Campus News
King’s Meadow records storage facility — reminder to colleagues
April 27th, 2018
The records storage facility at King’s Meadow is full and boxes of records that have reached or passed their destruction date will be destroyed.
The records storage facility guidance explains that by assigning a destruction date and depositing the records into the Records Storage Facility you have provided prior approval for the Storage Team to proceed with destruction on that date.
Where records have reached their review date, reasonable efforts will be made to contact the colleague or area responsible for the records, but if no contact has been possible and the box reaches its destruction date, the material will be destroyed in line with the records storage facility guidance.
If you have any concerns or require further advice, please contact your records officer in the first instance.
If you require further assistance please contact the data protection team on data-protection@nottingham.ac.uk.
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Weekend closure planned for M1 junction
April 25th, 2018
A section of the M1 near Nottingham is due to close for a weekend in May 2018, to enable roadworks to be completed.
The southbound carriageway of junction 23A-24 of the M1 will be closed to all traffic from 10pm, Friday 11 May. The northbound carriageway will close two hours later (midnight, Friday 11 May).
Both carriageways are scheduled to reopen at 3pm, Sunday 13 May.
The closure is taking place to enable two separate roadwork projects to be completed:
- The Kegworth Bypass bridge will be launched over the motorway, south of Ashby Road Bridge, as part of a major infrastructure construction development at SEGRO Logistics Park East Midlands Gateway.
- Highways England will be carrying out essential bridge waterproofing works south of J23A.
There will be a traffic diversion route along the A453 for the entire time.
As the M1 is one of the UK’s busiest motorways, drivers should expect significant congestion and delays along this diversion route and the motorway. Drivers are advised to avoid this area if possible and allow for extra time for their journey – in particular if travelling to East Midlands Airport.
For more information, check www.slp-emg.com and www.trafficengland.com.
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Cascade: funding round open until Monday 21 May
April 25th, 2018
Thanks to donations from alumni and friends, current staff and students can apply for up to £10,000 to fund projects which benefit the student experience.
Previous Cascade grants have supported student-led projects such as Community First Responders, Liter of Light, Foodprint, Night Owls, Global Buddy Scheme and Vets in the Community.
Cascade runs in tandem with the University’s bespoke crowdfunding platform, Jumpstart– another useful channel to source funding for extra-curricular projects.
The current round of Cascade funding is open for applications until Monday 21 May 2018.
Contact cascade@nottingham.ac.uk or visit the Cascade webpage for details.
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New Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Professor Andy Long
April 25th, 2018
Professor Andy Long will become the new Provost and Deputy Vice-Chancellor (DVC) of the University from 1 July 2018.
As DVC, Professor Long will lead operational planning and academic resources across the University and support the Vice-Chancellor in providing strategic leadership for the University.
He will line manage the five Faculty Pro-Vice-Chancellors and work with the Provosts of the University’s China and Malaysia campuses to ensure a joined-up approach to our global operations.
He will also work with the Pro-Vice-Chancellors for Research and for Student Experience to maintain and extend our delivery of world changing research, excellent teaching and outstanding student experience.
Professor Long has studied and worked at the University since 1990 and is currently Pro-Vice-Chancellor of the Faculty of Engineering, leading 800 staff across six departments with more than 4,000 undergraduate and postgraduate students.
The Faculty ranks in the top ten engineering faculties in the UK (QS World University Rankings), and the most recent Research Excellence Framework rated more than 98% of its research as of international quality and 85% as ‘world-leading’ or ‘internationally excellent.’
Announcing the appointment, Vice-Chancellor Professor Shearer West said: “I am delighted that Andy will be our next Provost and Deputy Vice-Chancellor. Andy has a long and distinguished career both at Nottingham and within his academic field, and an unrivalled depth of understanding for the University. I am particularly pleased that we have been able to secure a Nottingham staff and student alumnus in this vital role for the University.”
Looking ahead to taking up his new role, Professor Long said: “I am absolutely delighted to have been appointed to this role, and look forward to working with Shearer and with the University community to address the challenges that we face.”
Recruitment to role of Pro-Vice-Chancellor for the Faculty of Engineering will commence shortly.
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Race Equality Charter — call for volunteers
April 24th, 2018
The University of Nottingham is dedicated to improving the representation, progression and success of minority ethnic staff and students within higher education. As part of this goal, the University aims to achieve an ECU Race Equality Charter Bronze Award by 2020.
In order to successfully make an impact for BME staff and students, we need a committed group of individuals representing a broad range of areas to do this work. As a result, we are delighted to offer you the opportunity to join the institutional race equality self-assessment team through one of the following roles:
- Operations and Facilities (O&F) representative
- Administrative, Professional & Managerial (APM) representative
- Technical Services (TS) representative
- Research and Teaching (R&T) representative
- Postgraduate student representative
The Equality Challenge Unit (ECU)’s Race Equality Charter is underpinned by five guiding principles:
- Racial inequalities are a significant issue within higher education. Racial inequalities are not necessarily overt, isolated incidents. Racism is an everyday facet of UK society and racial inequalities manifest themselves in everyday situations, processes and behaviours.
- UK higher education cannot reach its full potential unless it can benefit from the talents of the whole population and until individuals from all ethnic backgrounds can benefit equally from the opportunities it affords.
- In developing solutions to racial inequalities, it is important that they are aimed at achieving long-term institutional culture change, avoiding a deficit model where solutions are aimed at changing the individual.
- Minority ethnic staff and students are not a homogenous group. People from different ethnic backgrounds have different experiences of and outcomes from/within higher education, and that complexity needs to be considered in analysing data and developing actions.
