News from Head of School
BCS/IET Accreditation Visit
Congratulations to everyone involved in the joint BCS/IET
accreditation visit. The review last
Thursday went extremely well, with the result that all our undergraduate
programmes, plus the MSc in ACS and in ACSwICTM, have been accredited by both
the BCS & IET. The panel was extremely complimentary, both about
the programmes themselves and the quality of our submission – they intend to
use the CD as a model of good practice in their guidance to future
applicants. Many thanks to Graham and
his team who put in a huge amount of work in preparing for the visit, and
particularly to Jennie who put together the exemplary paperwork and CD. There is, however, no rest yet for the
wicked – this week sees the UoM Periodic Review of our programmes, with a
visit on Wednesday. This has involved
another mountain of paperwork – but at least all this intensive scrutiny will
be over for another 5 years.
School CD Rom
In the next two months the Student Recruitment and
External Affairs office will be updating the School CD which, along with our
website, is of vital importance in marketing our programmes to attract both
home and overseas students. Bernard
will be distributing a copy of the current CD to all staff over the next few
days and is very keen for feedback on whether we have omitted any key
messages that we should be communicating to prospective UG and PG
students. The new CD will reflect the
changes introduced in the 2007 UG brochure and will include a new section on
careers – though ideas on what it should contain would be welcomed. The section on research currently provides
only a very brief overview, and the text is rather dry. Bernard would be
particularly keen to hear opinions from research groups on how we could
spruce up this section. It would be
ideal if each group could identify an individual who would have the bandwidth
to help.
AUT Action
Thanks to all of you who spent time at either the School
Board or the subsequent meeting I had with AUT members, talking through how
the School will deal with the results of the continuing AUT action. Clearly it is going to be difficult to do
the best for our students that we possibly can, without damaging
collegiality, but that is the balancing act we must perform. During the coming week I will be consulting
informally to try and come up with a plan that is good for our students and
likely to command wide support. I hope
to be in a position to discuss a proposal more widely by the end of the week.
Events this Week top
‘Ask The President' Webcast 22
May 06
The `Ask The President' Webcast can be viewed from Monday 22 May 2006 via StaffNet. Webcast
TRDN Annual Symposium 23
May 06
Manchester: a learning community? Keynote talk
and exhibition
Alison Johns, Head of Leadership, Governance and Management,
HEFCE
1000 – 1500, Hulme Hall
Email Veronique
Rizzuto to book or offer a poster
Mesoscience/Nanotechnology Seminar 23
May 06
Organised by the UoM Mesoscience/Nanotechnolgy Forum.
1200 – 1630, H11 Renold
Building
Email Louise Rogers by
Tuesday 16 May to register.
Open Meeting with the President and Vice-Chancellor New 23 May 06
Professor Gilbert will give a short presentation about the
University's progress towards the goals identified in its strategic plan,
Manchester 2015, after which you will be free to ask questions about the plan
and more generally.
1300 – 1400,Lecture Theatre 1,Crawford House
Good Practice in Academic IP & Commercialisation New 24 May 06
How to commercialise
your research – licensing as an option
Presenters from Eversheds Solicitors
0845 – 1215, North West
Genetics Knowledge
Park (NOWGEN)
Attendance by email registration only to Lorraine
Joseph
National Learning at Work Day – Fun for All! 25 May 06
The Staff Training & Development Unit, Manchester
Museum and Whitworth ArtGallery
are working together to bring you an exciting programme of events. Come along and experience some of the more
creative ways to learn at work.
1100 & 1300, various venues.
Email
for full programme or ring 275 2525.
Booking first come, first served.
Widening Participation New 25
May 06
In this seminar, the EPS Widening Participation Team will
broadly outline the strategy currently in place and showcase a number of current
projects
1215 – 1330, Whitworth Council Chamber (Oxford
Road)
Email EPS-TSU
to book two days in advance (for catering purposes)
Assessment by Computer (ABC) Software Demonstration 26 May 06
The ABC team invites you to a demonstration of their assessment
software.
1300 – 1400, 2.15 Kilburn
Email EPS-TSU
by 24 May to book.
EPSRC Regional Academic Seminar 26
May
Presentation by Professor John O'Reilly, Chief Executive
of EPSRC.
26 May 2006 London:
The Royal Society
More
Information
Regular Seminar Series
See links in contents bar
for information on seminar series organised by the School
of CS, E-Science North West and
National Centre for Text Mining.
Future School
Events top
Requirements
and Technologies for Provenance New date 22
Jun 06
ENSW technical meeting.
Volunteers required to give 10-15 min presentations.
