel.ac.uk
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