News archive – December 2010

SPORT in the Community!
01 Dec 2010
SPORT Manchester has recently been raising money and hosting community events in Manchester

NEW ways to keep fit in 2011!
01 Dec 2010
Sign up for a more active you - starting with Zumbafest on 29 January

Reporting Personal Data Incidents and theft of IT storage devices
01 Dec 2010
Staff must report personal data breaches to ensure that the rights of individuals are protected

Student Support Forum: Religions & Theology's Student Newsletter
01 Dec 2010
On 8 December (12.30-1.30pm) in University Place 6.206

Events at The Manchester Museum
01 Dec 2010
A History of the World lunchtime tour (Mon 6 Dec), China and globalisation Ideas Café (Mon 6 Dec) & Up Pompeii (and Herculaneum!) showcase lecture (Web 8 Dec)

The University of Manchester Staff Association presents: GHOST - The Musical
01 Dec 2010
At the Opera House, Manchester, on Thursday 11 March 2011 (7.30pm)

News from FoodOnCampus
01 Dec 2010
Christmas favourites, home-made soup, free mulled wine for skaters, and festive specials at Cafe at the Rylands

Free lunchtime concert: Black Voices
01 Dec 2010
On Thursday 2 December (1.10pm) in Cosmo Rodewald Concert Hall, Martin Harris Centre for Music and Drama

Junk the Jargon: Competition for early career researchers
02 Dec 2010
Looking for researchers who can communicate their research topics to a non-specialist audience

Ketso workshop explores budget cuts
02 Dec 2010
A toolkit which enables more effective group decision making is to be showcased at a workshop of North West stakeholders to develop ideas on providing good services in the face of public sector budget cuts.

Dutch royal honours for Manchester Researchers
02 Dec 2010
University of Manchester Nobel Prize winners Professor Andre Geim and Professor Konstantin Novoselov have received knighthoods from Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands.

Changes to Childcare Vouchers
02 Dec 2010
Level of tax relief will be reduced from 6 April 2011

University composer wins coveted award
03 Dec 2010
A University of Manchester academic has won a 2010 British Composer award – one of the most prestigious honours in the contemporary classical music world

Tutor vacancy at Opal Gardens
03 Dec 2010
Applications invited from academic, academic related or research staff and postgraduate students by 17 December

New on StaffNet: DSO website for disabled students
06 Dec 2010
New website launched with information and services for disabled students

December 2010 pay arrangements
06 Dec 2010
Pay dates for staff paid end of month and weekly

Get your kit off for poverty: Bra recycling scheme
06 Dec 2010
Claim a free coffee for bras handed in at FoodOnCampus outlets during 6-10 December

Free lunchtime concert: Simon Turner (cello) and Richard Casey (piano)
06 Dec 2010
On Thursday 9 December (1.10pm) in Cosmo Rodewald Concert Hall, Martin Harris Centre for Music and Drama

Student Action Manchester Christmas Shoebox Appeal
06 Dec 2010
Help to fill shoeboxes with gifts for the homeless before 13 December

UniLife/Staff Update: December issues online
06 Dec 2010
Access University newsletters from the front page of StaffNet

University interest-free loans for annual public transport tickets
06 Dec 2010
Avoid rail price rises by applying for your ticket to start on 31 December

Get Walking Keep Walking on Tuesday 7 December
06 Dec 2010
Next urban walk starts at 12.30pm from Dover Street Building

Training the computer scientists of the future
06 Dec 2010
Computer scientists of the future will benefit from top of the range doctoral teaching at a new facility at The University of Manchester.

Make 2011 your year for fun and fitness with SPORT Manchester
07 Dec 2010
Zumbafest 2, six-month membership at fitness suite, and new ways to keep fit

Wood Street Mission Lottery
07 Dec 2010
Announcing the winner of the December draw

Events at The Manchester Museum
07 Dec 2010
Jurassic CSI Big Saturday this weekend and China talk next Tuesday lunchtime

Tutor vacancies: Owens Park and Linton House
07 Dec 2010
Applications are invited from academic, academic related or research staff and postgraduate students by 20 December

Junk the Jargon: Competition for early career researchers
07 Dec 2010
Looking for researchers who can communicate their research topics to a non-specialist audience

New on StaffNet: StaffNet Tasks
08 Dec 2010
Quick access to University services and systems

News from FoodOnCampus
08 Dec 2010
Survey with iPod Touch prize, EATS closure, Christmas opening hours, and home-made soup

See off Alzheimer’s with the colour purple
08 Dec 2010
Eating purple fruits such as blueberries and drinking green tea can help ward off diseases including Alzheimer’s, Multiple Sclerosis and Parkinson’s, a University of Manchester report claims.

