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Welcome to in Focus Update… |
Past Issues << | Issue 189: Thursday 1 April 2010 |
Knowledge Dock joined forces with the National Council for Graduate Entrepreneurship (NCGE) to promote the Flying Start ‘Make it Happen’ programme, the NCGE’s flagship programme aimed at graduates and final year students interested in setting up their own business. The event which was attended by 100 budding entrepreneurs was designed to raise students and graduates’ interest levels in starting up their own business.
The communications and PR team are looking for someone from each school and service to form a communications forum team.
The purpose is to look into the current internal corporate communications, looking at key objectives, addressing style and content and impact and effectiveness.
We would meet quarterly over lunch where we would discuss topics on what makes a good release, how to identify target audience, what makes a good publication, sharing practical skills and advice that can improve internal and external communications throughout UEL. For more information please contact Sarah Pallett on s.pallett@uel.ac.uk or call 020 8223 2512
Our annual newsletter to report back on actions taken in response to student feedback, from student surveys completed in 2009, is out now. The survey results showed that our students are generally satisfied with their experience of studying at UEL. Our overall satisfaction ratings were 72%. Follow the weblink below to access the newsletter, copies are also available for students at School helpdesks.
Please could you encourage first-year, second-year and postgraduate students to complete the UEL Student Satisfaction Survey. To access the survey students need to log on to UEL Direct and follow the link. The survey is easy to complete and students could win one of 15 sets of £50 Tesco vouchers!
http://www.uel.ac.uk/qa/documents/Studentsurvey2009.pdf
Fill out the Gender Equality Survey As part of UEL's review of the gender equality survey complete this short survey which will shape the review, follow the link to be directed to the survey http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/SV3N6LL
Office Electrical Equipment Collections Inline with the WEEE directive for the correct disposal and recycling of electrical goods we will be doing an all campus collection of all broken and unwanted electrical goods. For further information or collection go to http://www.uel.ac.uk/greenthing/electronic.htm or please contact Mollie Miller at m.miller@uel.ac.uk ext: 3330
Good Friday & Easter Monday - University closed
The School of Law's John Strawson's book “Partitioning Palestine: Legal Fundamentalism in the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict” will be published next month.
Details can be found at: http://www.plutobooks.com/display.asp?K=9780745323237& 
Dr. Renée Tobe, Architecture SubjectArea Director, is one of the editors of The Humanities in Architectural Design published by Routledge.It explores the impact that the humanities have had on the processes of architecture and design.It investigate the issues from both historical and contemporary perspectives from Plato and Neo-Platonism, through to Surrealism.
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VC Q&A - Law: Thursday 22 April 2010, 12 - 1pm, Duncan House (contact Pat Berwick to confirm your place and for room details)
Programme Leaders & Link Tutors Forum 28 April 2010
Our next forum will be held on 28th April 2010. 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 Managing Collaborative Partnerships including the use of UEL Plus and Turnitin and AEL.
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.
Building your Business and your Personal Brand Workshop in partnership with the Royal Docks Business School and Knowledge Dock 28 April 2010 - 6:00 to 9:30 pm Lecture Theatre - West Building- Docklands Campus. RSVP: alumni@uel.ac.uk x 2222
Two Theses on the Afghan Woman: Samira and Hana Makhmalbaf Filming Agheleh Farahmand - Haim Bresheeth - Thursday 22 April Contact Helen Taylor for more information h.m.taylor@uel.ac.uk
Annual UELSports Awards 30 April 2010 6pm - 1am, West Ham Utd Football Club
The first Annual Sports Awards to acknowledge and reward the efforts of our students and sports clubs each year. For more information please contact Katy Hollands, k.hollands@uel.ac.uk
Mayfest, Wednesday 5 May 2010
Our annual cultural and arts extravaganza, more information coming soon! The form to nominate acts is now available from www.uel.ac.uk/mayfest Please encourage your students or any artistic UEL staff to fill it in and return it to m.othomas@uel.ac.uk no later than 1 April 2010 or to get involved please contact Becky Williams, events@uel.ac.uk or ext. 2884.
