Notices
Book guest accommodation at the Mile End campus
Housing Services (Estates and Facilities) manage 19 staff flats for short-term bookings in France House at the Mile End campus. These can be booked for guests invited to QMUL or for staff. Details and booking information can be found on the Residential Services and Support website.
QMUL Educational Research Seminar
This seminar presented by Dr Julie Belanger, RAND (Research and Development) Europe, on Thursday 27 April will focus on the key themes which emerged from a literature review on ‘Defining and demonstrating quality teaching and impact in higher education’, reviewing research published since 2012 on how quality teaching and its impact are currently being defined and demonstrated in institutions of higher education. More.
As I live and breathe – Easter event
Looking for something a little different to do this Easter break? Bring the kids along to the Barts Pathology Museum's special event on Wednesday 12 April where they will be demonstrating how we ‘live and breathe’ using their high-tech simulation manikins and high-definition anatomical models. There will also be human specimens on display (in the form of preserved pathological specimens) that show what happens when things go wrong. More.
'Partnerships' – composers and musicians co-create music with artificial intelligence program
Dr Bob Sturm from the School of Electronic Engineering and Computer Science has organised a concert titled ‘Partnerships’ on Tuesday 23 May, featuring works created with computers as creative partners drawing on a uniquely human tradition: instrumental folk music. The concert is centred around a computer program Dr Sturm and Kingston University's Dr Oded Ben-Tal have trained with over 23,000 ‘Celtic’ tunes – typically played in communities and festivals around Ireland, France and the UK. The concert will showcase works involving composers and musicians co-creating music with the program. You can book now online. Check out the expert blog post by Dr Sturm and Dr Ben-Tal on their research creating artificial intelligence that can write folk music and whether this can open new areas of creativity.
EECS flagship seminar: Computing for the future of the planet
The second School of Electronic Engineering and Computer Science (EECS) flagship seminar for 2017 will take place on Wednesday 17 May, 5–8pm, in the Fogg Lecture Theatre, Fogg Building, Mile End campus. Professor Andy Hopper will be delivering 'Computing for the future of the planet' where a framework for the role of computing in dealing with sustainability of the planet will be presented. More.
The Royal London trauma cyclethon
On Wednesday 17 May, the Centre for Trauma Sciences in collaboration with Barts Charity and the Royal London Hospital are holding their second annual 12-hour cyclethon to mark international Trauma Survivors Day and raise money for trauma research. Teams will cycle on five static bikes in the foyer of the Royal London Hospital from 8am to 8pm. If you’d like to join the fun, or even just donate some baked goods for the stall, you can register here.
Stories of care: a labour of law, gender and class at work book launch
The Centre for Research on Law, Equality and Diversity (LEAD) invite you to the launch of Dr Lydia Hayes’ book Stories of care: a labour of law, gender and class at work, at 4pm on Thursday 1 June, with Sandra Fredman, Helena Kennedy and Bev Skeggs as commentators. More.
Grand Round
The next Grand Round will take place tomorrow, Thursday 6 April, at 12.45pm in the Morris Lecture Theatre, Robin Brook Centre, West Smithfield campus. This week's topic will be 'Beware the Whitechapel whippets'. Everyone is welcome, and there will be lunch served before. Please contact Will Drake (w.m.drake@qmul.ac.uk) for more information.
Events
Vacancies at Queen Mary
Recent vacancies advertised on the HR website include a Professor of Politics in the School of Politics and International Relations, a Senior Lecturer in Statistics in the School of Mathematical Sciences, and a Tissue Bank Acquisition Officer in Barts Cancer Institute. For more information, see jobs.qmul.ac.uk.
