News archive – June 2012

Mighty machine strikes musical note
01 Jun 2012
The world’s largest working steam mill engine was transformed into a gigantic instrument at a unique concert this bank holiday weekend (Sunday 3 June).

Researchers and Guardian win top journalism award
01 Jun 2012
An academic collaboration with the Guardian newspaper has been awarded a data journalism award for its work on how Twitter was used during last summer’s riots.

Kids' hero is pride of University
01 Jun 2012
A member of staff at The University of Manchester, who remortgaged his house to set up a children’s centre in Hulme, has been honoured by the University.

Monthly Cycle to Work event
01 Jun 2012
Wednesday 6 June (8.15–9am) at Eats Refectory, University Place.

Training and Information Day for University Event Organisers
06 Jun 2012
Wednesday 20 June 2012 (9.15am – 3pm)

Tour of the Palaeontology Stores
06 Jun 2012
Wednesday 13 June (12.30-1.15pm) at The Manchester Museum.

Updated Guide to Professional Support Services
06 Jun 2012
The Guide to the Professional Support Services (usually known as ‘The Guide’) has been updated to reflect restructuring in Estates and Facilities, HR and Student Experience, as well as changes in personnel in other parts of the PSS.

Olympic torch graces Jodrell Bank
06 Jun 2012
The Olympic torch relay arrived at The University of Manchester last Thursday as it scaled the magnificent Lovell Telescope at Jodrell Bank Observatory.

UniLife and Staff Update: June 2012
06 Jun 2012
Read the latest issues online.

FoodOnCampus summer opening hours
06 Jun 2012
Where to buy food and drink from 11 June to 14 September.

University support for disabled staff – come and hear the facts!
06 Jun 2012
Thursday 14 June 2012 (1-2pm) in Room 6.205, University Place, Oxford Road.

Graduate jobseekers flock to Manchester
06 Jun 2012
The UK’S biggest jobs fair will be organised by The University of Manchester next week as hundreds of graduates seek their first step on the career ladder.

News from SPORT Manchester
06 Jun 2012
Summer vacation fitness classes now online – get 25% off! * Summer memberships for all at the Armitage Sports Centre! * Relax with a back, neck and shoulder massage * Women’s Football – Watch England vs Holland at Salford City Stadium.

Summer Intensive Mandarin Chinese language course 2012
06 Jun 2012
Enrol by 16 June for two-week beginner and intermediate courses.

Promising partnership set out in new charter
06 Jun 2012
The University and Students’ Union have launched a Student Charter to clearly demonstrate our commitment to our students – and their commitment to us.

Legal Advice Centre
07 Jun 2012
Appointments available for one week only in the week commencing 2 July.

Race discrimination in Liverpool widespread, finds study
07 Jun 2012
New research by University of Manchester academics has revealed that just 22 Liverpudlian teachers are from an Afro-Caribbean background, out of a total of 4,192.

MICRA Speed Networking Event: Research on ageing
07 Jun 2012
Wednesday 13 June 2012 (4-6pm) in Room G306B, Jean McFarlane Building.

IT Know-How: Requesting access to University IT systems
07 Jun 2012
Tips to help you get the most out of IT Services.

Join us at the first University Health and Safety Engagement Week
08 Jun 2012
Five days of free activities for staff and students: 11–15 June 2012.

Universities Minister visits Jodrell Bank
08 Jun 2012
Universities and Science Minister David Willetts visited Jodrell Bank Observatory yesterday to get a flavour of the world-leading astronomical research at the site.

Wood Street Mission Lottery Draw
08 Jun 2012
Announcing the winner for June.

Health and safety? Have your say!
11 Jun 2012
Complete this online survey for a chance to win an iPod Shuffle.

£1m plus private philanthropic donation for poverty research
11 Jun 2012
The Rory and Elizabeth Brooks Foundation and The University of Manchester are delighted to announce a further multi-year donation of more than £1 million to primarily support the Brooks World Poverty Institute (BWPI) and the strategic priorities of the University’s 2020 plan.

An Introduction to the International Passenger Survey
11 Jun 2012
Friday 29 June 2012 in Basement Computer Lab, Humanities Bridgeford Street.

Living with Uniformity: the Church of England and Dissent, 1662 to 1689
11 Jun 2012
A conference on 27 June 2012 at The John Rylands Library will mark the 350th anniversary of the Act of Uniformity.

Reminder: software retirement (AVS/Express) on 30 June 2012
11 Jun 2012
The software site licence for AVS/Express, a scientific visualization program, is to expire on 30 June 2012.

We Face Forward: 2 June - 16 September 2012
11 Jun 2012
Manchester celebrates its links with West Africa as part of the London 2012 cultural festival.

Touch VIP Card for £12 (usually £35 per annum)
12 Jun 2012
Get yours before 30 June to access over 100 unlimited offers across Manchester and the North West.

