thebulletin27 January 2010 Issue 91

UWE leads UK family names study

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In this month’s issue2 Largest ever study of

UK family names

3 ‘Pervasive media – let’s make it beautiful’

3 New Executive Dean for BBS

4 UWE cements research link with Malaysia

4 Digital print research gets major boost

5 UWE announces grants to kick start research careers

7 Building healthier cities conference at UWE

8 How can our suburbs adapt to climate change?

10 3D research links UWE with Brazil

12 UWE wins at ‘Xcel’ awards

13 UWE Squash champ wins U19 title

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Front cover: Professor Richard Coates Front cover photo Martin Chainey

Largest ever study of UK family names

A major new research project to create the largest ever database of the UK’s family surnames is being led by UWE. The database, which will contain the origins and meanings of up to 150,000 UK surnames, is to be made publicly available and will be of enormous interest to home genealogists, family historians, and anyone interested in learning more about their family name.

The project is funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) with a grant worth in total £834,350 and will be carried out with the technical collaboration of the Faculty of Informatics at Masaryk University, Brno, in the Czech Republic.

Professor Richard Coates at the Bristol Centre for Linguistics at UWE is the Principal Investigator and the lead researcher is Dr Patrick Hanks, an eminent lexicographer who is a visiting professor at UWE.

The study will not focus exclusively on names of English and Scots origin, but will also include names of Norman French, Gaelic, Welsh, and Cornish origin as well as Huguenot, Jewish and later immigrant names.

Using published and unpublished resources, some dating from as far back as the 11th century, researchers will collect information about individual names such as when and where they were recorded and how their spelling has varied over the centuries. This information will be used to give new and detailed explanations of those names. This new knowledge will be far more reliable and up to date than that found in the books on surnames currently available.

This resource will be a permanently publicly accessible database that people can use for a range of information. Each name will have separate fields which include the linguistic origin and original meaning of the surname; the geographical origin and historical distribution; and, where available,

information about the original social distribution of names.

Richard Coates explains, “There is widespread interest in family names and their history. Our project will use the most up to date techniques and evidence available to create a more detailed and accurate resource than

those currently available. For example, new statistical methods for linking family names to locations will enable us to provide more accurate and detailed origins for names.

“I have always been fascinated by names for people, places and institutions. Surnames are part of our identity, so most people are interested in knowing about their names. My main interest is in the linguistic side, in the language of origin and the original meaning of the names, but this research is interdisciplinary, drawing also on history, family history, place-name study, official statistics and genetics, and of course

genealogy.

“Our database will describe the origins of names, both in linguistic terms and also how they arose in the first place. By listing the spellings of the name with a date, we will be able to see how names have changed over the years and in some cases this will also give us a snapshot of social history and mobility.”

Professor Rick Rylance, Chief Executive of the AHRC says, “As someone who has always been curious about my own surname, I welcome this project. It has great potential to illuminate crucial aspects of personal, family and social history which will be of interest to academics and the public alike.”

The project will be supported by consultants who are the top authorities on names in those languages which have given us our surnames such as Old Scandinavian, Anglo-Norman French, Welsh, Cornish, Gaelic, Yiddish, and other more recent immigrant languages.

The project will begin in April 2010 and will last four years. It is planned to have the database available online for public consultation from 2014.

An example of an early source, dating from late in 1216, this is the beginning of the first fine roll of the reign of Henry III. Crown copyright image reproduced by permission of The National Archives, London, England.

‘Pervasive media – let’s make it beautiful’ says UWE professor

Media industry creatives in Bristol are collaborating to define and explore the economic and aesthetic potential of the emergent world of pervasive media.

Digital Media expert Professor Jon Dovey has won a prestigious Knowledge Transfer Fellowship funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) to partner up with the Watershed and the Pervasive Media Studio in Bristol.

Professor Dovey (Director of Digital Cultures Research Centre, UWE) explains, “Imagine a world where a series of devices finely tuned to local transmitters will connect you to your surroundings to experience interactions that are tuned into your journey. Pervasive Media is often summarised as the right media, in the right place at the right time. We will be looking at how film, TV, video and text fit into the pervasive media world, at how citywide transmission and reception will enable entrepreneurs and artists to access new forms of creative media.

“The emerging world of interactive media is already with us, but creative people in Bristol are looking to influence the way that such devices are developed so that pervasive media or media that is site-specific and dynamic can enhance our lives.

“We will create a language or protocol that can be used across all media platforms when talking about pervasive media. We will engage researchers, entrepreneurs and designers in developing the potential in a way that will make our world a more engaging and beautiful place to live in.

“This is a very exciting partnership as it brings together people in the immediate region to investigate the evolution and creative potential of pervasive media that is already exploding into the collective consciousness as the iPhone app. I believe that the iPhone app is the cusp of something altogether more life enhancing and exciting in terms of interactive environments.

“Good examples of pervasive media include the Light Up Bristol by AntiVJ who are based at the Pervasive Media Studio shown locally on Bristol Council House two years ago. Another example is the work of UWE lecturer Duncan Speakman who makes artworks that link sound and place. Even the spiral staircase at the Pervasive Media Studio is 'smart' – when you climb the stairs, the vibration of the metal stair treads triggers audio loops that make a surreal entrance experience.”

The project will be divided into two distinct parts first looking into the language of pervasive media and secondly examining both the economic and enjoyment values of pervasive media.

Professor Dovey concludes, “This fellowship creates the space in this fast-paced development arena for an investigation that brings together the creative industries within the region to work together, reflect on the creative forms and the entrepreneurial potential that pervasive media innovations might achieve.

“The project will also feed into the academic programmes at UWE through media industry placements, workshops and seminars.”

New Executive Dean for BBS

Dr Jane Harrington has been appointed Pro Vice-Chancellor and Executive Dean of the Bristol Business School.

Jane is an alumna of Bristol Business School having graduated in the late 1980s. During her time as a researcher, lecturer and most recently as Associate Dean, Jane has helped to shape the Business School. She completed her PhD in 2000, following the birth of her son in 1998.

Jane said, “This was one of the most difficult things that I have had to do and the writing up had to be done between 10pm and 2am each night for almost a year. It helped me to understand the difficulties that part-time students and students with caring responsibilities have as they study.” Jane’s thesis for her PhD centred on women’s active involvement in trade unions in USDAW (Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers) and BIFU (Banking, Insurance and Finance Union), during a period of trade union decline.

A significant element of her work at UWE has included teaching in the HRM department with a particular interest in equality and research methodology. She has in recent years taught research methodology to PhD students. During Jane’s time as Associate Dean, her portfolio responsibilities were academic development and programmes. This included working with other faculties within UWE which she regarded as an important element of this work, alongside networks with regional and international colleges and universities.

“I share the vision for UWE to become known as the Partnership University that has been clearly set out by Steve West, and looks forward to Bristol Business School becoming the leading Learning and Knowledge Partnership Business School in the UK. At the heart of this has to be an emphasis on the student experience. We need excellent staff to deliver this and with this in mind will be building on current research strengths.

“Developing external links, improving the student experience and deepening our international relationships and collaborations are key to gaining this recognition.

“Over the last few years I have been leading the strong partnership that Bristol Business School has with Taylor’s University College in Malaysia and I am delighted that the relationship with this university is being strengthened with the validation of dual awards”. BBS has been developing relationships in Vietnam and India, with two successful validations taking place in Vietnam in December 2009. These open up exciting prospects for BBS in the international arena.

Dr Harrington took up post on 4 January 2010.

Dr Jane Harrington

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UWE cements urology research link with Malaysia

Researchers from UWE visited the Malaysian High Commission in Kuala Lumpur earlier this month to discuss collaborations on linking urology research with business opportunities in Asia.

A delegation of six experts from UWE and the Bristol Urological Institute (BUI) spent a week from 16 to 23 January firming up the detail of a partnership.

The UWE contingent included Professor Richard Luxton, Director of the Institute for Bio-Sensing Technology, Dr Olena Doran, Professor Janice Kiely and Professor John Duffield, Pro Vice-Chancellor and Executive Dean of the Faculty of Life Sciences.

The Bristol Urological Institute was represented by the BUI Director, Adele Long, Jo Worthington and Mr David Gillett, BUI Consultant at Southmead Hospital. Professor Richard Luxton said, “This is our second visit to Malaysia. We had initial meetings with partners at the University of Malaya during the summer in 2009 and a memorandum of understanding was signed by vice-chancellors of both universities.

“We are looking at developing links between the potential outcomes of the research partnership with the University of Malaya and UWE with business opportunities in Malaysia. This is going to be the focus of our meeting with people at the Malaysian High Commission. One area that we will be looking at is the development of catheters.”

Professor Steve West (VC), said, “Partnership working is at the heart of all that we do here at UWE and the link that we are building with the University of Malaya and the Malaysian High Commission demonstrates this commitment. UWE’s Institute of Bio-Sensing Technology is a world leader in this field of research.”

UWE recently hosted the first International Conference for Bio-Sensing Technology bringing together international delegates from 29 countries. IBST is attracting a significant influx of funding from UK and EU sources keen to tap into the very significant expertise of academics working in this field.

World leading technology company Hewlett Packard has renewed its commitment to research at UWE by appointing Stephen Hoskins as Hewlett Packard Professor of Fine Print for a second five-year term.

Stephen, who is Director of the Centre for Fine Print Research (CFPR), was first awarded the HP Chair of Fine Print in 2003. This high-profile position is a direct result of the impact Professor Hoskins and his team have had through collaborations with HP relating to both technical and artistic issues. During the last ten years, the CFPR has collaborated with HP Research Labs in Bristol, San Diego and Barcelona on a wide range of research projects. The Centre was a member alongside the Museo del Prado in Madrid, the National Gallery in London and the Louvre in Paris for Hewlett Packard’s Arts and Science Philanthropy Programme in 2000.

Huw Robson, Director of the Media Technologies Lab at HP Labs in Bristol, said, “We began the project looking to support and inspire pioneering centres of excellence in arts and science and we had previously been aware of the unique work undertaken at CFPR but it wasn’t until the Arts and Science Philanthropy Programme was underway that we realised just how this could potentially have a positive benefit for us as a company.

“The CFPR brought a wonderful mix of skills to the programme – a deep understanding of traditional print-

making techniques together with a passion for pushing digital printing technology to produce extraordinary results. These techniques include practical and theoretical studies of high quality 19th century printing processes such as Woodburytype, Collotype, photo ceramic relief casting and photogravure.”

The project not only created a prestigious partnership but also a real change in direction for HP as they developed versions of large-format inkjet printers for the demanding creative print market.

Stephen’s second term as chair will continue until 2014. He said, “I am delighted to have this new funding, and to have HP behind us. It's great to have their commitment to our ongoing research work and we already have plans for future projects, including rapid prototyped 3D printing, in collaboration with HP labs in Palo Alto, USA.”

He is also one of only a handful of people allowed exclusive access to HP’s San Diego facility, where HP products and ideas are developed.

During Stephen's ten years as Director of the CFPR, the Centre has received over 20 Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) grants. Stephen has been personally awarded eight AHRC of these, and has supervised four successful Knowledge Transfer Partnerships (KTPs). He is a practising artist, has written two books and holds two patents.

Stephen Hoskins giving a lecture for the British Council in Chongqing, China, entitled As is When, about digital print technology in the creative arts.

Digital print research gets major boost from HP

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Twenty one UWE staff have been awarded grants to kick-start their research careers. The University is investing nearly £300,000 to support early career researchers through a new scheme that will fund them to undertake some preliminary research with a view to then making a substantial bid for external funding to take the work forward. Awards vary in size from £5,000 to £20,000.

Professor Paul Gough, Pro Vice-Chancellor (Research and Enterprise), said, “The emphasis of this scheme is on supporting emerging researchers in areas of excellence and potential where the research is likely to lead to significant impact and drive knowledge exchange. All projects will be overseen by a senior researcher, involve collaboration within and/or outside the University and will lead to clear outcomes in society. This scheme is part of our broader strategy of support for researcher development and for early career researchers in particular. We were delighted with the range and quality of the proposals received and we are already planning to run the scheme again in 2010.”

The following are some of the award winners:

Fabian Frenzel (BBS) will be exploring the ethical issues of so-called ‘slum tourism’. On the back of films such a Slumdog Millionaire, there is a growing trend in tourists visiting slums and shanty-towns. This presents a moral dilemma for tour operators and a tension between those who see this as a way of funnelling money into poor areas and raising consciousness about poverty, and those who argue that the dignity of slum dwellers is violated through tourist intrusion. Fabian’s research will compare the ethical issues of slum tourism facing ‘social’ not-for-profit enterprises with profit-oriented tour companies.

Sanja Dogramadzi (BIT) is aiming to develop a novel robotic system for orthopaedic surgery. Sanja’s initial research will lay the foundation for a major piece of work seeking to create an

effective, safe and highly precise robot that is able to operate autonomously in a surgical environment The project will bring together researchers in the Bristol Robotics Laboratory (a joint UWE and University of Bristol initiative) with clinical health professionals at the Bristol Royal Infirmary and industrial partners in the area of orthopaedic surgery.

Tom Abba (FCA) is seeking to establish UWE as a centre for the curation of digital narratives. Working in the Digital Cultures Research Centre, Tom’s project will develop strategies and frameworks to identify and archive both emerging and historical digital works. It will also lead to the establishment of a wide network of individuals and organisations in the emergent field of digital narratives including publishers and broadcasters.

