UWE Graduate Internship Scheme Success

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27 July 2010 - Issue 96
UWE Graduate
Internship
Scheme Success
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In this
month’s issue
NEWS
2 UWE wins Green
Gown Award
3 Students win
prestigious placements
at CERN
4 Internship Scheme
helps beat recession
7 Get on your bikes UWE
10 UWE bettertogether
awards 2010
UWE wins Green Gown Award
The University has won a prestigious Green Gown Award. The prize for ‘Continuous
Improvement – institutional Change’ was presented to UWE’s Environment Manager,
Mark Webster, at a special ceremony at the Swan at Shakepeare’s Globe Theatre.
The prize for Continuous Improvement – Institutional Change recognises sustained
and successful activities to improve the performance of whole further and higher
education institutions, campuses, faculties and buildings over a number of years.
Projects are only likely to be successful if they provide considerable quantitative
evidence on the nature of the improvements made, and also demonstrate a causal
relationship between activities undertaken and improvements achieved. Initiatives
must have been running for at least five years. This prize is sponsored by The Higher
Education Funding Council and The Scottish Funding Council.
Mark Webster said, “This is brilliant news for the University. Being acknowledged
by our peers for making a real contribution to sustainability is a highly valued and
honourable reward for our efforts. UWE staff and students deserve recognition for
their commitment to helping UWE achieve its vision of being recognised as one of the
most sustainable universities.
“We have put in an enormous effort to embed the Managament of sustainability
across the whole of the University. We have reduced carbon emissions by 26 per cent
since 2001/2002, we achieved carbon trust standard recently and the recycling rate
now stands at 37 per cent of all waste. UWE is now recognised as one of the top
five performing educational institutions for sustainable development and we have
maintained a first class performance in the University Green League.
“Last year UWE was shortlisted for Outstanding Contribution to Sustainable
Development in the Times Higher Awards.
“The Continuous Improvement – Institutional Change is arguably the most hard
fought-for award to win because institutions need to demonstrate longevity of
commitment to sustainability.”
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Steve West, UWE Vice-Chancellor, said, “We’re absolutely delighted to win a Green
Gown. Sustainability permeates all that we do from research to waste management
and energy management to purchasing. We continually strive to get better and
the Green Gown recognition for all the efforts put in by the staff right across the
University is second to none.”
Judges’ comments include:
“UWE has demonstrated the embedding of sustainability into the institutional
strategy with an integrated management approach to continuous improvement.”
“The judges particularly highlighted the strong collaboration with other institutions
and the engagement from all staff, and felt that the initiative showed a significant
breadth and depth of sustainable activity.”
The Green Gown Awards are now in their sixth year and recognise exceptional
initiatives being undertaken by universities across the UK to become more sustainable.
The awards have become the most prestigious in the recognition of sustainability
excellence in further and higher education.
Front cover:
Colette Percival (left), Linda Pick
(right) and Anita Fleming (centre).
Photographer Martin Chainey.
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Seven UWE students win prestigious placements at CERN
CMS experiment at CERN (Photo credit - CERN)
Seven BIT students have won prestigious
placements this year at CERN, one of
the world’s largest and most respected
centres for scientific research, and home
to the Large Hadron Collider facility. So
far this year a total of 14 UK students
have been accepted for placements
at CERN and more students may be
selected later in the year.
At CERN, the European Organization
for Nuclear Research, the world’s largest
and most complex scientific instruments
are used to study the basic constituents
of matter — the fundamental particles.
By studying what happens when
these particles collide, physicists
learn about the laws of nature. The
Technical Student Programme is aimed
at undergraduate students in applied
physics, engineering or computing. They
are given a living allowance for Geneva
and insurance coverage.
The seven UWE students are all studying
various specialisms within computing
including Software Engineering, Forensic
Computing, IT Management for Business
and Computer Systems Integration.
They will work on projects ranging from
implementing a Content Management
System in HR to contributing to the
business support systems at CERN, and
developing software to extract data
from Oracle databases.
In addition this year UWE has also won
CERN IT Division funding for a PhD
student, Alex Loth, for the next three
years of around £25K per annum. Alex
will work on a project of mutual interest
to CERN and UWE.
UWE has had links with CERN since
1990 and has sent around 50 placement
students to the project over the past
20 years, but this is the largest number
sent in one year. In addition UWE has
had five CERN doctoral studentships,
more than 10 CERN fellowships and
two visiting professorships. UWE has
collaborated with CERN on key projects
such as MammoGrid, Health-e-Child and
neuGRID*.
Over the years the partnership
with CERN has been worth around
£3million to UWE and the University
has developed a strong reputation
for its collaborative research and
excellent students. Professor Richard
McClatchey of UWE’s Centre for Complex
Co-Operative Systems, has played a key
role in developing the links with CERN.
He worked at CERN for 11 years, and
is a CERN Scientific Associate and has
held a Royal Academy of Engineering
Fellowship at CERN.
Richard says, “CERN is an ideal place
for young student scientists to serve
their apprenticeship. It is an exciting
environment and a truly unique
organisation. It promotes genuine
collaboration between countries,
universities and scientists, driven not by
profit margins, but by a commitment to
create and share knowledge.
“Our links with CERN are extensive and
include other areas as well as student
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placements. For example UWE staff have
worked with CERN to develop CRISTAL,
a software programme designed as part
of the CMS (Compact Muon Solenoid)
experiment. It has enabled scientists
to track thousands of constituent
parts through hundreds of complex
activities over CMS’s extended 10-year
construction period. This software
has now been adapted for industry
across the spectrum from concurrent
engineering design to business process
management.
“UWE and its Centre for Complex
Computing Systems was the first
University to be granted associate status
in the CMS experiment at CERN. We are
well placed to collaborate with CERN as
we understand both the physics aspects
of the work and are also able to offer
the computer science expertise that is
needed for the project.”
Through UWE’s links with CERN over
the years, many alumni have gone on to
take jobs at CERN, and they continue to
share their enthusiasm and knowledge
with current students.
One of the first students to take up the
opportunity of a placement at CERN was
Steven Murray who joined UWE in 1993
via a foundation course at Soundwell
College in Bristol. Steven did a BSc in
Computing for Real-Time Systems and
a placement at CERN. He gained a first
class honours degree and studied for his
PhD in France. He took up a fellowship
at CERN and is now a software engineer
Contd. on p.4
CERN placements contd.
in the IT division working on the CERN
advanced storage manager which
currently holds 27 petabytes of physics
production files and user files.
Pictured from left to right are Anita Fleming, Linda Pick and
Colette Percival.
Steven says “My experience of UWE
before coming to CERN enabled me to
take on complex technical challenges
with confidence and it enforced my
enthusiasm to always learn more. I am
happy to encourage other students who
want to follow this path, because at
CERN you will always find challenging
projects with teams of people from all
over the world.”
Lucy Lockwood, HR systems analyst at
CERN, is another placement student
from UWE who now works at CERN.
Lucy recently came back to UWE to give
a presentation to current applicants.
She says, “Undertaking a placement at
CERN gives students an excellent start
in a career in IT, engineering or physics.
Students get to work in an exciting
international environment, learn new
skills and enjoy all the benefits of
the region. I’m proud to work for the
organisation where the Web was born
and where ground-breaking scientific
research takes place every day, and
I’m happy to see other UWE students
enjoying these opportunities too.”
Lucy first came to CERN as a placement
student in 2002, whilst studying
Computing and Information Systems
at UWE. After working at CERN for
14 months she returned to finish her
degree, graduating with first class
honours in 2004. In 2005 Lucy returned
to CERN as a staff member, where she
worked as a software engineer in the
IT department for three years, before
moving to work in the HR department
where she is now responsible for the
team that provides the department’s IT
solutions.
The seven UWE students going to CERN
are: Robin Ashford, Martin Nemcic,
Michael Scott, James Baldwin, Matthew
Bowen, Lawrence Gray and Adam
Harwood.
Internship Scheme helps beat recession
UWE’s Graduate Internship Scheme is a great success story with
many graduates being offered full time employment as their
individual internships finish.
Maggie Westgarth, Head of UWE Careers, said, “The interest in the UWE
Graduate Internship Scheme has been phenomenal and has enabled the
University to partner up with and develop relationships with many new
businesses and organisations. Significant new jobs are being created within
small businesses who seem keen to retain graduate skills after the internship
gives a taster of the value that enthusiastic graduates can add to their
experience. Many graduates only think to approach the large employers but we
have found that there is a real growth in smaller businesses with many creating
new jobs on the back of the scheme.
“It has taken great team work to get the scheme up and running so quickly.
We have had input and support from, individuals, services and Faculties across
the University. Of particular note are RBI, HR, the Faculty of Creative Arts,
finance and the contracts team with special thanks going to Brian Allen and Gill
Weaden.”
As a result of UWE’s outstanding success at engaging the initial interest of
employers the Higher Education Funding Council has doubled the number of
internships UWE can support from 200 to a total of 400.
Linda Pick and Colette Percival, on the recruitment team, say the response was
immediate and overwhelmingly positive from businesses in the region.
Linda has worked for UWE Careers Service for 20 years. She said, “We pressed
the button to send the initial e-mail to an enormous list of prospects and
within 30 seconds the first enquiry came through. Within the next 30 minutes
we received positive responses from at least another 20 businesses. This was at
5pm – just as we were all about to leave the office. By the time we came in the
following day there were over 100 businesses wanting to recruit interns. It was
just so exciting to see how responsive employers were immediately when the
scheme was announced. I can say without reservation that this has been one of
the most positive schemes that we have been able to offer students in my time
at UWE.”
Colette who previously worked in recruitment said, “We set out to try to
engage businesses from interesting sectors that are traditionally quite difficult
to break into. The internships offered have been amazing including roles as
journalist, film editor, architect, balloon designer and games publisher, to name
but a few. "
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High flyer Martin Shepherd
took this picture on his first
balloon ride
Martin Shepherd working
on the new printing
machine at Cameron
Balloons
Andrew Kenyon Architects
Stefanie Georgadidis, an
architectural graduate from the
University of Portsmouth, said,
– “My internship was a very
positive experience. There
is not a lot of architectural
work around at the moment
especially for students who
have recently graduated so
it was good to get some
project work experience. I
worked on a selection of presentation
drawings for Andrew Kenyon Architects. The
internship has opened new doors and provided me with some
valuable experience to add to my cv.”
Wendy Tippett, Director of Andrew Kenyon Architects said, “This is a great
scheme as it gave us the chance to take someone on to help with some
packages of work to bring drawings up to presentation standard. Stefanie
worked on several projects working on plans and section drawings that will
be used on web and printed promotional material. Unfortunately we are
not in a position to take her on full time but we did ensure that we gave
her a project that she could focus on and that was really useful to us. We
would definitely use the scheme again for short term projects.”
Cameron Balloons
Alan Noble from Cameron Balloons said that
the company was suddenly presented with the
scheme and thought they would give it a go.
Alan said, “We had just purchased some new
printing equipment. Printing onto balloons
is a complicated process as balloons taper,
so printing is not at all straightforward. We
needed someone with a graphics background
to help to manage the new equipment.
Ordinarily new employees are taken on for a
three month trial whch becomes permanent if
they do well.
“The scheme seemed like a good idea all
round, we had a very high quality response
to our need for a graphic designer and
interviewed around 10 people. Martin ticked
all the boxes and had incredible enthusiasm.
He has proved very adept at learning how to
use the new machine’s programmes but as a
graphic designer he also has the artistic eye
that is critical to ensuring designs will work.
We have taken Martin on full time and we
would absolutely use the scheme again. ”
Martin said, “I’m over the moon, everything
seems to have happened so quickly, the
internship scheme has been brilliant. I was
getting really despondent but the scheme has
given me a fantastic opportunity. I’m from
Bristol so I know how important Cameron
Balloons is to the city and I feel so proud to be
working here.
“I did an illustration degree so it’s really good
to be able to use my artistic training in my
work. I’m training on Cameron Balloons’ new
printing system and I will eventually take
some of the workload from the Graphics
Manager. I went to a Balloon Meet in
Boulogne in France recently and had my first
Balloon ride – it was amazing. I can’t thank
the UWE internship scheme enough.”
Stephanie Georgadidis at work with Andrew Kenyon Architects
Aquavita Films
Adam Phillips, a UWE BA Media Practice graduate worked as a
Production Assistant at Aquavita Films. As a direct result of his
experience he was able to apply for a full time post at Film 59.
Adam worked on post production for a series called Gorilla School for
Animal Planet.
Aquavita Films Managing Director, Bernard Walton said, “This is an
excellent scheme as it gives students the chance to cross the line
from university to the business world and helps them to focus on
the environment they will eventually work in. Equally for employers
it means that we can offer up great industry experience and
opportunity whilst getting help with funding. The scheme at UWE is
very well run and we’ve been collaborating in some shape or form
with the University on graduate employment experience of this kind
since 2005.
“What I like about this scheme is the fact that we can choose the
candidate. Adam has done really well and we’ve worked him hard
– he has been involved in some transfer and conversion editing but
also as a runner and doing basic stuff. The internship has resulted
in him getting an interview and employment at Film 59 in Bristol.
Schemes like this are a small price to pay to help graduates move into
work where they utilise their skills to the full and gain essential work
experience.”
Adam Phillips said, “I had done bits and bobs for production
companies but the scheme gave me two months of solid experience
at Aquavita Films. I was given access to an industry where it is
traditionally difficult to gain a foot in the door. The time spent at
Aquavita Films built my confidence and gave me useful industry
contacts. By the time I went for my interview at Film 59 I didn’t feel
intimidated as I had some good experience under my belt. Bernard
Walton was amazingly helpful; he sat with me and gave me some
good insight into editing techniques. I think the scheme is great – it’s
possible to work forever for free in this industry but people don’t
really take you seriously until you’ve got some decent experience and
insight.”
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NEWS
Professor
Alan Tapp
R Geraint Evans, Marketing Manager
(Theo's supervisor) Tomo OHNO, Theo Cox
Zen United
Theo Cox, a Games Technology graduate from UWE has a secured fill time
employment at Zen United, a games publishing company, as a direct result
of taking part in the internship scheme. He was getting rejections from
supermarket applications and feeling really despondent.
Theo said, “I started off doing fairly menial work like Excel documents
but I tried really hard to finish this work fast so that I would get set more
challenging tasks. I worked on a website for one of the games currently
being promoted and developed the online communications for Zen United’s
Facebook, Twitter and MySpace. I’ve started to do some editing for the
trailer for some promotional media for new products. The work is extremely
varied and I’m really enjoying it. Recently I made a little game for the
website.
“The internship scheme has given me the chance to show off my ability and
use skills learned whilst at University and it’s paved the way to getting the
job at Zen United.”
Tomo Ohno, Zen United’s Managing Director, said, “We knew that Theo’s
knowledge of technology would be useful to us but the real surprise benefit
has been the insight he has given us into the communications for our target
market. Most of the people working in the company are now in their 30s,
our target market are in their late teens and early 20s.
“Theo helped us to utilise communications on Facebook and Twitter and
his understanding of these channels has helped us to gather an important
insight into our target market. He will join the company as a Marketing
Assistant and he is already helping us with building websites and using social
media to promote our products. I think the internship scheme is excellent,
so much so that we have another intern working with us now on a graphic
design project.”
The UWE Graduate Internship scheme was launched in February 2010
to support the local economy by helping business to employ and
train quality graduates in the region. More than 300 businesses have
now registered to participate.
The Graduate Internship Scheme aims to improve the employment
prospects of graduates by helping them develop industrially relevant
knowledge and allow businesses to afford extra staff resources in
order to undertake tasks and projects.
The scheme also develops the skills pool of existing staff within a
business by allowing them to mentor and supervise graduate interns.
For more information on UWE’s Graduate Internship Scheme e-mail
graduate.internships@uwe.ac.uk or register at the webpage here:
www.uwe.ac.uk/careers/graduateinternships.
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Professor Alan Tapp (BBS) wins
the prize for one of the longest
commutes to work. He notches
up over 100 miles every week.
“I cycle from Chepstow at least
three days each week and have
done so since I joined UWE in
2000. I take Sustrans routes and
quiet back ways where I can.