Summer Salsa Classes for Beginners
12 Jun 2012
Salsa your way to a fit and healthy summer body with a course in salsa dancing.

Deer causes a stir on campus
12 Jun 2012
A deer has been the talk of Fallow-field after it was spotted on Friday at the heart of The University of Manchester’s busy Oxford Road campus.

Events at The Manchester Museum
13 Jun 2012
What if…..Cities were sustainable panel debate (14 June) * Museum Meets: Urban Naturalist (windowsill gardening) (16 June) * The archaeology of ritual, shrines and sacrifice in Northern Ghana talk (21 June).

Women in IT event 2012
13 Jun 2012
The annual Women in IT will be taking place on 10th July, providing an opportunity to network with colleagues from varying IT career backgrounds, as well as those with IT interests and aspirations.

News from SPORT Manchester
14 Jun 2012
Summer vacation fitness classes now online – get 25% off! * Summer memberships for all at the Armitage Sports Centre!

Obituary: Barry Unsworth (1930-2012)
14 Jun 2012
Booker prizewinner and University of Manchester Alumnus Barry Unsworth has died at the age of 81.

University wins bronze in HEIST awards
14 Jun 2012
The University won the bronze prize at the 2012 Heist awards for the category of ‘Best Strategic/ Corporate Campaign’, beating off stiff competition from 13 other institutions.

Charity blooms in University garden
14 Jun 2012
The University’s garden at Broomcroft Hall will be open to the public as part of a charity event to raise money for St Ann’s Hospice the Alzheimer’s Society and the Didsbury Parsonage Trust.

A week to go until Alan Turing Conference
14 Jun 2012
In a week’s time some of the most famous figures in the world of Computer Science will arrive in Manchester to honour the centenary of Alan Turing.

150 projects win Investing in Success funding
14 Jun 2012
The University is to invest more than £1,200,000 in the pilot “Investing in Success” scheme designed to boost staff development - and benefit the University.

Manchester International Beethoven Conference
14 Jun 2012
25-27 June 2012

Winners of Foodie Festival tickets at Tatton Park
14 Jun 2012
Announcing the results of the prize draw for 20 pairs of weekend tickets.

University Place abseil for Health and Safety Engagement Week
14 Jun 2012
Two senior members of staff were amongst a number of brave souls who took part in an abseil down University Place as part of five days of activities for Health and Safety Engagement Week. The event was also raising money for the British Heart Foundation.

Get a flavour of what Taste Manchester has to offer
14 Jun 2012
Thursday 19 July 2012 (12-2pm), Graduation Marquee, University Place Square.

Simplyhealth and Costco roadshows: 18-21 June
15 Jun 2012
Find out about Simplyhealth's reduced rate health plans and membership of warehouse club Costco.

Three-Day Multilevel Modelling Course
15 Jun 2012
Wednesday 11 - Friday 13 July 2012, in Humanities Bridgeford Street.

Anne's double award success
15 Jun 2012
Anne Thompson in Combined Studies has won University Staff Member of the Year in the Students' Union Awards as well as the Faculty of Humanities PSS Award for Combined Studies.

Languages expert to join BBC Radio 3's elite communicators
15 Jun 2012
A University of Manchester academic has been chosen as one of 10 winners of BBC Radio 3’s New Generation Thinkers 2012.

Annual cycle event just around the corner
15 Jun 2012
Join the annual cycle event at University Place from 8.30am to 3pm on Wednesday 20 June.

Naming the dragon
15 Jun 2012
Four year old Max Rose names the newest addition to The John Rylands Library dragon family.

Maths MAGIC
15 Jun 2012
Large multi-partner grant to offer valuable PhD training for five years.

The Manchester Graduate Internship Programme
15 Jun 2012
Find out how “MGIP” can help your staffing needs.

Undergraduate University Wide Open Days
15 Jun 2012
Our next Undergraduate Open Day for prospective undergraduate students will be taking place on Friday 22 and Saturday 23 June between 10am and 4pm.

Midwifery professor made a Dame in Birthday Honours
16 Jun 2012
Professor Tina Lavender from The University of Manchester has been appointed a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the Queen’s Birthday Honours for services to midwifery.

Olympics training camps at University sports facilities
18 Jun 2012
Manchester Aquatics Centre and Sugden Sports Centre have been selected by teams to host their pre-games training camps.

Following the Olympic flame
18 Jun 2012
The Olympic flame travels through Fleetwood on Friday 22 June in the hands of University of Manchester student Leila Hamrang and will pass along Sackville Street on Saturday 23 June.

University College provides a fresh approach to learning
18 Jun 2012
The first courses available through our new University College for Interdisciplinary Learning have just been launched.

