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Welcome to in Focus Update… |
Past Issues << | Issue 174: Monday 23 November 2009 |
Customer Service Excellence assessor visit this weekOur Customer Service Excellence (CSE) assessor will be visiting our Stratford campus this week on Thursday, 26 November and our Docklands campus the following day, on 27 November. Our assessor's name is Geoff Pritchard and as well as touring our facilities Geoff will be meeting many of our colleagues.
For more information about Customer Service Excellence, visit: www.cse.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/homeCSE
Our Awards Ceremonies, held in the City of London's Barbican Hall, have been exceptionally enjoyable events with record numbers of graduates attending; a string of fascinating honoraries and each ceremony has proved to be a joyous and uplifting experience.
Four of our six ceremonies have so far taken place for our Schools of Computing, Information Technology and Engineering; Architecture & the Visual Arts and Health & Bioscience; Royal Docks Business School and our Cass School of Education. On Tuesday, 24 November Law and Psychology students graduate and on Thursday, 3 December Humanities and Social Sciences and The Graduate School will the Barbican boards, all three thousand or so students, personally congratulated by Lord Rix himself!
Pictured clockwise:1. Acting Vice Chancellor Prof Susan Price, Dr Mohammad Dastbaz with award holders writer and broadcaster Sathi Ludhianvi, Baroness Kingsmill and businessman Liam Kane.
2. Acting Vice Chancellor Prof Susan Price, Acting 
Dean of School of AVA, Pete C
obb with Professor Neville Punchard, Dean of Health and Biosciences and Honorary Doctor of Science, Sebastian Coe. Other honorary award holders were athlete Christine Ohuruogu, rower Mark Hunter and architect Sunand Prasad.
3. Lord Rix and Professor Susan Price with Honorary Doctor of Business Administration, James Caan, at the Royal Docks Business School Ceremony. Other honorary award holders were businessman Sir Gulam Noon and Tony Gale, representing West Ham United Football Club.
4. Acting Vice Chancellor Prof Susan Price, Kevin Everett of the Sir John Cass Foundation, Ralph Tabberer - Honorary Doctor of Education, Ann Slater - Dean of Cass School of Education, Graham Curtis, Linda Amrane-Cooper - Associate Dean and Sir Michael Wilshaw - Honorary Doctor of Education.
Dr Pippa Dell and Dr Aneta Tunariu from our School of Psychology have won the annual Innovation in Counselling and Psychotherapy Award, which recognises work that challenges thinking, stimulates debate, or encourages the adoption of new techniques within the counselling and psychotherapy profession.
The award, made by the The British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP), is the culmination of Pippa and Aneta's two-year project, working with Relate to develop and evaluate their Responsive Model for Domestic Violence and Abuse (DVA).
For 30% of Relate clients, domestic violence and abuse is an issue in their lives. Pippa and Aneta's evaluation found that this model enabled clients to speak safely about what was happening to them. They also found that more than 50% of the clients in the evaluation study had felt able to reveal violence and abuse in their lives and to get the help they needed. Implementation of the Responsive Model as standard practice across the 80 Relate centres nationally will be completed by the end of 2009.
Pictured (L-R): Dr Aneta Tunarui and Dr Pippa Dell.
Businesses across London gathered for the annual e4 Business Conference held at the Knowledge Dock Business Centre on Wednesday 4 November. One of London’s premier technology events aimed at SMEs, provides owners and managers the opportunity to learn about emerging technologies and how they can use them within their own companies. With guest speakers from Microsoft and Google, the key theme of this year’s conference was Cloud Computing and Mobile Technologies.
Martin Longstaff, Consultancy Manager at Knowledge Dock, said: “One of the primary aims of this conference is not only to inform SMEs about the latest technologies that are emerging, but also inform SMEs how the University of East London can help them adopt and implement these new technologies within their business. We have access to a number of funded programmes that are designed to help SMEs innovate and grow their business.”
Fourteen first-year students from the BTEC National Diploma in IT Pratitioners were accompanied by tutors on an educational trip to Docklands earlier in the month. During the trip students were briefed on what they could do with a computing degree by Senior Lecturer Gaurav Malik and also took part in a tour and a series of workshops.
The collaboration between us and Redbridge College's ICT team will soon strengthen further with planned projects including greener IT such as, energy efficient computing environments and allowing more activities to tale place simultaneously, lowering costs and increasing efficiency.
