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Welcome to our weekly in Focus update...... |
Past Issues << | Issue 59: Monday 2 July 2007
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Nothing counts more than the first impression we give to our students, so this year our theme will be ‘Welcome to our Community’ with an emphasis on student friendly procedures, clear directions and joined up thinking.
All the key processes students have to go through will be for the first time in one place – the Trading Floor of the Business School.
The web will play a big part this year making it possible for students to enrol, order letters and apply for their discounted Oyster cards 24/7 and from anywhere in the world. Key dates for your diary are:
Summer Enrolment Timetable |
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19 Aug – 5 Oct |
Clearing |
29 August |
Enrolment begins |
End August |
PGCE Students enrol and begin their programmes |
12 – 16 Sept |
International Student Orientation |
12 Sept |
Airport pick up for International Students begins |
14 Sept |
International Students enrol |
15 – 16 Sept |
Welcome Weekend |
17 Sept |
First Week begins |
19 Sept |
Freshers’ Fayre |
19 Sept |
Keep Your Campus Beautiful Day |
21 Sept |
First Week ends |
Our staff have achieved a double success at the National Teaching Fellowship awards this year. Congratulations to Julie Baldry Currens (pictured left), and Sharon Brown who have both been awarded National Teaching Fellowships by the Higher Education Academy.
Sharon Brown is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Computing and Technology. With a majority of her students entering studies with qualifications other than A-Levels, and a high number coming from overseas, Sharon has addressed these differences through her pioneering use of portfolio-based assessment, and using non-traditional ways to engage students within the Engineering/Surveying subject area.
Julie is Principal Lecturer in Physiotherapy in the School of Health & Bioscience, where she led the design and development of an accredited Situated Learning Programme in Physiotherapy. In her role as School Leader in Learning and Teaching Julie has led a number of cross-School initiatives, including the introduction of an activity-based Plagiarism Awareness week across the School and the establishment of a Learning and Teaching Research Group.
Julie and Sharon, who were among just 50 award winners chosen from 223 nominations submitted by higher education institutions across England and Northern Ireland, will each receive awards of £10,000 to support learning and teaching activities. Details will be published in the national press, including THES, this week.
On Thursday the 12 July at 4pm UEL’s Dragon Boat team will speed past the Docklands campus in their bid to repeat their June race win and raise even more money for the Anthony Nolan Trust - a charity working with people affected by leukaemia.
You can sponsor The Dragon Boat challenge and attract 'Gift Aid' by hitting the following ‘justgiving’ link - http://www.justgiving.com/UELDragon
Dragon Boat rowers, include: Hussain Rajack Allee, Karen O'Connor, Dina Bavisi, Bernie Englefield, Paul Dwight-Moore, Kim Hastings, Richard Keenan, Vicky Moreton, James Shillito, Mike Raddie, Mike Riches, Miriam Watt, Patrick Wilson.
What’s more on Sunday the 15 July, UEL will be upholding its tradition of entering an official team for the ‘London Bikeathon’ in aid of Leukaemia Research. A gruelling cycle marathon of between 26 and 52 miles, which will be particularly bottom chafing for the novice cyclists who make up most of the team.
Bikeathoners include, Jan Bernet, Ted O'Donnell, David Douglas, Del Basi, James Heiw, Colin Jones, Paul Kernaghan, Rosalynd Milroy, Kevin Perch, Greg Price, Mike Raddie, Patrick Wilson.
You can sponsor The London Bikeathon team and attract 'Gift Aid' by hitting the following ‘justgiving’ link, http://www.justgiving.com/UEL
See the Time Out section for more information about how to participate in the Anthony Nolan Dragon Boat Challenge and London Bikeathon.
Charitable fundraising and ’Payroll Giving’ (where charitable donations made through payroll attract tax relief), represent one of our eight Corporate Social Responsibility themes. UEL cannot match donations but it can make fundraising easier, for further information on fundraising activities and setting up your own ‘justgiving’ link , contact Greg Price Organisational Development Manager Tel: 020 8223 4361 Email:g.price@uel.ac.uk
For more information on our Corporate Social Responsibility visit: http://www.uel.ac.uk/hrservices/Progressive.htmhttp://www.uel.ac.uk/hrservices/Progressive.htm
The Annual Newham Schools Art Exhibtion is on show in our School of Arts and Digital Industries building from Tuesday 3 July.
