July 2008 - University of the West of England

UWE graduates represent Great Britain in Olympic GamesTwo UWE graduates have been selected to represent Great Britainin the Olympic Games in Beijing in August.Bristol born archer, Larry Godfrey, who studied for an HND inMechanical Manufacturing (1997 to 2000) took up archery at theage of nine and has been a consistent performer at internationallevel. He narrowly lost out on bronze at the Athens 2004 OlympicGames by one point to Tim Cuddihy of Australia in the third placeplay off.Pete Reed, a past UWE Rowing President (2002-2003) studiedMechanical Engineering at UWE from 2000 until 2003. He thenwent on to study for a Master’s at the University of Oxford.Pete has enjoyed a phenomenal rise through the GB senior ranks,winning gold with the men's four at the 2005 and 2006 WorldChampionships. At the 2008 GB Senior Selection Trials in BelgiumPete won the men's pairs final for the fourth year running withAndy Triggs-Hodge. Pete has been selected in the men's four forthe 2008 Beijing Olympic Games.Pete was a late entrant to the sport, learning to row at UWE in2002. Whilst at UWE he was coached by Fred Smallbone, a formerSilver Olympic medallist, who was a great inspiration to him. FredSmallbone coaches the Men’s Senior Squad and he was a memberof the Great Britain 8 in the 1970s which won a silver medal in1976 Montreal Olympics. He also coached the USA national team atthe 1988 Seoul Olympics and is a Silver Award Coach.Stuart Vanstone, UWE’s Head of Sport, said, “We are delighted tohear of the selection of these two talented UWE graduates for theOlympic squad representing Great Britain this summer. Pete hasmaintained his strong links with UWE and is an active member ofthe Boat Club Alumni and has recently rowed in the Alumni boatin the Varsity boat race against the University of Bristol.“Both Pete and Larry were members of the Advanced AthleteGroup whilst studying at UWE and we are pleased that the supportwe were able to give has enabled them to progress and achievegreat results in their respective disciplines. I wish both Pete andLarry every success and hope that many of our current studentathletes who are members of the Advanced Athlete Group canemulate their success at the Olympic Games in London 2012 andthe commonwealth games in 2014.”Pete ReedWelcome Weekend 08New students will be letting their hair down and making newfriends at the UWESU Welcome Party on Saturday 20 September.With familiar faces from BBC Radio 1 keeping them entertained allnight - it's a real high point for Welcome Weekend 08.The University and UWE Students' Union have put together ahost of activities and events to welcome Freshers in style on allcampuses.Music, food and entertainment will bring most campuses to lifeover the weekend. Bower Ashton Campus will celebrate with aWelcome Monday party and BBQ.'Chill out' and 'no alcohol' areas will also be provided for thosestudents who would prefer a quiet space to relax in during theweekend.International students will begin their three day rollingprogramme of induction activities and social events on Wednesday17 September. The UWE Students' Union have planned a pre-Freshers party on Thursday 18 September in Red Bar to helpinternational students settle in at UWE.The Vice-Chancellor, Professor Steven West, and the UWE Students'Union are planning to say Hello and Welcome to all studentsthis year - not just those in student accommodation. Whetherstudents are living in private accommodation, at home or onanother campus, all will be invited to attend the welcome to UWEtalks in the Freshers marquee at Frenchay Campus. Music from theUWE Big Band and a BBQ will add to the relaxed moods and helpto ease those nerves and encourage students to start to make newfriends.Face painting and chocolate nirvana fountains will be a featureon all campuses over the weekend and a small army of studentambassadors will meet and greet at Frenchay and St Matthias, andFreshers Angels will be out in force at Glenside Campus.The Vice-Chancellor and UWE Students' Union will also be on tourat Bower Ashton, Glenside and St Matthias on Welcome Mondayand Tuesday, meeting and greeting new students informallyduring their induction week.The Welcome Team look forward to seeing as many UWE staffas possible over the weekend - welcoming students in style andgetting off to a wonderful start to another academic year.Full details of activities and events for Welcome Weekend can befound at www.uwe.ac.uk/newstudents08 or contact sue.fox@uwe.ac.ukWelcome Weekend 20075

NEWSUrgent need forcampaign to highlightskin cancer riskSkin cancer diagnosis in the UK is risingby eight per cent each year pointingto a critical need to ensure that peopleunderstand the importance of sunprotection. Experts from the SocialMarketing Centre at Bristol Business Schoolrecommend that skin cancer preventioncampaigns need to target a variety ofat risk groups with messages that willresonate appropriately.Their report ‘Social Marketing basedstrategy for sun protection interventions’stresses that any campaigns would alsoneed to draw a clear link between overexposure to sun and the risk of developingskin cancer later in life.Working in collaboration with theSouth West Public Health Observatory,the researchers suggest an urgent needto invest in awareness campaigns likeSunsmart in Australia and Pool Cool inColorado. Both campaigns emphasised theimportance of using sun screen, wearingappropriate clothing and avoiding theintense heat in the middle of the day.Professor Lynne Eagle, Co-Director of theSocial Marketing Centre at UWE says,“The growing incidence of skin cancer inthe UK and associated costs to the NHShighlights the need for a range of mediacampaigns that target at risk groups in theright place, at the right time with the rightmessage. This might seem obvious but it’sa complex and difficult thing to achieve.We have analysed campaigns run in anumber of countries and come up withstrategies that could work with the rangeof at risk groups in the UK”.Dr Julia Verne, Director, South West PublicHealth Observatory, said “I welcome thisreport. The South West has the highestincidence and mortality rates for skincancer in the country. The report bringstogether some interesting concepts in anarea of public health that clearly needs anew approach, based on understandingpeople’s knowledge and attitude to sunexposure. It offers some really usefulpointers to new ways of working andwe will be looking at how to take upsome of these suggestions over the nextyear.” To read the full story go to http://info.uwe.ac.uk/news/UWENews/article.asp?item=1295&year=2008Colin FudgeOn 29 May current and former colleagues and friends gathered in the Architectureand Planning Studio to say farewell to Colin Fudge. Over 100 people attendedto say goodbye and thank you for the service, help and advice he had providedover the last 12 years at the University, initially as Dean of the Faculty of the BuiltEnvironment, and for the last six years as Pro Vice-Chancellor.At his presentation the Vice-Chancellor drew special attention to Colin's manyattributes, including his special expertise and broad experience in relation toleadership, strategy and policy development, understanding of people andorganisation, and the ability to be both internally involved in the University andexternally at regional, national and international levels. He emphasised the uniquequalities and leadership that Colin brought to bear on university research andknowledge exchange, the RAE, the Sustainability Strategy, the development of theFaculty of the Built Environment and more recently, the Faculty of Environment andTechnology and stressed the importance of Colin’s input into the highly successfulUniversity Estate Projects, including the student village, the architecture studiosbuilding and extension, the Education Faculty building and Bower Ashton. Colin’sstrong leadership, listening, humour, support for staff and future orientation hasserved the University very well and he will be greatly missed.In August, Professor Colin Fudge takes up the appointments of Deputy ViceChancellor at Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) and adviser to theAustralian Government on cities. He willalso be the Australasian representativefor CABE, Chair of the Swedish ResearchCouncils International Committee forthe Urban Sustainability Programmeand Board Member of ChalmersUniversity International Advisory Board.He will speak at the World UrbanForum in Nanjing, China in November.Steve West (left) and Colin FudgeUWE historians pen plays for 'Trade It'Madge Dresser and Dr Edson Burton have written two of the ten mini playsthat were performed as part of Show of Strength’s innovative open airproduction Trade It. Trade It took the form of a walk of discovery featuringunexpected performances in Bristol’s lost locations with audiences being ledbetween performances in guided groups by actor stewards. All the plays wereinspired by the theme ‘trade yesterday’ and ‘trade today’.Ten writers were invited to contribute a 10 minute mini play and Madge andEd were joined by well known writers Catherine Johnson (Mamma Mia!), SandiToksvig (BBC Radio and television) and Mustapha Matura.Madge Dresser comments, “These 10 minute mini-plays vary from thosetreating on contemporary issues around fair trade/race relations to those onhistorical themes inspired by our research on Bristol's slave trade.“Performances were staged in some intriguing and little-known locationsin Bristol's backstreets. Some are comedies, some more serious, but all raiseissues around morality today.“My piece is a 'two-hander, inter-cutting an account of Dinah, a young Africanservant in Bristol who is resisting being shipped to her master's plantation inNevis after she spurned his advances, and the response of her mistress whobelieves her husband's allegations that Dinah tried to steal from her. Dinah'sstory is loosely based on two fragmentary historical sources detailing Africanservants whose owners tried to transport them back to the harsher regime ofthe Caribbean plantations.”Edson Burton describes his play, “Cicero is a 10min tour de force of physicaltheatre and verse. Set in 19th century post abolition Bristol Cicero positsAfricans not just as victims but as survivors. Yet as the drama unfolds theaudience is led to consider the cost of survival.”UWE drama students also took part as stewards and performers presentingthem with a great opportunity to work with a professional theatre company.6