Celebrity wannabe ex-smokers attended the Sports Science lab on Friday 20 November to have their lung function and fitness tested for a new programme, Celebrity Quitters, to be shown on Channel 5 in January 2010.
Linda Robson’s, Chloe Madeley’s and Paul Danan’s lungs were put through their paces to determine lung function as well as to see if chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) was present. They also had their carbon monoxide levels tested and an estimate was made regarding their lung age.
Following the tests, the celebrities will be be monitored by the TV crew for two weeks while they battle with nicotine withdrawal as well as their attempts to adopt a healthier lifestyle. The celebrities were tested by Kim Hastings from the Field of Applied Sports Science at Stratford campus who was admirably assisted by Level 3 student Daniel Cracknell and Level 2 students Annie Ottey and Esin Eminue.
Kim explains: “The celebrities came to the lab on Friday with no idea as to what was going to happen to them. They were all exceptionally nervous about the potential damage they may have inflicted on themselves by smoking but the production team didn’t want any of the participants to know their results until Monday when they are also going to find out the extent of monitoring they are going to be subjected to. Even their families have been recruited!” Once the programme has been aired, the production team will release photos of the testing session.
Pictured: Top left, Paul Danan; top right, Chloe Madeley and bottom left Linda Robson.
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School of Law & School of Psychology Graduation Ceremony, Tuesday 24 November, 11am, The Barbican Centre
‘Meet the Alumni’ – Featuring Honey Kalaria (successful businesswoman and choreographer to the stars) Tuesday 24 November 2009: 12:30pm, KD.2.13 & KD.2.22
A lunchtime networking event designed to help students meet successful alumni.
Occupational and Organisational Psychology Alumni and Student Event 25 November, 6-8.30pm, Stratford Campus Key note speech by Professor Binna Kandola - a Chartered Occupational Psychologist, Senior Partner and co-founder of Pearn Kandola. Followed by networking and refreshments
Being Stress Aware Friday 27 November, 9.30am - 12.30pm, RB 1.15 Stratford Campus This half day session is facilitated by Ms Kate Beaven-Marks, Assistant Occupational Health & Safety Manager, on behalf of The Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic Staff Network. It takes a personal and managerial perspective, using practical exercises to explore ways to identify stressful situations and techniques for managing stress. To book contact Sonia Harding on 020 8223 6379 or s.harding@uel.ac.uk Seta Perez on 020 8223 6361 or s.j.perez@uel.ac.uk
Pilates taster sessions for staff at lunchtime and after- work UELSports in conjunction with Complementt, have organised these one off taster sessions for staff. The cost per session is £5 and places are allocated on a first come first served basis with limited spaces available. Payments will be taken at the start of each class, by Pilates Instructor, Allison Noriega Clarke. The taster classes are suitable for men and women of all ages and levels of fitness. To register your interest, please e-mail d.cosford@uel.ac.uk with the class date and class time preferred. You will be notified if you have a place. If you do not receive notification, you will not have been allocated a space.
Docklands - Friday 27 November
12.15 - 1pm WB.2.01
1.15 - 2pm WB.2.01
5.30 - 6.30pm EB.G.10
Stratford - Tuesday 1 December
12.15 - 1pm UH.2.48
1.15 - 2pm UH.2.48
5.30 - 6.30pm CC1.18
Duncan House - Wednesday 9 December
1.15 - 2pm DH.1.10
5.30 - 6.30pm DH.1.08
Money Awareness Week, Monday 30 November - Friday 4 December, Lunchtimes in University Square Docklands Campus. Money Awareness Week is a series of free money
advice workshops, social events and competitions
intended to raise awareness of the financial issues
that affect you as a student.
With activities and workshops throughout the week including:
Students With Children
Student Tax Advice
Healthy Eating On A Budget
Managing Debt
Finding A Part-time Job
Pub Quiz in Aqua East - Who Wants To Be A Millionaire
Check the website for more details: www.uel.ac.uk/smart
School of Humanities and Social Sciences & Graduate School Graduation Ceremony, Thursday 3 December, 11am, The Barbican Centre
‘A week in the life of a Chief Executive’ Thursday 3 December, 12:30pm, KD.2.13 *PLEASE NOTE ROOM CHANGE*
Guest Speaker: Martin Slark, Chief Executive of Molex incorporated.