Private View: Tuesday 6pm, 3 July and then open to the public for the next few days.
Our Learning and Teaching Conference takes place on our Docklands Campus, Thursday, 5 July.
Bookings for places have now closed but if you have booked and want more information contact Rosie Cook on Email: r.cook@uel.ac.uk
This year's International Students Awards Ceremony will take place on Friday 6 July, at 2.30pm in the Business School Lecture Theatre, followed by an afternoon tea and a reception hosted by our Alumni Network and International Office.
If anybody would like to volunteer their help on the day, perhaps as a marshal or for registration duties please contact Nicola Quilter.
We are expecting approximately 400 people on the day including guests. If anybody needs any further information please contact Nicola on Tel: 020 82232062, Email: n.quilter@uel.ac.uk
Thursday, 12 July
6.30 - 8.00 pm Reception from 6.00 pm
Docklands Campus, West Building WB.G.02
Admission: FREE
Speaker: Michael Edwards, Professor of Planning, The Bartlett School, University College London
Discussant: Massimo De Angelis, from our Business School.
Professor Michael Edwards is an economist and planner working on property markets and their relationship with urban planning and development systems at UCL's Bartlett School of Planning. He has recently been active in critical debates on the London Plan and is joint chair of the King's Cross Railway Lands Group which has been active for 20 years in mediating conflicting pressures on the edge of central London.
The FOURTH ANNUAL DOCKLANDS LECTURE sets the context in which major development in the Thames Estuary is widely seen as a solution to many of the capital's region's problems.
Professor Edwards critically examines the interpretations of housing crisis offered by many current analysts and politicians including Gordon Brown.
Contrasting scenarios for the Thames Gateway are presented, and lessons are drawn from the history of urban development in the UK and internationally. The lecture draws on a chapter Professor Edwards has contributed to the forthcoming book, London's Turning: the Prospect of Thames Gateway, edited by Phil Cohen and Mike Rustin, London, Ashgate 2007.
Please RSVP to Email: leri@uel.ac.uk For more information visit: www.uel.ac.uk/londoneast
“Annual Feedback Questionnaire results and any other items you wish to discuss”
12 July 2007 1pm - until you have had your say! Room EB.G.08, The Atrium, Docklands Campus. Light refreshments provided.
Contact Naheed at Email: n.khan@uel.ac.uk if you wish to attend
Friday 14 September Docklands
A one-day conference to mark the retirement of Professor Mary Boyle and to celebrate 30 years of clinical psychology training by our School of Psychology.
De-medicalising misery examines the effects of our current understandings of distress, and explores ways to rethink them. The conference brings together psychiatrists, service users and clinical psychologists.
For more information contact Professor Mark Rapley Email: m.rapley@uel.ac.uk or Tel: 07951 908 409.
Costs: Waged £120, BPS Members £90, Students £25, Unwaged/Service User FREE. Lunch and refreshments will be provided.
David Woodhouse has provided a series of links so that we can access information and news from our Academic Board, Governing Body and Corporate Management Team.
Please see the following 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
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!
Wednesday 4 July 6pm duration: approximately 1 hour.
ExCel London Royal Victoria Dock E16 1X
www.excel-london.co.uk Admission: FREE
The New London Orchestra presents Newham welcomes the world - the journey begins by Ronald Corp and Hope Massiah - a choral and orchestral performance by over 400 members of the Newham Community!
For further information, contact Tel: 020 7823 5523 or visit:http://www.nlo.co.uk/
Saturday 7 July, 2pm – 6:30pm.
London City Airport, Royal Docks, E16 2PB
Taking place on 7 July 2007, London City Airport Fun Day promises an exciting day out for local residents and friends. Each year in July, the airport’s runway makes way for thousands of community members to enjoy the day’s festivities. Entrance to Fun Day is free.
The London City Airport Fun Day is an annual event established in 1996 to offer thanks to the local community for their ongoing support. What started eleven years ago as an afternoon of tea and cakes is now an event attended by over 10,000 members of the community with a staggering £20,000 raised in 2006. All proceeds from London City Airport’s annual Fun Day are donated to East London’s Richard House, a children’s hospice that cares for life limited children and young people. For more information on Richard House please visit the hospice web site at http://www.richardhouse.org.uk.
