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School of CS newsletter
Published: Monday, 15 February 2016Weekly newsletter for the School of CS
[ top ]News from Head of School
Bullying and Harassment – a discussion
On February 24th at 2pm, Paul Marks-Jones, an Equality and Diversity Advisor from the Directorate of Human Resources, will give a short talk on bullying and harassment where he explains what these are and what kind of support the University has in place to prevent them in the first place, and to deal with cases should they nevertheless arise. This will be followed by a Q&A session and then by a more informal chat in the common room - with coffee, tea, and cake!
Meet the President
The President and Vice Chancellor Nancy Rothwell will visit the School on Wednesday 17th February, accompanied by Prof Clive Agnew, Vice President for Teaching and Learning:
3.00-3.30pm, Kilburn 2.19: Open Meeting with Students (undergraduate and postgraduate)
3.30-4:00pm, Kilburn 2.19: Open Meeting with Staff to include Opening Address by the President and Vice-Chancellor followed by Q&A session
2016 Karen Spärck Jones Lecture and London Hopper Colloquium
The 2016 Karen Spärck Jones Lecture will be given by Professor M. Angela Sasse FREng from University College London (UCL). This is the 6th Karen Spärck Jones Lecture, an evening event, honouring women in computing research that will follow the London Hopper at the BCS Headquarters. Prof Sasse is the Professor of Human-Centred Technology at UCL, and Director of the UK Research Institute in Science of Cyber Security (RISCS).
University College London and BCS Academy will be presenting the 12th London Hopper Colloquium on Wednesday, 25 May 2016 at the BCS headquarters in London. This 1-day event will feature women speakers talking about their research, a spotlight competition open to postgraduate students, and lots of opportunities to network with other new researchers in computing. Please check http://www.cs.ucl.ac.uk/events_listing/ for more details.
Both of these events are free but you must book. Booking will be available via the BCS website (in March).
New Head of School and Head of School Administration
Robert Stevens will take over as Head of School on Monday 25th July 2016.
The School’s new Head of School Administration will be Ms Elizabeth Caine (Liz) who joins the School on 1st April 2016.
Liz is currently Deputy Faculty Manager for the Faculty of Life Sciences in University College London having previously worked as a Divisional Manager in Kings College London and as a Research Development Co-ordinator in City University.
James Elson Studentship
The first James Elson Studentship has been announced on the School’s website. Two studentships have been made available as a result of a bequest from James Elson, a former MEng student who sadly passed away in 2012 after a long battle with cancer.
The Imitation Game: Manchester Art Gallery
One of our Year 3 students, Peter Bogdan has helped to create a piece for The Imitation Game, an exhibition at Manchester Art Gallery (open now, free entry, Mosley Street, Manchester M2 3JL). Peter's 3rd Year Project (supervised by Steve Furber) deals with creating a robot control system using a spiking neural network simulation running on SpiNNaker. Peter has implemented sections of "brain" to form a motor cortex which drives the arms of two robots so that they can gesture while talking. The physical robots have been built by Mechatronics MSc students from KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm”. The Imitation Game features work by eight international contemporary artists who explore the theme of machines and the imitation of life.
Faculty Business Engagement
Professor Lin Li is Associate Dean for EPS Business Engagement and Innovation. The Business Engagement Team have provided a range of information showing what they do and how to contact them.
[ top ]News and announcements
Could you host a sixth form student on a Nuffield Research Placement in July/August 2016?
Every year, the University of Manchester hosts sixth formers participating in the Nuffield Research Placement scheme (www.nuffieldfoundation.org/nuffield-research-placements). For the past two years, we are proud to have hosted more students than any other institution in the UK. In 2015 more than half of these opportunities were offered to students who met the scheme's widening participation criteria.
Nuffield Research Placements are a fantastic way of working with talented young people from local schools and colleges who have a strong interest in Science, Technology, Engineering or Maths and giving them an insight into research as a career. There are more details below.
We are now looking for staff who would be willing to host a Nuffield Research Placement in summer 2016.
If you are interested in offering a project for 2016 or would like more information on how it works, please e-mail roz.webster@manchester.ac.uk who will put you in touch with the Regional Coordinator, Sarah Fenton.
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