News archive – March 2012

Introducing IT Know-How
(01 Mar 2012)
This week sees the publication of the first in a series of tips to help you get the most out of IT Services.

Third of looters were ‘from deprived areas’
(01 Mar 2012)
Nearly a third of looters punished for taking part in the Manchester and Salford riots came from areas with high levels of social deprivation, an academic has found.

Seminar invitation: Enterprise and the Third Mission
(01 Mar 2012)
21 March (10am-3.50pm) at Manchester Business School

Paul Weller is Live from Jodrell Bank on 24 June
(01 Mar 2012)
Hands-on science workshops, lectures and experiments also included in the ticket price.

Multimillion-pound health bonanza for Manchester
(01 Mar 2012)
Manchester researchers are celebrating after securing £12.5 million of Government funding for clinical research in the city.

Science ethics institute to join Manchester’s Faculty of Life Sciences
(01 Mar 2012)
The University of Manchester’s Institute for Science, Ethics and Innovation (iSEI), established in 2008, is to join the Faculty of Life Sciences (FLS) from August.

International debate: Is European Multiculturalism in Crisis?
(02 Mar 2012)
Friday 23 March (4-6pm) in the Samuel Alexander Theatre, Samuel Alexander Building.

CLASS Network Conference 2012: One-day event for professional support staff
(02 Mar 2012)
Development sessions and networking opportunities on Wednesday 4 April (8.30am-3.55pm) in the Alan Turing Building.

Oar-some duo's Olympic dream
(02 Mar 2012)
Two students at The University of Manchester have been given the opportunity of a lifetime, to try out for the GB Rowing team, which will compete in the London 2012 Olympic Games.

University academics are honoured by the Queen
(02 Mar 2012)
The Queen presented The University of Manchester with an award in recognition of the quality of its work in the nuclear field at a ceremony at Buckingham Palace last week.

Blue Peter goes live from the Library
(02 Mar 2012)
The BBC’s long-running children’s TV show Blue Peter was broadcast live from the renowned John Ryland’s Library at The University of Manchester yesterday (Thursday) to celebrate World Book Day.

University Graphical Processing Units (GPU) Club meeting
(05 Mar 2012)
Friday 23 March (2-3.30pm) in Room 1.218, University Place.

BII Symposium: Imaging Language
(05 Mar 2012)
Wednesday 14 March 2012 (1.30-5pm, with lunch at 1pm) in Room 5.206, University Place.

Historian gives thanks to medieval Arab medics
(05 Mar 2012)
One of the nation’s leading medical historians has acknowledged the extent of Western medicine’s debt to medieval Arab doctors in a new book.

Wood Street Mission Lottery Draw
(05 Mar 2012)
Announcing the winner for March.

UniLife and Staff Update: March 2012
(05 Mar 2012)
Read the latest issues online.

Meet or Sleep for £30 at Chancellors Hotel and Conference Centre
(05 Mar 2012)
Great value day delegate and bed and breakfast packages at Manchester’s very own Grade II listed country house hotel and conference centre.

The Park in the City: Whitworth Park Community Archaeology and History Project
(05 Mar 2012)
Wednesday 7 March in Kanaris Lecture Theatre, The Manchester Museum (3pm) followed by discussion wth tea and coffee (4pm).

Tokyo subway attack responses “eroded freedoms”
(06 Mar 2012)
The 1995 terrorist atrocity on the Tokyo Subway which killed thirteen people has led to a worrying erosion of religious freedom in Japan, according to one of Britain’s leading scholars in Japanese studies.

Manchester reaches the final of University Challenge
(06 Mar 2012)
The University of Manchester is through to the final of University Challenge, having clinched victory in their semi final last night.

At The Manchester Museum this weekend
(06 Mar 2012)
Jurassic climate change Big Saturday (10 March) * The Tech Factor Challenge and Bug Hunt (11 March).

Hockney, Emin, Whiteread at the Whitworth!
(07 Mar 2012)
"Behind-the-scenes" tour for staff on Wednesday 14 March (12.30-1.15pm).