Even on good days the winds
over the Severn can be pretty
challenging but once I’m away
from the bridge I can bomb
along. Maybe there are too
many excuses not to cycle – I
know I am lucky because I do
have my own office, with a
radiator and window so I can
dry wet clothes easily when it
rains. In Holland – yes it’s flat
– people don’t worry about
showers and getting wet – they
just get on with it – over here
we sometimes seem to make
such a big fuss about it all and
maybe we shouldn’t because it’s
easier than people might think
and just becomes what you do.
Give it a go.”
Alan’s Top Tip
“Recognise that cycling feels
great – especially when you get
into the office…but yes, keep
your ears and eyes open and
your wits about you.”
What UWE could do better
Steve Ward (UWE’s Travel
Planner) is doing a good job and
I’m not going to bash him but
better drying facitilies for wet
gear and more showers might
encourage more people to leave
the car at home.
Get on your bikes UWE
“It’s free, it’s fun, it’s faster, it makes you feel good , it keeps you fit and is the best stress buster out there” –
some of the viewpoints of people who regularly get on their bikes and eshew the driving traffic nightmare that
is the daily commute for the majority of staff at the University.
More and more staff at UWE are opting to cycle to work. Some have been doing this for years but the
opportunity to buy a new bike tax-free on interest-free credit through the Cycle to Work scheme is inspiring
more and more to give it a go.
The Bulletin caught up with staff who cycle to work to find out more and spoke to Steve Ward, UWE’s Travel
Planner about future initiatives.
Barbara with her trusty Velocity bike
Barbara Dale (HR) has cycled to
work since the end of 2000. She
used to ride a hulking heavy bike
bought cheaply but invested in a
Ridgeback Velocity from Bike UK in
Clifton that she purchased through
the Cycle to Work scheme in 2007.
Barbara has a short commute from
Filton and when she started to cycle
in she hadn’t been on a bike for 20
years.
“What started me off was a total
frustration with traffic when I
started working at UWE. I thought
I’d give cycling a go and I haven’t
looked back. The journey took 30
minutes the first time I did it as I
had to get used to cycling again
but now I zoom in in about 10
minutes. I cycle in all weathers,
apart from when it’s really slippery
with ice. I did try to cycle in when it
snowed this year but it was a bit too
dangerous so I walked as I don’t live
that far away.
Tessa Harrison (Academic Registrar)
made the conscious decision not to
drive years ago. Her daily commute
from Bath combines cycling and a train
journey and in the summer she does
the Bristol to Bath Cycle path at least
twice a week. Tessa said, “I don’t own a
car, I belong to a car share scheme but I
prefer to cycle everywhere. Throughout
my career I have always cycled to work.
The facilities here at UWE are much
better than those I’ve experienced at
other universities with plenty of secure
parking and showers. In my view there is
absolutely no excuse for anyone living in
the city not to cycle.
“I love cycling because of the fresh air
even when it’s cold and raining! I find
the cycle home makes a good transition
between work and home life. Cycling is
also really sociable and I’ve met people
from all over the University who I may
not have encountered in the normal
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“Beat the stress factor – cycling
actually makes you feel good. Take
a change of clothes to work but
on a short cycle you won’t need to
shower.”
What UWE could do better
“I think that the Cycle to Work
Scheme should be better promoted.
I’m sure this article will help!”
“I bought my
wonderful Brompton
folding bike on the
Cycle to Work scheme
and I can honestly
say that it has
transformed my life
as it’s so much easier
to combine with a
train commute.”
Tessa’s Top Tip
“Stop thinking of all the excuses why it’s
too difficult to come to work by bike –
just do it!”
What UWE could do better
“At the risk of becoming public enemy
number one I would say UWE needs to
make driving in more difficult for those
who are able to cycle.”
Jenny Wills (UWE Complaints Manager) has a nine
mile journey from Warmley and cycles in about
three times a week along the Bristol to Bath
cycle track and the ring road path to Filton from
the Old Mangotsfield station. Jenny says it is
much easier to cycle in now that she is based on
Frenchay Campus and her working day is more
predictable.
“I used to work at Glenside and needed to
come to Frenchay for a lot of meetings. Since
taking up my current role I’ve found that
cycling is a more feasible option. I treat my
commute as a chance to do some exercise so
try to ride as fast as I can. I ride my lovely
hybrid bike purchased from Bike UK in Clifton
on the Cycle to Work scheme.
“I like the fact it helps keep me fit
and that’s it’s a stress free journey to
work.”
Barbara’s Top Tip
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“I look forward to my cycle home at the end of each day, I think cycling
is good for mental as well as physical health it keeps my carbon footprint low and it
costs so much less than driving or catching the bus. Bike UK even service my cycle for
free!
Jenny’s top tip
“Try it once or twice and see how you get on. It only takes a little bit of organising
and it makes you feel so much better.”
What UWE could do better
“More towel hooks in the shower blocks and more lockers would be good.”
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NEWS
Jenny Chaplin (BBS Postgraduate
Programme Assistant) was inspired to
cycle to work, after driving to Frenchay
Campus for eight years, when she
borrowed a friend’s bike to do the
Bristol/Bath cycle track. “I was amazed
at how much easier it is to cycle on a
bike with decent gears. My memories
of cycling as a teenager on a three
gear cycle meant that I had not really
considered that cycling up Bristol’s hills
could be an option.
“ I bought a Ridgeback Comet from
the very helpful people at Bike UK in
September 2009 on the Cycle to Work
scheme and I’ve cycled the four miles
from Easton through Eastville Park and
the Dower House track ever since. It’s a
beautiful ride and I’ve seen herons and
all kinds of wildlife – it makes a great
start and end to the day.
Jenny with her Ridgeback Comet
tax-free
bikes
for work
“I was initially worried that buying a
bike on the scheme would mean that
I would be expected to cycle in every
day but the people administering the
scheme in HR told me that this was not
an issue. I have a little computer on
my bike and it shows that I have cycled
250 miles and this gives me a sense of
satisfaction.”
Jenny’s top tip
“If you are nervous about cycling
initially it’s a good idea to find a cycling
buddy to help you find a good safe
route.”
What UWE could do better
“I think more shower and locker
facilites will definitely be needed if
more people decide to cycle in. First
thing in the morning the current
facilities are at full capacity."
Professor Paul Gough
(Pro Vice-Chancellor)
said, “My route takes
me from Southville to
Temple Meads; Temple
Meads to Abbey
Wood; Abbey Wood
to the Farmhouse. On
a good day it takes
35 minutes door to
door. Bristol, with its
steep hills, indecently
rutted road surfaces, and ignorant
car drivers is a challenge to any cyclist but that
hasn’t stopped me and I take great delight in breezing
past the miles of static traffic that clogs up central
Bristol each morning. I bought a bright-red Brompton
on the Cycle-to-Work scheme and, apart from being
an engineering masterpiece; it is perfect for the cycletrain-cycle route that I take each day.
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“I am really pleased that Bristol is the first Cycling City
in the UK and it needs our support. It’s great to be
part of a cycling community at UWE and a pleasure to
be in the cycling fraternity at the farmhouse.
“Recommended reading for all cyclists – The Third
Policeman by Flann O’Brien, which tells the story of an
unrequited love affair between a man and his bicycle.”
Paul’s top tip
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Professor Paul Gough on his Brompton ‘engineering masterpiece’
An illustration of the savings on Cycle to Work scheme
Steve Ward, UWE’s
travel planner, is all
too conscious of the
barriers people have
when it comes to
cycling to work. “The
biggest objections I
come up against are
that Bristol is hilly, that
it’s not convenient
to cycle when it rains
and that people have
too many papers and
books to lug around so
cycling is perceived by
some to be impractical.
Some people are
concerned about roads
being busy and fast
and that cycling can be
dangerous. There are
also issues people have
with the time it takes
to cycle.
“But despite being
hilly, most hills in
Bristol can easily be
navigated with a bike
with decent gears
or even an electric
bike. If it rains simply
buy some good wet
weather gear and pack
a change of clothes.
This small investment is
soon absorbed by a nil
cost commute. There
are plans to increase
the number of lockers
available. As for the
piles of paper work I
have yet to see anyone
walking from their car
with paper work too
bulky to be carried in a
pair of panniers.
“It can be difficult
for many people to
make the wholesale
commitment to
change. But as can
be seen from the
examples in this article
cycling is actually an
enjoyable option with
people saying they feel
better for it and that
it’s actually must faster
than depending on cars
or buses. The chance
to purchase a tax-free
bike through the Cycle
to Work scheme is an
absolute no brainer. I
strongly urge more of
you to give it a go.”
Total cost of bike and accessories:
£799.00
Net cost of bike and accessories, including finance and admin costs
(if applicable):
£799.00
Income tax saving over hire period:
£159.80
NI saving over hire period:
£87.89
Final cost of bike and accessories:
£551.31
Total saving:**
£247.69
12 Monthly payments of:
£66.58
Research reports increase in cycling to UWE
A recent survey carried out by researchers
from UWE’s Centre for Transport and Society
has shown that there is a rise in the number
of people cycling to UWE over the past two
years.
A sample estimated to represent around
a quarter of the Frenchay Campus cyclist
population was interviewed on 6 March
2010. Staff and students were approximately
equally recorded with 40 per cent accessing
on a daily basis.
Project leader Professor Graham Parkhurst
said, “We carried out this survey for the
Highways Agency. We already knew that
there are currently at least 800 people
cycling on a typical day to the Frenchay
Campus but didn’t know anything about
their motivations or how long they had
been cycling. Our recent survey suggests
that around 160 of these had started to ride
bikes to the University in the past two years
with a greater number opting to cycle in the
past 12 months compared with the number
indicating they had begun in the previous
year. Although some campus users who had
started cycling in the previous 12 months
may no longer come to campus, this doesn’t
explain all the difference.”
No dominant motivation to cycle was found,
but respondents cited cost, journey time and
reliability factors alongside fitness benefits.
For those who had started cycling in the last
two years nearly half said that the bus had
been their main mode of transport prior to
making the switch to bike and for a quarter
it was the car.
Researcher Henrietta Sherwin concludes,
“This is important in terms of the University
achieving its sustainability target and
although some individuals had switched
from walking the main change was from
motorised transport.”
Why are fewer women than men
cycling in the UK ?
Anja Dalton is undertaking a three-year,
EPSRC-funded research project investigating
gender differences in cycling in the UK and
aims to discover the key reasons for the lack
of participation in cycling by women. She is
also interested in whether social influence is
a significant factor in persuading more
Anja Dalton explains, “Levels of cycling are
low in the UK, compared to several European
neighbours, at two per cent of all transport
trips. One barrier to increasing cycling levels
is that current uptake of cycling is unequally
distributed, with only half as many transport
trips by British women being by bike,
compared to men. Certain groups, such as
older people and ethnic minorities are also
currently under-represented, and if some
groups of people are not visible as cyclists
others may not feel it is for them either.
“The study is using a mixed-methods
framework involving interviews and
focus groups, as well as use of secondary
quantitative data to investigate broader UK
gender and cycling patterns. The first stage,
an exploratory study in Bristol, is currently
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near completion and then further data
collection is planned in Cardiff later this
year, in the vicinity of the Cardiff Connect2
scheme, Pont-y-Werin (People’s Bridge)
between Cardiff Bay and Penarth.”
Anja intends the research to provide
knowledge relevant for policy-makers
involved in the transport and health fields, to
assist their work in enabling greater numbers
of people to cycle and so enjoy the benefits
of this flexible, fun, cheap and healthy form
of transport. Her study is entitled Cycling
Circles: gender and social influence in
UK cycling.
Anja Dalton
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UWE bettertogether awards 2010
The University marked the inaugural bettertogether awards
in style on Friday 25 June at the UWE Exhibition and
Conference Centre. Black ties, gold envelopes and even World
Cup vuvuzelas added to the celebratory atmosphere, as the
University publicly recognised the outstanding contribution of
individuals and teams who have gone the extra mile in their
areas of work. Over 300 staff members from all campuses
attended the event. They enjoyed the excellent catering
from Facilities, music from the UWE Big Band and amusing
anecdotes from Pro VC, Professor Paul Gough who compered
the awards.
Chris Croudace (Outreach), Richard Bond (RBI), Fern Urquhart
(RBI), Kieran Kelly (Graduate Development Programme),
Gail Wilson (Students Representative Council Vice-President)
and Vice-Chancellor, Professor Steve West.
Professor Steve West said, “The bettertogether awards has
been a great opportunity to say thank you to staff across the
University for all their hard work, it’s very much appreciated.
Thanks to Sue Fox (M and C) and everyone who was involved
in making this event a success, we look forward to doing it
again next year.”
The bettertogether awards categories are based around UWE's
seven strategic partnership themes and over 200 nominations
from staff members were received. Congratulations to
everyone that was nominated for an award. The winners are…
Nominees and winners received a certificate and an engraved
Bristol Blue Glass paperweight. All the award presenters had
been involved in the selection process, they were: Pro VC Professor Alan Bensted, Dean of Students – Jonathan Bradley,
Innovation Award
This was awarded to
Team Media –
Cult, School of
Creative Arts
Andrew Channelle,
Seth Giddings,
Michelle Henning
Also nominated in this
category were:
Praminda Caleb-Solly –
Faculty of Environment and
Technology and Sharepoint
Team – IT Services: Andy
Beeho, Peter Gilbert, Chris
Mills, Alistair Sandford,
AJ Wilson.
Nurturing Staff
Talent Award
Student
Experience Award
Widening
Participation Award
This was awarded
to Lina Callaway –
This was awarded to
This was awarded to
Richard Rolfe –
Hartpury College
Marie-Annick
Gournet –
Social Sciences
and Humanities
Facilities/Cribs B
Also nominated in this
category were:
Gillian Kemp –
Bristol Business School,
Student Wellbeing Service
Team – Student Services:
Karen Garmston,
Jenni Horsfall,
Alison Lindsay,
Maxine Maybery,
Nic Turney and
Diane Zimmer.
Also nominated in this
category were:
Simon Ramsden –
IT Services and the
Temporary Staff Unit:
Martin Foster, Janet
Hansen, Simon Howe,
Philippa
Nevin-Hernandez,
Kathryn Nichols and Sylvia
Whitfield.
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Also nominated in this
category were:
Lynn Denning and
Gail Duguid –
Health and Life Sciences
and the Pre-16 Outreach
Team: Di Stone,
Rubina Akhtar and Jenifer
Vanmazyk
Graduate
Development
Programme – Tutor
of the Year Award
This was awarded to
Zainab KhanSocial Sciences and
Humanities
Also nominated in this
category were:
Linda Greening – Hartpury
College and Catherine
Rosenberg – Social Sciences
and Humanities.
Excellence in
Research Award
Knowledge
Exchange Awards
This was awarded to
This was awarded to
Business and
Community Team –
Research, Business
and Innovation:
Stephen Batty,
Kim Chang, Alison
Greenslade, Katie
Gough, Tracey John,
Vanessa Knight,
Vanessa Luk, Fiona
Matthews, Lindsay
Mcdonagh, Priya
Patel, Katy Sensier.
Culture, Media and
Drama Team led by
Jane Arthurs and
Helen Kennedy –
School of
Creative Arts.
Also nominated in this
category were: Richard
McClatchey – Environment
and Technology and
Situations Team – School of
Creative Arts.
Also nominated in this
category were:
Saville Kushner – Social
Sciences and Humanities
and Judy Orme – Health
and Life Sciences.
The ViceChancellor’s
Team Award
This was awarded to
Social Sciences
and Humanities
Administrative Team
led by Roger Clewett.
Also nominated in this
category were:
Recruiter Partnership Team,
Career Development Unit,
Student Services: Sarah
Bambridge, Tim Bateman,
Jack Beresford, Anita
Fleming, Claire Hijani,
Colette Percival, Linda Pick
and Rajinder Saran.
Graduate
Development
Programme –
Team of the
Year Award
This was awarded to
to Radiotherapy and
Diagnostic Imaging
Team – Health and Life
Sciences. The team
are: Jan Chianese,
Mandy Tuckey, Fiona
Chamberlain, Angela
Bailey, Karen Dunmall,
Sarah Zelley, Marc
Griffiths, Julie Woodley,
Suzanne Easton, Jeanne
Scolding and Rob
Stewart.