The Cockcroft Rutherford Lecture 2012
18 Jun 2012
The Division of Development and Alumni Relations is pleased to offer you a unique opportunity to attend a free lecture delivered by Professor Brian Cox on Thursday 21 June.

Manchester Art Walk
18 Jun 2012
Starting in June, Manchester Art Walk will offer whistle stop tours of a number of popular exhibitions taking place in Manchester and Salford.

Love Architecture Festival 2012: Events at Manchester School of Architecture
18 Jun 2012
Love Architects (19 June) * We Love LEGO (20 June) * Football + Community + Architecture (21 June).

Manchester graduates win praise from Society of Authors
19 Jun 2012
The work of two University of Manchester creative writing masters graduates has been recognised by the Society of Authors , the country’s oldest professional body for writers.

Phil Packer MBE brings 'BRIT 2012' Challenge to University of Manchester
19 Jun 2012
Phil Packer was told he might never walk again due to a spinal injury, but he has just completed 1013 miles out of an epic 2,012 mile challenge. Now, he's coming to Manchester.

IT Know-How: Keep your emails ‘green’
20 Jun 2012
Small suggestions to make a big impact.

Events at The Manchester Museum
20 Jun 2012
The archaeology of ritual, shrines and sacrifice in Northern Ghana talk (21 June) / The Confucius Institute talks on China (27 June) / Creativity in tough times: Turing and Manchester University after the Second World War (28 June).

Laptop encryption survey
20 Jun 2012
If you have been asked by your Head of School or Office to complete the laptop encryption survey, please complete it by Friday 29 June, if you haven’t already done so.

Manchester Early Years Partnership wins award for museum learning
20 Jun 2012
The Manchester Early Years Partnership (Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester City Galleries and The Manchester Museum) has won The Clore Award for Museum Learning 2012 (joint winner with Leicestershire County Council Heritage and Arts Service).

News from FoodOnCampus
20 Jun 2012
Get a flavour of what Taste Manchester has to offer (19 July) * FoodOnCampus summer opening ours.

SPORT Manchester: Keep active over the summer
20 Jun 2012
Go further with the staff running group * Walk for Health with Get Walking, Keep Walking * Drop-in fitness classes on campus * Summer memberships for all at the Armitage Sports Centre!

Summer Intensive Mandarin Chinese language Course 2012
20 Jun 2012
The Confucius Institute's Summer Intensive Mandarin Chinese course will begin in June 2012.

Liverpool and Manchester to collaborate in nuclear science and engineering
20 Jun 2012
The Universities of Liverpool and Manchester are to collaborate in the areas of nuclear science and engineering, with a focus on research and postgraduate education.

Events at the Martin Harris Centre for Music and Drama
20 Jun 2012
Julian Jacobson – Beethoven Piano Recital (26 June) * NOVARS Research Centre presents: Interactive Audiogame Showcase (29 June).

A Free Digital Society
20 Jun 2012
Dr Richard Stallman, Free Software Movement, will discuss his ideas on Tuesday 26 June (5-6.30pm) in Theatre A, Roscoe Building.

Medal of Honour for Admiral Sir John Kerr
21 Jun 2012
Admiral Sir John Kerr, Pro-Chancellor and Chair of the University’s Nominations Committee, received the University’s Medal of Honour at a special presentation ceremony after his last General Assembly meeting on 20 June 2012.

Celebrating the Queen’s Anniversary Prize at the House of Commons
21 Jun 2012
Industry leaders, Government officials and academics from The University of Manchester came together last week in London to celebrate the award of the Queen’s Anniversary Prize for the Dalton Nuclear Institute.

International honour for student mentors
21 Jun 2012
Two Manchester students have won an international award for mentoring their fellow students.

Manchester students praised for work with schools
21 Jun 2012
A group of MA students from the Humanitarian and Conflict Response Institute (HCRI) at The University of Manchester have been praised for their work with 60 secondary schoolchildren.

Hero reaches halfway stage at University
21 Jun 2012
Phil Packer MBE marked the halfway point of an epic 2,012-mile walk around Great Britain by completing a four-mile circuit of the University campus this afternoon, joined by staff and students.

A new look for Communications and Marketing
21 Jun 2012
The Communications and Marketing Division has just launched its new-look StaffNet pages.

Staff expenses claim form now online
25 Jun 2012
A single new web form for expenses claims, accessed via the staff portal, has replaced the paper forms PR1a, PR1b and PR2.

Staff card exchange deadline
25 Jun 2012
Swap your old card for a new one at your local HR office by Friday 29 June.

Language impairment campaign launched
25 Jun 2012
Professor Gina Conti-Ramsden, School of Psychological Sciences, and colleagues have launched a video-led campaign to raise awareness of Specific Language Impairment.

Celebration for new chemical engineering building
25 Jun 2012
The School of Chemical Engineering and Analytical Science (CEAS) held a celebration at its new home, the James Chadwick Building, on Thursday 21 June.