Increase in laptop thefts
(07 Mar 2012)
How to reduce the risk of your laptop being stolen.

Do you use particular applications for teaching or research?
(07 Mar 2012)
IT Services is reviewing the compatibility of existing software applications with the new Windows 7 operating system.

News from FoodOnCampus
(07 Mar 2012)
Last few days of Fairtrade Fortnight * WIN concert tickets and gift vouchers * SALE still on.

News from SPORT Manchester
(07 Mar 2012)
Don’t miss out on Wellbeing Week 2012 – few extra places released * Date for the diary - Manchester Bike Bash 2012! * Get set for the weekend with Friday Zumba!

Events this week at the Martin Harris Centre
(08 Mar 2012)
Quatuor Danel evening concert and pre-concert lecture at The Manchester Grammar School (9 March) * Literature Live - Colm Tóibín in Conversation with Roy Foster (12 March).

Shop till you drop? Sir Partha explains why
(08 Mar 2012)
One of the world’s leading economists is to explain the latest thinking about what drives us to consume goods and services at a University of Manchester lecture tomorrow (8 March).

University subsidised bike lock scheme
(08 Mar 2012)
Buy good quality D-locks for only £15 (they usually cost £35 or more).

Manchester student takes her research to Parliament
(08 Mar 2012)
A University of Manchester engineering student is attending Parliament next week to present her science to a range of politicians and a panel of expert judges.

Hockey showdown in the Czech Republic
(08 Mar 2012)
The Manchester Metros Ice Hockey Club, made up of students from across the city, are returning from Zlin in the Czech Republic after a showdown with the UTB Ice Hockey Team from the Thomas Bata University.

Lessons on life, language and the human mind from the Amazon
(08 Mar 2012)
Professor Dan Everett talks about on his linguistic fieldwork in the Amazon on 19 March (5pm) in Theatre A, Roscoe Building.

28th International Association for Breast Cancer Research Conference
(09 Mar 2012)
15-18 April 2012 at The Palace Hotel, Manchester (register by 16 March).

Make a child eggstra happy this Easter
(09 Mar 2012)
... by donating Easter eggs, confectionery or money to the Wood Street Easter Egg Project 2012 by 22 March.

Sprint to the Sport Relief cake sale
(09 Mar 2012)
First come, first served on 19 March (from 9am) in the Income Office, G.003 John Owens Building.

Manchester University sociologist becomes Australian Government advisor
(09 Mar 2012)
A University of Manchester Sociologist has been appointed as an international advisor to the Australian Government.

Story behind amazing book discovery to be told at John Rylands
(09 Mar 2012)
John Gillis, of Trinity College Library, Ireland, will speak at The John Rylands Library Deansgate on 22 March (6pm).

Social Responsibility and Volunteer of the Year Awards
(12 Mar 2012)
Nominations are open until 23 March 2012.

Service of Thanksgiving for Body Donors
(12 Mar 2012)
Tuesday 20 March 2012 (12.15 for 12.30pm) in the Whitworth Hall.

Last chance to join the Final Salary section of UMSS
(12 Mar 2012)
Applications must be received in the Pensions Office by 30 March 2012.

Performance Management: new courses from STDU
(12 Mar 2012)
Book now for Developing Your Staff (MS20) and Giving Feedback Effectively (MS86).

Wellbeing Exhibition and Cycling Extravaganza
(12 Mar 2012)
Head down to the Wellbeing Week main event at University Place on Thursday 15 March (11am-3pm).

Tadpole researcher wins Westminster Medal at SET for Britain 2012
(12 Mar 2012)
Nicholas Love, a post-doctoral researcher at the Healing Foundation Centre at The University of Manchester, is the overall winner at today’s SET for Britain event in the House of Commons.

Remains of Manchester tube system unearthed
(13 Mar 2012)
A mysterious space underneath Manchester’s Arndale shopping centre has been identified as the initial stages of a long forgotten underground railway through the city centre.

