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Weekly Newsletter |
4 October 2010 |
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News from Head of SchoolAcademic Posts Proposals and Discussions In the context of several recent or anticipated departures, as discussed in the Newsletter of 13th September, the school will make a case to the Dean for several new posts. The number, levels and areas of these are not finalised, although groups have been working on cases to support for the following, which are linked to below:
The above proposals will be discussed in the Head of School slot at the School Board on Wednesday. This is also an opportunity to discuss alternative proposals, and to identify (new) areas in which the school might consider making future cases; it is not impossible that there will be further departures under the ERVS scheme. If you cannot make the School Board, please feel invited to email in comments to me. British Computer Society Affiliate Membership The school is able to nominate staff to become BCS Affiliate Members (I take it they will not have to pay) who will have access to various of the services available to other BCS members (http://www.bcs.org/server.php?show=ConWebDoc.3817). If you are interested in being nominated (and are not already a BCS member), please let me know. EventsA web-based method for improving dementia care 4 Oct 10 1 pm lunch, 2-4 pm seminar, Boardroom, Booking: micra@manchester.ac.uk Leading dementia researcher and clinical Professor Ken
Rockwood shares his insights and experiences of using a web-based method for
improving dementia care. Professor
Rockwood of Introductory Course to UNIX 5 Oct 10 The Research Applications & Collaborations team of IT Services are running two courses to introduce postgraduates and staff to the concepts of Resource Computing (eg how to get your computer-based research completed quicker) and UNIX (this course explains the basic concepts of the operating systems (inc. Linux) of most high end computing). The course runs on Tues 5 Oct. Full details and instructions on how to apply are available at: http://www.rcs.manchester.ac.uk/education/skills/introUnix School Board meeting 6 Oct 10 15:30 in IT407: (Resources report and IT strategy report) Faculty Open Meeting 6 Oct 10 14:00, Wednesday 6 October, Room J17 Funding OpportunitiesTSB funding opportunity: Technology-Inspired Collaborative Research and Development. October 2010 competition for funding SummaryThe Technology Strategy Board proposes to stimulate
innovation across its key enabling technology areas to help ensure that
See document. IBM Ph.D. Fellowship Awards Program The IBM Ph.D. Fellowship Awards Program is an intensely
competitive worldwide program, which honors exceptional Ph.D. students who
have an interest in solving problems of interest to IBM and which are
fundamental to innovation in many academic disciplines and areas of study. |
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