Run for the Future funds prostate cancer research at UWE

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27 September 2008 - Issue 79
Run for the Future
funds prostate
cancer research
at UWE

In this
month’s issue
2 Run for the Future
funds prostate cancer
research
3 Olympic gold medallist
Pete Reed learnt to
row at UWE
4 Study reveals radio
presenters encourage
drinking culture
4 Working with UNICEF
Bangladesh to prevent
childhood injuries
5 Nursery rated good by
Ofsted
6 Heart Robot wows the
world’s media
8 Growing mural
blooming at Bristol
Temple Meads
9 Robotics graduate is
Rising Star
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Pictured from left to right, from top
to bottom are: (back row) Anthony
Rhodes, Joe Gillett, (next row)
Vinood Patel, Patsy Adamo, Stephen
Rhodes, Norman Ratcliffe, (next row)
Ruth Morse, Jenny May, Catherine
Thomas, Vyv Salisbury, (next row)
Myra Conway, Jenny Hughes, Amanda
Rhodes, (front row) Luke Patel, Isobel
Patel and Oliver Hughes
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NEWS
Run for the Future funds prostate cancer
research at UWE
UWE scientists, working in partnership with the Bristol Urological Institute (BUI) at North Bristol
NHS Trust and the Bristol Royal Infirmary, are about to embark on important research that will help
to fight prostate cancer thanks to funds raised at the annual Run for the Future event.
Run for the Future raises funds for research into prostate cancer and highlights awareness. The
5km walk, jog or run, organised by the Rotary in Bristol, took place on the Downs on 7 September.
680 people took part raising between £30,000 and £40,000. All of the research team took part in
the run and Anthony Rhodes’s daughter was the winning female runner Added to the £100,000
raised in previous years, the money will be used to fund two PhD students on the joint BUI/UWE
biomedical research team.
Dr Anthony Rhodes, Dr Michael Ladomery, Dr Myra Conway and Professor Norman Ratcliffe from
the Faculty of Health and Life Sciences and Chris Probert from Bristol Royal Infirmary will supervise
two PhD students who will work on an evaluation of an alternative ‘urine based’ method of
prostate cancer diagnosis and a separate project to develop tests that identify aggressive forms of
prostate cancer. The project work starts this autumn.
Dr Rhodes said, “We are very excited at this partnership with the Bristol Urological Institute. One
of the dilemmas with diagnosis is ascertaining which patients have the aggressive and potentially
life threatening forms of the disease and which patients have the more indolent forms of prostate
cancer. As treatments are extremely invasive and can have a huge impact on quality of life we are
keen to investigate and find a biomarker in cells of the aggressive form of the disease that can
uniquely single out patients who need life saving yet invasive treatment.
“It is fantastic that the Rotary in Bristol have worked so hard at raising the profile of this disease
through the enormously successful Run for the Future event. The funding is already helping
scientists to better understand the disease so that we can work towards improving diagnostic
techniques and treatment and in the long term save lives.”
Professor Norman Ratcliffe said, “Professor Chris Probert and I are keen to see if we can confirm
whether there are differences in the smell of urine from men with or without prostate cancer.
Initial observations are very promising. We would then build a prototype electronic nose for urine
sniffing, which could lead to a simple device for doctors to use.”
Mr David Gillatt, Consultant in Urological Oncology at the BUI emphasises the need for more work
to be done to raise awareness of prostate cancer, “More than 30,000 men are diagnosed each
year and more than 10,000 die from the disease. A national screening programme for men such
as the breast cancer screening for
women is long overdue. The research
conducted at UWE is important as
the outcomes mean that we may
be able to detect more aggressive
forms of the disease early on and
ensure that these men get life saving
treatment. The research could also
lead to development of a test to be
used as part of a national screening
programme which would be a major
leap forward.”
Ian Beattie from Bristol Rotary said,
“Rotary across Bristol has lost at
least six members, out of a total
membership of 600, to prostate
cancer in the past four years and
this is one of the reasons why we
were keen to lend our support, and
manpower, to get something done
to raise local men’s awareness about
the disease and to raise funds for this
joint research project.”
Dr Myra Conway and daughter Isobel

Olympic gold-medallist Pete Reed learnt to row at UWE
There was jubilation along with the blood, sweat and tears as
UWE graduate Pete Reed rowed to Olympic gold-medal victory
with his team in Beijing.
Head of Sport at UWE Stuart Vanstone said, “This is UWE's first
ever link with an Olympic gold medallist. It's fantastic news
as Pete learnt to row at the University and has now achieved
the highest accolade in the sport. I was lucky enough to be in
Beijing to watch the race and it was an awesome achievement.
The fantastic performance is a culmination of years of hard
work and I hope that some of our current boat club and other
advanced athletes use Pete's success to inspire them towards
competing in the 2012 Games in London.”
Pete Reed became Rowing President at UWE while studying
Mechanical Engineering from 2000 until 2003. He went on to
study for a Master’s at the University of Oxford and still rows
for the UWE team when he is not representing his country.
The British men's four - Tom James, Steve Williams, Pete Reed
and Andy Triggs-Hodge - overpowered the rival Australian boat
to win in a time of 6 mins 6.57 secs.
Pete rowed at number three and said after the race, "I am
relieved and happy. That was the hardest thing I've ever had to
do. After the semi we said it wasn't going to be a 'gimme'. It's
the best finish we've ever done and I am overwhelmed."
Pete has enjoyed a phenomenal rise through the GB senior
ranks, winning gold with the men's four at the 2005 and 2006
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World Championships. At the 2008 GB Senior Selection Trials
in Belgium Pete won the men's pairs final for the fourth year
running with fellow gold-medallist Andy Triggs-Hodge.
Pete was a late entrant to the sport, learning to row at UWE
in 2002. He was coached at UWE by Fred Smallbone, a former
Olympic silver-medallist, who was a great inspiration to him.
Pete is a Lieutenant in the Royal Navy and a great ambassador
for the service, generally known in the rowing world as
'Commander'. In his spare time he is also a talented musician.
Olympic victory for Pete Reed (second left) and team
UK School Games hailed as a success at UWE
The final whistle was blown on 31 August 2008 as three days
of competition at the UK School Games came to a successful
conclusion.
The University hosted the badminton and hockey competitions.
The Centre for Sport was converted into an international
sporting venue that played host to the four home nations of
England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. The games
were the culmination of 12 months of hard work and planning
by University staff to ensure the event, the first of its kind held
by the Centre for Sport, was a success.
UWE's Head of Sport, Stuart Vanstone said, “During the three
days of the UK School Games over 250 athletes competed
at the University and more than 3,000 spectators watched
the competitions. We also had many high profile visitors
including among others Andy Burnham, Secretary of State for
Culture, Media and Sport, Gerry Sutcliffe, Minister for Sport,
Sue Campbell, Chair of UK Sport and Sir Keith Mills, Deputy
Chair of The London Organising Committee of the Olympic
and Paralympic Games (LOCOG). In order to create a truly
international standard sporting venue, the University used
additional infrastructure and equipment. We hope that we can
host events like this in the future and the success of the UK
School Games will hold us in good stead.
"We also hope that the Games will further enhance UWE's
reputation as a key stakeholder in the sporting network within
the region and that we can build on our existing number of
students who compete at a high level within sport. The UWE
Advanced Athletes group and the associated benefits which
include strength and conditioning training, physiotherapy and
nutritional advice can support those students who compete
at high level whilst studying with us as they move toward
competing in the 2012 Games in London."
Next year's UK School Games will take place in South Wales
across the cities of Cardiff, Swansea and Newport. For details of
the UK School Games and a full table of results see:
www.ukschoolgames.com/results_2008.php
Top: Centre for Sport
hosts badminton
competition at UK
School Games
Pictured right (l-r)
Stuart Vanstone
(Head of Sport),
Andy Burnham
(Secretary of State
for Culture, Media
and Sport) and Don
Foster (MP for Bath
and Chair of the
West of England)

NEWS
Study reveals radio
presenters encourage
drinking culture
Radio presenters are encouraging a culture
of drinking among young people in the
UK, according to an independent study by
UWE researchers. The researchers analysed
1,200 hours of weekend radio output across
a range of BBC and commercial stations
aimed at young people, and identified
over 700 extracts where references were
made to alcohol. The majority (73%) of the
comments initiated by presenters about
alcohol encouraged drinking, and of those,
13% encouraged excessive drinking.
The study, funded by the Department of
Health and the Home Office as part of their
Know Your Limits campaign was presented
at the British Sociological Association
conference in Brighton on 5 September.
Professor Norma Daykin, who led the
research, said her team found that drinking
was a regular topic of discussion on some of
the programmes they listened to, and that
many presenters used it to create repartee
and connect with their listeners.
“Our research suggests that comments
about alcohol contribute to the
identification and branding of radio output
for many stations, as well as being used
in an effort to strengthen interactivity
between presenters and listeners,” said
Professor Daykin.
“But we also found examples which
proved that making such comments is not
necessary, as some presenters were able
to successfully create identity and connect
with young listeners without mentioning
drinking. This suggests radio presenters and
producers have a choice: they don’t have to
encourage drinking to be seen as ‘cool’ or
in touch with their listeners.”
The study focused on radio programmes
broadcast between December 2007 and
February this year, across a range of musical
genres. The stations included BBC Radio 1,
1Xtra, Kiss 101, Key 103, Galaxy Birmingham
and Kerrang! Radio.
For the full story take a look at the UWE
News pages http://info.uwe.ac.uk/news/
UWENews/article.asp?item=1340&year=2008
This research project was reported widely in
the national media and the researchers gave
many interviews including appearances by
Norma Daykin on BBC Radio 4 Today, BBC 5
Live, ITN, Channel 4 and BBC News as well as
receiving blanket coverage in national and
regional press.
Working with UNICEF Bangladesh to
prevent childhood injuries
Professor Elizabeth Towner, Professor of Child Health in the Centre for Child and
Adolescent Health (HSC) has been invited by UNICEF Bangladesh to be a consultant
on an independent evaluation of a community-based programme of child injury
prevention in Bangladesh and to work with a local research company, SURCH, to
support the study.
Childhood injury is one of the major causes of death in children in Bangladesh –
each year 30,000 children die as a result of injuries. The Prevention of Child Injuries
through Social-Intervention and Education programme (PRECISE) has been set up
by Dr Fazlur Rahman and colleagues from the Centre for Injury Prevention Research
in Bangladesh. The PRECISE programme has been implemented in three rural areas
and one urban area in Bangladesh and there are two control areas, one rural and
one urban. There are three main components of the programme – Safe Home, Safe
School and Safe Community.
Dr Shumona Shafinaz from UNICEF Bangladesh explains, “The integrated injury
prevention programme is targeted at all unintentional injuries in children aged 0
to 17 years and has been funded by UNICEF Bangladesh and The Alliance for Safe
Children.”
Children aged 1-5 years are cared for in crèches to keep them safe from injury
risks for four hours per day. Children aged 4-10 years take part in a ‘Swim for
Life’ survival swimming programme tailored to the local environment of ponds in
Bangladesh. The ‘Safe Home’ programme encourages families to identify and reduce
hazards in and near their homes and the ‘Safe Schools’ programme includes training
for teachers in injury prevention and eight injury prevention text books have been
prepared for eight grades of pupils.
First responders have been trained in first aid and there is also emphasis on disaster
preparedness. There is also a range of awareness raising activities in the community
(courtyard meetings with local residents, theatre productions and videos and
community ‘social autopsy’ meetings after a child had died from an injury).
Elizabeth Towner started work on the five month consultancy project in August. She
made a preliminary visit to Bangladesh in early August and will make a second visit
in November 2008.
Elizabeth Towner said, “The PRECISE programme is one of the largest trials of an
injury prevention programme taking place in a low-income country. I am delighted
to be invited by UNICEF Bangladesh to take part in the independent evaluation and
to work with SURCH in Bangladesh. The findings of this independent evaluation
will help UNICEF decide on future funding for the different components of the
programme. I am looking forward to the challenges that this project presents.”
Social autopsy
following a
child’s death
from a road
traffic accident
in Chandaikona,
Bangladesh. The
tree is being
planted to
commemorate
the child who
died
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Children taking part in the
‘Swim for Life’ programme in
Chandaikona, Bangladesh

