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Welcome to our weekly in Focus update...... |
Issue 23: Friday 6 October 2006 |
Widening Opportunities for Women
Get Smart! Get Charter Mark!
Are you familiar with the promises we give our students to help them make a success of their time with us? Do you know how many promises relate to your school or service?
On 15 and 16 November Paul Harrington our Charter Mark assessor will tour our campuses and based on his findings will decide whether or not to award us Charter Mark for excellence in providing services to our students. Paul will want to know that our students can rely on us to keep our promises.
To find out what YOUR commitments are under the Student Charter please visit http://www.uel.ac.uk/studentcharter/vc.htm
London East Research Institute (LERI) is doing some research for Newham Council about local opinions on Newham’s current and potential night-time economy.
If you live and/or socialise in Newham LERI would like to know:
If you would like to participate in this research please send an email to newhamnighttime@uel.ac.uk
Docklands campus West Building W.G.2 Tuesday 10 October 5.30pm
All staff and students are very welcome to attend. Refreshments served.
Professor Gavin Poynter's inaugural lecture From Beijing to the Bow Road: Olympic Cities, States and Societies in the Twenty First Century marks the launch of our new Public Lecture series.
To attend Gavin’s lecture please email Jo Sherman J.C.Sherman@uel.ac.uk or Angela Lambert on A.Lambert@uel.ac.uk to confirm your attendance.
Stratford campus Temporary Lecture Theatre TL300. All staff and students are welcome to attend from 1 pm. Friday 13 October. FREE.
To mark Black History Month Lyn Brown MP will be among guests at the screening of ‘Sequins, Soca and Sweat: the Hidden Heart of Carnival’, a critically acclaimed documentary that uncovers the hidden heart, passion and creativity of Notting Hill Carnival by award-winning filmmaker, Stephen Rudder.
The screening is followed by a discussion with Stephen Rudder, staff and students from our School of Education as well as students from Newham schools and colleges.
The event also includes a Carnival arts exhibition with original Notting Hill carnival costume-makers Trinbago and Inspirational Arts, modelled by young people from the East Thames Group Foyer Project.
Places are limited so please register with Emma Cale on 020 8223 2222 or email e.cale@uel.ac.uk
For details of our Public Lecture series visit http://www.uel.ac.uk/news/events/publiclecture.htm
Our Alumni Office is hosting an evening of networking, information and presentations on what we and our Alumni Network have to offer our recent graduates to help them in their future careers.
The evening features a presentation from Thorsten Klein, HotHatch & Enterprise Zone Manager about the services and opportunities Knowledge Dock offers to graduates and how alumni can benefit from these services.
In addition, there will be information on job vacancies and placement schemes run by New Dimensions – an employment service located at Newham College of Further Education.
Colleagues from all schools and services are very welcome to attend this event to meet alumni and network.
If youwould like to attendplease contact Emma Cale Email: e.cale@uel.ac.uk or Tel: 020 8223 2222.
Saturday 7 October, 10am-7pm at Stratford Circus, Newham
Lift, London International Festival of Theatre, presents a series of three one-day events taking place in the boroughs of Newham, Hackney and Tower Hamlets, which bring together local residents, artists and anyone else who wants to voice their opinion on issues they are passionate about. Framed around a central question, these events allow participants to say what they want to say and how they want to say it, with a diverse group of individuals who are interested in the same issues as they are.
Lift’s Open Space events are supported by the British Council. Presented in partnership with Theatre Royal Stratford East, Stratford Circus, New VIc, Theatre Venture, NewCEYS, Urban Development and East London Dance.
Tickets are £7 and £5 concession. To register for this or other Open Space events please call 020 7490 3694 Email: news@liftfest.org.uk stating your name, address, phone number, which event you wish to attend or download a booking form from www.liftfest.org.uk
Cycle 2006 - 6 - 8 October 2006 - ExCeL London.
Tickets normally cost £12 on the door, but you can book tickets in advance for just £10*.Visit www.cycleshow.co.uk or call 08701283 579 to book your tickets.
* All pre-booked orders are subject to a 95p booking fee. This is per transaction, not per ticket.
Brush up your IT skills and get an internationally recognised qualification online. Contact Greg Price, Organisational Development Manager on ext 4361 or email g.price@uel.ac.uk
You can choose to attend individual sessions or the whole training package run by Heather Summers who has carried out research with our colleagues to develop the programme.
For details visit http://www.uel.ac.uk/staff-development/documents/ForthcomingStaffDevelopmentCoursesl-Sept-Novt2006.doc
Around 150 colleagues attended our Corporate Planning Conference yesterday made up of staff from each of our School and Service Management Teams. The Conference is a key part in our planning cycle enabling colleagues to contribute towards our decision making process and corporate plan which is presented to Governors each year for them to consider and approve.
Vice-Chancellor Professor Michael Thorne opened the conference by looking at our considerable achievements as well as our challenges for the future. Some or our notable achievements include steady progress in moving up through the media tables in recent years, such as the Guardian and Times’ university guides, our results on employability - as well as our student applications which continue to steadily rise. Some areas for improvement highlighted were overseas and part-time recruitment, continued growth in our home market and student retention issues.
Other talks and workshops included Research and Scholarly Activity, The Academic Programme, Customers, Paperless Student Administration and Knowledge Transfer Partnerships.
Reflecting on the day and our achievements Mike Thorne closed the conference giving thanks to staff: “Our biggest asset is our people – and it is their hard work, talent and commitment that has led to our successes. What we need now and for the future is to focus on and fully express our own self-confidence and self-belief to gain the widespread recognition we are due.”
Local school-children joined our art students and renowned sculptor Frances Segelman in a race against time to sketch and sculpt Linford Christie at our Docklands campus on Tuesday 3 October. Linford, the only male athlete to ever win Olympic, World, Commonwealth and European 100m gold medals, was asked to sit still for a change as the model for a special Live Sculpt... for the full story visit http://www.uel.ac.uk
Please send comments or contributions for in Focus Update to: infocus@uel.ac.uk
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