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Welcome to in Focus Update… |
Past Issues << | Issue 300: 10 July 2012 |
UEL's clearing operation starts on 16 August with the publication of A level results. To find out more about the telephone centre, application processing and what’s new for 2012, come along to the training and information sessions on 15 August at Docklands Campus:
Late summer recruitment/clearing overview – essential for all staff involved in summer recruitment
• 10am – 12 noon, Main Lecture Theatre, Royal Docks Business School
SITS training for application processing – essential for all UEL data entry staff
• 12 noon – 1pm, ITC01, Lower Trading Floor, Royal Docks Business School
Monitoring student numbers and management information – essential for senior staff with responsibility for recruitment
• 2 – 3pm, ITC.01, Lower Trading Floor, Royal Docks Business School
Further information will be released via inFocus nearer the time, including a link to the 2012 Summer Recruitment Guide.
The UEL 2012 Office is looking for staff members who are fluent in Mandarin and/or Japanese to assist in communicating with Olympic partners between 1 July and 12 August. Volunteers will be needed for verbal and written translation, and to assist at customer service points. If you are interested in this opportunity or have any questions please email2012@uel.ac.uk
This is a reminder that UEL's libraries will be open throughout the summer with the exception of the Olympic Games period, 27 July – 12 August. Library and Learning Services will be operating their online ‘Ask a Librarian’ help service during the closure period, alongside the full range of online resources accessible 24/7 via the Athens authentication service. Find out more.
Outside of the Olympic Games period, library opening hours are 9am – 9pm (Monday to Friday) and 10am – 5pm (Saturdays). Staff will be available from 10am – 4pm. 24 hour opening will resume on 24 September.
16 UEL students have travelled to Seoul, South Korea for the month-long Hanyang International Summer School thanks to part-funding from UEL’s Going Global scheme. The programme is designed to help participants gain a broad perspective in areas including Korean history, culture and language, and provides attendees with the opportunity to visit sights of historical and cultural note, whilst studying classes in their own subject areas. Daniel Stevens from UEL International commented: “This visit marks a great step forward for the internationalisation of UEL and its students. This is the first time we have sent a group of this size on a summer school, and it will be an invaluable experience for the students, and further consolidates our ongoing relationship with Hanyang University”. Read more on Going Global and study abroad opportunities.
A former UEL student has broken the world record for the longest photograph on the planet! The Guiness World Book of Records has awarded Clare Newton, a Hackney-based artist, designer and inventor, with the record for the longest composite photograph exhibition, which showcases 81,663 photographs of 1,200 people from across London. Read more.
Newham Council will soon host The Ideas Olympiad, a free series of public events throughout July which will feature high profile and interesting speakers such as David Bailey and Robert Winston, sharing their ideas and visions of the future. The events are free however tickets must be booked in advance. Click here for more information and to register.
A big thanks to all the volunteers who helped put on the staff party. There is a huge amount of organisation that goes into this event. The sports day theme was great fun with so many in attendance and lots of colleagues taking part. Click here for a video of the day. Thanks go to organisers Tina Reed, Charlotte Lowe, Neil Tran, Yassin Abidou, Shahina Islam, Carole Norman and Katherine Dale. Special thanks also to Chris Norman, Steve Clarke and other colleagues from Facilities who organised food, drinks, security, and cleaning. If you would like to volunteer for the Christmas Party, please contact Richard Pyle, Head of the Vice-Chancellor’s Office.
For the latest on our activities visit the news releases section of our website www.uel.ac.uk/news
CEWE seminar – new horizons 'internationalisation'
Wednesday 11 July, 5.30 – 8pm, Parlour Bar, Canary Wharf
• CEWE present this FREE seminar on how and why you should 'internationalise' your business.
• Contact Danielle Sheerin for more information/to register.
International convention on science education and medicine in sport (ICSEMIS)
Thursday 19 – Monday 23 July, SECC Glasgow
• Scientists at ICSEMIS will present research on cardiac health in sport in relation to high level exercise and the causes of sudden death in athletes.