UWE Nursery rated good by
Ofsted
The Halley Nursery situated on the Frenchay Campus has received a
good rating in all categories for its first Ofsted inspection.
Nursery Manager Alex Morfaki-Williams, said, “This is a fantastic
result and we are delighted that we have had had such a positive
inspection. I’m sure that the fact that we are now based in
such a wonderful building with such inspiring resources and
play equipment has helped. The staff team has worked hard to
ensure that we provide a stimulating yet nurturing and secure
environment.”
Vice-Chancellor, Professor Steve West, said, “This is great news and
very well deserved. Resources are important but it’s the work put
in by the nursery staff that makes the place work so well for the
children who attend. UWE is committed to providing excellent
facilities as part of the drive to make the student experience at
UWE second to one. Thanks to Alex and her team for helping us to
achieve this.”
These are some of the comments taken from the report: “Children
play in modern, purpose-built premises and their artwork is
displayed attractively around the nursery. The child-centred
environment promotes children's safety and independence…
Planning across the nursery ensures equipment is varied effectively
and is flexible enough to incorporate children's interests… The
quality of teaching and learning is good. Children benefit from
a relaxed and friendly environment where they are confident
and become increasingly independent in self care…Leadership
and management is good. The senior management team work
effectively together to ensure the smooth running of the nursery.
There is a strong commitment to developing the setting further
and appropriate systems are in place to monitor the provision,
including nursery education.” For a full copy of the report see:
www.ofsted.gov.uk
From left to right: Hannah Fry, Jane Hill, Alex Morfaki-Williams,
Bethany Cockburn, Roseanna Plaskitt, Catherine Roxburgh, Becky
Beech, Alison Chivers
Nursery celebrates first birthday
Nursery Manager, Alex Morfaki-Williams, said, "It is wonderful to celebrate our
first birthday with the children and parents in our nursery. The staff members
have organised a special day for our children, with a variety of special activities
and treats. We would like to thank our parents, children and the members
of the nursery committee for their continuing support. Following the good
outcome of our inspection, we are committed to further improve the quality
of care on offer. Our main aim, at this stage, is to continue to facilitate a childcentred
environment that meets the individual needs of our children and the
requirements of UWE students and University employees".
Nursery staff and children celebrate with a birthday cake
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Research reveals overload
for advisers supporting
vulnerable workers
Researchers from Bristol Business School have found that
organisations offering free advice to vulnerable workers are
struggling to meet the needs of their clients.
In a recent report, commissioned by the TUC’s Commission
on Vulnerable Employment, the researchers found that
employment advisers receive daily reports of mistreatment
from workers across low paid and female dominated sectors
of the economy such as caring, catering and cleaning.The
researchers interviewed employment advisers from Citizens
Advice Bureaux (CAB) and Law Centres across the UK. The
research highlights the extent of the problems that vulnerable
workers face.
Professor Anna Pollert, from UWE’s Centre for Employment
Studies Research lead the research team. She said, “These
problems are concentrated in low paid sectors – especially in
the private services. Advisers said that workers experiencing
problems were most likely to work in private care homes,
hotels and restaurants, hairdressing and beauty, wholesale and
retail, or for cleaning companies.
“The majority of respondents also felt their organisation
needed more funding and resources to meet demand for
advice; 70 per cent of CAB and 80 per cent of Law Centre
advisers felt they had too few advisers to deal with the number
of enquiries they received about mistreatment at work.
Advisers also reported spending more and more time fundseeking
so time available for advocacy work was decreasing.”
For each of the main problems that workers experienced, more
than 50 per cent of advisers said that they often came across
employers who were ‘repeat offenders’. The research shows
that a large number of workplace grievances are experienced
by workers on permanent contracts, but also demonstrates that
agency workers were disproportionately likely to experience
workplace problems – 62% of CAB and 81% of Law Centres
saw temps on a frequent basis.
TUC General Secretary Brendan Barber said, “The TUC’s
Commission on Vulnerable Employment was shocked at the
extent of abuses of employment rights reported by colleagues
at Citizens Advice and the Law Centres. It is unacceptable that
these practices exist today, and equally unfair that when they
do, services to help vulnerable workers are left over-stretched
and under-funded.”
The full report is available at www.vulnerableworkers.org.uk/
cove-evidence-gathering/cove-research/

NEWS
Professor Norma
Daykin receives award
for health and music
research
Norma Daykin,
Professor
of Arts and
Health (HSC),
has received
the 2008 Royal
Society for
Public Health
Arts and Health
Award for her
significant and innovative contribution to the
field of music and health research. The award
was presented at a special ceremony on 10
September at the Music and Health conference
at the Sydney de Haan Research Centre in
Folkestone and for a second time at the
inaugural meeting of the new Royal Society for
Public Health on Tuesday 23 September.
Norma is very excited to win this award: she
said, “It’s brilliant news and not at all expected.
It’s the first time that I have received an award
of this kind and I’m really very pleased. The
award is for a body of work that I have been
researching over the past six or seven years
investigating music and health issues. I have
looked at the paradox that music is often
seen as good for health but that musicians
often have precarious careers that can present
health problems. I’ve also looked into creative
activities in health settings and the benefits
and pitfalls associated with music therapy.
Each project has informed how the next
piece of work develops. I’ve just completed
a collaborative study to evaluate a major
arts programme within Avon and Wiltshire
Mental Health Partnership Mental Health
Trust. I’m now working with musicians and
artists at Callington Road hospital to develop
best practice in participatory arts. The project
utilises both traditional and arts based
approaches to evaluation research.”
Norma has worked as a researcher at UWE for
almost 20 years and her work spans a range
of areas including patients’ and professionals’
experience of health care and illness.
Norma is also a talented and dedicated
musician and composer. Last year she had
a composition commissioned by the Society
for the Promotion of New Music. This was
performed by the Guildhall Big Band at the
London Jazz Festival with a solo by guest
trombonist Jiggs Whigham who she had in
mind when she composed the piece.
Norma Daykin (top), image © Monica Connell
UWE’s Heart Robot wows the
world’s media
The Heart Robot, developed by a UWE team of students and staff from Bristol
Robotics Laboratory, was the star of TV shows and featured on news websites
all over the world after taking part in the Emotibots project at the Science
Museum in London at the end of July. The story was the top video story for
much of the day on the BBC website on Wednesday 30 July and reported on
news sites worldwide from Istanbul to Brazil and from the US to India.
UWE’s Matt Studley, a member of the Heart Robot team, said, “We are
delighted that Heart Robot has taken the world by storm – the public and
media reaction has been astounding and I think we can confidently say
that we have played a key role in raising public awareness and provoking
discussion into the emotions robots inspire.”
The historic meeting of two ‘emotibot’ robots on the BBC web pages
was a magical moment and can be viewed at http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/
technology/7532162.stm
Heart Robot is a puppet with robotic features. It responds to loud noises and
agitation by appearing to become more anxious as it tenses up and its heart
beats faster, and relaxes and calms down as its environment becomes less
worrying.
For thousands of years, puppeteers all round the world have been using
simple techniques to make it seem as though the inanimate is alive. Heart
Robot is a new type of puppetry - now the puppet, the puppeteer and the
audience all make the performance together!
The Heart Robot project has brought together researchers from the Bristol
Robotics Laboratory at UWE, circus performers, artists, model makers,
puppeteers and experts in animatronics to give us a little taste of the world
that may be just around the corner. Most of the work of designing and
building Heart Robot has been done by UWE Robotics BSc degree students.
The Heart Robot project is funded by an EPSRC grant and seeks to take
robotics out of the lab and into the street to meet people and get them
thinking about how we might change when the machines around us seem to
have emotions. Will we get better at dealing with each other, or will we get
emotionally fatigued when our gadgets use the language of emotions to help
them to communicate with us?
For more information on the Heart Robot project, please visit the website at
www.heartrobot.org.uk
Heart Robot deep in thought
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Top journalist to become UWE visiting professor
Award winning journalist Yasmin Alibai Brown is to become a
visiting professor in the Faculty of Creative Arts.
The new title will be bestowed at the third annual Benn Lecture
organised by the National Union of Journalists at Bristol’s Arnolfini
on Thursday 23 October when she will give the lecture entitled
‘Not One Of Us: Columnists, Independence, Distance and Integrity’
Yasmin currently writes regular columns for the Independent and
the London Evening Standard. She came to the UK from Uganda
in 1972 and completed her MPhil at Oxford in 1975. A feminist
and a Muslim, she has frequently incurred the wrath of those who
feel uncomfortable because she refuses to ‘toe the party line’.
Publications include No Place Like Home, True Colours, Who
Do We Think We Are and Mixed Feelings. She has written for
the Guardian, the New York Times, Time Magazine, Newsweek
and The Mail. Yasmin has received many accolades and awards
including the EMMA Award for best print journalists for her
column in the Independent.
In 2005 she was voted the 10th most influential black/Asian
woman in the country. Her website says ‘...her views are
unpredictable except on a few issues where she has remained
steadfast – immigration most of all. Today the centre left and right
have gathered forces to poison the waters even more for asylum
seekers and migrants.’
Head of the Department for Culture, Media and Drama, Professor
Jane Arthurs, said, “We are delighted to welcome Yasmin to
UWE as our Visiting Professor of Journalism. She represents the
questioning and radical spirit that needs to inform journalism
education today. She will be a great inspiration to our students
looking to make their own mark on the industry.”
Teachers and lecturers returning to primary and secondary schools
and colleges across the UK this September have new resources to
help them inspire and develop the next generation of scientists,
engineers and mathematicians. Launched in Liverpool during the
BA Festival of Science, the STEM Directories (Science, Technology,
Engineering and Mathematics) are part of the UK Government’s
STEM Framework Programme responding to the shortage of
young people taking up STEM-based qualifications and careers.
The three STEM Directories – one each for Science, Engineering
and Technology, and Mathematics – have been created in direct
response to teachers’ needs. They comprise a collection of over
200 activities provided by organisations from across the UK to
enhance and enrich the STEM curriculum. Each activity is linked to
the curriculum so the impact of the experiences and outcomes can
be sustained.
UWE’s Science Communication Unit is part of the consortium that
has managed the directories. Dr Karen Bultitude said, “This set of
publications marks a milestone but is only the beginning. We will
review initial reactions and build feedback into the second phase,
which is likely to be an online resource launched in 2009.”
At the launch, Ian Pearson, Minister of State for Science and
Innovation said, “Science, engineering and technology are
integral to everyone’s daily lives and offer society tremendous
opportunities for the future. The new STEM Directories will
give our teachers and lecturers innovative resources to engage
young people and excite them about the potential of science,
technology, engineering and maths.
“In addition, this unique scheme will hopefully inspire young
people to pursue science both in school and as a career – which in
turn will result in a valuable, qualified scientific workforce for the
UK.”
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Professor Paul Gough, Executive Dean and Pro Vice Chancellor
said, “We are delighted that such a well regarded and
controversial journalist has agreed to join the University as a
Visiting Professor. It will be invaluable for our students who will
benefit from her unique and impressive experience and talent as a
broadcaster and journalist.”
The Visiting Professorship will be awarded by Professor Paul
Gough before the lecture.
To buy tickets for the third Annual Benn Lecture see
www.arnolfini.org.uk/whatson/events/details/144
Journalism Policy and Practice at UWE
In 2007, UWE launched a new range of journalism
degrees. By 2010, when the first cohort of undergraduates
receive their degrees, more than 300 students will be
enrolled on 18 modules. Journalism Policy and Practice
(JPP) is a research group based within the School of
Creative Arts. The group links academics and professionals
from the world of print, on-line and broadcast journalism,
and two independent bodies based at UWE - the
MediaWise Trust and the Exiled Journalists Network. The
group is engaged in critical research, knowledge exchange
and training. JPP offers an unrivalled insight into the
way the mass media is operated and regulated world
wide. UWE is now a focal point for international scholars
concerned with press freedom, regulation and media
policy. See http://amd.uwe.ac.uk/index.asp?pageid=1338
UWE helps compile new STEM activity directories for schools
An example of the activities listed in the STEM Directories is
‘Seconds From Catastrophe? Living with an active volcano.’ Based
on real events that took place in 1997 at the Soufrière Hills
Volcano in Montserrat, this activity is led by science researchers
who were on site during the eruption and is run by the British
Geological Survey.
The STEM Directories are managed by a consortium of established
leaders in STEM enrichment and enhancement activities – the
Royal Institution of Great Britain, the British Association for the
Advancement of Science and UWE.
To download a pdf copy of each of the Directories or to receive
hard copies, go to www.stemdirectories.org.uk
From left: Gail Cardew (Royal Institution of Great Britain), Juliet Upton
(STEM Directories Project Manager), Annette Smith (British Association
for the Advancement of Science) and Karen Bultitude (UWE)