Also nominated in this
category were:
Early Childhood Studies Team
(Social Sciences and Humanities)
– Sharon Friend and Sarah
Chicken
and Media and Cultural Studies
team (School of Creative Arts)
– Kate Brooks, Kate Mayer,
Adrienne Noonan.
UWE Students’
Union Winner of
Winner Award
Terry Atkinson
accepted the award
on behalf of Lisa
Tozer – People and
Planet from SRC VicePresident, Gail Wilson.
The ViceChancellor’s
Individual Award
Also nominated in this
category were:
Alex George – UWESU
Climbing Society and Mark
Hughes – Bower Ashton
Student Rep.
Roland Cowley,
Printing and
Stationery.
This was awarded to
Also nominated in
this category were:
Lina Callaway –
Facilities/Cribs B
International
Connection Award
This was awarded to
Mary Bishop-Bristol
Business School
Also nominated in this
category were:
Collaborative Provision
Team – Academic Registry:
Lisa Connors, Alastair
Osborn, Sarah Philips,
Darren Watson, Sue Yilmaz.
Fritjof Korber – Health and
Life Sciences.
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Lina Callaway –
a ray of Sicilian
sunshine
Just one member of staff at UWE was
nominated for two bettertogether
awards. Carmela Callaway, better
known to everyone as Lina, from CRIBS
in BBS, was nominated for the Vice
Chancellor’s Individual Award and the
award for Nurturing Staff Talent.
Lina has managed CRIBS for the past
ten years. She said, “I’m so delighted
to have been nominated for two
awards; I feel honoured to receive the
nominations on behalf of the entire
team in CRIBS because we all work so
hard to make people feel welcome.
“We have built up a great clientele at
CRIBS, everyone comes here including
Steve West who is often my first
customer of the day. We pride ourselves
on offering the best service and the
most delicious coffee. I’m especially
conscious of trying to ensure that
international students feel at home.
As a one time immigrant to the UK I
know how it feels to arrive in a strange
country without being able to speak
the language. I see my job as being
more than simply serving coffee, pasta
and cakes – I want people to feel at
home when they come to CRIBS. If I see
someone is happy that really makes my
day. If someone is looking sad I make
time to check out how they are.
“It’s lovely when students bring their
parents in to meet me or show their
appreciation. Just a few weeks ago
a group of Law students brought me
flowers – getting to know the students
and staff is what it is all about for me –
CRIBS is so much more than a café.”
Lina is reknowned for making
impromptu speeches to parents and
prospective students on Open Days; a
true ambassador for UWE she proudly
tells of how her one of two sons came
to UWE and how parents can trust her
to look after their children when they
flee the nest to come to university.
Lina came to England in 1962 from
Sicily. She explains,“I didn’t like it at first
and went home but when I returned
to Sicily I missed England so much
so I returned in 1963 and I’ve lived
here ever since. I married an English
gentleman and Kevin and I celebrated
Carmela Callaway in CRIBS at BBS
40 years of marriage earlier this year with friends and our sons Marco and Daniel.
“My parents ran a knitwear business so I learned how to make things by watching
my mother and my sisters.” Lina put this knowledge to good use and her sewing
talents have included being commissioned to make equestrian blankets for HRH
Princess Ann and the backdrop signature blue curtains used when Margaret Thatcher
made one of her first speeches as Prime Minister.
Poetry is also a passion, her work has been published and one of her poems received
a merit in a competition run by the Bristol Evening Post.
Steve West said, “Most mornings at around 8am when I am in the University I can
be found in Cribbs talking to Lina and her team. They encapsulate why UWE is such
a great place. Lina is always happy, positive and never afraid of telling me how we
could improve things. She runs a fantastic facility where staff and students feel at
home. Everyone is equal, everyone cared for and everyone encouraged to engage.
Lina does much more that run Cribbs she believes in UWE and really cares about it.
I am incredibly proud of her and everyone else that supports and promotes UWE so
positively. I hope you are with us for many years to come.”
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UWE exhibition showcases ‘cutting edge’ work
Work by artists using the latest technology from the Centre for Fine Print Research (CFPR) at UWE is on show at
the Arnolfini Bookshop during July and August. The show is curated by UWE Research Fellow Tom Sowden and
features work from a range of artists and designers who have been working with researchers at the CFPR. The
Centre provides an inexpensive bureau service for artists and designers, where they can execute their work
and use the state of the art facilities to explore new ways of producing their art. The exhibition demonstrates
the full range of outputs from the centre including the rapid-prototyping and enamelling labs.
Tom Sowden explains, “The exhibition
shows a wide range of approaches from
artists and designers who have used
the latest 3D printing and laser cutting
techniques in their artistic practice.
We often find that once artists have
discovered the new techniques they
become repeat users of the service.
This exhibition includes artists working
with paper, 3D printing, enamelling
and acrylic. The laser can cut acrylic very
precisely and we have several jewellery
designers in the exhibition who use
the laser to create very accurate and
detailed pieces.”
technology to develop new artists’
books and paper-based creative practice
for arts, crafts and design. The project
aimed to explore the potential of the
laser cutter as a tool for artists working
with the book form and paper-based
work, and show how it could replace the
need for labour intensive manipulation
of paper and card by hand. The event
will include talks by artists Su Blackwell
and Jenny Smith, a demonstration on
using the laser cutters for book and
paper-based artwork and a round table
QandA session.
The Arnolfini Bookshop,
16 Narrow Quay,
Bristol is open Tuesdays
11.00-18.00, Wednesdays to Saturdays
11.00-20.00 and Sundays 11.00-19.00.
www.arnolfini.org.uk/pages/bookshop/
Amongst the artists exhibiting is Bristolbased artist, Sue Gregor, a designer/
maker who produces ranges of
contemporary jewellery as well as
scarves, prints and wallpaper. She
creates individual pieces using a wide
range of materials and techniques,
some of which she developed herself
whilst doing her MA at UWE. Her
work is exhibited in galleries and
museums all over the country.
Sue says, “Since discovering the
possibilities of laser cutting in my
work, I have found the bureau
services at UWE an invaluable support.
Innovation and excellence are central
to the way I work as an artist. I
recently worked with staff at CFPR to
develop a new range of brooches and
necklaces with interlocking pieces and
surface engraving. The designs were
initially drawn in Adobe Illustrator
and then transferred to the laser
cutter where a number of different
processes were applied to each piece.”
The other artists exhibiting include:
Rebecca Cowley, Janine Partington,
Nylon Sky, Victoria Browne, Jenny
Smith, Tom Sowden, Cartel, Tortie Rye,
Jessica Turrell, Claire Phipps.
Tom Sowden will also speak at
a symposium: Paper Models, a
Symposium on Laser Cutting to be
held on Wednesday 15 September
2010. The symposium is hosted by
the Centre for Fine Print Research and
funded by the AHRC. It will showcase
the outcomes of the project, Paper
Models: investigating laser cutting
Flower Dome 1 by Sue Gregor
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NEWS
Law integral to
Human Rights and
Environment agenda
Professor Philippe
Sands at the launch
of the journal
As the world watches in awe and horror
at the environmental and social impact
of the oil drilling disaster in the Gulf of
Mexico sharp focus is brought to bear
on how people need protection in law
that is guided and led by insight into
the link between the environment and
human rights.
Legal experts from the UWE Law
School have launched a scholarly forum
including a twice annual journal and a
web project that will, for the first time
ever in a sustained way, bring together
top legal brains in a project reaching
out to the global legal academic
community and intended to support the
new United Nations Draft Declaration
on Human Rights and the Environment.
The new journal founded and
co-edited by Anna Grear received
glowing endorsement by a leading
QC and academic with a formidable
international reputation. Professor
Philippe Sands, a highly influential
international lawyer from UCL with a
long time passion for human rights and
the environment, said, “This journal
is a fantastic development for the
intellectual reputation of the UWE Law
School.”
The Journal for Human Rights and
the Environment (JHRE), the first
international journal that creates a
dedicated opportunity for scholarly legal
discussion on the interface between
both arenas, was launched by Professor
Phllippe Sands on Tuesday 29 June at a
conference in the new UWE Exhibition
and Conference Centre, hosted jointly
by the International Law and Human
Rights Unit (UWE) and the Centre for
Environmental Energy Law and Policy
(Swansea).
Anna Grear said, “The JHRE is the only
journal in the world directly addressing
the important links between human
rights and the environment”. The
Journal draws together some of the
world’s most respected international
scholars working at the forefront of
human rights and environmental issues.
The event also saw the public launch
of a related web-project, the Global
Network for the Study of Human Rights
and the Environment, through which
a group of UWE legal scholars are
currently working to support the new
United Nations Draft Declaration on
Human Rights and the Environment.
“Human rights and the environment
are fundamental to the entire human
and planetary future. The environment
is at the foundation, for example, of
the human right to life, which makes
no sense without a right to breathe
clean air, drink clean water and to
be ‘homed’ in a world where we can
meaningfully flourish along with the
other species that make up our world.
Human rights issues directly intersect
with environmental degradation.
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Indigenous communities, for example,
exist in a landscape where their culture
is embedded. When they are forced to
move, they lose more than their homes
– they face the eradication of their
entire cultural existence. This concern
is of particular significance as we
witness the compromising of indigenous
peoples by industrial practice and
climate change pressures, as well as
environmental disasters, the wider
implications of which are becoming
clear in the current scenario in the Gulf
of Mexico.”
The journal can be accessed at
www.e-elgar.co.uk/jhre
Photo credit: Carleen van den Anker.
Nobel Peace Prize winner, Dr Shirin
Ebadi, a world leading human rights
campaigner gave a public lecture at
UWE on Thursday 1 July entitled :
Fighting for women’s rights in Iran:
personal experience of resistance to
oppression, as part of a three day
conference 'Global Ethics: 10 years into
the millennium'(30 June-2 July).
Iranian lawyer and former judge, Dr
Shirin Ebadi, became the first Iranian
and first Muslim woman to be awarded
in 2003 a Nobel Peace Prize for her
activism on human rights in Iran.
In introducing Dr Ebadi to the
Conference, Professor Rob Cuthbert
said; “It is an honour and a privilege to
welcome Dr Ebadi to the University and
to this conference. Her visit is a symbol
of the University’s partnership approach
in global ethics, where Christien van
den Anker’s leadership combines highlevel academic research and teaching
with practical engagement in human
rights issues, exemplified in initiatives
like the Global Ethics book series and
journal which Christien edits, and the
Refugee and Migrant Support Hub led
by Ibrahim Shaw.”
Dr Ebadi spoke movingly of the
human rights violations by the Iranian
government since the elections last
year. She highlighted the death during
the protests of Neda, who has become
an icon due to YouTube. However, the
regime made many arrests last summer
and recently imprisoned two Iranian
students studying in the UK. Dr Ebadi
called on academics and vice-chancellors
to write to the Iranian embassy in
London to protest.
The 200-people in the audience
responded with spontaneous applause
From left : Dr Christien van den Anker, Dr Shirin Ebadi and Professor Rob Cuthbert.
Dr Shirin Ebadi at Global Ethics conference
after Dr Ebadi's strong call against
international military action in Iran.
The way forward according to her is
to continue to put diplomatic pressure
on the regime and to support the
democratic movement in Iran.
since she left a day before last June's
elections. The situation in the country
became too risky and instead she has
been calling on politicians and audience
in the west to step up their support for
human rights in Iran.
The speech further highlighted the
structural oppression of women by
the Iranian government. The lecture
ended with questions from the
audience with many asked in Farsi. The
responses set out passionately that a
human rights activist ought to defend
people from oppression by any regime.
The overwhelming sense was one of
inspiration by a woman who risks her
own life on a daily basis to do just that.
Dr Christien van den Anker who
organised the lecture said, “It was very
clear from the talk what strength Dr
Ebadi has developed to be a human
rights campaigner under these difficult
circumstances. Her commitment
and courage are an inspiration to
us all. I was very moved to have an
international audience of academics
working on global ethics mix together
with local Iranians to learn from
Dr Ebadi.”
Dr Ebadi has not returned to Iran
Radio 4 broadcasts from CCRI Common Land event
Over 160 delegates attended the 8th National Seminar on
Common Land and Town and Village Greens on Thursday
1 July. The seminar was organised by the Countryside and
Community Research Institute, a collaboration between UWE,
the University of Gloucestershire, the Royal Agricultural
College and Hartpury College.
launch of the Foundation for Common
Land, an organisation that is seeking
to represent upland farmers who
manage upland commons that are
crucially important for biodiversity,
heritage, landscape, mitigation
against climate change and local
communities.
BBC Radio 4 was at the event to record a debate on the
motion 'This seminar believes that little change to the current
town and village green regulations is required'. Proposing the
motion was Kate Ashbrook from the Open Spaces Society and
opposing the motion was Cameron Watt from the National
Housing Federation. The motion was passed! It was broadcast
on You and Yours on Radio 4 on Monday 5 July.
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“This year’s event was the best yet
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because it had the widest range of
speakers and topics and a real buzz
of enthusiasm for all those with an interest in these
fascinating and valuable public 'assets' to work together and
that is what this event is all about - bringing people with very
different objectives together.”
The Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
(Defra) and Natural England provided some sponsorship
for the event and this enabled a large number of upland
farmers who graze areas of common land in England and
Wales to attend. Government officials attended from both
England and Wales to provide updates on recent changes
to regulations and schemes. The event also saw the public
The CCRI has played a vital role in disseminating information
on principal developments in common land legislation through
the National Seminars on Common Land and Village Greens,
which it has organised and hosted since 1999.
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NEWS
Film book is ‘one of most inspirational ever’
Andrew Spicer’s (CA) book Typical Men:
The Representation of Masculinity in
British Popular Cinema has been voted
one of the ‘five most inspirational film
books ever written’ by a film critic in
response to a poll in Sight and Sound in
June (vol. 20 issue 6).
Andrew said, “I was delighted to receive
this recognition, particularly as Typical
Men was written some time ago, the
paperback version appearing in 2003. It
is the book with which I most identify
as it was a radically revised version of
my PhD thesis and so based on six years
of research. What I tried to achieve in
writing Typical Men was an approach
to the study of the representation of
masculinity that understood it as a
variety of competing and contested
cultural types.
“The types I analysed over a fifty-year
period were the gentleman, the fool/
rogue, the action adventurer, the
everyman, criminals and rebels, and
‘damaged men’ that included a range
of representations of men who could
not resolve their psychological or social
problems and often created havoc.
Typical Men thus offered an account
of masculinity that was broad-based,
but could be nuanced by studying
specific examples, the particular ways
in which Albert Finney in Saturday
Night and Sunday Morning (1960),
for instance, represented a version of
truculent working-class masculinity that
incarnated many of the forces which
were changing Britain’s social and
cultural landscape.
“I like to think, and this has been
borne out by numerous comments I’ve
received over the years, both face-toface and in e-mails, that the concept of
cultural types offered students a way
of engaging with forms of masculinity
that they could use as a tool to analyse
representations in other cultural
practices and was not limited solely
to films. As I teach Visual Culture that
addresses students from a range of
different programmes of study, this was
an important objective.
“I’ve also tried to build on Typical Men
in subsequent essays. Most recently, I
contributed a chapter, ‘The Angel of
Death: Targeting the Hitman’, to the
collection Crime Cultures: Figuring
Criminality in Fiction and Film to be
Andrew Spicer with a copy of his book
published by Continuum in November.
The essay focuses, for the first time,
on the iconic figure of the hitman in
crime films, arguing that he is often
an ambiguous masculine figure,
both deadly and beautiful (an ‘angel
of death’), who inspires awe and
fascination as well as fear. So I’m still
extending Typical Men, hopefully in
interesting ways.”
Academic Writing, Communication and English Language Skills
An innovative programme of support for international
students will be launched in September 2010.
David Phelan continues,“This new model really puts
the student in the driving seat and will enable them to
engage with the programme right from the start, later
in the year, or to dip into the provision periodically;
whichever they find most suited to their own needs”.
David Phelan, Senior Lecturer in English for Academic
Purposes and English Language, explains, “The new
Academic Writing, Communication and English
Language Skills (ACES) programme offers a more
student–oriented service. We will be offering a wider
range of courses, with delivery timed across the year
and greater flexibility and choice for the student”.
Students will be able to book their places for
workshops and consultations using an online booking
system, although to sign up for the courses they will
need to register via the UWE Language Programme.
Staff will be on hand during International Student
Orientation, the Welcome Week and beyond to help
them with this process.
