Wednesday 30 August 2017

Staff Newsletter Issue 51

Contents

• Announcements
• Library & Learning Centre
• Opportunities
• News
• What's On
• Blogs

Help find our penguins

We had great fun hiding our little penguins around city campus on Monday for the Open Day, however, not all of them made it home. If you happen to find any on campus, please return them to G12 in the Tower Building or email Internal Comms, so we can use them again at the next Open Day.

New University Strategy

A reminder that the University’s new five-year strategy will be launched in mid-September.  This has been developed within the context of our long-term goal to become Scotland’s leading university, known for transforming lives locally and globally through the creation, sharing and application of knowledge.

There will be three launch events for staff, at which the Principal will set out the detail of the strategy, take questions and discuss with what we hope to achieve together in the next five years.

Please come along to one of the three presentation sessions:

• Monday 18 September 10-11am, Carnelley Building, Large Lecture Theatre, Ground Floor, City Campus
• Monday 18 September 4-5pm, Dalhousie Building Lecture Theatre 2, City Campus
• Wednesday 20 September 4-5pm, Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Ninewells Campus

City Campus Car Parking

Information on renewing your city campus car parking permit is now available at www.dundee.ac.uk/travel/parking

Freshers' Week starts on Saturday

New students will be on campus from Saturday 2 September, and there are lots of activities planned.

If you come across students looking lost, check where and when they should be on the Welcome webpage.

Library Gates

From Friday 1 September, there will be a new automatic gate entry system in the Main Library, to improve security in the building and reduce bottlenecks at the entrance. There will no longer be manual checks of ID cards.

You will need to scan your University ID card at the gates to enter and exit the building.

What you need to know:

• If your card is already activated for other entry systems around the University, it will automatically be activated for the library gates.
• If you don’t have any access privileges set up on your card, staff at the Library Reception Desk will activate it for you. This will only need to be done once.

For any questions please contact the Library & Learning Centre.

Library - Reading Lists

Remember to publish your up to date reading lists for the 2017/18 academic year. To find out how to publish your list, please visit the Library reading list website. Publishing reading lists means that they are visible to students, allows the LLC to purchase required items and ensures that Blackwell's Pop-up Bookshop has current texts in stock.

Drop-in Sessions - updating My Dundee modules

Daily drop-in sessions for staff updating their My Dundee modules are running 28 Aug - 8 Sep.

For two hours each day, staff are on hand to answer any questions you have setting up your modules for the new academic year.

Find out more details on the exact times/locations.

Learning X

Want to know more about finding copyright free material for your teaching/coursework?

CTIL are currently publishing a set of blog posts, part of the Learning X series, looking at just this. 

Find out more

Support those affected by the Sierra Leone landslides

Due to the land slides in Sierra Leone, Honorary Graduand, Dr Ann Gloag, has arranged a 40ft container of goods to be flown out to the worst-hit area. Donations needed before Mon 4 Sep. 

They are looking for: soap, toothpaste, toothbrushes, pens, pencils, notebooks, baby clothes, clothes (all ages), shoes, towels. 

All items of clothing/shoes must be new or slightly worn - no damaged items.

Drop off areas:
Ninewells campus - Mrs Lesley Mitchell or Prof Jill Belch, Level 7, Dept of Molecular and Clinical Medicine 9-3pm.
City campus - Katie Jowett, G12, Tower Building (opposite the reception) 9-5pm.

Taking part in the TIME study?

The British Heart Foundation would like your help. If you would be willing to be interviewed as a participant case study for Holyrood magazine, please contact a.rogers@dundee.ac.uk or call ext. 83390.

Impaired Colour Vision (ICV) study

Are you affected by or interested in impaired colour vision? Sign up to the Digitally Augmented Perception Research Lab (DAPR Lab) participant pool mailing list and receive notifications about upcoming studies and occasional news from the area.

DAPR Lab is performing research with the aim to enhance the day-to-day lives of all people by developing digital technology that increases our ability to perceive the world around us. Find out more information.

Science-related Public Engagement funding opportunity

The School of Life Sciences announces the next round of the University Life Science Public Engagement Seed Fund which is open to all staff and students.

The aim is to provide funding to competitive researcher-driven projects to develop novel public engagement ideas that foster cross-disciplinary activity with artists, animators, writers and scientists within the Wellcome Trust remit. Details of the application.

Deadline 30 Sep. Please email SLS-PublicEngagement@dundee.ac.uk

Are you over 18 years and smoking over 15 cigarettes daily?

You could receive £40 of shopping vouchers for completing the VESUVIUS Study comparing health effects of e-cigarettes with those of tobacco, a subject on which there is little hard scientific evidence.

For  more info contact 01382 383239 or email vesuvius@dundee.ac.uk

Cafe Science Dundee: Nursing in the 21st Century (Mon 11 Sep)

Nursing is a constantly changing profession, with new skills, roles and challenges affecting how nurses care for us. The recruitment crisis in the NHS increases the need for nurses to be resilient, flexible members of teams, with expertise from surgery and A&E to GP practice and counselling patients. Tom McConnachie shares his nursing stories and how he is helping the next generation of nurses to have fulfilling careers and enhance the care we all rely on. Find out more.

Complex worlds: mathematicians' views of animal swarms, social networks, solar flares and auroras (Thu 14 Sep)

Why are mathematicians (so very) excited about maths? Join us as three professional mathematicians explain their love for mathematics and showcase its power to understand the complex world around us, from biology, via the internet, to predicting eruptions on the Sun and the Northern Lights.

Find out more information about the event, which is part of Maths Week Scotland.

Study Abroad Fair (Wed 20 Sep)

Our students have many opportunities to study abroad as part of their courses. If you have a first or second year class in the next few weeks, you might want to let them know about the Study Abroad Fair - a chance to meet students who've just come back, and those currently on exchange in Dundee.

Find out more

An evening of Bollywood (Sat 4 Nov)

The University of Dundee Medical School Charity Committee brings you the Bollywood Ball. This is an exciting evening of live entertainment and dancing in aid of four different medical causes with funds raised supporting the research work ongoing at Ninewells Hospital into Diabetes, Alzheimer's Disease, Ninewells Cancer Campaign and TICR (Cardiovascular Research). 

To purchase your table (of 10) please book by returning the form found here, to Shobna Vasishta.