Addressing the
issues of ageing
NEWS
UWE and the University of Bristol hosted
the 37th conference of the British Society
of Gerontology, from 4 – 6 September.
The conference addressed the key
challenges facing our ageing world
including sustainable communities,
housing, income maintenance, long term
and community care, and health and
well-being.
Tony Benn spoke at the conference
dinner in the Victoria Rooms on Friday
5 September on “the joys, the problems
and the responsibilities of old age as
seen by someone who, had he known
what it was to be 80, would have done it
years ago.”
Other distinguished speakers included
Alex Kalache, former head of the Ageing
and Life Course Programme at the World
Health Organization, who reflected
on population ageing from a global
perspective, Miriam Bernard, Professor
of Social Gerontology at Keele University
who spoke on the development of
new retirement villages; and Professor
Graham Rowles of the Sanders-Brown
Center on Aging, University of Kentucky,
who discussed how the baby boom
generation is redefining its experience of
place in old age.
Other research being presented at the
conference included: Improving older
people's futures – a look at the early
outcomes of the Department of Healthfunded
Partnerships for Older People
Projects; The future of rural ageing – an
examination of the issues surrounding
growing older in contemporary rural
areas; Protecting older people from
abuse – a report on a statutory scheme,
the Protection of Vulnerable Adults List;
Life as a care home resident in later years
– a report on the experiences of people
living in care homes.
Professor Robin Means (HSC), Chairman
of the organising committee said: “We
are delighted to have co-hosted such
an important event here in Bristol. Now
more than ever, an understanding of the
issues of ageing and later life is crucial
for society.”
The conference was a great success and
UWE has been invited to host next year’s
annual conference. For details of this
year’s conference see: www.bsg2008.org.
UWE students’ growing mural blooming
at Bristol Temple Meads
An award winning growing mural created by two students from the Faculty of
Creative Arts is in full bloom and has brought a blast of colour to a wall at Bristol
Temple Meads Station over the summer months. The mural grew each week during
July as part of an innovative advertising campaign for Natrel Plus deodorant. Natrel’s
brand company, Lee and Dan, set up a competition in five cities inviting art students
to enter ideas for a four stage advert.
Hazel Cottey from Lee and Dan said, “We set a brief for a mural design to cover
the area roughly the size of a 48 sheet poster billboard area. We wanted four floral
inspired designs depicting the four stages of growth from bud to full bloom. The
images needed to include a brand logo, our product and the words ‘capturing the
freshest memories of summer’. The winning designs have all been transferred to
walls with the ideas that we are bringing freshness to unexpected environments.
The images have been updated each week for the past four weeks starting with the
budding murals and finally showing the designs in full bloom.”
The winning team from UWE, Dave Gilbert and Maxim Lucas, won £1,000 shared
between them and the chance to see their design blown up to mural size in a very
prominent public location at Temple Meads.
Gill Sandford, Assistant Dean of Enterprise (SCA), said, “The Natrel competition has
given the students a fantastic opportunity to work to brief and to compete in a real
life client centred project. Dave and Maxim’s winning design looks fantastic. All of the
students who took part gained useful experience that will prove invaluable as they
start to pitch for work in the real world.”
Detail from the award winning entry from Dave Gilbert and Max Lucas
Does wearing a hearing aid make you feel
self conscious?
Do you wear a hearing aid? Do you sometimes avoid using it because you don’t like
the way it looks? A researcher working in the Centre for Appearance Research (SLS)
is interested in meeting people who avoid wearing hearing aids even though they
have been diagnosed as crucial for hearing. MA Psychology student, Claire Calvert
is conducting a study ‘Non-adherence to hearing aid use: an investigation into
appearance issues’ to try to find out more about why many people avoid wearing
hearing aids.
Claire explains, “The RNID estimates that there are currently around 9 million people
in the UK with some degree of hearing impairment. Statistics show that there are
only around two million people with hearing aids. However, of these people only
1.4 million are using them regularly. Research into issues affecting hearing aid
adherence has found that appearance and the associated stigma is a concern for
some hearing aid users and that this can impact on regular hearing aid use.
“The aim of my study is to try to understand why people do not wear their hearing
aids regularly in relation to appearance and stigma related concerns. It is hoped that
the information gathered may help towards developing an intervention for these
users to improve adherence and quality of life. I am also interested in the general
public’s perceptions of hearing aids and hearing aid users.”
If you would like to take part in the study or for more information. e-mail
Claire.Calvert@live.uwe.ac.uk or call 0117 32 83967.
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UWE students prepare for American adventure
UWE students are busy planning to spend all or part of next
academic year at Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU). They
include the first students outside of the Faculty of Health and Life
Sciences to benefit from the partnership which has developed
between UWE and VCU over the last 20 years. Students from
the Schools of Life Sciences, Built and Natural Environment and
Humanities, Languages and Social Sciences will take part in the
exchange and for the first time the credits and the marks they
achieve for their studies at VCU will count towards their UWE
award.
UWE was very pleased to welcome a delegation from Virginia
Commonwealth University during the first week of June.
The group was invited to visit UWE to further progress the
collaborations which have begun, and span research, student
and staff exchange
and joint curriculum
development. VCU is
one of UWE’s strategic
international partners
sharing a similar mission
and vision to UWE
and placing significant
importance on a limited
number of international
partnerships which have
real breadth and depth.
During the visit, VCU
President, Dr Eugene
P Trani presented the
annual Bolland Lecture
UWE Robotics graduate is Rising Star
UWE Robotics graduate, Paul O’Dowd, has been recognised
as one of the South West's Rising Stars at the Wireless 2.0
conference in Bristol.
The Rising Stars award was made to Paul O’Dowd in
recognition of his work throughout the BSc (Hons) Robotics
programme during which he did a year's placement at Intel,
and most especially for the outstanding quality of his final year
project in which he built a robot with a webcam that could
allow people to virtually tour parts of the Science Museum's
collection that are too dangerous to actually visit.
The £500 prize was donated by local industrial sponsors. The
South West of England is a hotbed of high tech industry and
employers are keen to encourage suitable
graduates of the local universities to stay and
work in the area.
Paul came to UWE through Clearing as a
mature student. He said, “It was a massive
surprise to win this award and really good
to be given the chance to take part. I found
that taking a year out before opting to study
Robotics really helped me focus on what I
wanted to do. The Robotics course has been
brilliant as it covers a broad range of topics
giving a wide skill set in other areas such as
electronics, programming and theory. I really
enjoyed my placement with Intel as it helped
me to consolidate what I had learned and the
chance to work on a real life scenario. The
pressure of deadlines and the skills learned
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on ‘Higher Education and Economic Development’. VCU is an urban
research university, enrolling nearly 32,000 students and offering
205 degree and certificate courses. Since the beginning of his
tenure, Dr Trani has led a transformation of the university which
has had a very positive impact on the economic development of
the city of Richmond and the region. The lecture was very well
attended and was extremely well received, providing much food
for thought about the role of higher education and in particular
UWE’s role in regional development.
Annual Bolland Lecture (from left) Dr Jan Chlebowski (VCU School of
Medicine), Dr Rita Pickler (VCU School of Nursing), Dianne Francombe
(AIR), Dr. Nancy Langston (VCU School of Nursing), Dr Frank Baskind
(VCU School of Social Work), Lady Mayoress, Mrs Susan Davies, Mr
Tim Edwards, Dr Janice Berry Edwards (VCU School of Social Work),
Lord Mayor, Cllr Christopher Davies, John Rushforth (Deputy Vice-
Chancellor), President
Eugene Trani (VCU),
Professor James Longhurst
(ET), Professor Steve West
(Vice-Chancellor), Dr Sean
Watson (SSH), Dr Bernard
Moitt (VCU Department
of History), Steve Booth
(HLS), Professor John
Duffield (HLS), Professor
Peter Rawlings (SSH), Dr
Peter Kirkpatrick (VCU
Office of International
Education), Dr Terry
Oggel (VCU Department
of English)
have given me a lot of confidence.
“UWE gave me an opportunity when I applied for the degree,
as did Intel with my placement, and UWE has decided to offer
a further opportunity with a PhD scholarship and for that I am
extremely grateful. I hope that UWE continues to give such
opportunities, and that industry continues to recognise that
placements are key to student development. For me, this award
is about recognising talent that otherwise might have stayed
at Sainsbury’s – I feel that my circumstances reflect a good
practising partnership between academia and industry.”
In the autumn Paul plans to commence research for a PhD in
Swarm Robotics at the Bristol Robotics Laboratory at UWE.
Matthew Studley, Researcher in Robotics said,
“Paul is one of the first group of students to
graduate in Robotics at UWE and its great
news for him that he has been recognised
as an up and coming star in electronic
wireless communications. This indicates the
multi-disciplinary nature of robotics and
demonstrates how our graduates can turn
their hands to work in a variety of areas
including development of hardware and
software. We are delighted that Paul has
received this recognition; it is a hard won
achievement that demonstrates the high
calibre of students attracted to the Robotics
course at UWE.”
Paul O’Dowd at the Rising Stars awards
(©Andre Regini)

UWE contractors’
conference helps
to raise building
standards
NEWS
Almost 100 delegates attended a
construction contractors’ conference
organised by the Facilities Department
earlier this month.
The conference presented an
opportunity to raise awareness of the
estate and property stock, to outline
the main projects that are anticipated
over the next three years and set out
UWE’s standards and expectations.
Nick Bell, Construction Safety
Manager in Facilities helped organise
the conference. He said, “At the heart
of the conference is a desire to help
develop and cement good working
relationships with our contractors,
some of whom are fairly new to UWE
while others have worked successfully
with us over a long period of time.
“Any construction project is a true
collaboration bringing together
contractors, consultants, the UWE
Facilities Department and, of course,
the faculties and departments who
will be using the end-product.
UWE strives to achieve the very
best environment for students
and we need to share this vision
with our contractors so we can
all work towards the same goal.
This conference presents us with a
mutual opportunity to set out our
expectations.”
The opening address was given
by Deputy Vice-Chancellor, John
Rushforth. He said, “The University
investment programme over the
past few years has included several
major building projects - a state
of the art student village for over
2,000 students, a sports hall that has
attracted the national UK School
Games and UK Hockey and many
other major improvements to existing
buildings.
"This investment is ongoing as we
work towards achieving a mission
to create a campus that will see
our students achieve their potential
in surroundings that inspire great
things.”
UWE lecturer in ‘Last Choir Standing’
Physiotherapy senior lecturer Rob Grieve has spent a hectic summer competing in
the high profile BBC 1 programme Last Choir Standing. Rob sings tenor with the
City of Bath Male Choir which made it to the final 5.
Rob explains, “It all started when we entered our DVD recording at the start of the
summer. There were hundreds of entrants from all over the country. The judges
initially selected 60 choirs for an audition at Cadogan Hall in London, then on to
the call-backs (last 26) and heats for the last 15 choirs at BBC Television Centre,
Wood Lane. From the heats the final six choirs for the live Saturday night finals in
August were selected. We were all delighted to reach the live finals and make it to
the last five choirs in the competition.
“I have been singing with the choir for just over one year. Like most people I always
enjoyed singing in the shower and it occurred to me that it might be good to do
some more formal singing. To find out if I might be considered good enough I
asked Ian Henderson from UWE’s Centre for Performing Arts to listen to me sing
and tell me what vocal range and voice part in the choir I should sing. He was very
encouraging, told me I had a tenor voice and that I should take this forward.
“The TV experience has been great fun but also enormously strenuous. Once we
got down to the live Saturday night finals we were rehearsing every night after
work. It was also quite daunting when we realised that the performance was being
watched by over five million viewers. I would recommend singing to anyone – it
is a wonderful antidote to the pressures of everyday life and great fun. Although
I have not made use of their resources, there are great opportunities for staff and
students to sing at UWE, through the Centre for Performing Arts.”
For more information on the choir see www.bathmalechoir.org.
City of Bath Male Choir pictured outside the BBC Television Centre
HLSS Graduate School hosts research
conference
The HLSS Graduate School has organised and hosted the fifth Humanities,
Languages and Social Science Postgraduate Conference at St Matthias Campus. This
year 13 doctoral students in History, English, Linguistics, Human Rights, Psycho-Social
Studies and English gave papers based on their current research.
Professor William Greenslade, director of the HLSS Graduate School, said, “This
was a stimulating event and offered an important developmental opportunity for
research students – the delivery of a paper in a setting little different from that of a
one-day academic conference.”
Papers included The Military Career
of George Bishop, Rhetorical
Allusion in Thomas Pynchon, The
Measurement of Vocabulary in the
Academic World of Arabic Speakers
and Dilemmas of Aid Work:
Tsunami Rehabilitation Projects.
The conference attracted 45
delegates and was open to second
year undergraduate and Master’s
students in HLSS.
HLSS Graduate School conference
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UWE brings health and science display to Islamic Fayre
Staff and students contributed to the theme of Mind, Body and
Soul at Bristol's tenth annual Islamic Cultural Fayre, of which UWE
was also a sponsor.
UWE's stand focused on Health and Life Science. There was a
display of medicinal plants and their use in traditional remedies,
many of which still remain the basis of advanced pharmaceuticals
for treatment of cancer, malaria, heart disease and depression.
There were also activities based on psychology research; optical
illusions; health quizzes; blood pressure measurements, heart rate
and pupil reactions; body scans and bones.
UWE's stand showed how science can be fun, with a variety of
science tricks to amaze the crowd. Sara Hicks (HLS) said, “Higher
Education can have a profound impact on mind, body and soul,
so the UWE display was very appropriate given this year's theme.
As well as showing interest in the science on display, people
wanted information on part-time studies including law,
business or international relations. We also had queries about
distance learning and foundation degrees in Science and IT.”
Rizwan Ahmed from the Bristol Muslim Cultural Society
which organised the Fayre, said, “The presence of UWE
brought the institution to the heart of the community. It
created a bridge between UWE and the community and
made members aware of possibilities and opportunities
they may not have otherwise been aware of or have even
occurred to them.
New name, new look for Handbook!
There’s a big change to the student handbook for the
new academic year. It’s smaller, contains a diary as well as
important information for new students and has a new name
– UWE Diary and Info 2008/09.
The decision to change the old student handbook to a
new format was made following a working group with
representation from faculties, UWESU and professional
services. The overwhelming view was that a review of the old
publication was long overdue and this view
was echoed by students themselves
at a Student Voices event in February,
when groups of students were shown
examples of a range of student
handbooks from other universities,
together with ours, and asked for
their comments.
The students felt the UWE handbook
contained ‘information overload’ and,
of the handbooks they liked, the most
popular features were the academic
diary they contained and the A5 size.
Almost all the students in the focus
groups specifically mentioned these
and commented on how useful they
would be. So, this year the new book
is a signpost to where more detailed
information may be found and contains
an academic diary which flags up key
points in the academic year, as well as
faith events and cultural happenings
related to UWE and the Bristol area, which
we hope will be of interest to students.
New UWE Diary
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“It is only through the kind support of organisations like UWE that
non-profit community events like the Islamic Cultural Fayre can be
held every year. Especially so as an event like the Islamic Cultural
Fayre brings together all members of the community and also
promotes community cohesion between its diverse members.”
UWE displays attract the crowds at the
Islamic Fayre
In its previous form the handbook was given only to Year 1
students, as continuing students would have retained their
original copy, so all new students will receive a copy of
the UWE Diary and Info 2008/09 from their faculty during
Welcome Week. For returning students copies of the diary
will be on sale for less than £4 in the SU shops, alongside
traditional academic diaries, with all proceeds from UWE Diary
sales going to the Students’ Union. The UWE Diary will also
be freely available on the UWE
website.
A team of three from Student
Services, the Students' Union and
Marketing and Communications
worked on the composition of the
diary.
Pat Monday, Student Services
Administrator, said, “We hope
students will like its new look
and size and find the diary a very
useful addition.”
Josephine Guillaume, Marketing
Manager, said, "We were really
pleased with Annette Marchant-
Haycox's new design for the
diary."
Clare Clarke, UWESU Advice
Services Manager, said
"We listened to what the
students wanted from a UWE
publication so hopefully
they will like what has been
produced."

