News from Head of
School
Visit of Deputy President
A quick reminder that Professor Nancy Rothwell is
visiting the School on Thursday. There will be an open meeting from
1315-1400 in IT407. Nancy is keen to talk to staff directly
about their experience of the new University and progress towards
realising the goals of Manchester 2015, so please attend if you can.
Welcome and Goodbye Event
I’m sorry about the short notice, but it seems
timely to have one of our regular ‘comings and goings’ events.
Several new members of staff have joined us over the past few
months, and a number of academic staff are about to leave, having taken
ERVS. The event will take place in the Common Room at 1500 this Friday, 25th
July – nothing formal, but an opportunity to meet new
colleagues and bid farewell to old ones, over cakes and a glass of
wine.
Events Last Week
Many thanks to everyone who attended the
graduation celebrations and the unveiling of Hilary’s plaque last week.
The graduation party was a great success – many thanks to Gill, Kath
and colleagues for the faultless organisation – and the significant
presence on the stage for the graduation ceremony will have increased the
enjoyment of our graduands, their parents and friends. I know that
Hilary’s family appreciated the exceptionally good turnout for the
unveiling, and I think that many found the juxtaposition of the two events
particularly appropriate.
Events this
Week
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Visit from Professor Nancy
Rothwell
24 Jul 08
Please make a note of this date in your
diary. The Deputy President will be visiting the School, and would
welcome the opportunity to discuss with staff, in an open meeting, the
University’s progress towards achieving its 2015 goals.
1315-1400, IT 407
Comings and
Goings
25 Jul 08
Informal opportunity to meet new colleagues and
bid farewell to old ones over cakes and a glass of wine.
1500, Kilburn Common Room
Online Assessment of
Mathematics
25 Jul 08
You are invited to an afternoon session on Friday
25th July in C1 of the George Begg Building on the subject of online
formative assessment by questions where the desired answer is a
mathematical equation. In computer aided learning and assessment
using mathematical expressions it is highly desirable for the software to
be capable of accepting and processing mathematical input. Who
should attend? Anyone across the university with an interest in the
teaching of mathematics and numerate disciplines using
mathematics.
1400-1600, C1, George Begg Building
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
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School Board Dates
1 October - Budget Report
and Dean attending 26 November - UG Report 4 February - PG Report
25 March - External Affairs Report 6 May - Research Report 1
July - Resources Report
All meetings take place 1530-1700 in IT
407.
Future
External
Events
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Arts meets Science, Science meets
Art
23 Sep 08
A series of free Roberts funded summer seminars
for postgraduate research students. These seminars have been
organised by the Graduate Education Team and Jodrell bank and are open to
research students from the University of Manchester. The series of seminars
will explore collaborations across the Arts, Humanities and Sciences.
Students are also invited to provide posters about their own
cross-disciplinary work.
More
information
BCS International Academic Research
Conference
22-24 Sep 08
The British Computer Society is launching its
first International Academic Conference. Full paper submissions are being
solicited in all areas of research covering the broad field of Computer
Science and Engineering (CSE). The conference will be organized in
sessions and mini-tracks, each devoted to a theme or area, and will
include a small number of invited presentations. The topics included
are deliberately broad to reflect the rich texture and intellectual vigor
of CSE. Venue: Imperial
College London
More
Information
Funding
Opportunities
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Newton International
Fellowships
4 Aug 08
A new multi-million pound initiative to fund
research collaborations and improve links between UK and overseas researchers has
been launched. The Newton International Fellowships aim to attract
the most promising, early stage, post-doctoral researchers working
overseas, who do not hold UK citizenship, in the fields
of humanities, engineering, natural and social sciences. The scheme
provides funding to successful candidates for up to 2 years to work with
research groups at a UK research Institution and to
establish long term international collaborations.
More Information
EPSRC
Postdoctoral Fellowships Call
2008
30 Sep 08
EPSRC are offering Postdoctoral Fellowships in
theoretical physics, theoretical computer sciences, mathematical sciences
and life sciences interface to enable the most talented new researchers to
establish an independent research career, shortly or immediately after
completing a PhD. The awards are for a period of up to three years
and primarily cover the salary costs of the Fellow, travel and
subsistence. More
Information
Industrial Secondment
Scheme
Open
The Industrial Secondment Scheme provides an
invaluable opportunity for engineering teaching staff in Higher Education
institutions to gain state-of-the-art industrial experience.
Applicable to engineers of all disciplines, the scheme's objective is to
enable the secondees to impart the fruits of this experience to their
students through teaching, through case studies using up-to-date material
and, in the longer term, through course design. The benefits also accrue
to the host organization which gains a temporary but highly qualified
member of staff, and to the university which has the opportunity of
strengthening its links with industry.
More
Information
UoM Knowledge Transfer
Challenge
Open
The KT Challenge offers small grants for concept studies and feasibility studies. If you are
interested in developing ideas in collaboration with an industrial partner
– developing new technology, or applying existing technology in an
industrial setting – please contact Constantinos
Astreos.
EPSRC Encouraging Postdoctoral Mobility Between
Disciplines
Open
EPSRC would like to encourage the transfer of
outputs of research between different research disciplines as well as
aiding the career development of EPSRC funded PDRAs. In the first instance
an extra year of support will be offered. Transfers between the
engineering and physical science disciplines and the life sciences are
encouraged. There are no closing dates for proposals.
More
Information
EPSRC ICT Platform
Grants
Open
EPSRC invites outline proposals for its
information and communication technology platform grants. Platform grants
aim to provide world-leading UK groups with continuity of
funding for strategic development, longer-term research and international
networking.
More
Information
Royal Academy of
Engineering Research
Chairs
Open
Full-time professorial appointments, in any
engineering-related subject. The academy particularly welcomes proposals
of a multidisciplinary nature. Funding is provided for 5
years.
More
Information
RAEng Industrial Secondment
Scheme
Open
An opportunity for university lecturers in
engineering to gain state-of-the-art industrial
experience.
More
Information
BBSRC International Scientific Interchange Scheme
(ISIS)
Open
To help scientists make and establish new contacts
with their international counterparts.
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
EPSRC Engineering
Visits
Open
Support for salary costs and travel subsistence
for scientists and engineers of acknowledged standing, either from within
the UK or abroad, to visit the
investigator's organisation.
More
Information
Prize and Award
Opportunities
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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.
None currently open
Research
Awards
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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
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Administrative Arrivals
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Administrative Departures
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Sabbatical Leave
Alasdair
Rawsthorne: 80% secondment to
Transitive Technologies Oct 07 – Sep 08.
John
Keane: Academic Year 2008/09
Len
Freeman: April to Sept 2009
John
Gurd: Academic Year
2009/10
Liping
Zhao: Sept 2008 to Mid Jan 09, and Mid
July 09 to mid Jan 10
Josh
Knowles: Feb 2009 for 6
months
Rizos
Sakellariou: Lent term 2008-09, Summer
term 2008-09, Michaelmas Term 2009-10 (2
semesters)
Xiao-Jun
Zeng: January 2009-April 2009
Ning
Zhang: January 2009 – June
2009
Vacancies
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Academic Staff
None
Research & Technical Staff
None
Management & Professional Staff
None
Administrative Staff
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