tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25334473080502366072012-01-23T08:37:20.897ZGraham Hillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17095281358619925694noreply@blogger.comBlogger3451100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2533447308050236607.post-41694289003782212912011-12-19T18:43:00.001Z2011-12-19T18:43:11.030Z

Just found this hanging in one of the refurbished lecture theatres.  We haven't had a Regsitrar and Secretary for about five years.  Compare and contrast with the large TV screen images which are marketing our mobile phone App About UoB.  Err go figure.

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An excellent evening in the "Disco Bar" (as it was) but "Escape Bar" (as it is) with friends and colleagues from across the teams in Learner Support Services.  The pub quiz by the re-formed "two idiots" was fantastic and Professor Davis and his chemistry experiments will no doubt be remembered for years to come - especially the one requiring health and safety approval.  The toast eating contest

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Shamefully cut and paste from an internal circulation but worthy of viral marketing.  Here is a nice way to spend a few minutes in a University setting - which looks a lot like the Atrium/Student Central here at Bradford.  From original message: The halls of the Carlson School of Business are bustling these days with students preparing for their upcoming finals. Recently, those same halls were

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We are currently reviewing our process of established IT "at risk" dates during the year which are published well in advance (currently out to January 2014) and which allow fixed dates in the University Calendar for IT related service interruptions.  I believe that we are quite unusual in having this particular luxury embedded in our culture and so far supported (although sometimes a little

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Almost one year to the day it snowed very heavily on the way to work this morning.  A thick heavy coating of snow on untreated roads in Bradford led to ice rink conditions not helped by generally poor driving by commuters unable to manage the conditions.  This week is degree ceremonies week so its the anniversary of last year's closure and I believe that the trigger for all this weather is the

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This morning there wasn't a teaspoon to be seen in the staff room or on my shelf.  So I put a sign up on the wall saying: "please bring back the disappearing teaspoons".  This evening a learned colleague in the Library told me about this BMJ article on the disappearing teaspoon so here is an abstract and a link.  So we are not the only ones affected, but could you make a career out of it?

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There's been a lack of activity here for several months and I'm going to give it another go in the run up to Christmas.  It's for my own benefit as a way to remember things that might be useful in either personal or work life etc and so today's topic is a small article spotted in the student newspaper (edition 3 November) which is highlighting a Gallery II event relating to Memory Theatre which

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Six weeks since the last post and we have been dealing with A Level results, confirmation, clearing, pre-enrolment and the British Science Festival which ran from Sept 10-15th in Bradford. We have helped to relocate an academic school from a separate campus (School of Health Unity campus) de-commissioned a large student Hall (Laisteridge) and done a couple of software upgrades which is a slight

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It's Hebden Bridge again - this time it's boho town. Last time was over 2 years ago here. It's still one of the lowest cost boho towns apparently - I wonder who decides these things?

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A starring role in the story of the University Mace on YouTube. Well not quite, but it's a privilige to share in the Graduation Proceedings. Is that the Chancellor on his mobile? There is also an interesting article on the special collestions 100 objects site here.

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A message from Bobby at Prashad:We as a city are most certainly deserving of this accolade and with your support Prashad would love to represent it's city.I hope you feel we are worthy of your vote, Bradford Council are collecting votes from which 5 most voted restaurants will drive Bradford's bid.We ask that you support our involvement in this great accolade and complete the on line voting form

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There's an interesting blog post here. Is this going to be more useful than other things as a social media consolidator. Probably others either in the pipeline or already here - most likely need to get traction and critical mass which other Google attempts (wave, buzz) probably haven't achieved.

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Well worth a return visit - parent's 70th birthday weekend spent with family and friends at the Pheasant - superb.

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I thought these three short stories about the future student expectation versus AC Grayling's view of the world were interesting and worth a read in a year's time to see what happened.

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There has been some interest in the initiative called the Higher Education Degree Database (HEDDs) and this article in the paper caught my eye, given our recent poor performance in league tables which has been partly attributed to the low numbers of first and second class honours awarded - is this a function of the student or the high tariff/hurdle that we choose to put in place for the student.

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Spotted in this week's Saturday Guardian magazine letter's page a little review for Squidbeak. We already knew about this website from the mother of one of the authors who told us about it for a recent trip to the East Coast. We stayed at Thorpe Hall very highly recommended. They also like Prashad's and so do I! Probably won't go much wrong with any selections from here.

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Interesting to see how other Universities manage the recruitment of new undergraduates. jacob is taking his A Level exams this week and hoping to go to NTU to study Business Management. They have been very good at personalising and keeping in touch throughout. Well Done to NTU - it's working.

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This Sunday went along to Oulton Park for the British Touring Car Championships. Last time we went it was a lovely sunny day and we went with another family and enjoyed a picnic with the kids who were still quite small. They have all grown up now so it was just me! The highlight of the day was meeting Damon Hill having blagged my way into the Michelin hospitality tent - I spotted him walking

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Quite out of the blue there was a certificate in the post from Mind (mental health charity) for the money we raised last year in memory of Hugh. The four of us involved in the London 2 parix cycle ride raised over £4000 with gift aid. This was the personal contributions from friends and family - thank you everyone.

