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Welcome to in Focus Update… |
Past Issues << | Issue 180: Wednesday 20 January 2010 |
Samson Mpendo, 20, known as Cadet, is a Brit rap sensation from Holloway and is in his third year studying for a BA Honours in Cultural Studies and Business Management.
Cadet’s unique fusion rap and performance alongside MOBO award winning rapper, Chipmunk last year, earned him recognition and generated interest among two record companies. Cadet has also featured at the Roundhouse Camden’s ‘Turning Point Festival’ with artists such as UEL former student Tinchy, Kano, VV Brown and the Noisettes.
Cadet said: “It’s challenging studying at UEL and being involved in music, yet future prospects are really exciting."
Stephen Maddison, HSS lecturer said: “It’s great that UEL has such multi-talented students such as Cadet. We wish him every success in his musical career.”
Cadet’s new single ‘Realise’ has already had over five and a half thousand hits since being on You Tube since early January. It is out in early March as an independent release on behalf of Cadet Music UK.
Dr Anthony Gunter, a senior lecturer in Criminology & Criminal Justice has published his book based on an ethnographic study of young people in different East London neighbourhoods, "Growing up bad", Anthony's book, focuses on the life experiences of black, white and mixed race young people aged between thirteen and twenty-one. It explores topics including home life, schooling, ethnicity and gender. Packed with revealing interviews from young people in East London, the book is a rare insight into the lives of the youth growing up in Newham, Hackney, Tower Hamlets and Waltham Forest.
Anthony said: “The East End is an amazing place for the majority of young people. I wanted to present another side to the youth in East London, one that was different from the general media portrayal of stigmatised and marginalised young black men. Most of them are not murderers or gun touting drug dealers.
“The book highlights the East End as a creative hub for young people. East London is a real vibrant mix of people and energy, especially young people from diverse backgrounds and there’s a lot to celebrate here. It is the birth place of important contemporary musical forms such as Drum and Bass and Rave culture.”
Fiona Fairweather, Dean, School of Law, said: “This book is an excellent commentary and is the result of a deep involvement with the local community.”
Key Performance Indicators RegisterA new data resource tool has just been launched. The Key Performance Indicators Register (KPIR) is a source of UEL internal data which covers four areas, students, staff, finance and research. The resource which is regularly updated, provides trend performance analysis on a variety of measures, e.g. percentage of students from low participation neighbourhoods.
The KPIR can be found at http://www.uel.ac.uk/planning/internal/download.htm and downloaded via the first link. Strategic planning would like to encourage you to have a look at the KPIR and take part in a quick survey (tab D in the register). If you have any questions or feedback please contact Nadine Winskowski n.winskowski@uel.ac.uk
Simiso Jubane started working for UEL in July 2009 in the graduate school as admissions officer taking on a maternatity cover for Debbie Dada. She is responsible for the admissions of all MPhil / PhD students wishing to study research programs at the university. She is also secretary for the university Research Ethics Committee. Simiso gained a BSc (Hons) Information Technology with Business Information Systems in 2003 here at UEL. Prior to working at UEL Simiso was a technical billings administrator for an IT company.
Simiso said "I look forward to working with a wide range of people and working to the best of my ability to achieve the best in my role here at UEL."
Merlin Harries joined the Graduate School in December 2009, taking on the role of Senior Administrative Officer for Research. His role involves servicing the Research Degrees Subcommittee and supporting Professional Doctorate programmes around the university. Before joining UEL Merlin worked for the University of Greenwich for five years, where he completed both his BA (Hons) and Masters by Research.
