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Daily Noticeboard
01/03/2010

• Project Amundsen Road Shows
• Draft Corporate Plan
• Staff Survey 2010 - Reminder
• Support Packages for staff
• Bloodhound Supersonic Car - The Adventure Begins
• Coventry Conversations
• Professorial Lecture by Ted Cantle
• Reflections for Lent
• Moodlefest
• Submit a Proposal for ELATE 2010
• May Examinations Table now available
• The Brain Project
• Call for submissions - Applied Research Fellowship Scheme

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Project Amundsen Road Shows
01/02/2010

	March 15th	March 17th		March 18th		March 22nd		March 24th		March 25th
Student Empowerment - Donald Pennington and Ian Marshall						4-5pm		1-2pm
Infrastructure - Donna Kendall, Linda Merriman and Dave Noon	5-6pm	4-5pm
Income Generation - Paul Ivey, John Latham and David Pilsbury				5-6pm				4-5pm
Benchmarking - David Soutter and Mark Holton				12-1pm						4-5pm

All of these sessions will take place in the Goldstein Lecture theatre in the Alan Berry Building with refreshments provided in the foyer.

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Draft Corporate Plan
04/03/2010

You are invited to read through and provide feedback on our draft Corporate Plan for 2010-2015.

The Plan itself is inevitably quite long and we intend to produce shorter versions each year giving the key tasks for that year, and the achievements of the previous year, as we have done before. But we think you should have the opportunity to see, and comment on, the whole document as it stands.

We wanted to give individual members of staff the opportunity to comment so there is a downloadable document on the internal website alongside a Discussion Forum and a set of Frequently Asked Questions relating to the Plan. We would very much like to welcome and encourage all staff to participate in discussions via this medium. Please click here to access the discussion forum.

We look forward to receiving your responses by 31 March. Responses should be sent to strategyfeedback.hr@coventry.ac.uk

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Staff Survey 2010 - Reminder
04/03/2010

The deadline for completing the staff survey is 19 March. Don't miss out on having your say.

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Support Packages for Staff
09/03/2010

The Institute of Applied Entrepreneurship (IAE) are offering a support package worth £500 for staff who wish to start up a business.

Successful applicants will receive the following business help:

• you will meet an experienced business advisor to check the business viability of your idea. Finding the right support for your business is crucial and this in now available for a short time.
• You will receive support through a business advisor who has gone through the process and will therefore 'talk the talk'.

These fully funded places are only available to the First 15 Applicants so don't hesitate to contact sheath@cad.coventry.ac.uk or visit  www.coventry.ac.uk/entrepreneurship for more information.

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Bloodhound Supersonic Car - the adventure begins
09/03/2010

Wednesday 17 March/6.15pm - 7.15pm/Goldstein Lecture Theatre

This lecture by Dr. Ben Evans from Swansea University aims to discover how a team of researchers has managed to overcome all sorts of issues to design a manned vehicle that can reach 1000mph by 2011, increasing the current land speed record (763mph) by over 30%.

Refreshments will be provided in the Alan Berry Foyer from 5.30pm. To book your place email aa4015@coventry.ac.uk

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Coventry Conversations
02/03/2010

Thursday 18 March/1.00 - 4.00pm/Humber Lecture Theatre

Afghanistan - Are we embedding too much truth?

This half-day conference, run by Coventry University with support from the BBC College of Journalism and journalism.co.uk, will focus on the media's reporting of the war in Afghanistan.

Chaired by Kevin Marsh, editor of the BBC College of Journalism, the event will include contributions from journalists, foreign correspondents and academics including award-winning Stuart Ramsey of Sky News, distinguished film-maker Vaughan Smith, journalist Stephen Grey and ex BBC/Reuters journalist Hanand Habibizi. 

It is hoped that Channel Four news reporter, Alex Thomson will be contributing to the day as well and there will be a live video link-up with journalists in Kabul. 

Entry is free and open to all.