UWE students produce films to highlight dangers of knifecrime and drug abuseTwo UWE students have produced timely films about knife crimeand drug abuse as part of an awareness raising collaborativeproject lead by the Positive Role Models Agency in partnershipwith the University of the West of Englandand Aardman Animations. The Positive RoleModel Agency is a partnership betweenCommunity group ‘IDEAL’ and communityactivist George Francis.The increase in knife crime and the tragicsurge in teenage deaths in recent monthspoints to the importance of highlightingthese issues to secondary school agedchildren in every way possible.The Sharp Shotz Animation Competitiontargeted local Bristol secondary schoolsand youth groups, attracting over 40entries from teams throughout the city. Thewinning ideas, from teams at the BristolCity Academy (Outlaw Yutez) and FairfieldSchool (Brizzle), have been brought to lifeas two short films produced by studentsTom Malins (2nd Year Animation) andGeorgina Reynolds (1st Year Media Practice).Georgina Reynolds has produced 10Seconds, a film highlighting the horrorassociated with knife crime.Tom Malins’s film Nine Lives is an animationof traditional 2D drawings colouredand brought to life using computerStill from 10 seconds by Georgina ReynoldsStill from Nine lives by Tom Malinsanimation set against cardboard models and traditionally paintedbackgrounds. The story juxtaposes the idea of a cat with nine livesand a young girl who is experimenting with drugs.The films will be distributed to schools andyouth groups and form part of the packfor the next annual Sharp Shotz AnimationCompetition.Shawn Sobers, the lecturer at UWE whohelped co-ordinate the project, said, “Thispartnership with IDEAL has been a reallypositive experience for everyone andthe resulting films are something thateveryone involved can feel justly proudof. The students have benefited hugelyfrom their involvement and this experiencewill improve their employment prospectsimmeasurably. The issues explored in thefilm are particularly important in the timewe now live in and we hope that themessages will resonate amongst the targetaudience.Sharp Shotz World Premiere screening tookplace at the Council House in Bristol onThursday 17 July at 11.00The two films are available to watchon Youtube: www.youtube.com/user/sharpshotzanimationCriminal Justice Unit hosts major conference double billThe UWE Criminal Justice Unit (Law) will host two importantone day conferences in September. ‘Managing high risk sexoffenders in the community’ (8 September 2008) and ‘Sexualoffences and criminal justice: challenging myths, supportingvictims’ (9 September 2008).On 8 September the focus will be on the way in which highrisksex offenders can be effectively monitored when theyare eventually released into the community. The conferenceaims to evaluate the measures used in the treatment and riskmanagement of sex offenders and questions whether suchhigh-risk offenders can be effectively managed within thecommunity. The conference is aimed at probation, prisonand police officers; psychologists and psychotherapists;lawyers, judges, prosecutors; educators, voluntary workersand academics.The speakers include Dr Sarah Brown, (Chartered ForensicPsychologist); Professor Stephen Shute, (University ofBirmingham); Dr Bernadette Rainey, (Cardiff Law School);Professor Terry Thomas, (Leeds Metropolitan University);Mark Farmer, (Head of the Sex Offender Team in the PublicProtection Unit of the National Offender ManagementService); Jason Wood, (De Montfort University); Dr KarenHarrison (UWE).The conference on 9 September will examine the natureand effect of myths and negative social attitudes on theenforcement of the law regarding sexual offences. Despitesignificant law reform in the last 30 years, and efforts by thepolice service and other criminal justice agencies to improvethe treatment of complainants, the conviction rate in rapecases is falling and attempts to improve agency responses tosexual offences have had mixed results. The conference willexamine the influence of rape myths in wider society and thecriminal justice process, discuss original empirical researchfindings and examine attitudes to female, male and childsexual victimisation.The speakers include: Professor Charnelle van der BijlLLD (Stellenbosch University, South Africa); Louise Ellison(University of Leeds); Joanna Jamel (University of Leicester);Vanessa Munro (University of Nottingham); Fiona Raitt(University of Dundee); Phil Rumney (UWE); Jennifer TemkinLLD (University of Sussex); Carol Withey (University ofGreenwich). In addition, HHJ Judge Peter Rook QC will speakon ‘The nature of judicial training in respect of the trialof serious sexual offences’ and Dr Kate Cook (ManchesterMetropolitan University) will be giving a paper entitled:‘Rape Crisis: Responding to Sexual Violence’.Phil Rumney, the 9 September event organiser, says, ‘There is alarge body of evidence suggesting that social attitudes, mythsand stereotypes negatively impact on the enforcement of thecriminal law in cases involving sexual offences. This eventis the first to be organised that brings together researchersand criminal justice professionals to discuss the problem andpossible solutions.” For further information contact:Phil.Rumney@uwe.ac.uk or Karen.Harrison@uwe.ac.uk.7

Symposium -International Lawand Armed ConflictNEWSBristol Law School is hostingan international symposium onInternational Law and Armed Conflict,which will be taking place in Bristolfrom 3 – 5 September 2008 on theFrenchay Campus. This symposiumstrives to bring together academics,practitioners, research students andothers interested in this field. The aimis to review and examine the challengesfacing international law relating toarmed conflict and to identify gaps inknowledge, policy and practice. Thesymposium will provide an open forumwhere relevant issues and perspectivescan be discussed and views candidlyexchanged. Further information isavailable on the symposium website:http://bls.uwe.ac.uk/international-lawarmed-conflict/index.cfmSocio-Legal StudiesAssociation conferenceBristol School of Law has successfully wonthe right to hold the annual Socio-LegalStudies Association (SLSA) conferencein 2010. The SLSA is the leading bodyfor socio-legal scholars and holding theconference will give the School of Law andthe university national and internationalrecognition.UWE students help create a legacy forpupils at Knowle Park Primary SchoolFor the second year running students from the School of Creative Arts have beenworking with 66 Year Six (Y6) pupils at Knowle Park Primary School in Bristol to createa visual legacy for the next Y6 pupils to enjoy and be inspired by.The resulting work, a digital photography exhibition of portraits taken by the UWEstudents featuring the children, was launched at a special opening at the schoolon Monday 14 July. The pupils, school staff, parents, UWE students took part incelebrating this wonderful achievement. The photography exhibition comprised ofimages of the children acting in role play situations which show their ambitions forthe future. Ambitions chosen by the children include musical actresses, car designers,archaeologists and fashion designers. The photographs replaced the images taken bythe school’s previous year children last year.Shawn Sobers, UWE’s Senior Lecturer in Photography and Outreach Co-ordinatorhelped to organise the project with a group of seven photography students. Heexplained, “It is fantastic to be able to continue this project for the second yearrunning with Knowle Park. The school wanted the project to include every Y6 pupilby giving them an opportunity to leave some sort of visual legacy for future pupils toenjoy. I hope that this partnership between the school and the university can becomean annual event. We are already planning to show the work at our Bower Ashtoncampus later in the year and invite all the children and parents, which will be great asthey will all be in their secondary schools by then, so it will be a huge reunion.”Pupils also visited the gallery at the Royal West of England Academy to seethe Through the Lens photography exhibition, and had a tour by professionalphotographers and curators involved with the show, and also had a practicalworkshop to help inspire their creative ideas.James Walker, Year 6 teacher at Knowle Park Primary School, said, “The childrenwere given a great opportunity to think about their ambitions and dreams for thefuture. They thoroughly enjoyed working with the UWE students and learning aboutphotography. The art gallery really got the children thinking outside the box aboutthe different sorts of images that can be created.“The presence of positive rolemodels for the children helps themsee the opportunity that highereducation can offer. It’s fantastic tohave a link between primary andhigher education and we would beeager to work with UWE again onfurther projects.”John Year 6 from Knowle Park(Photograph by Amelia Stewart, level 1photography BA (Hons) student)UWE researchers work in AfricaUWE researchers Professors Moira Plant and Martin Plant have beeninvited to collaborate with members of the Faculty of Economic andManagement Sciences in the University of Pretoria in South Africato carry out two main tasks.Firstly, they will be devising a long-term national programmeof research into the economic costs of alcohol and other drugproblems in South Africa. In preparation for the conduct of localstudies on the economic cost of problems related to psychoactivesubstance use in South Africa, a provisional training manual forteam members will be produced during a meeting in July. This willbe attended by the UWE researchers, together with representativesfrom the University of the North, Pretoria University andJohannesburg University (South Africa) as well as Makere University(Uganda). It is likely that the new research programme will includestudies similar to some of those carried out by UWE’s Alcohol andHealth Research Unit. The latter include epidemiological surveys ofalcohol, tobacco and drug use by young people and adults in variedsocial settings.8Secondly, the Plants will advise on the creation of a network andsupport mechanism for alcohol researchers throughout Africa. Itis hoped that these will be able to come together at a series ofsmall, informal symposia similar to those the UWE team have beenarranging in the UK for over 30 years. (These meetings currentlytake place twice a year in Kendal.) Support for this plan has alreadybeen secured from colleagues in Africa’s two heaviest drinkingcountries, Nigeria and Uganda. South Africa, ‘the Rainbow Nation’,has many health and social problems, including those related tolegal and illicit drug use. Like other sub-Saharan countries, it alsohas catastrophic levels of HIV/AIDS and high levels of prematuremortality. Many of these problems appear to be growing.Moira Plant comments: “It is a privilege to be able to work witha multi-racial team. Alcohol and other drug alcohol problems arefar too widespread for any single country to respond adequatelywithout assessing the nature, scale, distribution and cost of theproblem. Furthermore, no country has all the answers, so we needto share whatever is known about the best and most practicalresponses and solutions.”

