March 2008 - Posts
If so we're keen to hear from you - the attachment with this posting will tell you more.
We don't seem to get many pictures on this blog but we do today. Members of staff undertaking reseach at a recent sporting event.
At a recent Staff Student Forum a student rep reported that some students find that printing out PowerPoint presentations can be costly in both printer ink and paper. Not everybody realises that even though a slide may have a coloured background that doesn't mean you have to print that background, and you don't have to print one slide to a page either.
This is what you do -
Go to File/Print and then, towards the bottom of the window that appears, over on the left hand side, you should see "print what". Go to that box and select "handouts" and then you can choose how many slides you want to the page - I find 6 works best for me. Then, in the same area of the window, you'll see a "colour/grayscale" option. Select "pure black and white" and you'll then find the slides print without the background.
Just a reminder that there's still money available for Academic Enhancement Bursaires. If you can demonstrate a commitment to achieving academic excellence and are looking to participate in an extra-curricular activity then it would be worth you considering applying for one. Your first step should be to contact Student Services for more information - or to have a look at their web site and/or download the information sheet attached to this posting. This is money that's available to help you to do something or go somewhere that would help you in your learning - attending conferences, visiting exhibitions, whatever. This is money being given away - go for it!
If you're interested in becoming a Student Mentor for next year this is the time to make yourself known - the deadline for applications for the post of student mentor in the School of Health and Social Sciences is Tuesday 8 April 2008.
Student mentors play a vital role in helping new students settle in, keeping them informed of the various University support services, representing their interests within the School, and helping out at Open Days, Interview Days, and with other aspects of the School’s relationship with new and future students. The work is paid at £6.19 per hour, and students are entitled to work up to 100 hours during the year. There is the possibility of using work as a student mentor as a work placement in connection with the Professional Practice module compulsory for all students in their second year.
All current first year or second students are very much welcome to apply. As previously, in putting together our team for next year we will be seeking a representative balance in terms of the different subject areas in the school. Interviews for these posts will take place on Tuesday 15 April; candidates will be notified of details by Friday 11th.
Application forms and further information are available from Amanda Hollingsworth in the School Office: amanda.hollingsworth@newport.ac.uk
Thank you to everybody who filled out module evaluation sheets last week. They're currently being processed and the summaries will then be passed back to your module tutors. They'll read through what you've said and then write a response to that. They'll then post the summary, and their response, on the MLE. All this will form the basis for discussions at the School's Learning and Teaching Group and at subsequent Staff Student Forums.
The seminar, which will be hosted by the Neport Social Ethics Research Group, is the first in a nationwide series, funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council, running through until next year. It includes participants involved in campaigning and public policy as well as academic philosophers and sociologists, It will focus on the extent to which public officials should have the right to intervene in the composition of the family, and (on the other hand) the rights of members of different religions to organise domestic life on their own terms. Attendance at this workshop is by invitation only - but the plan is that it will lead to a multi-authored book covering these themes, to appear in 2009. You can find out more here.
You'll almost certainly have seen the posters already, but this is the time of year when final year undergraduate students are asked to respond to the National Student Survey. This is
not another survey from the School, or from the University. As its name suggests it's a national survey, and one which allows prospective students to compare levels of satisfaction at different universities. We'd really appreciate you taking part in this - it should take you about five minutes and you can start the process by clicking
here.
Just a reminder for that the Newport Centre for Criminal and Community Justice is holding its fourth one day conference on Friday 18th April 2008 at University of Wales, Newport, Caerleon Campus. You'll find more information further down this blog (you can find it quickly by typing "conference" into the search box) and in the attached poster.
With this posting you'll find a flyer for a lecture commemorating 60 years of the Welfare state which is taking place in Risca on 7th March between 12.30 and 2.30. A contact number and further details are all on the flyer.
With this posting you'll find the minutes of the School's recent School Quality Assurance & Enhancement Committee.