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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 

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.

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. 

Have you thought about postgraduate courses at UEL?

UEL offers a wide range of courses with discounts available for UEL graduates.

For more information about postgraduate courses available in the School of Law and Social Sciences, come to our drop-in events at Docklands Wednesday, 1 May in the main atrium from 1-2.30 or in the foyer of Duncan House on Thursday, 2 May from 12.30-2.30.

For Postgraduate Law programmes contact Barry Collins

For postgraduate Social Science programmes, contact Meera Tiwari

Wednesday 1 May

16-17:45pm

Centre on Human rights in conflict (CHRC)

Seminar: The Binding Force of the Universal Decleration of Human Rights

Speaker: William Schabas, Professor of  International Law, School of Law, Middlesex University.

All welcome, admission is free and refreshments provided

Room DH 110

Duncan House

 More info> http://www.uel.ac.uk/chrc/events/index.htm#

To confirm place> chrc@uel.ac.uk

Thursday 2 May

5.30-8.30pm

Get involved, get volunteering!

Do you want to improve your CV? Meet people? Eat good food (for free)? And develop your communication skills? The Institute for Health and Human Development (IHHD) need YOUR help to deliver fun community engagement events over the next few months.

The World Café Events are where local people discuss ways to create healthier and happier communities and IHHD need volunteers to oversee the process, scribe conversations (in English) and help set up the cafes. The first café event is taking place in South Woodford, however there are plenty more events after this one.

IHHD also need volunteers to help promote these cafes beforehand, during our street interviewing process. 

For more information Volunteering with IHHD or email r.farr@sa.uel.ac.uk.

Friday 3 May

Don't forget Going Global ends Friday 3 May!

UEL International have launched a second bidding round of the Going Global bursary for this semester. This is an exciting scheme which supports UK (home students) with part funding to participate in short study visits related to their studies. 

For more info visit> UEL International 

Or email> goingglobal@uel.ac.uk

Wednesday 8 May

9pm

UELSU Thank you Party

For all of the students who’ve contributed to the Students Union this year – Society Organisers, Programme Reps, Volunteers, UELSU Council Members – come and socialise and have a meal on us…

The event is free to attend, we have music and entertainment, and there is a free gourmet BBQ for everyone!

Come eat, drink, relax, and socialise at the Underground Bar with your fellow students

When: Wednesday 8th May, 9pm

Where: The Underground Bar

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. 

Collide 2013

Don't miss your chance to be a part of something amazing!! Come along and have fun, a show that will make you want to dance!

The annual student-run Collide Festival is back this year at Stratford Circus, on Friday 10 May. Come and celebrate east London’s burgeoning urban dance scene, packed with high-energy performances from UEL 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.

Friday 17 May

12 noon

Mayor's Low Carbon PrizeThe 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.

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.

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

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.

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.

Friday 3 May

Going Global now open

UEL International have launched a second bidding round of the Going Global bursary for this semester. This is an exciting scheme which supports UK (home students) with part funding to participate in short study visits related to their studies.

Wednesday 8 May

10am-3pm

What makes your Institution different and why does it matter?

Don't miss your chance to book a place at the UEL hosted, Leadership Foundation in Higher Education (LFHE) event, with keynote speakers John Joughin, Acting Vice-Chancellor of UEL, Malcolm Gillies, Vice-Chancellor of London Metropolitan University and Robert Phillips, Honorary Visiting Professor at Cass Business School. The event will look at the societal, political and economic pressures which are forcing universities to pay more attention to their distinctiveness and how they can use distinctiveness to engage the communities they serve.

Wednesday 8 May

9:30-12 noon

Horizon 2020 EU funding programme

Edward Heelas, a representative from the UK Research Office (UKRO) will be visiting UEL to talk about Horizon 2020. Horizon 2020 is the new EU funding programme for Research and Innovation running from 2014 – 2020 with a total budget of €80 billion. The event will give an overview of the funding opportunities and will outline the Horizon 2020 programme. The event will give you an opportunity to find out more about accessing funding for your research projects and about the support services UKRO provides with EU funding calls. There will also be a Q&A with Edward Heelas.

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.

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.

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.

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.