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QMUL receives Silver in the Teaching Excellence Framework

Teaching at QMUL has been awarded Silver in the new government framework aiming to measure the teaching quality of higher education providers.

The Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF) attempts to measure a number of areas relevant to undergraduate education, including Teaching Quality, Learning Environment, Student Outcomes and Learning Gain. Student satisfaction, retention rate and employment data have been used in the exercise as proxies for the assessment of teaching quality.

Rebecca Lingwood, Vice-Principal for Student Experience, Teaching and Learning, said: "Our Silver award demonstrates QMUL’s continued commitment to enhancing our student experience and learning environment. We aim to improve further with particular attention to helping our students into highly skilled graduate employment". More.

Thousands welcomed on campus for summer Open Days

More than 10,000 prospective students and their guests visited QMUL’s Mile End campus for our summer open days, which took place on Friday 23 and Saturday 24 June. From 10am to 4pm each day, guests heard subject and taster talks, took part in practical demonstrations and experienced campus tours from student ambassadors. Open Day organiser and manager Anam Hoque said: “Dealing with over 10,000 people – and more importantly making sure they have a good experience – is a huge organisational and logistical challenge. The attitude and desire from staff to make the Open Days a success was first class”. More.

QMUL Educational Collaboration with Dental Wings/Straumann

The Institute of Dentistry has established an educational collaboration with Dental Wings Inc. and Straumann. It will be supported with equipment and software of well over £100,000 for a five-year project. This will allow undergraduate and postgraduate teaching of the digital workflow from patient scanning through to digital design of restorations and manufacture. More.

Institute of Dentistry team awarded QMUL Proof of Concept Funding for novel dental cements

Congratulations to Dr Saroash Shahid (Dental Physical Sciences), Dr Mike Cattell (Centre of Adult Oral Health) and Professor Robert Hill (Dental Physical Sciences) who have secured QMUL Proof of Concept funding of £46,800 to develop a new adhesive cement for fixed restorations to enhance their mechanical and aesthetic properties. This work will be in collaboration with industry and Dr Garry Fleming (Dublin Dental School). More information on the Fund and other Higher Education Innovation Fund projects is available here.

QMUL researcher wins engagement prize for cancer research

Professor Frances Balkwill from QMUL’s Barts Cancer Institute was selected to receive the ‘Inspiring Leadership in Research Engagement Prize’ from Cancer Research UK which honours those who have demonstrated a significant commitment to public engagement with science, and have embedded a culture of public engagement within their institution or research group. On receiving the prize, Professor Balkwill said: “This award is really a reflection of all the amazing people I have been fortunate enough to work with. Public engagement in our field of work is incredibly important. We need to be able to justify what we do to non-specialist audiences and engage in a dialogue about biomedical science with a range of audiences". More.

Going the Extra Mile (GEM) Award recipients – May 2017

Congratulations to our 24 professional services (PS) colleagues who were nominated for a GEM Award during May. If you would like to nominate a PS colleague, please send the name of the person along with a few sentences stating why you are doing so, to gemaward@qmul.ac.uk or via the online form.

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Queen Mary in the Media

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QMUL People

Nancy Schumann is the Doctoral College Administrator at QMUL. Outside of her work at the university she is also a writer of novels and poetry, having been published in both English and German. We caught up with her to find out more about the type of writing she enjoys, where else her interests lie – namely around vampires! – and to learn about her collaboration with photographer Tobias Seeliger on an upcoming project documenting the effects of mass tourism in Iceland on the country and its people. Read.

Notices

Festival of Ideas – tomorrow, Thursday 29 June

The first Festival of Ideas will take place on the Mile End campus tomorrow, Thursday 29 June, 11am–4pm. Laura Gibbs, Chief Operating Officer, invites all staff to explore and celebrate the existing research being undertaken at QMUL. The whole QMUL community is encouraged to attend and take part in the live demonstrations, workshops, pop-up stalls and displays taking place throughout the day. Please register your attendance via Eventbrite.

