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Libraries Digital Exhibition: Call for staff and student artwork exploring disability
November 17th, 2022
To celebrate Disability Recognition Month, Libraries will be hosting DisPerspective, a digital exhibition of art by students and staff that portray life with a disability.
Submissions for the exhibition can be photographic, painting, collage, textile or anything else that can be submitted as a digital image.
The window for submissions will open on Monday 21 November and will close at the end of term on Friday 16 December.
The submitted artworks will be exhibited online and digitally in some libraries from January 2023.
The submission form will be posted on the Libraries website from Monday 21 November.
If you have any questions, please email ua-libraries-comms@nottingham.ac.uk
More from Libraries
In addition to the exhibition Libraries will also be marking Disability Recognition Month by:
- asking for staff and student recommendations for titles for the Disability Recognition Month reading list
- giving away free copies of the book, Disability Visibility: First Person Stories from the Twenty-First Century to the first 12 students who sign up to attend the Libraries reading group on Wednesday 8 February 2023.
- raising awareness of the support available for disabled students from Libraries, including access to dedicated study spaces, extended loan and collection periods, postal loans and more.
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The Nottingham Student Experience Survey – now open
November 17th, 2022
The survey is open to all non-final-year undergraduate students and is an opportunity to provide feedback on what we’re doing right or what they think we could do better.
Students will receive a link to their university email address. Alternatively, the survey can be accessed using the below link and their student ID number and year of birth.
Nottingham Student Experience Survey
The deadline for completing the survey is Monday 19 December.
Upon completion there is also an opportunity for students to be entered into a prize draw to win one of two £500 Love2Shop vouchers.
Staff can support the survey by encouraging students to get involved. The following folder contains promotional resources, including lecture slides and social media posts:
Thank you for your support.
View prize draw terms and conditions.
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Water leak investigation – Coates Building
November 16th, 2022
Update 18.11.22 – The water leak is resolved and all services and facilities in Coates Building are back in operation
A water leak on Coates Road is currently being investigated by our Estates teams with the support of external contractors
The leak will be monitored overnight and repair work will begin on Thursday morning. Teaching and research activity is expected to continue throughout the repair works, though some services will be limited.
The café will remain open, selling pre-packaged food and drinks. Drinking water will be unavailable via water fountains and kitchen sinks, but bottled water will be available throughout Coates Building. Toilets will be unavailable in Coates Building, but alternative facilities in nearly buildings, such as Pope Building and the Engineering and Science Learning Centre.
Staff based in Coates Building who can work remotely should do so if possible. This will help lessen the impact on water supplies in the building.
Students with teaching sessions timetabled in the Coates Building should attend them as scheduled unless they are communicated with directly.
Services in nearby buildings – such as Coates Auditorium, the Bio-Discovery Institute and the Engineering L buildings – have not been affected by the leak.
The leak and the repair work may affect water pressure in other buildings on campus. Please help us to keep on top of this by reporting instances of low water pressure to the Estates Helpdesk, online or by calling 0115 951 6666, or ext 16666.
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Reducing the climate impact from food
November 16th, 2022
The university is trialling using carbon labelling on menus to calculate the climate impact of dishes whilst helping staff and students understand the carbon impact of their food choices.
The food industry accounts for 28% of global emissions, and around 8% of the university’s total carbon footprint.
Ultimately, across the world we need to reduce the climate impact from food to reach the UN’s climate goals, and to achieve this we need to make more conscious food choices.
The university has partnered with Klimato to climate label our menus, helping our staff and students to choose planet-friendly meals that both taste good and contribute to reducing the climate impact from food.
The climate labels display the carbon footprint of each meal in kg CO2e (carbon dioxide equivalent), which equals the total amount of greenhouse gas emissions from that dish.
The carbon footprint is calculated based on ingredients, production method and country of origin using a method called Life Cycle Assessment.
The label also indicates whether the carbon footprint of each dish is equivalent to a low, medium or high climate impact.
In the UK today, an average lunch or dinner has a carbon footprint of roughly 1.6 kg CO2e. According to WWF, this number should not exceed 0.5 kg CO2e in order to reach the UN’s climate goals defined in the Paris Agreement.
This is why Klimato has defined a low climate impact meal as one with a carbon footprint of 0.5 kg CO2e or less. Choose a dish with a low climate impact label to eat within the planetary boundaries and help us reach the climate goals.
The new menus are now live in catered halls and in restaurants Portland Saijokai and Mama’s. If the trials are successful, it will then be introduced into other catered outlets.
