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27 September 2007 - Issue 70

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In this month’s issue2 UWE leads the way

in Research Council success

3 Student success at International Animation Festival

6 Student wins Vividas and Pinewood prize

7 The future is BRILLE - New Research Centre

7 New bodies for old – seminars on tissue collecting and donating

21 Researcher visits ‘car free’ Europe

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Front cover: Hana Salih enjoys her first day at the new nursery with her brother Sam with help from Nursery nurses (l-r) Selina Jeal, Becky Beech and Lisa Lewis

UWE leads the way in Research Council success

UWE won more Research Council grants last year than any other modern university and more than many of the traditional universities.

According to data published recently by the Times Higher Educational Supplement (THES), UWE submitted 80 applications last year and won 25 awards, a success rate of 31 per cent that puts it on par with research intensive universities such as Birmingham and Southampton, and ahead of the likes of Liverpool, Cardiff and Exeter.

Acting Vice-Chancellor Steve West commented, “I am delighted with this news which emphasises the quality of the research UWE undertakes. The success rate also reflects the University’s ongoing commitment to research and knowledge exchange and the quality of the staff involved in developing bids.”

Although the top 10 research-intensive universities gained 40% of all Research Council awards, UWE was one of the few modern universities to make significant in-roads in terms of both numbers and success rate. Not only does UWE lead the way among the modern universities with 25 awards (the next highest is Plymouth with 18), but is ahead of traditional universities such as Brunel, Essex, Hull and Surrey.

As THES points out, “Most post-1992 institutions fared poorly with the Research Councils, although a few had reason to celebrate. The University of the West of England took in the most grants of all the modern universities.”

UWE fared particularly well in bidding to the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (12 awards from 41 applications) and the Arts and Humanities Research Council (9 awards from 26 applications). Although only submitting small numbers of applications to the Natural Environment Research Council and the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council, success rates were high (2 out of 2 to NERC and 2 out of 5 to BBSRC).

“This spread of awards across the Research Councils reflects the breadth as well as quality of research at UWE,” said Richard Bond, Head of Research and Development in (RBI). “Competition for Research Council grants is intense. I hope this level of success encourages others to consider making bids. I am sure there are many other good researchers at UWE who have the potential to submit successful applications.”

Among the awards, which in total are worth some £2.5m to UWE, are:

n An AHRC Research Fellowship worth £200k for innovation in vitreous enamel surfaces of jewellery, awarded to Jessica Turrell (led by Professor Steve Hoskins, BSAMD)

n An EPSRC award of £185k to Professor Andrew Adamatzky, (CEMS), to explore dynamical logical circuits in excitable chemical systems

n A BBSRC grant of £250k to Dr Dawn Arnold, (FAS), to investigate the genetics of bacterial virulence in plants.

n A NERC award of £55k to Professor Simon Jackson, (FAS), to study environmental exposure to toxic emissions from commercial composting activities

n An EPSRC grant of £440k to Professor Glenn Lyons, (FBE) to investigate future intelligent transport systems.

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UWE student success at International Animation FestivalA Media Practice and Animation graduate has received significant success at the London International Animation Festival for his film, Circle.

Laurie Gibbs, who graduated this year, is delighted that Circle has been selected amongst the final 15 films for the ‘Abstract Panorama’ section of the Festival. “It’s so good to get to this stage as this really is one of the top festivals in the industry and I’m competing with film makers on a global stage,” enthused Laurie, “Circle has been very well received internationally as it was also recently shown at Stuttgart International Animation Festival and at Melbourne International Animation Festival. The film will be shown in November 2007 at the Punto y Raya Festival in Barcelona.

“Circle is a film that I produced in my second year at UWE. It’s an experimental film. There is no narrative as it is a progression of ideas about creating circles and investigates what happens to the circles in a moving environment. The film is shot in black and white with no edits and shows a continual progression of movement. I also produced an original soundtrack with sounds produced by a cacophony of different noise-making instruments including watering cans, Tibetan singing bowls and a rusty saw.

“I’m thrilled that Circle has had such a positive response. London in particular is one of the biggest Animation Festivals so it’s great that I’m getting such high profile recognition this early in my career.”

Currently Laurie is working as an assistant illustrator for a series of 30 educational children’s books which will soon be available at bookstores across the UK. When this work finishes he will start a Graduate Placement Scheme organised by the University at ‘Sounds Commercial’. Laurie continues, “This placement is a great opportunity for me. ‘Sounds Commercial’ organise huge events like awards ceremonies that include very high profile events such as the Booker Prize. The company hires venues and organises the entire stage set and my part will be to assist in making the videos that appear at the beginning and end of presentations. I’m looking forward to starting this work as I hope that there will be good prospects to continue working for the company.”

Laurie’s work can be viewed at www.lauriegibbs.com.

Swindon plans under discussionPlans for a major university in Swindon moved a step closer with the signing of an agreement to explore the development of a unique learning institution in the town centre.

UWE and Swindon Borough Council are to develop detailed proposals to create the university campus, which will be the first to be designed for, with and by employers.

The intention is to cater for up to 3,000 students, some of them residential. Along with a broad range of courses, it is planned it will offer work-based learning to boost the skills of the existing Swindon workforce, giving more education opportunities to as wide a range of people as possible.

The name and the exact location for the proposed university is yet to be decided, although it is likely to be sited on land north of the railway line in the centre of Swindon.

It is intended that the new university will focus on the strengths of the Swindon economy, such as advanced engineering, financial services, ICT, health and social care and the heritage industry. It will also be innovative, with a strong reputation for quality, and be international in its outlook. The enterprise will have a strong social inclusion agenda aided in part by bringing higher education closer to the home and workplace of the people of Swindon.

The negotiations to secure the Memorandum of Understanding were led by the Swindon Strategic Economic Partnership, of which the Council is a key member.

John Rushforth, Deputy Vice-Chancellor said: “UWE already has a successful track record in working with employers in Swindon, including the NHS and Motorola. We are delighted to be working with partners that want to build on this. There is a lot of work to be done and it is critical that we establish what the people and employers of Swindon want and will support, in order to make a robust case to funders and other potential investors to secure this exciting possibility. Swindon have made it clear that whilst they have considered other options, they have chosen us as partners because of the good reputation our students have with employers, our commitment to excellent student experience and our ambitious plans for the future. It’s very positive to have this external endorsement of the strategy we have adopted.”

Rikki Hunt, Chairman of the SSEP and local businessman, said: “There are more than 150 universities in the UK, so our intention is to create something distinctive that’s not available elsewhere. We can’t be certain yet about the exact nature of the university until we’ve carried out the detailed assessment and understand exactly what employers are prepared to support, although we’ve already had preliminary discussions.”

Swindon Borough Council leader Cllr Roderick Bluh said: “If we are to be successful in attracting and keeping high-value employers, we have to be able to provide them with the right people with the right skills. That’s why I’m so pleased with signed this agreement with UWE, because they share our vision for the town.”

Screen grab from Circle

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Graduate Development Programme rolls out to all first years The Graduate Development Programme (GDP) is being introduced in September 2007 for all new full-time undergraduate students and some part-time undergraduate students. The programme has been developed in consultation with existing students and the Students’ Union.

The GDP aims to guide and support students through a programme of activities to enhance their achievement and help them have a more enjoyable UWE experience. The programme aims to help with the transition into the first year at UWE and between the different stages and levels. It will help with the development of learning skills and styles and the capacity for effective group work. As the programme progresses it will build on skills and experience to help students plan their future and develop the relevant graduate skills. A GDP certificate will be awarded to successful students at the end of each year.

The second year the programme will include help on employability informed by a recently completed major employer research study.

The programme was originally derived from workshops involving several hundred staff building on previous good practice. Last year the GDP was piloted with encouraging results. One pilot saw 64 per cent of the students gaining 120 credits, twice that of the previous year. In one faculty pilot achievement rates for students actually doubled.

Roger Colon, joint project leader said “We are breaking a mould. Higher education has often focused staff expertise and attention on students in the later stages of their study. However it is the first years that often need the most help to settle in to the right pattern of learning, with a view to being independent learners by their final years. The GDP brings staff and students together from the start to support their personal development so they get the most they can from university.

The launch is being backed by a highly visible campaign aimed at students under the theme ‘take control of your learning’.

Academic in ‘close-up’ with Cary Grant Dr Kathrina Glitre, (HLSS), a life-long fan of Cary Grant, has won a research grant to analyse the films of the Bristol-born Hollywood icon.

The project, funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) will focus on casting, acting and performance, areas which are under-researched within film studies. In a unique approach, the research will combine close analysis of film acting with examination of casting practices and the production context.

Kathrina says, “The fact Cary Grant was born in Bristol was certainly part of the reason I chose to focus on him. He’s also, indirectly, the reason I am now a Film Studies lecturer: I was a huge fan in my teens and it was my love of his films that inspired me to do my MA dissertation on screwball comedy, and then my PhD on Hollywood romantic comedy.

“Cary Grant has been described as ‘the best and most important actor in the history of the cinema’ and I will explore aspects of Grant’s casting and performance across a range of films and genres, including Bringing Up Baby, Only Angels Have Wings, The Talk of the Town, Night and Day, North by Northwest and Charade. The research aims to develop a framework for analysing film acting in precise detail, focusing on: physical and close-up performance; the relationships between star and genre; casting against type; and the idea of the star vehicle. Combining this kind of close analysis of film acting with consideration of production contexts and casting will enhance our understanding of the relationships between economic and creative factors within the Hollywood studio system.

“Grant is a particularly interesting figure for such analysis: he was one of the earliest Hollywood stars to gain relative independence and control over casting, including setting up his own production companies; but he also worked with celebrated directors such as Alfred Hitchcock and Howard Hawks. This distinctive history enables the research to re-evaluate the ways in which the working relationships between actor and director impact on the creative process.”

Entitled, ‘Starring Cary Grant: Casting and performance in classical Hollywood film’, the research will culminate in a 35,000 word monograph, Starring Cary Grant, for Close-Up #5 (Wallflower Press). Dr Glitre is also planning to develop a study day or summer school on Cary Grant and film acting for next year. The AHRC Research Leave Grant is worth £22,548.00

Katrina Glitre’s research will focus on Cary Grant

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Children celebrate opening of UWE’s new nursery Children celebrated the opening of a new nursery on Frenchay Campus in September. The nursery will serve children of students and staff and will be open year round to enhance the student experience at UWE by making higher education accessible to parents.

The nursery will be run and staff employed by the UWE Students’ Union along with the existing nursery at St Matthias Campus.

Alex Williams, Nursery Manager, said, “The nursery is going to be amazing. We aim to create an atmosphere of acceptance and understanding where the children will be encouraged to work at their own pace and achieve their full potential. We also want to ensure that we meet the individual needs and requirements of parents. The nursery will be divided into three age groupings, babies, toddlers and pre-school age and the equipment and ethos will reflect the different developmental stages for each group.

“For example the babies will be provided with a home from home environment with a key worker who will bond with the child to engender a relationship of reassurance and trust. Toddlers will be encouraged to play freely indoors and outdoors. Pre-school children will be prepared for nursery or reception and we will help the children to become confident and autonomous in preparation for this transition.

“Parents will be updated on their children’s progress each day by little booklets giving practical information and we will have parent evenings each term.”

Vaughan Castell, Construction Manager, describes some of the features, “We have tried to think of everything. The building meets all current energy efficiency requirements and includes sensors for all lighting and there are no light switches in the building at all. The modular building was constructed off site and can be relocated in the future if this becomes necessary.

“We have included a milk preparation room, a cot room, a nappy changing room and a laundry. Outside there is a covered play area with safety play surfaces, a hill for rolling down with a castle on top and a slide and a special track for cycling around. We are delighted with the resulting design that was originally going to be a temporary building giving 40 nursery places. We have succeeded in creating a permanent building with space for 60 children for the same budget. I’m sure the children will all love it here.”

Helen Butcher, Early Childhood Programme Leader (EDU), was involved in the planning of the new nursery from the outset and she will help to help facilitate staff training for nursery workers in the Faculty of Education so that staff attain Early Years Professional Status. Helen said, “There are plenty of reciprocal learning opportunities growing out of having Halley at Frenchay. Not only will there be opportunities for student placements we will continue to consult with the children attending the nursery to investigate their voices and ensure that we meet their needs.”

