Notices
Reports of a phishing campaign targeting payroll accounts
IT Services is receiving reports of a phishing campaign attempting to gain access to payroll accounts. Please be wary of any university-branded emails asking you to log in to view documents or accounts relating to your salary, phishing emails are becoming increasingly sophisticated. Be sure the email has come from QMUL. If in doubt delete the email, do not click on the link provided, enter your QMUL password or respond to the email. HR, Payroll and IT Services will never send you an email asking for your password or bank details. More information is on Connect. If in doubt, please call the IT Service Desk on x8888 or raise a ticket. Free cyber security awareness training is also available for staff and students.
Free gym access for staff
All QMUL staff are invited to use the Qmotion gym facilities at the Mile End campus and attend fitness classes free of charge during reading week, Monday 20 - Friday 24 February. There will also be two staff-only fitness classes running, as well as the usual weekly timetable. For staff based at the Charterhouse Square campus, there will be an open day at the Fitness to Practice gym on Wednesday 22 February. More.
Library users' forum
Staff representatives from all schools and institutes are invited to join the next meeting of the library users' forum on Wednesday 22 February. The purpose of the forum is to channel communication between colleagues working in the library and the student and staff body who use it in any way. More.
Seeking sanctuary – refugees and migrants welcome at QMUL
As part of the QMUL Graduate Festival 2017, staff are invited to attend 'Seeking sanctuary – refugees and migrants welcome at QMUL'. This event is a chance to learn about experiences of refugees and migrants coming to east London through films, memoir and music, and explore what QMUL is doing, and could do, to support refugees and how to get involved. More.
LGBT History Month
The rainbow flag is flying outside the People's Palace at the Mile End campus in celebration of LGBT History Month this February, and QMOut, the network for LBGT staff at QMUL, will be holding a panel titled 'Compliant, but are we non-discriminatory?' on Monday 6 March to discuss the many contradictions and shortcomings of merely focussing on legal protections as a means to combat oppression. More
Become a BBC 2017 Expert Woman
The BBC Academy in conjunction with BBC News is looking for female experts who'd like to appear as on-air contributors to BBC programmes. Find out how to take part in their London event. More.
Creative Education Trust call for volunteers
The Creative Education Trust is seeking volunteers to help increase ambition and improve widening participation in aspiring schools. The trust would like volunteers from QMUL, particularly in STEMM (science, technology, engineering, maths and medicine) subjects, to help make the subjects come alive and engage their pupils and staff. More.
Share the Valentine’s love
With Valentine's Day approaching, the Annual Fund team would like to thank you for your care, kindness and commitment, and ask you to keep on giving. Some students in particular are facing really tough challenges and need your help. By including a gift in your will, you can make sure your kindness and support carries on in the future. You’ll be giving someone a chance at a time when they really need help, and you can focus your gift on an area that’s close to your heart. To find out more, please email annualfund@qmul.ac.uk.
QMUL Proof of Concept Fund
This is a reminder that the current call for expressions of interest for the QMUL Proof of Concept Fund runs until 5pm on Monday 20 February. The QMUL Proof of Concept Fund is designed to provide funding for fast-track commercial validation of research. More.
Grand Round
This is a reminder that the next Grand Round on Thursday 9 February will be taking place at the earlier time of 8.15am in the Morris Lecture Theatre, West Smithfield campus. The theme will be 'metabolic infarcts' and will be delivered by Dr Ajay Jain and Dr Nigel Glynn. Please contact Will Drake at w.m.drake@qmul.ac.uk for more information.
Events
Vacancies at Queen Mary
Recent vacancies advertised on the HR website include a Clinical Senior Lecturer in Trauma Surgery in the Blizard Institute, a Lectureship in Cosmology or Observational Cosmology in the School of Physics and Astronomy, and a Lecturer in Postcolonial and Global Literatures in the School of English and Drama. See jobs.qmul.ac.uk