Faculty of Life Sciences opens its doors to the public
26 Jun 2012
Community Open Day is on Saturday 30 June in the Michael Smith Building.

Worthy supermarket chain makes pigs fly
26 Jun 2012
Britain’s fourth largest supermarket could be the saviour of the UK’s ailing pig meat industry according to independent research from The University of Manchester.

Poetry in motion for London 2012
26 Jun 2012
Schoolchildren took part in a poetry triathlon to help the University celebrate this year’s Olympic Games.

Having difficult conversations?
26 Jun 2012
Book a place on this 6 July Staff Training and Development Unit session to build your one-to-one conversational skills.

Kasparov versus Turing
26 Jun 2012
Chess grandmaster Garry Kasparov yesterday [MON] completed a game of chess started more than 60 years ago by Alan Turing.

Dementia team awarded £11k to trial brain stimulation technique
26 Jun 2012
University of Manchester scientists are launching a pilot study to investigate the effects of cognitive training combined with transcranial magnetic stimulation – a technique used to stimulate different brain regions – in people with mild memory loss and people with Alzheimer’s disease.

Humanities Teaching and Learning Showcase
26 Jun 2012
The Faculty of Humanities is hosting its next Teaching and Learning Showcase event on Tuesday 3 July (1pm-4.45pm).

Events at The Manchester Museum
26 Jun 2012
Creativity in tough times: Turing and Manchester University after the Second World War (28 June) * Magic Carpet (29 June) * Urban Naturalist (30 June) * Anansi the Spider (1 July).

July is staff network group month!
26 Jun 2012
To celebrate this, one event we’re organising is the inaugural INTER-NETWORK QUIZ, which will take place on Thursday 12 July from 5pm.

UMSS: PensionChoice AVCs
27 Jun 2012
The option to pay AVCs via PensionChoice will be available to all existing AVC contributors and any member who is interested in paying AVCs with effect from 1 July 2012.

Mastermind 2012: would you like to be part of the audience?
27 Jun 2012
Free tickets available for BBC Manchester recordings in July.

Cycle to Work in July
27 Jun 2012
Come along to Potter’s, Simon Building, on Wednesday 4 July from 8.20am to 9am.

UMSA lunchtime activities
27 Jun 2012
Summer sizzling dancing and relaxing classes

Depression study wins research team top honours
27 Jun 2012
Research that added to the understanding of the management of depression in patients with long-term health problems has won a national award.

Staff benefits update
27 Jun 2012
Take advantage of the Touch VIP card offer – ends 30 June * Simplyhealth and Costco * New offer from De Vere Village Urban Resorts – Health & Fitness Hyde

Revealing the Secrets of Science
27 Jun 2012
The University of Manchester is throwing open its doors on Saturday 30th June so local people can take a unique peek into the weird and wonderful world of Life Sciences.

Rylands show is mini marvel
28 Jun 2012
A unique exhibition of miniature books, bindings and models– all with a Shakespearean theme - is to go on show at The University of Manchester’s John Rylands library from tomorrow (29 June).

Clockwork Orange première marks fiftieth anniversary
28 Jun 2012
The lyrics to fifteen musical cues composed by Anthony Burgess for his stage version of 'A Clockwork Orange' have been married up to their unpublished music manuscripts by a University of Manchester academic.

Music student, 20, lands top job
28 Jun 2012
A third year University of Manchester music student is to become the Hallé’s youngest ever assistant conductor.

Electronic Software Distribution system and the financial year end
28 Jun 2012
Deadline for placing of orders for charging in 2011/12 financial year.

City becomes vast instrument in pioneering concert
29 Jun 2012
A group of concert-goers are to experience the city as never before in a pioneering project led by University of Manchester music researchers today (29 June).

Learning disabled role is world first for academia
29 Jun 2012
A journal has published an edition of articles which have been edited and peer reviewed by people with learning disabilities, in a first for academia anywhere in the world.

Secrets of the life scientists revealed
29 Jun 2012
Our life scientists are revealing some of the strangest secrets of their field when the Michael Smith Building opens its doors to the public tomorrow (30 June).

Dentistry professor wins international prize
29 Jun 2012
A University of Manchester professor has won an international award for her research in dentistry and oral health care.

Managing in the Round: 360° Feedback and Middle Manager Development
29 Jun 2012
New cohorts starting in October/November 2012 and February/April 2013.

Nowgen courses
29 Jun 2012
Bioinformatics for genetics scientists (2-4 October) * Familial bowel cancer study day (11 October).

Students' Union opens its doors to a bright new future
29 Jun 2012
The Students' Union has launched its refurbished building at an event attended by guests from the University, NUS and student groups.

Water polo star joins Team GB
29 Jun 2012
Former staff member Francesca Snell has been selected for Team GB as one of the 13 members of the women’s water polo team.