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Professorial Lecture by Ted Cantle
23/02/2010

Thursday 18 March/6.00pm/Humber lecture theatre

Key Challenges for Community Cohesion in an Era of ‘Super Diversity’

Ted Cantle is Professor of Community Cohesion at the Institute of Community Cohesion (iCoCo). Community Cohesion emerged as a new policy framework for race and diversity issues just over 9 years ago. It has been widely adopted by statutory and voluntary agencies and more latterly by businesses. The 23,000 schools in England are now under a duty to promote community cohesion and programmes to tackle prejudice and intolerance, reduce inequalities and to more positively promote belonging and the benefits of diversity, are evident in just about every neighbourhood. Ted Cantle, the architect of the cohesion concept, will consider the key challenges ahead.

Refreshments will be available from approximately 7pm. If you would like to attend contact Miss Suky Sanghera (s.sanghera@coventry.ac.uk) or call 5294.

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Reflections for Lent
18/02/2010

Every Wednesday until 31 March/12.00 - 12.40pm/Spirituality & Faith Centre

The Chaplaincy is offering a series of Wednesday reflections for Lent as below.

Date	Theme
Weds 17 March	Costly love
Weds 24 March	Betwixt & between
Weds 31 March	The unexpected voice

All staff are welcome. Contact Revd Jen Croft for further details j.croft@coventry.ac.uk

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Emerge Networking Event
12/03/2010

Thursday 18 March/5:30-6:30/ICE

Emerge, the joint venture between ICE, Coventry University and Coventry City Council to support creative businesses and practitioners, is holding the monthly networking meeting for creatives at the Institute for Creative Enterprise (ICE).

You can

• share your creative ideas
• meet potential collaborators
• meet people from other artforms.

To book a place at this event please contact Katie Law on 02476 158381 or klaw@cad.coventry.ac.uk

Emerge Networking is held on the third Thursday of each month, so make a note of the following dates: April 15, May 20 and June 17.

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Moodlefest
08/03/2010

22-25 March/various times and locations 

CUOnline Blackboard is being replaced in August by a new system, Moodle. In order to prepare you for this transition, the e-Learning Unit is providing workshops and drop in sessions. 

“Your Moodle home page” workshops – These workshops provide basic information on Moodle techniques for individuals. 

“Meet the Flying Squad” drop in sessions – These sessions will be held in the Library and all staff are welcome to drop in as they wish, to ask any questions they may have regarding downloading files from Blackboard, transferring data and uploading files to Curve. 

“Moodle on the Move” workshops – These workshops will provide tutor groups with basic information on Moodle at a location chosen by the tutor group. 

If you would like more information on the Moodlefest schedule or to book a workshop place for yourself or your tutor group, visit Moodlefest.

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Submit a proposal for ELATE 2010
09/03/2010

ELATE 2010 is Coventry University’s annual learning and teaching showcase and exhibition.  This year the focus is on Enhancing Learning.  It is an opportunity to share and showcase innovations and developments, meet network and discuss with colleagues across the University.

If you would like to submit a proposal for ELATE please visit the exhibition website below.  Please note the deadline for proposals is 26 March 2010.

For more information visit: http://cuba.coventry.ac.uk/elate2010

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May Examinations timetable now available
12/03/2010

The main examinations timetable is now available on the Registry page of the CU Portal please check it regularly for updates.

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The Brain Project
16/03/2010

Wednesday 24 March/13:00-14:00/Sir William Lyons Building (Showcase)

The JISC funded Brain (Building Research and Innovation Networks) project has been collecting researcher requirements, looking at research processes and developing tools and services to facilitate applied research and collaboration.

Come and discuss our results so far and contribute your view. Try out some of the things we have developed to find out who you connect to and how you can easily network with others.

Refreshments will be available.

Organised by the Brain Project and the Innovation Group, IT Services.

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Call for submissions - Applied Research Fellowship
17/03/2010

The application form for the Applied Research Fellow Scheme is now available from Miss Suky Sanghera (s.sanghera@coventry.ac.uk). 

The Applied Research Fellow Scheme can be used to fund travel and subsistence and potentially part-time teaching relief if required to enable the member of staff to visit their host with a view to developing Applied Research outputs and a funding bid to enable the collaboration to develop beyond this initial pump-priming funding.

Deadline for the submission of applications is 23rd April 2010.

Please note that the application deadline is strictly enforced and only completed submissions will be considered.