1400 – 1700, ESNW Access Grid room, adjacent to 1.17
Kilburn
Email Dean Kuo
or visit wiki
Research Retreat 29-30
Jun 06
Palace Hotel, Buxton
Programme under
development, input welcomed (email Ursula)
School UG Graduation Party 5
Jul 06
We will (hopefully) be
celebrating the graduation of our UG students
1430 – 1530,
prize-giving 1445, graduation ceremony 1645.
School BBQ 14
Jul 06
Details to follow
Future External Events top
EPSRC Regional Academic Seminars 14
Jun 06
Presentation by Professor John O'Reilly, Chief Executive
of EPSRC, Question and Answer session, session on Peer Review and the grant
application process. There will also be a session on opportunities for
interaction between industry, academia and other organisations.
14 June 2006 Manchester:
Manchester Conference Centre (register by 2nd June)
More
Information
Helping Students Succeed New 6
Jun 06
Steve Potter, Director of
Counselling (and experienced psychotherapist)
An EPS-TSU sponsored event covering academic life skills
for students and recognising and
responding to students with personal problems affecting their academic
performance (guidance on assessing risk, giving appropriate non-judgemental
help and referrals to specialist help).
B4 Council Chamber, Sackville
Street (time not available at time of writing)
Email EPS-TSU
to book two days in advance (for catering purposes)
Microsoft Invites you on a Deep Dive!
27
– 29 Jun 06
The UK Academia Team is partnering with DevelopMentor, to host an intense,
hands-on technical event for academics in June 2006.
More
Information & Registration
Interdisciplinary Summer School on Complex Systems New Aug 20 – 29 06
From Individual to
Collective Behaviour in Large-Scale Complex Systems
Organised by the Schools of Computer Science, Mathematics
and Physics
Young researchers (PhD students and postdocs) in
mathematics, physics, computer science, biology, and quantitative social
sciences are invited to apply.
St. Martin's College, Ambleside.
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Lunchtime Yoga Classes – Karon Mee Every
Tues
1200 – 1300 Tuesdays, Staff House
UMSA members £1.50; non-UMSA £2.00 per class
Funding Opportunities top
BBSRC International Scientific Interchange Scheme (ISIS) Open
To help scientists make and establish new contacts with
their international counterparts.
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EPSRC Postdoctoral Fellowships New 26
Sep 06
For talented young researchers, shortly or immediately
after completing a PhD.
More
Information
Wellcome Trust Equipment Grants Apr/May
06
For multi-user items of equipment.
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European Science Foundation EUROCORES Scheme 1 Jun 06
To enable researchers in different European countries to
develop collaboration and scientific synergy.
More
Information
BBSRC Research Equipment Initiative (REI) 2006 28 June 06
For the purchase of mid-range multi-user, multi-project
equipment.
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RAEng Industrial Secondment Scheme Open
An opportunity for
university lecturers in engineering to gain state-of-the-art industrial experience.
More
Information
RAEng Global Research Awards Open
Projects in centres of excellence overseas focussing on
stimulating wealth creation and improvements in the quality of life.
More
Information
Prize and Award Opportunities top
We have acknowledged the need to raise the profile of the
School both nationally and internationally.
Nominating individuals for awards, and working actively with others to
ensure that deserving individuals are nominated is one way of doing that.
The IEEE Richard W. Hamming Medal 1
Jul 06
'For exceptional contributions to information sciences,
systems and technology.'
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Information
The IEEE John von Neumann Medal 1
Jul 06
'For outstanding achievements in computer-related science
and technology.'
More
Information
Microsoft European Science Award 31
May 06
For a major contribution to the advancement of science
through the use of computational methods.
More
Information
Research Awards top
None this week
Staff News
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Awards and Promotions
None this week
Academic Arrivals
None this week
Academic Departures
None this week
Research Arrivals
None this week
Research Departures
Jeremy Rogers - HBIG
Administrative Arrivals
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Administrative Departures
None this week
Sabbatical Leave
Andrei Voronkov: Microsoft Research, Redmond
USA
Aug 05 – Aug 06.
Ian Horrocks: University of Bozen-Bolzano,
Bell Labs, and Stanford
University
Feb 06 – Sep 06.
Peter Aczel: Nijmegen University,
and Maths Institute at the University
of Munich
Jan 06 – Sep 06.
Alasdair Rawsthorne: 80% secondment to Transitive Technologies
Oct 05 – Sep 06.
Alvaro Fernandes: IBM Almaden Research Centre US
Jul – Dec 06.
Vacancies top
Academic Staff
None
Research Staff
Research Associate in Automated Reasoning and Web
Ontologies
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Postdoctoral Research Associate/Fellow, ISBE
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Academic-Related Staff New
Manchester
Centre for MesoScience and NanoTechnology:
Senior Experimental Officer and Technical Director
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Administrative Staff
None
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