Travel diary study
seeks recruits
NEWS
Ten mobile professionals and ten mums
who work part time are being sought
to take part in a diary study to find out
their transport needs in the Bath-Bristol
area. The survey into the lives of these
busy people is being undertaken by the
Centre for Transport and Society (BNE).
The study is part of the Ideas in Transit
project, which is researching the ways
people use technologies to creatively
manage their everyday lives, especially
their transport needs.
Researcher Dr Tilly Line said, “The main
question we will be asking is – how
important are technologies to the way
you organise your life? We are looking
for business professionals who travel
frequently for work and are based in
the Bristol-Bath area to help us with
our research. We want to know how
you use different technologies - like
mobile phone, Blackberry, or the
internet - to organise your travel,
co-ordinate your schedules or as part
of your journey experience, and for
making contact with people like your
work or business associates, as well as
family and friends.
“To help us you would need to put
together ‘a day in your life’ diary using
words, pictures, video clips or audio
files, whatever suits you really, and
then we will interview you about it. It is
meant to be fun, as well as informative,
and shouldn’t take too much of your
time.”
To apply to take part in the survey,
please visit www.transport.uwe.ac.uk/
iit/study/, telephone Tilly Line on
0117 32 82086 or Juliet Jain on 0117
32 83304 or e-mail your details to
ideasintransit@uwe.ac.uk
The Ideas in Transit project is being
led by Professor Glenn Lyons. For more
information visit www.ideasintransit.
New employability guide for
psychology students
Linda Moysey from the Career Development Unit has worked with the Higher
Education Academy Psychology Network to produce a new Employability Guide for
psychology students and graduates. Linda collaborated with Leeds Metropolitan
University, Southampton University, the Open University and the HE Academy for
the past year to produce the guide which was published in June.
She says, “It’s an employability guide for students primarily but we hope academic
staff will get some value from it because it can help with employability within
the curriculum. The guide covers topics such as personal development planning,
the job market, emerging areas of psychology, gaining work experience, and CV
development. It includes excerpts from interviews with more than 25 psychology
graduates including two case studies of UWE graduates”.
Linda worked specifically on the section
called ‘Where psychology graduates work’
and produced a whole chapter on careers
in psychology and other areas of work
that are relevant to psychology graduates.
The Employability Guide can be accessed
at http://www.psychology.heacademy.
ac.uk/docs/pdf/p20080915_Employability_
Guide.pdf
For more information email: Linda.
moysey@uwe.ac.uk
Linda Moysey, Career Development Unit
The Bristol Mentoring Experience
UWE is working with five major local employers to establish a partnership to
provide work-place mentors for black and other minority ethnic (BME) staff.
The initiative follows the success of earlier Bristol City Council schemes, and
links Bristol City Council, the Universities of Bristol and the West of England,
the Avon Fire Service and Avon and Somerset Police. The scheme will provide
mentors to support and develop BME employees and will draw on the
experience and talents of mentors across all organisations.
The mentor will provide independent support and guidance to enable the
participant or mentee to: understand their strengths and weaknesses; explore
career and/or personal development options; discuss challenges they are facing
and find solutions. The scheme will provide participant organisations with a
clear management developmental tool to support organisational change, and
to assist black and minority ethnic staff, especially managers, aspiring to secure
promotion.
Both mentors and mentees involved in the previous Bristol City Council schemes
found these had been beneficial to their career progression and personal
development goals. One mentee said: "Speaking to someone with all that
experience gave me a massive injection of confidence. Made me ask questions I
would previously not have known I could or should ask".
Another declared: "Mentoring helped me to develop my interviewing skills
and to believe in myself. Since being with the scheme I had applied for an
assessment review co-ordinator position and was successful at interview."
Line managers have reported increased levels of confidence and motivation
amongst staff that participated as mentees. The scheme provides a ‘mentor’ for
black and minority ethnic (BME) managers and staff.
To find out more about the scheme or to take part please go to the Equality
and Diversity pages of the Human Resources section of the intranet or
contact Mike Campbell, project manager on campbell.dongola@blueyonder.
co.uk or Angeline Carrozza, Equality and Diversity Manager at UWE, on
equalityanddiversityunit@uwe.ac.uk
All mentors must attend a training day on either 1, 2 or 5 December 2008.
A training day will also be provided for all mentees - dates are 8, 9, or 12
December 2008.
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Successful CVP session on recruiting and retaining volunteers
The UWE Community Volunteer Programme (CVP ) recently
organised a Recruitment and Retention of Volunteers training
session for local voluntary organisations. Over 20 organisations
attended including Victim Support, National Trust, Age Concern,
Bristol Debt Advice Bureau, and Avon and Somerset Police.
The afternoon event took place at the Frenchay Campus on
Wednesday 25 June.
The aim of the event was to have the opportunity to review
and develop how CVP and local voluntary organisations work
together. The event included a short training session, run by
Caroline Cook from Phoenix Associates, around recruitment and
retention of volunteers. It was also a chance to hear about some
of the developments on community engagement. John Rushforth,
Deputy Vice-Chancellor,
described UWE’s overall
strategy and the way that
volunteering supported
its key strategic aims.
Ray Raine (CVP) outlined
new developments on
community engagement.
The feedback from the
organisations was very
positive:
“I found the session very
thought-provoking and
reinforced good practices
around recruitment and
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retention of volunteers.”
“Learning to keep volunteer support was also very useful because
it made me realise the things our organisation could be doing to
improve this. The session was very useful for ideas.”
Jo Earl (CVP) said, “The session was an opportunity to get new
perspectives on the way CVP and local organisations work
together. CVP offers a volunteer brokering service and this type
of session gives us an extra insight into the needs of organisations
when we are recruiting student volunteers and getting them
involved.”
Ray Raine said, “CVP has links with many charities and voluntary
groups and values the partnerships that it has with the local
communities. These events
enable these partnerships
to develop so that both the
communities themselves
and the University benefit.
An event can only take
place like this because of
the hard work that CVP
staff, and Sue Hughes in
particular, have done with
the local communities over
the last four or five years.”
Student Services launch new Wellbeing Service
A new Wellbeing Service has been added to the UWE Student
Services Department. The new service provides practical
support for students with mental health issues and is aimed
at any student on campus whether undergraduate or
postgraduate.
The Wellbeing Service will benefit UWE students by
supplementing the already highly effective Counselling and
Psychological Services. However, it will have the additional
capacity to respond immediately
to student crises in a flexible and
pragmatic way. The Wellbeing
Service will also work closely with the
Disability Service.
Diane Zimmer, Wellbeing Service
Manager, explains how the service will
also benefit staff. “The aim is for staff
to be able to liaise directly with the
Wellbeing Service. If a staff member
has a concern about a student they
can contact the Wellbeing Service.
With a student’s permission, the staff
member could pass the student's
details onto us and we would contact
the student to see if we can help. We
will be taking a proactive approach
to fulfilling the support needs of
students. We will not only contact
students directly but will also report
back to the staff member who had
the concern to let them know that
the student has been seen. With this
Participants from the
Recruitment and Retention of
Volunteers training session
proactive stance we are hoping that we can both more fully
meet the mental health needs of students and be reassuring to
staff.”
The team consists of Diane Zimmer, the Wellbeing Service
Manager, who has a background in student services and
counselling, and two Senior Practitioners, Karen Garmston
who has a background in nursing, and Jenni Horsfall who
has a background in occupational therapy (mental health).
The core team is supported by Maxine
Maybery, who will often be the first
point of contact for students. The
Wellbeing Service also employs two
types of mentors. Wellbeing Mentors
will provide weekly or fortnightly
support to students in the areas of
organisation, motivation, and learning
skills. Consultant Mentors, highly skilled
mental health professionals, will work
with students with very complex mental
health needs.
Diane Zimmer says, “The Wellbeing
Service provides a holistic approach
to health and wellbeing for students
at UWE. It enables us to enhance the
student experience and provide extra
support when and where it is needed.”
The Wellbeing Service is located in 24
Carroll Court (Frenchay campus) and
welcomes direct contact from both
students and staff via wellbeing@uwe.
ac.uk or 0117 32 86268.

Human Rights
Day at UWE
NEWS
The Network on Global Ethics
and Human Rights (HLSS) are
co-ordinating a series of events
linked to Human Rights Day (10
December 2008), to commemorate
the 60th anniversary of the
Universal Declaration of Human
Rights.
On 10 December 18:30 – 20:00,
a panel discussion with guest
speakers Klara Skrivankova, from
Anti-Slavery International, Roger
Plant from the International
Labour Organisation and Paul
Whitehouse from the Gangmasters
Licensing Agency will take place
at the Watershed. The theme of
the discussion will be ‘Trafficking
for forced labour: how to protect
human rights?’
On 11 December an academic
conference on Migration and
Human Rights, sponsored by the
European Science Foundation,
begins in the Pierian Centre,
located in central Bristol, http://
www.pierian-centre.com/.
This conference will include
several events open to the public,
including a public lecture sponsored
by Amnesty International on the
60th anniversary of the Universal
Declaration of Human Rights and
the protection of migrants.
Christien van den Anker, one of
the organisers says, “We decided to
host this series of events because
Human Rights is a topic of interest
and concern to a wide range of
people. By bringing together key
speakers and academics in this
field we aim to provide a focus for
the latest research and thinking in
these key areas.”
Bristol City Council is supporting
the events and will develop further
activities on 10 December in the
Council House.
Further information will be made
available - www.bristol.gov.uk/ccm/
navigation/leisure-and-culture
More details will shortly appear on
the website: www.uwe.ac.uk/hlss/
politics/ngehr/index.shtml
Content Management System
Project: system purchased
The Content Management System (CMS) Project has been initiated to acquire, install
and roll out a CMS at UWE. A CMS is a piece of software that supports the creation,
management, and publication of information on the web. The project is part of the
website programme, which consists of three projects (Content and Audiences, CMS
and Infrastructure).
Following an extensive selection/ consultation phase, and four months of detailed
investigations of two short-listed products, both the Project Board and Web
Management Group approved the recommendation to acquire the Immediacy
system from local vendor Auros. One of the most significant conclusions reached
during the selection process was that the system is intuitive and easy to use, and is a
close match for our requirements.
Over the next few months, the project team will be installing the system,
attending training and familiarising themselves with the product. In the autumn
a pilot project will be carried out in order to fully test the system, and to finalise
methodology and procedures.
Following the pilot, an implementation plan will be created, and the tool will be
gradually rolled out across the University from 2009 onwards. For more information
on the project contact Jenny.Gates@uwe.ac.uk
Inaugural professorial lectures –
2007/2008
The second series of professorial lectures held in HLSS highlighted the work of three
newly appointed professors of linguistics. Professor June Hannam, Head of School,
writes that this reflects the growth of linguistics as a key area of research strength.
The summaries below give a flavour of the professorial lectures and indicate the
variety of linguistics research.
Professor Richard Coates chose as his theme ‘Linguistic light on the birth
of England’. The testimony of ancient writers such as the Venerable Bede is that,
after the departure of the Roman legions, at least the south-east of the island of
Britain was cleared of speakers of the indigenous language, British Celtic, by the
incoming Saxons and Angles, the bearers of English. Recently, archaeologists have
suggested that population continuity is more likely, with English-speakers ruling the
British peasantry as a military elite. Examining surviving British place-names, and
the small number of words borrowed from early British into English, Richard argued
that there is no support from linguistics for the new ideas. The evidence strongly
suggests that contact was minimal (and non-existent before the Romans left) and
that the British were effectively silenced, whether by expulsion, enslavement or
extermination.
Professor Jonathan Charteris-Black’s lecture ‘Rogue States and Rampant
Bodies: Metaphors of Control in Public and Private Worlds’ suggested that
metaphor is the linguistic means by which humans adapt to changes in private
and public worlds. Politicians, for example, employ metaphor to express an
understanding of adaptation to social change by concepts based on the gain, loss
or restoration of control, while people experiencing illness employ metaphor to
communicate their understanding of the changed states of embodiment that are
associated with illness. Thus, while metaphor is used by the powerful to restore
balance in the public world, it may also be used by those who offer critiques of
power, as well as by the powerless to express regaining control over errant bodies.
Professor Jeanine Treffers-Daller’s lecture ‘Contact and Conflict: Bilinguals
in Brussels on the front line’ discussed the socio-political context of the Belgian
language conflict, which divides the Walloon and Flemish populations. Although
many observers believe the Belgian federal state is about to be dissolved, it is
hardly possible for both parties to separate the country in two halves, because of
the complexities involved in defining the status of the bilingual capital Brussels
in that scenario. Moving on towards linguistic issues, Jeanine then discussed the
concept of bilingualism in general and French-Dutch bilingualism in particular. In
the final part of her lecture, she sketched different approaches to bilingual speech,
with a particular focus on code-switching, borrowing and contact-induced language
change, giving examples from the Belgian language contact situation.
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Appearance Matters
Speakers at the third Appearance Matters conference, organised
by the Centre for Appearance Research (CAR), said that we need
to wave goodbye to size zero models and consider the impact
of mirrors in fitness centres on body image and resulting fitness
monitoring.
Phillippa Diedrichs and Christina Lee from the University of
Queensland presented a paper entitled ‘Waif Goodbye! Average
size models in the media’ that suggested that average-sized
models are an effective and healthy advertising alternative to
ultra-thin models. Ivanka Prichard and Marika Tiggemann from
Flinders University, South Australia, discussed a study that pointed
to a need to monitor women who have
chosen a position at the back of aerobics
rooms to ensure that they still enjoy
exercise and to safeguard against greater
body image concerns.
The Appearance Matters conference is
a bi-annual event organised by CAR.
Co-director Professor Nichola Rumsey
gave a keynote talk on Busting the beauty
myths? Facts and fiction in appearance
research and said, “It went very well indeed
Enterprising students win Shell Step awards
UWE students have won the top two prizes in the local finals of
the Shell Step awards.
Alex Bulman scooped the title of Most Enterprising Student at
the event, which was hosted by Knowledge West at UWE and
organised by BRAVE. The Shell Step scheme places second year
students with companies over the summer period to work on a
specific project. Alex, who is studying for a BA (Hons) Graphic
Design, worked with Wayahead, a Bristol-based housing
organisation which supports young
people between the ages of 16 and
25. He researched and produced
a commemorative brochure
celebrating Wayahead’s 25th
anniversary. Alex now goes forward
to the regional heat and hopefully
on to the national final.
The runner- up was a UWE student
too - Franziska Kusel, who is
studying for a BA (Hons) in Media
and Cultural Studies, worked with
Octavius Hunt, also based in Bristol.
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- 190 delegates came from across the UK and also Australia,
New Zealand, USA, Norway, the Netherlands, Belgium, Greece,
Denmark and Malaysia.”
The conference is supported by the Healing Foundation, a charity
championing the cause of people living with disfigurement. Diana
Harcourt, Co-Director of CAR and conference organiser, said,
“Appearance is an important issue to everyone as it is something
that affects us all. This conference provides an opportunity for
researchers, clinicians and those involved in supporting people
who have appearance-related concerns to meet, share ideas and
identify priorities for further research. The conference also helps
inform all areas of patient care in this
specialist field by helping to engender a
better understanding of the psychology of
appearance.”
For more information contact the Centre
for Appearance Research on 0117 32 83967,
e-mail CAR@uwe.ac.uk or visit www.science.
uwe.ac.uk/appearancematters
Marika Tiggemann and Nicky Rumsey
Her project was to establish a route to the German garden
centre market for the company’s natural smoke pesticide
products.
The Shell Step scheme places undergraduates into small
and medium sized companies and community organisations
to undertake a specific business or technical project. The
programme has the dual aim of communicating to small
business managers the huge impact an undergraduate can have
on their business while encouraging
undergraduates to consider starting
a career within the vibrant small
business sector. Over the past 20
years, Shell Step has delivered more
than 22,000 projects within small
businesses throughout the UK.
For more information visit
www.step.org.uk
www.knowledgewest.org.uk
www.brave.org.uk/
Rich seam of history resources mined in Germany
Raingard Esser (HLSS) has returned from four months as Research
Fellow at the Herzog-August-Bibliothek in Wolfenbüttel, Germany.
She was very impressed by the wealth of sources and excellent
facilities that the research library, which has a tradition dating
back to the late sixteenth century, offers to researchers at all
stages of their careers.
While the collections focus on Renaissance and Reformation
manuscripts and incunabula (books, images or single sheets that
were printed, not handwritten, before 1501 in Europe) they
also provide a rich mine of sources on European culture in the
eighteenth, nineteenth and twentieth centuries.
Raingard said, “I was most impressed by the scholarly atmosphere
Winners Alex Bulman and Franzisca
Kusel
in and around the two main library buildings and the more
convivial facilities for researchers. Both the daily ‘Kaffee-Runde’
where fellows are invited to coffee and biscuits after lunch and
the regular research seminars offered plenty of opportunities to
exchange ideas, research plans and experiences.
“It was a truly international atmosphere and I met postgraduate
students and professors working on topics ranging from European
border studies to bodily hygiene in comparative perspective. I
made great progress with my own research on Dutch cultures of
memory in the seventeenth century.”
For further information on the Herzog-August library’s fellowship
programme visit www.hab.de.