NEWSRecruiting volunteersfor GhanaRachel Gilbert (HSC) works as a Clinical SkillsDemonstrator, teaching practical skills tonursing students. She also uses her skills to helpthe people of Ghana, which she has visitedtwice with Bristol-based charity Hands Aroundthe World, to help build accommodation fororphaned or disabled children. The charity havesent three teams from Bristol so far, two to theMisthy Cee Development Centre in Akomadan,Ghana, and are now recruiting for another teamto go there in February 2009.The centre was named after local man SiakaStevens - also known as Misthy Cee, after thetwo American families who supported hiseducation – who has made his dream a reality.He set up a home, school and health centre fororphans and vulnerable children and has workedwith Hands Around the World since 2006 toconstruct the buildings.Rachel said, “I have worked on the buildingsite, with local builders, carrying mortar, layingconcrete blocks, fitting doors and windows. Butthis is more than practical help – the projectsaim to develop friendships, and increaseawareness of the issues, problems and strengthsof people living very different lives to us. I livedwith a local family and learned about their wayof life.”While living conditions in Akomadan are basic,everyone who has visited has made greatfriends, had unforgettable experiences and looksback with pride at what they have achieved.Last November, a Hands Around the World teamstarted work on classrooms at the new school.Next February, another team will go out to helpcomplete those classrooms and construct a toiletblock.Hands around the World is looking for a widerange of enthusiastic, committed and adaptablepeople - young and mature, male and female,with and without building experience – to jointhe team going out in February 2009. For moreinformation, contact Rachel Gilbert, BristolFriends of HATW Co-ordinator, on 01454 887382or rachel.gilbert@blueyonder.comChildren's homeNew course in Law for ConstructionProfessionals is launchedThe School of the Built and Natural Environment in collaboration with PinsentMasons LLP are launching a new Postgraduate Certificate which aims to giveconstruction professionals the skills necessary to identify and address legalissues in construction projects.Jim Mason, the Programme Leader says, “There is an increasing need forpeople with knowledge and skills in the law relating to construction projectslaw. Every building project operates within its constraints of time and moneyand understanding the legal framework underlying these arrangementsis vital for a successful outcome. This course enables students to gain thespecialist knowledge involved.”This new course is aimed at those who already have a degree in anothersubject and/or have experience as a professional working within theconstruction industry. The Postgraduate Certificate involves 60 credits of studyand is offered as a one year part-time course. To complete the course, fourmodules are undertaken on day-release by those in full-time employment.Details of the course can be found at: http://courses.uwe.ac.uk/. For furtherinformation please contact Jim Mason (Programme Leader) Jim.Mason@uwe.ac.uk 83096 JulianSpicer bne@uwe.ac.uk 83000HSC supports CommonwealthProfessional FellowPictured (L-R) JimMason (ProgrammeLeader), ProfessorMartin Boddy(Executive Dean), BethRogers (Associate atPinsent Masons LLP),Lawrence Davies(Partner at PinsentMasons LLP)Dr Willie Ako of Papua New Guinea has been working with Dr JaneFitzpatrick (HSC) in developing an empowerment approach to researchwith members of communities who originate from remote rural villagesin Papua New Guinea. This research has had a profound impact on thehealth of the communities involved and has extended into malariaprevention initiatives in the Southern Highlands and Pomio areas ofPapua New Guinea. Dr Ako works towards supporting political cohesionin tandem with building social capital at the grass roots level. Inrecognition of his commitment to supporting strategic developmentsin Papua New Guinea Dr Ako has been awarded a prestigiousCommonwealth Professional Fellowship.As part of his three month programme Dr Ako will work with colleaguesin HSC to explore how ICT developments can be harnessed to initiateand extend social networks in resourcing health and educationimpact initiatives in PapuaNew Guinea and similardeveloping world contexts.His programme, whichenables him to extend hisportfolio of professionalskills, is being co-ordinatedby Professor Michael Crossley,Chair of Comparative andInternational Education at theUniversity of Bristol.Dr Ako with tribesmen andvillage elders10

Images: Elspeth LambCourses and workshopsat Spike Print StudioSpike Print Studio’s courses,workshops and masterclasses aresuitable for beginners and moreexperienced printmakers. We havean exciting programme for Autumnand Spring and are introducingnew screenprinting courses forintermediate and advanced levels.If you are under 25 and sign up foran etching or relief class, we willgive you a 10% discount!All the courses are much in demandso please book early. For furtherinformation call 0117 929 135and take a look at our website:www.spikeprintstudio.orgMasterclasses include:Printing without a presswith Elspeth Lamb–Japanese WoodblockPrinting in the Ukiyo-etraditionSat 7 & Sun 8 February 200910am-5pm, Cost: £140Papermaking Masterclasswith Elaine CooperSat 14 & Sun 15 March 200910am-5pm, Cost: £200If booked together, get adiscount of £50!

UWE trainsstudents to usenew patientrecords softwareNEWSFrom September, UWE will implementan educational version of the patientrecord software being introduced in theNHS, called Cerner Academic EducationSoftware.As the NHS moves toward the useof electronic health records for allpatients, the new project meansnursing and other health sciencesstudents at UWE have the opportunityto use similar software to that beingintroduced in hospitals.UWE is working with Cerner to adaptthe system and make it appropriatefor UK health professional practice andcurriculum. The NHS will use softwarefrom Cerner, a major global health careinformation technology company, toprovide the electronic health records ina large number of its hospitals.The Cerner software is the only fullclinical information system adaptedto support health care curricula andclassroom instruction.Professor John Duffield (HLS) said, “Thispartnership is a great opportunity tokeep nursing education at UWE atthe forefront of current health carepractice, ensuring that our students arefully prepared for the environments inwhich they are going to be caring forpatients and clients.”FE volunteers: beauty therapy projectA group of parents and carers of children with Autistic Spectrum Disorder, who meettogether to share experiences and get support with help from the National AutisticSociety, were treated to a new experience in June. Eight volunteers from the City ofBristol College offered beauty therapy services to the group members, treating themto manicures, facials, eye-brow shaping, and massages.The project was the result of a competition to come up with an exciting newvolunteering project and was designed to give FE students a chance to practise theirskills whilst also helping people in the community. The £200 prize money from the‘Think Outside the Box’ competition organised by Volunteering England enabledthe students to carry out various beauty treatments and give all the carers beautyproduct gift packs to take home with them.Stephen Dale, Project Co-ordinator from the UWE Community Volunteer Programme,came up with the project idea during the Student Volunteering Conference 2008.‘Students in Further Education colleges have so many skills which can be used tobenefit the community. This project is a great example of how students can developtheir skills in a real-life situation, whilst making a difference to people for whomlife is sometimes pretty tough. Volunteer projects like this are well established inuniversities, but less common within Further Education. It’s time to think about howwe can change that.’Leila Cree is a lecturer at the City of Bristol College Green Centre: “This kind ofactivity gets the students out into a realistic working environment and improvestheir communication and therapy skills. They also undertake work experience ina salon, and there is a salon at college where clients come in for treatments. Theyalso do enrichment weeks at local secondary schools. All these activities are usuallycompleted in their college time, so the idea of ‘volunteering’ is new for them. Thesestudents will soon qualify as Beauty Therapists after studying for two years to gaintheir NVQ level 3.”Amber McCarthy, Project Assistantfrom the Community VolunteerProgramme, put the project intoaction. The photos from the event(taken by Amber McCarthy) wonsecond prize in the VolunteeringEngland (VE) Photographiccompetition. The project will alsobe featured as a case study in thenew VE FE publication being sent toevery FE college in the UK.FE College student Amber Walterscarries out a manicure on NationalAutistic Society group memberLorna Siviter, an MA student in Printmaking (CA) has recently been announcedas a runner up in the British Ceramic Tile Design Competition. The competitionwas open to undergraduate and postgraduate students throughout the UK. Thefinalists’ designs were on show at the Tile and Stone Show 2008 in London in June.The winning designs were be judged by an independent panel.www.thetileandstoneshow.co.uk12