Staff involved in the new nursery project gathered to celebrate the opening day of the new nursery. From left to right are Jane Hill, Marie Cooke, Ravinder Bisla, Vaughan Castell, Becca Danes, Alex Williams, John Rushforth, Chris Abbott and Graham Currie

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Leading experts gathered in Bristol for political conference Key political researchers and academics from the UK and Europe attended the three day conference at the Frenchay Campus for the ‘Elections, Public Opinion and Parties (EPOP) annual conference on the 7-9 September. The conference was co-organised and co-hosted by members of the School of Politics, UWE and Department of Politics, University of Bristol.

The EPOP group, the largest group within the Political Studies Association, welcomed leading figures to the city who are experts in the study, analysis and understanding of political parties, public opinions and elections.

Key themes presented within papers, and in round table discussions, included devolution – particularly the Welsh and Scottish elections, electoral boundaries, the French elections, MEPs, and issues of gender – particularly in terms of the selection of women candidates by the different parties. Speakers included the Rt Hon Theresa May MP, Tony Robinson and The Independent correspondent John Lichfield, as well as other leading figures from academia.

Pictured from left to right are Professor Judith Squires (University of Bristol), Professor Linda Trimble (University of Alberta), Dr. Sarah Childs (University of Bristol – conference co-convenor), the Rt. Hon Theresa May MP, Emma Bone (Liberal Democrat PPC, Filton and Bradley Stoke constituency), Dr Lisa Harrison (UWE – conference co-convenor)

UWE student wins Vividas and Pinewood prize

A Media Practice student has won a major prize from Vividas and Pinewood Studios for his film Isabella - a dance film. The film was picked out by a panel of prestigious film experts as demonstrating the best film production talent of tomorrow today.

Geoffrey Taylor wins the streaming of his film at the Vividas.com site, a post production session at Pinewood Studios, his film shown on Propeller TV and tickets to a Paramount film premier.

Geoff (above) explains what the win means to him, “I’m absolutely overwhelmed to win this award. I make films with the viewer in mind - I want people to enjoy and watch my films. Having the winning entry, Isabella, online is great as I’m sure the internet makes new film so accessible to a wider audience.

“My film features Isabella, who is a long way from home, lonely and isolated away from her family; she dreams of a way out by bringing hope and life into a place that is surrounded by death. Recurring themes in my works are about isolation and escape within the lives of very ordinary characters. In my work I try to create fantastical moments and twists within simple stories, whether it’s creating hyper-real worlds or just small magical moments within real life.

“I enjoy collaboration between the arts, using dancers, performers and musicians within my films. These enjoyable, organic experiences have yielded some of my most interesting and engaging works. I am currently exploring the relationships between dance and film. I hope to collaborate with more musicians and creative practitioners to continue developing my ideas.”

Geoff’s winning film can be viewed at www.vividas.com/cinema2020

Dominic Grant, Programme Leader in Media Practice (BSAMD), said, “This is a really important win for the department as both companies have an international profile which is hugely significant for the course as it highlights the work that we do. Geoff is a very driven and motivated student with a real spark of creativity. He is a fantastic student to work with and his enthusiasm rubs off on other students. He had never made a Dance film before his winning entry for this competition so this is indicative of his drive energy and talent.”

CCRI wins third ESRC research grant The first of the UWE Institutes, the Countryside and Community Research Institute, has secured a third collaborative research degree grant with the ESRC that started this month. All three are part funded by partner clients.

Two of these awards are Collaborative Awards in Science and Engineering (CASE). Professor Brian Ilbery is working with the Tenant Farmers Association examining the changing nature of county council-owned farms. Dr Damian Maye is examining the changing nature of traditional food retailing, in association with the National Association of British Market Authorities.

Professor Nigel Curry (above), who moved within UWE to head up the CCRI in July, has secured an ESRC grant with the Department of the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs to examine the nature of economic productivity in rural areas.

These complement well the CASE award won by Dr Laurence Carmichael (FBE) who is working with Stroud District Council to examine the emerging creative industry sector in the context of multi-level governance.

Nigel commented, “This is great performance. Only nine CASE awards were allocated to the post 1992 universities and for three of them to be associated with UWE reinforces our position at the top of the Research Council grants league tables for modern universities. For the CCRI, these awards complement our fourth Knowledge Transfer Partnership and show clearly that we are working at the heart of our client community. We’ll be able to make much of these achievements at the formal launch of the CCRI next February.”

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The future is BRILLE: New Research Centre at UWE

A new research centre, the Bristol Centre for Research in Lifelong Learning and Education (BRILLE) will be launched on Tuesday 13 November. The launch coincides with the latest publication by one of the new Centre’s joint directors, Professor David James, entitled Improving learning cultures in further education (Routledge).

BRILLE grew out of the former Lifelong Learning Research Group. It aims to further raise the profile of an area of research and knowledge exchange under a broad definition of lifelong learning. The Centre will capitalise on the potential that lies in bringing together a number of currently separate projects, individuals and initiatives.

BRILLE will have three directors. Professor Bathmaker will lead on partnership, Professor Brine will lead on EU education, training and related social policy and Professor James will lead on professional practice.

Ann-Marie Bathmaker explains, “We are very excited at the potential of the new Centre to integrate work across the University, as well as strengthening our links with several other agencies and institutions. In its narrower sense, the concept of lifelong learning sums up some of our high profile externally funded research work and publication. But just as important is the broader sense of lifelong learning. The Centre will provide an umbrella for the relevant research and knowledge exchange activity currently taking place in the University. The

establishment of the Centre will also meet a need in the local and regional context.”

Jacky Brine adds, “The Centre will also provide a home for research, knowledge exchange and the promotion and provision of CPD related to the education and social policy of the European Union. It will provide an opportunity for cross-disciplinary work and for engagement at a number of levels.”

The key aims of the Centre are:

n establish a regionally, nationally and internationally recognised location for excellence and expertise in the field of lifelong learning

n develop conceptual, theoretical and methodological support for groups and individuals working in this area

n critically engage with policy and practitioner communities at regional, national and EU levels related to lifelong learning and the knowledge economy

n contribute to the sustainability of excellent research within the University.

n promote connections between research, knowledge exchange and teaching and learning.

For further information contact Kathryn Last (Kathryn.Last@uwe.ac.uk - Tel. 84226)

New bodies for old: seminar series on tissue collecting and donatingPublic debate on high-tech therapies such as implanting stem-cells in patients suffering degenerative conditions is entering a crucial stage. A Human Tissue and Embryos Bill has been drafted to clarify existing legislation in this area while a proposal to create a single regulatory authority has just been opposed by a UK parliamentary committee. In addition, a new European Tissue and Cell Directive came into force this year, which the UK is obliged to implement.

Researchers from UWE aim to shed more light on the debate by holding a series of seminars on the ethics of tissue collection and donation, the global economy in tissues and the practicalities of making these therapies available to patients.

The series of four seminars, convened by Professor Julie Kent (HLSS), is aimed at bringing a wide range of health professionals, bioscientists, tissue engineers, social scientists and ethicists together to exchange views on the impact of new tissue and cell based technologies in modern health care.

Professor Kent said, “Some tissue engineered products (TEPs) are a combination of human tissue and synthetic materials; for example cells can be grown on in the laboratory to form new skin to cover burns or diabetic ulcers. This means that advanced therapies such

as TEPs do not fit comfortably within the current framework for regulating drugs or medical devices, and this is part of the issue currently being addressed in the European parliament.

“Society’s views on these treatments are also needed. Do people feel differently about heart or kidney transplants compared with transplanted embryo cells, and if so why? For neurological disorders such as stroke, Parkinson’s or Huntington’s, treatments with implanted stem cells are being trialled. Stem cells can be harvested either from different sources including surplus embryos following IVF treatments or from aborted fetuses - do people have different reactions to these therapies depending on how the material is sourced?”

The first seminar, entitled Tissue Collecting and Tissue Donation, will be held on 11 October 2007. Keynote speakers will be Professor Naomi Pfeffer, a historian and social scientist who has researched the collection of human tissues at the beginning and end of life, and Glenda Cornwell, a nurse who has worked as a stem cell co-ordinator, on sourcing embryos in IVF clinics.

The seminars are free but places are limited. To register visit http://www.uwe.ac.uk/hlss/research/regenbodies/index.shtml

South West UK Brussels Office roadshowEU funding programmes for 2007-201317 October 2007, Bristol Council House

The roadshow will focus on the areas of ICT and Health. It will provide information on relevant EU programmes from FP7 to the Competitiveness and Innovation Programme (CIP) and the Public Health Programme.

For more information e-mail Catherine.Thomas@uwe.ac.uk, tel 0117 32 82410

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Telephone coaching idea wins Community Champion awardA social enterprise idea that won a merit award in UWE’s theBizIdea competition 2007 has gone on to win a Scarman Trust Community Champion award for graduate Sarah Crosse. The idea provides telephone coaching for vulnerable and low-income groups.

Sarah said, “Coaching is a way of facilitating a person to find their own way of overcoming difficulties, achieving their goals, and taking charge of their choices.

It’s a fantastic boost to receive start-up funding from The Scarman Trust. This comes at a time when the government is recommending increased access to talking therapies. I’m very grateful to theBizIdea Competition which provided me with the extra motivation make my idea a reality.”

Sarah got her idea for the service when she worked as a nurse and realised that there were situations where the medicalisation of human distress was not helpful and could be categorically harmful.

“With inequalities widening, people without confidence and means often cannot afford to take advantage of services such as counselling. A Business Link Adviser suggested I contact Time Bank Plus, a project which encourages local people to help each other by earning credits for time spent supporting friends and neighbours which can they can spend by gaining support for themselves. Time Bank Plus agreed to publicise the pilot scheme, and the service is also being offered to Somer Community Housing Trust.tenants.”

The service, called Coaching Co-opportunities, was launched on 8 August. The 30-40 minute coaching sessions are based on a range of motivational and therapeutic skills and techniques, guided by cognitive behavioural therapy. Added benefits are that it can be delivered in someone’s home, with no need to pay for childcare or transport.

For more information on the new telephone coaching scheme contact Sarah Crosse of Coaching Co-opportunities on Sarah.Crosse@nhs.net.

Launch of theBizIdea Competition 2008 theBizIdea Competition 2008 is being launched on 12 November. The competition aims to help students, staff and alumni from the last five years to develop a business, social enterprise or design idea into a business plan and potentially to transform this plan into a business.

PrizesCash prizes and seats in a UWE business incubator will be awarded to the best entries in June 2008. There are three main prize streams this year:

n Business Idea

n Social Enterprise Idea

n Design Idea – new for 2008

plus a special Marketing Prize.

SupportThroughout the competition, and through the Innovation and Enterprise Team in RBI you can benefit from advice and support from expert UWE staff, external sponsors and mentors. Entrants get access to expert advice from people who have been there and done it themselves, together with specialist and extremely valuable legal and Intellectual Property advice. External supporters have included Lloyds TSB Business Banking, Haseltine Lake, Osborne Clarke, Business Link, Chartered Institute of Marketing, SPark - Science Park project, BRAVE, Frank Water, Social Enterprise Works, Glasses Direct, Brilliant Weekends and E3 Media.

Sponsors, supporters and UWE staff offer a range of seminars during the autumn term. For those inspired to give something back to the community in the social enterprise category, specialist support is available to help develop the skills needed to make the project a success.

Who can join in?Everyone is welcome to attend seminars whether you have a great idea and want to learn how to make it a reality; think you may have what it takes to be an entrepreneur; want to use your skills help someone with their idea or just want to learn some practical business skills.

Meet the TeamCome along for an informal discussion with theBizIdea team if you would like to know more about getting involved:

24 - 28 September - Freshers’ Fairs in Welcome Week

27 September - Business School Induction Conference

Dates for your diary7 November - Briefing for entrants

12 November - Competition launch

Sign up for theBizIdea newsletterwww.uwe.ac.uk/thebizidea

Updates on all the activities/ free seminars/ support available to help you with your idea.

For more information contact Katie Gough 0117 32 83272 or e-mail enterprise@uwe.ac.uk.

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Julie Kent (left), recently appointed Professor in Sociology of Health Technology, has also been awarded a Senior Fellowship by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) under their Stem Cell Initiative. The main focus of her fellowship will be contributing to the current debate on the ethics and governance of innovations in cell-based therapies. Julie is particularly interested in professional and public views on this

branch of regenerative medicine, at a national and international level and how these technologies influence ideas about the body.

“The UK is a world leader in stem cell science and tissue engineering but these therapies do not sit comfortably within the existing regulatory framework so there are big issues facing government policy in this area,” she said.