What we eat has a huge impact on the environment and reducing meat and dairy is one of the most effective ways of making a positive difference.
But there are other foods that have a surprisingly large carbon footprint such as chocolate and coffee. Find out the impact of different foods with the BBC’s food calculator.
By including a small label on the menu to simplify planet friendly choices, we hope to inspire you to take climate action. Let’s fight climate change together – one meal at a time.
Read more about Klimato and how they calculate the carbon footprint of food at klimato.co
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Stronger Together – making campus safe for everyone
November 15th, 2022
How do you identify and respond to a hate crime? First-year students will be able to access micro-course content on just that as part of a pilot project designed to make our campus community safer.
Our campus community is friendly, diverse and welcoming to all. We want everyone to feel safe and supported wherever they work and study. But we know that some of our students and staff have experienced hate crime in the city and on campus.
This is not acceptable. There is no place for hate crime on our campuses, as outlined in our expected standards of behaviour. But we also recognise that not everyone feels confident in identifying hate crime – or in knowing how to safely and effectively respond to one.
Using engaging videos and clear, no-nonsense text, these two four-minute hate crime sessions will help students understand what a hate crime is – and how they might address it. Whether that’s safely challenging the perpetrator or supporting the victim.
How you access the course
We’ll send first-year students two text messages from UoN Micro over two days. The texts will contain a link to the bite-sized course, which will take around four minutes to complete on your phone.
Recipients will receive the first text on Tuesday 6 December followed by a second when they’ve completed the first session. Recipients should complete the course in full.
This course, the consent course and one more micro-learning course – on misogyny and how to recognise and call out poor behaviour – are part of a pilot project to explore how we can help our community understand that these important issues are everyone’s responsibility.
We will share opportunities to feed back on the delivery, content and tone of the courses. It will help us assess the current content and refine future courses.
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Policy Impact Pathways and Policy Impact Accelerator programmes
November 15th, 2022
The Institute for Policy and Engagement is pleased to announce the Policy Impact Pathways and Policy Impact Accelerator programmes, which will be running in 2022-23.
The Policy Impact Pathways Programme (PIPP) is aimed at Early Career Researchers with no or little experience in policy impact, but who have a vision for how their research work might have implications for influencing government policy at the local, regional or national level.
This programme is based on our recent pilot PIPP programme, funded by the ESRC and delivered for Social Science academics. The new iteration will be open to academics from any faculty.
The Policy Impact Accelerator Programme (PIAP) is aimed at academics at either early or mid-career stage who already have some experience in policy impact work, and who would welcome some targeted support to deepen their engagement and further their skills and knowledge.
This programme is also open to academics from any faculty.
You will be required to submit a full application form together with statement of support from your School. If required, the Institute staff can give guidance on applications.
Deadline: Friday 25 November 2022
Further details can be found in the FAQs document and guidance document for applicants.
If you have any questions on the programme, please email Roni Kahraman or Chris Sims.
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Improvements to Academic WorkCentre: full mark report history now available
November 15th, 2022
The Education Administration Continuous Improvement Team (EACIT) have made changes to the functionality of Campus Solutions, adding a new feature that enables access to a student’s full mark history in the Academic WorkCentre.
They received feedback from academic colleagues highlighting that there was a lack of continuity and visibility of students mark history, particularly in instances where the student has either:
- Progressed onto follow-on study
- Moved from another campus
- Transferred programmes
There were understandable concerns that this may hinder the support offered to these students.
What has been done
As a result, the EACIT relocated the ‘Results’ button within the academic WorkCentre to enable you to run a report for each programme related to your student when there are multiple available.
This will save time finding the data required, so that students can be appropriately supported and guided.
Detailed guidance about these reports is available on Workspace.
Please note: These reports contain the latest real-time information from Campus Solutions – it is live. As assessment marks are entered and module marks are calculated in Campus Solutions, the marks shown in the reports will change (after you relaunch a report).
Please bear this in mind during any discussion with individual students, and do not discuss detailed marks unless you are sure that the marks have been approved by an Examination Board and reflect any outcomes of the Examination Board.
This can sometimes take several weeks depending upon the decision and any consequent need to gather further information.
Thank you
The EACIT would like to thank academic colleagues that volunteered their time to provide input into the development of this new feature. Their valuable contributions have enabled us to roll this out to all staff.
Please continue to feedback any problems on the university’s student administration processes and systems to the team here.
Further help
For all Campus Solutions user guides and videos please view the Campus Solutions training Workspace site.