AREVA and The University of Manchester announce collaboration
(13 Mar 2012)
AREVA, the global nuclear power industry leader and a major player in the renewable energy sector, has signed a collaboration agreement with the Dalton Nuclear Institute, The University of Manchester’s world-leading centre for nuclear research and education.

Car cleaning service on campus?
(13 Mar 2012)
Please complete this short survey on a new social enterprise developed by the University and a local charity.

Lecture: What it’s like to be good – Neuroscience, ethics and law
(13 Mar 2012)
Professor John Harris speaks on 20 March (5pm for 5.15pm start) in the Council Chamber, Whitworth Building.

Leverhulme Trust Public Lecture: Feckless Reason
(13 Mar 2012)
Dominic McIver Lopes (University of British Columbia) on 21 March (3pm) in Roscoe Lecture Theatre A.

Family and adult events at The Manchester Museum
(13 Mar 2012)
The Body Experience (17 March) * Mummies in medicine and the imagination (17 March) * Body Bits: Ethics of Using Biomaterials (20 March).

Power of love at heart of ‘gay marriage’
(14 Mar 2012)
Legal rights and protections play second fiddle to the power of love for younger gay and lesbian couples who have formed civil partnerships, according to a three-year study by researchers at The University of Manchester.

News from SPORT Manchester
(14 Mar 2012)
Book now and get in shape for summer * Help get us to 2012

Olympic dream still alive for Graeme
(14 Mar 2012)
University of Manchester rower Graeme Thomas has emerged as a late contender for the 2012 Olympics after an impressive performance at the GB rowing trials alongside established medal hopes from the North West.

Online accommodation rates for visitors to the University
(14 Mar 2012)
Stay, park and taxi at Chancellors from just £49.00.

IT Know-How: Changing your password
(15 Mar 2012)
Tips to help you get the most out of IT Services.

Book your graduation hospitality now
(15 Mar 2012)
Taste Manchester is now taking bookings for hospitality for graduation events.

Priceless Jewish treasure will be big draw in New York
(15 Mar 2012)
A fourteenth-century Jewish religious book, preserved by experts at The University of Manchester’s John Rylands Library, is to be hand delivered to The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, where it will go on show.

Events at the Martin Harris Centre
(15 Mar 2012)
Student Showcase (15 March) * Ad Solem - University of Manchester Chamber Choir (16 March) * Manchester University Wind Orchestra (17 March) * Manchester University Big Band (20 March).

Engagement@Manchester: New monthly events exploring public engagement
(15 Mar 2012)
Wednesday 21 March (12.30-1.30pm) in Room 3.204, University Place.

Secure your office
(15 Mar 2012)
How to prevent unauthorised acccess to offices or other areas where information or personal possessions are kept.

Green Week: 19-23 March
(15 Mar 2012)
Sustainability engagement events for the Directorate for the Student Experience, University Catering, Conferencing and the Students' Union.

Plans for new cancer research centre given green light
(15 Mar 2012)
Plans to build a state-of-the-art cancer research building by the Manchester Cancer Research Centre (MCRC) have been approved by Manchester City Council’s planning committee.

Peer Support Group for Women returning From Maternity Leave (P60)
(16 Mar 2012)
Meetings on 10 April, 22 May and 3 July (12.30-2pm) - mothers returning from adoption leave are also welcome.

Be A Match and Save A Life
(16 Mar 2012)
On March 20 the Manchester African-Caribbean Society and the African Caribbean Leukaemia Trust (ACLT) will join forces to hold a recruitment drive in order to register people for blood, bone marrow and organ donations.

Manchester awarded £6.2 million to make NHS a safer place
(16 Mar 2012)
The University of Manchester in partnership with NHS Greater Manchester has been awarded more than £6.2 million to help make the NHS a safer place for patients, the Government announced today (Friday).

Whistling tribe rewrites rules of language
(19 Mar 2012)
A renowned professor of linguistics is to argue his study of a remote Amazonian tribe has rewritten the rules of human language and the relationship between culture, thinking, and happiness at a free University of Manchester lecture today (19 March).