Professor Kent joined UWE in 1993 as a lecturer in sociology having started her career in nursing, and with a PhD from the University of Bristol. She was convenor of UWE’s Women’s Research Network from 2000 – 2004 and led a University funded

project on Women’s Experience of Research at UWE, 2002/3.

As well as being funded for the past five years by the ESRC, Julie has received funding from the Wellcome Trust and the European Science Foundation. In her research she collaborates with colleagues from Imperial College London, and London Metropolitan, Cardiff, Bristol and Edinburgh Universities.

She has published widely on topics including social perspectives on childbirth and pregnancy, and ethical issues around consent to research, the regulation and governance of tissue engineering and medical devices. She is a reviewer for a range of journals including Social Science and Medicine and New Genetics and Society.

Julie is an adviser to an ESRC project on public engagement in stem cell research, and a member of bodies including the Committee on Safety of Devices, an advisory group to the MHRA (Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency), and the European Association for Studies in Science and Technology.

Julie is convening a seminar series on ‘Regenerative Bodies’ at UWE to promote interdisciplinary dialogue around the emergence of regenerative medicine. The first seminar takes place on 11 October 2007. Further details can be found at www.uwe.ac.uk/hlss/research/regenbodies/index.shtml.

Profile of Julie Kent, Professor in Sociology of Health Technology

Visiting Fellow (Law) releases review for Prison Service Peter Quinn, a visiting Fellow from the Faculty of Law, conducted a review into civil litigation arising from staff brutality at Wormwood Scrubs Prison between 1992 and 2001 for the Prison Service. The report was submitted to Ministers in 2004 but the findings have only recently been released under the Freedom of Information Act.

In 1998, the Chief Inspector of Prisons informed the Home Secretary and Director General of Prisons of allegations of very serious assault. Following police investigations and subsequent prosecution, six prison officers were found guilty of assaulting 14 prisoners and imprisoned. Three successfully appealed but were dismissed from their jobs.

That was only part of the story. Many prisoners, unable to establish assault to the criminal law standard (beyond reasonable doubt), took civil action to recover compensation for their treatment. Forty six were successful and received almost £2M in settlement from public funds with a similar amount in costs.

Peter Quinn reviewed the 46 cases, many of which concerned multiple assaults. He was to report upon events leading to the allegations and whether there had been internal investigations; to identify staff involved; to assess whether disciplinary action was warranted; and to make recommendations. Research revealed that, over nine years, some 164 staff had been involved assaulting prisoners. There existed a ‘hard core’ of about 40. Sometimes misbehaviour was of lesser severity but there were also prolonged, repeated beatings and sexual assault. Doctors were inconsistent in recording or reporting injuries. Prison management turned blind eyes.

Quinn could not recommend disciplinary action. Prison Service procedures require this as soon as possible after allegations come to light. Often this had been years previously. In other cases, disciplinary action had commenced but inexplicably fizzled out. Some 40 potential witnesses had died, retired, emigrated or, as with the convicted officers, were in jail. Significantly, a new Governor of Wormwood Scrubs had properly investigated the few more recent allegations.

Quinn recommended that there should be a public or other official inquiry under a person of standing. There had already been partial internal inquiries into different aspects of the regime. Prime responsibility lay with the assailants but their local managers, and their managers at Prison Service Headquarters, escaped unscathed. The Governor had even been promoted. A full inquiry, drawing together all elements, would show how the prison had degenerated and would allow lessons of general application to be learned.

One of David Blunkett’s last decisions as Home Secretary was to reject an inquiry. Peter Quinn sees this as a missed opportunity. He said, “Wormwood Scrubs has moved on and is now under sound

management. However the solicitor for most of the abused prisoners is pressing for an inquiry and my guess is that the courts will agree. It would enhance the credibility of the new Ministry of Justice to revisit Blunkett’s decision. Causes of systemic abuse could be identified and a preventive strategy devised. It is sad that similar allegations have now emerged from Whitemoor Prison and are presently being investigated by Cambridgeshire Constabulary. Vital lessons simply do not appear to have been learned.”

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Disadvantaged by where you live?A new book Disadvantaged by where you live? has recently been published by neighbourhood governance policy experts in the Cities Research Centre (FBE).

Disadvantaged by where you live? distils lessons from work on neighbourhoods carried out over the past seven years.

Ian Smith, co-editor said, “The book offers a major contribution to academic debates on the neighbourhood both as a sphere of governance and as a point of public service delivery under New Labour since 1997.

“It explores how ‘the neighbourhood’ has been used in policy in the UK and it questions what is the ‘appropriate contribution’ of neighbourhood governance and how this relates to concepts of multi-level governance. The book also looks at what tensions are visible at the neighbourhood level and what this tells us about wider governance issues.”

The book explores and reflects on the notion of neighbourhood governance from a variety of perspectives that reflect the unique depth and breadth of the Centre’s research programme.

Neighbourhood governance is examined in relation to: multi-level governance and city-regions; local government; mainstreaming; cross-national differences in neighbourhood policy; community and civil society; diversity; different conceptions of democracy; and, evaluation and learning.

In doing so, the book identifies useful conceptual tools for analysing the present and future contribution of policy to neighbourhoods.

The books co-editors are Ian Smith, Eileen Lepine and Marilyn Taylor.

Rural researchers land new Knowledge Transfer Partnership The Countryside and Community Research Institute (CCRI) has secured over £70,000 in government funding for a fourth Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP). The latest KTP has been approved with Two Rivers Housing Association in Mitcheldean in the Forest of Dean, to introduce appropriate sustainable practices and technologies into the development, refurbishment and maintenance of the association’s housing stock.

CCRI is a new body created by the University of Gloucestershire, UWE and Hartpury College. It is one of the leading specialist rural research centres in the country and researches rural community development, rural poverty, agri-environment policies, agri-tourism, local sustainability, local economic development, EU and UK rural development, and the planning system in the countryside.

This latest success adds to the three existing KTPs in the CCRI secured through the University of Gloucestershire. Gwendolyn Jones is working with Zintec Animal Feed Supplements in their offices in Shobdon, Herefordshire to establish a centre of technical expertise to support the development of new animal feed supplements for the farming industry. Lorna Masson is working with Agri-Lloyd, part of Tangerine Holdings Ltd, to develop new products for animal health and nutrition, and Stephanie Klaube is working with Gloucester City Council to achieve the goals of the ‘Gershon report’ in developing best practice in service delivery.

Nigel Curry, the Director of CCRI and academic supervisor for the Two Rivers KTP said, “The development of these four KTPs with the two universities working in partnership exemplifies the advantages of pooling a range of different skills. To have secured so many KTPs in a rural context is particularly pleasing as this is an under-represented area nationally. As we are able to combine a wider range of skills through the CCRI we would expect our number of rurally-based KTPs to grow still further.”

For more information on the CCRI, contact Nigel Curry on 01242 714126, e-mail ncurry2@glos.ac.uk, or visit www.glos.ac.uk/ccru. For more information on KTPs at UWE, contact Clare Rowson, KTP Manager, on 0117 32 83676, e-mail clare.rowson@uwe.ac.uk

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Student to tackle transatlantic rowing record UWE student George Oliver (right) is planning to break a world record that has stood for 15 years for rowing across the Atlantic. George, who is studying for a BSc in Commercial Construction Management, will join an all-British team for the attempt in December. The six-strong team of ocean rowers and endurance athletes are aiming to cover 2,961 miles in 31 days, smashing the record of 35 days, 8 hours and 30 minutes set in 1992 by a French crew. George’s team will set off from La Gomera, Canary Isles and weather permitting will arrive in English Harbour, Antigua, to see in the New Year.

Their boat, the Oyster Shack Ocean Challenger, is a 29ft x 6ft ocean rowing boat designed specifically for this voyage. According to the designers it is the Formula One of ocean rowing boats, made of carbon fibre and kevlar and weighing just 200kg. The boat has been in design and development for over three years and the team are preparing physically and mentally for the challenge with expeditions such as rowing round the Isle of Wight, and a night row to the Scilly Isles.

George, who is employed by Leadbitter Construction while studying at UWE part-time, said, “I really appreciate the support of my employer and of UWE for letting me take time off from my work and studies while taking up this challenge. This attempt on the world record will raise funds for the charity Water Aid - anyone wishing to sponsor me can e-mail me at georgeoliver@leadbitter.co.uk or call me on 0776 4200045.” The website www.atlanticsix.com is due to go live at the end of September.

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Neil Phillips (left) has been appointed as a Senior Knowledge Exchange Adviser in Research, Business and Innovation (RBI), specialising in European funding and faculty liaison with the Bristol Business School.

Neil has a doctorate in engineering, worked for four years at Cardiff University, and has ten years experience in industry with Dyson Ltd, participating

in numerous European and national collaborative projects. He has been appointed to this role to support greater participation in European funded opportunities across the University.

Neil said, “I am impressed by the quality of the funding applications submitted by UWE both in scope and diversity. UWE has been very successful in recent bids to the European R&D Framework Programme. This clearly marks out UWE’s international status and lays the pathway to continued growth.

“As specialist in European funding, my aim is to support this growth by assisting staff in developing both pan-European and world-wide collaborative projects. Having previously worked

in academia I understand the importance of developing strong collaborative relationships with colleagues who have shared interests across the 27 member states of the European Community.

“Personally I have found collaborating with colleagues across Europe to be an immensely rewarding experience involving the sharing of ideas and best practices. By working together and utilising the diverse strengths of the European community we have the ability to achieve goals beyond the capabilities of any individual nation.

“The European Community has allocated a massive 53 billion euros to collaborative projects. However, the diversity of funding opportunities can be mind-boggling. My role is to support academics through this minefield and match staff interests to funding opportunities, as well as facilitating collaborations between UWE and business partners.”

Professor Stephen Hagen, Director of RBI, said, “We are delighted to have Neil joining us. The role underpins the University’s commitment to European collaborative projects and to providing the best possible level of support in funding applications”.

To contact Neil e-mail him at: Neil.Phillips@uwe.ac.uk

Kicking off with confidence: UWE backs new sports psychology serviceA new service that could help footballers play better football has just opened in UWE’s business incubator at the Watershed.

Called Mindsports, the service is the brainchild of sports psychologist Sam Kotadia. Sam relocated to Bristol and was looking for a route to kick-start his business. Incubation with a University and the great Watershed location brought him to UWE Sam’s high profile clients include Phil Parkinson, the assistant manager of Charlton Athletic Football Club. Sam worked alongside Phil Parkinson for three years at Parkinson’s former club Colchester United, in which they saw the club win a historic promotion to the Championship. He says he chose UWE’s eMedia incubator due to its great facilities and support offered.

“Success on the pitch is not all about silky skills and hard tackles but about mental attitude. My big idea is to offer cutting edge psychology support and mental skills training across life and business as well as sport.

“Mindsports is a membership service which offers unrivalled access to a team of sports psychologists, life coaches and management training consultants. It also has an online magazine and one of the largest libraries of free articles on the internet. Members can create their own scrapbook using an innovative scrapbook capability to collect, store and annotate as many tips, tricks and strategies from our articles as you need.”

UWE’s business incubator is situated in the heart of Bristol’s creative district and unlike traditional rented premises, everything is included and ready to go. This includes broadband, access to meeting rooms and most important of all, access to practical business support such as business advisers and mentoring.

Enterprise Manager Kim Jones said, “The space on offer is flexible, so it can expand as your business grows. Also, each incubator has communal areas, where you can meet and network with like-minded companies. We are delighted that

Sam has chosen to grow his business in a UWE incubator and wish him the best of luck in his new venture.”

For more information on UWE’s business incubators, visit http://rbi.uwe.ac.uk/Internet/innovation/

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Independent report aims to improve Asset Management in schoolsA pioneering report into improving asset maintenance in schools based on research by academics in the Faculty of the Built Environment and supported by property service specialist Ian Williams, has highlighted the need for greater training for those tasked with the maintenance of school buildings and asset management of schools.

The publication of the report Rethinking Asset Management for Schools (RAMS report) coincided with the latest Government commitment to devolve significant funds (over £2 billion in the current year) to Local Authorities and schools to maintain and improve their buildings as part of the Building Schools for Future initiative.

The report looks at the increased responsibility and challenges facing Head Teachers, Bursars and Facilities Managers and the importance of developing effective asset management strategies. It highlights the need to reduce and consolidate the supplier base, and looks at leaner management as the basis for procuring property services among schools and colleges.