Psychologists Kris Kinsey and Gary Christopher (LS) are collaborating with colleagues in the Centre for Research in Biomedicine to explore methods for the early diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease. The initial research will investigate the feasibility of using a combination of blood-based biological and cognitive psychological indicators to detect early stage Alzheimer’s. Kris and Gary’s collaboration will also extend to the Bristol Dementia Research Group and Bristol University’s Department of Experimental Psychology.

Jane Andrews (Edu) is investigating the challenges faced by teachers in a multilingual environment when increasing numbers of children arrive in primary schools using languages other than English. Jane’s research will consider such children’s engagement in learning and how bilingualism might be seen as a strength, contributing to positive attitudes towards ethnic and linguistic diversity in schools. The project will involve collaboration between two UWE Research Centres – the Bristol Centre for Research in Lifelong Learning and Education and the Bristol Centre for Linguistics.

Tom Abba (Faculty of Creative Arts) – digital narrative archiving

Jane Andrews (Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities) – bilingualism and classroom pedagogy

Antonia Beringer (Faculty of Health and Life Sciences) – child health services

Olivia Billingham (Vice Chancellor’s Office) – student engagement with e-learning

Clare Chambers (Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities) – money laundering in virtual worlds

Victoria Davenport (Faculty of Health and Life Sciences) – respiratory tract pathogen protection

Sanja Dogramadzi (Faculty of Environment and Technology) – medical robotics

Fabian Frenzel (Bristol Business School) – entrepreneurship, tourism and ethics

Nichola Holt (Faculty of Health and Life Sciences) – artistic creativity and well-being

Clare Johnson (Faculty of Creative Arts) – feminist art and the politics of femininity

Pamela Karantonis (Faculty of Creative Arts) – theatre, music and national identity

Kris Kinsey/ Gary Christopher (Faculty of Health and Life Sciences) – biology, psychology and Alzheimer’s

Alistair Kocho-Williams (Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities) – history of British India

Michael Lawrence (Faculty of Creative Arts) – world cinema and the global child

Charles Musselwhite (Faculty of Environment and Technology) - transport, ageing and driving behaviours

Rachel Sara (Faculty of Environment and Technology) – socially sustainable neighbourhoods

Matt Studley (Faculty of Environment and Technology) - machine learning, sensors, public engagement

Peter Walters (Faculty of Creative Arts) – creative robotics applications in art and design

Nick Wylie (Bristol Business School) – talent management in organisations

Osman Yukselturk (Bristol Business School) – equity research reports

Full list of UWE Early Career Researcher Grant awards

UWE announces grants to kick-start research careers

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Project investigates laser cutting technologyA researcher from the Centre for Fine Print Research (CFPR) has been awarded just over £30k by the Arts and Humanities Research Council to explore the potential of laser cutting technology.

Tom Sowden will investigate how laser cutting technology can be used to develop new artists’ books and paper-based creative practice for arts, crafts and design.

The laser cutters used in the CFPR are CO2 lasers that allow intricate and accurate patterns to be cut or engraved into a variety of materials including paper, card, wood, textiles and acrylic. They are ideal for artists’ books, pop-up books, paper engineering, textile design, jewellery design, stencil making and 3D modelling.

Tom explains, “The pilot project will explore and demonstrate the potential for the laser cutter to be used as a creative tool in terms of design, structure and construction for the production of artists' books and paper-based works.

“I will look at the cutting methods currently used by artists and review how the laser is used for creative projects. I plan

Cut paper artwork of Turtle Doves by Tortie Rye

to create new methods for the use of the cutter for paper and card based work.

“The research will include case studies of artists who will utilise laser cutting in the production of their artists' books. The case studies will document and demonstrate how an artist can use the laser cutter as an alternative to hand cutting and scoring. I’m hoping that this will result in a useful

reference tool for artists and craftspeople new to laser cutting.”

As well as developing his creative practice and research using laser cutting, two invited artists, Su Blackwell and Mette-Sophie D. Ambeck, will visit CFPR for a four-day residency to explore the potential of the laser cutter in relation to their own work.

Both artists use hand cut elements within the production of their work but neither has fully explored the capability of the laser cutter to produce larger editions and more experimental formats of construction.

The project aims to share the results with as wide an academic and arts and crafts audience as possible. This will be achieved through free cutting guides available on the CFPR Book Arts website (www.bookarts.uwe.ac.uk) and a touring exhibition that will take in UWE, Winchester School of Art and the 2011 Book Arts Festival in Doverodde, Denmark.

The project will run from March until October 2010.

Researcher returns from bike ride to alternative Copenhagen Summit

An environmental researcher from UWE recently returned from the alternative Climate Change Summit – KlimaForum, the People’s Summit - in Copenhagen. He cycled to Copenhagen from Bristol with a friend, Mark Robbins, Regional Policy Officer for the Royal Society of the Protection of Birds.

Marcus Grant, Deputy Director of the WHO Collaborating Centre for Healthy Cities and Urban Policy, said, “Mark and I have been environmental campaigners since we were at school and university together. We now hold significant jobs in the environmental arena in the South West and the Copenhagen Summit provided an ideal opportunity for us to combine our professional and campaigning interests with a winter cycle through Europe.

“It was good to soak up the atmosphere whilst the ‘main event’ was going on but I was mainly in Copenhagen for KlimaForum. This forum draws together people from all over the world and this year included significant delegations from poorer parts of the world including Bangladesh, Maldives and Siberia.

“It is widely reported that areas like Bangladesh and the Maldives are under threat from rising sea levels but one astounding thing that I learned is the impact of global warming on cities and towns in Siberia. The melting permafrost is causing buildings to sink into the ground.

“I was inspired by the deep understanding of the issues by the youth and the people from the ‘poor’ counties and their creativity, spirit and values. I was deeply dismayed by the ‘official’ positions, lack of brave leadership and ‘what’s in it for us’ attitude of the leaders of the ‘rich’ countries.

“Climate Justice seemed a new and spreading demand with the idea of reparations and not aid. Will we see emerging new global governance based on new values or will we see increasing unease and tension as waves of climate casualties and climate refugees become a norm over the next decade?

“I have learned a lot, about global politics and the health of environments for both people and the flora and fauna, by taking a risk and making this trip.”

For more information on Marcus and Mark’s trip see http://rspbcop15.tumblr.com/

For more information on the Klima Forum – the People’s Climate Summit

www.klimaforum09.org/?lang=en

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How do the buildings and the urban environments we inhabit impact on our health? How can we plan and design in a way that integrates healthy and happy living? Are sustainable developments, as exemplified in the innovative policies that have transformed the city of Freiburg in Germany, feasible in UK cities that have morphed over centuries and given over to arteries created around cars use and ownership?

Researchers at UWE believe that the urgency to reduce carbon emissions highlighted by the recent Climate Change Summit in Copenhagen, and the concerns of health professionals surrounding sedentary living and resulting obesity can be addressed by planning our cities better.

The Building Health: Planning and Designing for Health and Happiness conference at UWE on Friday 22 January gave a unique opportunity for professionals working in Built Environment and Health arenas to come together and examine good practice in design at home and further afield to help inform future development.

Centre stage was an exhibition featuring one of the greenest and healthiest cities in Europe – Freiburg. Wulf Dasking, the Director of City Planning in Freiburg was one of the keynote speakers.

One of the conference organisers, Marcus Grant, Deputy Director of UWE’s WHO Collaborating Centre for Healthy Cities and Urban Policy, said, “The forward-thinking that started around 30 years ago in Freiburg, with a traffic policy giving preference to pedestrians, cyclists and public transport users has resulted in a city with an enviable 28 per cent of people using cycles as their primary means of getting around.

“A holistic approach to sustainability has seen the city incorporate green ideals into every inch of its infrastructure from solar engineering and environmental and climate protection to waste avoidance and management of open green spaces. We can learn so much from the planning policies set up in the city of Freiburg.”

The high-profile line-up of speakers also included Irena Bauman of Bauman Lyons architects and author of How to be a Happy Architect, Professor Mike

Kelly, Director of the Centre for Public Health Excellence at NICE, and Sarah Gaventa, Director of CABE Space.

The conference was hosted by the Institute for Sustainability, Health and Environment in collaboration between

Cycle paths Freiburg style

Building healthier cities conference hosted at UWE

Children playing in the street in Freiburg

the Architecture Centre in Bristol, the Department of Health South West, the South West Strategic Health Authority, Government Office of the South West and UWE’s WHO Collaborating Centre for Healthy Cities and Urban Policy.

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A new EPSRC funded research project led by UWE will look at how suburban neighbourhoods can adapt to cope with climate change. Professor Katie Williams (BNE) will lead the SNACC (Suburban Neighbourhood Adaptation for a Changing Climate) project funded by an EPSRC grant of £651,000.

The SNACC project will bring together researchers from UWE, Oxford Brookes and Heriot Watt universities, White Design and ARUP, using case studies from Bristol, Oxford and Stockport to seek to answer the question: How can existing suburban neighbourhoods be best adapted to reduce further impacts of climate change and withstand ongoing changes?

The research focuses on adaptations to the built environment, through changes to individual homes and larger neighbourhood scale adaptations (urban re-design). SNACC focuses on suburbs because they are the most common type of urban area in the UK, housing 84 per cent of the population.

The project will identify successful adaptation and mitigation measures: these are classed as those that perform well technically (ie they protect people and property from climate

change impacts and mitigate against further climate change) but are also those that are the most practical and acceptable for those who have to make them happen.

The project will use case studies from Bristol, Oxford and Stockport. In these areas, key agents of change (home owners, elected members and planners) will help to determine successful adaptations. The project team will use modelling tools (of climate change, house prices and adaptation outcomes) that allow participants to visualise what 'adapted' neighbourhoods will look like, and deliberative methods from social sciences, to generate a portfolio of adaptation strategies that are feasible, and fully endorsed by stakeholders.

SNACC held its first project meeting on 13 October at the Frenchay Campus. Leading experts in planning, design, government and research attended from a wide cross section of interest groups, including, Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment (CABE), Department of Communities and Local Government, Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI), Constructing Excellence SW,

Forum for the Future, the Modern Built Environment Network and the Improvement and Development Agency for Local Government (IDeA), Local Government Association (LGA), Environment Agency and the West of England Partnership.

In her presentation to the advisory board, Professor Williams said, “We need to understand how to proactively adapt suburban neighbourhoods in order to ensure their viability and quality in the face of emerging scenarios for climate change and the escalating costs of energy and transport. If we fail to do this there could be significant human, environmental and economic consequences - such as fatalities from heat stress, ill health from reduced air quality, reluctance to use local outdoor environments, damage to homes and gardens and adverse impacts on property markets.”

The advisory board members will next be invited to the University in April to participate in a conference which will showcase the SNACC project research, as well as provide a platform for the project’s international partners from the USA, Sweden, Australia and Portugal to present papers on good practice.

Detached housing

How can our suburbs adapt to climate change?

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Supporting sustainable travelA collaborative project has recently been initiated to develop an open knowledge platform from which to disseminate information and advice on the reduction of mobility- related greenhouse gas emissions. CATCH is a two and a half year collaborative project funded by the EC Seventh Framework Programme. Working with an international consortium of partners from Italy, Belgium, Spain, China, Brazil, and the UK, UWE’s Centre for Transport and Society (CTS) is leading the initial stages of the project.

By exploring the behavioural processes related to travel and climate change, CTS will identify the potentials for behavioural change to support sustainable mobility and related policies. Targeting travellers and mobility stakeholders, and applying research methods developed by behavioural scientists, CTS will explore how different presentation formats and measures of CO2 information affect perception and understanding of the environmental impact. Also explored is the incorporation of ‘nudges’ in the design of information on travel behaviour and its environmental impact, to influence behavioural change. Based on their research, the CTS research team will make design recommendations, and will provide training to the developers of the knowledge platform.

Dr Owen Waygood joined CTS as a Research Associate on the CATCH project after completing PhD studies in Kyoto, Japan, on children's independent travel and physical activity. Dr Waygood explains, “Providing individuals with information about travel choices and emissions may be seen not only as a service provided to the public, but also as an instrument to influence travel behaviour. Or so we might suppose in an ideal world with rationalising thinkers. Unfortunately, we are all aware of how irrational we can be. Change requires thought, and people like to reduce the number of things to which we must apply cognitive power, especially routine actions. We need to find how to move comfortably into travel that is less costly to society and the world.”

Communicating the environmental impacts of travel choices is a challenging task. Dr Erel Avineri, Reader in Travel Behaviour and the leader of the groundingresearch, explains: “The concept itself is new and abstract, and simply providing information on carbon emissions would not be effective enough. Without a reference point, it is difficult for people to understand what is ‘good’ or ‘bad’. People often need the information to be contextualised with respect to something they understand. For some people, it would be important to know what ‘others’ are doing – but what might be the effect of social information, if provided? Another interesting question is how could the use of certain wording and unit measures in the message influence perceptions and preferences towards sustainable travel choices? These are among the research questions that we will explore in this project.”

For further information please contact Erel Avineri (Erel.Avineri@uwe.ac.uk)

Dr Owen Waygood

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Dr Pilar Sepulveda

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New NHS + UWE joint initiative in 3D imaging in medicine

3D image of a child’s head

From left: Helen McNally, Robert Warr (consultant at

North Bristol Trust) and Carolyn Smith.

