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What’s on at Sheffield
Hallam University
Thursday 3 April 2008
Professor Gareth G Morgan
The Spirit of Charity
Stoddart Building, City Campus
6pm for 6.30pm until 8pm
In recent years, the UK has seen a huge new emphasis on the role
of the voluntary sector, and more recently on the broader third
sector. The lecture will explore these changes and will ask how
the ‘spirit of charity’ can continue to serve the third sector in the
twenty first century.
Wednesday 23 April 2008
An evening with Robert Charles Channel 5’s
programme controller of sport.
Pennine Theatre, City Campus, 6.30pm for 7pm
Tuesday 29 April 2008
An evening with Reverend Dr Inderjit S Bhogal
‘Responding to our multifaith society’
Room 7140, Stoddart Building, City Campus, 6.30pm for 7pm
In association with Sheffield City Council’s Standing Advisory
Council for Religious Education (SACRE) we are delighted to
present ‘Responding to our multifaith society’ with Revd Dr
Inderjit Bhogal, a Methodist minister who is director of the
Yorkshire and Humber Faiths Forum. Faith communities have an
important role in challenging religious illiteracy and enhancing the
The thinking
person’s
lunchbreak
If you would like to do something a bit different with your
lunch break, why not try the Centre for Individual and
Organisational Development’s monthly seminars – billed as
the thinking person’s lunchbreak. They take place on the
first Wednesday of every month at 1pm in the Wentworth
Suite, floor five, Surrey Building.
The seminars are for anyone who wants to break out of
their busy day to think about and debate many of the
emerging concepts in organisation and management.
what’s on
religious understanding which is critical for the cohesion agenda
for communities. In his presentation Dr Bhogal will explore ways
of engaging faith communities in challenging religious ignorance.
May 2008 (date to be confirmed)
Professor Mingxiao Bao from the Chinese
Institute of Sport Science
Pennine Theatre, City Campus, 6:30 for 7pm
Wednesday 4 June 2008
Professor Isobel Doole
Global markets, Parochial Minds
Stoddart Building, City Campus
6pm for 6.30pm until 8pm
Isobel is professor of international marketing at Sheffield Hallam
and visiting professor at Audencia Ecole de Management, Nantes
in France. She is an experienced marketing professional,
researcher and senior academic in the field of international
marketing, international competitiveness of small firms and
strategic marketing decision making. With her co-author Robin
Lowe she has built an international reputation through the highly
successful textbooks; Strategic Marketing Decisions and
International Marketing Strategy.
Wednesday 2 April 2008
‘Using the Public Sector Scorecard to integrate strategy,
service improvement and performance measurement in the
public and voluntary sectors’ presented by Max Moullin.
The Public Sector Scorecard is an integrated service
improvement and performance measurement framework
which adapts the balanced scorecard to fit the culture and
values of the public and voluntary sectors. The seminar will
be an opportunity to discuss the framework and its
applications.
Wednesday 7 May 2008
‘Does trade unionism have a future in the UK?’ Presented by
Tony Bennett
Is the union movement in the UK in terminal decline or is the
recently reported modest rise in membership, linked
particularly to growing numbers of professional workers
joining a union, indication that the unions remain significant
players in the world of employee relations? Join in the debate
this lunch time.
Wednesday 25 June 2008
Professor Frances Gordon
Clockwise from top
left – Isobel Doole,
Revd Dr Inderjit
Bhogal, Mingxiao
Bao, Gareth Morgan,
Steve Haake.
Robert Winston Building, Collegiate Campus
6pm for 6.30pm
Frances Gordon is a nurse by professional background. Before
being appointed by Sheffield Hallam University, Frances was a
principal lecturer at Middlesex University in London for five years.
She is currently head of Interprofessional and Multidisciplinary
Learning and director of the Centre for Interprofessional eLearning
(CIPeL), a collaborative initiative with Coventry University and one
of Sheffield Hallam’s three centres of Excellence in Teaching and
Learning. To book your place please contact Nicola Proctor at the
Faculty of Health and Wellbeing or call 0114 225 3039
Tuesday 15 July 2008
Professor Steve Haake, head of Sports
Engineering Research
‘Newton at the Olympics – advances in sports
engineering’
Pennine Theatre, City Campus, 6:30 for 7pm (see page 23 for more
information)
Wednesday 4 June 2008
HR strategy in an SME – Can it make a
difference? Presented by Ann Norton, Liz
Doherty and Sarah Carmody
Most of the existing research and resultant theory about human
resources strategy has been based on large corporate
organisations. This seminar will explore the realities of developing
a strategy within small and medium sized companies and will
challenge the current rigidities in HR strategy.
For more information, or if you are interested in contributing to
a future seminar, please contact the seminar series
co-coordinator, Prof Jim Bryant at J.W.Bryant@shu.ac.uk. For
more information on attendance and general enquiries, please
contact Lana House at l.house@shu.ac.uk or 0114 225 3891.
The first Annual Sheffield Area Restaurant
Awards
14 April 2008
The Sheffield Area Restaurant Awards has been created in
recognition of the economic impact that the restaurant sector
brings to the wealth and creative development of Sheffield and
the surrounding area. The newly formed Sheffield Area
Restaurant Forum (SARF), in conjunction with the Centre for
International Hospitality Management Research Centre
(CIHMR), will be hosting the first celebration of the diversity
and success of Sheffield ‘eateries’.
The celebration will be across a broad range of categories,
championing the best of Small Restaurants, Indian, Oriental,
Modern European, Gastro-pubs, Business Lunch, Local
Produce, with a senior prestige award of the Sheffield
Restaurant of the Year.
The categories will be voted on by the general public, with the
short listed winners announced prior to the awards ceremony.
The winners are to be announced on the evening of 14 April
2008, at the inaugural industry awards dinner. This is an
opportunity for the general public to bestow recognition onto
the restaurant industry of Sheffield. For further information
please contact d.graham@shu.ac.uk.
The Enterprise Show 2008
Saturday 26 April, 10am - 5pm and Sunday 27 April,
10am - 4pm, Meadowhall Coach Park, Sheffield
If you’ve ever dreamed of starting a business, or even if you are
already trading, The Enterprise Show is a date for your diary.
This free event is your chance to get professional advice on
both starting and developing your own business, and provides
a valuable opportunity to make new contacts, acquire
knowledge and gain confidence and abilities which will help
you to succeed.
For more information or to register call 0800 032 26 26 or visit
the website at www.theenterpriseshows.com.
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