Merlin said "I'm very much looking forward to my time here and have a strong interest in widening participation initiatives and playing a part in the universities continued growth and development. "
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TODAY!!! Open Day Wednesday 20 January 5.30pm-7.30pm Docklands campus only
Health and Wellbeing Day 23 January 10am -12 noon,
The Thurrock Learning Shop, The Old Post Office, 17 George Street, Grays, Essex, RM17 6NS
Come and learn more about health & fitness and how to improve it. Activities to take part in and information available will include*:
- BMI/ Blood Pressure/ Cholesterol/ Peak Flow Testing
- Accredited health related courses
- Sexual Health
- NHS Stop Smoking Service
- Mental Health
- Dental hygiene
- National Book Prescription Scheme
To register your interest please call the Thurrock Learning Shop on 01375 485 490. * Please note contributors and activities are subject to change without notice
8th Annual Honorary Award Holders’ Dinner Thursday 28 January 2010
Lord Rix will be hosting the 8th Annual Honorary Award Holders' Dinner at the House of Lords at the end of January. The evening is an enjoyable social occasion and gives the opportunity to find out about the latest developments at UEL and learn about our exciting development plans, including an indoor sports facility, library provision and an academic centre. It also provides an opportunity to meet other Honorary Award Holders, senior staff and members of the Board of Governors. We currently have 120 guest joining us out of a maximum of 120!
First week 1st - 5th February 2010 For February starts
Public Lecture: “From Personal Property to Speaking Subjects: Youth, Gender, and the Right to Credit in an Attention Economy.” by Theresa Senft Tuesday 9 March 5.30pm Room TBC, Docklands Campus
This talk engages with the politics of female sexual self-display over the Internet, especially focusing on teens in America and the U.K. Theresa will begin by discussing a recent U.S. law suit filed by two Indiana teens against their high school principal after he punished them for posting risqué photos in a private section of their MySpace accounts. Echoing current wisdom that there is never a guarantee of privacy on the Internet, the American Civil Liberties Union (representing the girls) has chosen to frame their activities as free-speech acts, arguing that these teens were expressing themselves to themselves in two sorts of bedrooms: their real-life one, and their online one. In this talk, Theresa frames the case in terms of her recent work on a phenomenon she calls “micro-celebrity”: a new way to perform the self that combines the visual techniques of corporate branding with the distribution technologies of the Internet. Theresa is particularly interested in how sexism and ageism converge within micro-celebrity’s overwhelming investment in the so-called ‘attention economies of the Web.’ This speech returns to a question raiseded in her book Camgirls: “Why are women continually encouraged to express themselves in media through confession, celebrity and sexual display, yet punished with conservative censure and backlash when their representation becomes ‘too much’ to handle?”
Mayfest, Wednesday 5th May 2010
Our annual cultural and arts extravaganza, more information coming soon! To get involved please contact Becky Williams, events@uel.ac.uk or ext. 2884
Open Days 2010
Wednesday 20 January 2010, 5.30-7.30pm, Docklands only
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
Inter UEL 5 A Side Football TournamentOn Wednesday 24th February UELSports is hosting the first inter UEL 5 a side football tournament. Ideally we are looking for teams to be formed from schools and services, to compete against one another to be crowned UEL Football Champions and to take the inaugural trophy. We are seeking one team from each school and service, although some multiple teams may be allowed depending on uptake (we require 20 teams in total). The competition will run from 4 to 7pm on the 24th and be hosted at the Newham Powerleague facility in Beckton. The cost per team is £30.00.
Teams are sought from men, women or mixed. A netball tournament is being prepared for March. Watch this space.....
To receive more details and to register your interest please contact David Cosford on ext 6398 or d.cosford@uel.ac.uk.
AHRC/ESRC American Library of Congress Scholarship Scheme. Deadline: 1 March 2010. The scholarships enable doctoral students, postdoctoral fellows and research assistants based in UK higher education institutions to travel to Washington DC and work for a sustained period at LOC. The award provides flight costs of £500 and personal accommodation costs of £1,000 per month. http://www.ahrc.ac.uk/FundingOpportunities/Pages/LibraryofCongress.aspx
Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study in the Humanities and Social Sciences. Fellowships for Scholars outside the Netherlands. Deadline: 1 March 2010.