A major new initiative to develop innovative 3D imaging solutions for medical applications including detecting skin cancer has been launched by UWE’s Machine Vision Laboratory and North Bristol NHS Trust (NBT).

As part of the link-up, a dedicated 3D imaging suite incorporating the latest UWE 3D imaging technology is being set up in the Medical Illustration Department at North Bristol’s Frenchay Hospital, along with a portable prototype skin imaging device for use in various clinics.

The initiative builds on existing successful collaboration between UWE and the NBT. Among the existing joint research projects are a Medical Research Council-funded project aimed at developing new methods of diagnosing craniofacial abnormalities in children, a large Department of Trade and Industry/Technology Strategy Board funded project in skin cancer and telemedicine, and a National Institute of Health Research funded project for an innovative non-invasive, non-contact method of respiratory muscle function assessment.

The programme has led to three new posts, including the new Senior

Research Development Manager, Dr Pilar Sepulveda, jointly funded by the two organisations to develop new collaborative opportunities. Dr Sepulveda previously worked as a Senior Sector Manager in the Business Innovation Directorate at the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC). In addition, Senior Research Nurse / Visiting Research Fellow Helen McNally and Research Administrator Carolyn Smith, both funded by the NBT, are based within the Machine Vision Laboratory.

All three new posts will directly support research work with existing and new commercial partners, and strengthen collaborative links between the NHS and the growing Machine Vision Laboratory team of 21 staff and postgraduate students. The NHS team is led by Consultant Plastic Surgeon Mr Robert Warr and the UWE team by Professor Melvyn Smith, Director of the Machine Vision Laboratory.

Researchers from the Machine Vision Lab will be recognised for their success in winning funding from the NBT Product Innovation Seed fund at a ceremony during the NBT/Clinical Sciences at North Bristol (CSNB/UoB) Research Day at Southmead Hospital.

3D research links UWE with BrazilIn a further strengthening of UWE’s links with Latin America, new recruit Rafael Saracchini has just joined UWE’s Machine Vision Laboratory for a year’s postgraduate research, all the way from Brazil. Director Melvyn Smith was first contacted by Rafael’s PhD supervisor Dr Jorge Stolfi from the University of Campinas in February 2009 after he read about the laboratory’s work on the UWE website.

Melvyn said, “I was aware of Jorge’s well-known work in 3D visualisation. He expressed interest in our work on multiple-lighting, gauge-based photometric stereo and was aware of our publications in this area as well as the material described on the UWE website. He has also published a few papers in this area.”

Dr Stolfi gained his doctorate from Stanford University, California, and is a professor at the Institute of Computing at the University of Campinas. He successfully applied to the Brazilian Government for funding from CAPES, the Brazilian federal agency for higher education, to cover Rafael’s travel and living expenses for the one year visit.

Melvyn continued, “The purpose of Rafael’s visit is to explore potential synergy between the two institutions in this area of work by supporting the work we are already doing, publishing joint papers and possibly starting new collaborative bids. We expect that Rafael will contribute to current projects and in the longer term develop new ideas for collaborative links.”

Professor Melvyn Smith and Rafael Saracchini

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A researcher from UWE has linked with a number of coastal community groups in the UK to call for greater public accountability in the way EU seas are managed.

Thomas Appleby (BNE), with the Community of Arran Seabed Trust and other groups, has drafted a response to the current EU consultation on the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP).

The response complains that EU policy has ignored that the fishery is a public resource owned by the member states’ citizens. The response calls into question whether the general public is adequately consulted and whether the public receive any benefit from the exploitation of their resource. The response goes on to question whether the EU’s stated view that the fishing industry is essential for coastal livelihoods is appropriate. In the view of the respondents EU policy should focus solely on sustainable stock management, attempts by

Europe to subsidise fishermen’s livelihoods are likely to have had the opposite effect and actively encourage over-fishing.

Tom Appleby, a lawyer from the Property and Construction Department said, “The UK’s jurisdiction1 covers about 5 1/2 million square kilometres of sea – which puts us in the top ten countries in the world for the size of the sea area we control. As a nation we love the sea, and we need to have more of a say in how fish stocks and the resources of the sea are managed. So far the CFP has left far too many difficult decisions in the hands of the fishing industry, and politicians who have tended to pay too much heed to short term ambitions of a small number of business interests – it’s been like putting children in charge of the sweetshop.

“The UK’s fishery is a valuable natural resource which is being squandered through basic errors in the way fisheries are

managed. The public own the fisheries and there should be clear accountability in the way that commercial interests exploit it. We need far more public understanding and consideration so that decisions can be made which balance the competing interests relating to these important resources.”

The 12 page response has been sent to the Director of Fisheries and Maritime Affairs on points they have requested as part of the EU consultation process which ended on 31 December. The response has been endorsed by a number of coastal communities who have complained that coastal industries such as tourism, recreational angling, diving and marine conservation have suffered as a result of important decisions being taken without adequate public scrutiny.

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Researcher calls for public accountability in Common Fisheries Policy

Scott Mandry, a Research Associate in the Machine Vision Laboratory, recently gave an invited presentation entitled Imaging Research at the Machine Vision Laboratory at the NIDays 09 Conference in London. The annual conference organised by National Instruments (NI) attracts leading engineers, scientists and educators and is held in association with the Institution of Engineering Technology (IET) at their headquarters in Savoy Place.

Scott presented an overview of research work underway within the UWE Machine Vision Laboratory, including his own work on a novel non-invasive method for

non-contact assessment of respiratory muscle function by monitoring changes in the three-dimensional (3D) surface details of the human trunk in real time. This aims to develop a revolutionary new type of medical examination system that requires no action or effort from the patient to assess their respiratory function.

Scott’s talk can be accessed on the NI website at

http://ftp.ni.com/pub/branches/uk/nidays2009/design_a_vision_system_you_can_trust.pdf

Scott Mandry presenting at the NI conference

Machine Vision Lab presents at joint NI/IET conference

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UWE has been named ‘Best Institute of Widening Participation’ at the 2009 Xcel Awards. In addition, two UWE students have won individual awards. The awards were presented at a ceremony in London on 21 January 2010.

The Xcel Student of the Year Awards scheme is designed to raise aspirations and encourage student achievement. They celebrate the success of outstanding students from all backgrounds all over the UK. The nominations cover 18 categories and aim to identify high achieving, proactive students who are making a contribution to life both inside and outside the university and are potential role models for future students. All nominations are judged by a panel of experts.

Dean of Students Jonathan Bradley says, “This is an outstanding performance for UWE in our Widening Participation efforts. It is wonderful to have our work in this area recognised and we are delighted for our students to receive these awards. This is also a tribute to the hard work of all those involved, and especially to the Outreach Centre, led by Chris Croudace and his team, and to Marie-Annick Gournet, whose many activities have included her role

as Co-ordinator of the Schools Link Project.”

Ines Pajovic won the 2009 Xcel Economics and Finance Student of the Year award. Ines Pajovic, originally from Montenegro, graduated from UWE last year with a First Class degree in Economics (Money, Banking and Finance) and is now studying for a Master’s Degree in Banking and International Finance in the CASS Business School at City University, London.

During her time at UWE, Ines worked hard not only on her academic studies but also made a significant contribution to the PAL, (Peer Assisted Learning) scheme, in which second year students support the needs of first years. Ines was a PAL leader helping fellow Economics students. Despite the difficulty of not having English as her first language, she persevered and went on to become a PAL mentor, showing devotion, commitment and enthusiasm. She became a role model, inspiring fellow students, especially those from ethnic minorities, and as a result the number of applicants from diverse backgrounds and ethnicities increased noticeably. She volunteered to help the PAL team organise social events, expecting no remuneration for her work, and proved herself to

be a very trustworthy individual. Ines worked hard at UWE, overcoming the impact of growing up in a country surrounded by war, and has achieved outstanding academic results. Ines won the award for her determination, integrity and high level of engagement shown throughout her time at UWE.

Louise Halswell won the 2009 Xcel Entrepreneur Student of the Year Award.

Louise was nominated as a result of her role in a Business Project, SewThatJazz. SewThatJazz is an interactive design project set up by Louise and her close friend Laura Boyle. The project aims to show people how to create their own unique and affordable clothing by reusing old garments. Customers are able to select various pieces of clothing which can be sewn together to create new, highly personal items. It also encourages younger generations about recycling as a way of life by using and developing valuable lost skills through interactive workshops.

SewThatJazz was set up after both students came second in the Creative Business category of UWE’s BizIdea Business Plan Competition with the idea. www.sewthatjazz.co.uk

UWE success at Xcel awards

Louise Halswell presenting the SewThatJazz project.

Ines Pajovic

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UWE squash champ wins U19 title third time in a row

The Elite Squash Champion Mohamed El Shorbagy has won the world’s most prestigious junior squash event, the Under 19s boys’ championships finals for a record third time.

In the final, El Shorbagy braced himself for a beating, battling against fellow Egyptian Karim Abdel Gawade. However, as predicted, El Shorbagy led to victory with the results 11/9, 11/7, 10/12, 11/9 in 52 minutes securing the winning medal in the Sheffield Venue creating a cracking start to the New Year.

Mohamed El Shorbagy has been recognised as the rising star of Egyptian squash. Remaining the youngest of the Elite players on the Professional Squash Association World tour, Mohamed was named Young Player of the Year, picking up the PSA award in November. Two days later, Mohamed reclaimed a world top 20 spot.

Supported by UWE’s scholarship through the Elite Sport programme, Mohamed is a sporting ambassador to the University and manages to balance his passion with a degree in Mechanical Engineering.

Richard Bennett from the Centre for Sport, said, “Mohamed’s continued success at the British Open during the first year of his degree is testament to his commitment to combine both training and studying. We are also hopeful that his semi-final opponent, Lucas Serme will also be joining UWE in September helping us to form an increasingly strong team to compete in the British University Squash Championships.”

Next up for El Shorbagy is a trip to New York for a professional event, followed by his first appearance at the British University Individual Squash Championships at the University of Birmingham in February.

Mohamed El Shorbagy

Laure Fernandez, an ERASMUS student, has been making waves in the world of cinematography for her short film Conversation.

Laure came to UWE from L’Ecole des Beaux Arts in Strasbourg to study for the Screen Narratives module on the UWE Media Practice programme during the summer of 2009.

During this time Laure learnt about film making techniques and used this knowledge to make her award winning two minute film entitled Conversation- a series of images taken from her daily Skype conversations with her sister in Marseille, set against a piano score.

Conversation won joint first prize for the NAHEMI/Kodak Prize for Creative Film Making at the Encounters Short Film Festival in Bristol in November and has gone on to be selected for the London Short Film Festival in April. It

was also chosen for the Watershed’s Electric December online calendar.

Media Practice tutor, Alistair Oldham, said, “It’s astounding how much Laure has managed to achieve on such a low budget. Her film combines the essence of a silent movie with emphasis on beautiful photography, which is made possible through the modern digital technology of Skype. The film is like a portrait of a Skype conversation.”

Gill Sandford, Associate Dean, CA, said, “For the cost of a Skype phone conversation Laure created a film that was imaginative and intriguing. UWE Media Practice students often win awards for their work and have their films screened at national and international festivals such as Encounters. This is testament to their talent and hard work, as well as the support and experience of media staff.”

A frame from Conversation Student’s film snapped up by London Short

Film Festival and Electric December

On Friday 27 November, teams representing the Student Village staff and residents took part in the third annual charity football match at the Centre for Sport. The Student Village staff team was victorious, coming back from two previous defeats to win 5-2, making it 2-1 to the residents in the series. £115 was raised for the Meningitis Trust. Thanks to the Centre for Sport who kindly provided the use of the Astro pitch free of charge.

Pictured from left are: Student team captain, Mauro Battellini (Mendip Court resident) and Staff team captain, Michael John (Mendip Court Accommodation Manager).

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Artworks celebrate Stanley Spencer’s time as medical orderly in Bristol

Artworks by UWE staff have been installed at Glenside in celebration of the life of one of the 20th century’s foremost artists, Sir Stanley Spencer RA CBE. He worked there as a medical orderly when it was the Beaufort Medical Hospital during the First World War.

The plaque and site-specific artworks at Glenside were created by artist and enameller Elizabeth Turrell (CA), AHRC Senior Research Fellow, and photographer Paul Blatchford, (Associate Dean, CA). They have been installed in arched niches and on the floors of the corridors in recognition of the time Spencer spent cleaning and scrubbing the floors in the vast asylum-turned-hospital.

In his short talk to celebrate Spencer’s life Professor Paul Gough (Executive Dean and Pro Vice-Chancellor) said, “These artworks are being introduced quietly into Glenside, unobtrusively, like the man. He trained at the Slade School of Art and was already making an impact as an artist when the war broke out. He marvelled at the endless corridors and made ‘acres of drawings’ to commemorate his time at Bristol.”

These drawings and memories, and those from his years as a medic in the Balkans, became the inspiration for his remarkable wall paintings at the Sandham Memorial Chapel in Berkshire. The first in the series of 19 paintings, Passing Through the Gates of Hell, depicts the arrival of an ambulance of wounded soldiers at the gates of the Beaufort Military Hospital.