Martyn Jones, Principal Lecturer in Construction Management (FBE), who carried out the research says, “Through the devolution of much of the funding for the repair and maintenance of school premises directly to schools, the government has presented governors and staff with considerable opportunities and challenges. The report sets out how central and local government, schools, facilities management providers, and support bodies can work together more collaboratively to provide the best possible learning environments for our children.”

William Simmonds, Chief Executive of the National Bursars Association, commented: “The research confirmed what we as an Association have known for some time, that there is a real need for the right training to be available to those in schools who are tasked with the responsibilities for health and safety, asset management and building maintenance.”

Speaking at the launch of the report, Ian William’s Development Director, Mike Turner, explained: “We are the first in our sector to not only study and analyse the problems within asset management in education but also to recommend real solutions.”

CREATE conference attracts international colour experts to Bristol More than 80 top colour experts from over 20 countries came to Bristol earlier this month for the four day CREATE (Colour Research for European Advanced Technology Employment) conference at Bush House, Arnolfini, organised by the Centre for Fine Print Research (CPFR).

The conference, comprises Managing Colour in Digital Processes and the Arts, the first of seven events that will be held at different University venues throughout Europe over the next four years, and aims to train the next generation of colour researchers. The project has been funded by the European Union, Framework 6 Marie Curie Conferences and Training Courses.

CREATE have a long-term objective to explore how artists, designers, scientists and technologists can collaborate to improve colour management, colour digital devices and their print applications. Researchers will share both practical and theoretical knowledge, compare existing (colour) models, foster novel ideas, and facilitate dissemination through papers, poster presentations, workshops and publications.

CREATE’s key objective is to develop a European networking forum that brings together researchers working on inter-related projects in this specialist field; to ensure that knowledge is shared and collaborations are realised. UWE’s Centre for Fine Print Research is well known for collaborating with partners from both the fine arts and industry. They are a world leader in the development of fine art printmaking and have produced artworks on enamel, paper, ceramics, fabrics, and 3D printing. Their research focus is on the development of inks and papers and alternative methods of printing, and they continue to work closely with local and international industry partners.

Some of the best and well respected speakers from business, industry and academia in the USA and Europe attended the Bristol conference. Keynote speakers included Reiner Eschbach (Xerox), and John McCann, (McCann Imaging USA) and Michael Craine and Angela Brown of Cranfield Inks Cwymbran, with whom the Centre for Fine Print Research have collaborated for many years.

Carinna Parraman, the CREATE project co-ordinator who is based at the CFPR, has said, “The objective for this dynamic conference is to bring together researchers from academia and industry to develop an international cross-disciplinary network within the areas of the arts, commerce, science and technology on the theme of colour. We are delighted that students from over 20 countries attended. They were also taught some of the best colour experts from America and Europe. It was a unique opportunity for researchers across Europe to find common research interest.”

A major aim of the conference was to develop and foster a robust research network that will thrive beyond the time-frame of the funding programme, which ends in Gjøvik, Norway, in 2010. Research and outcomes will be published via the internet and hardcopy publications.

Researchers who were unable to attend the conference in September are encouraged to contribute to and apply for future events, and are welcome to join the online forum. For more information please contact Alison Davis at Alison2.Davis@uwe.ac.uk. www.create.uwe.ac.uk

Inaugural Professorial lecture - How Can We Manage?Rob Cuthbert, Professor of Higher Education Management Wednesday 7 November 2007, 18.00 for 18.30, Frenchay Campus

The lecture will explore alternative approaches to leadership and management, their consequences for universities, and the effects on learning, teaching and research.

Admission is by ticket only, for details contact Alison.Barnard@uwe.ac.uk telephone 0117 32 82721.

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British Universities Sports Association (BUSA) rankings for 2006/07 show UWE in 35th place, resting above 117 of the participating Higher Education institutions in our best performance ever. This continues the progress that UWE has made during previous seasons, moving from 65th position in 2004/05 to 43rd in 2005/06 and now at a new high.

BUSA provides an inter-university competitive programme in 49 sports, comprising both weekly league competition (culminating in knockout rounds to find champions at various levels) for the more traditional team sports and weekend-based stand-alone championships for other sports from archery to karate and orienteering to windsurf.

Particular congratulations go to the following for their impressive performances in 2006/07:

Boat Second best performing sport at UWE

Helen Brewer and Rachel Thompson represented GB Universities in the European Championships, Poland 2006.

BUSA Indoors: Women’s Team Bronze medal:BUSA Head: Women’s Lightweight Quad Gold medal,Women’s Junior 8+ Silver medal, Women’s Lightweight Scull Bronze medal, Women’s Championship Coxless Pair Bronze medal. Current BUSA National Ranking 7th

Boxing First time participation in BUSA competition

2 BUSA Silver medals in Featherweight and Lightweight

Canoe Polo Best ever finishing position

Men’s and Women’s 1st teams gained 4th place in BUSA Championships

Equestrian 1st team 3rd place in league. Individual qualified for BUSA Regionals

Snowsports Campbell Beaton (Alpine Skiing), Shaun Littlewood and Nathaneal Williams (Ice Hockey) selected for World Universities Winter Games, Italy 2007.

BUSA Dry Slope Championships - Slalom Men’s Gold medal - Campbell Beaton

BUSA Alpine Championships Giant Slalom Men’s Board Bronze medal - Matthew Collins

Surf BUSA National Champions - BUSA Women’s Team Gold (progressing from Bronze in 2005/06)

Tae Kwon Do National Student Team Champions

8 Gold medals, 9 Silver medals, 11 Bronze medals

Trampolining Intermediate Men 4th place – Anthony Walker

Ultimate Frisbee BUSA Regional 7th place

Windsurf BUSA Beginner Bronze medal – Philip Benton

BUSA League and Knockout successBasketball Men’s 1st team Reached the Semi-Finals of the BUSA Trophy - BUSA Ranking of top 20.

Basketball Women’s 1st team Division 2 runners up, promoted and qualified for BUSA Shield - BUSA Ranking of top 48.

Football Men’s 1st team: Division 2 League Champions - promoted. Reached quarter finals of BUSA Knockout Shield - BUSA Ranking of top 40. 1st time in tier 1 in living memory.

Football Men’s 2nd team: Division 5 3rd place.

Hockey Men’s 1st team Division 1 League Champions qualified for BUSA Championship – BUSA Ranking of top 16, reached the BUSA Premier League play offs.

Hockey Men’s 3rd team: Division 3 League Champions qualified for the BUSA Plate and promotion play offs.

Hockey Women’s 1st team: Qualified for BUSA Trophy (4th place, tier one) gaining a National BUSA ranking of top 32.

Netball 1st team Division 1 Undefeated League Champions reached quarter finals of BUSA Championship - BUSA Ranking of top 8, reached the BUSA Premier League Play offs. Amie Whittal selected for English Universities squad.

Netball 2nd team: Division 3 3rd place

Netball 3rd team: Division 4 League Runners up.

Rugby Men’s 1st team: Qualified for BUSA Shield - BUSA Ranking of top 48 and promoted to BUSA Premier League B.

Rugby Women’s 1st team: Division 2 Runners up and qualified for BUSA Knockout Shield - BUSA Ranking of top 48.

Squash Men’s 1st team: Division 2 League Runners up reached _ finals of BUSA Knockout Shield - BUSA ranking of top 40.

Tennis Men’s 1st team: Division 2 League Runners up qualified for the BUSA Knockout Shield BUSA Ranking of top 48.

Volleyball Men’s 1st team: Division 2 4th place, just failing to qualify for the BUSA Knockout Trophy

Water polo Men’s 1st team: Division 2 League Runners up

Our best performing BUSA sports in terms of points: hockey, rowing, netball, basketball.

Teams to look out for in 2007/08 include our national student champion Taekwondo team - the return of the sport to the BUSA programme this season could see us crowned champions. Netball and hockey first teams have high expectations of joining rugby men’s first team in achieving premier league status. Squash are tipped for success as are the consistently high-performing men’s and women’s basketball teams and rowing crews.

It is anticipated that the recent and continued investment in facilities, coaching, sports science provision and other support services, alongside the committed and impressive performances of UWE‘s athletes will aid UWE‘s efforts to become a top 30 institution in 2007/08 and to move into the top 25 within the next five years.

www.busa.org.uk

UWE sport students achieve highest ever ranking

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A workshop on large archive collections in museums and galleries was held recently at the British Empire and Commonwealth Museum (BECM), Bristol. This AHRC-funded workshop, supported by UWE and the BECM, focused on the difference between managing an archive and managing a museum collection.

Workshop organiser Diana Jeater (HLSS) said, “Curators are not archivists; there are procedures and facilities specific to archives that museums need to be aware of when accepting deposits of archival material.

“Participants represented archives, museums, researchers and depositors of material. The keynote address from Paul Lihoma, National Archivist of Malawi and Adviser to the Museum of the Society of Malawi, vividly described the problems that must be resolved when non-archival institutions accept responsibility for archival material. There are many resonances with the situation in the UK.”

The workshop emphasised practical solutions and improved networking. A second workshop will take place on 19 April 2008 and will focus on the specific problems of expatriate collections in UK museums.

Museums and galleries workshop delegates

International online conference explores stuttering

Rob Grieve (senior lecturer in Physiotherapy, HSC, left) will present a paper at the Tenth Annual International Stuttering Online Conference which opens on 1 October. The theme of the conference is ‘Stuttering Awareness: Global Community, Local Activity’.

The conference is aimed at people with an interest in stuttering, as well as professional therapists and their clients. The conference is freely available on the internet, (http://

www.stutteringhomepage.com) from 1 – 22 October 2007. The final day of the conference, 22 October, is designated as ‘International Stuttering Awareness Day’ by the International Fluency Association, the International Stuttering Association and the European League of Stuttering Associations.

Rob, who has been a stutterer since childhood, says, “I have a mild/covert stutter which I have mainly overcome, although it occasionally can be a challenge in the world of academia. Last year I presented a poster on the challenges and difficulties associated with dysfluency and academic life at the 5th World Congress of IFA in at Trinity College Dublin.

“This year’s international conference is aimed at highlighting stuttering to the wider world. The aim of my paper this year will be to give an insight into the challenges and pressures of an occupation where fluency is taken for granted and to give encouragement to people who stutter involved in higher education. Hopefully my paper will strike a chord with those involved in university education, both in the lecturing and student experience.” Rob would be interested to hear from any staff or students who have been affected by speech dysfluency and would like to set up a support group for possible informal meetings in the future.

The Conference will include presentations, by consumers and professionals from more than 25 countries, which will be posted on the website and feedback and discussion is invited through an internet bulletin board (threaded discussion). This year there will be short videos of people from 20 different countries, talking in their own language about self-help for stuttering, messages for teens about living with stuttering, therapy ideas from clinicians, and full-length articles featuring people who stutter speaking for themselves. The conference will also feature applications of new internet technologies to stuttering, research and general information.

The online conference will be open at the top of the Stuttering Home Page (http://www.stutteringhomepage.com) from October 1 - 22, 2007, and is freely accessible to anyone with a connection to the internet. It is also offered for continuing education or college credit through Minnesota State University (contact carol.myhre@mnsu.edu).

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BBS hosts international Association for Heterodox Economics conferenceDr Andrew Mearman, (BBS), organised the annual conference of the international Association for Heterodox Economics in July. Over 100 delegates from five continents attended. The conference, entitled Pluralism in Action, investigated issues connected to pluralism in economics research, policy analysis and education, and delegates attended sessions on a wide range of topics, including globalisation, defence and the

environment. BBS staff involved in the conference held at Frenchay Campus in July were: Kylie Dursley, Professors Paul Dunne, Steve Fleetwood and Peter Howells, and Dr. Samuel Perlo-Freeman.

Dr Andrew Mearman (BBS), Professor Chris Niggle (University of Redlands, California), Lynne Chester (University of New South Wales) and Kylie Dursley (BBS)

Professor Greenman (FAS) attended ‘The 7th International Conference on Breath Odor Research’ held in Chicago, Illinois, US from 22 – 24 August. This meeting was co-hosted by the International Society for Breath Odour Research (ISBOR) and the University of Illinois at Chicago, College of Dentistry. During the conference Professor John Greenman was appointed as the new ISBOR President (2007-2009).