Professor Stephen
Hagen elected to
AURIL Council
NEWS
Professor Stephen Hagen, Director of Research,
Business and Innovation (RBI), has just
been elected to the National Council of the
Association for University Research and Industry
Links (AURIL).
Professor Hagen will hold the post for two years
and is one of four newly elected members.
Members of the Council are responsible for
overseeing the strategic development of the
Association and representing the knowledge
transfer and exchange interests and activities
of Higher Education to government bodies and
business.
Stephen is the only new member of the
eleven-strong council to represent a post-1992
university. He said, “I am keen to contribute
to the work of this association in building
closer connections between Higher Education,
researchers and industry. I believe my election to
this position reflects UWE’s strengths in research
and knowledge transfer – this year, UWE has the
highest level of funding allocated by Research
Councils to any post 1992 university.”
AURIL is the professional association
representing all practitioners in knowledge
creation, development and exchange in the UK
and Ireland who work to ensure that new ideas,
technologies and innovations flow from their
institution to the marketplace. It is the largest
knowledge transfer association in Europe, with
more than 1,600 members from universities, NHS
Trusts and public sector research establishments.
Executive Director of AURIL, Dr Philip Graham,
said of the election of the four new Council
members, “This year has seen one of the closest
fought competitions and we had one of the
highest turnouts. I believe that this is a reflection
of the importance of embedding of Knowledge
Transfer within institutions.”
For further information on AURIL visit www.
auril.org.uk/pages/home.php
Professor Stephen Hagen
Family business links with UWE to
reduce food miles
A food company aims to reduce the number of miles its products travel by
putting a new emphasis on sourcing local supplies. The move will result from
Hunt’s of Dorset teaming up with UWE in a Knowledge Transfer Partnership
(KTP).
Hunt’s has a long tradition of local service and its environmentally-friendly aim
puts it back in touch with these values. It started out as a local dairy business
and in 1948 began to make ice-cream, delivered in the area by a distinctive
fleet of motorcycle delivery vehicles. In the 1950s, the company branched
out into a wider range of frozen foods, and by 1974 it was supplying frozen,
chilled and fresh food to caterers, pubs, hotels and hospitals throughout the
region.
The KTP will look at ways of reducing wastage, increasing efficiency, and
boosting the number of local food suppliers from within a 50 to 60 mile
radius. It will involve a recent graduate working on the project for two years,
under the supervision of experts from the Bristol Business School.
Project supervisor Ray McDowell (BBS) said, “The company wants to respond
to current and growing customer demand by sourcing and supplying more
local fresh foods. UWE will help it achieve a culture change and become a
more locally-focused business, while maintaining traditional values of service.”
Food service sales manager
at Hunt’s, Simon Renton said,
“The KTP grant means we can
proactively focus on our local
market which in the long term
will have significant benefits
for our customers ourselves
and the environment.”
For more information on KTPs,
visit www.ktponline.org.uk/
One of Hunt’s vehicles in front
of Sherborne castle
UWE awarded its largest EPSRC
doctoral training award
UWE has been awarded £250k by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research
Council (EPSRC) for PhD studentships starting in 2008/9. The level of the award is
linked to the value of EPSRC project grants won by the University over several years
and is the largest EPSRC doctoral training award ever made to UWE. As a result, a
further four PhD studentships will be funded.
Richard Bond, Head of R&D (RBI) said, “This award reflects UWE’s success in bidding
to EPSRC and is further proof of our leading status among the new universities.
UWE has 31 live EPSRC grants, 10 more than any other post-1992 university, and
together worth more than £6m.”
The new PhD studentships have been allocated to the Bristol Institute of Technology
to fund research projects in:
n developing new and better face recognition systems (Machine Vision
Laboratory),
n designing computer programs that learn through experience, using evolutionary
principles (Artificial Intelligence Group),
n pioneering unconventional computing techniques (Unconventional Computing
Group)
n exploring public engagement aspects of robotics (Bristol Robotics Laboratory, in
collaboration with the Science Communication Unit, Faculty of Health and Life
Sciences)
For further information on EPSRC and doctoral training awards, contact Richard
Bond in RBI richard.bond@uwe.ac.uk
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New Research and Development web pages
The Research and Development team in RBI has launched new and
updated web pages (http://rbi.uwe.ac.uk/Internet/research/)
The pages are designed to be easier to use, with information
presented in a more interesting and friendly way. The pages
highlight UWE's research capabilities, with specific examples,
gather links to all of UWE’s Research Institutes, Centres and
groups in one central place, as well as providing information
and support for staff involved in looking for funds and writing
research proposals. Information about research strategy,
governance, ethics, postgraduate research study and researcher
development, as well details about university-wide research-
Knowledge Transfer Partnership successes
Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) programmes between
BIT and Polamco Ltd, a precision engineering company, and
Management Process Systems, a London-based software firm,
were recently highly graded by the Technology Strategy Board
who are the main funder of the scheme. This success builds
on UWE’s good track record with over 90 percent of projects
receiving high grades in the last five years.
UWE eLibrary launched
Library Services has developed a new web interface to the huge
range of resources available, called the UWE eLibrary’. The UWE
eLibrary has now replaced the earlier web pages listing electronic
library resources. The same resources are still available, but in a
different way. UWE Library Services provides UWE students and
staff with access to thousands of electronic journals and other
electronic library resources on the University network. Examples
of the resources available include Science Direct, Art Full Text and
Business Source Premier. Visit elibrary.uwe.ac.uk or follow the links
to the eLibrary on the Library homepage or in myUWE to:
n Save time by searching across a number of different resources
at the same time and get one set of search results (not all
databases support this)
Philosophy and Film conference
UWE collaborated with the Arnolfini to present a successful
international conference, Philosophy and Film, at the Arnolfini,
4 to 6 July 2008. The conference was the first of its kind to take
place in the UK, hosting 150 delegates from all over the world.
Keynote speakers included Stephen Mulhall (Oxford), Vivian
Sobchack (UCLA), Robert Sinnerbrink (Macquarie), Catherine
Constable (Warwick), Karin Littau (Essex) and Julian Baggini
(editor, The Philosopher's Magazine).
Dr Havi Carel, Senior Lecturer in Philosophy and one of the
Conference organisers explains, “In recent years there has been
a growing interest in the relationship between philosophy and
film within both analytic and European philosophical traditions.
At the same time, film studies as a discipline has always raised
philosophical questions and has been enriched by a variety of
philosophical traditions."
Dr Greg Tuck, Senior Lecturer in Film Studies and co-organiser adds
“We were delighted to host this event. Our keynote speakers are
internationally known. Delegates came from Romania, Israel, Italy,
US, Australia, Germany, Turkey, Brazil, India, UK, Estonia, Latvia,
Mexico, France, Pakistan, Portugal, Spain and Canada, making this
a truly global conference."
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related events are also included. There is also detailed guidance
about funding bodies and the latest funding opportunities.
Cath Thomas (R&D Division, RBI) said, “The new pages are a
significant improvement: information has been arranged to be
more accessible and designed to function as a single website for
both external and internal audiences where possible. We are
looking forward to working in collaboration with faculty staff to
continue to update and improve further on the pages over the
coming months.”
RBI welcomes feedback on the new pages and suggestions for
further improvement. Please contact Claire.Mcquillan@uwe.ac.uk .
The KTP Office in RBI is organising an event entitled
Knowledge Transfer: A Contact Sport on behalf of the
universities of the South West. The event, supported by SWRDA
and HERDA, will be held on 9 October at Lakewood Conference
Centre, Blagdon. For more details please e-mail ktp@uwe.ac.uk
or call Katie Gough on 83272.
n Create your own lists of favourite resources
n Browse through the collection of electronic journals
n Keep up-to-date by receiving e-mail alerts for new information
added to your favourite resources
To use the UWE eLibrary, log in with your UWE network username
and password. The eLibrary’s resources are not available to the
general public. Most electronic resources are available both on and
off campus. Your feedback on the UWE eLibrary is very welcome.
Please follow the feedback link from the UWE eLibrary homepage.
Thanks go to our colleagues in IT Services, especially the members
of the Unix and Academic Technologies teams for their help with
this project.
Police officers in Higher
Education
In July around 45 police officers and associates attended
the Annual Conference of the Police Association of Higher
Education Liaison Officers, which was hosted in partnership
by UWE, University of Bristol and Avon and Somerset
Constabulary. PC Mike Lynett, UWE Beat Manager, and
Heather Thomas, UWE Community Liaison Manager,
welcomed all to the Mercure Holland House Hotel and Spa
for the three day event.
On the second day of the conference, Diane Zimmer,
UWE’s Wellbeing Manager outlined to the group what
UWE’s Wellbeing Service can offer students and how they
work alongside our own PC Mike Lynett with the care of
our student population. Diane’s presentation was much
appreciated and feedback was extremely positive.
On the final evening a formal dinner was held attended
by Vice-Chancellor Steve West along with the Registrar
of the University of Bristol Derek Pretty and Assistant
Chief Constable Steve Mortimer from Avon & Somerset
Constabulary.

