Wednesday 3 May 2017

Staff Newsletter Issue 43

Content

• Announcements
• News
• University of Dundee Brand
• CASTLE
• Your help requested
• What's On
• Blogs
• Get in touch

Discovery sessions for the OneUniversity Finance and Purchasing Solution

Discovery sessions for the OneUniversity Finance and Purchasing Solution, held recently in Ninewells and City Campus, have been a great success with over 180 members of staff attending to hear about the new ways of working. The presentation has been shared and will be put in our new all staff shared Box folder. For more information on how Business Transformation is affecting you, please contact business-transformation@dundee.ac.uk or visit the Business Transformation website.

Needles at the ready!

Knit and Natter is back, after a break of two years, meeting every Wednesday in the Glass room in the Chaplaincy from 1pm to 2pm. Bring along your wool and needles, all skill levels welcome.

Graduation Stories

All our graduating students are interesting, but some are of more interest to the press, or on social media. Others are great examples to allow us to promote our courses to the next generation.

Do you know a graduating student who:

• has got a great job or scholarship
• did a particularly newsworthy or interesting dissertation or project
• is graduating despite particular adversity or unusual circumstances
• fits the "mum & daughter graduating on same day" type story
• is travelling to Dundee for the first time, having studied a distance learning course?

Or do you have the first students graduating from a new course?

Please contact internal-comms@dundee.ac.uk in the first instance with details.

Downloads

Please remember that there are various downloads, including a Powerpoint template, available on the Brand webpages.

Honorary Graduates’ Award for Inclusive Practice – deadline 5 May

You can still submit for the prestigious Honorary Graduates’ Award, which recognises and promotes the provision of inclusive practice across the University that removes barriers to access for students protected by the Equality Act. The award is open to both teaching staff and those based in Professional Services, and takes the form of a £1000 practice development fund. Find out more information.

Capturing Student Transitions experiences at Dundee

CASTLE is leading an institution-wide mapping of student transitions, events and initiatives. If you are involved in anything that aids student transitions into university, through different stages of study, or our of education into the workplace, then please take a few minutes to complete this short survey. 

Shut Up and Write! (3 May)

The next meeting of the academic writers’ group will be in Dalhousie Room 2F10 at 3.30-5pm today (3rd May) No need to book, just turn up to get some writing done in a supportive environment. Find out more information.

‘Show me your phone’ – Friday Fry Up (5 May)

Have your ever wondered how many apps are available? So many that it is too easy to get lost! Bring along your electronic device to share the apps you use and join in the discussion - facilitated by Gerry Roarty, Nursing and Health Sciences. Learn something new, download a new app, and discuss how this could be used personally and/or in your academic work. Email Lynn Boyle for more information. Located in the EduZone, Main Library, 12-1pm.

Student Transitions Symposium - registration open (9 Jun)

CASTLE has had a fantastic response to their call for proposals and the programme is shaping up to be a varied and inspiring showcase of work being done in the area of student transitions across the University. So, what better way to spend a Friday in June than meeting with your colleagues to celebrate the great work Dundee is doing to assist our students with all aspects of transitions? We also have a renowned keynote speaker Professor Sally Brown. A free event, fully catered, ending with a Strawberry and Sparkles reception. Register now.

Parkinson's Awareness Week

To raise money and awareness for Parkingson's UK staff member Rhonda Cromar will be trekking to the summit of Ben Nevis in July. You can support Rhonda's trek and learn more about her story by visiting her JustGiving page.

The Scottish Centre for Respiratory Research

Do you suffer from Asthma, Allergic Rhinitis or COPD?  The Scottish Centre for Respiratory Research is looking for smoking and non-smoking volunteers to take part in studies. If you would like to help, please call 01382 383902, email scrr@dundee.ac.uk or visit www.scrr.co.uk for more information.

Medical Research Scotland PhD Studentship Awards

Medical Research Scotland PhD Studentships Awards 2018 are now open for applications from Scottish Universities. Find out more information. 

University of Dundee’s Museum Services

Whether you are a regular visitor to the Museum Services exhibitions, or use the collections for educational purposes, or even if you’ve never made any use of them at all, we’re keen to hear from you! Take the survey.

Computing Degree Show 2017 (5 May)

A showcase of talents of over 40 new and emerging software engineers, developers, interaction designers, programmers and entrepreneurs, a fantastic opportunity to see work at the cutting edge of computing technology. The Computing Degree Show will run from the 5th May. Find out more.

Café Science Dundee: Does The Food Industry Listen (8 May)

Dr John Grigor of Abertay University will discuss the science behind our food preferences and how it develops from birth through to old age. Are our food choices based on culture, social, personal and emotional preferences? And most importantly, will we ever be convinced to eat insects? Find out more.

SELS: Dr Asaleyha Ahsan, the Dundee years (13 May)

Join Dr Asaleyha Ahsan, University of Dundee alumna, radio and TV broadcaster, A & E Doctor and the first British Muslim woman to graduate from the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst, as she discusses her time at Dundee while a medical student at Saturday Evening Lecture Series.

Scottish Mental Health First Aid (18 & 25 May)

This course aims to give participants the understanding and knowledge of Mental Health problems that will help them deal with situations with confidence. For further information or to book a place, please contact Jean Jarvis from Disability Services.

Student Blog Win at the UK Blog Awards

Our Student Blog, which had been shortlisted in the UK Blog Awards, won the Highly Commended Award last week at the award ceremony in London. The University was nominated in the category of Company: Education.

You can read about the experiences of our students in our Student Blog .

How does the UK leaving the EU impact on your research funding?

Research and Innovation Services have recently appointed Grant Davidson as a dedicated Proposal Development Manager – he has the answers to your EU questions on the One Dundee blog.

On social media

On social media recently the University has been hitting the headlines far and wide, with Phillip Vaughan's article on The Simpsons for The Conversation made it to Australia where he was interviewed for drive time radio show. DUSA Exec launched their events to help students tackle exam stress with a visit from Alpacas (Fri 5 May). And finally the University celebrated being top in Scotland for Dentistry, Forensic Science and Art & Design in the Complete University Guide league table 2018.