Students can combine options from a variety of
courses, workshops, consultations and drop-in sessions.
Each element has a cost assigned to it. International
students who pay full fees will be given 100 ‘aces’
which they can spend against the cost of their chosen
model of tuition or support. EU and home students (or
international full-fee paying students who have used up
their aces but would like further support) can also take
advantage of the services available by paying a fee.
We encourage colleagues to visit the ACES web page
and familiarise themselves with the new programme
www.uwe.ac.uk/hlss/llas/aces/index.shtml
For more information contact aces@uwe.ac.uk
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international students
“You have some really good services for international
students, but sometimes it is very hard for the
students to know what they are or how to engage
with them” … “Why do I have to go to three
different places to sort this problem out?” … “I need
language support now, but the support programme
started last term!” These are the types of issues that
have come out in surveys of international students
at UWE and through the recent series of LTAC
seminars on internationalisation. To help address
these concerns two new initiatives will begin this
September: the Advice and Enquiry Centre, and
the Academic Writing, Communication and English
Language Skills) programme.
Dr Karen Bultitude from the Science Communication Unit was
recently part of an EU delegation to Shanghai for EU-China
Science and Technology Week. The visit was organised as
part of the European Union Pavilion at the World Expo 2010
Shanghai China, and brought together over 500 leading
scientists, journalists and representatives of industry, academia
and government from the European Union and China, to share
knowledge, experience and aspirations.
Karen contributed to Masterclass events during the week as
part of the ‘Science in the City’ activities, working to share best
practice in communicating scientific and technological concepts
between the two economic areas. Her contribution built on
the Science Communication Unit’s recognised international
expertise in science communication, and particularly UWE’s
existing Science Communication Masterclass.
Karen described her experience of being involved in the
activities in Shanghai: “China is currently in a very interesting
position in terms of both its technological development as
well as how that development is perceived by members of the
Chinese public. What was exciting about the discussions was
that there were so many similarities in what we are trying to
achieve – as well as some differences in approach which means
we can learn a lot from each other.”
The visit is likely to lead to ongoing collaborations in China,
in particular with the Shanghai Association of Science and
Technology who have already invited the Masterclass team for a
return visit in May 2011.
Advice and Enquiry Centre
The Advice and Enquiry Centre will be based at Main
Reception on Frenchay Campus and will act as the
main point of contact for international students
wanting to access a range of services delivered by
different parts of the University, including Admissions
and International Development , Student Services
Department and Facilities. The Centre will continue
to be the primary contact point for customer
service for all students, staff and visitors for the
Accommodation Services and Transport, Distribution
and Car Parks teams.
Richard Yates, Supervisor of the Information team for
the new centre, said, “We want to be the first port
of call for international students for most advice and
enquiry services outside their programme of study.
Where possible we’ll help the student resolve the
issue at the Centre, but when necessary we’ll refer on
to other relevant service points. Students can drop
in, call or e-mail us for help. We’re also developing
additional online resources.”
Karen Bultitude (back row fourth from the left) with colleagues and
friends in Shanghai
“Services for international students at the Centre will
include accommodation assistance, visa enquiries and
attendance monitoring which is required by the UK
Border Agency. Regular contacts with international
students through the Centre should help ease their
transition into the University and the UK and will
help identify any problems quickly and provide
relevant help straight away.”
The Advice and Enquiry Centre will open during term
time from 08:30 to 20:30 and out of term time from
08:30 to 17:00. For more information contact
Polly.smith@uwe.ac.uk.
Karen Bultitude in Shanghai
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Thursday during National Volunteers Week, 1-7 June to encourage staff to do some focused fundraising activity
in their departments. Cake and coffee mornings were very popular and UWE colleagues were very generous
with their donations.
Christa Hubers and Juliet Jain (both
from BNE) managed to complete
the 10K circuit within a respectable
57 minutes. More importantly, they
managed to gather over £800 for cancer
research …“£300 of which was kindly
donated by FET colleagues in return
for a piece of home baked cake. Many
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Nathalie Southall and Vicky Pratt
(Marketing and Communications)
said, “When the volunteering team
suggested baking and selling cakes we
thought it might help our total a little
bit. The cakes went down a storm in the
office and we received loads of support
from both Marketing and Student
Services whose donations helped us
raise over £60 towards our whopping
£525 total. On Saturday we completed
our run in 35 minutes - lots of fun was
had!”
The UWE Careers team also put on a
coffee morning. Sarah Proudfoot said,
“As a team we raised an amazing total
of £1,192.06. It was a brilliant excuse to
get fit and to raise money for such an
important cause. I was touched by the
number of people that were affected in
some way by cancer.”
Tanya Hill (HLSS) and Sam Hutchins
(CETTS) also took part in Race for Life.
Sam said, “I managed to run all the way
and I was so very glad to see the finish
line, so I could stop moving!”
Anna Kawar, Staff Volunteer Project
Co-ordinator, said, “Well done to
everyone who took part in Race for
Life. There are so many UWE staff
volunteering and fundraising outside
of their work and we want to support
people in their efforts. I know that
there are many individuals putting in a
huge amount of time and effort to raise
money for something they really believe
in and feel strongly about. We hope to
have an annual Fundraising Thursday
at UWE.”
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Vicky Pratt and Nathalie Southall (MandC)
Students praised
for media project at YOI
Three Media and Cultural Studies students have
won high praise for their work for an education
programme at Ashfields Young Offenders
Institution at Pucklechurch. Kelly Edgar, Katie
Mclean and Rosie Harrity created a video promo
for Ashfields’ education programme.
Education Manager Tom May said, “I would
like to pass my gratitude on regarding the
exceptional hard work and dedication the
students displayed whilst working on the
student information film last week.
Sian Jones
Changing times in Estates
Facilities and Estates are proud to announce that three
colleagues have achieved chartered status of the Royal
Institution of Chartered Surveyors this year and are
celebrating their success.
Congratulations to:
Phil Lawrence BEng(Hons) PGDipSurv MRICS
Sarah Pratley BA(Hons) PGDipSurv, MRICS
Richard Serle BSc(Hons) MRICS
This news comes at a time when the department is again inviting
applications from students of the Faculty of Environment and
Technology on to the annual placement scheme. Sian Jones, student
Building Surveyor, is approaching the end of a year spent with
Estates.
Sian said, “In the last nine months I have worked closely with
Faculties and service departments in order to develop various
projects which are then tendered and managed in house. During this
time I have been involved in maintenance, refurbishment, alterations
and even new build projects. I have enjoyed working on a variety
of buildings ranging from grade II listed Victorian buildings, 1970s
purpose built teaching facilities, contemporary accommodation
blocks and new build architectural studios incorporating modern
methods of construction.
“I have worked as part of a multi-disciplinary team on both
maintenance and project work. Working with other specialists
such as architectural designers, mechanical and electrical services
engineers, energy officers, surveyors, compliance and health and
safety managers, has truly enhanced the quality of my placement.
There is also a lovely, friendly atmosphere within the office, which
has made my time here all the more enjoyable.
“I believe that the knowledge I have gained during the placement
is invaluable and will be beneficial to me when I return to complete
my degree and during any future employment.”
Sian joins a list of students from FET who Estates Department has
been keen to introduce to the working environment in preparation
for their future successful careers.
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“The filming was a complete success which
was all due to the professionalism of the team
involved. I am sure all three students gained
some valid professional work experience and an
insight into education provision within a young
offenders’ institution.”
Kelly said, “Contact was initially made through
UWE’s Media department - the opportunity was
advertised in one of our continuing production
lectures. We had several meetings on what Tom
wanted. The main brief we were given was to
make it understandable yet more interesting
than the folder for the youths there.
“We started the project in November 2009 and
finished early in June. We spent in total four
days filming at Ashfields in January. It gave us
insight into the work at Ashfields – Katie and I
are both interested in working within prisons or
with young people. This could help our future
career options by showing that we're committed
to outside work of a voluntary nature.”
Katie said, “Rosie and I arranged and attended
two post-production meetings with the
Educational Management team to present and
discuss the final project and how it related to
the project brief and their expectations. The
project involved us working closely with young
offenders and experiencing what it is like to be
educated in a very controlled environment. This
gave us a very unique insight into a system often
unseen by the general public.”
Rosie said, “The experience was really valuable
for me as I’m going on to work in film
production (hopefully) and this opportunity
gave me practical experience in all areas of
production, from meeting with the client to
the final edit and finishing touches. Tom had
a very specific problem and we had to solve
it combining our media skills in the most
productive way. Most time was spent on editing
as we had a lot of footage - around four hours
to fit into a 30 minute film.”
Govinda Dickman (CA), Lecturer in Digital Media
and Video: Culture and Production, said, “We
are delighted that the skill and dedication of
these three students in this extra-curricular work
has been recognised.”
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Whose science
is it anyway?
Science without frontiers was the
subject of PhD student Ann Grand’s talk
at Bristol Science Café at the Tobacco
Factory on 28 June. Ann's research
explores the space between open
science and public engagement and asks
what happens when science steps out
of the ivory tower, exposes its shifting,
changing and uncertain nature and
opens itself to contribution from – well
– any of us?
She said, “An increasing number of
scientists and engineers are choosing
to conduct their research as ‘Open
Science’ – making the whole of their
investigation, its data, scientific
opinions, questions, ideas, folk
knowledge, workflows and everything
else available on and through the
internet. Science usually comes to us
neatly sound-bited through newspapers,
radio or television. How many of us
have been to a scientific conference or
read a learned journal?
“Open Science offers the opportunity
to directly follow – and potentially
contribute to – live projects. When there
are no boundaries to prevent us from
becoming directly involved with live
projects, what happens to the science,
to the scientists and to members of the
public?”
Ann was interviewed about her talk the
same afternoon on Radio Bristol. She
works with Alan Winfield (BIT), Clare
Wilkinson (LS) and Karen Bultitude
(LS) and is based in UWE’s Science
Communication Unit.
For more information on the Science
Café visit http://www.sciencecafe.co.uk/
KTP Associate Martyn Hogg describes his project with surf kite manufacturer Flexifoil
KTP Regional Seminar June 2010
Graduates working at a number of
different companies including Space
Engineering Services, Flexifoil, Pall
Corporation, Gamma Telecom, MAST
Carbon Ltd and Rubberductions
presented at this year’s KTP
(Knowledge Transfer Partnership)
Regional Seminar in June.
The successful event was organised
by UWE’s KTP office and held at
the University’s new Exhibition
and Conference Centre. As in
previous years, the seminar was an
opportunity for KTP Associates in
their second year to present their
KTP project to an audience from
a variety of organisations made
up largely of Associates based in
the South-West and their company
and academic supervisors. UWE
Associates presenting were Justin
Nwakacha (BIT), Ally Stewart
(Rubberductions), Martyn Hogg (BIT)
and Joe Jewell (BBS).
After an introductory speech by Pro
Vice-Chancellor Paul Gough, this
year’s keynote speaker Blue Sheep
founder and Executive Chairman
Iain Lovatt, who has built a strong
reputation as an original thinker
in the Direct Marketing Industry,
gave an entertaining talk on
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innovative ways to improve business
performance.
The seminar’s programme of events
was chaired by UWE's KTP Manager
Clare Rowson and Enterprise and
Knowledge Exchange Programme
Manager, Dr Andrew Wray from
the University of Bristol. The high
quality presentations during the
day covered a fascinating range of
topics from the development and
production of recreational surf kites
to the implementation of a project
management framework within
a media company. The award for
‘Best Associate Presentation’ went
to Bath Associate Samuel Bremner
who is based at MAST Carbon Ltd.
He was presented with a unique
3-D printed object which was kindly
donated by UWE’s Centre for Fine
Print Research.
The seminar proved to be a fantastic
opportunity for local universities
and businesses to hear about the
innovative KTP projects going on
in the South West. It also provided
an excellent opportunity for
networking and UWE's KTP office
was pleased to receive a number
of very positive reviews from
attendees.
Appearance Matters conference hears
that disfigurement is more than skin deep
Disfigurement can be a challenging
and distressing experience for many of
the one million people in the UK who
have a visible difference of any kind.
Psychological support is as important
as functional and surgical treatment
in helping people cope with the
challenges of disfigurement, according
to research presented at UWE’s fourth
Appearance Matters conference.
The internationally-renowned bi-annual
Appearance Matters conference was
held in June and organised by UWE’s
Centre for Appearance Research (CAR).
This year, the conference brought
together 168 international delegates
from Malaysia, the United States,
Australia, South America, Europe and
the UK. They included psychologists,
researchers, specialist nurses, academics,
postgraduate students, medical
professionals, sociologists and charity
representatives with an interest in issues
around the psychology of appearance.
Paul Hobbs Photography
Painting by Mark Gilbert lent by Saving Faces, the Facial Surgery Research Foundation
Prof Nicola Rumsey and Dr Diana Harcourt, CAR directors, with keynote speaker
Prof Alex Clarke (centre)
CAR co-director Professor Nicky Rumsey
said, “To the best of our knowledge,
this is the only conference series that
provides a forum which specifically
highlights current psychosocial research,
theory and good practice around
appearance-related issues including
visible difference, interventions,
research methods and provision of care.
year study involved 1,265 people with
disfigurements including skin conditions,
head and neck cancer or amputation.
Funded by disfigurement research
charity The Healing Foundation and
co-ordinated by researchers at CAR, the
study showed that common assumptions
about who will cope well with a
disfigurement are inaccurate.
“Appearance Matters has gained a
reputation as the key academic meeting
in this sphere, with delegates travelling
from the US, Australasia and Europe.
In fact, Dr Phillippa Diedrichs, who has
recently joined us from the University
of Queensland, was inspired to join
CAR after attending the conference in
2008.”
Nicky Rumsey led the team of
researchers from UWE, the Universities
of Bradford, Sheffield, Warwick,
University College London and the
Royal Free Hospital, London. She said,
“Distress reported by people with a
mild disfigurement may be comparable
to that reported by people with more
severe disfigurement. This new study
suggests for the first time that the
visibility of a condition may be less
important than previously thought, with
people anxious not only about highly
visible conditions affecting the face
and hands, but also about revealing
conditions that are normally covered by
clothing.
The event was supported by the
charities The Healing Foundation, which
supports disfigurement-related research,
and Changing Faces, which assists
people living with disfigurement and
campaigns to change public perceptions
of those with visible differences. Saving
Faces, the Facial Surgery Research
Foundation, lent the conference some
paintings by Mark Gilbert that portray
patients before, during or after surgery
for injury, disfigurement or cancer.
Keynote speakers included Professor
Alex Clarke of the Royal Free Hospital,
London, who is also a Visiting Professor
at CAR, and Professor Lina Ricciardelli
from Deakin University, Melbourne,
Australia.
Research presented included a three-
“Equally surprisingly, the study showed
that concerns about appearance are
not only the preserve of women and
younger people. Many men and older
people in the study found it difficult
to adapt to their disfigurement and
were equally as distressed by their
appearance.”
On the Advisory Panel of this important
research project is Pam Warren, a
survivor of the 1999 Ladbroke Grove
train crash. She said, “There is so much
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we don’t know about why some people
are able to get on with life so well after
disfigurement, and why some can’t. Or
even why those who seem to cope well
at first, might later need support. That
is why this work is so important. It gives
a better picture, based on real hard
evidence, of people’s needs and offers
the chance of meaningful psychological
support for people with disfigurements,
whatever the cause.”
Research into appearance challenges for
teenagers undergoing cancer treatment,
the impact of gossip magazines on
eating disorder behaviours and ultramuscular male models in advertising was
also presented at the conference.
Researcher Heidi Williamson (LS)
explained, “Treatment for cancer can
result in temporary or permanent
changes to patients’ appearance,
including hair loss, weight changes,
skin complaints and scarring. These
changes present particular challenges
for adolescents because this is a time
when young people are acutely aware
of their body, and physical appearance
contributes more than any other factor
to levels of self-esteem.”
Her research findings are now informing
the development of ways of providing
support for young people with
appearance-related concerns during
cancer treatment.
Research fellow Phillippa Diedrichs (LS)
presented her paper on the impact of
ultra-muscular male fashion models
on body image and advertisement
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Appearance Matters contd.
effectiveness. She said, “Men
and women both rated
average-size male models as
effective in advertisements as
ultra-muscular models. These
findings provide support for
recent calls to increase size
diversity in media imagery
to promote positive body
image.”
