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Credit Control extended opening hours

From 9 May, the Credit Control team are trialling an extension their Thursday afternoon drop-in sessions. The sessions will run as usual, daily from 9-11.30am and 1-4.30pm, except on Thursdays with the afternoon session running 1-5.45pm. The no appointment necessary drop-in sessions provide students with information on general payment questions, discuss individual payment queries and difficulties and agree payment plans. 

Credit Control, atrium, Docklands 

Student Services extended opening hours

The Student Services Helpdesk can issue Student ID Cards, letters to confirm your student status, Endorse application forms, give guidance on funding arrangements and book appointments for the Teams within Student Services.

Student Services Helpdesk extended opening times on the following days

Docklands Campus / Tuesdays 9.15 am – 6.30pm

Stratford Campus / Thursdays 9.15am – 6.30pm

Win an iPad 2!

The Student Money Advice and Rights team are conducting research into crisis borrowing amongst students at UEL. If you want to be in with a chance of winning an iPad 2, take five minutes of your time to complete an online questionnaire on what you might do if you were in a financial crisis, and what some of you have actually done. 

The information that you provide is anonymous.

7 May - 27 June

School of Arts and Digital Industries Summer Showcase 2013

This year’s Summer Showcase is an excellent opportunity to see the remarkable work produced by our students. A summer of exhibitions, performances and events that show how our students are using their creativity and skill to produce innovative and exciting work.

May 23, 5-8.30pm - Schizoanalysis: Film, Moving Image and Animation Showcase at Stratford Picturehouse

May 31- June 2, 11am-4pm - Art & Design Show Public View at AVA Building, Docklands Campus

May 30, 6-9pm - Creative Futures: Media, Screen & Creative Industries’ Showcase at West Building, Docklands Campus

June 2 - 5 - Graduate Fashion Week at Earls Court

June 4, 11am - UEL Catwalk Show at Earls Court

June 20 - 27, 11am-4pm - Professional Doctorate Fine Art Show Public View at AVA Building, Docklands Campus

Would you like to learn how to be a community organiser? 

There are a limited number of places left on Ai3305 Community Organising. This is a level three (Sem A) module that runs in the summer. Students taking the module undertake a one week intensive training from the 1st - 5th July before doing a placement with one of five partners: London Citizens, Contextual Theology Centre, Movement for Change, Unison and Unite Community.

If you are interested in taking this module you should; check that your programme of study enables you to take this module as an approved option or University Wide Option, be available full time for the training which takes place between 1-5 July, register for the module in the normal way and have a desire to change things!

Sunday 28 April

UELSU social action awards - nominations now open!

The awards are designed to recognize students who make inspirational contributions in volunteering, campaigning, fundraising, and research on social issues. Students can apply for the award, or be nominated by a peer or member of staff from the university. Awards will be granted on the basis of the dedication students have shown to their activities, whether within or outside UEL, and the impacts they have achieved. 

Thursday 9 May

Extended Credit Control drop-in sessions

The Credit Control team are extending their Thursday afternoon drop-in session to 5.45pm for a trial period. During the trial period the morning drop-in session will run as usual from 9.00am to 11.30am Monday to Friday and the afternoon session will run from 1pm to 4.30pm daily, except on Thursdays when the session will run from 1pm to 5.45pm. During the drop-in times the Credit Control team are available to speak to students with general payment questions, discuss individual payment queries or difficulties and agree payment plans. No appointment is required to attend the drop in sessions. 

Friday 17 May

12 noon

Mayor's Low Carbon Prize 2013

Mayor's Low Carbon Prize, in partnership with Siemens, is looking for innovative ideas from London's students to help us slash London's CO2 emissions by 60 per cent by 2025.

Enter and you could win a share of the £20k development fund to help you realise your carbon saving idea. If shortlisted, you'll also be considered by Siemens for a paid internship opportunity, which will boost your career and give you valuable industry experience.

Monday 20 May

6-70pm

Andy Halliday, England and Great Britain Men’s Hockey Team, speaks at SportsDock

Andy Halliday, team manager of the England & Great Britain Men’s Hockey Team, speaks at the last high performance workshop of the year. Andy will be sharing his experiences of looking after the hockey team during London 2012 along with his previous experience of 30yrs with the metropolitan police, incuding a stint in the armed police unit. He has witnessed the very best and worst of London, including the London bombings and the 2012 Olympics.

