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Past Issues << | Issue 47: Wednesday 11 April 2007
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Sharon Sams, a long-serving member of our Catering Service is getting ready for the race of her life, running with her son and her sister in the London Marathon on Sunday 22 April.
Sharon is running to raise money for Help the Hospices, especially Richard House Children’s Hospice in Beckton.
Sharon said: “I wanted to run in support of the hospices because it’s such a good cause. Training is going really well and everyone has been very supportive. The encouragement has helped keep me focused.”
Sharon, who has only been running for the past 18 months, is now a member of the Barking Road Runners, and is confident of her ability to run the 26-mile long marathon.
To support Sharon, call 020 8333 2194.
And so can Mary Hunt who kindly supplied this stunning photo of our new Docklands Student Village. Mary was out cycling for her first ride on an OY Bike ( the green and yellow self-service rental bikes on both our campuses, at Stratford Station and Gallions Reach retail park!) in the spring sunshine last week, when she was struck by this impressive vista.
Mary said: " I just stopped the bike, aimed the phone and clicked. Couldn't have done better if I'd had my "real" camera and tried to position everything perfectly."
If like Mary you'd like to register FREE for an OY Bike email Greg Price, Organisational Development Manager with the following information:
First Name, Surname, Home Address, including Postcode, Mobile Telephone Number, Personal Identification Number (PIN). Needs to be 4 digits, Emergency Telephone Number, Emergency Contact Name, Preferred contact method - Email or Mobile Telephone on g.price@uel.ac.uk. Staff get the first two and a half hours FREE.
Over 570 delegates are set to attend the 2007 Annual Conference of the British Sociological Association (BSA). Organised and hosted by a team of our sociologists, this will be the biggest ever sociology conference to take place in the UK.
The conference, entitled ‘Social Connections: Identities, Technologies and Relationships’, features key-note speeches from some of the world’s most distinguished contemporary sociologists.
An exhibition exploring the narratives and identities of women artists goes on show as part of the conference. Entitled Am I that name? Nomadic lines in becoming a woman artist, the exhibition is curated by Dr Maria Tamboukou, Co-Director of our Centre for Narrative Research in the Social Sciences.
Artists taking part include Trinidad Ball, Pauline Crook, Ursula Dutkeiwicz, Solveigh Goett, Mato Ioannidou, Moira McNair, Lorraine Platt, Lynn Pearson, Irene Runayker, Inez Shamray and Gali Weiss.
To register or find out more, visit http://www.britsoc.co.uk/
Tuesday 17 April, 6.30pm - 7.30pm East Building EB244, Docklands Campus
Inaugural Lecture - Professor Chandra Sriram, Director of the Centre of Human Rights in Conflict, School of Law
Chandra will discuss the rapid development of international criminal accountability since the end of the Cold War, and consider the range of experiments in justice with national, transnational, international, and hybrid courts and trials. She will focus in particular on debates about the purposes of international criminal accountability, its costs, and its effects upon post-conflict peacebuilding. In particular, she will talk about her research at the Special Court for Sierra Leone, as well as the prospects for the cases that the International Criminal Court is now investigating, in the Democratic Republic of Congo, northern Uganda, and the Darfur region of Sudan.
For further information please visit http://www.uel.ac.uk/chrc/index.htm
The official opening of the Graduate School’s new space takes place on Tuesday 17 April 2007.
The Graduate School is delighted to open the evening at 5.30pm with a public lecture to launch Dr Tim Brooks’ well-received debut publication British Propaganda to France 1940-1944: Machinery, Method and Message.
The evening starts off in the East Building room EB 1.41, moving to EB 1.43 for a wine reception.
Please RSVP to Janet Riddle at j.riddle@uel.ac.uk. ALL WELCOME.
Friday, 18 May in the Cloth Hall Court, Leeds Metropolitan University, just a minute’s walk from Leeds railway station. See http://www.leedsmet.ac.uk/lbs/law/images/cloth_hall_court.pdf
Details of the conference programme, session abstracts and booking form are available at: http://www.leeds.ac.uk/aua/180507programme.shtml
The cost of the Conference is £25 per person. including lunch. Conference organisers have tried to include something for everyone: newcomers to HE, managers, estates, teaching and learning, and research.