Bottom picture: Haydn Evans (left)
and Simon Hampton-Matthews with the award
Main picture: The winning publication and the
UPMG trophy for Best In-house Print
A study by Dr James White
from Cardiff University and
Dr Emma Halliwell (LS) found
that teenagers who read
gossip magazines are more
likely to engage in eating
disorder behaviours. Dr White
said, “Adolescents recorded
changes in behaviours
common to eating disorders,
such as binge eating, selfinduced vomiting and dieting.
They were also asked about
their frequency of viewing
different types of television
programmes (soaps, music
videos, sports, drama series,
reality TV) and magazines
(women’s fashion, health and
fitness, men’s magazines,
gossip magazines).”
After six months, the viewing
habits of teenagers who
had significantly increased
their use of eating disorder
behaviours were compared
to those whose eating had
remained normal. One of
the strongest risk factors for
significant increases in eating
disorder behaviours was
how often teenage boys and
girls were exposed to gossip
magazines. The frequency of
viewing other television and
magazine genres did not have
a significant effect.
Dr White said, “This study
suggests that there should
be a greater awareness of
the potential impact that
exposure to the kind of
images of celebrities and
models in gossip magazines
can have on adolescents
eating habits.”
UWE Printing and Stationery unit
wins top award
UWE’s Printing and Stationery unit has won a prestigious print award from the
University Print Managers’ Group, an organisation that brings together 76 HE
institutions from around the UK. UWE entered three out of the four categories and
won Best In-House Print (Litho) for its four-colour publication Keeping the Peace –
A Guide to Community Living.
The award is remarkable as UWE was up against stiff competition and the entry was
printed on a 25 year-old two-colour press whereas others are using modern four-colour
presses. The competition was judged by Stephens and George Print Group, a large
commercial printer from Wales and Jo Francis, Associate Editor of Print Week, the
largest print industry magazine.
Operations Manager Simon Hampton-Matthews said, “All credit should go to Litho
Technician, Haydn Evans. Haydn has worked for the University for many years and
works wonders with the old press – each sheet of paper has to be passed through
the press four times, twice for each side and the polyester plates have to be precisely
aligned to ensure the four colours that make up the image fit together with accuracy
of fractions of a millimetre.”
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Stationery
Services
Satellite symphony
shortlisted for new music award
Creating a symphonic experience using your own movements
is now possible thanks to Phill Phelps (BIT). He is part of the
team developing Satsymph, which uses an iPhone app to turn
GPS co-ordinates into a complex overlapping sound world of
symphonic textures and spoken word recordings.
Satsymph is one of only five entries to be shortlisted for the
£50,000 Performing Rights Society for Music Foundation (PRSF)
New Music Award. Phill’s collaborators on the project are
composer Marc Yeats and poet Ralph Hoyte.
Did you know that we not only provide printing for
the University but also do private work for staff and
work for external organisations?
Phill said, “I'm very excited about this because Satsymph is
a perfect blend between music, computer programming,
recording engineering, performance, interactive audio, and
new technology; all topics covered on the courses I'm involved
with here at UWE.
If you are involved in a club or an organisation and
you need some printing, please contact us for a quote.
Telephone Internal 84670 External 0117 32 84670 E-mail printing@uwe.ac.uk
“What you hear will be directly triggered by your own
time-varying GPS co-ordinates such that each participant
will have a unique, but related, audio experience. Triggers
can be recorded and shared via a website, to produce a
collaboratively generated score, which will then be performed
live in 2011.
Our services include:
• Lottery/raffle tickets
• Event tickets
• Event programmes
• Posters
• Newsletters
• Calendars
•Booklets with a variety of bindings
(coil, comb, tape, ring, wire)
• Bulk printing and burning of CDs and DVDs
• Postcards
• Printed envelopes
• Promotional goods
"Satsymph is one of many projects I'm working on outside the
University. Bristol in general (and UWE specifically) are centres
for cutting-edge innovation in the arts."
Only one project nominated for this award will receive
funding. For the first time, the PRSF are inviting the public
to view videos showcasing the work of the five finalists on
their website at http://www.prsformusicfoundation.com/
newmusicaward.
If you like the idea, you can vote for Satsymph!
Tired of stuffing envelopes?
Phill is a researcher in UWE’s Bristol Institute of Technology
and lectures part-time on undergraduate BSc awards including
Music Systems Engineering and Audio and Music Technology.
We are able to offer a sophisticated mail-merge
and mailing service to both University and external
customers. Contact Roland Cowley on ext 84672 for
more information or e-mail Roland.Cowley@uwe.ac.uk
Hot news
We are now able to accept jobs via our electronic
submission service. At present it is only available to
staff through the intranet. We are developing an
external portal for staff over the internet. For more
information, please contact Carolyn Hancocks on
ext 84674 or e-mail Carolyn.Hancocks@uwe.ac.uk
Website
Our website contains lots of information about our
services. Why not take a look today?
www.uwe.ac.uk/printing/
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Schoolchildren learn about biodiversity at
the Festival of Nature (credit Liza McCarron)
Staff at the event included Marcus Pugh,
Kevin Sudlow, Dave Molesworth, Steve
Bride, Paul Bowdler, Dave Patton, Sara Hicks.
Student Science Communicators were
Hannah Gomm, Khadijat Aninashaun
and Amalu Augustine
Festivalgoers find out about plankton,
glowing squid and biodiversity
Thousands of visitors came to Bristol’s Harbourside on 11
–13 June for the seventh annual Festival of Nature, and
UWE’s stand was right at the centre of things. 2010 is the
International Year of Biodiversity and the festival represents
Europe’s largest celebration of the natural world.
the identification of insects and plankton using microscopes
and a display of plants that society has been using for their
medicinal qualities for thousands of years. Experts were on
hand to chat about their research, from ‘glowing’ squids,
robotic research and wild expeditions to Cuba and the
relevance to the natural world.
On 11 June, Millennium Square and the Amphitheatre
in Bristol's City Centre came alive with free hands-on
environment and science activities for KS2 children from all
Bristol and the region. With well over 900 school children
taking part, staff and students from UWE’s Department of
Applied Sciences were kept busy throughout the day engaging
children in science and the natural world through a variety of
educational activities.
Other highlights included a lively debate on ‘What has
democracy done for the environment?’ led by Dr Darren
Reynolds (LS) as part of the festival’s Science Café theme.
The University’s engagement with the public, by a combination
of fun, education and research, helps to raise awareness of
the complexities and wonders of the natural world and the
importance of biodiversity for our planet. UWE is a member
of the Bristol Natural History Consortium, which organises the
Festival of Nature and BioBlitz Bristol.
Over the weekend, adults and children alike were given
the chance to explore many activities concerned with the
natural environment and the importance of biodiversity.
Educational activities included the construction of food webs,
For further information visit www.bnhc.org.uk/
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UWE students gain top typographic awards
Six UWE students have been given
awards for their graphic design
and typography work from the
prestigious International Society of
Typographic Designers (ISTD).
Listening to the rhythms of the
Severn Estuary
The Breath of the
Moon: listening to
tidal rhythms in
the Severn Estuary
Michaela Reiser, Senior Lecturer
in Digital Media (BIT), and Dr
Owain Jones, Senior Research
Fellow in Cultural Geography at
the Countryside and Community
Research Institute (CCRI) showed
visitors to the Bristol Festival of
Nature how the tidal rhythms of the
Severn Estuary audible can be made
audible through a process known as
sonification.
Sonification was developed by
Michaela Reiser as a means by
which patterns and rhythms
in systems such as bodies and
landscapes can be made readable
through sound and music. The aim
of this project is to raise awareness
of this internationally important
landscape which faces many
pressures.
The Severn Estuary has the highest
tides in Europe and the second
highest tides in the world. The
tides are incredible spectacles of
nature in themselves, and the
inter-tidal lands they create are
internationally important wildlife
habitats and also important for
archaeology and other heritages.
All this rich cultural and biodiversity
is in close proximity to the large
industrial developments, and the
3,000,000 people who live in large
urban conurbations and small rural
communities around the estuary’s
shores.
The exhibit included a computer
generated sonification of the tidal
rhythms at Avonmouth Docks,
photographs, 12 ‘fantastic facts’
about the estuary, including the
uncertain future it faces, and a
handout of facts and images.
Three of the students – Jono
Lewarne, Ged Palmer and Myles
Lucas, received merit awards at
the 2010 ISTD Student Award
ceremony in London on 2 July, out
of only five awarded in the UK by
the Society this year. They will be
admitted to membership of the
Society along with fellow UWE
students Rowan Caney, Romilly
Winter and Liam Randall who have
gained the high level of expertise needed.
Graphic design and typography by Jono Lewarne
The ISTD is the professional body run by and for typographers, graphic designers
and educators. It seeks to foster a symbiotic relationship between education and
industry by publishing and promoting the highest quality contemporary practice
amongst its international membership. Its aims are to establish and maintain
standards of typography within the professional design and education communities,
through the forum of debate and design practice.
UWE Graphic Design Lecturer John Paul Dowling said, “For a graduating student
gaining membership to the Society gives them the edge when applying for work
within the creative industries. It is a difficult task and a great honour to be allowed
to put MISTD after one’s name. We are delighted for all the students - only five
merit awards were made in the whole of the UK and UWE won three of them.”
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Meet the Employers Fair
Thursday 14 October 2010, 10:00-16:00
UWE Exhibition and Conference Centre, Frenchay Campus
Whatever your degree, whatever year you are in, our employers are keen to
meet you. Meet representatives from a wide range of organisations
• Graduate and Placement Employers
• Volunteering
• Small Business Zone
• Creative Industries
• ‘Meet the Experts’ Talks
• Part-time Roles
• Careers Advice
...and much more
www.uwe.ac.uk/employersfair
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UWE helps set up SW network of
Allied Health Professionals mentors
NHS South West, with the help of
UWE, has set up a database of clinical
experts in the region who are willing
and able to support the development
of their colleagues. The initiative is part
of its aim to modernise the delivery of
continuing professional development
(CPD) for Allied Health Professionals
(AHPs). Medical Ultrasound Programme
Leader Viv Gibbs (HSC) worked on a
SW Strategic Health Authority funded
project, investigating the setting up a
system of mentorship for AHPs as part
of improving their CPD.
Viv says, “There is usually more demand
than funding available for CPD, and
it is becoming increasingly difficult
to release staff from their clinical
environment to attend structured
training courses. Many requests will
not get priority this year as clinical
pathways, rather than individuals, will
be the focus for funds.
“By establishing a network of clinical
experts/mentors across the region,
the potential exists to provide more
focused development for AHPs, as
well as offering career development
and networking opportunities for the
mentors. These mentors will not be able
to advise on funding or programme
availability, so interested parties must
go through their Strategic Service
Improvement Funding lead to get this
information.”
The database of people who have
offered to have their names publicised
as experts in a particular field can
be contacted by any AHP in the SW
in need of advice or training in this
area of expertise. The register was
compiled following the circulation of
a questionnaire to AHPs in the SW
and gives brief details of the areas of
expertise. Although those listed have
not officially been ‘kitemarked’ by
any professional body or educational
establishment, they have all identified
themselves as experts in their field. The
Clinical Experts Register can be found at
www.dayinthelife.org.uk/AHPresources.
aspx
CFPR develops industry links
The Centre for Fine Print Research (CFPR) has been engaged
in a number of events as part of a three year project funded
by HEIF 4 to encourage industrial partners to work with the
CFPR researchers on joint projects including KTPs.
companies from Eastern Europe, Middle East and Africa as
well as China and India. 77 per cent of attendees were senior
managers, company directors and owner/managers.
Nigel Roche, librarian from the St Bride Library in London
was quoted in the Ipex Daily, (Issue 6, 23 May 2010) “I’m
particularly taken with some technology I’ve seen for the 3-D
printing of objects (Centre for Fine Print Research stand). It
seems sci-fi now but I reckon in 20
years’ time it will be run of the mill.”
Several open evenings for industry have been held at the
CFPR labs at the Bower Ashton Campus which were attended
by over 70 people. These evenings resulted in two sand pit
sessions with the NHS which have
led to the preparation of external
funding bids exploring the potential
of the 3D print facilities.
As a result of the event several
companies have expressed an interest
in the potential of working with
CFPR. These include Octi-Tech, Futures
(Wales) Ltd, Canon (UK) Ltd, Sun
Chemical, Russell & Chapple Fine
Art Textiles, School of Continuing
and Professional Studies, New York
University.
The CFPR has also been working
with the Department of Art and
Design to co-ordinate a series of
sand pit sessions open to academic
staff within CA to help UWE staff
with collaborative research or
knowledge transfer bids.
The first of three two day pilot
Current CFPR industry partners include
projects focused on possibilities of
Hewlett Packard Labs, Tate Gallery,
3D object made in CFPR using the new
three dimensional print and wide
British Museum and Inveresk Paper.
3D print technology
format digital print and laser cutting.
New commercial clients in the last
During the two-day sessions free
twelve months include Roland DRG,
thinking has been encouraged in order to delve deep into the
Minuteman Press, A.J. Wells and Dycem.
problems on the agenda, and to uncover innovative solutions
Joanna Montgomery, (Research Manager, CFPR) said, “The
and the rapid evolution of radical ideas.
3 D print technology which we have in CFPR is truly ground
In additon CFPR was given a free stand at Ipex 18-25 May
breaking. We are finding that once we talk to industrial
2010 at the NEC, Birmingham to showcase their research in
partners they are very impressed with the potential of
the heart of the Ipex Knowledge Centre. Ipex is the world’s
working with us and this technology. We also want to ensure
biggest English-speaking event for print, publishing and
that researchers in our own Faculty and throughout the
media. It is the international industry event to find out where
University understand what we are doing in CFPR, and the
the market is going. Nearly 50,000 visitors attended from 135
wide range of potential applications. Our discussions with the
countries, as well as 20,000 exhibitors, and 500 international
NHS show there are many areas for the application of
media personnel. The largest overseas visitor groups came
CFPR technology.”
from France, Germany, Netherlands with notable numbers of
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Dr Jenny Knapp (BRIG-H Project Manager, University of
Bristol) and Professor Robin Means (Associate Dean, HLS)
at the UWE BRIG-H seminar
BRIG-H comes to UWE
More than 60 UWE staff attended a seminar in June to
hear about a major new health initiative in Bristol. The
Bristol Research and Innovation Group for Health (BRIG-H)
is an ambitious Bristol-wide strategic health research and
innovation partnership between UWE, University of Bristol,
NHS Bristol, University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation
Trust, North Bristol NHS Trust and Avon and Wiltshire
Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust.
Led by Professor Robin Means (Associate Dean, HLS), the
seminar heard how BRIG-H is seeking to realise the full
potential of health-related research and innovation in
Bristol through effective partnership working. Professor
Means, who sits on the BRIG-H Strategy Board, said, “The
driver behind BRIG-H is to develop Bristol’s reputation for
excellence in health research and promote it nationally
and internationally. This will be achieved by investing
strategically, building capacity and forging major new
cross-disciplinary collaborations.”
BRIG-H, which held its first annual symposium in March, is
also aiming to provide a joined-up approach to research
governance and innovation across the partnership. Dr
Amanda Longley (RBI), who is on the BRIG-H Operations
Group, said, ”Joined up support for research governance
is a top priority for the initiative. This will include support
at pre and post award stages as well as collaborative
training in aspects of research governance such as good
practice in clinical research. There are significant benefits
and efficiencies to be achieved by working together,
particularly on specialist areas of research support.”
Among the initiatives already supported by BRIG-H is a
study of public and patient involvement in health research
being undertaken by UWE’s Dr David Evans (HLS). David’s
study, which featured in the first BRIG-H symposium,
is looking to develop a collaborative approach and
methodology to support public, including patient and
carer involvement in research across participating NHS
stakeholders in South West England.
For more information on BRIG-H, contact Ruth Quinn (RBI)
on 82947, Ruth.Quinn@uwe.ac.uk. Staff are also invited
to access the BRIG-H Web Portal, hosted by the National
Institute for Health Research (NIHR) at https://portal.
nihr.ac.uk/sites/brig-h. In order to do this, complete a
registration form available from Ruth Quinn or the BRIG-H
Project Manager, Dr Jenny Knapp, at the University of
Bristol, e-mail jenny.knapp@bristol.ac.uk.