Go green this Christmas and recycle your tree
08 Dec 2010
Christmas tree collection scheme for campus

Chancellors at Christie's Bistro: Christmas delivered catering
08 Dec 2010
Festive menu for office, meeting venue and Christie's Bistro

Winter Fun and Festivals – a collection close-up for families
08 Dec 2010
Free event at The John Rylands Library, Deansgate on Saturday 11 December (2pm-2.45pm)

University to develop unique X-ray imaging and coherence facility
08 Dec 2010
The University of Manchester has joined forces with Diamond Light Source, the UK’s national synchrotron science facility, to produce a world-class imaging facility.

World university ranking tables: Briefing note
09 Dec 2010
Prepared by Professor Luke Georghiou, Vice-President (Research and Innovation), and Dr Andrew Walsh, Head of Research Policy

USS Consultation
09 Dec 2010
Make your views known before Wednesday 22 December

University of Manchester Admissions social media
09 Dec 2010
Schools and other areas are invited to contribute Tweets, Facebook status updates or staff blogs

University Christmas e-card 2010
13 Dec 2010
It's free, fast and online now!

Manchester professors receive their Nobel Prizes
13 Dec 2010
In a lavish ceremony in Stockholm, Sweden, Professor Andre Geim and Professor Konstantin Novoselov were awarded the 2010 Nobel Prize in Physics.

From African slum to graduation: uni celebrates second amazing journey
13 Dec 2010
A Kenyan who spent most of his life in two of Africa’s most notorious slums will receive his masters degree with distinction at The University of Manchester today (13 Dec).

Food-security idea wins Manchester bioscientists double honours
14 Dec 2010
The entrepreneurial skills of a University of Manchester team of early career bioscientists with ideas for food security have earned them top place in a national competition held at County Hall, London, on December 13.

University Staff Carol Service 2010
15 Dec 2010
Join your colleages in Whitworth Hall on Tuesday 21 December

Consultation towards a University Research Strategy
15 Dec 2010
Schools, Institutes and individuals are invited to comment by 20 December

Free concert: Quatuor Danel perform Mosolov and Tischchenko
15 Dec 2010
On Thursday 16 December (1.10pm), in Cosmo Rodewald Concert Hall, Martin Harris Centre

Make room for your Christmas turkey
15 Dec 2010
Come for a walk on 21 December

Hark! An afternoon of traditional carol singing
15 Dec 2010
At John Rylands Library, Deansgate, on Sunday 19 December (2pm-3pm)

News from FoodOnCampus
15 Dec 2010
Survey with iPod Touch prize, EATS closure, Christmas opening hours, and home-made soup

Main Library closure and network downtime
16 Dec 2010
JRUL will be closed on 18/19 December and online services may be disrupted on 21 December (8am-12noon)

FoodOnCampus's fancy dress fund-raiser
16 Dec 2010
A big thank you to everyone for your generous contributions to Children in Need

Staff Survey 2010
16 Dec 2010
Results of the University's fourth staff satisfaction survey are now online

Tutor Vacancy - Ashburne Hall & Sheavyn House
17 Dec 2010
Applications invited by 7 January 2011

Professor appointed Chief Scientist of Cancer Research UK
17 Dec 2010
A world-leading cancer researcher has been appointed as the next Chief Scientist of Cancer Research UK. Professor Nic Jones, currently Director of Cancer Research UK’s Paterson Institute within The University of Manchester, takes up the role on 1 February 2011, succeeding Professor Sir David Lane.

Christmas and New Year closing dates 2010/11
20 Dec 2010
Dates for 2011/12 and 2012/13 also online

Brian Cox to host live astronomy show from Jodrell Bank
20 Dec 2010
University of Manchester scientist Professor Brian Cox will be presenting a live BBC2 TV show in the New Year to help bring astronomy down to earth.

Preserving a piece of history, whatever the weather
22 Dec 2010
Scientists at The University of Manchester have set up a weather observatory on campus – capable of recording precise measurements available in real time online.

Renowned campaigner charts amazing escape from Nazi Austria
22 Dec 2010
A University of Manchester Professor – and one of the UK’s greatest champions for the intellectually disabled - has told of his amazing January 1939 escape from Nazi Austria in a new book.

Award for airport security scanner
22 Dec 2010
The University of Manchester has scooped a prestigious prize for a 3D airport scanner which can dramatically improve luggage security.

Lecturer praised for pioneering use of online wikis
22 Dec 2010
An economics lecturer has been recognised for an innovative use of the internet in his teaching.

Public library find is only surviving copy of rebel hymn book
23 Dec 2010
A tiny 165-year-old pamphlet, stored in a box at a Yorkshire public library, has been identified by a University of Manchester academic as the only surviving copy of a Chartist hymn book.

Victorians went ‘crackers’ for American gags
24 Dec 2010
Millions of fun-loving Victorians acquired an insatiable appetite for imported American humour, according to new research by a University of Manchester historian.