VC Q+A - HSS: Monday 10 May 2010, 12.30pm Room TBC (contact Gary Smith to confirm your place and for room details)
VC Q+A - Cass School of Education 7 May 2010, 12.30pm Room TBC (contact Debbie Brearly to confirm your place and for room details)
Simone Weil's The Need for Roots and the Soul of Migration - Dr Anat Pick - Thursday 6 May Contact Helen Taylor for more information h.m.taylor@uel.ac.uk
Open Days 2010
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
Due to popular demand Pilates is coming back to UEL for staff to enjoy after the Easter break (of relaxing and eating up the chocolate eggs you received). It is a six week course starting the week commensing Monday 12th April and there is a session on every campus -
Tuesday - Docklands 1pm - 2pm
Wednesday - Stratford 12pm - 1pm
Thursday - Duncan House 1pm - 2pm
To register you need to e-mail your name and the day that you would like to attend to uelsports@uel.ac.uk and complete the attached registration form and pay the one-off payment of £30 for the whole six weeks to the cashiers on Docklands. You will need to pay in advance and places will not be confirmed until payment is received.
Swimming and running sessions are continuing throughout April and May for students and staff. These fully coached opportunities have had great success since January, and give a great opportunity for people to get active and fit. Sessions are currently free of charge, however a small charge will be adopted in may to secure the long term viability in the future.
Swimming
Atherton Sports Centre
Tuesday 12.30 to 1.30pm Coach Wayne
Thursday 12.30 to 1.30pm Coach Wayne
Newham Sports Centre
Tuesday 7.30 to 8.30pm Coach Keith
Running
Stratford campus
Thursday 5.30 to 6.30pm Coach Bisi
Docklands campus
Tuesday 12.30 to 1.30pm Coach Kirstie
Wednesday 5.30 to 6.30pm Coach David
Thursday 12.30 to 1.30pm Coach Leanne
For more information contact: David Cosford on d.cosford@uel.ac.uk
European Commission, Call for Tenders: an Economic Input-Output Model Prototype for the EU. Deadline for sending in tender documents or requests to participate: 10 May 2010. The European Commission's Joint Research Centre (JRC) has launched a call for tenders for an econometric input-output model prototype for the EU. Recently, the JRC's Institute for Prospective Technological Studies (IPTS) developed a working pilot of an econometric input-output (EIO) model for EU countries. It is designed around the most recent European data, including time series of supply and use tables from Eurostat and socioeconomic accounts from the EUKLEMS ('Productivity in the European Union: a comparative industry approach'). This model has been implemented in three test countries, and includes a demand side specification and a translog specification of the production side with quasi-fixed capital. The call for tender is for the further development of the pilot to an extended prototype that will cover all EU countries and introduce a number of functional improvements in order to better portray a number of elements such as trade, factor markets and economy/environment interactions. http://ted.europa.eu/udl?uri=TED:NOTICE:85440-2010:TEXT:EN:HTML
European Commission, Call for Tenders: Study on the Social Impact of Emigration and Rural-Urban Migration in Central and Eastern Europe. Deadline for sending in tender documents or requests to participate: 12 May 2010. The study will provide comparative analysis on the subject in relation to Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. Georgia, Greece, Hungary, Kosovo under UNSCR 1244, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Montenegro, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Turkey and the Ukraine. Funding is worth 850,000 euros over 18 months. http://ted.europa.eu/udl?uri=TED:NOTICE:82560-2010:TEXT:EN:HTML
Iran Heritage Foundation (UK), Grant. Deadline: 15 May 2010. The prime focus of projects seeking support should be the Iranian world. The foundation will consider making grants to projects that promote the study of Iranian history, art, architecture, archaeology and cultures (research and publication; conferences and seminars; lectures and lecture series, etc). The funding for academic projects range from £500 to £4,000. http://www.iranheritage.org/grants/default.htm
European Union, Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency. Youth in the World – Cooperation with Countries other than the EU-neighbouring states. Deadline: 17 May 2010. Call for proposals aiming to support projects which promote cooperation in the youth sector between Programme Countries and Partner countries other than those which are neighbours of the European Union. The cooperation is addressed to persons working in the youth sector, youth workers and youth leaders, young people themselves and other actors involved in youth organisations and structures and interested in running projects promoting cooperation in this field. http://eacea.ec.europa.eu/youth/funding/2010/call_action_3_2_en.php
Department of Health (UK) including NIHR, Invention for Innovation Programme – Commercial Viability Study Stream 3. Deadline: 21 May 2010. This call supports collaborative projects between at least one industry partner and one research partner to determine the commercial viability of a proposed device or technology, with the development of a robust route to market and a strong, appropriate consortium being the main deliverables. Costs can be no more than £100,000 in total, with a maximum funding amount of 75 per cent available. http://www.nihr-ccf.org.uk/site/callsproposals/i4i/default.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
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
For Learning and Development Course dates see: www.uel.ac.uk/staff-development/handbook
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