Tuesday 21 May

10am-2pm

Prospective Students: Finding Out About University, An event for adults interested in returning to education

Throughout the day you will have an opportunity to find out more about: • student fees and funding• undergraduate study• postgraduate study• New Beginnings – a twelve-week short course that enables entry to undergraduate study• short course in law and criminology – a preparatory course to enable progression• combined study• Starting Out – a six-week short course to introduce you to university study. You can also speak to one of our trained, impartial advisors about any questions you may have.

Wednesday 22 May

5.30-7.30pm

Beyond 2012: the Olympics and the Regeneration of East London 

London Legacy Development Corporation, Level 10, 1 Stratford Place, Montfichet Road, London E20 1EJ

Thursday 30 May

4.30-5.30pm 

Citizens Under Suspicion

Dr Arshad Ali, Institute of Education,
University of London, speaks on Muslim students, police surveillance,
and negotiating race, gender and religion in the United States. Specifically, he will address some of the most pressing issues of Muslim life in the United States--how state surveillance is affecting the experiences of Muslim youth in Southern California and New York City.

Thursday 30 May

9.30pm-2am

UEL Summer Ball 2013

Join 2000 of UEL’s finest to celebrate the end of your year at UEL with a bang, at the official UEL Summer Ball!

With heavyweight DJ’s PENDULUM and Jameela Jamil from the Radio 1 Chart show, this will be the biggest social event in years, and is guaranteed to be a good night out.

Get to the Troxy nightclub on 30 May, where there’ll be music, drink and good vibes. Come dressed to impress, and ready to have a great time.

Friday 31 May

10am-7pm 

Parallax Views of Moving Image Practice

Organised and hosted by the Moving Image Research Centre (UEL), Parallax Views of Moving Image Practice is a one-day symposium presenting the practice of UK-based filmmakers, the research of scholars writing about the moving image, and the work of organisations operating in this field.

Moving Image Research Centre, School of Arts and Digital Industries (ADI), Docklands Campus

The event is free but places are limited. RSVP to v.vitali@uel.ac.uk.

For programme information visit: www.uel.ac.uk/movingimageresearch

Annual Fund Awards 2013

The Alumni Development Office is pleased to announce the launch of the 2013 Annual Fund Awards. This year students can apply for the Student Financial Assistance Grants, Annual Fund Sports Coaching Awards and Annual Fund Alumni Entrepreneurship Awards. The grant will be accessible from the September after the application is approved for funding.

Monday 3 June

6-9pm

UEL Product Design Showcase 2013

To celebrate the opening of this exciting event, a selected audience will be treated to talks from high-profile guest speakers, free entry to both the UEL Product Design and The Crystal exhibition, and a comprehensive range of refreshments.

For more information click here...

For a copy of the poster click here Product Design Showcase Poster

Tuesday 4 June

2pm

Working in the UK after your Studies Workshop

Are you an International Student who would like to stay in the UK to work after your studies? Did you know that the UKBA have made it easier for International UK graduates to qualify to work in the UK with a Tier 2 visa? Did you also know that UEL graduates may be able to qualify for the Tier 1 (Graduate Entrepreneur) visa scheme? This session is designed for you to find out more about working in the UK after your studies. Please note no admittance after 2.15pm.

EB.G.08

Docklands Campus 

More info> ISA@uel.ac.uk

Wednesday 5 June

11am-3pm

fUEL Your Future 2013

The Employability and Enterprise Team would like to invite all students and graduates to the annual Recruitment and Enterprise Fair.

This event is exclusive to UEL students and graduates who can meet recruiters from a range of industry sectors with paid jobs, access our online Job Bank, browse fantastic volunteering opportunities, find out about our Graduate Internship Scheme, learn how to build their business and also improve their employability skills.

For more information click here... 

To register click here...

Friday 7 June

Six Book Challenge

Your chance to win a Tablet and develop your critical reading skillsWhat you need to do. 