QMplus upgrade – Monday 10 to Wednesday 12 July

QMplus will be placed in restricted mode on the morning of Monday 10 July. Users will still be able to log in and, while most content will be viewable during the upgrade, users will not be able to amend their course areas or interact with the system. The aim is to release the upgraded QMplus environment to the user community by the end of Wednesday 12 July and the site will be closely monitored during that week. This year, QMplus will also be getting a major overhaul to the way it looks. You can read more on Connect.

Employee Assistance Programme resilience webinars following recent events

Workplace Options is hosting free webinars for managers and employees in response to recent events that have taken place in the UK. These webinars are designed to target unrest on a broad scale and include political uncertainty and responses to tragedy. More.

Procedure for obtaining first aid at work

The procedure for obtaining first aid at work is now available on Connect. Colleagues are kindly reminded that it is not necessary to walk to the Security Office or Occupational Health to obtain first aid. Please refer to the procedure for information on how to contact your local first aiders.

The Aurora Programme: Developing our future leaders – applications now open

QMUL will again be participating in the Aurora Programme for 2017/18. Participation is open to female employees of QMUL up to Grade 6 in both academic and professional services roles. There will be two cohorts, starting on Thursday 12 October (autumn) and Thursday 8 March (spring). More information about the programme and how to apply can now be found on Connect. There is also space remaining on two briefing sessions on Friday 30 June, 10–11am and 1–2pm.

‘Three Minute Thesis’ competition final – today, Wednesday 28 June

Show your support for the finalists of the ‘Three Minute Thesis’ competition by attending the final today, Wednesday 28 June, 4–6pm in the Graduate Centre Room GC222. Competitors will present their thesis in three minutes to a broad audience with the aid of only one slide, in an effective and engaging way. A drinks reception following the competition will be held in the Graduate Centre Common Room from 5pm. More.

Swim for £1 at Mile End Leisure Centre

Purchase a £1 swimming voucher from Qmotion reception and attend any public swim session at a time that suits you at Mile End Leisure Centre. London Aquatic Centre vouchers will be back in stock soon. More.

Poster submissions for Centre for Computational Biology (CCB) networking event and summer BBQ

Don’t forget to submit your poster for the CBB networking event and summer BBQ, taking place on Wednesday 5 June. The poster submission deadline is today, Wednesday 28 June. For more information and to register your place at the event, click here.

Interested in a research visit to Japan?

The Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) will be holding an information session at QMUL on Monday 10 July, 3–4pm, in room 2.01 of the Graduate Centre, Mile End campus. JSPS funds several fellowship schemes that will support research visits to Japanese institutions, for researchers of all levels of experience. More information on JSPS and how to book is available on Connect.

Grand Round and Oncology Training Day – tomorrow, Thursday 29 June

This week’s Grand Round will be taking place as part of the Oncology Training Day on Thursday 29 June in the Willoughby Lecture Theatre, Charterhouse Square campus. Dr Charlotte Manisty from Barts Health will be presenting on cardio-oncology from 1–2pm. The full schedule can be viewed on Connect.

Panel debate: ‘Overcoming global challenges within your business’

The University of London and Chartered Management Institute (CMI) are hosting a panel debate evening on Tuesday 4 July on the topic of 'Overcoming global challenges within your business'. The panellists include: Liz Jackson MBE, highly successful business founder awarded an MBE for services to business; Maggie Buggie, Vice President and Global Sales Officer, Digital at Capgemini; Mike Johnson, former CEO of Castrol (BP); and Andrew Halper, founder and managing director of Plumb Line Advisors and Canadian former diplomat. Register now.

Urban and Elegant public lecture series: ‘Diary, scrapbook, panorama of social life’

Professor Annegret Pelz from the University of Vienna will speak on ‘Diary, scrapbook, panorama of social life – Prince Hermann von Pueckler-Muskau's "pictorial souvenirs" from England’ at the German Historical Institute on Thursday 6 July, 6.30pm. The event is open to all and admission is free. The talk will be followed by a discussion and a wine reception. More.

Events


Vacancies at Queen Mary

Recent vacancies advertised on the HR website include a Peston Chair in Economics and Finance in the School of Economics and Finance, a Postdoctoral Fellowship on Advanced Supramolecular Biomaterials in the School of Engineering and Materials Science, and a Clinical Trials Data Manager in the Blizard Institute. For more information, see jobs.qmul.ac.uk.

 

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