Dear Colleagues
The coffee and conversation sessions provide an opportunity for any member of staff to drop in for a chat, a coffee and cake with members of the University's management team (this group includes the Vice-Chancellor, the Deputy Vice- Chancellors, the Directors of Finance, HR, Services, Marketing, Communication and Development, the Registrar and the Deans of faculty).
Three or four members of the top management team will be on hand at each session and are looking forward to talking to you in an informal and relaxed environment about any issue that you'd like to discuss, remaining dates are:
20 September 2011 between 1.30pm and 3.30pm, John Dalton Refectory
22 September 2011 between 10am and 12pm, Didsbury Refectory
The session for MMU Cheshire will be re-arranged and the new date publicised via ManMetLife and local intranet.
So pop in anytime between the times shown for a complimentary morning coffee or afternoon tea, over 75 members of staff have.
Josie Elson
Head of Organisation Development, Training and Diversity
Tel: 0161 247 6496
September 23 - The first Critical Sexology Up North Event
Critical Sexology is a successful seminar series which has been running in London for nearly a decade. It is an interdisciplinary seminar series for psychologists, psychoanalysts, medical doctors, literary and cultural studies scholars, philosophers, artists, lawyers and historians with a critical interest in the construction and management of gender and sexuality in the medical, human sciences, discursive and cultural spheres.
Established in 2002 by Iain Morland and Lih-Mei Liao, Critical Sexology has since held three seminars per year, with meetings taking place in London. The seminar is currently co-organised by Lisa Downing (University of Exeter), Meg Barker (Open University), and Robert Gillett (Queen Mary, University of London).
From 2011, one seminar out of the three we organise per year will be held at a university in a northern location.
This first will take at place at Manchester Metropolitan University:
23 September 2011, 2pm-6pm: Relationships
Venue: Manchester Metropolitan University, John Dalton building, room 0.05
Organised by Meg Barker in collaboration with Christian Klesse, Department of Sociology
Speakers:
Anna Einarsdottir and Brian Heaphy (University of Manchester) - Civil Partnerships
Christian Klesse (Manchester Metropolitan University) - Non-monogamous Relationships
Mark Carrigan (University of Warwick) - Asexual Relationships
Respondents: Eleanor Wilkinson (University of Leeds) and Hera Cook (University of Birmingham)
All Welcome!
Script in Hand Showcase 2011
Tuesday 20th September and Wednesday 21st September in the Capitol Theatre, Mabel Tylecote Building, All Saints, Manchester.
The Department of English with the School of Theatre and North West Playwrights present
Programme
| Day | Time | Shows |
| Tues 20th |
4-5pm | Interfailing by Paul Salisbury |
| Tues | 5-6pm | A Tasteful Affair by Jessica Carter A Father’s Fault by Martin Norris |
| Wed 21st |
1-2pm | The Splinter by Xan Pardoe Bump by Josie Ramsay |
| Wed | 5 -6pm | The Green Goo Legacy by Jo McClure |
Stage Management by Richard Hand
Directed by Chris Bridgman, Yvonne Sewell, James Quinn and Julie Wilkinson
Entrance free to students and staff of the Dept of English and School of Theatre.
Others: waged £5 Concessions £3
Payable on the door.
These performances are not suitable for children under 16.
Contact j.wilkinson@mmu.ac.uk or 247 1745
The North West Branch of the Institute of Mathematics hosts
"Ten Top Tips for Sports Betting" - Professor Ray Hill, University of Salford
We identify some betting situations where the odds are in your favour.
These relate to horse-racing, soccer, rugby league, cricket and Lotto. In which horse-races can you be certain to win, whatever the outcome? Why should you bet on certain soccer matches to be drawn, yet never bet on a 0-0 score-line?
A £1 Lotto ticket is worth, on average, around 45p. A judicious selection of numbers can certainly raise the value of your ticket, but can you increase its value to above the £1 you have paid?
6-7pm Wednesday, 21st September 2011 (refreshments at 5.45pm)
ROOM E32, John Dalton Building, Oxford Road
Manchester Metropolitan University
Meetings are free of charge and non-members are welcome
Further details from the secretary m.eastwood@mmu.co.uk
Did you know the University runs English language services for International Students?
The service - ELSIS - is currently offering sessions for all international students during induction week to assess their needs. We can then direct them to our specific courses (e.g. Academic Vocabulary or General Grammar).
Why not send your students along to one of our sessions? See link below for our induction/assessment schedule.
If you would like to send your students to be assessed, please send them along to a session near you and let me know. a.picot@mmu.ac.uk
Many thanks
Tony (ELSIS)
Reminder:
The Crime and Social Justice research group invites you to its first seminar of the 2011-12 series:
Professor David Gadd, Professor of Criminology Manchester University School of Law, and
Dr Bill Dixon, Senior Lecturer in Criminology and Head of the School of Sociology and Criminology, Keele University
Losing the Race:
Thinking psychosocially about racially motivated crime
Monday 19th September, 2:00pm to about 3:30pm
Room 342, Geoffrey Manton Building
ALL WELCOME
Over the next year there will be a total of £1.5 million of funding available from the HEA for individual grants, departmental grants and collaborative grants on the themes of internationalisation or employability. Further details are available on the HEA website.
MMU will be welcoming Helen Howard from the Higher Education Academy on 30th September. She is the former Director of C-SAP, the HEA Subject Centre for Sociology, Anthropology and Politices, and has joined the Academy to lead the Teaching Development Grant programme. This is a valuable opportunity to find out more about HEA funding opportunities.
Spaces will be limited for this meeting so please book early to avoid disappointment.
Would staff working this weekend or planning on leaving their cars in Salutation to please refrain from doing so this weekend.
With a new intake of students due at Cambridge and Cavendish, it is vital that all the spaces in there are kept free for visitors this weekend ONLY.
Staff should use the John Dalton Car Park as an alternative.
Thank you for your co-operation in this matter and apologies for any inconvenience.
Regards
MMU Travel Team
Jason Smith j.s.smith@mmu.ac.uk
The Holden Gallery and Holden Café will host an exhibition of staff work during Induction Week (19 – 23 September).
Staff from the Manchester School of Art will be showing drawings from when they themselves were students alongside photographs of them from ‘back in the days’!
The café will have a helpdesk with student ambassadors on hand to provide directions, information and advice.
Each lunchtime there will be a live music in the ‘acoustic lounge’ from 12.30 to 1.30.
We will be providing tea/coffee and juice and meeting our level 4 students.
We are also holding a VIP reception in the City Art Gallery for our first years and guests.
For morei nformation, please contact Michael Gorman <m.gorman@mmu.ac.uk>