Breath odour research is highly multidisciplinary. The presentations included distinguished speakers and table clinics covering a wide range of topics and disciplines pertinent to oral malodour including medicine, dentistry, dental hygiene, behavioural sciences, engineering, pharmacy, gastroenterology, chemistry, biochemistry and microbiology. The meeting was regarded as highly successful, bringing in scientists and clinicians from more than 23 countries and allowing great opportunity for exposure and interaction between the different research groups and communities.

The research group at UWE presented four research papers: Hess, J, Greenman, J and Duffield, J ‘Modelling Oral Malodour’; Greenman, J and Saad, S ‘Tongue Biofilm levels of Cysteine-Desulphydrase and Tryptophanase Activities and Oral Malodour’; Saad, S and Greenman, J In vitro Studies on Artificial Tongue Coating; McKenzie, C, Greenman, J and Wiegland B. Co-monitoring Sulphide production from tongue flora microcosm perfusion biofilm model following pulses of Cysteine and Glutathione.

All the scientific papers presented at this meeting will be published in the Journal of Breath Research (special issue) and will be edited by guest editors, Professor John Greenman (UWE) and Professor Daniel van Steenberghe (Leuven University, Belgium).

ISBOR plans to be able to hold its next conference (Eighth International Conference for Breath Odour Research) in two years-time in Germany.

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48 companies have now confirmed their plans to participate in the Construction and Property Employment Fair at the Frenchay Campus on 10 and 11 October 2007. It will be the largest employment fair of its kind in the South West.

This National Construction Week event offers students an ideal opportunity to meet companies offering sponsorships, bursaries, work placements, apprenticeships and ultimately jobs. In addition to UWE undergraduates and postgraduates, further education colleges and other universities will also be bringing in groups of students.

Organiser Tim Bateman (FBE) says, “Because of the unprecedented growth in demand for fully-trained staff in all aspects of the construction and property industry there has never a better time for careers in this buoyant market sector.”

Tim says, “We hope the Fair will be of huge benefit to all students in the region looking for careers in this industry, giving them the chance to talk to employers and find out about the wide variety of career possibilities and support for their studies that are on offer.”

Charlie Scherer, Area Leader for builders Rok, which employs more than 100 staff in Bristol and some 3,500 nationwide, says, “Rok aim to become the ‘Nation’s Local Builder’ by operating from a network of offices in major towns across the UK, using dedicated teams who live and work in their communities. That means relying on our people to deliver exceptional service consistently, and the benefit of this fair is that it gives us access

to a wide pool of young talented graduates under one roof, some of whom we hope will become the Rok stars of the future.”

Roo Modasia, Careers and Development officer, HBG, one of the UK’s leading construction services organisations, says “We are extremely pleased to take part in the UWE construction fair. We are sure that the event will give us exposure to a large number of talented young people from a variety of academic backgrounds.”

Bill Kiernan, Business Development Manager for Faber Maunsell, an international award-winning consultancy delivering a comprehensive range of building, transportation and environmental consulting services, says, “Attending this event fits perfectly with our recruitment drive in attracting multi-talented enthusiastic graduates which will enable our strategic growth and continued expansions plans for the future.”

The fair is organised by the Construction Knowledge Exchange in co-operation with the Faculty of the Built Environment, UWE Bristol. The fair is supported by Constructionskills, the Chartered Institute of Building and Constructing Excellence South West.

For more details about the fair and to register your interest in visiting please contact Tim Bateman on 0117 32 83997 e-mail: Timothy2.Bateman@uwe.ac.uk or visit the fair website: www.built-environment.uwe.ac.uk/cpfair

Construction and Property Employment Fair at UWE

Did you know that we not only provide printing for the University but also do private work for staff and work for external organisations? If you are involved in a club or an organisation and you need some printing, please contact us for a quote on 0117 32 84670 or e-mail printing@uwe.ac.uk.

Our services include:n Lottery/raffle tickets; event tickets; event programmes; posters

n Newsletters; calendars; booklets with a variety of bindings (coil, comb, tape, ring, wire)

n Bulk printing and burning of CDs and DVDs; postcards; printed envelopes; promotional goods

Tired of stuffing envelopes?We are able to offer a sophisticated mail-merge and mailing service to both University and external customers. Contact Roland Cowley on ext 84672 for more information or e-mail Roland.Cowley@uwe.ac.uk

Other newsWe are currently piloting the electronic submission of print jobs and are looking for volunteers to take part. If you are interested, please contact Carolyn Hancocks on ext 84674 or e-mail Carolyn.Hancocks@uwe.ac.uk

WebsiteOur website contains lots of information about our services. Why not take a look today? http://www.uwe.ac.uk/printing/

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Event celebrates writing from young people in Bristol schools A highly successful event called ‘Tales from the City: A Celebration of Writing from Young People in Bristol Schools 2007’ was held in the Council House on College Green on 19 July.

UWE helped to sponsor this event – alongside the main sponsors, Bristol City Council. Dr John Reid, assisted Bryan Webster, Bristol’s English and Literacy Consultant, in the planning and final judging of the writing submissions for the event.

Dr Reid said, “We may have been initially overwhelmed by the sheer bulk of the submissions to be considered but we were delighted by the range and variety of the work. We also encouraged non-written submissions in the form of graphic design ideas and digital photography and the response was superb – that made the final booklet feel like a ‘creative arts’ package. To have two exciting young pop bands playing in the interval on gala evening enhanced that whole sense of celebrating children’s creativity – it was very moving. But most thrilling of all was to discover, on the night, that two sets of the best entries had come from schools where the teachers concerned were former UWE students.”

The entry form for schools had specified a wide range of different kinds of writing and topics related to Bristol and the performers at the gala evening were selected to capture the variety of voices, schools, and perspectives. Dr Reid is convinced that the initial success of the event, particularly with parents and teachers, should ensure that it will expand further in the coming years.

‘It’s My Baby’ Emma Weitkamp and Emily Dawson of the Science Communication Unit (FAS), in partnership with Southampton Solent University, recently completed a project for schools which uses drama to encourage young people to think about the issues surrounding controversial genetic technologies.

‘Its my baby: Facilitating multicultural discussions about controversial genetic technologies’ was a Wellcome Trust funded project which Emma and Emily have taken to four schools in the Reading and Bristol areas. The project sought to engage 16 -18 year olds from a range of backgrounds, both cultural and academic, with genetic testing. The project specifically sought to include students who were not studying a science subject at A-level and was delivered through, for example, the drama or general studies curricula.

Advances in medical research offer hope for new treatments and cures, but these technologies raise many personal and social issues. The project dramatised the social implications of what these technologies mean to people, families and societies in a two-act play focused on Early Onset Alzheimer’s Disease, followed by facilitated discussions with the students.

As Emily Dawson says, “We were able to research not only what students thought of the subject, but could also increase the scientific knowledge pupils have. We could give these students the tools to understand the technologies they are going to have to deal with in their lives.”

One student who has taken part in a workshop says, “The most interesting part was drama showing how situations such as these can have an effect in real life.”

The researchers found that using drama is an effective way to communicate science: talking about the social implications is something the pupils can relate to.

The ‘Thinking Genetics: Teacher Resource Pack’ has been developed from the project and can be downloaded from the Science Communication Unit web pages (http://www.uwe.ac.uk/fas/graphicscience/projects/engagement/Its_my_baby.htm ).

Pictured (left) Emma WeitKamp, Senior Lecturer in Science Communication and Emily Dawson, Research Associate in Science Communication

Simulation Demystified: From Vision to Reality The Faculty of Health and Social Care collaborated with Medical Education Technologies Inc.® (METI) for the first UK Simulation in Nursing Education Conference on 15 June 2007. Professor Kath Ross and Lou Oberndorf, the Founder, President and Chief Executive of METI welcomed 150 participants from the UK, Europe and the USA. The conference coincided with the UK Nursing and Midwifery Council positively debating the use of simulation as an important future practice element of programmes for nursing. A wide range of speakers, practitioners and educationalists, set the scene for a significant growth in the use of simulators in the UK in augmenting the learning approaches for nurses and other health professionals.

Keynote speaker, Dr Judy Johnson-Russell, Texas Women’s University, Dallas, highlighted the value, approaches and outcomes for practice in introducing and establishing simulation in the USA and Europe.

METI, a leader in the development of simulation equipment, and the organiser and sponsor for the conference, had transported the very latest prototype model I-STAN from the USA to Bristol specifically for the conference.

I-STAN with Professor Judy Johnson-Russell and Professor Kath Ross

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Staff and students volunteer at mountain community in Greece Three students and two members of staff volunteered for a new summer school project in a historic community in northwest Greece this summer. The aim of the scheme, organised by Dr Dimitrios Konstadakopulos (HLSS), was to help identify aspects of sustainable development for the mountain community of Tsamantas which is in the region of Epirus, across from the island of Corfu and close to the Greek-Albanian border.

Dr Konstadakopulous said, “The settlement dates from pre-historic times, and eventually became a thriving micro-economy based on local mixed subsistence farming, pastoralism, and male migrant labour, reaching its peak during the inter-war years of the twentieth century. Since then the population of the village, and others nearby, has declined dramatically due to migration to other parts of Greece and abroad. The village is set among majestic mountains, with forests and crystal-clear streams, and has a rich flora and fauna. The built environment consists of traditional stone houses – many of which now stand derelict – as well as a number of Byzantine churches and chapels, and an abandoned monastery. The village also has a small but significant folklore museum.”

The summer school offered student volunteers the opportunity of getting involved in socio-economic research, ethnographic

and museum studies, and teaching English to local Greek and Albanian children. The local community kindly offered them free accommodation, and provided locally grown food for meals. It is hoped that the Summer Volunteers School will become a regular event in Tsamantas – staff or students wishing to contribute or undertake research across a range of specialisms from local economic development to nature conservation and historical research should contact Dimitrios.Konstadakopulous@uwe.ac.uk for more information.

UWE students teaching English at the village of Tsamantas

Cricket fan displays archive photos at Lords The illustrious cricketing tradition of the Indian subcontinent is being celebrated by a display of images of famous cricketers of the 1930s at the MCC cricket museum at Lords. The exhibition was organised by enthusiast Yahya Ghaznavi, who recently completed an MA in Sports Management at UWE’s Hartpury College. Yahya has spent the past 20 years archiving images chronicling the history of sport on the subcontinent between 1860 and 1960. The exhibition, called A Tribute to Pioneers, features 150 pictures of former Indian and Pakistani greats such as Jahangir Khan, who in 1932 was part of the first Indian test side ever to tour Britain.

“The photographs are a pictorial history of the new culture that emerged as a result of the relationship between Britain and the subcontinental communities in the days of the Empire,” he said. “The legacy that left behind is a cherished sports heritage that has made Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka and more recently Bangladesh major cricketing nations.

“One of my hopes in doing this is that it will promote interaction between different communities. People from both and these Asian countries can see the shared history we have playing sport together. It sends a strong message to current generations about how unified their elders were.”

Promoting social wellbeing for older people Extra care housing can do much to promote the social well-being of older people, through careful design of facilities, a person-centred approach and supporting social interaction according to research just published by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation.

The report’s authors, Simon Evans from HLSS and Sarah Vallely from Housing 21, a national provider of housing, care and support services for older people, identified a range of ‘best practice’ factors.

As well as careful design of the built environment and provision of facilities, these included activities catering for a range of interests and abilities; opportunities to develop and maintain a social life independent of the housing scheme, linking housing schemes with the local community, and providing care and support services outside core hours of work.

Extra care is a popular model of housing provision for older people usually consisting of homes with full legal tenancy rights and the availability of 24 hour on-site care that can be adapted to the changing needs of residents.

Simon Evans said, “There is now renewed emphasis on older people’s issues, largely because an increasing proportion of the population is aged 50 or over. We hope these findings will be taken on board by those responsible for planning, designing and managing this increasingly popular form of housing for older people.”

The report entitled Social Well being in Extra-care Housing by Simon Evans and Sarah Vallelly was published on 31 August 2007 by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation.

It can be downloaded free from www.jrf.org.uk

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Reading buddies visit On Friday 13 July a busload of excited 7-8 year old children arrived at UWE to be met by their ‘buddies’.

The Community Volunteer Programme (CVP) invited the children to UWE so that they could see where their buddies work, find out a little of what a university is like, as well as giving them a few hours of fun – also giving them aspirations and boosting UWE applications for 2018! It was a fitting end to the successful Reading Buddies Pilot project at Hillfields Primary School in Fishponds in which staff from UWE have helped children with their reading. The scheme was set up in partnership with staff from Hillfields School and the educational charity, ABLAZE, began in October 2006.