Bristol City Council has agreed to install a Blue Plaque in honour of Spencer – a rare honour, as only one or two are approved each year. The exact location of the official plaque, in a building of many entrances, is yet to be decided. But the UWE artworks will be a lasting reminder inside its walls of the early experiences of an outstanding artist and man.

Paul Blatchford and Elizabeth Turrell

with their artworks at Glenside UWE mentor and mentee honouredGeoff Andrews (BNE) and his mentee Odain Henry in Year 11 at Fairfield School have been honoured for their outstanding commitment to the mentoring programme. For several months Geoff has been meeting weekly with Odain and sharing with him some key techniques that have served him well in his own academic career, and Odain has clearly taken them on board since he and his teachers report a marked improvement in his performance.

Odain said “Working with Geoff has helped me. I probably would have done ok, but he is really helping me to do as well as I can.”

Geoff said, “It’s amazing to see how taking a little time out to help a child can have such a huge impact on his progress. I am so proud of my mentee and all the outstanding progress he has made since we’ve been working together. I’m delighted to have played my part in releasing his potential. Volunteering is also an opportunity to get out of the office environment and engage with a whole new bunch of people.”

At educational charity, Ablaze’s prestigious Celebration Event at the Watershed on 30 November, Odain and Geoff received their awards from The Right Honourable, The Lord Mayor of Bristol, Councillor Christopher Davies and Ashley Daniel, Sustainability Co-ordinator for Skanska Infrastructure Development and a member of the Bristol Local Education Partnership. The event was also attended by many of the great and the good from the Bristol business community, as well as Lord Digby Jones of Birmingham, the former Director of the CBI and Minister of State for Trade, who gave a keynote speech.

Around 20 UWE employees are currently mentoring students from Years 10 and 11. Through weekly or fortnightly meetings before or after school during term-time, they work on techniques to improve the students’ performance and to remove the barriers that might otherwise hold them back.

Charlie Mee, Fairfield School Senior Manager, said, “The partnership with UWE is a very important one for the school. Their employees bring a great deal of enthusiasm and experience to their work with our students and it really helps in raising their aspirations.”

Anna Kawar, UWE Staff Volunteering Project Co-ordinator said, “Our staff mentoring scheme with Fairfield High School is going from strength to strength. I am so pleased that Geoff and Odain have been recognised for their hard work and commitment to the mentoring scheme. All of our volunteers have put in a lot of time and effort over the year to help their mentees or reading buddies. The staff also benefit too in terms of personal and professional development or just an improved sense of well being.”

From left: The Right Honourable, The Lord Mayor of Bristol, Councillor Christopher Davies, Ashley Daniel, Sustainability Co-ordinator for Skanska Infrastructure Development, Geoff Andrews (BNE) and Odain Henry.

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UWE sets up Refugee and Migrant Support Hub

The University has set up a Refugee and Migrant Support Hub to provide a single point of access to facilitate academic and educational opportunities for scholars at risk including refugees, asylum seekers, and others from under-represented communities. UWE is the first university in the South West to offer this kind of support.

To help its work in tackling injustice and social exclusion, and other barriers to education, the Refugee and Migrant Support Hub has set up a Sanctuary Education Fund.

UWE Vice-Chancellor Professor Steve West said, “The University prides itself on providing opportunities to all in the UK. This new initiative will offer much needed focus and support for refugees and migrants. Although the Sanctuary Education Fund is currently modest, it will be targeted at those most in need, which is a step in the right direction.”

The Hub is the result of a six-month Council for Assisting Refugee Academics-funded Pathfinder research project carried out by UWE's Human Rights Unit in 2008.

The Hub offers access to training, mentoring, work placement and shadowing; qualification verification and recognition; funds to support studies; co-ordination of outreach activities into refugee and other under-represented communities; staff training on equality and diversity; and research, training and knowledge exchange consultancy in understanding and working with BME communities.

The Hub Project team. Back row (from left): Dr Ibrahim Seaga Shaw Mahmoud Matan and front row (from left): Sonia Adrissi, Mazida Khan and Dr Christien van den Anker.

Dr Annette Swinkels, Senior Lecturer in the Department of Allied Health Professions (HLS) visited the Lady Cox Rehabilitation Centre in Stepanakert, Nagorno Karabakh, an autonomous republic within Azerbaijan in Autumn 2009 to advise on aquatic therapy. Annette taught at the centre with Heather Maling, a Clinical Specialist in Aquatic Therapy for the Aneurin Bevan Local Health Board, South Wales. Heather has supported the centre for several years and, together with Helen Whitelock (previously from the Royal National Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases, Bath), provided expert advisory input on the design and management of the aquatic therapy department. Annette Swinkels said, “There has been much research into the benefits of aquatic therapy for musculoskeletal disorders and we focused on chronic low back pain. I spent a week of my annual leave helping with this project. I like to keep my hand in with real clinical advancements and this trip provided some brilliant insights. We would like to acknowledge the help of the following people for their expertise in translating research reports, outcome measures and other written material used during our visit; Elinor Cross, Senior Librarian, HLS, Dr Galya Ransome, (SSH) and Dr Natasha Zhuravkina from the University of Bath.” Annette Swinkels is pictured with the team at the Lady Cox Centre in Nagorno Karabahk.

Role of fishing in communities under the spotlightThe importance of fishing as a way of life to communities around England’s shores is being studied by researchers from the Countryside and Community Research Institute (CCRI). The seven-month study will look at the contribution the inshore fishing industry makes to the rest of the community, not just through catching fish, but by creating a sense of place, local culture and identity.

CCRI is a collaboration between UWE, the University of Gloucestershire, the Royal Agricultural College and Hartpury College.

As well as looking at the role that fishing plays in the local communities, the Defra-funded project will look at its impact on tourism and the potential social consequences of various management options to keep fishing sustainable.

Project leader Dr Matt Reed says, “Inshore fishing is a diverse sector involving a wide range of people from those who actually catch wild fish through to those who retail and process the catch, those who supply the equipment and those who depend on the special ambience that fishing creates. Its impacts may be very direct, such as employment, products or equipment or less tangible in the form of a sense of place or community that makes an area distinctive.

“This project means that the CCRI will play a big role in policy in this vital area. It is part of Defra’s Sustainable Access to Inshore Fisheries project, which is looking at a range of possible management scenarios to increase the sustainability of the fishing industry.

“The CCRI is bringing a highly experienced research team to work with these communities to discover the impact of inshore fishing. We will be using a range of well tested techniques to not only find out people’s opinions but how the networks in a community join together. We know that fishing means more than just money or stock of fish, our job is to find out how it matters to people and capture that evidence in a robust way.”

The research arises from an assessment commissioned by the Prime Minister from his Strategy Unit of the issues facing the UK marine fishing industry, following widespread concern about its future. The Strategy Unit report, Net Benefits, was published in March 2004.

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Potential entrants to theBizidea competition will get lots of encouragement during the next few months at a range of workshops on subjects such as how to pitch and present their idea, and dealing with cash flow, finance and grants. Now in its ninth year, theBizIdea is UWE’s inspirational business plan competition. It encourages UWE entrepreneurs to make their business or social enterprise ideas a reality. With three different categories (Business, Social Enterprise and Creative Design) and an additional marketing prize, there is something for everyone.

All are welcome to attend the free workshops.

To register or find out more about theBizIdea visit www.uwe.ac.uk/thebizidea or e-mail: enterprise@uwe.ac.uk; tel: 0117 32 81986

Wednesday 27 January 2010 Workshop: Products and Services

Wednesday 3 February 2010 Workshop: Go To Market

Wednesday 10 February 2010 Workshop: Cash Flow / Finance

Wednesday 17 February 2010 Workshop: Resources and Teams

Wednesday 24 February 2010 Workshop: Pitching and Presenting

Wednesday 3 March 2010 Workshop: Business Plan Reviews

Monday 15 March 2010 Business plan submission deadline

Thursday 18 - Monday 29 March2010 Judging of business plans

Tuesday 30 March 2010 Finalists announced

w/c Monday 12 April 2010 Finalist filming

Tuesday 27 April 2010 Finalist pitch to judges

Thursday 29 April 2010 Presentation Evening

BizIdea 2010 dates announced!Locations for theBizIdea workshops are still to be confirmed. Please note anyone is welcome to attend these free events, regardless of whether or not they intend to enter the competition.

To register for any of these workshops or events, or to find out more about theBizIdea competition

visit: www.uwe.ac.uk/thebizidea e-mail: enterprise@uwe.ac.uk Tel: 0117 32 81986

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Second hand bookshop idea wins Beer Mat Challenge

The first Beer Mat Challenge has had an excellent response from participants in the first heat which ended 11 December with over 7,000 votes being cast. The winner, Rosie, received an Olympus Digital Voice recorder for the idea of creating a ‘second hand bookshop’ on Campus.

A great new website for UWE (www.beermatchallenge.co.uk) has been developed by Dave Cropley, and Chris Keegan directors of Evans and Finch (EandF) a digital company resident in UWE Ventures. The aim of the website is to increase interest and awareness of enterprise activities in UWE. Evans and Finch felt that a Beer Mat Challenge that encompassed both physical and digital media was the best way to connect with the target audience (UWE students, staff and alumni) in order to gather business ideas and votes for the most popular submissions.

There are three more heats of the Beer Mat Challenge in the spring term with a grand final on 13 March when the top 10 ideas from each heat go head-to-head to win the grand prize of a netbook.

Do you have the next winning idea? Register your idea on the website at www.beermatchallenge.co.uk or write it on one of the 12,000 Beer Mat Challenge branded beer mats in the UWE Students’ Union bars.

UWE Ventures business successes

UWE Ventures resident business, Mindsport Ltd, was featured in The Independent’s Sports Section on 27 December 2009 with the launch of its Mindcards to support grassroots football in the UK by donating 25 per cent of the proceeds from sales to the KICKZ /Football Foundation programme. The cards aim to make accessible sports psychology for the masses by providing expert advice to improve confidence, focus and motivation in an easy, affordable and accessible format. Founder of Mindsport, Sam Kotadia, says, “The Mindcard system is a lightweight and unique way of accessing powerful mental strategies to improve performance on popular topics. Each pack contains 52 tested strategies that raise your game on a variety of psychology related pursuits. There are also 10 blank cards so you can customise the deck with your own positive reminders. For sports people the cards are about gaining a winning edge.”

Also in the media this month was fellow UWE Ventures client, Cliff Whitehead of Magnetic Principals who launched the company’s new social media website BirthdayMatcher.com on Radio Cornwall on 12 December 2009, followed by an interview on Scilly Isles Radio. The odds on an individual meeting someone born on the same day, month and year as themselves are 10,000 to 1. Birthdaymatcher.com aims to reduce the odds and help people create new relationships based on finding their ‘cyber twin’.

For more information on business incubation at UWE Ventures visit http://rbi.uwe.ac.uk/Internet/innovation/incubators/

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Guy Keith-Miller (AID) presenting a cheque and the UWE Award for Excellence to Claire Rammel Kamp at the Bristol Brunel Academy Year 11 award ceremony held on Thursday 19 November. Claire demonstrated excellence both academically and by her significant contribution to the school community, most notably by winning equipment in the Doodle for Google competition and by providing ideas for the design of the new school. UWE sponsors Bristol Brunel Academy which is part of the Cabot Learning Federation.

Professor Danny Burns (HSC) visited New York in December to run a series of workshops for the Wagner Graduate School of Public Service, (New York University). The aim was to support their Research Centre for Leadership in Action (RCLA) to develop their understanding of systemic action research as a leadership practice. Thirty Wagner members and associates attended the first workshop. The second workshop which focused on systemic action research in New York schools was attended by core RCLA staff. The third day explored possible teaching and research collaborative opportunities for UWE and NYU Wagner. On the final day Danny facilitated a workshop for action researchers across New York. Danny Burns is author of Systemic Action Research: A strategy for whole system change, available from Policy Press or Amazon. Danny took this picture looking down on New York City, during his visit in December.

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New UWE shop-front opens at Tourist Info Centre in Watershed

Potential UWE students can now drop in to a new ‘shop-front’ at the Watershed to find out about courses, enrol for Open Days or request a prospectus. The shop and exhibition space, in the E-shed, is shared with Destination Bristol, which provides tourism and transport information services for the city.

Deputy Vice-Chancellor John Rushforth said, “We want to ensure higher education is accessible to all. UWE’s presence in this new water-side venue provides another location for anyone wishing to find out about UWE’s courses and facilities. There will be computers where visitors can request a prospectus, enrol for courses, purchase tickets for events or find out about UWE’s new Exhibition and Conference Centre. The travel information desk means new students will be able to collect their bus passes, saving them an initial journey to Frenchay campus.

“This is a perfect city centre ‘shop-window’ for UWE’s Public, Community and Business Engagement work and will also provide an ideal rendezvous point for international students in the city centre.”

First visitors to the centre included Paul Gough, Pro Vice-Chancellor, Research, Enterprise and Knowledge Exchange; Barbara Janke, leader of Bristol City Council; James Beresford, Chief Executive of VisitEngland and John Hirst, Operations Director with Destination Bristol.

From next term it is planned that the centre will provide placement work experience for a UWE student, possibly studying on a tourism course. Other exciting additions will include exhibition space, where local artists including UWE students can sell their artworks or jewellery.

