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Weekly Newsletter |
18 July 2011 |
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News from Head of SchoolOne-to-One Support Working on your own Blackboard 9 course The EPS eLearning team would like to invite you to attend an EPS Blackboard 9 Support Clinic. Already many have attended and benefited from one hour's one-to-one support working on their courses. The clinics are set up in such a way that you can book multiple sessions if you wish to continue developing skills in online learning. We advise that you start re-building your course as early as possible and do not leave the work until September. It is likely to be time consuming, and there is re-training involved in re-building your Blackboard 9 courses. Book here. More Information School Best Thesis nominations 31 July 11This is a reminder that the deadline for nominations has
been extended to 31 July 11. Please send nominations to Janet Boyd, details
below. Universities Superannuation Scheme (USS)There are pending changes to the USS that suggest that current employees who are not members of the scheme and who may choose to join at some point, should do so by 7th September. EventsSystem architecture research at Oracle Labs 25
July 11
Mario Wolczko, Oracle Labs 1400 in Atlas 1 Please let me know (Lynn) if you would like to talk one-to-one with him. Rutherford
Public Lectures 8,9,10
Aug 11
To celebrate the centenary of Rutherford's "discovery" of the atomic nucleus in 1911, a short series of public lectures is being held which will look at the history of this discovery, as well as its application to modern medicine and nuclear energy. The lectures will be given by speakers with strong experience in presenting to the general public. Monday 8th August 2011: From Rutherford to the Large Hadron Collider (Dr David Jenkins, University of York) Tuesday 9th August 2011: Nuclear medicine: Atoms and antimatter matter in medicine (Professor Alan Perkins, University of Nottingham) Wednesday 10th August 2011: Is there a safe future for nuclear energy (Dr John Robert, Dalton Institute, University of Manchester) All lectures begin at 7.30 pm in University Place, The University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester. Entry is by free ticket only. Tickets can be obtained via the following weblink. Nanosciences,Nanotechnologies,Materials
and new Production
Technologies, National Contact Point visit 18 August 11The EU Office
have arranged for the National Contact Point for the FP7 theme ‘NMP’ (Nanosciences, Nanotechnologies, Materials and new
Production Technologies) Dr Alastair McGibbon from
the TSB, to come to Manchester on 18th August to present the
2012 NMP work programme following the summer calls in July. Please note
that Liz Fay will shortly be advertising the time and venue of the event. Please email Vicki Holt ASAP
if you wish to:
Information Day on Call 8 of FP7 Objective 1.2 - 27/9/2011, Brussels Ares(2011)757746
Information Day on Call 8
of FP7: Cloud Computing, Internet of Services and Advanced Software
Engineering (Objective ICT-2011.1.2) This
one day event is a unique opportunity to understand the Objective 1.2
Call 8 of the FP7-ICT Work Programme as well
as to build quality partnerships. The
Information Day will be the perfect platform for you to meet researchers with
similar or complementary research interest to form consortia for project
proposals. You will also receive information about the scope of Objective 1.2
and the procedure for preparing a proposal from Commission officials. Start preparing in advance by making the best use of the on-line
networking features!
To profit from the on-line networking
opportunities, simply create your profile and submit, browse through proposal
presentations, technology requests and offers, Registration for the event is open free of charge! Feel like visiting the on-line networking features available on the Information Day website? http://ec.europa.eu/information_society/events/ssai/infoday2011/index_en.htm Funding OpportunitiesFET Open - Young Explorers The European Commission has introduced a new scheme aiming
to help young researchers (defined as people who were awarded a PhD at most 6
years before the date of submission of the proposal). The scheme will provide funding to STREP
proposals on any topic that may open new avenues in future Microsoft Research PhD Scholarship 2012 16 Sep 11The programme is open to all universities or national research
institutions in any country in Europe, the Middle East or Africa. Applications must be made by PhD
supervisors not by students. Supervisors will be informed of our decision in
January 2012 and will then have up to one year to find the best student for
the proposed project. Students will typically start their PhD in October
2012. JSPS
Invitation Fellowships 2
Sep 11
We would like to inform
you of our call for applications for the JSPS Invitation Fellowship for
fiscal year 2012. JSPS is the leading research funding agency in Japan,
established by the Japanese Government for the purpose of contributing to the
advancement of science. JSPS plays a key role in the administration of
various scientific and academic programmes, whilst
expanding bilateral exchange between Japan and the United Kingdom. Invitation
Fellowships provides the opportunity for mid-career to professorial level
researchers to conduct collaborative research activities with leading
research groups at Japanese Universities and Institutions. There are 2
types of Invitation Fellowship. The Short Term Invitation Fellowship is for
visits of 14 to 60 days and the Long Term Invitation Fellowship is for visits
of 2 to 10 months. Eligible research fields are not limited: computer,
engineering, health, biological, life, natural and physical sciences,
mathematics, humanities and social sciences etc. Applications are to
be sent to JSPS Tokyo via the host institution in Japan. The closing date for
applications is Friday 2 September, 2011. This is the date applications are to be sent to JSPS Tokyo. The
host institution will need to collect the application from the applicant via
their host researcher in Japan sooner. Successful applicants are
asked to start their fellowship between 1 April 2012 to 31
March 2013. More Information ERC 2012 Work Programme Various Link (csonly) to a draft of the ERC 2012 Work Programme which is due to be published next month. It outlines the details for 4 expected ERC calls:
As this is a draft document please treat its content with caution and do not circulate beyond the University. |
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