Public Lecture: ‘After the Meltdown: The city and its regulations’ Thursday 3 December, 5:30pm , WB.G.02 *PLEASE NOTE ROOM CHANGE*
A panel discussion chaired by the Dean of the Royal Docks Business School Professor Len Shackleton.
IPAD Events for Christmas - your invitation:
4 December – Corpus – a Body of Work - World Aids Day event - Stratford Circus 7:30pm [BA Community Arts Practice]
7 December – Songwriting Showcase & showing of work-in-progress 7pm [BA Music Culture & the student theatre company)
9
December – Causing a Scene - Stratford Circus 7pm [MA Acting]
10 December – Performing Stories – 7pm Stratford Circus [BA Theatre Studies]
11 December - Off The Page: On The Stage – 7:30pm Stratford Circus [BA Theatre Studies/Creative Writing/Community Arts Practice/Computer Games]
12 December – Performing Miracles – Stratford Circus 7pm [MA Acting & Theatre Directing Showcase]
15 December - BA Dance winter showcase 7pm Trinity Buoy Wharf Dance Centre
16 December - BA Dance winter showcase 7pm Trinity Buoy Wharf Dance Centre
16 December – Local To Global - Stratford Circus 7pm [BA Theatre Studies]
17 December – You Will Not Have Been Here Before - Hoxton Hall 2pm [BA Community Arts Practice]
For more information, visit: www.uel.ac.uk/ipad
Royal Docks Business School Film Club: ‘Enron: The smartest guys the room’ (2005) Tuesday 8 December 2009: 5:30pm, KD.2.22
For further details contact Mohsin Ramzan on 020 8223 3354 or ramzan@uel.ac.uk
Seasonal Staff Party: Wednesday 9 December, The Edge Restaurant, Docklands Campus from 3.30pm - 7 pm DON'T MISS IT!!! There will be a buffet, plus drinks and a DJ spinning the discs. This event is FREE – but your individual RSVP in advance is essential so that we know how many to cater for. Please print off this email and put on your staff noticeboard or give it to staff who do not have easy access to email. All staff attending will need to show their staff ID card. To RSVP email: market@uel.ac.uk with your name and the area you work in by 2 December.
The Children's Garden Christmas Fair Thursday 10 December, 12 - 3pm. Please donate any gifts by 30 November.
Volunteering Fair, Friday 11 December 11am - 3pm, Conference and Computing Centre Stratford Campus Students and staff are welcome to attend UEL’s first volunteering fair. Organisations attending the event include The Metropolitan Police, NSPCC, Marie Curie Cancer, Children's Society, RNIB, RSPB, Newham Council but to name a few, if you are interested in volunteering and would like to find out more about volunteering , come along to the fair!
UEL Alumni Network Christmas Party Friday 11 December, Corney & Barrow, Canary Wharf, 6.30pm 'til late. We welcome you to the third annual UEL Alumni Network Christmas Party. Please join us for an evening of food, drink, music and an opportunity to socialise with your old classmates and lecturers. Come with your UEL friends or come to meet other alumni in the area. The event is open to all graduates, former and current staff. We have a large area reserved in the bar and there will be a complementary Christmas buffet and arrival drink. Ten lucky guests will also receive a gift from our Alumni Santa!
This event is free to attend but places must be booked in advance. Please book your place by emailing alumni@uel.ac.uk or calling 0208 223 2222 by Friday 27 November.
Christmas closure Thursday 24 December 2009 - Monday 4 January 2010.