1. Read six of the following (a chapter from an e-book, or an article from an e-journal)

2. Go to www.uel.ac.uk/skillzone/sixbookchallenge and complete a reading log online.

3. Submit your reading log for your chance to win a Tablet

For more information> www.uel.ac.uk/skillzone/sixbookchallenge

For writing clinics> https://www.uel.ac.uk/skillzone/eap/index.htm

Saturday 8 June

1pm

Poverty Free

Join in with the Emerge Poverty Free team at London’s most talked about event of 2013.
There will be a host of inspiring speakers and artists from across the globe! Including an iconic art installation that everyone can be a part of.
It is going to be an amazing day, bringing together thousands of people to put pressure on the World's leaders at the G8 Summit, to prioritise ending global hunger!

W: www.emergepovertyfree.org
FB: www.facebook.com/emergepovertyfree
T: @emergePF

Tuesday 11 June

2pm

Is your Tier 4 visa due to expire? Do you need more time in the UK to complete your course?

It is essential that you allow plenty of time to prepare and apply as early as possible for an extension to your student visa. This session is designed to guide you through the student visa renewal applications process and help you to prepare your documents. It also includes updates on recent UK Border Agency changes.

Thursday 13 June

2pm

Are you an International Student planning to travel in Europe this summer?

The International Student Advice team is offering a briefing session to help you apply for a Schengen Visa which allows you to travel to any of the 26 European countries covered by the visa.

UEL Research Conference 2013

The conference is now a major fixture in UEL’s calendar and this year’s event is even more significant as it focuses on raising the profile of UEL research, particularly in the run-up to the REF (the new system for assessing the quality of research in UK higher education institutions). The UEL Research Conference 2013 is on Wednesday 26 June and is open to all UEL staff and students.

Thursdays

12.30 – 1.30pm 

Grow Your Own

Grow Your Own is back in full force from 4 October 2012. The Environment Team will be preparing the beds for winter planting. Come along to our drop in-drop out sessions every Thursday at the Stratford Campus allotments, next to the Clinical Education building and University House. 

Stratford Campus

Thursday 20 June

Save the date for the Summer Fête

The staff Summer Fête is coming to Docklands on Thursday 20 June and this is your chance to have your say about what events and activities will happen on the day. Whether it’s a bouncy castle, coconut shy or sack race, or if you just want to help out on the day, email Leah Netley.

7 May - 27 June

School of Arts and Digital Industries Summer Showcase 2013

This year’s Summer Showcase is an excellent opportunity to see the remarkable work produced by our students. A summer of exhibitions, performances and events that show how our students are using their creativity and skill to produce innovative and exciting work.

May 23, 5-8.30pm - Schizoanalysis: Film, Moving Image and Animation Showcase at Stratford Picturehouse
May 31- June 2, 11am-4pm - Art & Design Show Public View at AVA Building, Docklands Campus
May 30, 6-9pm - Creative Futures: Media, Screen & Creative Industries’ Showcase at West Building, Docklands Campus
June 2 - 5 - Graduate Fashion Week at Earls Court
June 4, 11am - UEL Catwalk Show at Earls Court
June 20 - 27, 11am-4pm - Professional Doctorate Fine Art Show Public View at AVA Building, Docklands Campus

Thursday 2 May

10-11am

FREE Falun Gong (Qi Gong) sessions

Natalie (Tilly) Nesbitt from the Children's Garden is offering staff FREE weekly Falun Gong sessions starting from 2 May. Falun Gong is a traditional Chinese Qi Gong practice involving both meditation and gentle slow standing exercises so comfortable clothing is desirable. If you are interested just turn up on the day. (Staff do not need to commit to more than one session at a time.) The sessions will be available on a first come first served basis.

Thursday 9 May

Credit Control extended drop-in sessions

The Credit Control team are extending their Thursday afternoon drop-in session to 5.45pm for a trial period. During the trial period the morning drop-in session will run as usual from 9.00am to 11.30am Monday to Friday and the afternoon session will run from 1pm to 4.30pm daily, except on Thursdays when the session will run from 1pm to 5.45pm. During the drop-in times the Credit Control team are available to speak to students with general payment questions, discuss individual payment queries or difficulties and agree payment plans. No appointment is required to attend the drop in sessions.

