The 2011/12 Academic Calendar can be accessed from:
http://www.mmu.ac.uk/academic/casqe/regulations/docs/calendar.pdf
It contains assessment related information including:
Please ensure that relevant staff are made aware of these details. For any queries relating to the Academic Calendar, please contact Peter Leyland (p.leyland@mmu.ac.uk) or Janet Robertson (j.m.robertson@mmu.ac.uk) in CASQE.
Did you know that MMU staff are now able to purchase an NUS Extra card and use it on hundreds of exclusive offers and discounts across the country?
Costing only £11, NUS Extra card provides a whole host of amazing deals including 25% off at the Odeon cinema, 25% off your food bill at Zizzi, 20% off at Pizza Express, 15% off an Apple Mac, 15% off virgin mobile and up to 40% off days out at Madame Tussauds and Alton Towers. For the complete list of discounts go to http://www.nus.org.uk/en/nus-extra/discounts/
You can also buy an NUS Extra ISIC card (International Student Identity Card) which allows you to purchase a young persons rail card saving you a third on all rail travel – no matter what your age!
The MMUnion team will be selling instant issue NUS Extra cards across campus next week at the following times:
Mon 21st Cheshire, Student Zone (11am – 3pm)
Tues 22nd Geoffrey Manton (10am – 1pm)
John Dalton (1.30pm – 3pm)
Weds 23rd MMUnion building (11am - 3pm)
Thurs 24th Aytoun (11am – 3pm)
If you are unable to make any of these times or want more information please contact Hattie at h.walworth@mmu.ac.uk
Environmental & Geographical Sciences presents:
Tuesday 22nd November, E34, John Dalton East Building, from 1.00-2.00 pm.
Nuclear Accidents, Weapons Fallout and Sellafield Discharges: What are the Environmental Impacts?
Dr Michael D. Wood, University of Salford
Email: m.d.wood@salford.ac.uk
During the 20th century, the early positive public perception of radioactivity was transformed following the use of nuclear weapons in Japan and nuclear accidents, such as the Chernobyl accident in 1986. ‘Nuclear is bad’ became the common public perception and the path to decommissioning was set.
However, in the 21st century, climate change drivers and concerns over energy supply have led to a nuclear renaissance internationally. As we move into this period of nuclear renaissance, in the shadow of the recent events in Fukushima, there is heightened public awareness of the potential risks from the nuclear sector.
So, what are the sources of radioactivity in the environment? How can we assess environmental impact and to what extent has the nuclear legacy impacted on the environment? In this Seminar we will explore these questions and uncover some of the unexpected environmental benefits of our nuclear past.
If you wish to receive seminar abstracts each week by e-mail, please ask to be added to the EGS Seminar Mailing List by contacting Daphne Lai at D.Lai@mmu.ac.uk. Thanks.
film as philosophy: the festival
a weekend of introduced screenings and open discussions for students and staff
manchester metropolitan university, cheshire faculty
[note: slight change to saturday's programme]
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FRIDAY NOVEMBER 25TH 2011
1500
stefano ciammaroni [mmu] -- the shining -- stanley kubrick - 1980
1830
emma bell [brighton]-- inception -- christopher nolan - 2010
SATURDAY NOVEMBER 26TH 2011
1000
jenny chamarette [cam] -- demain on déménage -- chantal akerman - 2004
1430
phil hutchinson [mmu] -- monsters -- gareth edwards - 2010
1830
rupert read [uea]-- never let me go -- mark romanek - 2010
SUNDAY NOVEMBER 27TH 2011
1030
tom greaves [uea] -- man on wire -- james marsh - 2008
1430
david sorfa [ljmu] -- stranger than fiction -- mark forster - 2006
The Health & Safety Unit are organising a MIDAS Minibus Drivers course on January 19th 2012. It will be held in John Dalton East Room 201 and start at 09.00am.
This course is both both new drivers and drivers being re assessed after two years of passing their certificate.Please remember to bring your Full Driving licence with you.
To book a place or for further enquires, please contact the Health & Safety Unit on 3317
or email Paula - p.gibbons@mmu.ac.uk