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Welcome to our weekly in Focus update...... |
Past Issues << | Issue 40: Tuesday 20 February 2007
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Staff and students welcomed Her Majesty The Queen and His Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh for the official opening of our new Business School and Knowledge Dock Centre on Friday.
Rolf Harris and art students led a sketching master-class with pupils from local schools, and Bollywood dancers and the ‘Magic of Learning' performance from the Lord Mayor's Show - were also part of our Community Pavilion - showcasing partnership work with local schools, colleges and community groups.
The main presentation party included Chancellor Lord Rix, Stephen Timms, MP for East Ham, and Professor Martin Everett, our newly appointed Vice-Chancellor. 350 guests including Prince Turki of Saudi Arabia and other dignitaries, as well as staff and students, attended a presentation, and Her Majesty unveiled a plaque to formally open the Business School and Library.
Photo Caption: Her Majesty the Queen is welcomed by Deputy Lieutenant for the Borough of Newham Colonel Michael Dudding, Chancellor Lord Rix, Vice-Chancellor Professor Martin Everett and Chair of Governors Dr Marie Stewart.
For the whole story visit: http://www.uel.ac.uk/news/latest_news/stories/royal_visit2007.htm
This March check out mpc.uel.ac.uk <http://www.mpc.ac.uk/> an interactive support website for all Multimedia Production Centre (MPC) users. Staff and students are able to register to suggest content, purchase some MPC surplus items and there are plans for this already interactive and ‘dynamic’ website to become even more interactive for the future.
Key sections describe the MPC’s personnel, procedures, rules and regs, information about the Equipment Store and its audio-visual kit for hire, Mac, music, video and PC support sections which have information about the MPC’s studios, tutorials and guides, links to external resources and frequently asked questions. For example: music studio tutorial - http://mpc.uel.ac.uk/content/view/55/45/, FAQ on how to scan - http://mpc.uel.ac.uk/content/view/38/35/, guide to MPC’s studio microphones - http://mpc.uel.ac.uk/content/view/47/45/).
mpc.uel.ac.uk <http://www.mpc.ac.uk/> is live now!
London East Research Institute (LERI) has been commissioned by the Greater London Authority (GLA) to assess the legacy of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. LERI is carrying out a literature survey of the four previous Olympic cities - Barcelona, Atlanta, Sydney and Athens, and from this review, they are outlining a set of performance indicators by which the GLA may monitor the preparation and subsequent impact of the London Games on the host boroughs and the wider city.
The research team is Gavin Poynter, Iain MacRury, Emma Roberts and other LERI specialist consultants.
For more information contact Emma Roberts Tel: 020 8223 7216 or Email: e.e.roberts@uel.ac.uk
Springing into undergraduate and postgraduate study this March.
Docklands - Stratford.
See http://www.uel.ac.uk/openday/ for more details.
To conduct your own search of current funding opportunities, or to set up email alerts specific to your interests, visit www.researchresearch.com. If you intend to submit an application for funding please contact Becky Whitham in the Graduate School.
To find a listing of all the major competitions visit:http://www.uel.ac.uk/gradschool/events/deadlines/deadlines.htm
This year Green Awareness Day takes place at our Docklands Campus on Thursday 22 February. There will be a range of stalls in the Atrium from organisations such as Shanks, Friends of the Earth, and the Rainforest Foundation, as well as a special art and architecture exhibition, a Great Green Ideas competition and visions of a sustainable campus.
There will be a FREE public screening of An Inconvenient Truth, Al Gore 's film on global warming in the Business School Lecture Theatre at 4.30pm
For more information contact Daniel Cherry on Tel: 020 8223 2194 email: d.cherry@uel.ac.uk
Wednesday 7 March 6pm onwards University House, Stratford Campus
As part of our Open Evening, Dr Ashok Jansari - School of Psychology, introduces a series of talks and interactive events
All welcome. Admission FREE.
For more information visit http://www.uel.ac.uk/lectureseries/
Don’t miss Careers & Jobs Live Sunday 25 March 11am - 5pm Monday 26 March 10am - 4pm
Careers & Jobs Live, Britain’s largest recruitment, careers, training and education fair is back at ExCeL London offering a wide range of exciting opportunities set to inspire job seekers of all ages and skills including those in full-time education, graduates, under-graduates and school and college leavers.
To pre-register FREE for the event and be entered to win a Plasma TV or £7000 Computer course (donated by Women in IT) simply visit www.careersandjobslive.co.uk.
We’ll have our own stand there so drop in and say Hello!
Are you interested in taking part in the London Bikeathon in aid of leukaemia research?
Registration is £10 and for that you get a T-shirt, sponsor forms and on-route cycle maintenance.
There's a team discount of £5 for 10 or more and Jan Bernet has kindly volunteered to co-ordinate the registration for any colleagues wishing to take part – there are already four eager participants!
For more information Email: j.bernet@uel.ac You can also visit http://www.justgiving.com/design/5/event_details.asp?did=5
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
Dr Ashok Jansari has been successful as a co-applicant in winning an ESRC research grant of almost £100,000 administered through Exeter University. Broadly the research, which has already begun and finishes in January2009, seeks to examine the influence personal feelings and experiences associated with others have in the way we access memory as well as in the way in whcih we go on to assign values, meaning and significance to those people and our interactions with them.
Dear Colleagues,
our Benchmarking team would like to thank you for participating in our Benchmarking of E-Learning survey. We had a total of 113 academics colleagues, 46 colleagues in selected Services and 229 students!
We are still collecting additional information and would like you to let us know if you have:
1. Publications (internal or external) related to E-Learning (can be in electronic or paper format)
2. Projects involving development/use of E-Learning (contact information, brief description, reports)
3. Any initiatives in E-learning from academics and students (description and contact info) in your School or Service
The results of the Benchmarking of E-learning exercise will be used to create our E-Learning profile, identify our strengths and areas for improvement and set up actions plans to embed E-Learning in learning and teaching as appropriate. Thank you very much for your input!
Please send all information to elearning@uel.ac.uk
Dr. Dina Vyortkina
E-Learning Manager
For a round-up of events see www.uel.ac.uk/events.
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