Open Days 2010
Wednesday 6 January 2010, 4-7pm, Stratford and Docklands
Wednesday 21 April 2010, 4-7pm, Stratford Campus only – Postgraduate advice evening
Saturday 26 June 2010, 12-4pm, Stratford and Docklands
Wednesday 1 September 2010, 4-7pm, Stratford and Docklands
Saturday 16 October 2010, 12-4pm, Stratford and Docklands
For more information about Open Days, contact Vicky Rossiter on v.rossiter@uel.ac.uk
Key links:
Academic Board: www.uel.ac.uk/qa/committees/acaboard
UEL Chaplaincy: www.uel.ac.uk/chaplaincy
Board of Governors: www.uel.ac.uk/governors
Graduation:www.uel.ac.uk/graduation
Mayfest: www.uel.ac.uk/mayfest
Open Days: www.uel.ac.uk/openday
Public Lectures: www.uel.ac.uk/lectureseries
Stonewall Information Service, for advice on housing, parenting, school, work, partnerships, health, immigration and crime call 08000 50 20 20. For details, visit: www.stonewall.org/info
See Events Calendar for a full listing: www.uel.ac.uk/marketing/support/eventscalendar.htm
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Department of Health including NIHR, Programme Development Grants. Deadline: 30 November 2009. The purpose of the development grants is to provide funding of £20,000 to £100,000, over a period of six to 18 months, to enable a research team to develop and refine its research ideas, obtain empirical justification for research plans, or acquire or further develop appropriate collaborative expertise. Please see
http://www.nihr-ccf.org.uk/site/callsproposals/developmentgrants/default.cfm
Royal Society of Edinburgh, Research Visitors to Scotland. Deadline: 30 November 2009. Grants may be made to assist research visitors to Scotland from other centres in the United Kingdom or abroad to undertake collaborative research work with a Fellow of the Society for a period normally not exceeding one month.Grants may be used as a contribution towards travel and subsistence expenses subject to a maximum of £600 for any one research visitor from Europe and £900 for visitors from outside Europe.It will be acceptable for the grant to be supplemented by other organisations such as the British Council, and the parent or the host institution.Applications should be made by the Fellow who will collaborate with the research visitor. http://www.rse.org.uk/research_fellowships/visitors_scot.htm
Women in German Studies, Small Travel Grants. Deadline: 1 December 2009. Awards are available to attend conferences in the field of German studies, in the UK, Ireland or German-speaking areas, at which the applicant is presenting a paper. Grants will not normally exceed £100. http://www.wigs.ac.uk/travelgrants.html
British Academy (BA), Conference Support grants. Deadline: 1 December 2009. The scheme aims to promote the dissemination of the results of advanced research in the humanities and social sciences. Applications will not be considered for less than £1,000. The maximum award is £20,000. http://www.britac.ac.uk/funding/guide/confs.cfm
Missed an Update? All previously advertised funding opportunities are archived until their date of expiry at http://www.uel.ac.uk/gradschool/research/ResearchUpdate.htm or http://www.uel.ac.uk/gradschool/research/euroupdate.htm
Do you want to win research funding, present a paper at a conference or get a journal article published? Are you studying for a PGR degree, or do you supervise PGR students? Then please have a look at the courses we are offering you this semester! Course details are available at http://www.uel.ac.uk/gradschool/training.htm
To book a place, or with queries, please e-mail Dr Caroline Dunmore, Research Skills Development Adviser in the Graduate School, on c.dunmore@uel.ac.uk.
For details about First Aid courses, contact Frances Bronzite on f.s.bronzite@uel.ac.uk
For details about ECDL, contact Cedrick Nosa on c.nosa@uel.ac.uk
For Learning and Development Course dates see: www.uel.ac.uk/staff-development/handbook
10 PAIRS OF TICKETS TO TASTE OF CHRISTMAS UP FOR GRABS! We have 10 pairs of tickets to Taste of Christmas, the foodie event of the festive season, which is returning to ExCeL London this December 4-6, 2009. The country’s top restaurants and artisan food and wine producers will join you for three fun-filled days of Yuletide eating and drinking. Discover the Michelin star secrets behind the ultimate Christmas dinner, stock up on the best festive food and sample your favourite restaurants’ seasonal menus – all under one roof.
Enjoy the UK’s Very Best Restaurants:
Almeida, Baltic, Benares, Bentley’s Oyster Bar and Grill, Club Gascon, Dolada, Eastside Inn, L’Anima, Modern Pantry, Roast, Sauterelle, St Pancras Grand, Sumosan, Tamarind, Trishna.
Special Guest Star Appearances from:
Heston Blumenthal, Jean-Christophe Novelli, Anthony Worrall Thompson, Bjorn Van Der Horst, Richard Corrigan, Atul Kochhar, Rowley Leigh, Francesco Mazzei, Anna Hansen and Silvena Rowe.
To have a chance of winning a pair of tickets simply email your answer to the following question to infocus@uel.ac.uk
In which city does Taste of Christmas take place?
Sydney
London
Miami
Competition is open until midday on 26th November 2009. 5 winners will be drawn at random from all correct answers and contacted by email by 12pm on 27th November. Each of the 5 winners will receive 2 standard entry tickets for Taste of Christmas 2009, at ExCel. Tickets valid for Friday 4th December only.
Please send comments or contributions for in Focus Update to: infocus@uel.ac.uk
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