Business full of eastern promiseUWE co-hosted an event with UK Trade and Investment on 5 Junefor local companies wishing to do business in the growing marketsof Singapore and Malaysia. UWE’s contribution was made throughthe Regional Language Network South-West, whose West ofEngland Hub Director is Dr Peter Gold (LLAS).Peter explained: “The UKTI is organising a market visit toSingapore and Malaysia in October, and this event provided anopportunity for those companies signed up for the visit to gain adeeper insight into the region, as well as providing an opportunityfor UKTI to get more businesses signed up.“Although it proved to be quite a challenge, we managed to findsomeone locally who could teach the delegates a bit of the Malaylanguage (Bahasa) and we also laid on visiting speakers who couldprovide important briefings on the business culture of the regionas well as highlight its business potential.”The main speakers at the event were Trevor Lewis (Director ofTrade and Investment at the British High Commission in Malaysia),Stephen Evans (High Growth Market Specialist, UKTI), Nick PeaceCaribbean economic development in focus(International Trade Adviser specialising in aerospace, UKTI),Andrew Fraser (Senior International Trade Adviser, UKTI) and PeterCrowle (Director of Glintek Services Ltd).Pictured from left to right, back row; Peter Crowle, Stephen Evans,Andrew Fraser, Dr Peter Gold; (front row) Trevor Lewis, Susan Roe,Ben EuMachine Vision Laboratory wins MRC funding to studyskull abnormalitiesResearchers at UWE’s Machine Vision Laboratory have won aprestigious Medical Research Council (MRC) award to researchskull abnormalities in children. The project, a collaborationwith North Bristol NHS Trust and the London OrthoticConsultancy, will use innovative 3D imaging techniques toaccurately measure the faces and heads of children and lookfor links between abnormality in head shape and subtlesignatures present in facial features.A principal focus will be a type of cranial disorder calledpositional plagiocephaly, where the two sides of the skulldevelop inconsistently, so that the shape of the head has anasymmetric, flattened or other abnormal shape. The numberof babies diagnosed with plagiocephaly has risen sharply from1 in 300 to about 1 in 60. Early identification and interventioncan significantly improve the treatment of the condition.Professor Melvyn Smith said “We are particularly pleased towin this MRC funding and I hope our work may eventually helpto result in better diagnosis and treatment of plagiocephaly, acondition that my own son suffered from.“This technique would be quicker and easier than othermeasurement techniques, less traumatic for the baby andless sensitive to baby movements. Developing a practicalmethod for assessing 3D face shape and symmetry couldhave wider applications, for example in assessing strokepatients or evaluating the surgical outcomes of various facialreconstructive procedures, including cleft palate.”Dr Lyndon Smith, a Reader in the Vision Laboratory, said: “Wewant to find out whether it is possible to clearly differentiatebetween differing medical conditions, such as positionalplagiocephaly, ocular plagiocephaly, and torticollis using easilyaccessible 3D face measurements.”Head of the Department of Design and Engineering Dr JohnLanham said: “This project aims to build upon the developingbody of work in 3D face data capture and analysis alreadyunderway at UWE as part of the Engineering and PhysicalSciences Research Council PhotoFace project.”Deputy Vice-Chancellor John Rushforth said “We are delightedto receive such a high profile award. It will enable us tocontinue to carry out world-class research that could changelives, leading to better understanding, diagnosis and treatmentof an important area of child health. This is the first timethe Bristol Institute ofTechnology has receivedfunding from the MedicalResearch Council, andstrongly reinforces UWE’sreputation as a leadingnew university carrying outresearch.”Example of baby’s head withPlagiocephalyThe launch of a special issue of The Round Table, edited by Dr Peter Clegg (HLSS) and Dr Densil Williams from the University of the WestIndies took place in Kingston, Jamaica on 12 June. The issue entitled ‘Competitiveness and Caribbean Economies: Emerging Issues andFuture Directions’ (Issue 396, June 2008), features a range of Caribbean and British scholars considering how best the CommonwealthCaribbean can improve its economic performance at a time when the region is facing increasing challenges as a consequence ofglobalisation. The launch itself was hosted by the Department of Management Studies and the Office of the Principal at UWI, andfeatured a keynote address by Ambassador Richard Bernal, head of the Caribbean’s trade negotiating body. In his address AmbassadorBernal called for the region to show greater dynamism and new thinking in plotting future competitiveness policy. This was followed bya round table panel of distinguished experts who offered a number of suggestions on how the region can improve its competitivenessposition in the world.13

Summeraccommodationat UWE Bristolfrom £29.99 per nightSummer break accommodation onFrenchay Campus can now bebooked online.En-suite bedrooms and flats areavailable throughout the summer.For more information or to makea booking visit:www.uwe.ac.uk/hsv/holidayor telephone:0117 32 81667

Coaching skills for careers advisors may help studentsUWE Careers advisers Linda Moysey and Sandra Parry haverecently completed a Diploma in Management Coaching andMentoring with the Institute of Leadership and Management(ILM). Coaching is becoming more widespread and theprofessional body AGCAS has recently set up a discussion grouparound coaching as an approach. Universities offering coachingare still in the minority and it is a new way of working withstudents.Linda Moysey said, “I want to use coaching to help students whoneed additional support beyond the standard service we offer. Iplan to pilot offering coaching to HLSSstudents who do not have a clear ideaabout their career direction.”Sandra Parry said, "I am reallyinterested in coaching as a way ofworking with students that need adifferent approach to our existingservice. I have found it has reallyimpacted on my practice in my currentrole in terms of using some coachingtechniques and I hope to developcoaching further within my work atUWE."UWE Careers adviser Jayne Saul-Paterson completed a similarDiploma in Coaching in 2000 with The Coaching Academy, whichis the largest UK school for training coaches and has trained over15,000 people in the last eight years.Saul-Paterson said “After completing the qualification and beforebeginning my work at UWE, I ran my own life coaching practiceand worked as a coach on a number of career developmentprogrammes in the Civil Service. My background in coachingis useful in supporting the work I do with students on theEmployability and Diversity project. Coaching has given me a setof tools and techniques to work with a diverse range of clients toestablish their priorities.”Jane James, programme manager ofthe ILM programme and Director ofBath Coaching and Mentoring, said,“We are convinced that our approachto learning about coaching andmentoring has impact not only forparticipants on the programme butalso for the people they work with.We are looking to recruit for a newprogramme starting in September.The programme will suit people whoare interested in accrediting theircoaching and mentoring experience.”Pictured from left to right are; Jayne Saul Paterson, Sandra Parry andLinda MosleyTurn tears into cheers – become a Reading BuddyShield Road Primary School children have written a letter andsent ‘Wanted’ posters to the Community Volunteer Programmeasking UWE staff to ‘come and read with us’ in an attempt torecruit volunteers to help them develop their reading skills.Head teacher Nick Moss explains, “We share many of the samechallenges as nearby Bristol schools but our funding (becausewe are a South Gloucestershire school) is significantly lower. Wetherefore do everything we can to seek support elsewhere inthe immediate community.” He added that the UWE ReadingBuddies programme seems perfectly tailored to their needs.The Community Volunteer Programme has been successfullyrunning the Reading Buddies scheme for the past 18 months.During this time 45 staff from a wide variety of differentfaculties and services have volunteered in three local primaryschools. The staff volunteers use their lunch break to visitlocal schools to help children with their literacy. ReadingBuddies is a national scheme which encourages links betweenlocal businesses and local schools. The Community VolunteerProgramme (CVP) is working in partnership with localeducational charity ABLAZE.Feedback from schools participating in the scheme suggeststhat the benefits to the children include an increase in theirconfidence and enthusiasm and an improvement in theirreading ability. There are benefits for the volunteers too! Hereare some comments from UWE staff who have been involved inthe scheme.“I think my general well being is enhanced by knowing that I'mhelping someone else.” Sally, Academic Services Officer“My experience has been excellent. I feel proud that I amhelping the local community.” Andy, Lithograph Team Leader“It has been a wonderful experience to feel as though I havecontributed in a small way to a child's development.” Jill,Faculty Librarian“I really wanted to be able to do something rather than justthe usual routine of work, home, work!...I ALWAYS enjoy thechange.” Fiona, Research ManagerJenny Wade, who co-ordinates the scheme for CVP, says “Weplan to recruit and train staff over the summer so that they areready to begin volunteering by early October 2008. We hopewe can respond positively to the children’s pleas and providethe extra reading support they need and also to build on therelationship the school already has with UWE.”CVP are also recruiting Reading Buddies for Filton Avenue,Hillfields and Lockleaze schools. For more informationplease visit: www.uwe.ac.uk/volunteer/staffvolunteering/readingbuddies, or e-mail cvp@uwe.ac.ukShield RoadPrimary Schoolpupils lookinghappy becausethey have areading buddyand the pupilswithout abuddy lookingglum15