The first stop of the tour was the Centre for Sports where the children had a great time on the bouncy castles although it wasn’t easy to decide who had more fun – children or adults! They were also shown around Bolland Library and enjoyed having fun with microphones and back projection in the Glendinning Lecture Theatre.

The Reading Buddies scheme was extended to Lockleaze Primary School in April 2007. A third school, Filton Avenue, will be included from September 2007.

Staff interested in getting involved please log on to http://www.uwe.ac.uk/volunteer/staffvolunteering/howtovolunteerstaff.shtml).

Pupils from Hillfields Primary School arrive on campus

Student sets up first UK robot martial arts competitionStudent Brennand Pierce (CEMS) has just organised the UK’s first Robo-One robotic martial arts competition – and won a silver award with the robot he designed himself.

Robo-One, in which humanoid robots compete with acrobatic fighting skills and special moves, is a big sport in the USA and in the Far East, but is only just starting in Britain. The tournament, held at Millennium Point in Birmingham, was a new attraction in the annual UK Micromouse robotic championships.

“We wanted to bring together some of the UK’s Robo-One humanoids in one place so we could swap tips and pit our robots against each other,” said Bren, who is studying for a master’s degree in Robotics.

“Designing, building and programming a fighting robot needs a lot of skill and hard work and it was great to meet other roboticists and test our robots out.”

For his MSc project at UWE, Bren is building a bigger, stronger robot and will use a variety of advanced Artificial Intelligence techniques to make it more competitive.

Project supervisor Dr Matthew Studley said, “Bren’s got lots of ideas - he wants to teach his new robot to have enhanced stability to keep it standing even when it gets attacked. It’s great to see him using the knowledge he’s gained from the Master’s programme in such a novel way.”

After graduating, Bren and his new robot aim to tour the Far East tournaments to compete with the world’s best. He hopes the UK Robo-One competition will become an annual event and plans to continue his involvement, provided overseas competitions permit.

Bren Pierce (second left) and other Robo-One winners

Mary Bishop on Real Deal Awards Panel Mary Bishop (Director of Undergraduate Business and Management, BBS) took part in the judging panel for the Western Daily Press Real Deal Awards.

The South West Deal Awards champion the outstanding individuals and firms among the region’s corporate finance community. The 11 categories of award range from the best individual lawyer to the young dealmaker of the year. A 12th award, for Deal of the Year, is voted on at the gala awards dinner, which this year took place at Ashton Gate, Bristol, on 20 September.

The judges included Phil Rouse, (Director of Leveraged Finance at Barclays Bank in Bristol), Julian Dennard, (Investment Manager at YFM, which manages the South West Ventures Fund), Ian Sanders, (Associate Director at accountants Smith & Williamson Solomon Hare in Bristol) and Western Daily Press Business Editor Robert Buckland. Steve Anderson-Dixon, Managing Director of Bristol News & Media, which publishes the Western Daily Press, chaired the panel.

For more details go to www.westerndailypress.co.uk/dealmakers

left to right Andy Wright, Editor, Mary Bishop, Steve Anderson-Dixon, Ian Sanders and Julian Dennard

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Business Language ChampionsUWE has been involved in awarding Business Language Champion certificates to three businesses from the West of England region on behalf of the Regional Language Network South West (RLN SW). The certificates were awarded for good practice in using languages and cultural understanding to improve business performance.

Creative Partnerships, First Bristol and Powrmatic are the three award-winning organisations who, with advice and assistance from RLN SW, have all shown how developing an international communications strategy using language and culture provides a competitive edge, whether in boosting export sales or contributing to raising skills in the workplace.

Peter Gold, RLN SW Director for the West of England, said, “These companies have shown that in different ways using languages and understanding differences in business culture can have a positive effect on business performance.”

The prestigious Business Language Champion Awards, which in total were awarded to nine businesses from across the

South West, were presented in July to representatives of the successful companies by Brian Kemp, Chairman of the RLN SW Steering Group, (centre) alongside Peter Gold, RLN SW Director for West of England and Susan Roe, Research Associate for the RLN SW West of England.

Schools Competition on Sustainable Development The seventh annual RICS Schools Competition on Sustainable Development for Geography A-level students was launched with a Teachers’ Conference at UWE in June.

The conference was attended by Geography teachers from schools around the south-west region, to provide teachers with an update on the latest thinking on sustainable development at regional and local level.

The Schools Competition will be hosted by UWE in November 2007 in the Studios in R Block. 25 teams, each of four sixth form students, will be invited to prepare an outline proposal for the sustainable redevelopment of a site in central Bristol. Industry experts from disciplines including architecture, construction, planning and surveying, will judge the proposals.

Tony Westcott, Chairman of the RICS SW Regional Board and lecturer in Surveying at UWE, said: “We want to encourage schools to participate in the competition because young people need to realise the importance of building a sustainable environment for our future and the exciting part they can play in helping to make it happen.

“Our aim is to provide a creative and hands-on approach to learning which will help students understand more about the issues, while also having fun.”

The Competition is organised by the South West Region of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors in collaboration with UWE and the University of Plymouth, the Bristol Branch of the Geographical Association, Bristol City Council and the Environment Agency, with sponsorship from the South West of England Regional Development Agency.

Details of the Competition can be viewed from the website: www.digitalbristol.org/members/ga/

Teachers about to board ferry boat for tour of the docks

Natalie Gray, Kieran O’Malley, Marcus Pugh and Sara Hicks represented FAS at the Islamic Cultural Fayre in Eastville Park on 26 August which attracted around 10,000 visitors. Assisted by Annie Brownsey (Science trick ambassador) the FAS team demonstrated tricks included extracting DNA from bananas, the Alkaseltzer rocket, putting a pointed stick through a balloon without it bursting, straw oboes and inflating marshmallows. They also had a display of medicinal plants from the FAS collection, which generated plenty of interest, including chillies which have recently been trialled in Canada as a treatment for prostate cancer. The successful event also included live music, a fun fair and many stalls promoting local and national organisations and selling items such as clothing, CDs and freshly prepared food.

Natalie Gray pictured demonstrating how to extract DNA from a banana

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Research on the Caribbean in the School for Politics Dr Peter Clegg (HLSS), in co-operation with Densil Williams (University of the West Indies in Jamaica) organised a one-day conference in July entitled ‘International Competitiveness of Small Vulnerable Economies’, with special reference to the Caribbean. The meeting, held at the Institute of Commonwealth Studies in London, was organised to kick-off a planned special issue of The Round Table journal to be published in June 2008. His Excellency the Honourable Burchell Whiteman, Jamaican High Commissioner to the UK, provided the keynote address. A range of papers on the domestic and international factors encouraging and holding back the region’s quest for greater economic competitiveness were presented. Speakers attended from across the UK, Europe and the Caribbean, and issues considered included the role of small firms, trade in the highly skilled, the influence of Venezuela, China and Taiwan in the Caribbean and the destabilising effects of crime.

What a service 24/7Ivan Vine, Operations and Security Manager responsible for Bower Ashton, Glenside and St Matthias is delighted to announce that a 24/7 365 days per year Campus Support Office (CSO) Service will be introduced at St Matthias Campus this September.

The team will be based in the newly opened Campus Support Office and Reception in the Main Building opposite the sunken lawn and is complemented by the appointment of our first female Campus Support Officer, Marnie James. Marine joins us from a year working at Ashfield Young Offenders Institution in Pucklechurch. Marnie said, “I am looking forward to working alongside staff and students from many different parts of the world and am really excited at the new challenges this role will bring”.

Connie Robertson, Deputy Head of House Services commented, “Rolling out the Campus Support Officers to the Satellites is a natural progression of the service implemented at Frenchay just over two years ago, which combined the roles of Porters and Security. In addition, we have recently appointed CSO Team Leaders at Frenchay to strengthen our operational cover at both Frenchay and the other sites”.

The Operation and Security Team’s mission is ‘To provide an efficient, reliable, user-friendly Campus Support Service to our customers’. This means that you and

your feedback are always appreciated. The team would be delighted to receive visits from staff and students and are looking forward to the new academic year.

The contact details are: CSO and Reception, St Matthias Campus, ext 84368.

Pictured back row from left: Mark Hewer, Chris Sanders, Mark Anning, Pete Sloan, Tristan Worcester. Front row from left: Marnie James, Ivan Vine, Malcolm Davies, Rob Tucker

Professorial lectures in the Faculty of Humanities, Languages and Social Sciences 2007-08 Following an exceptional academic year 2006-07 for inaugural professorial lectures in HLSS, a further series has been arranged for 2007-08. This series will continue to reflect the high intellectual calibre and vibrancy of the staff, and cover a wide range of subject areas and topics. All the lectures will be held on a Thursday in Lecture Theatre H124, St Matthias Campus at 18.45. The first lecture will take place on Thursday 1 November.

Professor Peter Rawlings’s lecture is entitled ‘The Vital Importance of Being Ignorant.’ He will argue that the pursuit of knowledge at its best has always involved a clear sense of what we cannot and should not know, and that unless this via negativa is preserved, we shall continue to encounter the horrors that result from specious certainty. This preservation of instrumental scepticism, he will suggest, is one of the tasks of the modern university. It has a surprising ally in the form of the novel. The contention will be that reading difficult novels can make us more ignorant, humane, and moral (so to speak).

Inaugural Professorial Lecture ProgrammeThursday 1 November 2007 Professor Peter Rawlings

Thursday 6 December 2007 Professor Richard Coates

Thursday 6 March 2008 Professor Jonathan Charteris-Black

Thursday 2 April 2008 Professor Jeanine Treffers-Daller

Thursday 22 May 2008 Professor Simon Clarke

For further information on Inaugural Professorial Lectures, please visit http://www.uwe.ac.uk/hlss/faculty/news.shtml or contact Rose West, Knowledge Exchange Officer on tel: 0117 32 84372 or e-mail Rose.West@uwe.ac.uk.

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Researcher visits ‘car free’ EuropeSteve Melia, a postgraduate researcher in urban and transport planning (FBE) has spent the summer cycling across Europe to study in detail some of the cities and communities which are genuine working examples of ‘eco’ towns. This is the second year Steve has ‘got on his bike’ to carry out this research. Last year he cycled to Freiburg in Germany, to visit Vauban, the largest carfree area in Europe. This year his journey was mainly in the Netherlands.

Steve says, “My first aim was to visit GWL Terrein, a carfree development of about 600 homes in Amsterdam, which seems to be working well. But a second destination, the city of Groningen, proved more interesting.

“Groningen holds the record for cycling: 60 per cent of journeys made by bike. There are many factors – obviously the flat terrain helps, though their weather doesn’t. 50,000 of the 180,000 population are students, who tend to cycle a lot.

“The share of cycling has been increasing recently, and I wanted to explore how planning and transport policies have contributed. Through traffic was banned from the city centre 30 years ago, and car access has been progressively reduced ever since. Across the city, there is a ‘coarse grain’ network for cars and a ‘fine grain’ for bikes. Residential areas are designed as giant cul-de-sacs for motor vehicles whilst bridges, tunnels, bus gates, all manner of short-cuts give a deliberate advantage to the bike.

“This is a key message I fear we are missing in this country, where developments like Poundbury have set a trend towards ‘permeability’ – allowing all vehicles to circulate in all directions. A 2004 study found the share of cycling in Poundbury was 1.9 per cent. I hope to do a presentation on this at some point. In the meantime, I can be contacted on e-mail: Steve.Melia@uwe.ac.uk.”

Groningen Grote Markt (central square)

Obituary

Mavis Tanner (1939-2007)Former colleagues will be saddened to hear of the death of Mavis Tanner after a long and brave battle with cancer. Mavis worked at the University from 1977, initially in Bristol Polytechnic’s Secretarial Support Service and latterly in the Admissions Office (now AIR), retiring in 1997. She helped to manage, and made an invaluable contribution to, the recruitment process and team, later focusing on education liaison and IT developments. She represented the University at a number of local, national and international recruitment events. Mavis leaves husband Pete, sons Paul and Simon and three grandchildren. Donations in memory of Mavis can be made to Cancer Research UK or Macmillan Cancer Support.

Obituary

Geoffrey Royle Fitton (1926-2007)Geoffrey Fitton died on 28 June 2007 at the age of 80 after a short illness. Geoff was born in Eccles, Manchester. After attending Bloxham School near Banbury he became articled to a firm of Chartered Accountants and qualified as a chartered accountant in 1953. He also qualified with the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA).