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Ivan Vine retires after 20 years at UWE
Friends and colleagues gathered to say
a fond farewell to Ivan Vine, who has
worked within the Facilities Department
at UWE for over 20 years. Ivan was
originally employed as a Security
Patroller in 1987, progressing to the role
of Site Operations Manager in 1992, and
then Senior Site Operations Manager
in 1999. For the last two years, Ivan has
been employed as the Senior Operations
and Security Manager, with management
responsibility for the day to day provision
of services at three University sites,
PAL goes from strength to strength
Makis Malliris (BIT, pictured left)
has been appointed as the Peer
Assisted Learning Co-ordinator
and joined the Student Experience
Programme team from 1 July
2008. Makis will be responsible
for developing and enhancing PAL
policy and strategy to reflect and
enable University-wide delivery
of the PAL programme within the
Student Experience context.
For 2008/9 the PAL scheme has recruited 128 students to train
and act as PAL leaders offering supplemental academic support
to over 2,000 first year students. Throughout the academic year
PAL leaders receive over 30 hours of training in developing
facilitation, teamwork, coaching and interpersonal skills.
Makis said: “We have had an excellent response from students
wanting to train as PAL Leaders. We have received in excess of
200 applications for the PAL leader positions”.
Makis has also been working closely with the universities
of Manchester and Bournemouth to introduce the scheme
to other UK universities. During the last year he has been
consulting with Sheffield Hallam University and is now
promoting PAL to EU institutions: “I am currently helping
the science department in the Catholic University of Leuven
in Belgium evaluate their pilot PAL programme. We are also
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encompassing all aspects of security,
portering, car parking, mail, health
and safety, and customer interface.
Connie Robertson, Deputy Head of
House Services, said, “Ivan's friendly
way of working with people has
made our own jobs more enjoyable
and as much as we wish him a wellearned
retirement, there is no doubt
that many people are sad to say
farewell to a much respected friend
and colleague.”
Ivan Vine’s retirement
planning to hold the PAL student conference in Belgium during
the Easter break. This will be a great opportunity for the PAL
leaders who will take part in this conference.”
For further information on PAL please visit: www.uwe.ac.uk/
pal and to find out how to offer PAL on your programme or
module, please contact Makis directly on Efthimios.Malliris@
uwe.ac.uk or pal@uwe.ac.uk
Professor Steve West and PAL Leader Neil Stephens at the PAL
Award Ceremony in May
St Matthias campus was the venue for a 50-year golden reunion on Thursday 24 July. It was a reunion of those who trained to
be teachers and who attended the college from 1958 to 1960. The event was organised by Margaret Spicer and Mary Hurford-
Jones. Many of the students had not seen each other since leaving college and some travelled considerable distances, Yvonne
Pearson from Bermuda and Nancy McKormick from Canada. The group was welcomed by Professor June Hannam, Head of
School of Humanities and Social
Sciences, who organised this
group photograph. Significant
changes they noticed were
more halls of residence [with
only two in their time], the old
chapel now a drama room and
present students allowed on the
hallowed turf of the basin!
June Hannam (bottom row, third
from left) and the class of 1958
-1960 at their 50-year golden
reunion

NEWS
Occupational Therapy
CPD Partnership
launched
The occupational therapy programme at
UWE, in partnership with Harrison Training,
are launching a new CPD course to start
this autumn. The Standardised Assessment
in Occupational Therapy course is a wellestablished
and highly valued course that
already equips occupational therapists
working in the fields of learning disability,
physical rehabilitation, mental health or
paediatrics with the skills to understand
and effectively use standardised measures
in their practice.
In partnership with UWE, delegates will
now have the opportunity to gain academic
credit for their work on this course at
either Level 3 or Master’s level. The course
is delivered by internationally renowned
trainers Steve Park and Jane Melton and
links with successful Evidencing Work-Based
Learning modules developed by UWE.
Lesley Donovan, Director of Educational
Partnerships, said, “This is a great
opportunity to work together with
Harrison Training to meet the professional
development needs of occupational
therapists at a local and national level. The
expertise of both organisations will ensure
a high quality course that will contribute
to occupational therapists’ academic and
professional portfolio.”
Susanna Robinson, Director of Harrison
Training, said, “We are very pleased to be
working closely with UWE on this initiative,
and particularly pleased that participants
on this course can achieve the accreditation
that they deserve for the standard of
work they produce. We look forward to
developing the partnership further in order
to offer health care professionals many
other relevant CPD opportunities.”
UWE staff: Would you like to learn
a foreign language or to study a
language at a higher level?
The UWE Language Programme (ULP) offers
part-time courses in Arabic, Mandarin Chinese,
English as a Foreign Language, French, German,
Italian, Japanese, Polish (offered for the first
time this year), Portuguese, Russian and Spanish.
Classes are taught for a total of 23 weeks
throughout the academic year from October to
May, with a fee of £46.50 for UWE staff.
For further information please visit
www.uwe.ac.uk/ulp or e-mail ulp@uwe.ac.uk.
John Fell retires after 24 years service
John Fell retired from the University in July after a career spanning 24 years. He
joined the then Bristol Polytechnic in 1984 as Sites and Buildings Officer when the
University’s estate was considerably smaller than it is now. He has brought his
expertise to the management of the University’s estate including the maintenance
of buildings and grounds, as well as alterations, refurbishments and new buildings.
In recent years John has been involved in the development of the Architecture and
Planning Studio, New Redland (R block), developments at Bower Ashton, and played
a key role in bringing about the successful accommodation project on the Frenchay
Campus.
At his presentation in the Octagon on 14 July, Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Rob Cuthbert,
said how extremely lucky the University was to have had as Estates Director someone
with John’s deep interests in art, biodiversity and the environment, and the many
other things that transform buildings into places where we are happy to work -
which is the core of true sustainability. In every way and on every campus John has
transformed the estate, and he’s done it with unstinting professional dedication to
the University.
In recognition of his dedication and to thank him for all his hard work and
commitment to the University, the Vice-Chancellor has inaugurated a student
prize, named after John, to reflect and promote his enthusiasm and passion for
sustainability and the aesthetics of our built and natural environment.
Lecturer offers advice on doing
business in the US
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John will be greatly missed
by all his friends and
colleagues, and although
retiring from the University
will continue to be with us
as a student undertaking
his PhD. We wish John, and
his wife Carol all the very
best for the future.
Pictured (l-r) former Vice-
Chancellor, Alfred Morris,
John Fell and Rob Cuthbert
(Deputy Vice-Chancellor)
George Bernard Shaw is attributed with the saying “England and America are divided
by a common language”. Peter Gold (HLSS), Director of the Regional Languages
Network (South-West) in the West of England, was invited to contribute to
‘Connecting with America’ held at Hewlett-Packard Labs on 11 June.
Organised by the British-American Business Council, the event was designed to
provide insights into doing business ‘across the pond’ and attracted some 120
delegates. It included presentations from Paul Kehoe, Chief Executive of Bristol
International Airport; Peter Revers, former Chairman and CEO of Laura Ashley (North
America) and now Chief Executive Officer of PDR Associates and Joan Verplanck,
President of the New Jersey State Chamber of Commerce.
In his presentation Peter pointed out differences in communication styles, the
conduct of meetings and, of course, language. He advised: “When you do business
in America, make sure that you do not sweep anything under the rug, avoid any
skeletons in the closet, and if anything looks tricky, do not touch it with a ten-foot
pole. In such a big market, it can be difficult sometimes to see the forest for the
trees, but (knock on wood) if no-one throws a monkey-wrench in the works and you
manage to make your two cents worth count, even
though it might appear to be a drop in the bucket
you could find that you’re blowing your own horn
at the slam-dunk success that you have achieved.”
He concluded: “And if you spotted the ten
American idioms in that last paragraph, you’ve
obviously already done good business in the US.”
Peter Gold addressing 120 delegates at the British-
American Business Council event at HP Labs

