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Weekly Newsletter |
11 January 2010 |
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News from Head of SchoolDuties Allocation Process: Action RequiredThe 2010/11 academic year sees the introduction of the new masters programmes and the new undergraduate third year, the latter representing half of our undergraduate course units. As such, there will be substantial changes in teaching responsibilities, and lots of preparation required. With this in mind, I am keen to complete the duties allocation process by the Easter vacation, so that staff have as much notice as possible of changes. The overall process is the same as last year, and is described at: http://intranet.cs.man.ac.uk/ACSO/staffLoads/. The activities with early deadlines (all the following are 31st January) are as follows:
Researcher development update from EPSFORTHCOMING: 1) Something to particularly flag up to any new(ish) PDRAs in your group: sessions covering essential info and perspectives on being a PDRA (roles, challenges, contracts, careers, support available). "Research Staff: Perspectives, opportunities and support" 3 Feb and 12 May 2010, 12pm-2pm http://www.graduateeducation.eps.manchester.ac.uk/resdev/events/ 2) When you discuss professional development with your research staff (e.g. in their P&DR or one-to-one meetings), you may wish to point them towards suitable workshops from our programme. Workshops confirmed so far for the new year are: * Motivation and You: Doing what you do because you want to - 27 Jan 10, 9:00 - 12:30 * Getting the Job Done - 27 Jan 10, 13:30 - 17:00 * Scheduling Time for Success - 12 Feb 10, 12:00 - 14:00 * Influencing: How to get out of your own way - 17 Feb 10, 9:00 - 12:3 * Positive
Relationships - 17 Feb 10, 13:30 - 17:00, * Beat the
Time-Stealers - 26 Feb 10, 12:00 - 14:00, Building J15 * Leadership, team-working, & Myers-Briggs Type Indicators (MBTI) - 11 Mar 10, 9:00 - 17:00 * Stand and Deliver: Giving Presentations at Conferences - 5 May 10, 9:00 - 17:00 * Co-Active Coaching - by appointment * Individual Writing Tutorials - by appointment Details via www.manchester.ac.uk/eps/resdev 3) Our 2010 programme will also include sessions on funding, fellowships, peer review, graphic design for posters & slides, teaching in HE, careers in academia, and more. If you have any suggestions or could contribute in any way, do get in touch with me. We particularly seek Academics with experience to share in these areas. BEYOND EPS FACULTY: 1) If your PDRAs seek careers guidance beyond your scope, remind them there is a dedicated specialist Careers Advisor for Research Staff. Details at http://www.careers.manchester.ac.uk/staff/research-staff/ 2) The University leadership programme for research staff, "Researchers into Management" has had two successful presentations and will run again May - July 2010. Participants assert the course has enabled them to train/support junior lab members more effectively, and given them confidence and calm when dealing with unexpected complex situations! Details at www.manchester.ac.uk/researchersintomanagement AND FINALLY... Richard Wimpenny sends a monthly email bulletin to EPS research staff, highlighting forthcoming opportunities, and there is a Twitter feed which also flags up relevant news and websites. You are welcome to subscribe to these, just let him know if you'd like to be on the listserv to receive emails, or subscribe to the Twitter account http://twitter.com/epsresearchstaf. Funding OpportunitiesThis scheme is an
initiative of the The two-year
Fellowships cover the broad range of the natural and social sciences,
engineering and the humanities. Opening date is December 2009 Google Anita Borg Memorial Scholarship 01 Feb 10Google Anita Borg Memorial Scholarship: Europe, the Middle
East and A group of female Bachelor’s, Masters, and PhD students
will each receive a €7,000 or equivalent scholarship for the 2010/2011
academic year. All finalists will be
invited to visit Google’s Engineering Centre in Deadline is 1 February 2010 |
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