After holding senior management posts with such companies as Ferranti and Plessy, Geoff moved to Bristol in the late 60s and joined the staff of the then Bristol College of Commerce, which was one of the constituent colleges making up Bristol Polytechnic and UWE. He was promoted to Principal Lecturer in Accounting and Finance, the position he held until his retirement from UWE in 1987. Geoff served on the Bristol Branch of CIMA for many years and became Branch President in 1981 and continued to do work for the institute as a membership assessor after his retirement.

Geoff was awarded a research scholarship with the University of Bath looking into the state of information technology in local authorities and helped redesign the accounting system of Bath City Council, producing a published report with Professor Cyril Tomkins.

Geoff’s interests were many and varied. He was an accomplished pianist and made music with like-minded friends in quartets and trios. He considered this activity as an excellent discipline for keeping his mind active.

He is survived by his wife Jean, whom he married in 1953, and his daughter and five grandchildren. He will be very much missed by his family and friends.

Foreign language learning for UWE staffWould you like to learn a foreign language or continue studying a language at a higher level?

The UWE Language Programme (ULP) offers part-time courses in eleven languages:

n Arabic n Cantonese n Mandarin Chinese n English as a Foreign Language n French n German n Italian n Japanese n Portuguese n Russian n Spanish

Classes are taught for a total of 23 weeks throughout the academic year from October to May/June and are free to UWE staff (up to a maximum of 30 credits). UWE staff may enrol for a ULP language module from August 2007 (details can be found on our website).

For further information please visit www.uwe.ac.uk/ulp or e-mail ulp@uwe.ac.uk.

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News in Brief

Yuwen Wang (HLSS) successfully defended her PhD thesis at viva on 30 July. Her thesis is entitled, Investigating the Effects of Writing Strategy Instruction on Students‘ Perceptions and Performance.

Alan Winfield (CEMS) was one of the organisers and judges of the European Land Robotics Trials, which took place in Monte Ceneri, Ticino, Switzerland from 13-16 August, a total of 13 mostly postgraduate student teams pitted their robots against each other and the unforgiving landscapes (and weather) of the Ticino forest.

Staff in the mediaLisa O’Brien (BBS) was interviewed by BBC1 in July for the One Show, a consumer programme, on the subject of internet shopping sites dealing in cash back offers.

Professor Martin Plant (HSC) took part in a discussion of licensing liberalisation for the Sky digital channel Legal Television. The programme The Red Line, was broadcast on Thursday 26 July. Martin was also interviewed by Original Radio on 12 September and BBC Radio Five Live on 15 September.

Finola Farrant (Senior Lecturer in Criminology, HLSS) took part in a BBC Radio Bristol discussion programme on 27 July about ‘What do we want from our prisons‘. The discussion and phone-in was the culmination of a week long series on prisons which had included interviews with prison staff and prisoners in Bristol prison.

Professor Martin Plant (HSC) took part in an interview on 3 August for Independent Radio News (IRN). This interview was syndicated to a number of independent radio stations. The interview related to a new report alleging that young mothers are drinking heavily during the school holidays. Martin also took part in BBC Radio Four programme You and Yours and was interviewed by KISS Radio on 21 August.

Andy Mathieson (FAS) was interviewed on the possible routes of infection, mechanisms of transmission and the environmental and economic impact of the foot and mouth outbreak on SkyNews on 8 August. He was also interviewed for the Daily Mail and Telegraph on 7 and 8 August

and briefed the BBC News 24 science correspondent. He took part in follow- up interviews with Sky News, BBC News 24, the Daily Telegraph, London News Radio, the Evening Standard and the Science Media Centre on 7 September. He was interviewed for The Scientist Magazine on 10 September. Andy was also interviewed by BBC News 24 and Sky News on 12 September following a new outbreak of foot and mouth.

Andy Mathieson (FAS) took part in the BBC Radio Bristol Breakfast programme on 9 August about the public health implications of the vomiting and diarrhoea outbreak in the Dominican Republic.

Peter Malpass (FBE) was interviewed by BBC Somerset Sound on 12 July about a protest in London for more council housing.

Graham Parkhurst (FBE) was interviewed by BBC Radio Wiltshire on 16 July about Park and Ride services.

Janet Jones (HLSS) gave a newspaper review to BBC Radio Wales on 21 July.

Professor Philip Lawrence (CEMS) was interviewed on 18 July by BBC Radio Bristol about the TAM Airbus A320 plane which crashed at Brazil’s São Paulo airport.

Dr David Bird (FAS) was interviewed on Radio 4 on Wednesday 19 September on a science programme called Connect.

Dr Kath Holden (HLSS) was interviewed for BBC Radio 4 Woman’s Hour on 17 August. The item was about the history of single women in the twentieth century.

Professor Ron Ritchie (EDU) was interviewed by BBC Radio Bristol on 6 September about the new Bristol Brunel Academy.

Dr Laura Watts (FBE) was interviewed by BBC Radio 4 You and Yours on 30 August about the research into travel time and the travel remedy kit.

Professor Ron Ritchie (EDU) was interviewed by BBC Radio Bristol on 6 September about the opening of the Bristol Brunel Academy.

PublicationsSue Heenan (Law) IVF Treatment and Consent: the Rights of the Individual and the Public Interest

(2007) Family Law, Volume 37 page 629.

Disadvantaged by Where You Live? Neighbourhood governance in contemporary urban policy edited by Ian Smith, Eileen Lepine and Marilyn Taylor (Cities Research Centre, FBE), was featured in a double page spread article in New Start (27 July 2007, vol 9, no 397, pp16-17). For further details visit http://www.policypress.org.uk

Professor Grace Dorey (HSC) has recently launched a new website, www.yourpelvicfloor.co.uk Containing useful information for men and women with incontinence and sexual dysfunction, the idea of the site is to spread the word about just how useful pelvic floor exercises can be and how they can, in some cases, transform lives. It also contains a section for health care professionals with lecture and workshop dates as well as press releases. Grace has also recently published a hardback book entitled Love Your Gusset which is aimed at all women now matter what age. It uses humour and illustrations to tackle a taboo subject. Online each copy costs £7.00 + p&p through the www.yourpelvicfloor.co.uk website.

Kathrina Glitre (HLSS) has published ‘Un/True Love: Simulating Authenticity in Contemporary Hollywood‘, in Realities and Remediations: The Limits of Representation (eds Elizabeth Wells and Tamar Jeffers McDonald). Newcastle: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2007. Greg Tuck (HLSS) also had an article published in this collection ‘The Pleasure of Invisible Sex: Cinematic Meaning, Sexual “Metaphors“ and the Phenomenology of Editing in Classical Hollywood Cinema‘.

Havi Carel (HLSS) published an article on ‘Phenomenology of Tragedy: Illness and Body Betrayal’ in David Cronenberg‘s The Fly. This article was published in a special issue of SCAN, dedicated to film and philosophy. Havi also published a film essay in the International Journal of Psychoanalysis, entitled: ‘The Return of the Erased: Memory and Forgetfulness’ in Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind.

Steve Garner's (HLSS) book, Whiteness: an Introduction was published by Routledge in August. The book covers sociological and

historical literature on racialising white identities from the USA, the UK, Ireland and Latin America, and finally touches on some of the themes raised by recent fieldwork in the South West of England carried out by Steve and Simon Clarke.

Rebecca D’Monté (HLSS) has recently published Cool Britannia: British Political Drama in the 1990s, ed with Graham Saunders (Palgrave, 2007) ‘Thatcher’s Children: Alienation and Anomie in the Plays of Judy Upton’, in Cool Britannia: British Political Drama in the 1990s, eds Rebecca D’Monté and Graham Saunders (Basingstoke: Palgrave, 2007) ‘Voicing Abuse/Voicing Gender’, in Monologues: Theatre, Performance, Subjectivity, ed Clare Wallace (Prague: Littereraria Pragensia Books, 2007) ‘Modern Literature: Pre-1950’, in The Year's Work in English Studies (vol 86, 2007).

Mark Bould (HLSS) has co-edited, with Rone Shavers (University of Illinois), a special issue of Science Fiction Studies (102, July 2007) on ‘Afrofuturism and Black SF‘, which includes his introduction, ‘The Ships Landed Long Ago: Afrofuturism and Black SF‘ (full text also available at http://www.depauw.edu/sfs/abstracts/a102.htm#bould%20intro), and his article ‘Come Alive By Saying No: An Introduction to Black Power SF‘. The latter examines a cycle of African-American thrillers from the 1960s and 1970s which imagine black revolution against the white supremacist state, but which typically cannot get past the moment of armed struggle or imagine a post-revolutionary future.

Dr John Allinson (FBE) was interviewed on BBC Radio Wiltshire's current affairs programme on Thursday 13 September discussing housing growth. The focus of the discussion was how to put in place mechanisms to ensure such growth is accompanied by provision of infrastructure including schools and doctor's surgeries.

AppointmentsNeil Larsen (CEMS) has recently been made a fellow of the Higher Education Academy.

Dr Raingard Esser (HLSS) has been awarded a fellowship for four months at the Herzog August

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Bibliothek Wolfenbüttel, Germany. Founded in 1572 as the library of the Dukes of Brunswick, the library has grown to be one of the biggest collections of manuscripts, incunabula and prints in Germany. It is especially rich in bibles and books of the Reformation and keeps about 230,000 prints from the 16th and 17th centuries.

ConferencesProfessor Alan Winfield (CEMS) was one of six international lecturers invited to present a Summer School on Collective Robotics organised by the Portuguese Artificial Intelligence Associated, from 27-31 August hosted by the Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal. Alan was part sponsored by the British Council.

Umut Turksen (Law) presented a paper on Migration and Security during the 6th International Conference on Politics organised by Athens Institute for Education and Research between 23-27 June 2007. The paper critiques the use and success of immigration control measures in countering terrorism. It raises a set of questions and critically analyses how and why the governments in the UK, US and Australia use immigration control mechanisms to fight terrorism and comments whether one can measure the success of such a strategy.

Kate Thomas (Outreach Centre) presented a paper entitled ‘The practice of partnership: collaboration and community‘ at SCUTREA (Standing Conference for University Teaching and Research in the Education of Adults) in Belfast on 3-5 July. The conference theme was ‘Researching Adult Learning: Communities and Partnerships in the Local and Global Context‘ and the paper explored partnership working within the Western Vocational Learning Network.

Mary Bishop attended the Centre for Social and Environmental Accounting Research conference on 3-5 September in St Andrews. She gave a paper on research methodologies in disability research.

Dr Marie Mulvey-Roberts (HLSS) gave a paper on ‘Poisonous Pens: Murder and Madness in the Marriage of Edward and Rosina Bulwer Lytton’ at the International Gothic Association conference, Aix-en-Provence in France.

Dr Kerry Sinanan (HLSS) presented a paper at the international BARS/NASSR conference, ‘Emancipation,

Liberation, Freedom‘, at the University of Bristol on 27 July entitled entitled ‘A Feeling Officer: Sterne‘s Influence on John Stedman‘s Narrative of a Five Year Expedition Against the Revolted Negroes of Surinam‘.Kerry also chaired two sessions on Abolition and Orientalism.

Havi Carel (HLSS) presented a keynote address at two conferences this summer: ‘Dying and Death’ and ‘Health, Illness and Disease’, both taking place in Oxford. Her talk, entitled ‘Can I be Ill and Happy?’, has also been published as the leading article in Philosophia 35:2 (summer 2007).

Richard Coates (HLSS) gave a paper entitled ‘Some Observations on the Scandinavian Toponymy of Lincolnshire’ at the 14th Conference of Nordic Onomastics held at Borgarnes, Iceland, 11-14 August 2007.

Dr Nick Startin (HLSS) gave a paper ‘Unity or Division: the Sarkozy Presidency and the Road Ahead’ at a one-day conference at the University of Bath in July entitled ‘New Dimensions of Political Competition in France’.

Research AwardsDr Clegg has been awarded £20,000 from the British Academy’s UK – Latin America and the Caribbean Link Programme. With Emilio Pantojas-Garcia (University of Puerto Rico) Dr Clegg will investigate the challenges and opportunities facing the non-independent Caribbean at the present time. Two seminars, one in Bristol and one in San Juan, will bring together scholars, practitioner, politicians and administrators from the UK, Europe, the Caribbean and the USA to provide a much-needed international and comparative perspective to the status and performance of these often forgotten territories.