Wednesday 15 May

9am-1pm

Supporting Collaborative Partners

A morning to examine strategies for effective and efficient management of collaborative links, identify strategies for better supporting your partners and identify and share good practice. Suitable for Link Persons (familiar with and new to the role) and administrative staff in Schools with responsibility for day-to-day liaison with partner organisations/collaborative partners.

Wednesday 15 May

1-2pm

Are words real mental objects or are they best described as sequences of morphemes held together by rules similar to the rules of syntax?

Prof Yury Shtyrov, Head of MEG/EEG in MRC Cognition & Brain Sciences Unit, University of Cambridge will discuss some recent studies that use neurophysiologic approach to deal with such issues as neural processing of compound words, English regular and irregular past tense as well as derivational morphology.

Thursday 16 May 

11am

Duncan Selbie speaks on the role of “Public Health England”

Duncan Selbie who is the Chief Executive of Public Health England is coming to talk to our level 3 and level M public health students.

His talk will focus on the role of “Public Health England” and the future direction and role of public health in this country. The talk will be open to UEL staff and students. 

Thursday 16 May

5.30pm

Neo-liberalism and new wars versus social justice and peace

All are welcome to the Centre for Cultural Studies Research's lecture on 'Conflicting legacies Hugo Chavez and Margaret Thatcher' by Tariq Ali. Tariq Ali is a writer and filmmaker. He has written over two dozen books on world politics and history. His novels, including the series known as the 'Islam Quintet', have been translated into many languages. He is a longstanding editor of the New Left Review and writes regularly for the London Review of Books and the Guardian.

Monday 20 May

1-2pm 

Ever wondered what makes people happy at work?

To showcase a topic within UEL’s MSc in Career Coaching the UEL pre entry advice team have organised an event during Adult learners’ week to enlighten people in a fun and interactive method of the principles involved in Job satisfaction theories with Julia Yates, MSc Career Coaching Programme Leader
Senior Lecturer, School of Psychology.

Monday 20 May

6-7.30pm

Andy Halliday, England and Great Britain Men’s Hockey Team, speaks at SportsDock

Andy Halliday, team manager of the England & Great Britain Men’s Hockey Team, speaks at the last high performance workshop of the year. Andy will be sharing his experiences of looking after the hockey team during London 2012 along with his previous experience of 30yrs with the metropolitan police, incuding a stint in the armed police unit. He has witnessed the very best and worst of London, including the London bombings and the 2012 Olympics.

SD1.12, SportsDock, Docklands Campus

For more information or to book a place email Matthew Tansley 

Wednesday 22 May

5.30-7.30pm

Beyond 2012: the Olympics and the regeneration of east London 

The headline promise of the London 2012 Games was that they would benefit East London’s communities and regenerate the area.  This translated into the concept of ‘convergence’: “within 20 years the communities who host the 2012 Games will have the same social and economic chances as their neighbours across London”. The progress made and the challenges still lying ahead will be discussed by two guest speakers: Prof Tim Butler, King’s College London and Roger Taylor, Growth Boroughs Unit

London Legacy Development Corporation, Level 10, 1 Stratford Place, Montfichet Road, London E20 1EJ

Thursday 23 May

1-2pm

Students Attitutes to Enterprise

Karina Berzins, Research Fellow
Continuum: Centre for Widening Participation Policy Studies, University of East London, will be presenting the results of an online survey delivered to UEL students enquiring about their attitudes towards enterprise, and entrepreneurial activity. The findings show that UEL students are a particularly entrepreneurial group, with over 5% of our students already running a business. Our students are also well versed in self-employment, and many of our learners want to develop their own business ideas in the future. The findings contribute to a richer understanding of our students’ desires and work ambitions.

Thursday 30 May

4.30-5.30pm

Citizens Under Suspicion

Dr Arshad Ali, Institute of Education,
University of London, speaks on Muslim students, police surveillance,
and negotiating race, gender and religion in the United States. Specifically, he will address some of the most pressing issues of Muslim life in the United States--how state surveillance is affecting the experiences of Muslim youth in Southern California and New York City.