Councillor Barbara Janke, leader of Bristol City Council and co-chair of the Destination Bristol Board said: “Bristol has long been deserving of a great tourist centre. We now have a brand new, dedicated space that will provide a truly first-class visitor experience. I am delighted that the centre is now open and will benefit not just those visiting Bristol, but local people as well.”

The new shop will be open seven days a week from 10.00 to 17.00. The E-shed is located overlooking the water, next door to Watershed, Canons Way, Bristol BS1 5TX, telephone number is 0333 321 0101.

From left: Paul Gough, UWE - Pro Vice Chancellor, Councillor Barbara Janke, Leader of Bristol City Council and co-chair of the Destination Bristol Board and James Beresford, Chief Executive of VisitEngland, the tourism body for England.

Slavery and the British Country House

The University teamed up with English Heritage and the National Trust for a one day conference, Slavery and the British Country House, at the New Academic Building at the London School of Economics on Saturday 21 November 2009.

UWE’s Department of History (SSH) helped to fund the conference, and organisation was supported by Madge Dresser, UWE historian and expert on the history of the slave trade.

Madge Dresser said, “This important partnership presented researchers with an excellent opportunity to meet and consider outcomes from the issues raised during the bicentenary of the abolition of slavery two years ago. This is an area of research for which UWE has become renowned and follows on from our involvement in many key events in the city about this subject over recent years.”

During the Bicentenary of the Parliamentary Abolition of the British Transatlantic Slave Trade in 2007, many new research questions were raised about the effect of the British slave trade and the development of Caribbean plantations worked by enslaved Africans on Britain. What impact – if any – did wealth generated from these activities have on British society in general and the ruling elite more specifically? Was there evidence to demonstrate any link between slavery-generated wealth and the development of the arts and culture embodied in the British country house? Were there influences in the design of British houses and estates that link them to Caribbean properties? What evidence is there of the presence of enslaved Africans in British country houses? The conference addressed many of these issues.

Dr Simon Thurley, CEO, English Heritage, said, “English Heritage works to broaden understanding and engagement with the historic environment. We are delighted to be in partnership with colleagues from UWE and National Trust to promote the better understanding of this important area of research.”

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UWE hosts Universities SW Enterprise Awards

A device that could improve treatment of an eye disease affecting 30 million people worldwide has won the first Universities South West Enterprise Award 2009 (USWEA). These awards, open to universities from the South West of England, are aimed at finding the best idea in the west. The competition’s goals are to encourage people to set up businesses, to become more employable, to learn skills and to stimulate the regional economy.

The device, called Selo, came top in the staff/alumni category at the recent awards ceremony, hosted by UWE at its new Exhibition and Conference Centre. It is being developed by Dr Srilakshmi Sharma and Michael Cornish from the University of Bristol.

Runner-ups for the staff/alumni award were Poppy Stephenson and Andy Smith from UWE. They are part of the Bristol Festival Community Group, which organises an annual volunteer-led community festival, showcasing South West talent in music, comedy, art and circus skills, and providing valuable work experience. Andy said, “Being recognised by this competition is great – it means other people get our idea, and understand it. We are gaining massive prestige as well as money, which opens up opportunities for sponsorship and helps get other sponsors on board.”

Winner of the award for best student plan was Jennifer Griffiths, from the University of Bristol, with Snap Fashion, a price comparison website with a difference. Runner-up for the student award was James Zorab, from the University of Bath, with his idea for connecting UK students abroad with landlords and services in the cities they are studying in.

The importance of clarity of vision as one of the ‘soft skills’ needed by entrepreneurs was emphasised by UWE Vice Chancellor Steve West. He said, “This competition recognises the value of entrepreneurship, business talent and acumen. Universities are stepping outside their academic comfort zones into the real world, showing they are prepared to innovate, be creative, be brave and courageous, be visionary and entrepreneurial, and be able to recognise risks and mitigate them.”

The USWEA have grown from individual universities’ business plan competitions, and the previous inter-university competition, the Knowledge West (KW) Enterprise Awards. The awards offer a total prize fund of £10,000 to recognise and reward students, staff and alumni for their efforts in setting up new businesses and social enterprises. Institutions taking part were: Arts University College Bournemouth, Bournemouth University, University of Bath, University of Bristol, University of Exeter (Cornwall Campus), University of Gloucestershire, University of Plymouth, Royal Agricultural College and the University of the West of England.

The competition is part of the Knowledge Escalator South West programme managed by Universities South West which has been supported by over £2.3 million of European Regional Development Funding investment through the South West RDA.

Andy Smith (right) of the Bristol Festival Community Group, runners-up in the staff/alumni category of the Universities SW Awards receives his award from entrepreneur Andy Nash

UWE promotes national growth

in KTPs

KTP office manager Clare Rowson (RBI) was invited to speak at the recent Technology Strategy Board meeting in London aimed at promoting the national growth in Knowledge Transfer Partnerships (KTPs). UWE was one of only three universities to be invited to speak, along with Queen’s University Belfast and the University of Hertfordshire.

Clare said, “Following Lord Sainsbury’s report two years ago, the Government is aiming to double the number of KTPs by 2011. The money to fund KTPs is ring-fenced and despite the recession, much of it still has not been allocated.”

She explained how UWE runs KTPS, and how it aims to grow its KTP portfolio across the University. There are however barriers to achieving this, which include lack of awareness of the opportunity offered by KTP amongst the business community, particularly small and medium-size companies, and the need for a simpler and less risk-averse application process.

UWE KTP associates, academic supervisors and members of the KTP office also attended a conference organised by Kingston University and the Institute of Knowledge Exchange entitled Innovation through Knowledge Transfer: Research with Impact. Of the 41 papers from the UK and abroad, four were from UWE on current KTPs. Two were presented by Dr Stewart Green (BIT), one by Gareth White (BBS) and one from Professor Stephen Hoskins (CA). The conference took place at Hampton Court and was followed by the KTP National Conference at the same venue the following day.

For more information on UWE KTPs visit http://rbi.uwe.ac.uk/intranet/business/ktp.asp

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UWE’s international students are helping regional employers in their quest to explore and expand into new markets overseas.

UWE International Talent is a new project aimed at enabling international students to gain quality work experience in the UK. The project is run by UWE Careers and Global Student Support and is a specialised work experience scheme that links employers who are keen to break into new export markets with UWE’s international students.

David Gee (Careers) who is running this project, works closely with UK Trade and Investment South West to identify and consult with employers who might benefit from the international and employability skills offered by UWE’s students. So far employers have sought to utilise the linguistic skills, cultural knowledge, and academic ability of students from countries as diverse as China, Holland, France, and the Farsi-speaking nations.

Placements vary in duration according to the employer’s requirements. They are paid and of a skilled and intellectual nature. Roles have involved students researching competition in a particular country, identifying the best routes

Regional employers benefit from UWE international students’ many talents

into that market, and advising on the content and format of employers’ products and website given the cultural protocols of that country.

Feedback from employers has been very positive. 7-Layer Solutions, a cash logistics based company based in Cheltenham, recently took on Joe Fan Zhou, a Mandarin-speaking student from the MSc International Management course.

Tracey Kennish, Marketing Manager at the company, said, “Joe proved to be a very valuable asset and was instrumental in assisting us to supply a critical marketing support role to a key client we are currently working with in Japan. Joe enabled us to produce an exceedingly useful piece of ‘demoware’ software in order to help our client market the software we produced for them to the Chinese market place. His application capability from an academic perspective was excellent and his general ability to acquire and apply knowledge added unexpected and very welcome value. It was definitely a very convenient ‘win-win’ situation for both parties. We benefited from a highly intelligent Chinese-speaking student resource and he was able to experience the application of marketing capability to launch a new software / hardware product combination within a real life SME environment. We are sure that his efforts will have contributed to securing what we hope will be an ongoing mutually beneficial business relationship with this important Japanese player within our niche cash logistics sector.”

If you would like to find out more about UWE International Talent please contact Global Careers Consultant David.Gee@uwe.ac.uk tel 82766

Staff and students show they ‘care’This year the Community Volunteer Programme at UWE co-ordinated two initiatives for University staff and students to help others out at Christmas. Five students helped to run the collection of Christmas shoeboxes for the Children’s Overseas Relief Fund, a Fishponds based charity that sends boxes to children in Bulgaria. Helen Seacombe from the Students’ Union said, “The project was a great success building on that of last year. Both students and staff from a wide variety of departments got involved with the project and it was enjoyed by all. In total we received 77 shoeboxes. Special thanks go to English and Journalism student, Tasha Beech, who collected and transported all the boxes to the charity’s office.”

In a separate initiative UWE staff and students generously donated to Caring at Christmas, a charity that helps homeless people at Christmas. In all the University collected and donated 22 boxes of food, 10 bags of men’s clothes, 20 bags of women’s clothes, two boxes of shoes, two boxes of blankets and bed sheets, and six boxes of toiletries to the collection. A number of UWE staff and students also volunteered their time to help at the shelter over Xmas.

Jo Earl, CVP Project Co-ordinator said, “A big thank you to all staff and students who helped by donating items to Caring at Christmas. Every year we are delighted by the support that we are able to offer this charity and we know the donated items are greatly appreciated.”

The Community Volunteer Programme supports students and staff at UWE to volunteer all year round. If you work or study at UWE please get in touch to find out more about how to get involved in volunteering. www.uwe.ac.uk/volunteer

Helen Seacombe, Students’ Union Volunteer Support Officer, with the collected shoeboxes.

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European conference addresses global challenges in Higher Education

Professor Geoffrey Channon, Pro Vice-Chancellor, was the co-chair of a recent European conference at the University of Lisbon on a highly topical theme. Attended by over 150 senior representatives from universities from across Europe and elsewhere, the conference focused on the philosophical, conceptual, strategic and concrete issues that universities face in driving regional innovation in times of a global crisis. A distinguished set of speakers included the Vice-Chancellor of Kingston University, Sir Peter Scott and Professor Frans van Vught, adviser to the European Commission President Barrosa and former Rector of the University of Twente.

From a UWE perspective, a particularly encouraging development was a report on a project being led by Professor van Vught. This will challenge the basis of international league tables and benchmarking. Existing tables strongly favour research-intensive universities and encourage the aspirations of many other universities in that direction. Those universities such as UWE which have determined other missions are disadvantaged. Professor Vught will be proposing a methodology that will benchmark other activities – such as learning and teaching, knowledge exchange and civic engagement – which will give fuller recognition to the missions of universities like UWE.

Obituary - Gordon Bolt MBE 1927 - 2009

Gordon Bolt will be remembered for the outstanding contribution he made to business education at Bristol Polytechnic and to the advancement of the wider Polytechnic and of the University of the West of England.

Gordon gained his BSc (Econ) from the University of London and his MA from the University of Bristol. He subsequently became a Fellow of the Institute of Management, a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Marketing, a Member of the Market Research Society and a Member of the International Marketing Institute, following a course at the Harvard Business School.

After National Service in the Army, Gordon worked in marketing and sales roles in the electric cable industry before joining Bristol College of Commerce as a lecturer in 1960. He became Head of the School of Marketing when the College became part of the newly formed Bristol Polytechnic in 1969 and was later appointed Head of the Department of Business Studies.

In this role, Gordon played a leading part in the development of business education during the formative years of the Polytechnic sector. His strong commitment to vocational and part-time study was reflected in his support for the HNC and HND programmes. He was highly influential too in the development of the flagship Business Studies sandwich degree with its supervised work experience which gave the course its vocational strength. He was also a powerful advocate of the case for the creation of a Bristol Business School.

Gordon Bolt had many qualities which made him so successful in his headship including his willingness to trust colleagues and to give them the freedom to innovate. There are many whose personal development owes much to the quality of leadership they experienced working with Gordon. He always took great pride in the considerable achievements of his students and staff.

In 1987, Gordon was appointed Pro-Director of Bristol Polytechnic. Soon afterwards he simultaneously held the four posts of Assistant Director (External Affairs), Clerk to the Governors, Chief Administrative Officer and Pro-Director, whilst the Polytechnic’s Directorate was being restructured.

From 1989 Gordon’s role as Pro-Director concentrated on looking after the interests of part-time students, staff and courses. He was ideally suited to this given the significant contribution he had made to the development of part-time education within the Polytechnic.

Gordon retired from full-time duties in 1992 and became a Consultant to the Directorate of what then became the University of the West of England. In this role he represented the University on a number of local bodies dealing with important infrastructure and transport issues. However, he never lost his love for teaching and continued to work as a Visiting Lecturer in the Bristol Business School after his retirement.

Gordon was also a prolific author of books and journal articles on Marketing, Marketing Management, Market and Sales Forecasting and Sales Management including works translated into French, German, Spanish and Russian. His activities as a business adviser included twelve years as a Consultant to Guardian Business Services (part of the Guardian Newspaper Group). He was also involved for many years in Ministry of Defence Resettlement Courses for personnel leaving HM Forces. He served as a National Council member of the Chartered Institute of Marketing and as President of the Bristol Branch. He was a member of the Bristol Economic Development Board, the Court of Bristol University and the Council for the Bristol Folk House Adult Education Centre, of which he became Chairman.

In the 1990 Queen’s Birthday Honours List, Gordon Bolt was made a Member of the Order of the British Empire for his services to Higher Education. In 1997, he became an Honorary Fellow of the University of the West of England, an honour which is reserved to persons who have made a remarkable contribution to the life or work of the University and to the advancement of its vision, mission and strategy.