NEWSFlying high: UWE boostslean production andinternational marketingof Flexifoil kitesPrizewinning kitesports company Flexifoil hasjust signed a new partnership with UWE Bristolto improve its gravity-defying business.Under the Knowledge Transfer Partnership,the company, which sponsors the world’s bestfreestyle kitesurfer Aaron Hadlow, will draw onknowledge from Dr Paul Head, lean supply chainexpert (BIT) and Dr Peter Nuttall, internationalmarketing expert (BBS). Two graduates will beemployed to introduce the latest techniques inlean production and international marketing.The £220,000 deal was brokered by StephenBatty (RBI). The main objectives are to introduce‘in-time’ production, reducing lead-times andcosts by producing kites and other equipment toorder, improve sourcing, and move the companyinto new international markets.Project leader Judith Jordan (BBS) said, “Thispartnership aims to make the company becomemore competitive in the international arena andwill give the University valuable experience ofaddressing real-world challenges.”Managing director Roy Carter said, “We area fast-moving company and were particularlypleased that the deal was agreed just ten weeksafter the first meeting with UWE. Kiting is oneof the fastest growing sports in the world today,whether people are looking for recreational funor serious adrenalin highs.”This partnership received financial supportfrom the Knowledge Transfer Partnershipsprogramme (KTP). KTP aims to help businesses toimprove their competitiveness and productivitythrough better use of knowledge, technologyand skills that reside within the UK KnowledgeBase. KTP is funded by the Technology StrategyBoard along with other government fundingorganisations.UWE helps create Centre ofExcellence in CroatiaThe University of the West of England is working with the Polytechnicand Technical School of Karlovac to set up a Centre of Excellence inMechatronics (Mechanical and Electronics Engineering) in a manufacturingregion of Croatia. The project will support regional learning andinnovation in education and training, and better equip the localmanufacturing industry to respond to the changing needs of the Croatianand global economy. UWE has been awarded C=435,000 (£342,000) by theEuropean Union to help set up the Centre which will be hosted by thePolytechnic of Karlovac and the Technical School and is supported bythe regional stakeholders including the relevant ministries and regionalpromotion organisations.Professor Darko Vyroubal, Vice Dean of the Faculty within the Polytechnicof Karlovac said, “The establishment of such a Centre is what isdesperately needed to introduce modern blended learning and businessinitiative to local industry which is losing pace with modern technology”.Staff from the Polytechnic and the Technical School travelled to Bristolrecently for a study tour hosted by UWE’s Bristol Institute of Technology(BIT) including industrial visits to Rolls Royce, Renishaw, Seetru, Rotork;visits to laboratories within the Institute and the Bristol RoboticsLaboratory.The Project Director is John Lanham (BIT) and the UWE team leader isFarid Dailami, Farid said, “UWE is advising on course content, curricula anddelivery methods as well as staffing and resourcing. We are determiningregional industry needs and helping the Centre set up appropriatestructures to respond to external demands. The UWE team is developinga range of innovative mechanisms for Knowledge Exchange, to enableequipment, facilities and expertise from the Centre of Excellence to beaccessed by local industrial clients”.To understand and meet the skills and training needs of local industrialpartners, the team will establish External Advisory Boards, comprisingrepresentatives of the region’s stakeholders, typically senior membersfrom industry, Chamber of Commerce and educators from the Centre ofExcellence. UWE is also talking with regional stakeholders in Croatia andthe SW UK about supporting region – region business links.The project is supported financially by the European Union. For furtherinformation please contact Tracey John ext 83860 or Richard Baldwinext 81089.Alison Greenslade, Tracey John, Richard Baldwin, John Lanham, Farid Dailami,Peter Hersey, Vladimir Veselic, Milan Bijelic, Ivan Pocega, Marjan Anic, MirkoJuric, Dragan Grgic, Davorka Vouk, Mile Lulic, Ana FuduricWorldchampionfreestylerider AaronHadlowputting aHadlowProkite throughits paces(PhotocreditKolesky/SanDisk)16

theBizidea winners celebrate successA host of bright enterprise ideas were celebrated at this year’sprizegiving final of theBizidea competition. Winner of the BestBusiness Idea prize was Carolyn Newton with her idea for foldableeco-friendly shopping bags, called Whalebags. Carolyn said, “Ican't wait for the next step in my business. Supermarket chainshave already shown interest so the prize money and businessmentoring will help Whalebags reach a wider market.”Other winning ideas included Caroline Sargeant's BristolCommunity Festival promoting music, art and culture in the SouthWest, which was judged Best Social Enterprise Idea and AndrewHarrison of Bomb Production's free DVD magazine for Bristolwhich won the Best Creative Design Idea award.Runners-up were a private investigation agency by RoxanneMagee (runner-up, Best Business Idea), Daniel Morgan's incentivescheme for students who volunteer (runner-up, Best SocialEnterprise Idea) and Rachel Horrocks' design company, BasicBaroque (runner-up, Best Creative Design Idea).The competition is run by UWE's Research, Business andInnovation group (RBI) and entrants had stiff competition withthe prospect of glittering prizes. The three top prizes each offereda cash award of £5,000 and a year's rent-free space in UWE's citycentre business incubator. There was a special Chartered InstituteGreat Western Air Ambulance takes offof Marketing award for the entry with the best marketingelement, which went to Lauren Tobia of Stretch Illustration.Three Merit Awards for outstanding entrants who impressed thejudges with their enthusiasm and drive were awarded to MichaelBull of Open Faculty in the Social Enterprise Idea category; KeithProbert of Viimi in the Business Idea category and Lauren Tobia ofStretch Illustration in the Creative Design Idea category.From left to right; Winners of Best Creative Design Idea Oliver Prince,Andrew Harrison and Daniel HigginsonHSC Professorof EmergencyCare, JonathanBenger, hasrealised hisgoal of settingup an airambulance forthe region. Thelaunch of theGreat WesternAir Ambulancewas extensivelycovered in the media and has already proved its worthproviding emergency care for patients with life-threateningconditions. Jonathan’s idea for an improved pre-hospital criticalcare service received a big boost when it won the first SocialEnterprise prize awarded in the 2005 theBizIdea competition.He said, “The initial funding I received from UWE’s businessplan competition proved invaluable in setting up the newservice. During 2007 the Great Western Ambulance ServiceAir Support Unit was set up and merged with the ARIESproject that won the competition. A proof-of-concept awardarranged through Research, Business and Innovation providedessential resources for further business planning and to gatherfundraising information.“A team of doctors has been trained to deliver pre-hospitalcare, and a new group of critical care paramedics have beentrained in association with the School of Health and Social Careat UWE. These can deliver emergency care by bringing thehospital to the patient, using a fleet of fast response cars and adedicated EC 135 helicopter with life-saving equipment basedat Filton Airport, Bristol.”Jonathan is part-time medical adviser to the new GreatWestern Ambulance Air Operations and Critical Care Service,while continuing to direct the emergency care researchprogramme at UWE and work in the emergency departmentsof the Bristol Royal Infirmary and the Bristol Children'sHospital.The new air ambulance meets an identified gap in airambulance cover for the people of Avon and complementsthe Wiltshire and Gloucestershire air ambulance when theyneed additional support. It is a charity and relies on donationsto keep flying – for more information visit http://www.greatwesternairambulance.com/Dr Jonathan Benger with air ambulance (above)CRISP comes to PASSFrom 1 August the University will be using a new project approval system. PASS (Proposal Approval Support System) will replace CRISP(CRIGS Information Systems Project) in supporting the Project Approval process. This is the process whereby proposals for externalfunding are developed, assessed and signed off by the appropriate authority within the University.The new system, which has been developed by RBI in collaboration with faculties and other professional services, seeks to enable staffto identify key issues as they develop proposals, and to provide guidance and contacts for further support. Dr Amanda Longley (DeputyHead of R&D, RBI) said, “The new system is designed to provide constructive assistance as well as helping the University to identify anykey risks associated with proposals that may need specialist advice. The system has also been designed to be more effective for differentsorts of project proposal, whether they be for research, consultancy, CPD or teaching and learning. We hope that staff responsible fordeveloping proposals will find it more helpful and user friendly.” Briefing sessions for those likely to be using the new system are beingheld throughout July and August. For more information contact Caroline.Nash@uwe.ac.uk.17

