Campus News
Enhancements to the hopper bus services
September 17th, 2019
The following changes will be implemented to the hopper bus services from Monday 23 September.
- 901 Sutton Bonington — additional connectivity will be added to Kegworth in the morning and evening peaks
- 902 King’s Meadow Campus — an on-request ‘set down’ stop will be added on Lenton Lane to facilitate connectivity to the Tram Network (note this is only on the KMC to UP section of the route)
- 903 Jubilee Campus — this route will no longer serve East Drive or the Arts Centre and will loop around campus before exiting the North Entrance. This change will remove significant congestion to East Drive and also improve the reliability of the service by avoiding significant congestion in the Dunkirk area.
These changes are being implemented to help improve the overall reliability of service, improve connectivity and further enhance the campus environment.
New timetables will be uploaded to the website shortly.
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Secondment Opportunities: Midlands Engine
September 17th, 2019
University staff are invited to consider secondment opportunities to deliver the Midlands Engine’s fifth China-UK Regional Leaders’ summit in Birmingham on 18-19 February 2020.
The Midlands Engine is a coalition of Councils, Combined Authorities, Local Enterprise Partnerships (LEP), Universities and businesses across the region, actively working with Government to build a collective identity, to enable us to present the Midlands as a competitive and compelling offer that is attractive at home and overseas.
Based in West Bridgford, full-time roles are offered for a Programme Manager and two Project Officers for a six month period from October 2019. Further information on the roles can be found at Midlands Engine RLS Secondments.
Interested candidates should apply by Friday 20 September by email to Rachael.greenwood@midlandsengine.org including a current CV and covering letter, highlighting relevant experience.
Further information is available from Dr Helen Turner, Director of Midlands Innovation at h.turner@midlandsinnovation.org.uk.
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Final call for applications for 2019/20 leadership development programmes
September 17th, 2019
The Leadership and Management Academy (LMA) offers a range of professional development opportunities to enhance leadership practice, build confidence and help develop a great network of like-minded colleagues.
Programmes are open to all University staff, and applications are particularly welcomed from individuals from under-represented groups in the community.
There are still places on the Executive Leadership Programme and the Operational Leadership Programme. There are limited places remaining on the Senior Leadership Programme and Stepping into Leadership Programme.
The deadline for applications for the 2019/20 Core Leadership Development programmes is Monday 30 September. You can find out more and apply on the LMA Development Programmes webpages.
A new range of specialist programmes are also open for application, along with the bite-sized Spotlight on… sessions. These two-hour events held every month cover a range of practical topics and are led by experts from around the University. For more information, and to book your place, visit the LMA Development programme webpage.
The LMA also continues to offer coaching and mentoring , job shadowing and a wide range of online resources for all staff who wish to develop their skills and career.
Tags: Leadership Management Academy, Professional Development, Spotlight on, training
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The VC’s blog – Building a sustainable future
September 16th, 2019
In her latest blog, the Vice-Chancellor reflects on the University’s role in securing a more sustainable planet and confirms that staff are welcome to observe UCU’s 30 minute ‘campaign action’ for the global Climate Strike on 20 September.
Read the blog: www.nottingham.ac.uk/About/Vice-Chancellor/Blog/Blog-022.aspx.
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Staff Room — your homepage for news and information
September 16th, 2019
The Staff Room channel highlighting news, information and key links and services for staff has been set as the default homepage for staff using Internet Explorer as a browser.
Staff Room was launched in May this year as the landing page for staff, highlighting key news and events, colleague and student successes, and updates to systems and services affecting our UK campuses.
It was launched following staff feedback – including the Staff Engagement Survey and the University Strategy consultation process. Colleagues told us they wanted access to information and key services quickly and easily, without having to trawl the University website, Workspace and other channels.
The page, which was developed following staff consultation, also brings together links to commonly used systems and services – including HR services, IS systems, Campus Solutions, the Research Information System, policy documents and email. Colleagues across the institution took part in surveys, focus groups and testing to help develop the site.
To share your news and events on Staff Room, or our other internal communications channels for staff and students, contact the Internal Communications Team. Please also share your thoughts and suggestions on Staff Room news content and useful links, so we can make ongoing improvements to the channel.
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Gender Identity option in MyView
September 12th, 2019
The option to self-declare gender identity is now available in MyView.
Gender identity refers to the way you describe your identity, as opposed to your ‘sex’ which is related to your physical body and biology.
The University is committed through its Institutional Athena Swan action plan to the principle that individuals have unique identities, and to providing the option for staff to declare their gender identity, which may or may not be the same as the gender originally assigned to them at birth.
As a result of this work, an option has been created to enable staff to update their gender identity in MyView. New applicants will also be asked to provide their gender identity information when completing their equality information as part of the recruitment process.
Collecting personal details such as gender identity and disability helps the University better understand the profile of its workforce, provides a basis for equality monitoring, and supports wider work to promote equality such as equality impact assessments.
Data will only be used on an anonymised basis for monitoring equality, diversity and inclusion and will not be shared in any way in which you are personally identifiable without explicit permission.
To update your equality information, visit MyView, select ‘my details’ and ‘equality monitoring’. For more details see this guide.
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Disruption to University print service
September 11th, 2019
As part of the University print service refresh project, there will be some upcoming disruption as Information Services (IS) upgrade the infrastructure to support the refreshed service.
Disruption is expected to take up to ten days between Thursday 12 and Wednesday 25 September.
From Monday 9 September, IS will be changing the print queues, simplifying names and upgrading the print service websites.
What is changing?
- Upgrading the Print Credits and Print Pin websites to a new service – there will be some downtime while this takes place
- Installing new print queues to all University Windows desktops and laptops.
