STAFF ROUND UP

New series of Public Talks by Queen’s researchers

The first in a new series of public talks which highlight the impact of Queen's researchers and their work takes place next week.

Entitled Local Talent, Global Impact, the new series of public talks, open to all staff and students, as well as to members of the local community, provides an opportunity to find out about some of the cutting-edge research taking place within our University, the people carrying it out and the benefits it brings.

Three events will take place on:

• Tuesday 29 May, 12.00pm - 2.00pm (Riddel Hall)
• Wednesday 6 June, 12.00pm - 2.00pm (Peter Froggatt Centre); and
• Tuesday 12 June, 5.00pm - 7.00pm (Great Hall).

At each event, three leading researchers will each talk passionately about their work and its benefits for 20 minutes, before responding to questions and comments from the audience.

The talks series is being organised by KTP & Business Networks, part of the Research and Enterprise Directorate.  Please register in advance to attend one or more of these free events:   Email: joy.eakin@qub.ac.uk or online at: http://go.qub.ac.uk/eventbookings

For further details on the series, click on the link: Local Talent, Global Impact Talk Series  

Two new Research Institutes - Internal vacancies

UMB has given approval to the establishment of two new Research Institutes within the Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences.

The Institute for Collaborative Research in the Humanities and the Institute for the Study of Conflict Transformation and Social Justice will provide a focus for high-quality research in their respective themes. They will also, through the creation of a market-leading Graduate Programme, facilitate innovation in the curriculum with a view to making Queen’s the international destination of choice for the best students seeking to undertake taught postgraduate and research degrees in the areas of the Humanities, and Conflict Transformation and Social Justice. Applications are now invited for the Director of each Institute in order to lead on the establishment of these exciting developments.

• Director
  Institute for the Study of Conflict Transformation and Social Justice Arts,
  Humanities and Social Sciences
  Ref: 12/102078
  Closing date: Friday 1 June 2012
  Anticipated interview date: Friday 15 June 2012
  Applications are invited from members of the Professoriate in the following Schools: Politics, International Studies and Philosophy; Law; Sociology, Social Policy and Social Work; Education; Queen’s University Management School; Creative Arts; History and Anthropology; Modern Languages; English; Psychology; Planning, Architecture and Civil Engineering; and Geography, Archaeology and Palaeoecology.
  
  
• Director
  Institute for Collaborative Research in the Humanities Arts,
  Humanities and Social Sciences
  Ref: 12/102079
  Closing date: Friday 1 June 2012
  Anticipated interview date: Friday 15 June 2012
  Applications are invited from members of the Professoriate in the following Schools: English; History and Anthropology; Modern Language; Creative Arts; Politics, International Studies and Philosophy; Law; and Geography, Archaeology and Palaeoecology.

Web page: https://admin.qol.qub.ac.uk

Queen's Now - May/June 2012

The May/June edition of Queen's Now is available online at http://www.qub.ac.uk/queensnow

Featured in this edition are the winners of this year's Green Awards, including the Environmental Champion of the Year, and the results of the Academic Promotions Exercise.

Also included is an interview with the Head of Queen's Sport, Liz McLaughlin, on her 'Olympic' role and the news that the University has been shortlisted for two Times Higher Education Leadership and Management Awards.

Call for summer graduation stories

With Summer Graduation just a few weeks away, the Communications Office is keen to hear about any graduands who would be of interest to the media.

Do you know any students with an interesting story? Anyone graduating on the same day as another member of their family?  Have they won an award, are they the first people to graduate from a new course?  Perhaps they are travelling after they graduate or involved in charity work?

Please send details to comms.office@qub.ac.uk

The closing date for submitting information on graduation stories is Friday 15 June 2012.

Opportunity to engage alumni and showcase your School or Department

The Development and Alumni Relations Office (DARO) will host a Golden Reunion on 14 - 16 June 2013 for the classes of 1957- 1967.  A draft programme is in place and the Office has allocated slots from 1.30pm - 2.30pm and 2.45pm - 3.45pm for optional activities. At the moment these are likely to include Campus tours, art tours, etc.

If you would like to participate in the event and take the opportunity to showcase your School or Department by offering an activity within these time slots (e.g. you might like to offer a tour of the current facilities or a talk on current pedagogy, course content, department research), please submit your proposal for consideration to the Events and Reunion Officer, Adele Ward, a.ward@qub.ac.uk or call 028 9097 5289, before Friday 8 June.

The programme will be printed and distributed in July.

NB All promotion, registrations and co-ordination will be managed by DARO in the run up to the event so your input would simply be to plan your slot, provide information/title for inclusion in the programme and be present on the day to host your guests.

Queen's Sport

Ramada Plaza Belfast University Boat Race 2012
In a first for Belfast, the University of Cambridge will be sending some of their best rowers on Saturday 2 June for the Ramada Plaza Belfast University Boat Race 2012.