Researcher careerdevelopment in thespotlightNEWSThe career development of researcherscame under the spotlight at the most recentUWE Researchers’ Forum. In the keynoteaddress, Dr Sara Williams, Chair of the UKHigher Education Researcher Developmentgroup (UKHERD), presented a nationalperspective on recent policy developments,including the recent publication of arevised Concordat to Support the CareerDevelopment of Researchers.The Concordat, agreed by the main UKresearch funding bodies and the employersof researchers including universities,provides a single, unambiguous statementof the expectations and responsibilitiesof institutions with respect to themanagement of researchers. It providesdetails of effective practice for the supportand management of research staff anda single reference point for institutionsseeking to meet the expectations of anumber of different funders within the UKas well as the European Commission. Byadopting and implementing the principlesof the Concordat, universities would expectto fulfil the expectations of funders.Publication coincides with the launch ofVitae, a new organisation dedicated torealising the potential of researchers inthe UK. Incorporating both the UKGRADprogramme (for research studentdevelopment) and UKHERD, and funded bythe Research Councils, Vitae will supportthe personal, professional and careermanagement of researchers in the UK, andwill play a major role in the implementationof the principles of the Concordat.Professor Robin Means, chair of the UWEResearchers’ Forum and Associate Dean(HLS) said, “UWE very much welcomesthe new Concordat and the launch ofVitae. Although there is much to do toensure that research staff have accessto a full range of career developmentopportunities, UWE is well placed to meetthe expectations of the Concordat. We lookforward to working with Vitae as closely aswe have with UKGRAD in recent years indeveloping our support for research staffand students”.The UWE Researchers’ Forum is supportedjointly by RBI and Human Resources. Forfurther information, including a copy of theConcordat, contact (RBI) Paul.Spencer@uwe.ac.uk or (HR) Pam.Fitzsimmons@uwe.ac.uk.Research ethics trainingUnderstanding and responding to ethical issues in research is becoming increasinglyimportant, as is the role of Research Ethics committees in assessing ethical issues inproject proposals. At UWE, representatives of the newly established Faculty ResearchEthics Sub-Committees recently attended a training workshop on research ethicsorganised by RBI at St Matthias Campus.The training was facilitated by Professor Stephen Wilkinson and Dr Allison Ross ofKeele University’s Centre for Professional Ethics, the largest and most successfulprovider of postgraduate ethics courses in Europe. Focusing on research ethics in ahigher education context, the workshop considered issues such as informed consent,working within specific research ethics frameworks, and protecting the reputation ofthe institution.Professor Robin Means, Chair of the University Research Ethics Committeecommented, “The day also offered participants a valuable opportunity to sharepractices and experiences and to address common concerns across faculties, whilerecognising the diversity of research activity in different academic disciplines.”Dr Amanda Longley, Secretary of the University Research Ethics Committee (RBI) said,“Ethical review is not about deciding what is morally right and wrong but abouthaving sufficient knowledge and experience to identify ethical issues so that they canbe properly considered and guidance given. This sort of training is vital in promotinggreater awareness and understanding of ethical issues in research at UWE”.Staff in RBI arecurrently up-dating theUniversity’s researchethics web pages andwill be launching therevised pages over thesummer.HE Advisers conference 2008(L to R) ProfessorStephen Wilkinson (KeeleUniversity), ProfessorRobin Means (Chairof University ResearchEthics Committee, UWE),Dr Allison Ross (KeeleUniversity)Over 80 delegates including Careers Advisers, representatives from HEIs, teachersand tutors from across the region were joined by postgraduate careers guidancestudents and staff from UWE for the HE Advisers conference 2008. This year’s themewas ‘What is the future of Information, Advice and Guidance (IAG)?'. Ron Ritchie(EDU) welcomed delegates and speakers and John Thompson (Head of IAG at theDepartment for Schools, Children and Families) detailed current Government policyand the importance of IAG in the Every Child Matters agenda and Children’s Plan.John reiterated the Government’s commitment to universal face-to-face access to IAGand emphasised the key role of IAG in light of the introduction of Diplomas.Alison Williams (Chief Executive, Director of Children’s Services and Guidance forProspects Services Limited) described Prospect’s role in the provision of IAG andtalked about their future plans to redefine the provision of services for young peopleand ensure that current services are still relevant. Mike Griffiths (Executive Managerof Connexions West of England) covered issues such as inadequate funding of IAG,the need for better scrutiny and inspection of existing services whilst retaining thevision of a joined up approach to careers advice for all ages.Kate White (Senior Student Adviser, UWE) described the new funding arrangementsfor students in England, how these changes could affect applicants from differentbackgrounds, and how to ensure the right advice and guidance about studentfinance is given. Mary Dempsey (Programme Leader, Postgraduate Diploma in CareersGuidance) chaired the final lively debate in which the delegates challenged thespeakers who were joined by Maggie Westgarth (UWE’s Careers Service).View and download a copy of the presentations at www.uwe.ac.uk/schoolsandcolleges/ For further information about the conference or to registerinterest in similar events please e-mail partnershipsair@uwe.ac.uk18

Budding sports stars celebrate successful year with UWEThirty year six children from the Bristol region who showedgreat sporting potential rounded off a year of specialisttraining and coaching at UWE’s Centre for Sport with a visitand masterclass from Olympic athlete Jason Gardener MBE.The initiative was launched by the University last September inassociation with the Bristol School Sports Partnership of AshtonPark, Portway School and the City Academy. The childrenhave attended a series of workshops throughout the year withthe Centre for Sport’s strength and conditioning team andspecialist sports coaches.The project started with a series of rigorous fitness tests tomeasure speed, acceleration, balance, co-ordination andstrength for Year Five primary school children in Bristol. 250children from these tests went to Ashton Park School, PortwaySchool and the City Academy for a two day selection campwhere they were put through further assessment. 30 of thetalented children were invited to attend the workshops atUWE.Alex Isaac, UWE's Sports Development Manager, said, “Theprogramme has been very successful, with children attendingseminars in topics such as nutrition, hydration and injuryprevention. The Centre for Sport’s Strength and Conditioningteam have delivered 10 sessions covering a wide range ofphysical conditioning and a number of guest coaches havecome in to deliver sport specific coaching sessions. Thechildren’s performances have been recorded and, fundingdependent, they’ll return next year so we can monitor andevaluate their development and hopefully enable them tofulfil their potential.”At the final session on 4 July, Olympic sprinter, Jason GardenerMBE came along to share his expertise and to inspire andencourage the young people in pursuing their sporting goals.Jason Gardener MBE with the school children at the final workshopTaking control of informationRecords management has been in the news recently withreports of sensitive documents left on trains by governmentofficials and a minister’s laptop stolen. In some ways, thenumber of data breaches is unsurprising. The volume ofelectronic data has increased dramatically, with more beingproduced in 2007 than in the whole of human history. Manyorganisations have reviewed their policies, taken stockof existing records and implemented systems to controlelectronic information, to ensure they are meeting legislativeand regulatory requirements.UWE decided following a feasibility study that an electronicdocument and records management (EDRM) system was astrategic priority and introduced a Records ManagementProgramme this year. The first phase was to appoint a recordsmanager to improve records management with leads infaculties and services in preparation for an EDRM system.Since her appointment as Records Manager in January thisyear, Pam Pearce has been developing the Programme.The first priority is a Records Management policy. Workwill then start on an information audit identifying coreinformation and record types held across the University,including paper, electronic records and microficheand databases. Leads will meet regularly at a RecordsManagement Forum to prepare for the Information Audit andshare best practice.Pam says, “Records management is about controlling recordsefficiently and systematically whatever their format, fromwhen they are created, through current and semi-currentuse, to destruction or permanent archiving. Key benefits of arecords management programme are:- reducing costs;- streamlining business processes;- improving efficiency.“Reducing time spent looking for information can releasestaff time for other priorities. Storage and server costs canbe reduced by destroying records which are being keptlonger than necessary and duplicated across the system.Records management supports innovation, change and riskmanagement, and business continuity planning.”There are two main workstreams, Records Management andEDRM, with the records management work being a necessaryprerequisite to successful EDRM implementation. There will betraining programmes as part of both workstreams which willreport to an Executive and to a Programme Board.For more information contact Pam.Pearce@uwe.ac.uk tel:82514.19