The keynote speech by Paul McGowan of Watson Burton LLP is entitled Age Discrimination – Challenges and Opportunities for All of us.
To offer a session yourself, contact Helen Billington Email: H.L.Billington@leeds.ac.uk Tel: 0113 3432841.
The Association of University Administrators is the professional body for higher education administrators and managers in the UK and the Republic of Ireland. It is an open and accessible body. The conference is open to AUA members and non members.
To conduct a search of current funding opportunities , including all the major competitions , 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 Tim Brooks (Acting Research Funding Officer) in the Graduate School. Tim is retaining his other responsibilities within the Graduate School so the more notice you can give, the better!
Tuesday 17 April at 5pm in Business School Lecture Theatre, Docklands
Tickets £1.50 to non-members.
Our Student Film Society was recently set up. Contact Alejandra Fernandez uvona@hotmail.com or ross crabb shoeless_ross@hotmail.com for more information
Ben Westbeech is an up and coming artist - he sounds a bit like Jamiroquoi. See if you recognise his landmark London location.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7vhd1pDS5dM
This month the School of Distance & E-Learning are running two NEW UEL Plus staff development sessions. These sessions are for staff who have already attended the introductory session to UEL Plus or who are already using UEL Plus regularly.
Assessment in UEL Plus In this3-hour session, participants will have the opportunity toshare their experience of using different types of assessment as well as receive a brief overview of issues related to electronic assessment and feedback. Participants will use the Assessment Tool in UEL Plus to build quizzes, self-tests and surveys comprising a variety of question types. They will also explore the different features and settings for delivery, marking and analysis of quizzes and surveys using the Assessment Manager Tool and the Grade Book. Participants will receive further information on best practice as well as onother types of Assessment software, articles of interest and related web links.
Managing UEL Plus sites In this session participants will have the opportunity to take another look at the site(s) they are currently using in UEL Plus and plan for any new ones. Preliminary findings from student surveys of UEL Plus indicate that there is a need to look again at good practice and student expectations of where to find information. Participants will also have the opportunity to revisit issues like file management, navigation, tracking and categorising of discussion topics and web links. Failing to categorise can make it hard for students to find information. The session will be run on a flexible basis making it possible to attend only those parts that are relevant to you. Before booking please contact your LTA to discuss your exact requirements.
For dates and to book a place please go to:
Assessment in UEL Plus: http://www.uel.ac.uk/uelplus/training/assessment.htm
Managing UEL Plus sites:http://www.uel.ac.uk/uelplus/training/managing_sites.htm
If you have any questions about these sessions please contact: elearning@uel.ac.uk
For further information and a booking form visit http://www.uel.ac.uk/sdel/staff_development/short_courses.htm
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
Delegates gathered in March at a conference Asian Women - Future Leaders in our Knowledge Dock Centre to discuss issues and develop solutions for the promotion of Asian women leaders into enterprise, politics, and community service.
Prominent Asian women speakers included Baroness Uddin, Honey Kalaria, Pinky Lilani and Lucky Dhillion, and there was a panel who discussed the role of education in developing Asian women. Women’s Minister Meg Munn MP, Linda Perham, Ilford former MP and Rt. Hon Stephen Timms, MP for East Ham and Chief Secretary to the Treasury were also among speakers at the conference.
Bollywood star and Business School graduate Honey Kalaria, said: “It was an amazing conference, very inspirational. I spoke to so many wonderful individuals with great skills who are really giving something back to the community.”
Sonia Klein, Chair of the E3 Association for the Empowerment of Asian Women and event organiser, said: "There is much for our community, our economy and our government to gain by encouraging more Asian women leaders to emerge.
"Asian Women have traditionally been regarded as the most 'hard to reach' group in the UK - empowering this group from within will have a tremendous multiplier effect on social cohesion and in developing a more productive and healthy society."
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