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Welcome to our weekly in Focus update...... |
Past Issues << | Issue 64: Monday 6 August 2007
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Please see that Clearing 2007 begins this year on Thursday 16 August bright and early at 7.30am.
Emma Burchfield Acting Head of Student Admissions said: "We were almost caught out last year because we didn't realise the phones would start ringing in such large numbers dead on 8am. This year we need to make sure everyone's arrived at the by 7.30am and ready for business by eight!"
The Clearing telephone Centre will be based on the Lower Trading Floor in the Business School where all Schools will have their own dedicated Clearing desk.
Both Emma Burchfield and Susie King, Assistant Head of Admissions (pictured left) have been running training sessions for colleagues who will be involved in the Clearing process. If you haven't managed to come along to one of these sessions, but you are going to be involved in our Clearing operation; your final chance to find out how Clearing works and to make your role most effective, is Wednesday 15 August at 10am in the Business School Lecture Theatre. Staff are welcome turn up without pre-booking a place.
Summer Enrolmentand Welcome Timetable |
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16 Aug – 5 Oct |
Clearing |
29 August |
Enrolment begins |
29 August |
Open Evening. Part-time and postgraduate. 4pm -8pm. Docklands campus |
End August |
PGCE Students enrol and begin their programmes |
5 Sept |
Open Evening. Part-time, full-time, undergraduate and postgraduate. Docklands and Stratford campuses. 5.30pm – 8pm. |
10 – 14 Sept |
School of Education UG Programmes Induction |
12 Sept |
Open Evening. Part-time and postgraduate. 4pm -8pm. Docklands and Stratford campuses. |
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 |
18 -21 Sept |
Freshers’ Fayre (Docklands) |
19 Sept |
Keep Your Campus Beautiful Day |
21 Sept |
First Week Ends |
24 Sept – 5 Oct |
Late Arrivals permitted |
You can find out more about Clearing by visiting our Clearing Web pages at: www.uel.ac.uk/clearing or by contacting Susie King Tel: 020 8223 6333 Email: s.king@uel.ac.uk
Useful Websites:
Open Evening information can be found at /www.uel.ac.uk/openday/index.htm
Some of the pre arrival information for new students can be found at www.uel.ac.uk/applicants
The timetable for First Week can be found at www.uel.ac.uk/firstweek
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!
For a round-up of events see www.uel.ac.uk/events.
Ridgeway Park, Chingford, E4
1-7pm
Family fun day with live entertainment, funfair, bouncy castles, lots of children's entertainment.
For a range of summer fun events see:
http://www.walthamforest.gov.uk/
http://www.towerhamlets.gov.uk/
http://www.barking-dagenham.gov.uk/
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
Colleagues from our School of Health and Bioscience have been investigating the awful effects of a junk food diet as part of a revealing new BBC series, “Food – what’s really in it?”
Sports Science lecturers Dr Roger Carpenter, Stephen Cousins and Kim Hastings conducted a series of tests on willing volunteer Kech Osamo, who gave up her usual balanced and healthy diet for a ten-day junk food binge from 18-27 July.
Kim, a Graduate Teaching Assistant said: “Instead of water, green tea, grilled fish, and plenty of fresh fruit and vegetables, Kech survived on a terrible diet of curries, kebabs, burgers, chips, and fizzy and caffeinated drinks.
“We measured her body mass, fat and hydration status both before and after the experiment. Naturally, we weren’t surprised to see a negative impact; what we did find shocking was the size of the change. In the space of ten days, Kech’s body mass had increased by 2kg, her fat content by 2.3kg, and her skin-fold thickness by 4%.
”Her aerobic performance had also declined, and she suffered from poor sleep, mood swings and mild depression. All in all, the results conclusively prove that too much junk food can have a seriously negative impact on our mental and physical health.”
“Food – what’s really in it?” will be broadcast on BBC1 in September.
Pictured: Kech Osamo and Dr Roger Carpenter, both centre, with Kech's daughter Nki and BBC production staff at UEL's Centre for Clinical Education.
The Graduate School was delighted to welcome Professor Andrew Slade, Director of Research at the University of Bedfordshire and Chair of the Modern Universities Research Group in June.
Professor Slade gave a lecture on the "Death of the RAE" as part of the Graduate School's 2006-7 Staff Research and Scholarly Development Programme, and facilitated a lively discussion between more than twenty-five colleagues , making this the best attended event to date.
Professor Slade discussed the end of the peer review system which has been used for research assessment since 1986 and will be used for the final time in RAE 2008; the plans to replace it over the next decade by introducing a system based on various metrics and a lighter-touch peer review process; and the impact of various metrics models.
A debate followed in which issues surrounding the use of metrics in arts and humanities subjects, by contrast to science, technology, engineering and medicine subjects, were examined, and broadened out to explore ways in which we can continue to maintain and enhance our position as a leading modern university for research.
If you would like items included in In Focus Update please send them to me by Wednesday of the preceding week at infocus@uel.ac.uk
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