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Past Issues << | Issue 207: 10 August 2010 |
Team UEL triumph at the London Triathlon Congratulations to everyone who participated in the London Triathlon for UEL at the weekend to support the new sports development at Docklands. Three teams covered the Olympic distance (1500m swim, 40km bike, 10km run) and two competed in the Sprint event (750m swim, 20km bike, 5km run). Fariba Salehi, Head of Development and Alumni said: “I am delighted at the level of commitment and enthusiasm that the team brought to the Triathlon. The team was energetic, upbeat and very impressive, the sun came out, and we had real fun. We are going to make a tradition of this and look forward to growing the team and raising more and more funds each year. This year the team raised about £2000. Well done all!”
The next UEL ‘Sponsored Event’ is Run to the Beat on Sunday 26 September email development@uel.ac.uk for more info.
UEL fashion student Bunmi Olaye’s career just keeps going from strength to strength. Following a successful show at Graduate Fashion Week earlier this summer, she went on to show at Africa Fashion Week, picking up the Best Emerging International Designer award and subsequently being personally invited to meet with Nelson Mandela at his home. She has even had interest in her designs from America’s First Lady. Following extensive coverage in the national press this week, Bunmi is now focussing on her upcoming London Fashion Week show. Congratulations Bunmi from the In Focus team.
UELConnect and the Rix Centre (SHSS), supported by the Strategic Development Team (ESDS), have successfully secured funding from the European Commission for two projects within the European Lifelong Learning Programme. The UELConnect project will develop and pilot a virtual campus for work-based learning focused on developing the management capabilities of businesses and their employees. The project will develop a unique solution which incorporates online flexible learning, social learning to encourage cross cultural working, employer engagement, and shared curriculum development. The project consortium includes the University of Porto, the University of Lodz, and the National College of Ireland.
The Rix Centre’s project builds on the Centre’s existing innovation in providing ‘easy read’ websites by developing and piloting a Web 2.0 portal for the European learning disability community. The portal will support users as they generate multimedia content with a focus on social inclusion, active citizenship and employability. The project consortium involves partners from Finland, Belgium, Latvia, Austria and Portugal. These projects will be the first UEL led, EU funded collaborative project and will provide a fantastic opportunity for UEL to raise its profile across Europe.
For further information about the projects please contact Tim Edmonds (t.edmonds@uel.ac.uk)
UEL’s School of Architecture, Computing and Engineering hosted 20 students from Germany in July through the European Commission’s esteemed Leonardo programme. The programme, which is funded by the Commission and focuses on the teaching and training needs of those involved invocational education and training, aims to enhance the competitiveness of the European labour market by helping European citizens to acquire new skills, knowledge and qualifications and have them recognised across borders.
For full story: http://www.uel.ac.uk/news/press_releases/LeonardoProgramme.htm
UEL's Eleanor Girt (Head of Disability/Dyslexia and Access Centre) and Sharon Gallagher (Phd student) attended the 7th International Conference on HE and Disability where they presented their research: 'Exploring the Views and Experiences of Disabled Students in Assessment and Feedback at a University in London', in July. As a result of the conference held in Innsbruck, Austria Eleanor and Sharon have now been invited to address all delegates at Skill's (National Bureau for Students with Disabilities) annual conference for staff in higher education across the UK in Leicester in November.
The Students’ Union has teamed up with UEL Chaplaincy to develop a project exploring your favourite faith story. We are inviting community members, local faith organisations, UEL Staff and students to help shape this project. Free training will be provided to perform the story and performers will need to attend all rehearsals. This is a great chance for individuals who wish to get involved in storytelling and performance. We aim to present these stories at Docklands, Stratford and Duncan House campuses during interfaith week 21November to 27 November 2010. Please feel free to submit more than one story. The maximum number of stories for submission is 5. To send your submission and to request a copy of the guidelines to help with your story, or you would like to support the project in any way, please email Shahida Aslam, Volunteers and Community Engagement Coordinator. s hahida@uel.ac.uk.
Deadline for stories 30th September 2010 (pictured: Alia Alzougbi)
For the latest on our activities visit the news releases section of our website www.uel.ac.uk/news
Key dates for Clearing:
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Wednesday 18 Aug 2010 Staff information and training sessions at Docklands
- Thursday 19 Aug 2010 A Level results published and Telephone Centre opens 8am
- Friday 17 Sep 2010 Telephone Centre closes
- Saturday 18 Sep 2010 Moving in Weekend for Student Halls of Residence
- Monday 20 Sep 2010 First Week commences
- Monday 27 Sep Teaching Starts
The Student Recruitment Marketing Team will be running a pre- results hotline (020 8223 6000) from the 9 to 18 August for any students concerned about their results.
Further information..