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Join us on stage at winter graduation – volunteers needed
November 14th, 2022
Colleagues from across the university are invited to play a special part in this winter’s graduation ceremonies.
Volunteers are needed to be part of the graduation platform party for each of our ceremonies. Staff at all levels and from all job families are encouraged to take part.
The time commitment required to be a member of the platform party is two hours in total. You arrive 45 minutes before the start time of the ceremony to the staff robing room – upstairs at David Ross Sports Village – where you will be robed by Ede and Ravenscroft.
Around 20 minutes before the ceremony starts, you’ll be asked to form the academic procession which will be led down into the ceremony hall and marks the beginning of proceedings.
After an introduction by the Presiding Officer, students will be called to the stage to have their degrees conferred and you’ll be asked to applaud as the students cross the stage.
The ceremony generally lasts for an hour, after which the academic procession will leave the ceremony, returning to the robing room. Robes are collected back in and at that point you’re able to leave, unless you want to stay and circulate with graduates in the post-ceremony refreshment area.
This winter we are holding graduation ceremonies between 13 and 16 December for our Class of 2022. This is an amazing time to celebrate the achievements of our graduates and staff and feedback from students tells us that they really value seeing staff who have been involved in their learning and broader student experience at their ceremonies.
We are particularly low on stage presence at the ceremony below:
Wednesday 14 December at 11:45am – School of Computer Science, School of Mathematical Sciences and School of Physics and Astronomy.
Your support would be hugely appreciated – contact Claire Warry at graduation@nottingham.ac.uk to register by Friday 18 November 2022.
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Your Nottingham Alumni Awards 2023 – open for nominations
November 14th, 2022
Nominations for the 2023 Your Nottingham Alumni Awards are now open.
The Your Nottingham Alumni Awards celebrate our alumni community and share the stories of how they carry Nottingham’s values into the world.
No two paths or experiences are the same; that’s what makes our community so special. Our awards are designed to reflect this rich diversity and the amazing contributions being made in so many different ways.
The awards’ new look is embedded in everything that is Nottingham, but keeping our alumni in the spotlight. We’ve drawn inspiration from things unique to us as a Nottingham community; the shape of our spotlight is designed from the buildings we call home on our iconic campuses.
Submit your nomination now
We want to hear about alumni whose achievements inspire you; the people who make a positive difference to those around them; and who make you proud to be Nottingham. Fill in our online form and complete your entry by Sunday 15 January 2023.
Who can be nominated?
We actively encourage nominations of alumni from all communities, particularly those within often underrepresented groups.
The term alumni refers to anyone who studied a term or more at the university. These awards are open to UK campus alumni only. Our UNM and UNNC campuses have their own awards.
Anyone can submit a nomination, including university staff. Alumni themselves can nominate someone else or self-nominate. Nominees will be informed that they have been nominated.
What are we looking for?
Alumni across our community, who have demonstrated the university’s values since graduating and as a result, have made a big impact on those around them.
University values:
- Inclusivity
- Ambition
- Fairness
- Openness
- Respect
How will the winners be selected?
All names and gendered pronouns of nominees will be removed, unless relevant to the reason for nomination, before being shared with a selection panel, who will score each nomination against the criteria above.
Questions?
If you have any queries, please contact Lily.Fairless@nottingham.ac.uk in the Alumni Engagement Team.
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Nottinghamshire Fire and Rescue Service to hold joint exercise on campus
November 14th, 2022
Members of Nottinghamshire Fire and Rescue Service (NFRS) will join university staff on Thursday 17 November 2022 for a training exercise at David Ross Sports Village, University Park campus.
From 8.30am – 10.30am, NFRS will be on campus to conduct a HAZMAT chemical drill. This will involve simulating an emergency situation on campus in order to be better prepared for any future incidents.
On the day, NFRS will have at least two fire appliances, one Specialist Rescue Unit and one Station Manager car present and there will be fire fighters wearing gas-tight suits and breathing apparatus in and around the area of David Ross Sports Village.
For the purposes of the drill, a small section of the parking bays at the back of David Ross Sports Village will be cordoned off, but parking and access to all buildings will not be impacted.
There will be no disruption to any service at David Ross Sports Village for staff or students and all activities are scheduled as normal.
Staff and students can expect to see signs around David Ross Sports Village letting people know about the exercise and there will be a number of members of staff from the university present to answer any questions.
Joint exercises like this are crucial in improving partnership working and ensuring the university is as prepared as possible in the case of real emergency incidents.
For more information about the joint exercise with NFRS, please contact Nick.Murfin@nottingham.ac.uk.
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