Dr Neil Phillips (RBI) and Emma Carey (UKRO) at the
Marie Curie Regional Seminar
UWE hosts Marie Curie
proposal writing seminar
In a new initiative, UWE hosted a half day regional
seminar in May on the European Commission’s Marie
Curie Programme. The session was open to academics and
interested parties from across the region, with over 20
representatives attending from Oxford, Bath, Cardiff and
UWE.
Marie Curie Actions are funded by the EC and include
individual fellowships, staff exchange and network grants.
Led by Emma Carey of the UK Research Office in Brussels,
the seminar provided attendees with a deeper
understanding of the funding available, the bid evaluation
process and key issues that need to be addressed in
planning and writing proposals.
The seminar also provided a forum for discussion, and to
answer questions that applicants had relating to these
schemes. The closing date for submissions to the Marie
Curie Individual Fellowships call is 17 August 2010.
For additional details of EC funding opportunities contact
Dr Neil Phillips in RBI Neil.Phillips@uwe.ac.uk or go to http://
rbi.uwe.ac.uk/intranet/research/europeanprojects/efs.asp
UWE to host Disability
Football event
The Wheelchair Football Association will be holding an
introductory day for Powerchair Football on Saturday 21
August 2010 at UWE’s Centre for Sport.
The purpose of this event is to lay the foundations for new
clubs in the region, and to establish the beginnings of a
South West League. The sport is played in power (electric)
wheelchairs and is intended for physically disabled people,
particularly those who cannot access football through
other clubs. Men women and children can play in mixed
teams, with the stipulation that they can safely control a
powerchair.
For more information on this event please
e-mail Sam Bull on Sam.Bull@thewfa.org.uk
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NEWS
Olympic gold-medallist Jason Gardener
inspires businesses in the lead-up to
London 2012
UWE shows businesses how to win from 2012
Over 80 delegates from businesses in
the West of England found out how
they could benefit from opportunities
for profit and growth before, during
and after the London 2012 games.
At the event, held at the Guildhall
in Bath in June, small and medium
enterprises heard local Olympic
athlete Jason Gardener MBE give an
inspiring account of his success at the
2004 Athens games.
Organised by UWE and the Regional
Educational Legacy for Arts and Youth
Sport (RELAYS) in partnership with
Deloitte and Business Link, the event
was aimed at taking the mystery out
of tendering for contracts in the runup to the Olympic Games.
Expert speakers outlined how
businesses can make the most of the
support available in the region during
this once in a life-time opportunity.
Danny Bowerin from London 2012
sponsor Deloitte outlined how his firm
has engaged with the games and their
involvement with local communities.
Mally Findlater from Business Link
gave a unique insight into the official
contracting portal CompeteFor.
UWE’s Head of Procurement Helen
Baker spoke about Public Sector
Procurement and writing successful
tenders and Elaine Ashley from Bristol
City Council continued the theme,
focusing on sustainable procurement.
Guest speaker Jason Gardener gave
an inspiring insight into what it is
like to experience the Olympics first
hand, showing a video of his 4x100m
relay team winning gold at the 2004
Athens games. Jason emphasised the
importance of goal setting and focus
for both athletes and businesses in the
lead-up to the 2012 Games.
Kim Chang, RELAYS Sports Business
Fellow at UWE said, “These forums are
about signposting businesses to the
many opportunities and long-lasting
benefits of engaging with the London
2012 games and the wider sport and
health agenda. The event is part of
a series of forums in the South West
to have won the accolade of being
branded with the official Inspired by
London 2012 logo by LOCOG (London
Organising Committee for the
Olympic Games).”
The forum, entitled 'How to Win
Business before and beyond 2012',
was co-hosted in collaboration with
Partners in Procurement, Bath and
North East Somerset Council and Team
West of England. Two more events in
Cheltenham and Swindon are planned
for September and October. For more
information visit http://rbi.uwe.ac.uk/
relays/relaysevents.asp
For more information visit http://rbi.uwe.ac.uk/relays/relaysevents.asp
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Hockey camps for hotshots
Stall at the Festival of Nature
Building on the success of the Summer Camps, UWE
is also offering Hotshots Hockey Camps 2010 during
August. These enjoyable camps cater for beginners right
up to future regional and international stars. There are
two camps, the Aspire Camp for children aged 12-15,
from 9-12 August, and the Pre-Season Elite Camp for
16-18 year olds, from 16–19 August. Both will be taught
by the Centre for Sports Head Hockey Coach Turloch
O’Siochain.
UWE has some of the finest hockey facilities in the
United Kingdom, is a key partner in the National Hockey
Performance Centre Network and a home for a Junior
Performance Centre.
Mullion Cove receives business
fellowship from UWE and celebrates
its first birthday
Bookings for both camps can be made at
www.uwe.ac.uk/sport/sportscamps
Summer camps keep children active during the holidays
Mullion Cove, a Bristol-based business specialising in Cornish food and
drink, has been awarded a £5,000 enterprise fellowship through UWE’s
solutions4recession programme.
The fellowship will provide access to invaluable business guidance
and development through regular reviews, advice sessions and
targeted networking at UWE Ventures Bristol, the University’s business
incubation centre.
Company director, Sophie Bowden commented: “We are thrilled to
have received the solutions4recession award and are grateful to UWE
for giving us this chance to develop our ideas going forwards.
“Being based in UWE Ventures and working amongst like-minded
entrepreneurs will give Mullion Cove the development and networking
opportunities we need. The prospect of a panel of expert business
mentors from UWE and its partners advising us is just fantastic.”
The solutions4recession initiative launched in spring 2009 after UWE
won almost £500,000 through HEFCE’s Economic Challenge Investment
Fund. The programme assists individuals and companies impacted by
the current economic downturn and has helped hundreds of people to
improve their employment prospects or start businesses.
UWE’s Head of Business Partnership & Client Support, Fern
Urquhart has been delighted with the success. “In the past year
solutions4recession has assisted over 350 businesses,” she said. “We
have worked with all kinds of companies, from start-up businesses that
have benefitted from subsidised accommodation and support, to more
established businesses requiring affordable staff training options.”
“In addition, we’ve engaged with more than 1,400 individuals
experiencing unemployment or under notice of redundancy. It’s
satisfying to know that many have secured new jobs or started their
own enterprises, while others continue to take advantage of our free
workshops and subsidised courses.”
As well as its success in securing the fellowship, Mullion Cove is also
celebrating its first birthday. The company, which sources products
from small Cornish suppliers, initially started at the Tobacco Factory
market in south Bristol.
“It’s not easy starting a business during a recession,” said Sophie. “But
our success goes to show that local businesses are resilient, especially if
the local community are there to support them.”
“I would personally like to say thanks to all the customers and business
colleagues who have supported us over the last year. We are looking
forward continuing to bring the best of Cornish food and drink to the
Bristol market.”
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UWE sports camps will keep
kids active and entertained
this summer
UWE is offering children the chance to keep active and
entertained during the summer school holidays. The multiactivity camps combine sport, play, arts and craft into a
programme for a fun-fuelled summer.
The summer camps are open to children aged 8-13 and
welcome children of all abilities to gain knowledge of sport
and activities from qualified coaches.
Sports on offer include badminton, basketball, climbing,
football, kickboxing, netball, short tennis, street dance,
table tennis, tag ruby, trampolining, rounders, unihoc and
volleyball. Other activities include arts and crafts, t-shirt
design, sporting collages, inflatable fun days, treasure hunts
and much more.
The camps are running for five weeks during the summer
holidays, from Monday 26 July till Friday 27 August.
Operations Manager Helen Worboys said, “The Centre for
Sport at UWE aims to provide a fun and enjoyable holiday
experience that will encourage youngsters to develop and
build on new skills in a safe environment.”
Children can be dropped off between 8.30 and 9.15 and
collected between 16.45 and 17.30. Summer camps cost
£22 per day or £100 per week including an online discount.
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UWE economists
celebrate 10 years
of the Economics
Network
The Economics Network, the
Subject Centre of the Higher
Education Academy, recently
marked 10 successful years and
UWE economists joined them to
celebrate. The Subject Centre
provides training events, learning
and teaching resources, publications
and funding to scholars working
in the education of economics. Led
by UWE Professor Emeritus John
Sloman, the Subject Centre’s team
are at the forefront of web-based
learning and other education
technology initiatives.
Student Rowan Brandreth is a new
member of GB’s boardercross team
GB success for UWE’s boardercross athlete
Student Rowan Brandreth has just been selected for the Great Britain boardercross
team for the coming winter. He will be living with the GB team in Morzine, France,
taking part in full-time training in the gym and on the slopes before going to
Sweden for two weeks pre-season training in November.
Rowan has just completed his second year of a BA degree in Business Enterprise and
says, “Since competing in the student competitions it’s been my goal to achieve the
GB team. It’s going to be a huge commitment - but one I’m ready for. Being on the
Elite UWE programme has been a huge help to me - the financial support, strength
and conditioning, nutritional advice and physiotherapy has been invaluable to me.
It’s been a great catalyst for my success.”
Richard Bennett, Performance Manager of UWE’s Centre for Sport said, “This is an
impressive achievement for both Rowan and UWE and demonstrates that there is
real sporting talent here drawn to UWE by the support we are able to offer.”
Boardercross, or snowboard cross, became an Olympic sport in 2006. In it, four racers
start in a pack down a course, racing against each other over rolling terrain and a
series of jumps and ramps. The fastest two racers from each heat move on to the
next round.
Rowan’s achievements to date include twice winning silver medals at the British
University Dryslope Championships in boardercross, as well as a snowboard giant
slalom bronze medal. Rowan says, “Despite the glamour of the sport and attracting
a large number of sponsors for individual events, it remains largely unfunded below
World Cup level, with little support from the government for boardercross athletes.
My first season may be challenging but I am hoping to attract sponsors.”
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The Economics Network celebrated
at the Treasury, in the Churchill
Room, from the balcony of which
the then Prime Minister Winston
Churchill announced victory
in Europe in May 1945. UWE
economists joined colleagues from
over the UK and members of the
Government Economic Service,
now a major employer of UWE
Economics graduates. UWE was
represented by Paul Dowdall
(Head of Economics), a member
of the Subject Centre’s Advisory
Board, David Allen and Dr. Andrew
Mearman, both Associates of the
Subject Centre, and by Miriam Best
and Ryan Hoare, UWE students on
placement with the Subject Centre.
Dr Andrew Mearman, David Allen,
Professor John Sloman, Paul Dowdall,
Andy Ross (Deputy Director, Government
Economic Service), and Professor Neil
Rickman (Durham University, Chair of
the Conference of Heads of University
Departments of Economics).
Winterbourne Barn Trust to relaunch volunteer action days
Action days for staff and students at
the magnificent medieval tithe barn at
nearby Winterbourne are set to begin
again in the autumn. Richard Spalding,
Senior Lecturer in the Department
of Geography and Environmental
Management, has recently been elected
chair of the Winterbourne Medieval
Barn Trust, having been a volunteer for
the past ten years.
In his role, Richard co-ordinates the
ongoing work to bring the 14th
century barn complex back to life
as a community centre for rural
regeneration. The barn was built in
1342, just before the great plagues
that swept across England, and is a
fascinating survival of the medieval
agrarian economy. Having been in
continuous use as a working farmstead
for well over 600 years, the complex
began to fall into disrepair until it
was bought by South Gloucestershire
Council in the mid-1990s. The council
recognised that the building was of
historic national importance and that
it appeared on the ‘Buildings at Risk’
register of English Heritage.
From the mid-1980s a group of
concerned residents campaigned
vigorously to save the complex
from total dereliction. In 2001 the
Winterbourne Barn Development
Group was established and this led to
the formation of the Winterbourne
Medieval Barn Trust in 2005. Recent
repairs to the main barn and south
range of the complex have saved the
site from complete dereliction.
Richard said, “I have learned so much
about helping to build the capacity of
a charitable organisation during this
time and now find myself with the
responsibility of chairing the Trust as it
moves into its next action phase.
For the last two years Richard has
involved UWE students in practical
volunteering on site with the support
of Helen Seacombe, the Students’
Union Volunteer Support Officer, who
says “Volunteers from UWE have been
to the barn time and time again and
really enjoyed volunteering alongside
other members of the community and
discovering another area of Bristol.
We’ve also supported the Orchard
Harvest Festival at the barn, which is a
great community event.”
The next Community Action Days will
be on September 18, October 9 and
November 20 at the barn– so get your
gloves on and go and help them in
the quest!
Main picture: A student
volunteer sorts roof tiles
for the restoration work
Credit: Emma Darnton
Inset picture: Inside the
magnificent fourteenth
century barn Credit:
James Kline Below:
Community fair at
the newly restored
Winterbourne Barn
Credit: Linda Hall
Richard has also been developing the
Community Volunteering module in FET.
He says, “UWE has a great opportunity
to use Winterbourne Medieval Barn as
one of its chosen links for continuing
the development of community
engagement into the future”.
unique building can be brought into
community use for activities such as
nature conservation studies; courses on
vegetable and fruit growing, cooking
and eating; history activities; art and
crafts and as a meeting and celebration
space.”
The Trust is working with the owners
of the site, South Gloucestershire
Council, to put in place a programme
of restoration which will bring the site
back to life as a heritage-led education
project. Much of Richard’s teaching
and research at UWE matches perfectly
with the rural regeneration agenda,
especially as regards debates on food
and place and the role of cultural
landscapes in offering a potential way
ahead for countryside sustainability.
Anna Kawar, CVP Staff Volunteer
Project Co-ordinator, says, “Richard’s
work with Winterbourne Barn and UWE
volunteers is a great example of how
we can develop our community links for
the benefit of the community and UWE
students and staff.”
He continued, “Involvement in the
project gives me huge satisfaction in
helping to shape the growth of the
organisation so that this historic and
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For more information on the Barn
project go to
www.winterbournebarn.co.uk.
If you are a staff member who would
like to get involved in action days or
you want to promote this opportunity
to your students, please contact:
cvp@uwe.ac.uk
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Education
Without Borders
The UWE Refugee and Migrant
Support (RMS) Hub first Education
Without Borders conference during
refugee week on June 17, chaired by
Assistant Vice- Chancellor Professor Ron
Ritchie, attracted over 100 delegates
from a hugely diverse background,
including academics, members of the
Bristol refugee community and other
underrepresented minority communities,
students and other professional persons.
In his welcome address Deputy ViceChancellor John Rushforth said despite
general cuts to HE funding in the UK,
UWE is still committed to promoting
its inclusive and public engagement
agendas.
In his key note, Council for Assisting
Refugee Academics, Professor John
Akker said, “Refugees have key skills
that may need developing and this is
why it is essential that there is more
funding from universities to assist
refugees and make education accessible
to them”. Fazil Kawani, a prominent
Iraqi refugee and Head of Development
of the Refugee Council in London said,
“Refugees and asylum seekers often
leave everything behind and flee from
persecution; however they do not
leave behind their skills, memories, and
education.”
Pro Vice-Chancellor and Executive
Dean of SSH , Jem Thomas wrote to
Dr Ibrahim Shaw, RMS Hub Project
Manager: “I have had terrific feedback
on last week’s Education Without
Borders event. Many congratulations to
you and the RMS Hub team for putting
on a great Community Engagement and
Human Rights Conference.”
“This conference has given the work
of the Hub at UWE externally more
visibility going by the many positive
feeds received from participants, and
we are hoping to follow up on some of
the key issues that emerged out of the
discussions in the two plenary sessions
and four parallel workshops to improve
accessibility of HE for refugees and
other underrepresented migrants,” said
Dr Shaw.
In the photo Left to Right: Dr. Billie Oliver, Claire Barber, Professor Steve Neill, Sue Yates
Adult Nursing student wins
June Lancaster Travel Award
Adult Nursing student Claire Barber has become the first student to win
the Faculty of Health and Life Sciences June Lancaster Travel Award. This
travel scholarship is awarded by The Gane Trust Charity to enable students
in Health and Social Care the opportunity to deepen their knowledge and
understanding of their professional practice area within a global context.