For more information about London City Airport Fun Day visit: http://www.londoncityairport.com/index.php?page=fundayabout
On Saturday, 7 July, the Tour de France starts with an 8km prologue in the centre of London, which is likely to be a very big event attracting a lot of media interest. To coincide with this the Easterley Cyling Club, based in the Romford area, are running a 'come and try it' cycle race open to all, 12 years and over.
The race takes place on Tuesday 10 July starting at 7.30pm and consists of an 8km time trial, just like the prologue. The event is on a quiet, flat circuit, starting and finishing at Navestock Common. Intended as a fun event, see how you compare with the professionals in cycling time trials. FREE to enter, all you have to do is turn up and ride. Full information and advice will be given at the event.
For further information you can either contact Julia Freeman direct on j.a.freeman@uel.ac.uk or visit www.easterleycycling.org.uk.
East London Chorus perform works by Schubert and Mozart at St James Piccadilly on Saturday 7 July.
East London Chorus will also be giving a world premiere of a work by contemporary composer Brian Chapple at this concert, too.
For further information about East London Chorus visit www.eastlondonchorus.org.uk.
Following our team's dramatic and magnificent win in last month's 10th Rotary Dragon Boat Festival, the UEL Dragons are racing again on Thursday 12 July. With a 4pm start from the London Regatta Centre the racing boats will go right past our Docklands Campus.
Practice sessions are planned on Wednesday evenings 4 and 11 July for 6pm, at the London Regatta Centre.On Thursday the 12 July at 4pm UEL’s Dragon Boat team will speed past the Docklands campus in their bid to repeat their June race win and raise even more money for the Anthony Nolan bone marrow transplant trust.
Dragon Boat rowers include: Karen O'Connor, Hussain Rajack Allee, Dina Bavisi, Bernie Englefield, Paul Dwight-Moore, Kim Hastings, Richard Keenan, Vicky Moreton, James Shillito, Mike Raddie, Mike Riches, Miriam Watt, Patrick Wilson.
You can sponsor The Dragon Boat challenge by following the ‘justgiving’ link, all donations attracting ‘Gift Aid’ – http://www.justgiving.com/UELDragon
We need at least fifteen people so if you're interested in taking part as a rower or a supporter please get in touch with Karen O'Connor Email: infocus@uel.ac.uk
London Bikeathon takes place this year on Sunday 15 July
Jan Bernet is encouraging more people to join our London Bikeathon UEL team.
If you'd like to take part contact Jan Bernet on Email: j.bernet@uel.ac.uk
Bikeathoners include, Jan Bernet, Ted O'Donnell, David Douglas, Del Basi, James Heiw, Colin Jones, Paul Kernaghan, Rosalynd Milroy, Kevin Perch, Greg Price, Mike Raddie, Patrick Wilson.
You can sponsor The London Bikeathon team by following the ‘justgiving’ link, http://www.justgiving.com/UEL , all donations attracting gift aid.
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
Knowledge Dock the leading Shell Step provider in the UK kicked off the summer programme today with a group of the most enterprising university students from across the UK who will spend the next eight weeks working across the capital with SMEs delivering short-term business projects.
Now in it's 21st year Shell Step has delivered over 21,000 work placements for highly motivated undergraduates to undertake real business projects. In 2006 over 1,000 businesses were supported from new and enhanced product design, marketing strategies, bespoke software, process improvement and much more. Knowledge Dock was also awarded with "Best London Agency 2006" and Richard Keenan presented with "Best Agent 2006" by Shell at the UK finals.
For further information please visit www.shellstep.org.uk or www.knowledgedock.com
Colleagues will be saddened to hear the news that Graham Brown, from the School of Computing and Technology, passed away on Tuesday 26 June, following a short illness.
Graham had taught Land Surveying with us for 35 years, having joined North East London Polytechnic in 1972 and in that time had served in almost all academic roles. Graham was a great friend and colleague to us all and will be sorely missed. Our thoughts are with his wife Sharon.
Graham's Funeral will be held on Wednesday 4 July at 3.45pm at Forest Park Crematorium, Forest Road, Hainault, Essex, IG6 3HP, and will be followed by a short reception.
Graham's family has asked that there are no floral tributes, but instead will nominate a charity to which donations can be made if people so wish.
They would like Graham's Funeral to be open to as many as possible who wish to attend.
For a round-up of events see www.uel.ac.uk/events.
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