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Association
of University
Administrators -
UWE Bristol Branch
NEWS
The Association of University
Administrators (AUA) is the
professional body for higher education
administrators and managers in the UK
and the Republic of Ireland. It is an open
and accessible body.
The UWE Bristol Branch of
the Association of University
Administrators (AUA) will contribute
to the professionalism of the UWE
Administrator by promoting the work
of the Association and by working with
the University to embed the Code of
Professional Standards in a more high
profile manner.
A recent proposal to develop the branch
at UWE was endorsed by the Vice-
Chancellor, with a budget to include:
The attendance of the Branch
Co-ordinator at the Annual Lecture and
Annual Conference, including related
Branch Co-ordinator activities
- Sponsorship of one new member
every year on the AUA Postgraduate
Certificate in Professional Practice
- Sponsorship of an Administrator of
the Year Award
Further information about the
application process and deadlines for
the above sponsorships are available
from Heads of Service, Faculty Academic
Registrars and members of the AUA.
The implementation of the AUA Code
of Professional Standards at UWE will be
taken forward via a project to develop a
CPD framework for administrators.
For further information please contact
AUA Branch Co-ordinators Patricia
Hughes (Patricia.Hughes@uwe.ac.uk) and
Theresa Stephens (Teresa2.Stephens@
uwe.ac.uk).
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Times Higher Education magazine are
promoting a subscription offer to UWE
staff of a free six issue trial period.
For further information, see:
www.subscription.co.uk/the/uwe
AUA Administrators’ Forum at UWE
Colleagues from the Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC), Higher Education
Funding Council for England (HEFCE), the Universities of Bristol and Bath Spa, and
City of Bristol College joined UWE colleagues for the first AUA UWE Administrators’
Forum in the Octagon on 16 July 2008. The Vice-Chancellor opened the forum with
a speech about the value of administrators and managers in HE and at UWE. He
has endorsed a branch proposal and will fund support for administrators, including
funding for the Branch Co-ordinator and for an Administrator of the Year Award.
Alison Robinson, the recently appointed Executive Director of the AUA, also
attended the forum to give an update on AUA developments.
The guest speaker at this inaugural forum was Maureen McLaughlin, Deputy
Academic Registrar, whose thought-provoking theme was ‘In what ways can and
do ‘professional managers’ (ie those without an ongoing academic background)
contribute to the management of teaching and research?’ She asked the audience to
consider, within this context, the implications for our professional identities and for
our relationships with academic colleagues.
The Administrators’ Forum at UWE seeks to provide a space to promote excellence
in the administration of the University by creating opportunities to hear HE
practitioners, debate issues affecting the sector and to network with colleagues both
from inside and outside the institution. Themes for possible future fora should be
submitted to the new Branch Co-ordinators, Patricia Hughes (Patricia.Hughes@uwe.
ac.uk) and Theresa Stephens (Teresa2.Stephens@uwe.ac.uk).
Anybody interested in joining the AUA should look at the website www.aua.ac.uk.
Visiting Professor values her time at UWE
Dr Jane Dickson-Gilmore has completed a 10 month Visiting Professorship in SSH,
which she says was a ‘very rewarding and enriching experience’. Dr Dickson-Gilmore
collaborated with Dr Michael Woodiwiss (History) on a research project on the
development of ‘alternative economies’ by internally colonised populations within
Canada, focusing primarily on the participation of aboriginal communities on the
Canada-United States boundary in the cross-border economy.
The generous support of the Leverhulme Foundation was integral to the
development of the research collaboration, and to the production of a number of
articles and papers, as well as a manuscript, currently underway, detailing the longterms
effects of state policies for aboriginal economies and communities.
Dr Dickson-Gilmore shared this research with colleagues throughout the UK,
including symposia at Keele University, the London School of Economics and the
University of Edinburgh. She was honoured to present the Eccles Lecture (Eccles
Centre for North American Studies of the British Museum) to the British Association
for Canadian Studies conference at Warwick University.
Over a third of students to receive UWE's
full annual £1,000 bursary support
The University’s financial support for students will go well beyond providing
the Government's minimum required level of bursary support. For students
entering in 2009 UWE Bristol’s bursary scheme will be as follows:
Students with an annual household income of and below £25,000 will receive
£1,000 per year.
UWE estimate that this support will be available to around 35 per cent of all
our new undergraduate students for 2009 entry. However, importantly, UWE
will be able to support some 60 per cent of UWE Federation students based in
regional colleges with the £1,000 bursary.
In addition the University guarantees its bursary of £1,000 to students who
have achieved a recognised Access to HE Diploma and are liable for full
tuition fees. The University will also guarantee the bursary of £1,000 to care
leavers.
Full details of our bursary, scholarship and grant schemes are available on our
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Staff in the media
Paul Pilkington (HLS) was interviewed on 15
July by BBC Radio Somerset on the effectiveness
of speed cameras and the wider importance of
road safety, as Swindon and other local councils
are considering withdrawing funding.
Mike Jempson (CA) was interviewed on BBC
News 24 and on the PM programme on BBC
R4 about the Max Mosley vs News of the World
privacy case on 23 July. He debated with Society
of Editors Director Bob Satchwell and answered
points raised by callers on BBC Radio 5 Live (17
July) following the announcement of Robert
Murat's £600,000 libel award against 11 UK
newspapers. He also contributed to Media
Guardian's Question of the Week column (19
May) on 'Is Self-regulation of the Press Working?'
and featured in BBC Radio 4's Analysis:
Responsible Journalism programme (3 July). Mike
has been interviewed about press freedom in
Belarus for Al Jazeera TV's Listening Post current
affairs slot (18 July) and was recently barred from
entering Belarus where he has been developing
the skills of independent journalists over the last
two years. In September Mike Jempson chaired a
symposium on media coverage of children in the
Georgian capital Tbilisi as part of a continuing
project with UNICEF.
Professor Alan Winfield (Associate Dean,
ET) recently did a podcast interview about
robotics for the UK Parliamentary website: http://
www.parliament.uk/about/podcasts/robotics/
alanwinfield.cfm and his work on Swarm
Robotics was featured as the lead article in the
June 2008 issue of The Engineer.
Andrew Mathieson (HLS) was interviewed by
Star Radio on Friday 25 July on the decline in
sales of bottled water.
Professor Martin Plant (HLS) was interviewed
by Charlotte Sivvery of Original Radio on
Thursday 30 July on alcohol, drugs and HIV/
AIDS issues in South Africa and the work that he
and Professor Moira Plant are doing in advising
South African academics about research into the
economic costs of alcohol problems.
Professor Martin Plant (HLS) was interviewed
by Victoria Derbyshire, BBC Radio 5 Live on
Friday 1 August about extreme obesity in British
teenagers.
Professors Norma Daykin, Judy Orme and
Martin Plant (HLS) received significant national
media coverage following the release of their
report – ‘Alcohol and the Media’ which Norma
and Judy presented on Friday 5 September at
The British Sociological Association, Medical
Sociology Group Annual Conference 2008 in
Brighton. National press coverage included: a
report on the front page of The Daily Telegraph,
coverage in The Guardian, The Independent,
Daily Express, Daily Mail, Daily Mirror and Daily
Star. National TV coverage included Sky News
Sunrise and FIVE lunchtime news. Professor
Norma Daykin was interviewed for national
radio programmes: The Today Programme (Radio
4); BBC Radio 4 news; BBC Radio 5 news; BBC
Radio 5 Live Breakfast; Radio Scotland; Radio
Wales; LBC London and the World Service
Programme 'World Update'. Professor Martin
Plant was interviewed for a number of local and
regional BBC Radio Stations ranging from Bristol
to Ulster.
Professor Philip Lawrence (BIT) was
interviewed on Thursday 26 June for BBC
Bristol’s Breakfast with Richard Wyatt about the
military’s new A400 air craft, of which most parts
were mainly constructed at Airbus in Filton.
Dr Clara Greed (BNE) was interviewed on
Canadian Radio in July 2008 on her research on
public toilets. This arises from continuing North
American interest following her work being
featured in the New Yorker Magazine, New York
Times and New York Observer. Clara continues
to build her international links and has been
invited to be the UK and European representative
on gender equality and urban planning by
the Commonwealth Association of Planners.
Clara was also invited to make representations
to the Parliamentary Select Committee on
the provision of public toilets and her work
on gender mainstreaming and her views on
planning for women in cities was also featured
in late August at: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/
magazine/7585756.stm
Matt Studley (BIT) was interviewed by BBC
Bristol’s Breakfast with Richard Wyatt on
Thursday 31 July about the Heart Robot project.
Dr Debra Salmon (HLS) was interviewed on
Thursday 21 August for BBC Radio Northampton
about young people’s sexual health and how
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parents are receiving education on how to talk to
their children about sex.
Professor Ron Ritchie (EDU) was interviewed
by Radio Bristol’s Breakfast with Richard Wyatt
on Wednesday 20 August to preview GSCE
results and on results day (Thursday 21 August)
to review the GSCE performance of Bristol
schools on the drive time show.
Madge Dresser (SSH) was interviewed by Radio
Wales on 11 September to comment on Harriet
Harman's speech to the TUC on class.
Publications
Chatterton T, Coulter A, Musselwhite C,
Lyons G and Clegg S (nd) Understanding how
transport choices are affected by environment
and health: Views expressed in a study on
the use of carbon calculators. Accepted for
publication in Public Health.
Jo Angouri (HLSS) co-authored with J
Harwood ‘This is too formal for us… A case
study of variation in the written products of
a multinational consortium’ in the Journal of
Business and Technical Communication (2008)
22, pp 38-64. She also contributed ‘Foreign
language use in the workplace: the case of
Greek’ in the Proceedings of the 1st World
Socioeconomic Conference, Greeks in Diaspora,
2008, published by Melbourne: National Centre
for Hellenic Studies and Research, LaTrobe
University.
Jonathan Charteris-Black (HLSS) has recently
published ‘The communication of leadership:
the design of leadership style’, part of a series
entitled Studies in Linguistics by Routledge. He
has co-authored with C Dumelow, J Locock, C
Seale, and S Ziebland a paper on ‘The effect of
joint interviewing on the performance of gender’
which appears in Field Methods (2008) 20, pp
107-128. He has also co-authored with C Seale
‘The interaction of class and gender in illness
narratives’ published in Sociology (2008) 42 (3),
pp 453-469.
Richard Coates (HLSS) has contributed
the essay ‘Three new elements in the minor
toponymy of western Lindsey, Lincolnshire’ to
A commodity of good names. Essays in honour
of Margaret Gelling edited by OJ Padel and DN
Parsons. The publisher is Shaun Tyas.
Steve West (Vice-Chancellor) and Katy Phillips
(Student Representative Council Vice- President)
welcomed the Lord and Lady Mayoress of Bristol,
Cllr Christopher and Mrs Susan Davies to Frenchay
Campus on Thursday 7 August for a tour of
Frenchay Campus.
From left to right; Mrs Susan Davies, Cllr Christopher
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Jeanette Sakel (HLSS) co-authored with
Y Matras the essay ‘Modelling contactinduced
change in grammar’ published in
Aspects of language contact. New theoretical,
methodological and empirical findings with
special focus on Romanisation processes edited
by Thomas Stolz, Dik Bakker and Rosa Salas
Palomo. The publisher is Mouton de Gruyter.
Damian Warburton (Law) published in August:
Key Statutes: Criminal Law; Hodder Education;
2008; ISBN: 9780340972380
The International Corpus Linguistics
Research Unit (ICLRU) hosted by the Bristol
Centre for Lingustics (HLSS) has just completed
the work of archiving sets of parallel corpora
in English and French, German and Spanish
and of learner language data. These provide
an excellent resource for research projects on
translation and second language acquisition.
Dr Stephen Hunt’s (SSH) article ‘Betwixt and
Between: The Political Orientation of Catholic
Neo-Pentecostals’ will be published in the
journal Religion and Politics. This is a follow-up
to his paper, ‘Pentecostal Political Activism in
the USA and the UK: A Comparative Analysis’,
published in the same journal (2008, vol 2, no
1). Also published recently is Dr. Hunt’s article
in PentecoStudies (2008, vol 7, no 1), ‘Were
the Jesus People Pentecostals? A Review of the
Evidence’.
Steve Garner (SSH), contributed a piece to
the current issues of the Journal of Applied
Community Psychology, which focuses on
Canadian multiculturalism. ‘Dissolving the
Diaspora: a commentary’. Steve’s book,
Whiteness: an Introduction, published by
Routledge in 2007, has been selected by US
academics as one of the top 10 teaching aids
for critical approaches to ‘race’ and ethnicity.
His is one of only two pieces by UK academics
to have been chosen. A modified chapter from
the book is now available on Routledge’s ‘Social
Issues Collection’ university e-reader at: www.
socialissuescollection.com/.
Appointments
Kate Beeching (HLSS) has been elected
President of the Association for French Language
Studies, and invited to join the executive
committee of the Association of University
Professors and Heads of French. The AUPHF is
particularly keen to have a representative from
the new universities which have suffered most
acutely from the decline in the numbers of
students taking up degree courses in Modern
Foreign Languages. Kate will represent both
linguistics and the post-92 institutions on this
committee. Richard Coates has been reappointed
to the AHRC’s Peer Review College as a
Linguistics member.
Jo Angouri (HLSS) was a visiting academic at
LaTrobe University, Melbourne, Australia, and
News in Brief
Victoria University Wellington, New Zealand,
in July. At LaTrobe she has been invited to join
a worldwide project focusing on diaspora and
creating an atlas of relevant studies, and at
VUW she is linking with the Language in the
Workplace project.
Kate Thomas (Outreach Centre) has taken
on the role of Convenor of the Universities
Association of Lifelong Learning Women in
Lifelong Learning Network. The network provides
a focus for discussion and networking for
women working in all areas of lifelong learning.
Jeanine Treffers-Daller (HLSS) is lead editor
for a special issue of the Journal for French
Language Studies (CUP) to appear later this year,
entitled ‘Knowledge and Use of the Lexicon in
French as a Second Language’.
Conferences
Mike Jempson (CA) was editor-in-chief of the
'virtual newsroom' at the Intercultural Cities
Conference in Liverpool (1-3 May), managing
a team of professional and citizen journalists
producing TV, radio and print material to
illustrate themes of the European Year of
Intercultural Dialogue. Mike also contributed to
workshops on the role of media in promoting
social cohesion and intercultural dialogue, and
on media empowerment for minority groups at
the Media4Me European conference held at the
Museum of Communication in The Hague (29-
30 May).
On 30 May Academic Board's Learning,
Teaching and Assessment Committee
ended its stimulating annual programme of
seminars linked to committee meetings with
a wide-ranging seminar on Learning Spaces
organised by Cathy Rex (Library) and Sarah
Gutteridge (Academic Registry), chaired by
Professor Rob Cuthbert (DVC). The keynote
speaker was Professor Maggie Savin-Baden, of
Coventry University, author of Learning Spaces
(Buckingham: Open University Press 2007), and
presentations were also made by Dom Passfield
(UWESU) and Liz Falconer (ITS). The outcomes
of the event will contribute to strategic thinking
about the future development of the University's
estate, environment, learning support and
e-learning. Details of presentations and
discussion outcomes are available from Sarah.
Gutteridge@uwe.ac.uk.
Professor Rob Cuthbert (DVC) chaired a
major ESRC Teaching and Learning Research
Programme (TLRP) seminar on Widening
Participation on 17 June. The seminar reported
the findings from the TLRP programme of
WP research which is now coming to an end.
Participants included Professor Lynn Raphael
Reed (EDU) and Professor Ann-Marie Bathmaker
(EDU).
Professor Rob Cuthbert (DVC) gave the
opening keynote address at the annual Higher
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Education Academy Conference, attended by
580 participants on 1-3 July. His talk ‘Beyond
the Student Experience: Rethinking Higher
Education for the 21st Century’ (accessible via
www.heacademy.ac.uk) argued that we need
to rediscover and reinterpret academic freedom
as the best basis for protecting and extending
inclusive mass higher education.
Professor Rob Cuthbert (DVC) was with Wes
Streeting (President, NUS) and Peter Williams
(Chief Executive, QAA) a member of the panel
which concluded a QAA Conference to discuss
student membership of institutional audit teams
at Warwick University on 18 July.
Dr Dimitrios Christopoulos (HLSS) organised
the Fourth UK Social Network Conference at
Greenwich University with Professor Bruce
Cronin. Sixty papers were presented on recent
advances in theoretical and experimental
network research. Keynote presentations were
from Ron Burt, University of Chicago; Martin
Everett, University of East London and Tom
Snijders, University of Oxford. Panels included
themes on Business, Politics and Power, Social
Psychology, Friendship, Advice and Trust, Social
Capital, Knowledge Networks and Diffusion
of Innovations. The Fifth UK SNA conference is
co-ordinated by the same team and will take
place between on 3 and 4 July 2009 in London.
Jeanette Sakel and Jeanine Treffers-Daller
(HLSS) organised a three-day international
workshop entitled ‘Interdisciplinary approaches
to transfer, crosslinguistic influence and contactinduced
change’ at UWE Bristol on 9-11 July. At
the workshop, 27 specialists from Europe, the US
and Asia gave papers on a wide range of aspects
of linguistic transfer from different perspectives
(second language acquisition, bilingualism and
psychology). The workshop was sponsored by
the BCL, the ESRC Centre for Bilingualism in
Theory and Practice at Bangor (of which Jeanine
is now a Research Associate), and the Research
Committee of the Department of LLAS. There
were three papers with authors from the BCL.
The organisers intend to publish a volume with
papers from the workshop.
Kate Beeching (HLSS) was a speaker at
the Aston Corpus Symposium, 22-23 May.
She gave a talk to the main conference on
‘Corpus approaches to sociolinguistic variation
and semantic change’ and another for the
postgraduate workshop entitled ‘And your
point is…? Subtext and a corpus approach to
interactional pragmatics.’
Richard Coates (HLSS) spoke on ‘A strictly
Millian approach to proper naming’ at the
interdisciplinary workshop on ‘Names’ organised
by the journal Mind and Language and the
Department of Philosophy at Birkbeck College
London on 12 June.
Jonathan Charteris-Black (HLSS) was a
keynote speaker in June at the Patient Education

