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NEWS UWE presents prizes to award winning performers Students from UWE’s Centre for Performing Arts have been awarded prizes for excellence and commitment to the Performing Arts at a special award ceremony at the Royal West of England Academy. The students have been involved in a wide variety of activities including the orchestra, brass consort, clarinet, woodwind and saxophone groups, drama, vocal studies, big band, music theatre and backstage crew. The students have taken part in these activities while pursuing their studies in a range of subjects including Audio and Music Technology, Drama, Politics, Education and Creative Music Technology. The prizewinners are: Joshua Cook - CPA Technical Prize; Rebecca Walsh – Students’ Union Drama Prize; Adam Collier – Cremona House String Prize; Katy Sweetman – The Luke Gale Memorial Prize; James Deeny – Centre for Performing Arts Prize; Nicholas Williams – Student Experience Prize; Andrew Grigg – Vocal Prize; Jack Gray – Alumni and Development Prize for Outstanding Contribution and Alex Hawker – UWE Vice-Chancellor’s Prize. Each prizewinner received a certificate and a cheque for £50. Alex Hawker, recipient of the Vice-Chancellor’s Prize, and a Creative Music Technology student, said, “I've had some great experiences through the Centre for Performing Arts, during my three years here. These include playing trumpet and singing in the Big Band and Scholars Jazz group, playing keyboard for the fantastic annual musical, singing with Barbershop quartet 'Four in the Bar', and even the opportunity and support to set up a new choir 'Sound of Soul'. I feel I've really developed my musicianship through participating with the CPA, and it has allowed me to carry on playing regularly whilst completing my degree.” An evening celebrating the performing arts wouldn’t be complete without focusing on the achievements and talents of the prizewinners as well as recapping the UWE Centre for Performing Arts’ extensive programme of events that have taken place over the past year, particularly its continued commitment to community engagement and partnerships. The event was attended by Vice-Chancellor, Professor Steven West, distinguished guests from arts organisations and local business and the families and friends of the prizewinners. Musical entertainment was provided by the student-run Sound of Soul Choir founded only this year by prizewinner Alex Hawker, the Saxophone Ensemble, directed by Valerie Hodges and the scholars’ jazz quartet Essenjay. The guest speaker was Jonathan Bradley; formerly Dean of UWE Students who gave an entertaining speech appropriately entitled ‘Fiddlers, Crooners and Exhibitionists’. Ian Holmes, Director of the Centre for Performing Arts, said, “We are delighted to be able to celebrate the enormous talents of our UWE students and also the diversity of activities available to students, staff, alumni and community members. We very much look forward to the 2011/12 academic year with particular focus on our productions: Titanic the Musical, Holst the Planets and David Fanshawe’s African Sanctus – all of which will take place in March 2012." 10 CPA prizewinners Pictured is the victorious UWE Varsity Rowing squad celebrating their 4-1 win over the University of Bristol Rowers at this year’s annual varsity rowing regatta held on Saturday 14 May at the sunny Bristol harbourside. Large crowds came to cheer on both teams and enjoyed the entertainment from the Centre for Performing Arts’ Big Band, Sound of Soul Choir, Showstoppers and the Saxophone Ensemble. UWE Boat Club President, Jonny Smith-Willis said, “I'm absolutely thrilled with the boat clubs 4 -1 victory over Bristol Uni at Varsity. All the hard training our members did over the winter months paid dividends during that three minutes of racing. Every UWE crew showed a lot of courage in the first half of each race and relied on mental toughness to get to the finish line. They should be very proud of their achievements.” For full Varsity Results visit: http://www.uwesu.org/get_involved/ sports/sports_updates/varsity_series_2011
Staff and students to get new UWE ID card A new University ID card for staff, students and visitors is due to be rolled out across the University called UWE Card. This UWE Card will improve security and access throughout the Frenchay, Bower Ashton, St Matthias and Glenside campuses. The new cards will improve access by operating a fully networked, contactless / proximity system of entry. A programme of work to replace existing door locks across these sites will start at the end of June and this work is scheduled for completion early September 2011. Staff will receive their new UWE Card at the end of June which will be handed out via the payroll groups. A signature will be required on receipt. Distribution to students will follow afterwards. The UWE Card will replace the current card and will continue to provide the current functionality. However, until all work has been completed there will be a need to carry both old and new cards during this transition period. Further details will be available at www.uwe.ac.uk/uwecards Mr Michael Tappern Staff UWE Card Staff 08989723 Issued 11.05.11 Association of University Administrators (AUA) Join AUA now and benefit from: • support for your career development • networking opportunities • information on current HE issues • a world of new opportunities within the sector • the opportunity to travel (through application for travel awards) The UWE Bristol Branch of the AUA contributes to the professionalisation 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. For an information pack on the benefits of being a member of the AUA, please contact Pat Hughes, Patricia.Hughes@uwe.ac.uk or Teresa Stephens, Teresa2.Stephens@uwe.ac.uk, UWE Joint AUA Branch Co-ordinators. 11 The way students study can make a big difference to their learning The student literacy hub, called mySkills, has been developed by Elspeth Williams, UWE Learning and Teaching Fellow, who co-ordinates the Student Literacy Interconnection Project (SLIP). She says, “The mySkills academic literacy hub pulls together sources of learning support available across the University. As well as face-to-face support and online materials that can be used in class or independently by students, it includes skills4study, an interactive resource based on the study skills series published by Palgrave. The hub is up and running now so lecturers can explore it in time to build this resource into their planning for next term. “Students can use the resources on this site to develop the literacy skills that will underpin their UWE studies and build the confidence to help them succeed.” skills4study is interactive and online 24/7. Students can practise and develop their academic skills in key areas such as: academic reading and note making, critical thinking, academic writing and referencing and plagiarism. Elspeth continues, “This service can be used to support the Graduate Development Programme (GDP) and assessment feedback to students. Information for staff planning to use mySkills with their students includes introductory slides; advice on resource content; mapping to the resources from learning outcomes, course work/assignments, and areas where students commonly need development, and input into GDP sessions.” Deep links to skills4study and other resources can be embedded into assessment feedback, pointing students directly to resources they can use for development in specific areas. Examples of commonly given feedback incorporating such links are available under the Content Collection area of Blackboard. (Go to Content Collection>Institution Content>Library>Assessment Feedback). The feedback statements can be copied, pasted (and edited) into comments on students’ work. Topics developed so far include essay structure; writing in paragraphs; answering the question; providing appropriate evidence; referencing; insufficient analysis. Next steps for mySkills include the redevelopment of the section ‘Being a UWE Student’ to create an engaging resource that will help students’ understanding of what academic study involves at each level. mySkills can be accessed via the dedicated tab in Blackboard or by visiting www.uwe.ac.uk/myskills For further information, contact Elspeth.Williams@uwe.ac.uk Students can use the mySkills academic literacy hub to develop their study skills
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