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Weekly Newsletter |
17 June 2013 |
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News from the Head of SchoolSchool Barbecue 19 July 13 The School barbecue will be held
on Friday 19 July at 3pm in the quad.
As usual food and some drinks will be provided but please bring along
a contribution of something to drink. Carole Goble Appointed to BBSRC Council Carole has been appointed a
member of BBSRC Council until
31 March 2017. BBSRC Chair, Professor Sir
Tom Blundell FRS, said: "I am delighted with the appointment of
Professor Goble, a key figure in the development of e-Science in the UK and
Europe”. Stephanie Plumb departure Stephanie Plumb has left her
post in the External Affairs Office to take up a position in Physics. She has been with us since September 2012
and will be missed greatly by support staff and academics alike. New Materials Science Centre The University has received £18M
from the UK Research Partnership Investment Fund (UKRPIF) to set up a
state-of-the-art Multidisciplinary Materials Characterisation Facility: The £18M from the UK Government complements major investments
from BP plc, Rolls-Royce, AMEC; Sellafield, NNL, FEI, Xradi, Rapiscan
Systems, AREVA, Westinghouse, EDF, and TiSiC. MOSI financial threat The Museum of Science and
Industry is a part of the Science Museums Group, which is under threat in the
coming government spending round. A campaign to defend MOSI has been started:
www.savemosi.org MOSI houses the reconstruction
of the Baby, which has its 65th birthday this year. £400k for training Scottish CS teachers Dr Alasdair Allan, Minister for
Learning, Science and Scotland’s Languages, announced funding for a programme
of professional learning for Scottish computing teachers, amounting to £200k
per year for the next two years. CAS Scotland is a key partner in
the scheme along with the BCS Academy of Computing. CAS Scotland is part of
the government-level working party that developed the proposal. Many teachers
have expressed a real desire for further help delivering unfamiliar parts of
either the Software Development or Information Systems parts of the new
courses in an exciting, relevant manner EventsIQuBit Grand Challenge 18-21 June 13 The University of Manchester Innovation Group (UMI3) is running a new digital event for students (UG, PG, PhD etc) and graduates at the University, the IQuBit Grand Challenge: “Can you help
develop the social media interface for an exciting new hyper local platform
and work with us to develop this to a commercial reality?” Develop a social network building solution/idea to win an internship with XLR Group and other prizes…
IQuBit, the UMI3 Digital Accelerator and XLR Group have set a challenge for students and graduates at The University of Manchester to develop ideas around the social media/social networking solutions of a new WEB, MOBILE AND LOCATION BASED SERVICE. The company has a fantastic technical team but wants to draft in a creative and innovative person to help bring this new idea alive. Your concept will be judged both on your description, technical knowledge and how you visualise it. Whether using wireframe, betas, storyboards, images, sketches, PowerPoint or video - the key is making your concept clear to understand.
This event will run from Tues 18th June to Fri 21st June, over which time, students will spend 3 days developing social network building solutions/ideas for an SME’s new hyper local media platform. We will have mentors/key note speakers in throughout this period to aid in the students idea development. On Friday 21st, the students will be asked to pitch their solutions to the SME’s technical team with the chance of winning an internship, monetary prizes and potentially equity in the new start-up (subject to agreement). Students must have a keen interest in digital enterprise to take part in this event. To express your interest please visit this link. Duncan Hull From
Discovery to Market: Part 2 – Protecting Innovation 19 June 13 Michael Smith Lecture Theatre Patents are the foundation of technology-based companies, and many of these innovations start life as an insight in an academic laboratory. But how does academic research become a patented invention? This event is the second in our series to explore the translation of scientific discoveries into successful businesses. At this panel discussion, hear from patent attorneys and entrepreneurs about how patents can be used to protect ideas and start companies. Interested in the commercial application of science and business development? Want to know how to protect your research? Considering a career in patent law? Come along and hear from the experts. Join us as an OBR member to register for this event: http://www.oxbridgebiotech.com/events/protectinginnovation/ For further details contact James Leigh. Faculty open meeting 19 June 13 19 June, 13-14:00, Lecture Theatre C53, Sackville Street Building. All members of staff in the Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences are invited to attend a Faculty Open Meeting with Professor Colin Bailey, the Vice-President & Dean.
At the meeting Colin will give an update on the Faculty’s current position followed by an open question and answer session on any matters of interest. There is no need to submit questions in advance of the meeting. A more detailed agenda will follow shortly. All are welcome. Seats will be allocated on a first come, first served basis. Funding OpportunitiesResearch Support Office Please contact us through researchsupportcsm@manchester.ac.uk. There is information about support for grant writing and submission at http://staffnet.cs.manchester.ac.uk/reso/ Research Professional is a useful search engine for finding other funding opportunities. Featured Research OutcomesCongratulations to Emmanuel Kaldis, who defended his
thesis on "Designing a Knowledge Management Architecture to Support
Self-organization in a Hotel Chain" with minor corrections (supervisors
Liping Zhao and Bob Snowdon). Have we missed something? If you have some award news
that you would like us to know about please contact Sarah Chatwin. |
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