News in BriefNEWS IN BRIEFStaff in the mediaCentre for Appearance Research staff,including Professor Nichola Rumsey, contributedto the ITV series, The Great British Body,broadcast in June and presented by ITV’s styleexperts Trinny and Susannah. UWE staff helpedto design some of the ‘experiments’ used in theprogramme such as one aimed at identifyingwhat cues we use in first impressions. NicholaRumsey was also interviewed for her expertise inappearance research.Vanda Fenn (HSC) was interviewed on theYou and Yours programme on BBC Radio 4on 12 June about the national decrease inphysiotherapy applications, attributed to UCASreducing programme choice, and adversepublicity about job prospects. Vanda’s messagewas that job availability in physiotherapy isgradually improving, so applicants should not bedeterred.Professor Glenn Lyons (BNE) was interviewedabout his research into travel time use for‘Hitting the Buffers’ broadcast on BBC Radio 4on Monday 26 June. http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/science/hittingthebuffers.shtmlDr Debra Salmon (HLS) was interviewed abouther work evaluating sexual health clinics insecondary schools by BBC Radio One Newsbeat,Star Radio, South West Media, Kiss Radio, BBCRadio Northampton and Children and YoungPeople Now. Her research was also covered inthe Education Guardian, the Telegraph, the DailyMail, GWR, SkyNews, the Nursing Standard,Western Daily Press and Bristol Evening Post.Stella Warren (Research Assistant, BBS) tookpart in the BBC Radio 2 Jonathon Ross phonein on Saturday 5 July. She managed to mentionthe University of the West of England, and the‘cool professors’ as well as giving a good plugto Bristol as a happy place to live! Stella wona variety of CDs and DVDs and promotionalgoodies.Dr Stuart Shales (LS) was interviewed by BBCRadio Bristol Breakfast programme on 19 Juneabout producing biodiesel on a large scale.PublicationsDr Nikki Coghill (HSC) recently published'The Effect of a Home-Based Walking Programon Risk Factors for Coronary Heart Disease inHypercholesterolaemic Men, A RandomizedControlled Trial', co-authored by Dr AshleyR Cooper from the University of Bristol, inPreventive Medicine, 2008, Vol 46, No 6. Thispaper highlights the role of regular walking inimproving the cholesterol profile in men with ahigh cholesterol level.Dr Noelle Quenivet (Law) publisheda contribution entitled ‘The role of theInternational Criminal Court in the prosecutionof sexual offences committed by peacekeepers’,in Roberta Arnold (ed.), Law Enforcement withinthe Framework of PSO, Leiden/Boston/London,Brill, 2008, at 399-431. She also published incollaboration with Shilan Shah-Davis (SSH - Law)a contribution on ‘’Girl soldiers’ and armedconflict in Africa,’ in Maria S Becker and Julia NSchneider (eds), Human Rights Issues in the 21stCentury, New York, Nova Science Publishers,2008, at 103-132.Mairi Maclean, Professor of InternationalBusiness at BBS has jointly edited France onthe World Stage –Nation State Strategies inthe Global Era. Her collaborating editor isJoseph Szarka, Reader in European Studies inthe Department of European Studies at theUniversity of Bath. The book is published byPalgrave Macmillan.Henry Shaftoe (BNE) has published ConvivialUrban Spaces on the design of successfulurban public spaces - an essential part ofa sustainable built environment. The booktakes a multidisciplinary approach, and drawson research and the literature and theory ofenvironmental psychology and urban designto advance our understanding of what makespublic spaces effective. The publisher isEarthscan.AppointmentsMichèle Wheeler (Academic Registry)has been elected to represent the RegionalCo-ordinators on the Association of UniversityAdministrators’ (AUA) Council, which hasrecently been introduced as the result of aGovernance Review of the AUA. The Councilwill comprise representation from across theMidwives attend international conferenceAt the International Confederation of Midwives Triennialconference in Glasgow in June, staff from HLSS demonstratedthe quality and diversity of research and teaching inmidwifery at UWE.Kathleen Baird and Kirsten Baker presented, ‘Do DramaticInterventions Change Behaviour?: Exploring Theatre as a Toolto Improve Maternity Care for Women Experiencing DomesticAbuse.’ This work was linked to Kathleen’s award winningteaching interventions and research in educating midwivesabout asking questions about domestic abuse.Kirsten’s interactive workshop, ‘Peeling Onions: Using Dramato Access Emotions in Maternity Care’, involved midwivesfrom several countries who expressed their frustrations in adramatic format and shared common experiences. This workrelates to emotion work research and a chapter in an editedbook due to be published soon.Jenny Hall and Mary Mitchell presented a creative workshopbased on their teaching and research, called, ‘ExploringIssues Relating to Spirituality and Birth’. Mary also presenteda session with Julie Williams on their study, ‘The Role ofComplementary Therapies in Supporting Normal Birth: TheViews of Midwife-Complementary Therapists'. Finally, JulieHobbs presented: 'Neophyte (Newly Qualified) MidwivesTransition to Qualified Role' based on her current PhDresearch.Pictured from left to right; Julie Williams, Kathleen Baird, JulieHobbs and Mary Mitchell at the Scottish celebration evening20

membership of the Association and key externalstakeholders, to inform the Board’s strategicdecisions. Michèle is the Regional Co-ordinatorfor the South West Region.ConferencesThe BME Way Forward Conference atUWE (20 June) organised by Dr Marie-AnnickGournet (SSH and Outreach Centre) was a hugesuccess. Over 113 delegates attended the eventwhich celebrated an Aimhigher-funded workshadowing project for over 60 young people inUWE partner schools in Bristol, Gloucestershire,South Gloucestershire and Swindon. UWEGovernor Sherrie Eugene chaired the event,and keynote speaker Professor Gus John gavean inspiring presentation which provokedlively discussion. Tim Pemberton (ManagingEditor, BBC Radio Bristol) gave an excellentpresentation to the young people. The workplacement presentations and contributions ofthe young people themselves were impressive.The undergraduates (BME Schoolslink tutors)who supported the conference were excellentambassadors for the University.Richard Bond (RBI) was selected recentlyto make a presentation to the 2nd INORMS(International Network of Research ManagementSocieties) Congress in Liverpool. His jointpresentation with Dr Jo Cresswell (University ofManchester), was entitled ‘The Researcher asResearch Manager – a Hybrid Professional?’ andexplored the role that experienced researchersplay in supporting research. Using the R&Dteam in RBI as a case study, the presentationquestioned whether this trend constituted theemergence of a new hybrid professional orsomeone caught between two stools, beingneither professional administrator nor academic.The experience at Manchester University,presented by Dr Cresswell, underlined thebenefits of research managers in enhancing thequality of research and especially of researchproposals. The INORMS Congress coincided withthe 18th Annual Conference of the Associationof Research Managers and Administrators(ARMA). For more information on INORMSand ARMA, please contact Richard Bond in RBI(richard.bond@uwe.ac.uk)Julie Mytton (HSC) presented a paper atEuropaediatrics 2008 in Istanbul on 16 June,entitled 'Childhood Injury in Europe'. Theconference was attended by paediatricians fromacross the World Health Organisation EuropeanRegion. The paper highlighted the inequalitiesin child injury occurrence across the region andthe potential role of the paediatrican in workingcollaboratively to reduce these inequalities andthe associated inequity.Charles Butler, children’s author and SeniorLecturer in English, (SSH) visited TavistockCollege on 26 June to act as Special Guest fortheir Carnegie Medal Shadowing event whichwas held in conjunction with seven other Devonschools. As well as talking to the students andsigning books, Charles presented a prize for thebest presentation, and revealed the winner ofthe real Carnegie Medal (the UK’s premier prizefor children’s books), which was announcedearlier that day.Dr Stephen Hunt (Department of Sociologyand Criminology, HLSS) gave two papers at theAustralian Association for the Study of ReligionAnnual Conference, in New Zealand in July.The first, ‘The Right Not to Be Offended’: TheSecularized Discourse of the Anti-Gay ChristianMovements’, and the second was entitled, ‘TheEmerging Church: Characteristics and Typology’.Dr Hunt’s paper ‘Religion and the Life Course:Some Future Considerations’ was presentedin absentia at the annual meeting in Bostonin June of the American Association for theSociology of Religion. Dr Hunt’s book, Religionin Everyday Life (Routledge 2005) was recentlyvoted by American Universities as one of the topten books in the world on religion and society.Dr Hunt also attended the Sociology and Lawconference in May organised by South-WestUniversity, Neofit Rilski, Bulgaria, where he is anacademic consultant for the Centre for the Studyof New Religious Movements. The conferencecelebrated the 150th anniversary of the birth ofEmile Durkheim. Dr Hunt’s paper was entitled‘Durkheimian Approaches to Implicit and QuasiReligiosity – Some Implications for an Analysis ofWorld-Affirming New Religious Movements’. Hehas been invited, along with Eileen Barker (LSE)and John Rex (Warwick), to edit a selection ofthe conference papers for a published volume(Cambridge Scholars).Dr Stephen Hunt and Dave Green (HLSS)have organised a one-day conference on behalfof the British Sociological Association Studyof Religion Group for November, 2008, to beheld at St Matthias Campus. The theme ofthe conference will be sexual diversity, religionand spirituality. The conference papers willbe published in 2009 as a volume edited byDr Hunt and Dr Green for Ashgate publisherentitled 'Contemporary Christianity and LGBTSexualities'.Sarah Bodman (Research Fellow, CA) was a keyspeaker at Booksthatfly Book Art Conferenceand Book Art Competition held at Universityof Brighton, in conjunction with the EdwardJohnston Foundation on 5 July. Sarah is aleading expert on artists’ books that challengethe notion of what a book is expected to be.The conference examined the ways in whichbook artists through the ages have spread theircreative wings.Professor David James (EDU) recently gavethree invited keynote conference speeches. Thefirst was at the University of Bristol DoctoralStudents' Conference was entitled Talking andeloquence are not the same: Learning to sing21in an academic field. This drew on David'sexperiences as both academic and musician.Following this he spoke at two 'Research inFE' conferences - one in Edinburgh and one inBristol. These were both entitled Research inFE: Funny business or core business? and theydrew on recent ESRC-funded projects to developthe argument that some forms of research arenecessary for the professional health of the FEsector.Professor David James (EDU) has accepted aninvitation to speak at the International SchoolChoice Seminar in Barcelona in Septemberorganised by Universitat Autònoma de Barcelonaand the Fundació Jaume Bofill, Catalonia'sleading non-governmental organisation forsocial sciences. The seminar is for key policymakers and researchers. David's talk will focuson choice and social class, and will draw uponthe ESRC project he recently co-directed. He willshare the platform with three other academicsfrom Oxford, Stanford and Lovaine. Followingthe conference, his paper will be translated intoCatalan.Professors Moira Plant and Martin Plantpresented a paper The Third Way? HarmMaximisation and Alcohol Policy in theUnited Kingdom at the 34th Annual AlcoholEpidemiology Symposium of the Kettil BruunSociety. This meeting took place in Victoria,British Columbia, from 2 – 6 June.Professors Moira Plant and Martin Plantdelivered invited lectures at the Centre forAddiction and Mental Health, Toronto, Canadaon 17 and 18 June. Drinking and Pregnancy:A Tale of Two Continents (Moira Plant) BingeBritain: When Rhetoric Fails (Martin Plant)Bernadette Fitzgerald (EDU) hosted aconference ( 3 July) with South GloucestershireLocal Authority to share and celebrate theachievements of the 14 English teachers andtheir students in seven secondary schools whichhave worked with her, Local Authority advisorystaff and Professor Debra Myhill (University ofExeter) in a year long initiative to promote boys'reading.Dr Andrew Mearman, (BBS) was one ofseven UK based researchers invited to attenda British Academy funded Expert Roundtableon Qualitative Comparative Analysis at theCathie Marsh Centre for Census and SurveyResearch at the University of Manchester (2-5June). On 6 June he was an invited speakerat a workshop on Systematic Mixed MethodsResearch at the Cathie Marsh Centre forCensus and Survey Research at the Universityof Manchester. His paper was called ‘Economicsand Mixed Methods’. Andrew also presented apaper at the conference of the Association forHeterodox Economics at Anglia Ruskin University,Cambridge, 4-6 July, entitled ‘Students’perceptions of Economics; and the role ofheterodoxy in affecting them’.