Four print queues will remain – ‘Mono’, ‘Colour’, ‘Booklet’ and ‘Draft’. The name of the queues will change, for example ‘mono on uiwapeps05’ will become ‘Mono on UoNPrint’ - Non-Windows and users of desktop phasers will need to update their print settings
- Some printers will have an updated ‘Scan to Email’ option and ‘Workflow scanning’, this will match the experience found on printers in student areas
- Fax option is being removed from service
How does this affect users?
For the changes to take place, printers need to be transferred from the old print queues to the new print queues. Disruption is expected to take up to ten days between Thursday 12 and Wednesday 23 September, however work may be completed sooner. A full schedule can be viewed on the Digital Network blog.
During the period of disruption it is advised that all users send documents to both the old and new queues to ensure documents are printed. There will also be limited availability of the mobile print service while printers are transferred.
Taught students and users of mobile print
Printers in student areas will be transferred during the first few days of transition. Mobile print will have limited availability until all printers are transferred to the new service.
Staff, Postgraduate Researcher and Associates
From Thursday 12 September, users with a University Windows desktop, laptop or surface, should restart the device or log out and back in for the new print queues to load. All old queues will remain until all printers have been transferred.
More information
For further information and guides on updating printer settings on staff non-Windows devices or for instructions on printing to a direct printer queue (i.e. desktop phaser), please see this Workspace page.
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UNNC Provost and PVC Global Engagement Confirmed
September 11th, 2019
Following a global recruitment competition, Vice-Chancellor Professor Shearer West has appointed Professor Nick Miles as Provost at the University of Nottingham Ningbo Campus (UNNC). She has also appointed Professor Robert Mokaya to the role of Pro Vice-Chancellor for Global Engagement.
Professor Miles and Professor Mokaya had been delivering their roles on an interim basis following the departure of the former Provost Professor Chris Rudd to James Cook University in Singapore.
Professor West said:
“I am delighted that Nick will continue in the role of UNNC Provost on a permanent basis. His passion, commitment and leadership for our China campus will prove essential as UNNC moves into a new era, not least as we extend our UK ‘Beacons of Excellence’ research programme into Ningbo to develop innovation clusters on smart manufacturing, green chemicals and healthcare.
”I am equally delighted that Robert will continue as the University’s Pro Vice-Chancellor for Global Engagement to develop our global strategy and sustain our partnerships across the world. Now more than ever we must maintain and nurture our global outlook that is so vital to our research, teaching and student experience.”
Professor Nick Miles has been appointed as the Provost at the University of Nottingham Ningbo Campus (UNNC).
Professor Robert Mokaya will continue in the role of Pro Vice-Chancellor for Global Engagement.
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Professor Duncan Angwin appointed Dean of Business School
September 10th, 2019
Professor Duncan Angwin has been appointed the new Dean of Nottingham University Business School.
He joins the School of Business from Lancaster University where he is currently the Sir Roland Smith Professor in Strategic Management and Head of Department for Entrepreneurship and Strategy.
Professor Angwin is recognised internationally for his expertise in strategic management and mergers and acquisitions. He has taught in over 20 countries and is the author of 12 books, including the bestselling strategy textbook ‘Exploring Strategy’. After studying at Cambridge University, he worked as a senior investment banker in London and Paris. During this time, he worked on the world’s largest mergers and acquisition, worth £13 billion. Under his leadership at Lancaster University, his department was rated by the Financial Times as first in the world for its teaching excellence in strategy.
Professor Duncan Angwin said: “I am delighted to be taking up the post of Dean of Nottingham University Business School. It is an honour to be leading a globally renowned business school. It has a well-earned international reputation for its innovative research and for leading the way in teaching students to develop a broader ethical and social perspective on business practice which is central to creating a sustainable future. I look forward to further developing the School’s reputation for research and engagement, locally and internationally.”
Nottingham University Business School ranks sixth in the UK for research power and is an international leader in finance and management education and a pioneer in entrepreneurship, innovation and sustainability. It is the only British business school to offer courses in entrepreneurship to undergraduate students in the UK and the University campuses in China and Malaysia.
Professor Todd Landman, Pro-Vice Chancellor for the Faculty of Social Sciences, said: “We are very pleased to be welcoming Professor Angwin to our University. He brings outstanding experience from both industry and academia which will benefit our teaching staff and students. Duncan has shown incredible leadership in his previous role where he increased the size of his department and increased teaching standards to an international level. These achievements made him the best person to take forward Nottingham University Business School’s vision to shape the future of responsible business and management in an increasingly inter-connected world.”
Professor Angwin will formally take up his role in November.
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Echo 360 improvements: Training events
September 6th, 2019
Echo 360 have made further improvements to the Engage lecture recording service with the introduction of a new user interface called Universal Capture.
These improvements will affect all teaching rooms with the exception of large lecture theatres, which will retain the 2018-19 interface for the immediate future. Staff unsure of which system is in use in the room in which they are timetabled to teach can refer to the list of locations of each type of system.
The new interface will make it quicker and easier for all staff to use the full functionality of the system.
Information Services are offering training sessions to give staff the opportunity to learn more and try out the new interface. These will take place as follows:
- Wednesday 11 September 2019, 2-4 pm, A01 Highfield House, University Park Campus
- Wednesday 18 September 2019, 2-4 pm, C15 Chemistry, University Park Campus
- Wednesday 25 September 2019, 2-4 pm, B14 ESLC, University Park Campus
Please go to the Central Short Courses Engage booking page to book your place on one of the sessions above. You only need to attend one session as the content will be repeated.
Further training sessions will follow in due course, including on the other Nottingham campuses.
Instructions on how to use the new interface can also be downloaded in pdf format.
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