Claire will be travelling to Coimbatore in Tamil Nadu, Southern India to
spend 4 weeks at PSG College of Nursing comparing cultural differences in
the training of nurses between the UK and India. Claire said “I am really
looking forward to exploring the diversity of service that is offered in Tamil
Nadu. In particular I hope to gain insight into how they treat long term
conditions such as diabetes and cardiac care. I am very grateful to the Gane
Trust for awarding me this scholarship which will enable me to support
myself safely while travelling within the community of Coimbatore”.
Sue Yates, Adult Nursing Academic for the Nurse Elective Group said “We are
absolutely delighted that Claire has been chosen to receive this award. She
really embraced the objectives of the Gane Trust in her application and was a
clear winner for this year’s scholarship.”
Professor Steve Neill (Acting Dean of Health and Life Sciences) presented
Claire with the initial cheque for £800. A further £200 will be awarded
following completion of the project and submission of a report. Claire
will be making a presentation of the outcomes of her trip at the Nursing
International Options Open Afternoon in December 2010 at which
representatives from the Gane Trust will be present.
The June Lancaster Travel Scholarship is available to all third year
undergraduate nursing and social work students proposing to undertake
an overseas elective placement or Erasmus exchange option. The Gane
Trust is a small local charitable trust ‘supporting and celebrating art, design,
craftsmanship or welfare and social welfare’. In association with the Faculty
of Health and Life Sciences the Trust offers a £1,000 travel scholarship to
one undergraduate student each year to ‘enhance their studies in way that
otherwise may not have been open to them’. The June Lancaster Award is
made in memory of one of their Trustees.
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Dianne Francombe retires
Dianne Francombe worked for the
University of the West of England
from 1 July 1974 until she retired on
31 January 2010. Di’s career at UWE
spans a period of 35 years during which
she held a variety of roles culminating
in her senior management role as
Director, Admissions and International
Recruitment (AIR) which she held since
1997.
Di made a major contribution to the
success of the University’s student
recruitment over this time. Her wideranging experience both nationally and
internationally in the field of admissions
and student recruitment meant she
determined policy and strategy as well
as operational matters for this important
area of the University. Di has also been
engaged at a senior level in various
University–wide initiatives and projects
including: a major project to re-engineer
the University’s business processes,
implementing a new online IT system
for admissions and recruitment, reviews
of the academic portfolio, the student
experience and learning and teaching
development.
Di‘s experience and skills meant she was
highly sought after as an acknowledged
expert in the field of admissions and
recruitment to HE and for many years
has been a familiar figure at higher
education conferences and other
events both in the UK and abroad. Di has contributed to conferences,
events, working groups and reviews
organised by the Careers Research
Advisory Council, Council of Europe,
Secondary Heads Association (SHA),
Qualifications and Curriculum Authority
(QCA), Governments and Universities
and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS)
and locally the Bristol-China Partnership
and the Anglo Polish Society. Di is also
a founder member of the DfES/UCAS
Curriculum Development group which
advises the DfES on the impact on HE of
curriculum developments in secondary
education. She has been a member of a
number national groups and committees
including the Council for the Central
Applications Board; Chair of the UCAS
Tariff Advisory Group and a member of
the UCAS Tariff Reference Group. We wish Di every success for her future.
Accident reconstruction at UWE gives students valuable insight
The University teamed up with
South Gloucestershire Council and
Avon Fire and Rescue to give South
Gloucestershire students a unique
experience, when the social care
conference they were attending
was interrupted by an accident
reconstruction.
A scene from the accident reconstruction
The conference took place on Monday
28 June at the UWE Exhibition and
Conference Centre. It was organised by
South Gloucestershire Council to give
over 120 students on BTEC social care
courses a valuable insight into how
families are supported by the health
and social care sector.
The conference started with a keynote
speech from George Painter of radio
station Heart Fm, focusing on the role
commercial radio plays within the
community on care related issues. His
talk was interrupted by a telephone call
asking him to report on a motorway
accident nearby, and he then asked the
students to accompany him. Outside,
the students watched an accident
reconstruction involving a family staged
by the South Gloucestershire Road
Safety team and Avon Fire and Rescue
Service.
After witnessing the crash
reconstruction, the students then met
professionals from across the health
and social care sector, who advised
on the care and support they could
provide for the family involved in the
mocked-up accident, who thankfully
only received minor physical injuries but
were traumatised. The students then
completed an assignment based on
the accident reconstruction which links
directly into their BTEC programme.
Bev Green, Head of Partnerships (AID),
said, “The accident reconstruction is
an excellent way of bringing studies to
life for these BTEC students, we hoped
they found it an inspiring experience
and that it will give them a taste of the
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career opportunities open to them in
the future.”
Watch Manager John Davies from Avon
Fire and Rescue Service said: “We’re
delighted to have been invited to take
part in this innovative event. Not only
will it help the students with their
studies, it also gives us an opportunity
to highlight road safety messages to
young people who are likely to become
new drivers or thinking about learning
to drive within a few years.”
NEWS
European Court Judge to give Centre
for Legal Research Annual Lecture
The annual lecture of the Bristol Law
School’s Centre for Legal Research is to
be given by George Arestis, Judge at
the Court of Justice of the European
Union (ECJ). Judge Arestis will give his
lecture on European Citizenship and the
elimination of discriminatory measures
among European citizens, with special
reference to social benefits.
The original lecture had to be
re-scheduled because of the flight ban
resulting from the Icelandic volcanic
ash, but the lecture is still very timely.
The ratification of the Lisbon Treaty in
December 2009 will have wide-ranging
implications for the United Kingdom,
both domestically and in terms of its
relationship with the rest of Europe.
Originally formulated in the Maastricht
Treaty in1992, the concept of European
citizenship, combined with the principle
of non-discrimination on the ground
of nationality, is at the heart of the
free movement of persons, one of the
fundamental freedoms established
under the European Union Treaties.
George Arestis was a member of the
Cypriot Supreme Court before becoming
an ECJ judge in 2004. He has given
lectures at a number of universities in
the UK, and was the keynote speaker
at the 2009 Training Programme
for National judges in European
Competition Law organised in May 2009
in Cyprus by Bristol Law School and
Palermo University.
Association
of University
Administrators (AUA)
Join AUA now and benefit from
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support for your career development
networking opportunities
information on current HE issues
a world of new opportunities within
the sector
• the opportunity to travel
(through application for
travel awards)
The annual lecture is to be given at the
Watershed, Bristol on Monday 4 October
2010 at 18.00. The lecture is free, but it
is essential to reserve a place in advance
in order to gain admission
The UWE Bristol Branch of the AUA
contributes to the professionalisation of
the UWE Administrator by promoting
the work of the Association and by
working with the University to embed
the Code of Professional Standards in a
more high profile manner.
To reserve a place please
e-mail SSHevents@uwe.ac.uk by
16 September 2010.
For further information please visit
http://law.uwe.ac.uk/news/pdf/crl-lecture.
pdf.
For an information pack on the benefits
of being a member of the AUA, please
contact either Pat Hughes, Patricia.
Hughes@uwe.ac.uk or Teresa Stephens,
Teresa2.Stephens@uwe.ac.uk, UWE Joint
AUA Branch Co-ordinators.
Bristol’s Somalis in Context - UWE,
knowledge exchange and the
Somali Diaspora
Earlier this year, Madge Dresser was awarded £3,500 of public engagement
monies by the Faculty of Humanities, Languages and Social Science—where
did the money go?
Part of it went to funding last May’s international symposium on The Somali
diaspora in context, where keynote speakers Dr Rima Berns-McGown of the
University of Toronto and Professor Mauro Tosco of the University of Turin
met with British and Somali researchers and students. The papers ranged
from a survey of Somalia’s varied linguistic heritage to the gendered impact
of war on Somalia and its consequences for the British Somali diaspora.
The symposium, organised by Madge Dresser (History) in co-operation
with UWE colleagues Jeanette Saekel (Linguistics) and (Jane Tarr and Nick
Clough (Education), was distinguished by the high quality of discussion and
interdisciplinary exchange.
On Friday 1 September, a free public conference will be held entitled Who
are Bristol’s Somalis?, aimed at both policy providers and representatives of
Bristol’s Somali organisations. Dr. Martin Orwin of London University’s School
of Oriental and African Studies will open the day of lectures and workshop
discussion. Speakers will include Nisar Majid and Hannah White, two final
year doctoral students from Bristol University and UWE’s own Rebecca
Richards (Politics). The conference will be held at St Paul’s Family Learning
Centre, Grosvenor Road, Bristol.
For further information and registration details, please visit www.uwe.ac.uk/
hlss/faculty/news/0910/bristols-somalis.shtml or contact Rose West, Events
Officer via e-mail SSHevents@uwe.ac.uk.
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Creative Arts
Foundation Degree
Students win Art Award
Two Fine Art students on the
Foundation Degree in Creative Arts
have been awarded study grants by the
Bristol Decorative and Fine Arts Society.
The Society offers £500 each annually
to an HE student at Filton College’s
Queens Road, a Fine Art student at UWE
and a History of Art student at Bristol
University. The purpose of the grants is
to allow them to further their personal
development outside their course
of study. The Society’s judges were
so impressed with the Filton College
applicants this year that they decided
to make a £400 grant to second year
student Zanne Andrea and another £400
to first year Gordon Bon.
Zanne will visit Leipzig to see a major
retrospective work by the renowned
German artist Neo Rausch and the
Spinnerei gallery/studio where Rausch
works. This month Gordon attended
a five day Introduction to Curating
Contemporary Art Exhibitions summer
school at Chelsea College of Art. Both
will be expected to make a presentation
to a meeting of the Bristol Decorative
Fine Arts Society on their return.
Concepts of
health and
illness
Over the past three decades,
various accounts of health, illness
and disease have been proposed
by researchers from history,
sociology, law, philosophy, public
health and economics. Often,
however, proponents of various
accounts have been isolated
within their own discipline with
an apparent unawareness of
competing accounts. As a result,
while there are now a number
of different accounts of health,
illness and disease available,
there is no consensus about
which, if any, of these accounts is
ultimately acceptable and what
implications each account may
have.
A three-day international
conference will be held in Q
Block, Frenchay Campus from
Wednesday 1 September to
Friday 3 September and will
explore differences and overlaps
between these different
accounts. The conference aims to
bring together researchers from
multiple disciplines to create
dialogue between them, as well
as between researchers and
health care practitioners, on the
concepts of health, illness and
disease.
Havi Carel notes “This conference
is a unique opportunity to
bring together experts from a
variety of fields to engage with
conceptual questions about
illness. These include: What is
illness? How is it different to
disease? Is disease merely a
biological dysfunction, or does it
contain a social and evaluative
dimension? What definition of
illness is the most useful one
for our health care needs? This
conference is funded by the
AHRC, as part of my project on
concepts of health, illness and
disease.”
There are still places available.
For further information and to
register please visit www.uwe.
ac.uk/hlss/courses/philosophy/
ahrc_chid_network.shtml.
FLEX Zone new learning
space on
Frenchay
Campus
On Wednesday 30 June
a launch hosted by
Professor Geoff Channon
took place for FLEX Zone, a
newly refurbished space in E Block on Frenchay
Campus. FLEX Zone comprises three distinct areas:
The FL
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projec
t team
Lectorial Room
This room will be used for formal scheduled teaching. With a capacity of 48, it has the
flexibility to deliver small lectures but will also facilitate group work.
Open Access Study Space
This room combines comfortable seating with a range of IT enabled study areas. It
is available for all students to use. There is also a separate vending area supplying a
range of refreshments for students using this space.
GDP / PAL Room
This room is slightly less formal than the lectorial room. It provides a dedicated group
based facility specifically for the scheduling of GDP and PAL activities.
Karen West, Head of CETTS and Project Manager said, “The FLEX Zone was created
by the Concept teaching rooms project funded by Facilities. This is part of an ongoing
project to create experimental learning and teaching spaces which we can use to
inform masterplanning. By working closely with the academic staff and students who
use these spaces we can gain valuable feedback to evaluate the success of different
spaces, to ensure that new and redeveloped spaces meet the needs of a 21st century
university.”
Academic staff are invited to make bookings in the Lectorial and GDP/PAL rooms
through their Faculty timetabling team. For further information about FLEX Zone –
contact Karen.West@uwe.ac.uk
Emerald Literati Network 2010
Awards for Excellence
Micheal Heaton
UWE graduate (2007) and occasional
visiting lecturer to the Faculty of the
Built Environment, Michael Heaton has
won this year’s Emerald Literati Award
for Excellence for his paper Building
Palaeopathology: Practical Applications
of Archaeological Building Analysis
published in Vol 27 No 2 of Structural
Survey. The paper demonstrates
the practical benefits of ‘building
recording’ to building conservation
and refurbishment projects and the
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academic and legal context of the
techniques. Michael is working on a
follow-up paper provisionally titled:
How medieval is a medieval house?,
that will examine the nature and extent
of primary fabric survival in historic
structures using archaeological ‘building
recording’ projects as case studies. Visit www.emeraldinsight.com/literati
to read Michael’s winning entry.
NEWS
UWE student named Clarke Willmott Young Artist of the Year
Student Alice Jones has been presented
with the Clarke Willmott Young Artist
of the Year Award by the Bristol firm of
solicitors.
Alice, a final year Drawing and Applied
Arts student at the School of Creative
Arts, won with her piece, Movements
in Sleep, which attempts to capture
the fleeting moments and subliminal
movements that she experiences while
sleeping and dreaming.
She said "It is a huge honour to be
presented with this award, which will
give me greater opportunity to continue
my practice and develop my skills. I
plan to travel and experience different
cultures and apply the experience to my
work".
National law firm Clarke Willmott
LLP has teamed up with the Creative
Arts Enterprise Office, to launch the
Young Artist of the Year Award. A
total of 49 submissions were received,
26 of which made it onto the
shortlist to be exhibited at the firm's
private client summer party at their
Harbourside offices. The works were
of an exceptional standard, including
paintings, photographs, sculptures,
installations and digital media, and
some students sold their work at the
event.
Guests attending from the local business
community were asked to place their
vote in the ballot box and at the end
of the evening Alice was declared the
winner and presented with a cheque for
£1000.
This award is the first annual
competition sponsored by Clarke
Willmott. Professor Paul Gough, ProVice Chancellor, Research and Enterprise
said, “The work was really imaginatively
displayed, with excellent use made of
the riverside location - a real credit
to the Faculty and the University. I
look forward to next year’s event and
to many such future collaborations
between Bristol's thriving business
community and the excellent work
produced by our students.”
Alice Jones is presented with the Clarke
Willmott Award by Anthony Fairweather
UWE sponsors Pride Bristol
The University is sponsoring Pride Bristol
2010 on 21 August. The event will
celebrate the lesbian, gay, bisexual and
transgender (LGBT) community across
the South West in the spirit of diversity.
Rainbow flag
Pride Bristol 2010 culminates in a free
one day festival at Castle Park on
Saturday 21 August following a week
of diverse cultural events from 14
August – 22 August. UWE has a stall in
the Community Tent at the event on 21
August.
UWE’s Equality and Diversity Champion,
Professor Ron Ritchie, Assistant Vice
Chancellor, Partnerships, Diversity
and Civic Engagement, said, “UWE is
committed to becoming an inclusive
University, as we see this benefiting all
students and staff. Supporting Pride
Bristol and its celebration of diversity is,
for us, an important contribution to that
aspiration.”
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UWE’s strong commitment to LGBT
equality has been strengthened
by joining the Stonewall Diversity
Champion programme and the university
has been working closely with Stonewall
and stakeholders to develop an LGBT
equality action plan.
Recently, UWE was rated as one of the
top seven most LGB friendly universities
for students, scoring 9 out of 10, in
Stonewall University Guide.
Luke Tryl of Stonewall said “It is great to
see UWE is doing a lot for LGB students
and I hope some of the best practices
can be shared by other institutions.”
For information, visit
www.gaybydegree.org.uk/
For more information
www.pridebristol.com
CA schools project
links creativity and
sustainability
Students and staff from the School of Creative
Arts are working with South Gloucestershire
Schools to deliver the Art and Design
Challenge, a project that asks Year 10 school
students to engage with issues of sustainability.
Students have to make a piece of art or design
work which raises awareness of sustainability
issues amongst their peers and fellow school
students in South Gloucestershire.