These allow scholars from outside the Netherlands to conduct academic projects in the humanities and social sciences at the institute. Stipends range from approximately 2,000 euros to 4,300 euros per month from 1 September to 30 June or for a five-month period. http://www.nias.knaw.nl/en/fellowships/regular_fellowships/
Scientific Instrument Society. Grants. Deadline: 1 March 2010. These support research on the history of scientific instruments. The budget for this programme is £1,500, with grants worth up to £500 each. http://www.sis.org.uk/support.html
Royal Society/JSPS Postdoctoral Fellowships. Deadline: 1 March 2010. This provides opportunities for young postdoctoral researchers from other countries to conduct, under the guidance of their hosts, cooperative research with leading research groups in universities and other Japanese institutions. Fellowships provide subsistence, a settling-in allowance, return air fare, insurance and a research grant of up to 1,500,000 yen per year. http://royalsociety.org/JSPS-Postdoctoral-Fellowship-Program/
Trinity College, Cambridge UK. Junior research fellowships. Deadline: 1 March 2010. These are open to members of the college, as well as external candidates, who are at an early stage of their academic careers. The fellow receives a stipend of £23,699 per annum. http://www.trin.cam.ac.uk/index.php?pageid=629
Anglo-Danish Society. Scholarships. Deadline: 1 March 2010. These enable UK students to undertake post-graduate courses at Copenhagen, Aarhus or Odense universities or other approved institutions in Denmark, and students of Danish nationality to study at universities or other approved institutions in the UK. Scholarships are worth at least £1,500 for a period of up to six months. http://www.anglo-danishsociety.org.uk/artman/publish/scholarships.shtml
British Institute of Archaeology in Ankara (BIAA). SPHS Fieldwork Award. Deadline: 1 March 2010. A grant of up to £400 is available to enable an undergraduate or postgraduate student to participate in a fieldwork project in Turkey or the region of the Black Sea littoral that relates to Hellenic studies. http://www.biaa.ac.uk/home/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=24&Itemid=31
BIAA Travel grants of up to £500 will also be made to students in the fields of the arts, humanities and the social sciences to enable them to travel to and in Turkey and the region of the Black Sea littoral. Deadline: 1 March 2010. http://www.biaa.ac.uk/home/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=23&Itemid=30&PHPSESSID=97fdabf0b0c6cb4071ad3e66c88ad07c
Univesity of London, School of Advanced Study. Fellowships in Germanic Studies. Deadline: 1 March 2010. This supports research into any area of German language and literature at the institute's Germanic studies library. The award is worth up to £1,000. http://igrs.sas.ac.uk/research-and-fellowships/fellowships-and-scholarships/fellowships-in-germanic-studies.html
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
Have you registered your place at the Programme Leaders & Link Tutors Forum yet?
Our half day forums aim to give Programme Leaders & Link Tutors the chance to network, discuss issues that are important to them as well as hear from others in UEL. Some of the topics covered at the forums include Advertising and Marketing - Issues of Relevance to Programme Leaders and Link Tutors, Managing Collaborative Partnerships including the use of UEL Plus and Turnitin and Programme Committee Management and Student Representation.
We have two forums this year taking place on 24th February 2010 and 28th April 2010.
For further information including programmes for each of the forums please see - Programme Leaders & Link Tutors Forum 2010
Please email to Nina Harding in Learning & Development n.harding@uel.ac.uk to register your place at one of the forums, stating your preferred date and any special dietary requirements.
Bookings are now being accepted for UEL's 2010 'Be Your Own Boss' programme, which is organised by our Knowledge Dock Business Centre for February - April. If you are a recent graduate, unemployed or thinking of starting your own business then this course is a great opportunity for you. For further details or to book a FREE place please visit:
Stratford: http://bookingsatuelstratford.eventbrite.com
Docklands: http://bookingsatueldocklands.eventbrite.com
Download the 'Be Your Own Boss' flyer here.
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 if you have a query, 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
Keep on running Ashok Jansari has plucked up the courage to run his first ever half marathon which is raising money for the Sussex Beacon a charity that cares for men and women living with HIV/AIDS related illnesses. Ashok is also running to raise money for WaterAid, which is an organisation aiming to provide safe water, effective sanitation and hygiene education to the world’s poorest people.
Ashok said "Thank you in advance for your donation and keep your fingers crossed that my knees hold up for the 13mile run...."
Ashok is taking part in the Sussex Beacon Half Marathon on 21st February. If you would like to sponsor him please go to the following website http://www.justgiving.com/Ashok-Jansari
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