• More information/register>
Partnership in learning: working together towards excellence – UEL’s annual Learning, Teaching and Assessment Conference
Wednesday 31 October, time and location TBC
• Staff are invited to submit proposals for presentations, debates, round table discussions and workshops, and posters. Poster submissions also welcome from UEL students only.
• Conference is free and open to all staff and UEL students.
• View the guidelines for submission of abstracts and submit via the conference registration or email apse@uel.ac.uk
• Deadline is 5pm, Monday 3 September.
Holiday Classics: Aminta Concert Orchestra
Saturday 14 July, 7.30pm, St James' Church, 197 Piccadilly, W1J 9LL
• This concert is presented as an 80th birthday tribute to former UEL staff member and honorary graduate Dr Donald Hoskins MBE, who will be conducting the orchestra in their 28th season.
• Tickets can be purchased at St James' Church from 3pm on the day.
• For more information call 020 7381 0441or email sjp.concerts@virgin.net
Stratford Allotment Club
Every Thursday, 12.30 – 1.30pm, Stratford Campus
• Grow your own fresh fruit, herbs and vegetables at the Grow Your Own Club.
• All gardening tools provided.
• For more information contact Emily Hamilton.
See Events Calendar for a full listing: www.uel.ac.uk/marketing/support/eventscalendar.htm
SportsDock is now closed as we host Team USA over the next few weeks. We will reopen our doors to members and non-members on Thursday 16 August, at 6.45am for Gold and Silver members and 7.30am for everyone else. Exercise classes will resume from 16 August. In the meantime SportsDock wishes you a healthy and active Olympic period. For further information please email enquiries@sportsdock.co.uk
Over the last six weeks TEAM UEL have been getting active and involved in sport. Students and staff from both campuses have been taking part in the London Broncos and RFL Touch Rugby East London League. Every Tuesday night at Memorial Park in West Ham, TEAM UEL 
have put on their t-shirts and dodged, ducked and dived their way to the try-line. It’s been great fun, a good way to socialise and keep active and healthy.
If there’s an event you would like TEAM UEL to support, whilst engaging more staff and students, contact Yassin Abidou from UELSports.
Our free Run England jogging group will be continuing over the summer every Thursday from 5.15– 6.15pm. It doesn’t matter if you’ve never run before as the session is aimed at all abilities. The meeting point for the group will now be Beckton Park, by the pavilion/trim trail. If you have any questions contact Claire Smith on ext. 4528.
Welcome to the Green Thing, a regular section full of information on environmental projects, tips and ideas for staff at UEL. Visit our website, follow us on twitter or email Green Thing. We’d love to hear from you!
Environment Team, Facilities
The Higher Education authority has published the ‘what, where and how’ handbook for Sustainability Education, the ‘Future Fit Framework.’ Written and compiled by Professor Stephen Sterling (Centre for Sustainable Futures, Plymouth University) the Framework is based on the experience of HEA’s Education for Sustainable Development Project in supporting the embedding of sustainability in the HE curriculum. The Framework is designed to help the newly interested academic better understand and engage with sustainability education and encourage more experienced colleagues to take this work further. If you are interested in joining UEL’s Sustainability Network please contact the Environment Team.
Circling and soaring in the sky, the swift is a well-loved summer visitor to the UK, especially in London. However, sadly they are not numerous as they once were. The RSPB are asking for people to record sightings of swifts they see over the next couple of months. As part of UEL’s Biodiversity Action Plan we are helping to encourage swifts onto campus. Don’t forget you can still take part if the Cockney Sparrow Count too until Thursday 12 July.
Hundreds of organisations including London schools, colleges and universities descended on the Baden Powell House in South Kensington for the Fairtrade London Conference. As a leading Fairtrade university, UEL’s Environment Team was invited to speak to the universities and colleges about their Fairtrade journey and how they successfully achieved Fairtrade accreditation in 2012 and reaccreditation in January 2012. Other participating organisations included Divine Chocolate, Royal College of Music and City University. To find out more about ethical and environmental activities in London, why not have a look at recently published London Green Guide.
...£36,000,000 worth of aluminium is thrown away each year in the UK? Don’t forget you can recycle your aluminium foils and cans at both Docklands and Stratford Campuses, using the split bin recycling points.
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