Workshop, Ålborg, Denmark, and at the Second
Qualitative Research Summer School, Dublin City
University, and in July at the ‘Critical Approaches
to Discourse Across Disciplines’ conference,
University of Hertfordshire.
Dr Jona Razzaque (BLS) presented a paper on
‘Community participation in natural resource
management’ in the Conference on Natural
Resources Governance in Southwestern
Mountainous Region in China and the Protection
of Community Rights (June 14-16, Kunming,
China). She also participated in a roundtable
discussion on biological resources development
and community rights protection in China.
The conference was jointly organised by the
Southwestern Forestry University (Kunming,
China) and the American Bar Association - Rule
of Law Initiative China Programme.
Dr Jona Razzaque (BLS) was invited by the
Research Centre for the Environment and
Resource Law of the JianXi University (19 June,
Guangzhou, China) to give a scholarly lecture
on the 'Development of International EIA Law:
perspective of Mining Activities'. This paper
examined the recent development of the impact
assessment law in Europe and explored various
legal techniques available to guide the mining
activities at the international and regional level.
Dr Jona Razzaque (BLS) was invited by the
Research Institute of Environmental Law of the
Wuhan University (17 June, Hubei, China) to
present a paper on ‘Biodiversity Conservation
Law in the European Union’. This paper
explained the regulatory and institutional
framework that guide the biodiversity
conservation in the European Union and
highlighted the strengths and weaknesses in
the present legal mechanisms that can provide
some useful lessons for the national biodiversity
conservation law in China.
Kate Thomas (Outreach Centre) presented
a paper entitled: 'HE in FE: Dual Identities' at
the South West Learning and Skills Research
Network Summer Conference in Bridgwater on
10 July. The paper reported early findings from a
research project into the teaching and learning
experiences of FE tutors and learners on new
foundation degrees delivered at partner colleges
as part of the UWE Federation.
Professor Robin Hambleton (BNE) was invited
to speak at the Annual Conference of the Local
Government Association in Bournemouth on
3 July 2008. This conference brings together
council leaders and chief executives from across
the country to discuss current trends in local
government and to explore possible future
developments. In a session titled ‘Learning to be
International’ Professor Hambleton spoke about
his recent research on how local authorities
can become more effective in exchanging ideas
and practices on an international basis. The
Improvement and Development Agency for local
government has created a website to host the
series of the articles on ‘International Insights’
written by Professor Hambleton to act as a
resource for councils at home and abroad:
www.idea.gov.uk/international
Professor Hambleton also presented a paper,
co-authored with Dr Christine Cheyne of Massey
University, New Zealand, at the University of
Bristol International Conference on ‘Policy
Transfer in a Globalising World’ on 4 July 2008.
Titled ‘The Kiwi Connection’ this paper reflects
on the way the UK and New Zealand have
traded ideas in relation to local governance
during the last decade.
On 8 July 2008 Professor Hambleton presented a
paper in Chicago at the Fourth Joint Congress of
the Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning
(ACSP) and the Association of European Schools
of Planning (AESOP) on ‘Leading localities as if
communities matter’. This formed one input into
a panel he co-organised with Professor Carlos
Vainer of the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro
with the title ‘Globalisation and cities – Going
beyond North/South dialogue’.
Steve Garner (SSH), presented a paper at
the joint ESRC/AHRC conference ‘Encounters:
religions, diasporas and ethnicities’, held at
St Catherine’s College, Oxford (9-11 July).
The conference was to showcase work done
under the two funding councils’ programmes
on the changing face of social identities in
contemporary Britain. The paper, based on
the ESRC-funded work carried out by Steve,
Professor Simon Clarke (CPSS) and Rosie Gilmour
(CIC) on white identities in the South-West of
England, dealt with working- and middle-class
anxieties around immigration and integration.
Steve was also invited by the Caribbean Expert
Center at the KITLV (Royal Netherlands Institute
of Southeast Asian and Caribbean Studies)
at the University of Leiden to give a paper
at a workshop called ‘Cultural Dynamics in
20th-century Suriname in Caribbean context’
(September 26-27). His paper was on ethnicity,
gender and class in Guyana.
Dr John Fisher (SSH) attended the Sixth
International Conference on New
Directions in the Humanities at
Fatih University, Istanbul, on 16
July and presented a paper on the
British Legation in Teheran, 1911-
14.
Jeanine Treffers-Daller (SSH) was
an invited speaker at the Ghent
Workshop on Bilingualism (18-20
September 2008).
Mark Bould (CA) joined Roger
Luckhurst, Jonathan Romney, Pierre
Bismuth and Susannah Radstone
on ‘Eraserheads’, a panel discussion
on 16 September at BFI Southbank.
The discussion explored cinema’s
history as the pre-eminent artform
to represent workings of the
memory and Bismuth’s film and
gallery work with Michel Gondry.
Dr Gary Atkinson (Machine
Vision Laboratory, BIT) presented
a paper entitled ‘Obtaining 3D
malignant melanoma indicators
through analysis of skin tilt pattern
and skin slant pattern’ to MICCAI
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2008, the 11th International Conference on
Medical Image Computing and Computer
Assisted Intervention, at Rutgers University,
New York, USA. This is the leading international
conference in the field of medical imaging. The
paper was co-authored by Yi Ding, Dr Lyndon
Smith, Professor Melvyn Smith and Dr Jiuai Sun
(BIT) and Mr Rob Warr, a consultant at North
Bristol NHS Trust.
Dr Jiuai Sun (Machine Visions Laboratory,
BIT) presented a paper entitled ‘Enhancement
of Skin Tilt Pattern for Lesion Classification’, to
the Eighth IASTED International Conference on
Visualization, Imaging and Image Processing,
in Palma de Mallorca, Spain. The paper was
co-authored by Yi Ding, Dr Lyndon Smith,
Professor Melvyn Smith and Dr Jiuai Sun of BIT
and Mr Rob Warr from North Bristol NHS Trust.
Both papers are on the work of the Machine
Vision Laboratory in detecting skin cancer and
present exciting results pointing to the possibility
of using new visual indicators to achieve
improved diagnostics.
Dr Charles Musselwhite (BNE) gave a
presentation on 11 September at the BA
Festival of Science in Liverpool entitled ‘Older
people going places’. This presentation was
about a research project recently completed
for the BBSRC and EPSRC research initiative
SPARC (Strategic Promotion of Ageing Research
Capacity) focusing on Older Drivers’ Travel and
Driving Needs.
Charles Musselwhite and H Haddad
presented, ‘Older men and their cars’, an invited
paper, at the BA Festival of Science, Liverpool, 11
September 2008. They also presented a paper
on, ‘Travel and well-being. Travel independence
and car dependence: an exploration of older
drivers travel and driving needs’ at the British
Society of Gerontology Conference, held at UWE
on 6 September, 2008.

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The Octagon,
Frenchay Campus
12.40-13.20
A series of performances taking
place at UWE throughout the year
Free Admission
Tuesday 28 October 2008
Tuesday 25 November 2008
Tuesday 27 January 2009
Tuesday 24 February 2009
Tuesday 31 March 2009
Tuesday 28 April 2009
Centre for Performing Arts
Telephone 0117 32 82067
www.uwe.ac.uk/cpa

Welcome to your brand new Scene-IT
cinema venue on Frenchay Campus
A brand new 100 seater cinema (Scene-IT) has been created in D-Block,
Frenchay Campus. The cinema is located in lecture theatre 2D07,
which can be found adjacent to the Cash Office and is behind Student
Services (2D11).
Free admission! Collect your free ticket on the day of the showing
from Core24 Café Bar. The film listings and times will be advertised in
Core24, outside 2D07 and on UWE home page ‘What’s on…’
Films Starting in September, we will be showing the latest films on
show, including a variety of genres such as action, romance, animation,
Bollywood etc.
The 100 seat Cinema boasts state of the art projection equipment
including a fabulous 5:1 sound system and is fully air conditioned.
For details contact:Frans.Dekker@uwe.ac.uk
Walking Club
The Walking Club aim to have
walks every three weeks. The walks
are usually between 5-8 miles and
can be local or up to an hour’s drive
away. Some are a little strenuous
(hilly) but most are suitable for all
ages and fitness levels. Next date is
Sunday 12 October (further details
yet to be arranged). If you would
like to know more or perhaps lead
a walk please contact Amanda
Cooke, ext 82267 or e-mail:
Amanda.Cooke@uwe.ac.uk
Staff Association
Christmas Dance
Saturday 29 November 08
Something different! We are
holding our Staff Association
Christmas Dance at the BAWA
Club, Southmead Road, Filton.
There be a highly recommended live
band, plus a full supporting disco
throughout the evening from 20:00
to 1.00 and a buffet supper. Tickets
now available. Cost: £12 Members,
£14 Guests
Coach Club
Forthcoming Trips
Seat requests are ‘provisional’ only
until payment/deposit is received
and will not be held indefinitely
without it if we have a waiting list.
Fri 10 – Sun 12 October 08
Murder Mystery Weekend
(waiting list)
£110 members, £115 guests (based
on 2 sharing - single supp £25).
Leaving Friday evening, staying for
2 nights dinner, B&B
Sat 25 October 08 (waiting list)
Herefordshire Tour
Saturday markets and an afternoon
visit to the Cider Museum. £13
members, £14 guests
Staff Association
Sat 22 November 08
Royal Albert Hall -
Classic Spectacular (waiting list)
£38 members, £39 guests. This trip
will include the earlier part of the
day in London.
Sat 6 December 08
Clearwell Caves
£10 child, £15 member, £16 guest.
Includes visit with Father Christmas
Fri 10-Mon 13 April 09
Easter Weekend 2009
Trier, Rhineland (Germany)
Trier is Germany's oldest historic
city. Along with its 'Porta Nigra', it
has a Cathedral, Leibfrauenkirke
and Abbey as well as a Hauptmarkt
(Market Square), one of the
most pleasant in Germany. We
shall be driving down through
France, Belgium and Germany
(approx 4 hours) and staying for
3 nights B&B at the NH Hotel
Trier (www.nh-hotels.com/nh/
en/hotels/germany/trier/nh-trier.
html?action=search).The Hotel has
sauna, swimming pool facilities.
Excursions are included and it is
hoped that a visit to Luxembourg
will be one of them. Further details
to be confirmed. We may have to
restrict bookings (initially) to two
seats per person. Please indicate
if you would like more. These
requests will be taken in strict
rotation on receipt.Members £200,
guests £205 single supplement £60.
Booking will be confirmed once we
have numbers and a deposit of £50
will then be required.
For further information please
contact us: Coachclub@uwe.ac.uk,
Tel: 0117 32 83001
www.uwe.ac.uk/staff-assoc/
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Human Resources
Commuter card – First Year and
First6month season tickets for staff
First Bus offers a discount on bus tickets. By purchasing your
ticket through UWE you will receive a 10 per cent discount
off the annual cost of the tickets with instalments being
deducted monthly from salary. In addition the bus company
offer an extra facility: by paying an extra £40 you can
insure your season ticket against loss. For more information
including how to apply please click on the ‘News’ link on the
Human Resources website at www.uwe.ac.uk/hr
Any further information can be obtained from Elaine
Smith:Elaine2.Smith@uwe.ac.uk.
Maternity services review begins
People in Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire
are being asked to comment on suggestions for how
maternity and newborn services could change in their area. A
review is being carried out by local primary care trusts and so
far the work has included identifying the areas where people
want to see the experiences for parents and babies improve,
also, where emerging national standards tell us that we have
to make changes.
The aim is to promote normal childbirth, provide more choices
for where and how mothers give birth, provide safe and
effective care to national standards and to reduce inequalities
in health for babies and parents. More information www.
avon.nhs.uk/bhsp e-mail bhsp@bristolpct.nhs.uk, freephone
0800 015 5127 or write to The Maternity and Newborn
Services Review, Bristol Health Services Plan, FREEPOST BS1
078, King Square House, King Square, Bristol BS2 8EE
Further details from Elizabeth Williams, 0117 900 2480, e-mail
elizabeth.williams@bristolpct.nhs.uk
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Festival Of Ideas: Autumn Programme
Date: 3 September -15 December 2008
Venue: Various, Bristol
Email: ideas@gwebusinesswest.co.uk
Visit: www.ideasfestival.co.uk
The Bristol Do
Date: 27-28 September 2008
Time: 13.00
Venue: Portland Square, Bristol
Come and join in the first Bristol Do, a
relaxed European style street festival
with great food and drink and a range of
activities and performances - free
Bristol Business School MBA and MSc
Marketing Open Evening
Date: 7 October 2008 (Time: 17.00-19.00)
Venue: UWE, Frenchay Campus
Contact: BBS Tel: 0117 32 86877
Email: business@uwe.ac.uk
Visit: www.uwe.ac.uk/bbs/news/open.shtml
Meet the Employers Fair
Date: 9 October 2008 (Time: 08.30-17.00)
Faculty of Enviroment and Technology
Venue: 3D33 and 3D36, Frenchay Campus
Admission: Free Contact: Tim Bateman
Tel: 0117 32 83 997
E-mail: timothy2.Bateman@uwe.ac.uk
Visit: www.built-environment.uwe.ac.uk/
cpfair/
Knowledge Transfer: A Contact Sport
Date: 9 October 2008 (Time: 14.00-19.00)
Venue: Lakewood Conference Centre,
Blagdon, Somerset
Contact: Katie Gough Tel: 0117 32 83272
Email: Katie2.Gough@uwe.ac.uk
Visit: http://rbi.uwe.ac.uk/intranet/events/
default.asp?urn=5049
Staff Ads
Informing Digital Futures:
Strategies for Citizen Engagement
Date: 9 October 2008 (Time: 18.30-21.00)
Professor Leela Damodaran
Venue: UWE Bristol
Admission: Free - registration required
Contact: David Martyn
E-mail: david.martyn@bcs.org.uk
Open Day
Date: 11 October 2008 (Time: 10.00-16.00)
Venue: All UWE campuses
Contact: Admissions and International
Recruitment Tel: 0117 32 83333
E-mail: open@uwe.ac.uk
Visit: www.uwe.ac.uk/openday
CREATE: New ways to use print
technology
Date: 13-18 October 2008
Venue: UWE
Contact: Alison Davis Telephone: 0117 32
84938 Email: Alison2.Davis@uwe.ac.uk
Visit: www.create.uwe.ac.uk/about.htm
Centre for Psycho-Social Studies:
Addressing Community Tensions
Date: 16-18 October 2008
Venue: UWE St Matthias Campus
Contact: Glynis Morrish, Centre for
Psycho-Social Studies Tel: 0117 32 81311
E-mail: cpss@uwe.ac.uk Visit: www.uwe.
ac.uk/hlss/research/cpss/index.shtml
Wildscreen 2008
Date: 19-24 October 2008
E-mail: info@wildscreen.org.uk
Visit: www.wildscreenfestival.org/
Bulletin deadlines 2008
Month/Issue Copy deadline
Oct/80 Wednesday 1 Oct
Nov/81 Monday 3 Nov
Jan/82 Monday 5 Jan
A Re-Conceptualisation of the
Interpretive Flexibility of Information
Technologies
Date: 23 October 2008 (Time: 18.30-21.00)
Professor Neil Doherty Venue: UWE Bristol
Admission: Free - registration required
Contact: David Martyn
E-mail: david.martyn@bcs.org.uk
Centre for Child and Adolescent
Health Research Seminars 2008-09
Date: 24 October 2008 (Time: 09.00-11.00)
Jon Pollock Venue: Hampton House, Bristol
Evaluating the Primary Mental Health
(Under 5s) Specialist Service in Bristol
All welcome - free. Contact: D Hynam
E-mail: D.Hynam@bristol.ac.uk
Visit: www.bris.ac.uk/ccah/
Creative Writing and Therapeutic
Practice Workshop
Date: 25 October 2008 (Time: 10.00-17.00)
Venue: UWE, St Matthias Campus
For psychotherapists, counsellors, teachers
and researchers. Admission: £80
Contact: Glynis Morrish Tel: 0117 32 81311
Email: cpss@uwe.ac.uk Visit: www.uwe.ac.uk/
hlss/research/cpss/index.shtml
156th Autumn Exhibition
Date: 26 October-14 December 2008
Venue: Royal West of England Academy
Tel: 0117 973 5129 Email: info@rwa.org.uk
Visit: www.rwa.org.uk
Forty Minutes
Date: 28 October 2008 (Time: 12.40-13.20)
Venue: The Octagon, Frenchay Campus
Indian Classical Music with Simon Kohli-
Sarod and Tapan Roy-Tabla Admission: Free
Contact: CPA Tel: 0117 32 82067
E-mail: cpa@uwe.ac.uk
Visit: www.uwe.ac.uk/cpa
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Tang Soo Do Martial Arts Classes -
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Room to let – located at New Passage
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Auvergne - A warm welcome awaits you at
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