Due to its increasing popularity, the event is also moving to a new home this year, with the finish line on the river now situated opposite Queen’s PEC. Over 1,000 spectators will be accommodated in the new enclosure, with live entertainment, food and refreshments available until 10.00pm on the day. Racing starts at 12.30pm with the Schools Race (Girls) between MCB and Bann RC. The Senior Women’s Race between Queen’s and Cambridge begins at 4.00pm and the Men’s Race begins at 4.30pm.

For more details on the race and a great family day out, please click here

Summer Scheme 2012 Enrolment now Open
The Summer Activity Scheme at Queen’s Sport is a popular programme that offers children aged 6 – 14 years a high-quality activity experience where they can learn new skills that promote an active lifestyle with the opportunity to try new sports in a supportive and fun environment. Following the success of last year’s Junior Rowing Camp, Queen’s Sport will this year be hosting a two week camp. For more details about this and the 2012 Summer Scheme click here

Queen’s Sport Summer Membership now available
Get a three month all-inclusive Summer Membership for only £99. Join up today and get the rest of May free. Get fit for Summer with Queen's Sport. For more details click here

QFT listings and competition

Cafe de Flore – until Thursday 24 May

Café de Flore is the sublime new film from Canadian filmmaker Jean-Marc Vallée. Vanessa Paradis gives an impassioned performance as a devoted mother. See www.queensfilmtheatre.com for further details.

This week’s competition:
For the chance to win one of two pairs of tickets to see Cafe de Flore at QFT, simply name the two cities where the film takes place? Email your answer to qftcomments@qub.ac.uk by 12.00pm on Tuesday 22 May.

Also showing this week:

• Two Years at Sea: documents the solitary existence of Jake, a man who lives in isolation in the middle of the forest in remote Scotland. It follows the character's unconventional life, capturing moments of profound beauty. Tuesday 22 - Thursday 24 May, 6.40pm
• Hitchcock’s Titanic Project: Join Charles Barr (author of English Hitchcock and the BFI Film Classic Vertigo) for this unique presentation, shedding light on the Titanic film which was to have been Hitchcock’s first Hollywood assignment in 1939 before Selznick replaced it with Rebecca. Thursday 24 May, 6.30pm
• BMC Short film Showcase: End of Year Short Film Showcase by Belfast Met students. Register for free tickets at www.queensfilmtheatre.com Friday 25 May, 3.30pm - 5.00pm
• The Third Man: From its waltzing zither theme tune to its desperate chase through the Viennese sewers for the elusive anti-hero Harry Lime, The Third Man is an iconic film noir that is still fresh despite its familiarity. Part of One Book, One City. Friday 25 May, 6.30pm
• Goodbye First Love: A beautiful film that captures the agony and the ecstasy of adolescence. From Friday 25 May
• The Monk: Vincent Cassel gets back to the roots of Gothic, in Dominik Moll's suitably torrid adaptation of the legendary novel about good, evil and dark desire. From Friday 25 May
• Safety Last!: Evoke nostalgic memories of a past era of cinema with this recreation of a Saturday morning film club and a special screening of Harold Lloyd's classic silent comedy. Part of One Book, One City. Saturday 26 May, 11.30am
• Pandora’s Box: A tale of sexual obsession that is erotic, nihilistic and utterly decadent. Part of One Book, One City. Saturday 26 May, 6.30pm

Welcome Centre - new products

The Welcome Centre has launched a new range of products based on internal organs.  Exclusive to the Welcome Centre, 'I heart guts' features t-shirts, plush toy organs and badges.

Also new this month are a selection of Queen's pennants, priced at £9.99.

John Henry Biggart Biography available in Students' Union Shop

The biography of John Henry Biggart, a former Dean of the Faculty of Medicine and Pro-Chancellor of Queen's, is now available from the Students' Union shop, priced £9.99.

In this biography, Denis Biggart brings his unique perspective on his father – as a son, a medical student, a trainee pathologist and a lecturer in his Department, revealing sides to John Henry’s character which were hidden from professional colleagues.

In 1937, aged only 31, John Henry Biggart became Professor of Pathology at Queen’s, the start of an illustrious university career which included an unprecedented 27 years as Dean of the Faculty of Medicine and culminating in being appointed as a Pro-Chancellor of Queen’s in 1972.

The foreword to this biography is written by Sir Peter Froggatt, former Vice-Chancellor of Queen's.

QUMS Open Evenings: Executive MBA, Postgraduate and Part-time Programmes

Queen's University Management School has organised a number of Executive MBA, Postgraduate and Part-time Open Evenings over the coming months. They are:

• Queen’s Executive MBA Open Evenings: Wednesday 23 May (Queen’s), Wednesday 6 June (Newry), Wednesday 13 June (Derry). Click here for more information.
• Postgraduate Open Evening: Thursday 28 June at Queen’s. Click here for more information. Including the part-time MSSc Organisation and Management and MA Human Resource Management programmes.
• BA Management and Business Studies (by part-time study) Information and Open Evenings: Tuesday 15 May and Thursday 28 June 2012. Click here for more information.