Students will take workshops in Fashion
Design – turning discarded garments into new
and desirable items; Illustration – developing
an editorial image using recycled papers that
draws attention to sustainability issues; and
Sculpture – considering how items we think
of as rubbish can be given a new lease of
life. The project has been developed by the
School of Creative Arts working with Caryl
Nurse, Teaching and Learning Adviser at South
Gloucestershire Council, and teacher Beth
Owen, (Bradley Stoke Community School).
Caryl says “It is really important that young
people understand what they can do with their
creative skills if they do choose to pursue Art
and Design focused careers. An understanding
of the ways in which artists and designers
work, and how they are contributing to
changing attitudes towards these issues offers
our students a really good opportunity to
think about how they might want to work in
the future. It is also gives them the chance to
take part in a live project with an exhibition
outcome and the opportunity to work with
students at UWE is really positive.”
The school students will be shown examples
of the ways artists, designers and media
practitioners are addressing sustainability
issues, including media campaigns, making
desirable items or fabrics out of waste
materials and designing products so they are
100 per cent recyclable.
Sam Thomson, Co-ordinator of Engagement
with Schools, Colleges and Community in the
School of Creative Arts says “Sustainability
is such a crucial issue for young people, and
designers and artists have a central role to
play in developing solutions for everyone.
This project is a brilliant opportunity for
our undergraduates and staff to work with
school students to share ideas and generate
innovative thinking about how creative
practitioners can contribute further to reducing
unsustainable activities.”
Following on from the launch day and
workshops at UWE held on 7 June 2010,
student ambassadors and staff will go to the
schools to work with pupils on their own
individual projects which will then be exhibited
in schools across South Gloucestershire.
Students help with
Carnival Preparations
Final year students from the School of Creative Arts took time out
from preparations for their annual degree show to work with pupils
at Cabot Primary School in Bristol to design and make costumes for
the school’s parade in this year’s St Paul’s Carnival.
The carnival theme of ‘He-roes and She-roes’ was the starting point
for the project, in which pupils were asked to reflect on their own
ideas about what a he-ro or a she-ro might be – ranging from the
classic superhero to those heroes that we might encounter in day
to day life. The UWE students worked with the school pupils to
develop creative, ambitious and colourful costumes which reflect their
individual interests and demonstrate the skills that they have learnt.
Sam Thomson, Co-ordinator of Engagement with Schools, Colleges
and Community in the School of Creative Arts says: “Our students
loved working on this project. It is a fantastic way for them to use
their creative skills and they gain really valuable experience in working
with younger people, which lots of them are interested in doing when
they finish university. The work that they’re all making together is
fantastic and we’re very much hoping that this will become an annual
event.”
The School of Creative Arts runs an extensive programme of
workshops, projects and activities with schools and colleges
throughout the year.
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News in Brief
NEWS
Staff in the media
Jennie Parker (FAS) joined Dr Phil Hammond,
the in house Doctor on BBC Radio Bristol and
BBC Somerset on 24 July for a live phone in on
the Saturday Surgery programme.
National University of Ireland, Merrion Square,
Dublin, on Thursday 16 September at 18.30,
ISBN: 978-1-84545-672-6 and website: www.
berghahnbooks.com/title.php?rowtag=MooreFolk
Appointments
Lisa Harrison (Politics) was a commentator
on BBC Radio 4’s You and Yours programme on
6 July 2010 to discuss the government’s Your
Freedom website which is asking the general
public to make proposals for changes to laws.
Ray Priest, Principal of the City Academy, Bristol,
and an honorary graduate of UWE, has been
appointed as a Visiting Professor who will have
a link with UWE next year, supporting UWE’s
partnership work with schools.
Dr Tony King (SSH) had an opinion piece on
what staging the World Cup means to South
Africa published in the Western Daily Press on
Friday 18 June.
Dr Mark Tooley, who is closely associated with
the Institute of Bio-Sensing Technology (IBST)
has been appointed as a visiting professor. Mark
serves on the IBST Scientific Advisory Group,
where his knowledge and experience has been
critical in identifying opportunities within the
health care environment. He has been actively
involved in the development of projects linking
the research of UWE, Bristol and research
and clinical developments in the Royal United
Hospital. In addition, his conference organising
experience together with his extensive network of
contacts has been utilised through his co-option
onto the Advisory Board for the IBST International
Conference on Bio-Sensing Technology.
Charlotte Hopes (CA), and Alice Jones
(Drawing and Applied Arts) the student who
won the Clarke Willmott Young Artist prize,
were interviewed on Monday 21 June by Bristol
Community Radio about the degree show.
James White (CAR) was interviewed on Tuesday
22 June by Heart FM about the Appearance
Matters conference and the paper he presented
on the link between reading celebrity gossip
magazines and how it can encourage eating
disorders in teenagers.
Phillippa Diedrichs (CAR) was part of a
discussion about body image on BBC Radio 4
Woman’s Hour on Wednesday 23 June.
Christien van den Anker (SSH) was interviewed
on BBC Radio Bristol on Sunday 27 June and by
the Dutch newspaper Trouw about the Global
Ethics Conference at UWE.
Ann Grand (LS) was interviewed on BBC Radio
Bristol on Monday 28 June about her talk on
Open Science at the Bristol Science Café.
Publications
Professor Rob Cuthbert (EDU) has a chapter on
‘Failing the challenge of institutional evaluation:
how and why managerialism flourishes’ in
Bamber R, P Trowler and M Saunders (eds) (2010)
Evaluative practices in higher education: an
international view Maidenhead: Open University
Press/McGraw-Hill
The Summer 2010 issue of Higher Education
Review has an article by Professor Rob Cuthbert
(Education) on ‘Students as customers?’,
re-conceiving the relationship between the
university and the student to analyse the part that
markets can play in governing and managing the
higher education system.
Sue Cullimore and Jonathan Simmons (EDU)
have just had an article published in the latest
issue of Research in Post-Compulsory Education
(Volume 15, Number 2/June 2010, pp 223-39):
The emerging dilemmas and challenges for
mentors and mentees in the new context for
training in-service teachers for the Learning and
Skills sector.
Stuart McClean (HSC) and Ronnie Moore edited
Folk Healing and Health Care Practices in Britain
and Ireland: stethoscopes, wands and crystals, the
book will be launched at the Campus Bookstore,
Facilities and Estates are pleased to note that
Vaughan Castell has passed the Institute of
Leadership and Management (ILM) Level 5
Certificate in Management. He is now Associate
Membership of the ILM.
Conferences
Dr Marie Mulvey-Roberts (English, HLSS)
recently gave the keynote lecture with Professor
Janet Todd at the conference she co-organised
entitled Celebrating Women's Writing at Lucy
Cavendish College Cambridge. This conference
was a celebration of the journal Women’s Writing
on women writers before the First World War,
which they co-founded in 1994. At a reception
sponsored by their publisher Routledge, the
latest issue, entitled Women Out Loud, was
launched. This commemorates the work of Dr
Mary Waldron, a former reviews editor and
editorial board member, who carried out some
of her most important work in Bristol for her
acclaimed critical biography of Ann Yearsley, the
local eighteenth-century ‘milkwoman poet’ and
campaigner against the slave trade.
Dr Helen Frisby, (Department of History,
HLSS), gave a paper on the English folk funeral,
c1840-1914, at a one-day conference of the
Centre for Death and Society, University of Bath,
on 19 June. The conference title was A Good
Send Off: Local, Regional and National Variations
in how the British Dispose of their Dead. Dr
Frisby’s paper argued that, despite the obvious
(and fascinating) localised variations in folk ritual
and superstition during this period, one may
nevertheless detect a very consistent underlying
presumption that the living could and should
engage in ritual in order to maintain relationships
with the dead, and also to aid the post-mortem
journey of the soul.
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Manuel Frutos-Perez (Deputy Manager,
E-learning Development Unit) was invited
to give an expert talk on Technology Enhanced
Learning at a conference in India in May. Manuel
delivered his talk remotely (thereby saving time,
money and CO2). Details of the talk can be
accessed through Manuel’s blog:
http://blogs.uwe.ac.uk/people/manuel-frutosperez/archive/2010/05/24/remote-expert-talk.
aspx. Manuel’s presentation can be seen as a 45
minute animated movie that can be accessed
online at:www.uwe.ac.uk/elearning/seminars/
edumatics2010/start.html
Richard Bond (RBI) recently made two
presentations at the annual Association
of Research Managers and Administrators
Conference in Manchester. A joint presentation
with Pamela Johnstone (Bournemouth University)
focused on Enabling research in a non researchintensive environment, exploring the strategies
of post-1992 universities in developing research
capability. Richard also gave a presentation on
What do research managers manage? which
looked at the relationship between research
managers and researchers and the role played by
managers in the research process.
Dr Lorna Collins (BBS) principal lecturer in
Strategy (enterprise and creativity) presented a
paper Emotional Labour in the Family Business
at the recent European Institute for Advanced
Studies in Management 6th Annual Workshop
on Family Business on 6 June 2010. The paper
describes an in-depth study of Thorntons, the UK
chocolate giant, focusing on the emotional labour
within the family unit.
Ben Ramdani (BBS) presented a paper at the
14th Conference of the International Business
Information Management Association, on 24
June 2010. The paper, entitled: Embracing
Enterprise 2.0: Moving Towards Accelerated
Business Models was co-authored with Dr Tazeeb
Rajwani from Cranfield School of Management.
Tony Flegg (BBS) presented a paper entitled
Regional Input−Output Tables and the FLQ
Formula: A Case Study of Finland (co-authored
with Timo Tohmo of the University of Jyväskylä,
Finland) at the following conferences: Regional
Studies Association International Conference,
Pécs, Hungary, 24−26 May 2010;
Nordic Regional Studies Association conference,
Seinäjoki, Finland, 21−23 June 2010.
Professor Rob Cuthbert (EDU) spoke at the
national Higher Education Futures Conference on
23 June 2010 on What should higher education
be doing in a changing environment?, sharing a
platform with Nicola Dandridge (Chief Executive,
Universities UK), Paul Marshall (VC Lancaster and
Chair of the 1994 Group), and Graham Spanier
(President, Pennsylvania State University).
Jonathan Bradley (Dean of Students) gave
a presentation on 24 May about Education for
Peace at the International Study Group for InterEthnic and Religious Reconciliation in the Western
Balkans, organised in Belgrade by the European
Centre for Peace and Development. Jonathan
was also one of the opening speakers at the
Vinspired Students Conference in Bristol on 17
June about student volunteering.
Human Resources Update
Learning and Development Centre
Support + Network - UWE staff networks
The University encourages all members of staff to widen
their knowledge in order to reach their full potential. The
Learning and Development Centre (LDC) contributes to this by
facilitating a lifelong learning environment where individuals
can progress their personal and professional development.
Staff networks are run by staff for staff and bring together
people from all Faculties, departments and services who
identify with a group relating to one of the University's six
equality strands (gender, race, disability, age, religion and faith
and sexual orientation).
We want to make sure that staff know about, and take
advantage of, the first class training opportunities that are
provided centrally by the LDC.
Staff networks fulfil various functions including providing
opportunities for social interaction, peer support and personal
development. Staff networks can also contribute to the
development of University policies and working practices.
We provide development and training in the following areas:
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Personal development
IT
Equality and diversity
Learning and teaching
Researcher development
Finance
UWE recognises the value of self organised groups in creating
an environment that respects the diversity of staff and enables
them to derive maximum benefit and enjoyment from their
involvement in the life of the University. The University
welcomes and supports the development of staff networks
and employees are entitled to attend staff network meetings in
their working time up to 15 hours a year (pro rata for part-time
staff).
The LDC is based in Botetourt House, Frenchay Campus on the
Bristol Business Park. The vast majority of our training is free to
UWE staff. If you would like to see our portfolio of courses and
find information about our service, please visit our website at:
www.uwe.ac.uk/ldc
Currently the following networks are formed:
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Disabled Staff Network
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) Staff
Network
Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) Staff Forum
Women's Staff Forum
Please visit www.uwe.ac.uk/staffnetworks for further
information including meeting dates. Please e-mail each
network directly to find out more and membership is kept
confidential.
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Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender network: lgbt@
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Black and minority ethnic staff forum: bmeforum@uwe.
ac.uk
Disabled staff network: disabledstaffnetwork@uwe.ac.uk
For information on Faith based networks – contact: Rev Dr
Peter Johnson
(Head of the Living Centre) Peter5.Johnson@uwe.ac.uk
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what'son
Bulletin deadlines 2010
NEWS
• for full details of all UWE events
• to submit an event to the diary
• to sign up to receive What’s on monthly
e-mail www.uwe.ac.uk/events
Month/Issue
Copy deadline
Sept/96
Oct/97
Nov/98
1 September
1 October
1 November
Staff ads
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others. We enjoy a peaceful friendly atmosphere. Mature
professional non-smoker preferred. Rent £375 pcm including all
bills. Available now. Telephone 0117 985 1375
Singers needed for established west gallery quire. We are a
friendly group, who meet on two Tuesday evenings a month,
at Woodland Road, Clifton. New members would be extremely
welcome. An ability to read music is helpful, but not
Staff Association
Staff Association 40th Anniversary
Celebration Raffle - The prize winners are:
Beryl Hiles, Sharon Burden, Sue Tainton, Neil
Phillips, Ginnie Isles, Sarah Hudson, Jenny
Hugill, Christine Elliott, Janet Harland, Barry
Walters, Mel Clarke, Steve Bride, Linda Shears,
D Allen, Lou Williams, Carry, Lorraine Appley,
Pearl, Karen, Rosemary Mclaren, John Breslin,
Tanya Birch, Jackie Chapman, Katie Beck, Tony,
Paul Spencer, Sharon Burden, Sam Evans,
Daryl, M Burns, Lyn Donavan, Carol, Kim
Chilcott, Shephard, Denise Bishop, Julia Tipler,
Audrey, J Brown, Winton.
Thanks very much to the Holiday Inn, Filton for
providing the two night B&B prize.
Staff Association Coach Club - forthcoming
trips
As you all know, in 2010 the Staff Association
is celebrating its 40th anniversary and as part
of that the Coach Club will be continuing to
offer special offers on trips over the next few
months. Look out for these bargains, they
won’t last much longer!
Saturday 4 September – Shrewsbury,
Shropshire. Special ‘Anniversary’ Cost:Members £10, Non-Members £11
One of England’s finest medieval market towns
packed with timber framed black and white
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buildings, steep narrow streets and alleyways.
It has over 600 listed buildings including a
castle and Shrewsbury Abbey, home of the
fictional Brother Cadfael. If you fancy a stroll
there are riverside walks and the Quarry Park,
but should this not be enough, the Shrewsbury
International Street Theatre Festival is on that
weekend providing further entertainment.
Proposed future weekend trips
October 2010 Weekend in London
Ever wanted to stay in London and enjoy two
full days sightseeing or taking in an evening
show instead of a Matinee? Well here’s your
chance at a very reasonable price:Cost: £89 Members, £93 Non-members
Deposit: £40 single supplement: £20
23–24 October - Two days (One night) IBIS
London Docklands bed, breakfast plus three
course dinner with free (two hours after
dinner) drinks.
There will also be an optional excursion on the
Saturday for those who only want a full day in
central London on the Sunday. The destination
of this excursion will be decided once we have
numbers. This trip comes as a package so we
are not able to offer any reduction for those
wishing to enjoy an evening out at a show,
club etc and miss the dinner and drinks. The
A
free drinks include selected beers, wines and
soft drinks.
Although we shall not be arranging a show
visit as well, we will try, if there are sufficient
numbers all wishing to go to the same show,
to obtain group rate tickets for them if
possible.
Easter in Holland
Friday 22 to Monday 25 April 2011
Three nights (four days) staying at 4* Mercure
Amstel, Amsterdam
Travelling again from Dover to Calais by P&O
ferry, through northern France and Belgium
to Holland. As Easter falls at the end of April
next year and that is the best time of year for
it – the trip will include a visit to Keukenhof
- as well as a couple of other excursions (yet
to be planned). These will all be included in
current cost. There will of course be free time
in Amsterdam as well.
Costs: £275 Members £280 Non-members.
Based on two sharing (single supplement £85).
Dep - £50 pp
If you are interested in any of the above
please contact us through the following
channels only:- Coachclub@uwe.ac.uk,
Telephone: 0117 32 83001
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