The In Focus on 17 Aug 2010 will be dedicated to clearing and late summer recruitment so watch this space
Mirabilia Domestica: the textile self re/collected- Graduate School Exhibition- 7 August - 29 August 2010
Mirabilia Domestica: the textile self re/collected is part of a practice-based research project that links threads of experience and lines of thoughts to investigate the role of everyday textiles in the stories of our lives. The exhibition is happening at Middlesex University, Cat Hill, Barnet, Herts. EN4 8HT. The project website serves as an on-line catalogue of the installation as well as leading the visitor into a wider network of textile matters, memories and metaphors. See http://www.mirabilia-domestica.co.uk/archive/moda.html for more information
Open House Weekend
CASS Education Centre, Stratford Campus, Saturday 18 September, 1- 5
For more information, visit www.openhouseweekend.org.uk
Tour of Britain, Saturday 18 September
Once again The Tour of Britain will see this year’s final stage being hosted by the Olympic and Para Olympic Borough of Newham. Come and show your support, as the cyclists pass along the dockside of UEL's Docklands Campus, towards the finishing line of the race. For more details of the route, visit HERE
UEL Open Days
Please note that the Aug/Sept open day events are split between campuses. Book online at www.uel.ac.uk/openday
For more information about Open Days, contact Vicky Rossiter on v.rossiter@uel.ac.uk
Open Day |
Tuesday 31 August |
4–7pm |
Docklands |
Programmes taught at Docklands Campus starting Sept 2010 |
Open Day |
Thursday 2 September |
4–7pm |
Stratford |
Programmes taught at Stratford Campus starting Sept 2010 |
Open Day |
Saturday 16October |
12–4pm |
Stratford/ |
All start dates |
See Events Calendar for a full listing: www.uel.ac.uk/marketing/support/eventscalendar.htm
UELSports in conjunction with the Tennis Foundation have appointed a part time Tennis Coordinator. Nurudeen Isa is a high level tennis coach, and currently coaches across East London and in particular the Aldersbrook club in Wanstead. He has also formerly worked with the Nigerian Davis cup team. On a part time (12hrs/wk) 2 year fixed term contract, Nurudeen will also be starting a part time MSc Sports Psychology course. The role is focused on increasing tennis participation across the campus by staff and students, from beginners to more advanced players.
The recently formed student tennis club will benefit enormously from his input, as they have been entered into next years British University tournaments (BUCS). David Cosford, the Director of Sport stated ‘Nurudeen is a great acquisition to UELSports, and will make a significant impact on the fortunes of tennis across campus. The most important factor now is for people to come forward as soon as possible who have an interest in getting involved. I encourage staff or students to contact Nurudeen at n.isa@uel.ac.uk or ext 4739 to discuss further. Nurudeen will start a series of tennis coaching sessions, leagues and tournaments that should be attractive to any ‘budding Andy Murray’.
UELSports have been working closely with a number of National Governing Bodies of Sport, and this relationship with the Tennis Foundation is a start of how other sports might look to work closely with UEL in the future as we get ever closer to 2012 and beyond.
External Research Funding Opportunity News (supplied by the UEL Graduate School)
The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control. Call for tenders: Impact of the economic crisis on communicable disease transmission in the European Union. Deadline 07 September 2010. The focus of the project is a case-study-based quantitative assessment of the links between economic downtowns and communicable disease incidence or mortality rates. Visit here for more information.
Colt Foundation (UK), Project Grants. Deadline: 20 September 2010. The foundation considers applications for funding high quality research projects in the field of occupational and environmental health, particularly those aimed at discovering the cause of illnesses arising from conditions at the place of work. See here for more information.
Department of Health (including NIHR). Invention for Innovation Programme – (1) Collaborative Product Development Stream; (2) Commercial Viability Study Stream. Deadline: 24 September 2010. The aim of the Product Development Call is to support projects which build upon the results of a completed assessment of feasibility and is collaboration between at least one industry and one academic research partner. The aim of the Commercial Viability call is to support projects which build upon the results of a completed assessment of feasibility and is collaboration between at least one industry and one academic research partner. Funding is up to a maximum of 50 per cent of the total projects costs, and between £100,000 and £300,000 per year is available for each stream. Visit here for more information.
The European Commission, Executive Agency Education, Audiovisual & Culture. Youth in action – Action 4.6 Partnerships. Deadline 8 October 2010. Call for proposals aiming to support partnership projects with regional or local public bodies (i.e. regions, municipalities, etc.) or with organisations active in the youth sector at European level, which intend to develop or reinforce their long-term actions, strategies and programmes in the field of non-formal learning and youth. Visit here for more information.
European Research Council, Starting Independent Researcher Grants. Deadlines by domain: - Physical Sciences & Engineering: 14 October 2010, - Life Sciences: 09 November 2010, - Social Sciences & Humanities: 24 November 2010. "ERC Starting Grants" are open to early-career top researchers (awarded PhD between 2 and 12 years) of any nationality working in host institutions in Europe. Normally the maximum grant available to awarded proposal will be EUR 1 500 000 for a period of 5 years. Visit here for more information.
Bookings open for UKRO Information and proposal writing event, FP7 ERC – Starting Grants. In its capacity as UK National Contact Point (NCP) for the European Research Council (ERC), the UK Research Office, in partnership with institutions from across the UK, will hold a series of information events for researchers who are based in or moving to the UK and are interested in applying for the ERC Starting Grants call (ERC-2011-StG). The events will be held at:
- University of Birmingham, Tuesday 7 September 2010;
- University College London, Wednesday 8 September 2010;
- University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, Thursday 16 September 2010; and
- School of Advanced Study, University of London, Friday 17 September 2010.
Visit here for more information and booking.
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