- All individuals have multiple identities, and the intersection of those different identities should be considered wherever possible.
To give adequate time for consideration of these complex challenges, participation in the institutional self-assessment team is likely to require 0.05FTE in addition to attendance at quarterly SAT meetings. In return, colleagues will be part of positive culture change at the University and have the opportunity to demonstrate leadership and citizenship skills.
We are particularly keen to hear from black and ethnic staff and students who would be able to share their experiences at the University.
To nominate yourself, or to discuss the roles further in confidence, please email Justine Wallis-Leggett. The deadline for expressions of interest is Monday 14 May.
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Moving on: Breda Walls, Chief Student Management Officer
April 24th, 2018
Breda Walls, Chief Student Management Officer, will be leaving the University on Friday 13 July to take up a new role as Director of Student Services at Trinity College Dublin.
As Chief Student Management Officer for Nottingham for the past 3 years, Breda has been responsible for all aspects of student services from registration to graduation, including fees & funding, timetabling & examinations, and partnerships, placements & mobility.
Her new role brings her closer to her family and home in Dublin and encompasses leadership responsibilities for the full range of Trinity’s student services including student recruitment, academic registry, sports, healthcare, day nursery, student counselling and disability services.
Breda joined the University of Nottingham in 2015 after an early teaching career and 27 years in the airline industry in a career which has spanned the UK, Ireland, Canada and the USA.
Commenting on her move, Breda said: “I am delighted to have secured a role at the prestigious Trinity College Dublin and to have the opportunity to be closer to friends and family at home.
“The decision was not easy and it will be a wrench to leave the community at Nottingham which has become very much a second family. I will be serving my full notice period to ensure a smooth handover and continued stability and delivery of the final phases of Project Transform.”
Vice-Chancellor Professor Shearer West said: “I would like to thank Breda for the immense contribution she has made to the University, in particular to our services for our students, and wish her every success in her new role with Trinity College Dublin”.
It is anticipated that Breda’s deputies, Clare Gough and Chris Hulse, will take on aspects of Breda’s role on her departure until a decision is made on the way forward with the role of Chief Student Management Officer.
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UoN academic ranked among world’s most powerful women in Islamic finance
April 24th, 2018
A Nottingham University Business School academic has been ranked among the world’s most powerful women in Islamic finance.
Professor Meryem Duygun holds the Aviva Chair in Risk and Insurance at NUBS and also works as an Honorary Visiting Professor at the University of Leicester as well as being President of the International Finance and Banking Society.
She has now been voted 35 in the WOMANi 2018 report. The rankings were put together to champion the role of women in Islamic Banking and Finance. They look at areas such as professional leadership, advocacy and industry-wide recognition.
Professor Duygun said: “To be listed in WOMANi report came as a delightful surprise to me. It is a great honour and a genuine recognition of the importance and significance of the contribution that women across the world make in the area of Islamic Banking and Finance.
“I would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone who has supported me throughout my career. I hope this award will inspire many other women to make their mark in the world of Islamic Banking and Finance.”
The report said: “Throughout Islamic history, women have played important and influential roles in major areas such as policy making, politics, academia and business; from the first woman entrepreneur, Khadija Bint Khuwailad, to thousands of other Muslim women.
“Active participation of women in business and finance is a contemporary phenomenon, which has its roots in the Western influence on lifestyle and business organisations.
Islamic banking and finance in general have been traditionally dominated by men. But over the last two decades, we have seen more and more women shattering the industry’s glass ceiling. These inspirational female leaders and industry pioneers have inspired and motivated a new generation of female talent.”
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Module enrolment is open for the 2018/19 academic year
April 23rd, 2018
Pre-enrolment for the 2018/19 academic year is now open and will remain open until Friday 4 May.
After checking the Module Catalogue for available modules, students can complete a Module Choice form and return it to studentservices@nottingham.ac.uk or hand it in to their nearest Student Service Centre.
Students were emailed details of the process on Friday 20 April and Monday 23 April.
Student Services will check all submitted forms to confirm that choices conform with the programme of study requirements. Where there are any other restrictions on module choice – such as caps on places – these will be managed by Student Services in collaboration with colleagues in schools. If students have any questions about module choices, they should be referred to Student Services in the first instance.
Some schools are running module advisory sessions during this period – please check with colleagues to find out if your school is running these.
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Travelling between campuses — new web resource
April 20th, 2018
A new group of webpages has been launched on the University of Nottingham’s website to help visitors, staff and students understand all the ways to get between our campuses.
Here at the University, we’ve got a community of around 40,000 people studying and working across our UK campuses.
The new ‘travelling between campuses’ webpages detail a number of different inter-campus transport facilities, designed to help people choose the best option for their journey.
With features such as real-time availability of hire bikes, bus timetables and a new page showing times to walk between some of our key landmarks, the webpages aim to provide an easy-to-use and useful portfolio of information to help people get around.
Find out more at the travelling between campuses webpage.
Our maps and directions pages have also been updated, to improve ease of use and give better information for visitors. You can now use the pages to get directions to specific locations on campuses, choose modes of transport, and get extra info about travel. View the maps and directions page here.
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Student Services has moved
April 20th, 2018
Following plans announced at the end of the spring term, the University Park Central Student Service Centre has now moved location.
The University Park Central Student Service Centre has moved from its previous location in Cherry Tree Lodge and can now be found on C Floor of the Portland Building opposite the Welcome Zone. This is the local service centre for students based on courses in the University Park central area, though it can cater to the entire student population.
The new location is open and receiving students.
For more information about the services available, visit the Student Services website.
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