Sniffy about the city? Just take a deep breath
(19 Mar 2012)
A University of Manchester researcher says planners and architects should take the sense of smell more seriously when they are designing cities.

Remote access to electronic resources for alumni
(19 Mar 2012)
The Library and the Alumni Office are piloting a new scheme to bring remote access to JSTOR for Alumni for the first time.

Manchester wins University Challenge 2012
(19 Mar 2012)
The University of Manchester has won this year’s University Challenge competition, beating Pembroke College, Cambridge by 180-135 in tonights dramatic final, watched by an estimated audience of three million.

Surging growth in multi-faith space challenges religious decline
(20 Mar 2012)
Britons now enjoy an increasing number of shared spaces for prayer, reflection and meditation, despite the declining popularity of established religion, according to the first ever study of multi-faith spaces in the UK.

Alan Turing and Life’s Enigma opens at The Manchester Museum
(20 Mar 2012)
Inspired by 1950s design and combining Alan Turing’s notes with museum objects, this exhibition documents Turing’s investigation into one of the great mysteries of nature: how complex shapes and patterns arise from simple balls of cells.

Free lunchtime concert: music for flute and live electronics
(20 Mar 2012)
Thursday 22 March (1.10pm) at the Martin Harris Centre.

Free lunchtime concert: MUMS Chamber Ensemble
(20 Mar 2012)
Friday 23 March 2012 (1.10pm) at the Martin Harris Centre.

Neil Gaiman live via Skype – Sci-Fi and Fantasy Writers Talk Series
(21 Mar 2012)
Wednesday 21 March 2012 (5pm) in the Main Arts Theatre, Samuel Alexander Building.

“Gay life is alive and well in China”
(21 Mar 2012)
Twelve leading figures from the Chinese gay and lesbian community are to speak at The University of Manchester in the first event of its kind in the UK this week (22 to 24 March).

First historical handbook on consumption published
(21 Mar 2012)
The first ever guide to the historical literature on consumption from ancient Greece to the contemporary world has been published, edited by Professor Frank Trentmann from The University of Manchester.

Françoise’s research adds up to Maths prize
(21 Mar 2012)
A University of Manchester academic has won one of the oldest Maths awards.

University sports star to carry Olympic Flame
(21 Mar 2012)
University of Manchester student, Blaire Hannan, has been named as one of 8,000 inspirational people to carry the Olympic Flame during the Torch Relay.

News from SPORT Manchester
(21 Mar 2012)
Are you a Gamesmaker or Olympic Volunteer? * Book now and get in shape for summer * Try the latest fitness craze from Zumba * Help get us to 2012! * Join the Masterclass Swimming Series

Qigong, Chen-style Tai Chi, and Chun Yuen Shaolin classes
(21 Mar 2012)
From 19 April upstairs at Jabez Clegg - Qigong class aready running on Fridays.

PensionChoice
(21 Mar 2012)
1 April is the renewal date for PensionChoice: UMSS and USS members have the opportunity to opt in or opt out of the scheme by 3 April.

Story behind amazing book discovery to be told at John Rylands
(22 Mar 2012)
The fascinating story behind a 1,200-year-old book unearthed by a mechanical digger operator six years ago in an Irish bog is to be told by the man who is supervising its conservation.

World authority on ageing and the family to give free public lecture
(22 Mar 2012)
Professor Linda Waite, University of Chicago, will speak on Monday 26 March 2012 (6.30pm-8pm) in Lecture Theatre C16, Renold Building, North Campus.

Income Office half-day closure
(22 Mar 2012)
Thursday 29 March (9.30am-12.30pm).

‘Mini hospital’ gives lesson in bedside manners
(26 Mar 2012)
Medical students are being given the chance to hone their bedside manners at a new training facility unveiled at Manchester Medical School (MMS).

Swish – swap your clothes for others which are “new-to-you”
(27 Mar 2012)
Bring along your unloved clothes to Rutherford Room, Rutherford Building, on Thursday 5 April (12.30-1.30pm) and raise money for charity.