Gordon was highly regarded as an excellent and friendly colleague who could always be relied upon to give both professional and personal support to others. He was fortunate himself to enjoy the full support of his wife, Peggy, to whom he was married for 59 years.

Gordon Bolt was one of a distinguished group of people who laid the foundation for the success which the University enjoys today. His death will be mourned by many who owe him so much.

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Honorary graduates 2009

Professor Colin Fudge

Honorary Degree of Doctor of Science in recognition of his outstanding contribution as Pro Vice-Chancellor of the University of the West of England, to the achievements and reputation of the University in teaching and research both in academic and professional dimensions, nationally and internationally.

Mary Prior MBE CStJ JP

Honorary Degree of Master of Business Administration in recognition of her outstanding contribution to local public service, and her advisory support to the Bristol Business School and her support for and links with significant stakeholders of the University of the West of England.

David Fanshawe

Honorary Degree of Doctor of Music in recognition of his outstanding contribution to bringing music from around the world into the lives of people who neither read nor write music and to his pursuit of musical excellence, which is synonymous with the aims of the University’s Centre for Performing Arts.

Martin Hagen

Honorary Degree of Doctor of Business Administration in recognition of his substantial contribution to the Bristol business and professional community and to his active promotion of accounting education which is central to the mission of the Bristol Business School.

Carolyn Hassan

Honorary Degree of Doctor of Arts in recognition of her outstanding contribution, in her role as Director of the Knowle West Media Centre, to community cohesion, social justice and support for schools and colleges in the local community.

Paul Stephenson

Honorary Degree of Master of Education in recognition of his substantial contribution to pioneering work in race relations and the extension of opportunity to socially excluded young people.

Professor Bhupinder Sandhu

Honorary Degree of Doctor of Science in recognition of her outstanding contribution to public services and charities and as an exemplary role model for women in science and medicine and for individuals from ethnic minorities.

Sir Ian Carruthers OBE

Honorary Degree of Doctor of Science in recognition of his outstanding contribution to health and well being in the South West, as demonstrated in his leadership role in the transformational change in South West Health Services which is consistent with the aims of the University.

The following individuals were awarded honorary degrees by the University this academic year in recognition of their outstanding contribution in a particular field:

Ray Burton

Honorary Degree of Doctor of Education in recognition of his outstanding contribution to the development and growth of the University of the West of England, specifically in the role of Chair of the Board of Governors.

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At the Awards Ceremony of the School of Humanities, Languages and Social Sciences on 25 November, the first graduates of the MA in English Language Teaching, taught at the Immanuel Kant State University of Russia, Kaliningrad, received their awards. This was set up as a dual award in the context of a British Council BRIDGE project started in 2005, managed by Ann Kennard (HLSS) and Professor Vera Zabotkina, then Vice-Rector for International Links at Kaliningrad. George Mann was the ELT subject specialist at UWE. Five of the nine graduates, together with their Award Leader Dr Natalia Andreeva and two other Russian members of staff responsible for the dual MA in Tourism Management for Sustainable Development, were able to travel to Bristol to participate in the Awards Ceremony. The students have also received a diploma from the university in Russia. An institutional agreement was signed in 2007 between the two universities, and it is hoped that the link will broaden into other subject areas. The first students on the Tourism award will graduate in 2010 and hope to attend the ceremony then to receive their awards.

Pictured are: Back row: (from left) Ann Kennard, Alan Bensted, Jem Thomas and June Hannam. Front row: (from left) Dr Elena Kropinova, Dr Natalia Andreeva and Dr Irina Dragileva.

2009 Rod Coleman Memorial Bursary

The 2009 Rod Coleman Memorial Bursary of £1,250 has been awarded to Imogen Branagh who recently completed an Access to Health and Social Care Programme at City of Bath College and is now studying for a degree in Occupational Therapy.

UWE established the annual Rod Coleman Memorial Bursary in 2006 as a means of recognising and celebrating the learning achievements of an outstanding Access student from one of our partner FE colleges.

The Bursary was presented to Imogen by Professor Rob Cuthbert on 30 November. The event was attended by a number of guests, including the family of Rod Coleman.

Carolyn Guy, the Access Co-ordinator at City of Bath College, said that Imogen had impressed all her tutors with her remarkable determination and focus on her goal of obtaining a place at university. She added that Imogen’s tutors at the College regard her as a huge success story and wish her well in her studies at UWE.

Chris Croudace, UWE’s Head of Widening Participation, said that Imogen was an inspiration to would-be adult learners everywhere. Imogen understood that learning could lead the way to a more fulfilling life and has had the tenacity to grasp the opportunities available to her. She is a very worthy winner of the 2009 Rod Coleman Memorial Bursary.

At the same event, book token prizes to the value of £250 were presented to Kim Atkinson (City of Bristol College), Michelle Cook (Bridgwater College), Estelle Daniel (Weston College) and Helen Hunt (Stroud College) for their exceptional dedication and commitment to learning.

From left to right are: Michelle Cook (Bridgwater College); Estelle Daniel (Weston

College); Imogen Branagh (City of Bath College); Kim Atkinson (City of Bristol

College); Helen Hunt (Stroud College).

Annual Graduate Survey The annual survey of graduates is now well under way. The results of this survey are widely used, including in league tables.

If you are in contact with recent graduates please ask them to fill in the survey online (www.uwe.ac.uk/destinations). If you have any information about what they are doing now (e.g., working, studying travelling) please contact UWE Careers on 0117 32 82570 or e-mail careers@uwe.ac.uk

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UWE top in Student Energy Saving Campaign

Last academic year (2008/09) the Energy Team, Environmental Team and Accommodation Services and Students Union teamed up to run an energy saving competition, called the Student Switch Off campaign, in some of UWE’s student accommodation. This included the Student Village, St Matthias (Elsa Nunn and Bishop Monk), The Hollies and city centre accommodation (Nelson House, Drake House and Transom House). This was a not for profit campaign which is run through a Community Interest Company. Last year there were 11 universities included in the campaign. Of those 11 universities, UWE made the greatest energy savings, with an overall reduction of 14.9 per cent. This was a reduction on the previous year (2007/08) and took into account the fact that we had a much colder winter last year. The winning block in the Village was Cotswold 4 and the winning flat on Glenside Campus was The Hollies, Block 6, Flat 1.2.

The competition is running again this

year, and alongside the competitions and prizes included by the Student Switch Off campaign, UWE is running additional competitions and prizes. These include cash incentives for the winning block/flats at the end of the year and a night out bowling.

This year there are 33 universities included in the campaign.

The Student Switch Off campaign promotes the small changes that people can make in order to save energy.

• Put a lid on your pan when cooking

• Cook together so that the oven/cooker is used less

• When boiling the kettle, only boil the amount you need

• Wear extra layers rather than turning the heating up

• Turn all lights off when leaving your room/flat

• Turn equipment off at the wall when it is not in use (do not leave on

standby as this still uses energy)

• Unplug chargers when not in use

Staff can also do in order to help the University reduce its energy consumption.

• Switch off equipment at the end of the day, including communal items such as photocopiers and printers

• When you switch your PC off, also remember to switch your screen off. The screen does not switch off with the PC and uses a lot of energy

• Unplug/switch off mobile phone chargers when not in use

• Where people use kettles, only boil the amount you need

• Look around and see whether you need the lights on. Could you open the blinds and turn the lights off?

• Switch off all office lights at the end of the day

The winning flat Cotswold 4 receive their prizes.

UWE graduate wins top Health and Safety award

Chris McCarthy, a Health, Safety and Environment graduate has won an award at the Safety and Health Practitioner, Institution of Occupational Safety and Health awards, a prestigious event in the health and safety profession’s calendar.

Chris, who completed his degree in 2007, received the New Entrant of the Year award for his outstanding achievements as

a Site Environmental Health and Safety Manager at HJ Heinz.

Chris was first inspired to pursue a career in health and safety at the age of 16, when he completed a GSCE school project at HJ Heinz. He started a full-time position two years ago and is responsible for the health and safety of 250 employees at the company’s frozen dessert factory in Leamington Spa which Heinz sold to PoleStar Foods in November 2009.

Chris is proud of his achievements to date and believes that his decision to study at UWE has played an important role in contributing to this success. Chris explains, “I decided on UWE after attending an Open Day. I wanted to live in Bristol and was impressed with the reputation that the course had within the health and safety profession. It’s such a specialist area and I found that the vocational nature of the course made it much easier to apply the practical skills I needed from day one on the factory floor.

“I’m just at the start of my career, so am thrilled to have won this award. I really enjoy my role and it’s rewarding to empower colleagues to look after each other and manage their workload more safely.”

A near miss and hazard reporting system is one initiative that has made a difference to safety at the factory. Chris’s encouragement to staff to make better use of the system resulted in a zero per cent accident rate, down from 3.1 in 2008/9. Chris was also a member of the UWE Athletics team and used his love of running to inspire colleagues to take part in the Great North Run as part of a health campaign at work.

Chris has kept in touch with Course Tutor, David Lown since graduating and current final and second year BSc HSE students will benefit from a factory visit to see Chris at work in the New Year.

David Lown, Senior Lecturer (HLS), said “When Chris started the course he was very clear on the career he wanted to pursue and it’s great to see him being rewarded in this way.”

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News in Brief

Research bidsDamian Maye (CCRI) has won a research grant from the Department of the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs for just over £500,000. The research is to evaluate all of the social aspects of the government’s programme for vaccinating badgers against tuberculosis, amongst all of the stakeholders. These include studies of farmers, vets and policy implementers. The work will extend over five years and provide results that can be applied to other animal health and welfare policies.

Staff in the mediaProfessor Roy Light (Law) and Professor Martin Plant (HLS) were both featured on the ITV news on 13 November, Roy talked about licensing laws and alcohol problems and Martin discussed young people, binge drinking and alcohol policy.

Ron Ritchie (Dean, EDU and Assistant Vice-Chancellor) reviewed the newspapers for BBC Radio Bristol’s breakfast show on 17 November. His featured stories included a UWE honorary graduate, James Partridge, who is the first facially disfigured newsreader to have a TV slot as a news presenter; the work going on in a partnership school, Brislington Enterprise College, as part of anti-bullying week, and the achievements of young people honoured at the Prince’s Trust awards evening.

Lee Salter (CA, Culture, Media and Drama), was interviewed on BBC Radio Bristol, on 17 November, on the influence of The Sun newspaper, in the light of its recent shift in political allegiance and the newspaper's 40th birthday. Mike Jempson (CA, Culture, Media and Drama) debated with Trevor Kavanagh (Associate Editor and former Political Editor of the Sun) and Roy Greenslade (Guardian columnist and former Sun staffer) about the strengths and weaknesses of The Sun, on the BBC Radio Wales lunchtime phone-in on 18 November. Mike has also recorded a discussion with comedian Mark Thomas for a BBC Radio 4 show, The Manifesto investigating proposals for change raised by members of the public. Mike's topic was the Press Complaints Commission and alternatives to press regulation.

Christien Van Den Anker (HLSS) was interviewed on BBC Radio Bristol on 24 November about whether the problem of people trafficking needs more public awareness.

Professor Martin Plant (HLS) was interviewed on the BBC World Service’s flagship news programme World Today on Wednesday 25 November about the relationship between per capita alcohol consumption and alcohol-related deaths. This discussion particularly focused on the Scottish Government’s proposal to introduce a minimum price for units of alcohol. He also carried out a live interview on BBC Radio Bristol on 1 December related to drinking and driving and again on 8 January about a report on alcohol from the House of Commons Health Committee.

Dr Owain Jones (CCRI) appeared on December 1 on the BBC Radio 4 programme Thinking Allowed to discuss his research on contemporary practices of English rural communities.

Helen Butcher (EDU) was interviewed on BBC Radio Bristol’s Breakfast Show on Tuesday 8 December about the changing nature of children’s play.

Professor Richard Coates (HLSS) was interviewed on BBC Radio Northern Ireland, BBC Radio Scotland, BBC Radio Devon, BBC Radio Bristol, Star/Jack FM and Heart Radio about the launch of the largest ever study of UK family names during the week of 14 December.

Dr Lisa Harrison (SSH) appeared as a political commentator on ITV West News annual political review on 15 December. She was also interviewed on BBC Radio Bristol on 9 December to discuss the Chancellor’s pre-budget report and also on 22 December about the planned party political leadership debates.

Dr Helen Frisby (SSH) was recently filmed discussing the origins of the ‘garden cemetery’, commemorative monuments, and Victorian funerary ritual. The interview was for a series of short films, to be shown at the soon-to-be-opened Arnos Vale Cemetery visitor centre. The centre is part of a multi-million pound restoration and refurbishment project presently being undertaken at the cemetery.

Professor Philip Lawrence commented on BBC Points West and West News on 11 December about Airbus A400M plane replacing the RAF’s Hercules.

Janet Jones (SCA) was interviewed on BBC Radio Wales on Friday 8 January with Max Clifford to discuss the resignation of Jonathan Ross from the BBC.

PublicationsRecent Publications by Dr Ibrahim Seaga Shaw, Senior Research Fellow, Politics (HLSS), Shaw, Ibrahim S (2009) The ‘us only’ and ‘us+them’ frames in reporting the Sierra Leone war: Implications for peace journalism and global justice in Ethical Space. March. Shaw, Ibrahim S (2009) Towards an African Journalism Model: A Critical Historical Perspective. The International Communication Gazette. SAGE. Vol 71. No 6. p491. October.

