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Daily notices for Thursday, 22nd September 2011

  • Course: Understanding the Management Role

    Understanding the Management Role

    This programme is recommended for any individual moving into a middle management role - 15 November (Day 1) and 22nd November (Day 2) at All Saints.

    Objectives

    This 2 day programme provides candidates with a foundation for their development into a management/leadership role.

    Course content

    2 day session to cover the following:

    • Understanding the organisation’s purpose, stakeholders, structure and functional areas and managerial roles
    • Understanding the specific responsibilities of middle managers in enabling an organisation to achieve its goals
    • Understanding how communication and interpersonal relationships affect managerial performance in the workplace

    Facilitator Alison Laithwaite

    Format 2 full day sessions

    Time 9:30am to 4:30pm

    Course Booking Forms can be found at

    www.mmu.ac.uk/humanresources/devandtrain/ and should be forwarded to OD & T, 6th Floor, All Saints or via your line manager's email to dandtcoursebookings@mmu.ac.uk

  • The Manchester Writing School at MMU presents: Rachel Cusk

    The Manchester Writing School at MMU in association with the International Anthony Burgess Foundation presents: Rachel Cusk

    The first of a new series of FREE author events features Rachel Cusk, the author of six novels, including her latest, The Bradshaw Variations, Saving Agnes, which won the Whitbread First Novel Award, and Arlington Park, which was short-listed for the Orange Prize for Fiction. She was named one of the twenty “Best of Young British Novelists” by Granta magazine in 2003, and her A Life’s Work is a personal exploration of motherhood. Rachel will be talking about her work and answering questions from the audience. Drinks will be available to purchase from the bar, and there’ll be a special Blackwell’s bookstall, with signing after the event.

    Date: Thursday 29th September 2011

    Time: 6.30-8.00pm

    Entry: Free – no need to book – just turn up on the night – all welcome

    Venue: The International Anthony Burgess Foundation, Chorlton Mill, Cambridge Street, Manchester, M1 5BY

    Contact: James Draper: +44 (0) 161 247 1787; j.draper@mmu.ac.uk

    Later in the series: Colin Bateman (27/10/11), Naomi Alderman (10/11/11), Laura Wilson (24/11/11) and Alan Hollinghurst (08/12/11)

    The Manchester Writing School at MMU: www.mmu.ac.uk/writingschool

    The International Anthony Burgess Foundation: www.anthonyburgess.org

    Sponsored by The Midland Hotel, Manchester

    www.qhotels.co.uk

    Hotel Reservations: 0845 074 0060

  • The Manchester Writing School at MMU presents: Colin Bateman

    The Manchester Writing School at MMU presents in association with the International Anthony Burgess Foundation: Colin Bateman

    The second of a new series of FREE author events features critically acclaimed novelist Colin Bateman.

    Colin’s first book, Divorcing Jack, won the Betty Trask Prize, his 2009 Mystery Man was a “Richard and Judy Summer Read” and, in 2010, he won the Crimefest Last Laugh Award for The Day of the Jack Russell. He has also written books for children, including Reservoir Pups, and his TV and film credits are extensive – he created the Murphy’s Law series, which stars James Nesbitt, and adapted Divorcing Jack for a film featuring Rachel Griffiths and David Thewlis.

    His latest book, Nine Inches, is published by Headline in October 2011. Colin will be talking about his work and answering questions from the audience. Drinks will be available to purchase from the bar, and there’ll be a special Blackwell’s bookstall, with signing after the event.

    Date: Thursday 27th October 2011

    Time: 6.30-8.00pm

    Entry: Free – no need to book – just turn up on the night – all welcome

    Venue: The International Anthony Burgess Foundation, Chorlton Mill, Cambridge Street, Manchester, M1 5BY

    Contact: James Draper: +44 (0) 161 247 1787; j.draper@mmu.ac.uk

    Later in the series: Naomi Alderman (10/11/11), Laura Wilson (24/11/11) and Alan Hollinghurst (08/12/11)

    The Manchester Writing School at MMU: www.mmu.ac.uk/writingschool

    The International Anthony Burgess Foundation: www.anthonyburgess.org

    Sponsored by The Midland Hotel, Manchester

    www.qhotels.co.uk

    Hotel Reservations: 0845 074 0060

  • Live Music in the Acoustic Lounge

    Do you love live acoustic music? Then why not pop across to the Acoustic Lounge, Holden Gallery today, 22 September from 2pm until 5pm ish. Eat your lunch or just sit back and relax on the comfy leather sofas!

    The line up of back to back music is as follows,

    JP Cooper

    Angelos Gavriilidis

    Tom Edney & The People Pleasers

    Marco Woolf

    J.Deane

    Plus more…

    The Acoustic Lounge is a beautiful and intimate space so we will see you there.

    The Acoustic Lounge, Holden Gallery, All Saints

    Martin Dexter,

    SAS Technician Art & Design

  • Sharing the City: MMU creates an age-friendly Manchester

    On Friday 30 September, staff and students at Manchester Metropolitan University are facilitating a unique workshop at the CUBE Gallery on Portland Street, that brings people of all ages together to explore how the city can be designed to be more inclusive, open and accessible. The Sharing the City workshop and accompanying exhibition is the latest collaboration between Manchester Met and Manchester City Council's Valuing Older People (VOP) Team.

    Large-scale public engagement

    Over the last two years MMU students have worked with over 400 people across the city. Through listening to people's needs they have designed Manchester spaces and places in whole new ways, covering everything from job centres, canals, shopping centres and allotments.

    Positive Places

    The workshop is suitable for people aged between 8 and 80 and will include speed dating sessions and interactive games to bring diverse people together. The exhibition is a chance to contribute to an interactive map that showcases the places that people of all ages really like across Manchester.

    Sharing the City is led by MMU architect Stefan White and the work feeds into the Council's membership of the World Health Organisation's Network of Age Friendly Cities and the Manchester Ageing Strategy.

    Sharing the City runs until 30 September between 12 noon and 17:00 at CUBE Gallery.

    To register, or find out more, contact Stefan White, s.white@mmu.ac.uk

    To talk more about Manchester City Council's Age-Friendly City work, contact Patrick Hanfling or Paul McGarry on 234 4188 or p.mcgarry@manchester.gov.uk

  • MMU Timetabling Q&A

    Q: I have a Student who is unhappy with the option they have been allocated. How can I help them?
    A: The student needs to obtain an option change form from your local SIP/SLO and follow the existing procedure
    Useful Links:
    You can access the timetables for both staff and students via the MMU Web Timetable page (http://www.mmu.ac.uk/sas/pmi/pmi-tardis/intranet/timetable.php)
    FAQ Timetable for Staff: http://www.mmu.ac.uk/sas/pmi/timetabling/timetabling_faq_staff.php
    Penny Renwick
    Pro Vice Chancellor
  • Coffee and conversation today at Didsbury

    Dear colleages

    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.

    The session today, 22 September, takes place between 10.00am and 12.00 noon in the Refectory at Didsbury.

    Very positive feedback has been received from staff attending the previous sessions which ran during July and early September.

    Please come along if you can.

    Josie Elson

    Head of Organisation Development, Training and Diversity

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