The Eaton Lecture: Wednesday 23 May

This year’s Eaton Lecture will be held on Wednesday 23 May at 7.00pm in the Canada Room.

The speaker is Bill Blaikie, a former Canadian politician who is currently an adjunct professor in theology at the University of Winnipeg, and Director of the Knowles-Woodsworth Centre for Theology and Public Policy.

He was elected to Parliament in 1979; was re-elected eight times; and retired from federal politics in 2008 as the Dean of the House of Commons. Over the years, he was the NDP critic for health, environment, foreign affairs, and trade; served as House Leader and Parliamentary Leader; and, in his last term, was the first New Democrat to be Deputy Speaker of the House. In 2009 he was elected to the Manitoba Legislature and served as Minister of Conservation until October 2011.

The lecture will be attended by Dr Fred Eaton O.Ont., an honorary graduate of the University, who generously funds this annual event as well as the Eaton Exchange Programme between Queen’s and the University of New Brunswick.

RSVP to Adele Ward at a.ward@qub.ac.uk or call 028 9097 5289.

IT courses

There are places available on the following courses:

• Tuesday 22 May: PowerPoint 3: Creating Poster Presentation, 9.30am - 12.30pm
• Wednesday 30 May: Web Authoring: Introduction to CMS, 2.00pm - 5.00pm
• Tuesday 5 June: Access 1: Essentials, 9.30am - 4.30pm
• Monday 11 June: Access 2: Advanced – Part 1, 9.30am - 1.00pm
• Thursday 14 June: Access 3: Advanced – Part 2, 9.30am - 1.00pm

To book, go to Queen's Online, www.qub.ac.uk/qol, then click on Training Courses.
Course descriptions - http://go.qub.ac.uk/ITcourses
Course materials - http://go.qub.ac.uk/itdocs (log in as you would with QOL)
Contact itcourses@qub.ac.uk, 028 9097 6189.
ECDL testing: Test Dates through to August: http://go.qub.ac.uk/ecdltestdates. For inquiries about ECDL core and ECDL Advanced, email ecdl@qub.ac.uk or phone 028 9097 6189.

STDU courses

STDU Courses in May/June:

• Thursday 24 May: Preparing for Academic Interviews, 9.30am – 1.00pm
• Thursday 7 June: Career Exploration for Researchers, 9.30am – 1.00pm
• Wednesday 13 and Thursday 14 June: The Effective Researcher (2 days), 9.30am – 4.30pm
• Tuesday 26 and 27 Wednesday June: Management and Leadership in a Research Role (2 days), 9.30am – 4.30pm
• Friday 29 June: Induction for Contract Research Staff, 9.20am – 4.00pm

Leadership Masterclass

• Thursday 31 May, 1.30pm – 4.00pm (light lunch available from 1.00pm), Riddel Hall.

The theme of the workshop, which is open to Senior Managers, (Senior Management Team, Grades 9/10 and School Managers, Directors of Education/Directors of Research) is Engagement - Accentuating the Positive. The workshop will concentrate on engagement through effective communication with colleagues, students and external stakeholders.

Facilitated by Russell Wardrop, of Kissing with Confidence, this workshop promises to be an interactive and entertaining afternoon.

To reserve your place at this event, log onto Queen's Online - www.qub.ac.uk/qol - then select Training Courses from 'other' on the list on the left of the page.

There is no charge for this event, however, as places will be allocated on a first come, first served basis, staff who book a place and subsequently fail to attend without 48 hours notification of cancellation, will have a £20 penalty raised against their department.

Centre for Educational Development

Teaching, Learning and Assessment in Higher Education

There are limited places available on the following courses:

• Wednesday 20 June: Being an Adviser of Studies, 2.00pm – 5.00pm
• Friday 22 June: Using Computer Assisted Assessment (including QuestionMark), 9.30am – 4.30pm

Registration is via Queen’s Online.  Full instructions for booking are on the website.  For information, or for assistance with registration, please email the Centre at ced@qub.ac.uk or telephone 028 9097 1447.

Higher Education Lunchtime Forum

• Wednesday 6 June: Students as Researchers, Old Staff Common Room, Lanyon Building,1.00pm - 1.55pm (sandwich lunch from 12.45pm). Led by Dr Martin Dowling, School of Creative Arts and Dr Bjoern Elsaesser, School of Planning, Architecture and Civil Engineering. Further information is available at www.qub.ac.uk/ced

Registration is via Queen’s Online for these or any of the other CED courses and events.  Full instructions for booking are on the website.  For information or for assistance with registration, please email the Centre at ced@qub.ac.uk or telephone 028 9097 1447.