Stuart Grange (Senior Lecturer in Diagnostic Imaging, HSC) has had an article published on Dental Radiography and Radiation Protection in the Winter 2009 edition of the journal Vital, a sister publication of the British Dental Journal. The article details the safe and effective use of ionising radiation in dental imaging.

Professor Rob Cuthbert (EDU) contributed to the debate on the Research Excellence Framework and the relationships between teaching and research in Universities with an article entitled The View from beyond Russell Square published in the Michaelmas Term 2009 issue of the Oxford Magazine.

AppointmentsVisiting Professor Yasmin Alibhai-Brown (CA) appears in The 500 Most Influential Muslims in the World 2009, published by The Royal Islamic Strategic Foundation in association with (the Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Centre for Muslim-Christian Understanding) Georgetown University. This promises to be the first edition of an annual listing devised to highlight those whose influence is derived from their practice of Islam or from the fact that they are Muslim.

Pro Vice-Chancellor Professor Geoffrey Channon has been appointed a Quality Assurance Agency (QAA) Institutional Auditor from 2010-11. For several years he has been a QAA Reviewer for the award of degree awarding powers. Geoffrey has also been appointed to a Universities UK/GuildHE expert group which will be looking at the future of external examining in the UK – a subject addressed by the Dearing Inquiry of more than a decade ago and which has recently been revived in the public debate about the future accountability of HE and the maintenance of standards.

UWE journalism students have set up a new Journalism Society. The Society is helping to promote a number of events including the NUJ's Benn Lecture, delivered this year by award-winning journalist, Nick Davies. It will help students develop their journalism skills, organise events and will help students seeking employment in journalism and related areas. Membership is open to all interested parties. Contact Julija2.Jegorova@live.uwe.ac.uk or Lee.Salter@uwe.ac.uk

ConferencesPhil Topham (LS) co-led a workshop on social anxiety in learning with Graham Russell (University of Plymouth) at the London International Conference on Education on 9 November. The workshop aimed to raise awareness, increase confidence and develop strategies to help teachers in identifying and supporting students who experience learning problems related to anxiety or shyness.

Gareth White (BBS) presented a paper at the Innovation Through Knowledge Transfer 2009: Research with Impact conference at Hampton Court Palace on 2 December. The paper outlined the Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) activities within Bristol Business School, detailing the benefits they deliver for both the participating organisations and UWE, and highlighted the challenges that universities face in attracting and supporting future KTPs.

Dr Britta Martens (SSH) gave a lecture on Alfred Lord Tennyson’s poem In Memoriam at the Bath Royal Literary and Scientific Institution in October 2009. The lecture commemorated the bicentenary of the poet’s birth and discussed the importance of his most famous work for the Victorians and for today’s readers.

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Conference on the Future of Democracy held in Kiev, Ukraine on 21-23 October 2009. Opened by President Victor Yushchenko and attended by representatives of all 47 countries in the CoE, the conference explored ways of strengthening democracy in the 21st century. Professor Hambleton wrote a background paper for the conference and led a workshop on Reinforcing participation and inclusion, especially at the local level. A full report on the conference will be published by the CoE in 2010.

Robin Hambleton, Professor of City Leadership in the Cities Research Centre, (BNE) was invited to speak at all three Party Political Conferences. The three fringe meetings – Liberal Democrats in Bournemouth (21 September), Labour in Brighton (28 September) and Conservatives in Manchester (5 October) – were all focussed on the theme of promoting local leadership. Robin outlined findings from a new report recently completed by researchers in the Cities Research Centre on International Insights on Civic Leadership and Public Service Innovation. Published by the Local Authority Research Council Initiative (LARCI) the report draws insights from other countries on how to improve locality leadership in the UK. More information: www.rcuk.ac.uk/innovation/partnership/larci

MediaWise Director Mike Jempson (Senior Lecturer, Journalism FCA) was a speaker at a three day symposium in Paris (13-15 November) comparing European and American media coverage of immigration. Senior journalists from the USA, Europe and North Africa attended. Mike also contributed to a knowledge-exchange programme in Rabat, Morocco, organised by the Media Diversity Institute, 15-18 October. He demonstrated interactive training modules as part of a scheme to introduce the concept of diversity reporting to staff from Mohammed V University and several journalism training institutes. The project was funded by the British Embassy. Mike also debated with Dorothy Byrne, Channel 4 Head of News and current affairs, in front of an audience of staff, students and the public, at Lincoln University on Monday 23 November. In the closing poll Mike won the debate on whether the chase for audience ratings is killing off human rights reporting on TV. Earlier in the day Mike was interviewed by BBC Radio Lincoln.

Phil Chamberlain, (MA Journalism student) who also teaches first year Journalism Writing at UWE, is one of a team selected by MediaWise

to interview senior health and environmental experts in Europe for a WHO publication to accompany the Fifth Ministerial Conference on Environment and Health, in Parma, Italy (10-12 March 2010)

Professor Derek Braddon (BBS) presented a paper on Public-Private Partnerships in Defence at a DCAF-CSET conference organised by the University of St Gallen, Geneva, Switzerland in early November. The conference drew participants from both Europe and the United States and Derek’s paper will be included in a published volume of conference proceedings in 2010.

Professor Derek Braddon (BBS) presented the plenary address at the 100th EUROMIL Presidium held in Brussels in November. Euromil is the group representing all of the military associations from across Europe and the theme of Derek’s paper was The Economic Crisis and the Consequences for Future Defence Spending. Professor Braddon’s grim predictions for defence expenditure have attracted considerable media interest with coverage in the NATO Review and in Le Monde. He has now been asked to present a similar paper at a conference to be held at the Département de l'Enseignement et de la Recherche, Centre des Hautes Etudes de l'Armement, at the Ecole Militaire in Paris in December.

Peter Gilbert (ITS) gave a presentation at a Microsoft SharePoint in UK Higher Education Institutions event on 25 November in London.

Professor Rob Cuthbert (EDU) was the after-dinner speaker and presented the Fellowship and Newer Researcher awards at the Annual Conference of the Society for Research into Higher Education on 8-10 December 2009 at Celtic Manor Resort, Newport. The theme of the conference, which was attended by 350 academics from 27 countries, was Challenging Higher Education: Knowledge, Policy and Practice.

Dr Jona Razzaque (LAW) presented a paper on Participatory environmental governance: assessing the role of communities in Europe and Asia in the IUCN 7th Colloquium on Environmental Governance and Sustainability, (China, 1-5 November 2009).

The Nuclear Medicine Programme team (HSC) at UWE has linked with Hermes Medical Solutions to support the development and delivery of the postgraduate Nuclear Medicine programme. A bespoke version of the web

based TeleHERMES platform was developed in conjunction with the Nuclear Medicine programme team. This enables students to manipulate and process data and simulate aspects of clinical practice and also provides access to the Hybrid Viewer software platform. Students will also be able to access the TeleHERMES platform remotely away from the classroom, providing scope for asynchronous enquiry based learning approaches. The TeleHERMES platform is also being used to support CPD study days and research initiatives across the South West Region.

TeleHERMES Hybrid Viewer software. One application which is being utilised within the Nuclear Medicine and CT programmes and undergraduate training.

The Diagnostic Imaging team within the Allied Health Professions, (HSC) provided the first two day intravenous (IV) injection training course for radiographers employed by Alliance Medical Ltd in November 2009. The IV course covered various aspects of injecting pharmaceutical and radiopharmaceutical agents using a range of theoretical and practical sessions. Members of the Diagnostic Imaging team will provide another IV training course for Alliance Medical in June 2010. The IV course provision is part of an initiative to develop new educational relationships and create education solutions for the independent health care sector. Course organiser Marc Griffiths hopes to build upon this initial success by offering training solutions to other independent sector health care companies.

Professor Paul Gough (Pro Vice-Chancellor) gave a lecture at the University of Chichester on remembrance and commemoration, followed by a reception on the evening of Thursday 3 December. Professor Gough curated an exhibition at the University’s Otter Gallery – Remembrance and Restoration: Exploring the imagery of war, resurrection and recovery (19 November- 10 January) which featured the Gallery's unique collection of studies for Stanley Spencer’s Resurrection of the Soldiers which forms the end wall of the Sandham Memorial Chapel at nearby Burghclere.

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You can access the service as an individual member of staff or, if you have responsibilities for staff, you may find the EAP service can help you in your capacity as a manager. This is additional to the advice and guidance available from Human Resources and is in no way intended to deal with the formal or procedural aspects of management. Instead the EAP can offer advice, information and assurances about some of the situations you may face as a manager eg being concerned about the emotional state of a member of your team, how you might approach a situation that seems confrontational or to talk through how you dealt with a situation you experienced as difficult.

The service is entirely confidential and no identifying details of callers will be made available to UWE.

For more details about the service please visit the website at http://eap.rightcorecare.co.uk Or call 0800 1116 387 to talk to someone who can help you.

HR updateFeeling a bit stressed or worried about debts after the festive season?UWE’s Employee Assistance Programme provided through RightCorecare offers staff access to a free confidential telephone helpline service available 24 hours per day, 365 days per year. The service offers information and advice on a whole range of personal, emotional, family, legal and financial questions that can affect us at both home and at work.

Most callers will be dealt with on the telephone with information and advice from Right Corecare's trained staff. A significant feature of the scheme is the ability to offer up to six sessions of face to face counselling when telephone advisers feel this is appropriate. In addition all staff can access one session of career counselling via telephone per year.

People + performance – launch!What is this about?

The staff survey showed that people wanted to see improvements in a range of things that impact on how they work and how they are managed including appraisal, development, career pathways and internal communications. The people + performance project will address a number of these issues with the overall aim of improving the staff experience.

Performance and development reviews, one to one meetings and team briefings are being rolled out to faculties and services from November 2009 to June 2010. More information will shortly be available on the updated Human Resources website.

Further details about the scheme will also be in the February edition of the Bulletin.

Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities

You are warmly invited to attend

The Seventh Annual Fullbrook Lectureon

Thursday 25 February 2010 at 18.45

‘Bare Lives’ in Guantánamo BayProfessor Dick Ellis

Professor of American Studies University of Birmingham

Lecture Theatre H124, St Matthias Campus UWE, Oldbury Court Road, Bristol BS16 2JP

Drinks and canapés will be served following the lecture RSVP contact SSHEvents@uwe.ac.uk or telephone 0117 32 84372

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Staff AssociationStaff Association celebrates 40th anniversary

Summer Dance, Saturday 19 June 2010, Ramada Hotel Bristol, 20.00

This year is a special year for the Staff Association having been in existence for 40 years we will be celebrating our Ruby Anniversary. The Committee is looking to organise some really special events to mark this milestone in the calendar.

We would love to hear from you about your experiences with the Staff Association. How long you have been members, past reminiscences, anything.

Would you like to be part of the planning for some of these events? To make this year extra special we are calling on you for help. We need ideas, ticket sellers as well as helpers. If you have any ideas or a spare hour or so please do come forward and help us.

The main event so far is the Summer Dance on Saturday 19

June 2010 at the Ramada Hotel Bristol starting at 20.00.

A special evening of music, dance, fun and laughter has been organised. Tickets will go on sale in the next few months. If you would like to make a weekend of it (stay over on Saturday night) please let us know and we will try to get an arrangement for room bookings. Again we have live entertainment and a disco as well as a three course meal. We will also be running a special anniversary raffle.

Staff Association Annual General Meeting, Tuesday 26 January 2010 at 12.30

More details of this will be sent to you in the next month or so. Please do try to come along, the Committee (old and new) needs your support and advice.

Have you thought about becoming a Committee member or Officer? If you would like to find out more please contact me Chloe.Hyde@uwe.ac.uk or through the Staff Association

Man and a van for hire: no job too small. Competitive rates. Tel 0789 0727 137 or e-mail info@colliwagg.co.uk

Luxor, Egypt: Two bedoom apartment near all tourist sites and River Nile, £150pw. 15 minutes from airport, £5 taxi. Optional 'buddy' available £40pw. Contact Dr Penny Walters 0117 935 9040/ 07977 247 763 or www.everythingegyptian.co.uk.

Precious Prints creates unique handcrafted solid silver jewellery that captures your child’s fingerprint. Our stunning range includes pendants, necklaces, cufflinks, bookmarks, keyrings, bangles and charm bracelets. Our personalised pieces are beautifully crafted and are an ideal gift for any occasion Contact: Lucy: 01454 778083 or Leanne 07813 969 691. www.preciousp.co.uk

Pure olive oil: 100 per cent pure organic cold pressed olive oil from the mountains of Central Sicily. 5.20 Euros a litre plus postage. Available in three, five and ten litre tins. Please contact 0774 36 38 690 for more information

Tang Soo Do Martial Arts classes - learn self defence, improve fitness and confidence. Families and beginners welcome. Contact Victoria.Nash@uwe.ac.uk for further details.

Flooring innovations: Domestic and Commercial floor laying. Tiles, vinyl and laminate, all types of work undertaken. Please contact Colin Doran on 0117 937 2589 or 07989 558 545 or e-mail flooringinnovations@yahoo.co.uk.