Friday 31 May

10am-7pm

Parallax Views of Moving Image PracticeFriday

Organised and hosted by the Moving Image Research Centre (UEL), Parallax Views of Moving Image Practice is a one-day symposium presenting the practice of UK-based filmmakers, the research of scholars writing about the moving image, and the work of organisations operating in this field.

Moving Image Research Centre, School of Arts and Digital Industries (ADI), Docklands Campus

For programme information visit: www.uel.ac.uk/movingimageresearch

Deadline is Friday 31 May

Annual Fund Awards

The Alumni Development Office is pleased to announce the launch of the 2013 Annual Fund Awards. This year staff can apply for the Annual Fund Start-Up Research Grant, which will assist in initiating or restarting their research activity. Successful candidates will be awarded up to £5000 and the grant will be accessible from the September after the application is approved for funding.

Wednesday 4 September – Friday 6 September

International Conference Olympic Legacies: Impacts of Mega-Events on Cities

An international conference for researchers, policy makers and postgraduate students engaged with urban development issues arising from hosting mega events.

The aim of the conference is to provide a space to share and exchange knowledge that is focused, for instance, but not exclusively, upon the following key themes:

• the Changing Urban Order and Mega-Events

• evaluating Legacy

• Future Mega-Event Cities

 Call for Papers 

We invite papers from researchers, academics, practitioners and postgraduate students from around the world.We especially welcome contributions from UEL staff involved in research related to the Olympics and/or East London!

Please send your abstract of not more than 300 words to submission.legacyconference@uel.ac.uk before 29 March 2013.

To find out more and to register see: uel.ac.uk/legacyconference 

Monday 3 June

6-9pm

UEL Product Design Showcase 2013

To celebrate the opening of this exciting event, a selected audience will be treated to talks from high-profile guest speakers, free entry to both the UEL Product Design and The Crystal exhibition, and a comprehensive range of refreshments.

Wednesday 5 June

11am-3pm

Recruitment and Enterprise Fair

We would again like to ask for you support in offering CV and interview one to one sessions for our students throughout the day. Of course, we appreciate how busy staff are and would like to suggest that you offer a time slot of 2 hours throughout the day. We will of course offer guidance notes prior to the day as well as a briefing session on the day regarding CV and interview techniques. If you would like to support please email me directly stipulating your preferred time i.e. from 11 - 3pm (All day), 11 - 1pm or 1-3pm.

Thursday 6 June

10am-2.30pm

Asian Women Education and Training Fair

For all Asian women aged 16+, all communities welcome. Exhibition, displays and over 30 stalls from higher education, further education, adult education, training providers, community organisations, council services and local businesses.

For more information and to book a place contact:

Jasbi Panesar, 07738 194 870, j.k.panesar@uel.ac.uk

John Ward, 020 8708 2117, john.ward@redbridge.gov.uk

Tuesday 25 and Friday 28 June

Online learning pedagogies – workshop series

UELConnect are running a series of half day workshops exploring a range of issues related to online pedagogies. The workshops will include presentations and discussions facilitated by external academic experts engaged in online/distance learning. We expect five workshops in total, which will be followed by an open forum in September, leading to the development of a UEL approach to online learning. All welcome but you need to reserve a place! Workshops planned are:
25 June 2pm – 5pm Docklands Campus: Integrating simulations effectively into the design and delivery of online courses.
28 June 9.30am – 12.30pm: A holistic approach to designing courses for delivery online.
Dates to be announced: Collaborating and cooperating online and the co-development of digital artefacts, Using audio and video for reflective learning, Using technology to enhance critical thinking and learning.

Wednesday 26 June

UEL Research Conference 2013

The conference is now a major fixture in UEL's calendar and this year's event is even more significant as it focuses on raising the profile of UEL research, particularly in the run-up to the REF (the new system for assessing the quality of research in UK higher education institutions). The UEL Research Conference 2013 is on Wednesday 26 June and is open to all UEL staff and students.

Thursdays

12.30 – 1.30pm

Grow Your Own

The Environment Team are now preparing the beds for winter planting. Come along to our drop in-drop out sessions every Thursday at the Stratford Campus allotments, next to the Clinical Education building and University House.