Run for the Future2008 – savingmen’s livesRegister nowand help us fightprostate cancerTake part in our family fun run onSunday 7th September 2008on Bristol’s Downs and help raisefunds for prostate cancer patient careand researchwww.runforthefuture.orgTel. 0117 959 6328The event will raise money for the BUI Bristol Prostate Cancer Appeal, charity no. 1025402Rotary in BristolKindly supported by Iles Printers and Stationers

Human ResourcesMore than just a work experienceThis year over 20 Year ten pupils from schools across the Westand South Wales have participated in the University’s WorkExperience Scheme.If you would like to obtain further advice or a personalestimate of pension and redundancy payments contact the HRteam via e-mail at voluntaryseverance@uwe.ac.uk.Pupils were inducted into the University on the first morningand this year more emphasis was placed on the diverserange of courses we offer and what university life is likefor our students as well as staff. Feedback from the pupilswas extremely positive and some, who had not consideredcontinuing their studies in to HE, were now considering it as anoption for the future.Pupils commented on how welcome they were made to feeland that “everyday was interesting and informative as well asfun”. Pupils were also surprised to discover how many variedcareer opportunities were available at UWE. Not only is thework experience scheme a great way to get involved with thewider local community but a fantastic way to show how UWEcan help future students to reach their goals and ambitions.Human Resources would like to take the opportunity to thankthe Faculties and Services that participated throughout Juneand July as well as thanking Shay Dare who co-ordinated thescheme. If your Faculty or Service would like to participate innext year’s scheme please contact Tim.Copley@uwe.ac.uk.Enhanced Voluntary Severance SchemeAs you are aware the University has recently introduced anenhanced voluntary severance scheme and a flexible andphased retirement scheme. Details are on the website andcan be found at www.uwe.ac.uk/hr/voluntaryseverance. Theenhanced voluntary severance scheme is open to applicationsduring the period 30 June until 31 August 2008. It containsan enhanced redundancy provision which will not be availableafter this date.Staff AssociationCoach ClubDue to demand your request for seats will only be ‘provisional’ untilpayment/deposit is received and they will not be held indefinitelywithout it if we have a waiting list. Thank you.NEW – Sat 27 SeptemberAlton TowersAdults £30, guests £35, children under 12 years and seniors £25. If youhave any entry vouchers that you wish to use, please contact the StaffAssociation for further reductions.Sat 13 SeptemberSevern Valley RailwayThis is the re-scheduled trip from July 07 and all those who wereoriginally booked on (+ those on the waiting list) will be given priorityseats for this trip. Cost: £17 members, £18 guests, £14 children (sameas last year).Fri 10 – Sun 12 OctoberMurder Mystery WeekendCost: £110 members, £115 guests (based on two sharing - singlesupplement £25). Staying at Britannia Bosworth Hall Hotel,Warwickshire, leaving Friday evening, staying for two nights D, B&B.If you are interested in any of the above please contact us:Coachclub@uwe.ac.uk, te 0117 32 83001Walking ClubAre you a budding walker, or even someone that likes to go for a bitof exercise occasionally? Would you like to join the Staff AssociationWalking Club?We are looking for new members to boost our numbers and alsoanyone that is prepared to lead a walk now and again. It doesn’tmatter if you haven’t done this before, we enjoy a laugh andoccasionally getting a bit lost.Upcoming dates for walks:Sunday 10 AugustSunday 31 AugustSunday 21 SeptemberSunday 12 OctoberSunday 2 NovemberSunday 23 NovemberSunday 14 DecemberIf you would like to know more - or would like to volunteer either tolead a short walk or a longer more strenuous one for the younger (andmore energetic) members please contact Amanda Cooke0117 32 82765, e-mail Amanda.Cooke@uwe.ac.uk23

what'sonwww.uwe.ac.ukA Sense of Scale: XLDate: 1 May - 30 July 2008Venue: Bordeaux Quay, V-Shed, CanonsWay,BristolSpike Print Studio's themed exhibitionexploring scale entitled SML XL. Curated byJohn Brennan (UWE) and Peter Ford.Email: info@spikeprintstudio.orgVisit: www.spikeprintstudio.orgBristol Shakespeare FestivalDate: 17 June - 31 August 2008Venue: Various, BristolLargest open air Festival in the UKEmail: miles@bristolshakespeare.org.ukVisit: www.bristolshakespeare.org.uk/UWE Hotshots Summer CampsDate: 28 July - 22 August 2008Venue: Centre for Sport, Frenchay CampusCamps for children aged 8-13. Involvesports, craft activities and much more.Run on 28 July-1 August, 4-8 August, 1-15August, 18-22 AugustContact: Centre for SportTel: 0117 32 86200Visit: www.uwe.ac.uk/sport/sportcampsEDF Energy Bristol Harbour FestivalDate: 1 - 3 August 2008Time: Fri 18:30-22:00; Sat 10:00-22:30;Sun 10:00-17:00Venue: Harbourside, BristolAdmission: Free Tel: 0117 922 3719Visit: www.bristolharbourfestival.co.uk/index.htmlBristol International Balloon FiestaDate: 7 - 10 August 2008Venue: Ashton Court Estate, Long Ashton,BristolAdmission: FreeVisit: http://www.bristolfiesta.co.uk/150 @ 150: 150th AnniversaryExhibitionDate: 10 August - 14 September 2008Venue: Royal West of England Academy ofArtsAdmission: Free Contact: RWATel: 0117 973 5129 Visit: www.rwa.org.ukIslamic Cultural Fayre 2008Date: 24 August 2008 (Time: 12.00-18.00)Venue: Eastville Park, Fishponds Road/Muller Road, Eastville, BristolTo submit a UWE eventto the Bulletin pleaseuse the form at www.uwe.ac.uk/eventsBulletin deadlines 2008Month/IssueSept/79Oct/80Nov/81Copy deadlineMonday 1 SeptWednesday 1 OctMonday 3 NovStaff AdsAdverts up to a maximum of 50 words can be placed in theBulletin by staff for free by e-mailing Kate.Mooney@uwe.ac.uk.Bradley, our 16 yearold cat can't come with usto Australia. We are urgentlylooking for someone to offerhim a good home, preferablyone with no other cats/dogs (hedoes live with a dog). We willpay veterinary bills. If temptedcontact Chris Miller/MavisZutshi 0117 9631800.Modern, fullyequipped apartmentoverlooking large pool on SWcoast of Mauritius. Two double,one twin air conditionedbedrooms, 24 hr security andmaid service. Close to banks,supermarket, restaurants andbus routes. Five minutes walkto beach. Airport transfers canbe arranged. Contact Michelon 01275866233 or e-maillimpinnian@aol.comHouse for Sale - StokePark, three bedrooms, sixyears old (NHBC certificate),downstairs cloaks, en-suite tomaster bedroom, fully doubleglazed, excellent decorativeorder throughout, oak flooringthroughout downstairs,good size garden very lowmaintenance house andgarden. Price: £214,950 pleasecall Kay for further details 07528634348.To let – French holidayhome in Vendee town ofAizenay, West France. 15 minsfrom coast and golf courses,sleeps 10, fully equipped, from£300 per week. Further detailscontact Patrice Lloyd 01454850698.S. Fowler ElectricalServices - Domestic electricalwork and inspection. Testingundertaken. IEE 16th EditionQualified. Tel 0117 9569696 ormob. 07760 190114. E-mail:stevefowler66@aol.comMC Electrics - Friendlylocal electrician (Bristol, Bath& surrounding areas). Reliableand experienced in all aspectsof domestic, commercial andindustrial work. For a freequotation call 07813 895505 ore-mail mncaseley@hotmail.comReading Buddies"I think my general well being is enhanced by knowing that I'm helpingsomeone else." Sally, Academic Services Officer"My experience has been excellent. I feel proud that I am helping thelocal community." Andy, Lithograph Team Leader"I really wanted to be able to do something rather than just the usualroutine of work, home, work! ... I ALWAYS enjoy the change."Fiona, Research ManagerVisit our websitewww.uwe.ac.uk/volunteer/staff volunteering/readingbuddiesContact Jenny Wade, e-mail cvp@uwe.ac.uk24Graphic Design Team MC805UWE, BRISTOL F.07.07Printing & Stationery Services