Kitchens, bathrooms, plumbing, tiling. Full range of suites and units to suit all budgets. Now available: Magnet products at trade prices. Reliable, experienced and

reasonably-priced work carried out to your instructions. Bristol, Bath, South Gloucestershire and surrounding areas. All work to quotes unless otherwise requested. Call 01454 312535 or 07825 816 050. E-mail rhtbuilding@googlemail.com

Personal trainer - Fitness Solutions with nutritional advice and motivational support. Tone and tighten, increase muscle mass, build endurance, burn fat, gain core stability, stay motivated. See www.sanpt.com for further details.

New York lodgings needed. I need somewhere for my daughter to stay in New York from March this year, while she completes a three-month internship at Bridgeman Art Library. If you know anyone who could rent out a room to her, please could you get in touch: jasmineburville@hotmail.com

St Andrew’s Players Present Puss In Boots, St Andrew’s Church Hall, Elm Park, Filton, Wednesday 17 – Saturday 20 February 2010, 19.30 plus matinee on Saturday. Adults £6, Children £3. Tickets on sale from the Box Office: 0117 975 5538 or via Katharine Downey (SLS) on 0117 32 83512 Katharine2.Downey@uwe.ac.uk

Accommodation needed - Spanish law teacher seeks a completely furnished apartment in city centre (Bishopston, St. Andrews, Clifton, Redland) from April to June 2010. £500 ppm max. Please e-mail cfv@us.es.

Florida - Gulf Coast, Rotonda. Privately owned three bed/two bath villa with 30ft own pool and barbecue, backing onto freshwater canal, lots of wildlife, bicycles available, close to beaches and restaurants. The ‘other’ view of Florida. Flights from Bristol available via Newark to either Tampa or Orlando. www.sunstatevilla.co.uk.

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Call the Centre for Sport for more details on Telephone: 0117 32 86214

*Wallscourt Farm Gym open term time only 12.00 - 20.00hrsHence sessions start week beginning 11 January 2010

Website: www.uwe.ac.uk/sport

• Located on Frenchay Campus - fi ve minute walk from the Centre for Sport

• Situated behind the halls ofresidence on the former HP land

• Wide range of equipment and newly refurbished

Have you visited the new Wallscourt Farm Gym yet?!New at Wallscourt Farm Gym!

Women Only SessionsTuesday Evenings 17.00-19.00*

andStaff Only Sessions

Monday and Thursday Lunchtimes 12.00 - 14.00*

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Celebrating Paper and UrbanEvolution exhibitionsDate: 17 January 2010 - 21 February 2010Venue: Royal West of England Academy,Clifton, Bristol

Admission: £4, (concessions £2.50). Children Free Telephone: 0117 973 5129 E-mail: info@rwa.org.uk For more information visit: http://www.rwa.org.uk/

Drawing and Mark Making forVitreous Enamel Three Day CourseDate: 26 January 2010 - 28 January 2010Time: 9.30 - 16.30

Elizabeth TurrellVenue: Centre for Fine Print Research,Bower Ashton Campus

Admission: £320 (£256 concessions) Contact: Marketing and External Relations Team Telephone: 0117 32 84810 E-mail: sca.cpd@uwe.ac.uk For more information visit: http://www.uwe.ac.uk/sca/courses/drawing_vitreous_enamel_cpd.shtml

Centre for Transport and SocietySeminar: Business Attitudes TowardsTransportDate: 27 January 2010 (Time: 17.30-19.30)

Prof Phil Goodwin and Prof Glenn Lyons, UWE Bristol Venue: Centre for Sustainable Transport, University of Plymouth Admission: Free Contact: Prof Jon Shaw, University of Plymouth E-mail: jon.shaw@plymouth.ac.uk

For more information visit: http://www.transport.uwe.ac.uk/news/seminar3_series.asp

Film Screening: Twilight (12) Date: 27 January 2010 (Time: 18.00)Venue: Scene IT Cinema, 2D07

Admission: Free, tickets available from Core24 Contact: Eliza Kruszelnicka Telephone: 0117 32 86347 E-mail: Eliza2.Kruszelnicka@uwe.ac.uk

Opening Doors 2010 - Developing as a Supervisor Date: 29 January 2010 (Time: 10.00 - 16.30)John WaiteVenue: School of Life Sciences, FrenchayCampus

Admission: £90 (concessionary rate £60 - UWE staff/students) Contact: Mandy James Telephone: 0117 32 82493 E-mail: Mandy.James@uwe.ac.uk For more information visit: http://www.uwe.ac.uk/hls/ls/news/openingdoors.shtml

Film Screening: My Sister's Keeper (12)Date: 1 February 2010 (Time: 18:00)Venue: Scene IT Cinema, 2D07 Admission: Free, tickets available from Core24 Contact: Eliza Kruszelnicka Telephone: 0117 32 86347 E-mail: Eliza2.Kruszelnicka@uwe.ac.ukDigital Print and Laser Cutting Two Day Course Date: 1 February 2010 - 2 February 2010Time: 9.30 - 16.30Paul Laidler and Claire PhippsVenue: Centre for Fine Print Research,Bower Ashton Campus

Admission: £195 (£156 concessions) Contact: Centre for Fine Print Research Telephone: 0117 32 85864 E-mail: CFPRinfo@uwe.ac.uk For more information visit: http://www.uwe.ac.uk/sca/courses/digital_print_laser2.shtml

Home Made Rubber Stamp One Day Workshop Date: 2 February 2010 (Time: 10.00 - 16.00)Stephen FowlerVenue: Centre for Fine Print Research,Bower Ashton Campus

Admission: £50 (£40 concessions) Contact: Marketing and External Relations Team Telephone: 0117 32 84810 E-mail: sca.cpd@uwe.ac.uk For more information visit: http://www.uwe.ac.uk/sca/courses/rubber_stamp_cpd.shtml

Water Based Screenprinting for the Enamelling Process Three Day Masterclass Date: 2 February 2010 - 4 February 2010Time: 9.30 - 16.30Elizabeth Turrell and Dave FortuneVenue: Centre for Fine Print Research,Bower Ashton Campus

Admission: £320 (£256 concessions) Contact: Marketing and External Relations Team Telephone: 0117 32 84810 E-mail: sca.cpd@uwe.ac.uk For more information visit: http://www.uwe.ac.uk/sca/courses/waterbased_enamel_cpd.shtml

Six UWE Music Technology students joined lecturer Martyn Harries at this year’s Children In Need night at BBC Bristol. They thrilled audiences with a live radio drama and sound effects extravaganza. In six half hour sessions members of the public, who were on a tour of the BBC premises, joined in with the UWE team in presenting a radio play, making the champagne bottles and flying horses come to life with strange sound fx techniques. The students were also shown round the Autumnwatch outside broadcast trucks by sound supervisor, Louise Wilcox, generally helped shepherd the public and in one case truly got under the skin of Pudsey! Oliver Smith has gained a whole new skillset!

Staff in AID (pictured below) also raised £130 for Children in Need by dressing up in costumes from around the world.

Pictured from left are: Oliver Smith, Emily Shimel, Sam Warner, Tom Carrell and Sarah Collis.

UWE Farmers' Market Date: 3 February 2010 (Time: 10.00-15.00Venue: Courtyard outside Main Reception,

Frenchay Campus For more information visit: http://www.uwe.ac.uk/environment/farmersmarket/

Film Screening: Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince (PG) Date: 3 February 2010 (Time: 18:00)Venue: Scene IT Cinema, 2D07

Admission: Free, tickets available from Core24 Contact: Eliza Kruszelnicka Telephone: 0117 32 86347 E-mail: Eliza2.Kruszelnicka@uwe.ac.uk

UWE Open Day Date: 6 February 2010 (Time: 10.00-16.00Venue: Frenchay, Bower Ashton, Glenside and St Matthias Campuses

Contact: Admissions and International Recruitment Telephone: 0117 32 83333 E-mail: open@uwe.ac.uk For more information visit: http://www.uwe.ac.uk/openday

UWE Showstoppers in concert Date: 6 February 2010 (Time: 19.30)Venue: St Andrew's Church, Elm Park,Filton

Songs from Broadway to the West End and featuring special guests Four in the Bar Admission: Tickets £6, £5, and £3 – available from the Online Store https://store.uwe.ac.uk Contact: Centre for Performing Arts Telephone: 0117 32 82067 E-mail: cpa@uwe.ac.uk For more information visit: http://www.uwe.ac.uk/cpa

The System Impacts of Large Wind Fleets on the UK Network Date: 8 February 2010 (Time: 18.30 for 19.00)Dr John Constable, Renewable EnergyFoundationVenue: Lecture theatre 1N5,Frenchay Campus

Admission: Free Contact: Olly Wells Telephone: 0117 933 4788 E-mail: owells@theiet.org For more information visit: http://www.theiet.org/bristol

Film Screening: District 9 (15) Date: 8 February 2010 (Time: 18:00)Venue: Scene IT Cinema, 2D07

Admission: Free, tickets available from Core24 Contact: Eliza Kruszelnicka Telephone: 0117 32 86347 E-mail: Eliza2.Kruszelnicka@uwe.ac.uk

Film Screening: Milk (15) Date: 9 February 2010 (Time: 18:00)Venue: Scene IT Cinema, 2D07

Admission: Free, tickets available from Core24 Contact: Eliza Kruszelnicka Telephone: 0117 32 86347 E-mail: Eliza2.Kruszelnicka@uwe.ac.uk

Film Screening: Forgetting Sarah Marshall (15) Date: 10 February 2010 (Time: 18:00)Venue: Scene IT Cinema, 2D07

Admission: Free, tickets available from Core 24 Contact: Eliza Kruszelnicka Telephone: 0117 32 86347 E-mail: Eliza2.Kruszelnicka@uwe.ac.uk

Shakespeare at the Tobacco Factory: A Midsummer Night's Dream Date: 11 February 2010 - 20 March 2010Venue: The Tobacco Factory, North Street,Southville

For more information visit: http://sattf.org.uk/

Wind Extravaganza: UWE Saxophone,Woodwind and Brass ensembles inconcert Date: 13 February 2010 (Time: 19.30Venue: Staple Hill Methodist Church A concert in aid of the Ronald McDonald House Charities. Directed by Valerie Hodges.

Admission: £6 (£5 concessions) – available from the UWE Online Store: https://store.uwe.ac.uk Contact: Centre for Performing Arts Telephone: 0117 32 82067 E-mail: cpa@uwe.ac.uk For more information visit: http://www.uwe.ac.uk/cpa

Centre for Performing Arts Lunchtime Event: Forty Minutes Date: 23 February 2010 (Time: 12.40-13.20)Venue: The Octagon, Frenchay Campus

Admission: FREE Contact: Centre for Performing Arts Telephone: 0117 32 82067 E-mail: cpa@uwe.ac.uk For more information visit: http://www.uwe.ac.uk/cpa

Introduction to Designing and Producing Vitreous Enamel Panels for Public Art Commissions Three Day course Date: 23 February 2010 - 25 February 2010Time: 9.30 - 16.30Elizabeth TurrellVenue: Centre for Fine Print Research,Bower Ashton Campus

Admission: £320 (£256 concessions) Contact: Marketing and External Relations Team Telephone: 0117 32 84810 E-mail: sca.cpd@uwe.ac.uk For more information visit: http://www.uwe.ac.uk/sca/courses/enamel_public_art_cpd.shtml

7th Annual Fullbrook Lecture: "Bare lives" in Guantanamo Bay Date: 25 February 2010 (Time: 18:45)Professor Dick Ellis, University of BirminghamVenue: Lecture Theatre H124, St Matthias Campus

Admission: Free - reservation required Contact: Rose West, Events Officer Telephone: 0117 32 84372 E-mail: SSHevents@uwe.ac.uk For more information visit: http://www.uwe.ac.uk/hlss/faculty/news.shtml

Opening Doors 2010: Changing the Same? Date: 26 February 2010(Time: 10.00 - 16.30)Nigel WilliamsVenue: School of Life Sciences, Frenchay Campus

Admission: £90 (concessionary rate £60-UWE staff/students) Contact: Mandy James Telephone: 0117 32 82493 E-mail: Mandy.James@uwe.ac.uk For more information visit: http://www.uwe.ac.uk/hls/ls/news/openingdoors.shtml

Ethics in Business - A Contradiction in terms?: a Business Studies Taster Day Date: 26 February 2010 (Time: 10:00-15:00)Venue: UWE Bristol, Frenchay Campus

UWE Farmers' Market Date: 3 March 2010 (Time: 10.00-15.00)Venue: Courtyard outside Main Reception, Frenchay Campus

For more information visit: http://www.uwe.ac.uk/environment/farmersmarket/index.shtml

Musical 2010: The Wedding Singer Date: 3 March 2010 - 6 March 2010Time: 19.30 (Saturday Matinee 14.30)Venue: Redgrave Theatre, Clifton

The annual musical from the Centre for Performing Arts. Admission: £10 (£7 concessions) – available from UWE Online Store: https://store.uwe.ac.uk Contact: Centre for Performing Arts Telephone: 0117 32 82067 E-mail: cpa@uwe.ac.uk For more information visit: http://www.uwe.ac.uk/cpa

Postgraduate Open Event Date: 10 March 2010Time: 16:00 - 20:00

Venue: UWE Bristol, Frenchay and Bower Ashton Campuses only E-mail: open@uwe.ac.uk For more information visit: http://www.uwe.ac.uk/openday

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