Michelle Henning (Senior Lecturer in Media and Cultural Studies, HLSS) has been awarded an AHRC Research Leave Grant for her project ‘Re-animating the Modern Symbol: The Residues of Romantic Materialism in the Picture Language of Isotype’, to complement the semester's research leave awarded to her by her faculty. This is an archival research project which deals with texts, graphics and photographs produced by Otto and Marie Neurath and the artist Gerd Arntz at the Gesellschafts- und Wirtschaftsmuseum in Vienna (1925-1934), in The Hague, and at the Isotype Institute in England.

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Staff Association

Diary datesChristmas ‘Supper’ Dance Friday 30 November This year’s Christmas dance will be on a Friday evening and will include Christmas dinner and music from live band ‘The Secret’. The dance is open to all so bring along your family and friends for a good evening out.

Tickets go on sale Monday 1 October and can be obtained from the Office – FC00, Felixstowe Court, ext 82969

£10 members £12 guest/ non-member

Children’s Panto This year’s Children’s Panto performed by Chalpins Pantos will be Jack and the Beanstalk, this will be advertised very shortly so keep a look out for further details via e-mails and posters

Tickets for all events are on sale now from FC00, Felixstowe Court or can be ordered on ext 82969, e-mail Staffassociation@uwe.ac.uk

Coach Club5-7 October Weekend in Falmouth £100 members, £105 non-members/guests

Sat 20 October St Albans £12 members, £13 non-members/guests

Sat 24 November Ludlow Medieval Fayre (waiting list) £15 members, £16 non-members/guests, £11 child

Easter 2008 (Fri 21- Mon 24 2008) Belgium £180 members, £185 non-members/guests (single supp £80). Staying at the Golden Tulip Hotel. Excursions included.

Please note that payment in full is requested on booking – unless a deposit is specifically asked for. If you are interested in any of the above and would like more details please contact tel 83001 (voicemail) or Coachclub@uwe.ac.uk

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To let Double room for short-term let in characterful Victorian house near St Matthias Campus from £100 pw or on bed and breakfast basis for singles/doubles at £27-£40 per night. Please call Pat on 0117 902 9656.

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Bristol Cathedral Chapter

invite and welcome the students staff and friends of The Universities of Bristol and the West of England to

A Celebration Serviceat the start of the new academic year

Preacher:

Dr Anthony G ReddieResearch Fellow and Consultant in Black Theological Studies for the British Methodist Church and The Queens Foundation for Ecumenical Theological Education, Birmingham

“Learning for Liberation: expanding the frontiers of freedom.”Guest participants from the Faith Communities with UWE Gospel Choir and Bristol University Madrigal Choir

Sunday 7 October 200715.30 Bristol Cathedral

Service will be interpreted into BSL

Light refreshments will be served after the service

Professor Marcus Rediker Professor of History, University of Pittsburgh, USA

Author of several books, including (with Peter Linebaugh) The Many-Headed Hydra: Sailors, Slaves, Commoners, and the Hidden History of the Revolutionary Atlantic (Boston: Beacon Press, 2000) and most recently The Slave Ship A Human History (London: John Murray, 2007).

Many people in Britain and around the world have a romantic fascination with tall ships - all of them, that is, except the most important one: the slave ship, which has been too horrible to contemplate. This lecture explores the largely unexamined history of the vessel that made possible history's greatest forced migration and the rise of Atlantic capitalism. To the extent that European, African, and American societies are haunted by the legacies of race, class, and slavery, the slaver is the ghost ship of our modern consciousness.

This event is FREE and the general public are welcome but it will be necessary to reserve a place. All attendees will also have FREE entry to the Museum galleries, including ‘Breaking the Chains’.

To reserve a place, please contact Rose West, Knowledge Exchange Officer on Tel: 0117 32 84372, or e-mail: Rose.West@uwe.ac.uk

The British Empire and Commonwealth Museum, Clock Tower Yard, Temple Meads Bristol, BS1 6QH http://www.empiremuseum.co.uk

Abolition 200 Series

Sunday 4 November 2007 at 15.00Brunel Boardroom, British Empire and Commonwealth Museum, Bristol

The Floating Dungeon: A History of the Slave Ship

Abolition 200 Series

The Floating Dungeon: A History of the Slave Ship

Friday 5 October 2007 – 9.00-17.00 This seminar will explore the complex range of emotions that now shape our experience of potential and actual ‘failure’ in public sector work. The seminar is partly experiential in design, and aims to stimulate learning ‘from experience’ as well as through considering relevant concepts, theories and research based efforts to model alternative responses to the ‘accountability regimes’ that are now so prominent.

The programme will include presentations by Dr Eileen Munro, Reader in Social Policy at London School of Economics, and Dr Robin Anderson, Psychoanalyst and former Consultant Psychiatrist at the Tavistock Clinic, as well as a short simulation exercise, reflection groups, and plenary discussion.

Speakers:Dr. Robin AndersonPsychoanalyst and former Consultant Psychiatrist, Tavistock ClinicA personal experience of being ‘investigated’ in public sector work

Dr. Eileen MunroReader in Social Policy, London School of EconomicsAlternative models for responding to errors and mistakes in public sector work

Venue: Tavistock Clinic, London

Funded by Economic and Social Research Council (with further support from the Faculty of Humanities, Languages and Social Sciences, and the School of Politics at UWE, Bristol). A limited number of small grants will be available to postgraduate students to cover travel costs to these seminars.

This seminar is FREE but it is necessary to reserve a place. If you would like to attend, please visit http://www.uwe.ac.uk/hlss/research/cpss/politicsandemotions/ seminar4.shtml for registration form.

If you are interested in receiving further information about this series of seminars, please e-mail ESRCEmotions@uwe.ac.uk or telephone 0117 32 84372.

Managing the Emotions of Failure in the Public Services

ESRC Politics and Emotions Seminars

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UWESU Freshers Fair - local companies and market placeDate: 27 September 2007 (10.00-16.00)Venue: Frenchay Campus

Admission: Free Contact: UWESU Tel: 0117 32 82577 Visit: www.uwesu.org/ez/

UWESU Freshers Fair - sports and societiesDate: 28 September 2007 (10.00-16.00)Venue: Frenchay Campus

Admission: Free Contact: UWESU Tel: 0117 32 82577 Visit: www.uwesu.org/ez/

Born in the Soviet UnionDate: 28 September - 30 October 200710.00-17.30 Mon-Sat; 14.00-17.00 Sun)Venue: New Gallery, Royal West ofEngland Academy, Queen’s Road, Clifton,Bristol BS8 1PX

Admission: Free Contact: RWA Tel: 0117 973 5129 E-mail: info@rwa.org.uk Visit: www.rwa.org.uk

UWE Big BandDate: 28 September 2007 (12.30)Venue: Outside Core24, Frenchay Campus

Admission: Free Contact: CPA Tel: 0117 32 82067 E-mail: cpa@uwe.ac.uk Visit: www.uwe.ac.uk/cpa

The March of the Penguins (U)Date: 1 October 2007 (18.00)Venue: Scene-IT Cinema, N Block (oppositeUWESU shop), Frenchay Campus

Admission: Free tickets from Core24 on day of screening Contact: Frans Dekker Tel: 0117 32 82438 E-mail: frans.dekker@uwe.ac.uk Visit: www.imdb.com/title/tt0428803/

Blood Diamond (15)Date: 3 October 2007 (18.00)Venue: Scene-IT Cinema, N Block (oppositeUWESU shop), Frenchay Campus

Admission: Free tickets from Core24 on day of screening Contact: Frans Dekker Tel: 0117 32 82438 E-mail: frans.dekker@uwe.ac.uk Visit: www.imdb.com/title/tt0450259/

Ageing Femininities: Representation,Identities, FeminismDate: 6 October 2007 (09.15-17.30)Venue: St. Matthias Campus, UWE

Admission: £60 waged; £25 unwaged Contact: Research, Enterprise and Outreach Office Tel: 0117 32 84810 E-mail: Jodie.Lucas-Jones@uwe.ac.uk Visit: http://amd.uwe.ac.uk/index3.asp?pageid=1275

Universities Service: “Learning forLiberation: expanding the frontiers of freedom”Date: 7 October 2007 (15.30)Preacher: Dr Anthony ReddieVenue: Bristol Cathedral, College Green,Bristol BS1 5TJ

Admission: Free Contact: UWE Chaplaincy Tel: 0117 32 82334 E-mail: chaplaincy@uwe.ac.uk Visit: www.uwe.ac.uk/chaplaincy

Accepted (12A)Date: 8 October 2007 (18.00)Venue: Scene-IT Cinema, N Block (oppositeUWESU shop), Frenchay Campus

Admission: Free tickets from Core24 on day of screening Contact: Frans Dekker Tel: 0117 32 82438 E-mail: frans.dekker@uwe.ac.uk Visit: www.imdb.com/title/tt0384793/

Construction & Property Employment FairDate: 10-11 October 2007Venue: Frenchay Campus

Admission: Free Contact: Tim Bateman Tel: 0117 32 83997 E-mail: timothy2.bateman@uwe.ac.uk

Higher Education Information DayDate: 10 October 2007 (13.30)Venue: Hartpury College, Hartpury,Gloucestershire GL19 3BE

Contact: Hartpury College Tel: 01452 702132 E-mail: enquire@hartpury.ac.uk Visit: www.hartpury.ac.uk/index.asp

The Queen (12A)Date: 10 October 2007 (18.00)Venue: Scene-IT Cinema, N Block (oppositeUWESU shop), Frenchay Campus

Admission: Free tickets from Core24 on day of screening Contact: Frans Dekker Tel: 0117 32 82438 E-mail: frans.dekker@uwe.ac.uk Visit: www.imdb.com/title/tt0436697/

ESRC Seminar Series “RegenerativeBodies”: Tissue Collecting and Tissue DonationDate: 11 October 2007 (14.00-16.00)Professor Naomi Pfeffer and Glenda CornwellVenue: Conference Room A, Building 650,Bristol Business Park

Admission: Free, but places are limited - register on-line E-mail: regenbodies@uwe.ac.uk Visit: www.uwe.ac.uk/hlss/research/regenbodies/seminar1.shtml

General Careers EventDate: 13 October 2007 (10.00-12.30)Venue: Hartpury College, Hartpury,Gloucestershire GL19 3BE

Contact: Hartpury College Tel: 01452 702132 E-mail: enquire@hartpury.ac.uk Visit: www.hartpury.ac.uk/index.asp

Facilitating Therapeutic Music-makingDate: 13 October 2007 (10.00-16.00)Venue: St Matthias Campus

Admission: £80.00 Contact: CPD & Conference Unit Tel: 0117 32 81161 E-mail: HSC.CPD@uwe.ac.uk

Open DayDate: 13 October 2007 (10.00-16.00)Venue: All UWE campuses

Contact: Admissions and International Recruitment Tel: 0117 32 83333 E-mail: open@uwe.ac.uk Visit: http://info.uwe.ac.uk/openday/

The South West UK Brussels Office EU road showDate: 17 October 2007 Venue: Bristol Council House, College Green, Bristol

Admission: Free Contact: Catherine Thomas Tel: 0117 32 82410 E-mail: Catherine7.Thomas@uwe.ac.uk Visit: http://rbi.uwe.ac.uk/intranet/events/default.asp?urn=3847

155 Autumn ExhibitionDate: 21 October - 12 December 2007(10.00-17.30 Mon-Sat, 14.00-17.00 Sun)Venue: The Royal West of EnglandAcademy, Queen’s Road, Bristol BS8 1PX

Admission: £3.00 adults, £2.00 concessions, children free Contact: RWA Tel: 0117 973 5129 E-mail: info@rwa.org.uk Visit: www.rwa.org.uk

HLSS Inaugural Professorial Lecture– ‘The Vital Importance of BeingIgnorant‘Date: 1 November 2007 (18.45 lecture, 19.45 refreshments)Professor Peter RawlingsVenue: Lecture Theatre H124 and TradersSt Matthias Campus

Visit: www.uwe.ac.uk/hlss/faculty/news/proflecture.shtml

PrintroomDate: 2 - 27 November 2007 (10.00-17.30 Mon-Sat; 14.00-17.00 Sun)Venue: New Gallery, Royal West ofEngland Academy, Queen’s Road, Clifton,Bristol, BS8 1PX

Admission: Free Contact: RWA Tel: 0117 973 5129 E-mail: info@rwa.org.uk Visit: www.rwa.org.uk

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Bulletin deadlines 2007Month/Issue Copy deadline

Oct/71 Monday 1 October 2007

Nov/72 Thursday 1 November 2007