Researchers – a day well spent furthering your career
(27 Mar 2012)
The University of Manchester Research Staff Conference: Influence, Inspiration & Impact on 3 April.

British Red Cross Conference: Women & Asylum
(27 Mar 2012)
Wednesday 28 March 2012 (10am-6pm) at the Martin Harris Centre.

Intellectual Property Awareness Resource
(27 Mar 2012)
UMIP – the University’s agent for intellectual property (IP) commercialisation would like to make you aware of its IP Awareness Resource, co-developed with Eversheds LLP.

BII Seminar: Cortical Activity in Bilateral Cochlear Implant Recipients
(27 Mar 2012)
Wednesday 25 April 2012 (1.30pm, with lunch from 1pm) in Room 1.009, Roscoe Building.

Buses only for Oxford Road
(27 Mar 2012)
A section of Oxford Road outside The University of Manchester will be reserved for buses, taxis and cycles only as part of a package of travel improvements across Greater Manchester.

Corridor Manchester Cycle to Work event on Wednesday 4 April
(27 Mar 2012)
Time to get in the saddle for spring and summer? Then use this event as the incentive you need.

Listserv mailing list service unavailable on Wednesday 4 April
(27 Mar 2012)
Essential maintenance work required.

After Hours, Urban Naturalist, Magic Carpet and Easter hols at the Museum
(27 Mar 2012)
Museum Meets: After Hours (29 March) * Magic Carpet: Dinosaurs (30 March) * Museum Meets: Urban Naturalist (31 March) * Easter Holidays: The Museum Allotment (2-13 April) * Plant a Turing Sunflower (3-5 April & 10-12 April).

Dance yourself fit - beginners' salsa course
(27 Mar 2012)
Starting 16 April for five weeks (10 sessions) in the UMSA Room, 1st Floor, Dover Street Building.

IT Know-How: Set an Out of Office message
(28 Mar 2012)
Tips to help you get the most out of IT Services.

News from FoodOnCampus
(28 Mar 2012)
Easter opening times (26 March to 13 April) * Graduation hospitality.

Access to Muriel Stott Building
(28 Mar 2012)
From Monday 2 April to Thursday 5 April inclusive the Muriel Stott Building at the Main Library will be closed to all customers due to lighting maintenance.

Mandarin Chinese language classes: April 2012
(28 Mar 2012)
10-week evening language classes will be running again at the Confucius Institute from April.

Easter Sunday at Chancellors Hotel
(28 Mar 2012)
Spend Sunday 8 April in the beautiful and relaxed setting of Chancellors Hotel.

News from SPORT Manchester
(28 Mar 2012)
Book now and get in shape for summer! * Student rates for staff until the end of March * Are you a Gamesmaker or Olympic Volunteer? *

eHealth webinar on improving the monitoring of drugs for safety
(29 Mar 2012)
On 3 April (12.30pm) in Room 1.10 Kilburn Building The Observational Medical Outcomes Partnership will be conducting a webinar for all interested University of Manchester staff to join.

New nuclear programme to address UK’s capability gap
(29 Mar 2012)
A joint project between the Universities of Manchester and Sheffield for a New Nuclear Build and Manufacturing (NNUMAN) programme has been awarded £4m funding by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) to research innovative manufacturing for the future of the UK’s nuclear power supply.

Global Impact Awards for students wanting to travel in summer 2012
(29 Mar 2012)
Do you know of a student who may benefit from an award?

Senate Elections 2012
(29 Mar 2012)
Final results and details of Senate membership from 1 September 2012 now online

New Out of Hours Service Desk for IT or Library Enquiries
(30 Mar 2012)
IT Services are pleased to announce that the University is now providing an Out of Hours Service Desk for both IT Service Desk and Library Enquiries.

EPS steps up to the Pedometer Challenge
(30 Mar 2012)
Staff in the Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences took part in a Faculty-wide Pedometer Challenge for Sport Relief recently.