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Its been a couple of months now since the annual UCISA management conference in Edinburgh. I made a note to reflect on this year's event and the two others that I had an involvement in with the organising committee. My involvement has now ended and the event is in the capable hands of a group with fresh new ideas.The Good StuffRegular meetings and informal discussions with a small group of people

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At short notice four of us set off for Elter Water and the Youth Hostel for a weekend's mountain biking. It was torrential rain on Saturday so apart from two hours later in the day in the pouring rain, we spent time at the Watermill (en route in Ings) and then the Britannia Inn. Sunday was better with the odd cloud burst but an excellent ride with fantastic views and scenery especially as the

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We love the apprentice in our house.Quote of the Night from episode one, goes to accountant, Edward Hunter, who said: "Not only am I the youngest [competitor], but I am also the shortest...". Yes shortest lived mate - "you're fired".and timeless classics from the last series (series six 2010):“And here is the River Thames, the second biggest river in London.” Jamie“Pinewood Studios? I’m pretty

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This weekend six of us completed the MTL on our moutain bikes over two fairly relaxed days although it was pretty tough at times. This route follows the Pennine Bridleway in a circular route starting and finishing near home in Hebden Bridge. If you ever find yourself in Rossendale then this B&B comes highly recommended and is approximately half way round.

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Improving Student ExperienceThere are a few things to report in the last month and also coming up. The staff and student “zoning” on level 01 is really starting to take shape. Room 01.44 will be re-opening shortly as a student quiet study zone for laptop users during May/June. Over the Summer, this room will be refurbished and launched again as a student PC cluster. This will be incremental (new)

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This nice people at Salford Software encouraged me to sit for a while and before I knew it this had been produced:

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There is a week of awareness taking place this week which is being promoted through the Students Union. I was interested that the students were promoting a live video link at 2pm on Thursday in the Lecture theatre Student Central to other students in Gaza (at the University there). Our current student union treasurer/secretary has family, friends and long associations with Palestine but was

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Attended an event in Nottingham last week which included a discussion about the future of IT in Higher Education as a result of the fees changes and perceived introduction of a more competitive versus collaborative landscape in the future. Opinions were divided on the similarities and differences between HE/public sector and private sector from an IT perspective. The discussion was pre-faced by a

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First ever trip on a relatively new London service which sets out from Bradford via Halifax, Wakefield, Doncaster and then KX direct. So managed to get a parking space at Halifax and a £49 single ticket (versus £128 on Easy Coast). In February they announced that there is a £25 standard return fare all month. The train is half full and it's direct but takes extra hour versus Wakefield to KX but

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We are well into another New Year and its been really busy for both our students (who are now in the middle of exams) and also for some of us (e.g. as we finish off the loose ends from the IT “at risk” period at the start of January). I’m going to try and keep up the idea of a monthly newsletter during 2011. We are also working on a report which we are preparing for the first meeting of the

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For various reasons it makes sense to me to normally commute to work by car which us about 30 miles round trip. Frequently in the Spring and Summer I have tried to commute or part commute by bike. Occassionally like today I need to use public transport. Tonight the trains are all running late or not at all having bought a one way ticket. So now on the bus from Bradford Interchange to Halifax

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I just noticed that there have been no posts here since before the December and New Year break. There's plenty to write about but it's finding the time although this should only take a few minutes. I guess its sometimes hard to find those few minutes. Anyway three things today relate to the following photos. The first one is from one of the Group Study rooms in the JBP Library as it is exam

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Students admiring the Christmas Tree at Emm Lane School of Management. Seasons Greetings.

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More updates and news from November.From the Systems TeamFinance: The new Finance system implementation continues to take lots of time with much still to do. Thank you for all the efforts on this.Examinations: The tean has been involved in a major data extraction process for the Exams Office. This data is processed by the Exams Office and Academic Schools prior to the issue of the online Exams

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This article in response to recent issues on the University Halls computer network was included in the latest (December) edition of the Student Union newspaper. Thanks to Phil Lickley for enabling this response.

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Short IT ReviewOver the Summer, there has been a short University-wide IT review undertaken by an external consultant. The consultant worked with the University Senior management on two other reviews of IT in recent years. This review was initiated through the information Systems Committee (ISC) and was sponsored by LSS and began in February 2010 with a very short workshop event involving IT

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Official route map and website is www.realaletrail.net.

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Probably very boring if you already know how to do this sort of thing. This is in case I forget now I worked out what to do:You have to follow the instructions on the apple site here, which includes loading iTunes onto your laptop if you haven't got it loaded already.Then you set tethering up on the iPhone using settings>general>network>internet tethering (slide from off to on)Then you go to the

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Buried a little deep in the student newspaper out this week is an article unattributed on broadband tests that students have been running in various private and university Halls. There is a facebook page the students have set up. Its been inspired by a national television appeal for ISPs to be honest about the internet speeds they provide. So after a week long test the results are published.

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With credit to www.shortlist.com (October 2010)500 Million active facebook users (same as combined population of the EU)130 average number of friends for each user4 countries who have banned it (Syria, China, Vietnam and Iran)3 free meals offered to Facebook employees every working day. They also get a choice of complimentary IBM THinkpad or macBook Pro100 languages including "pirate" that

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You probably couldn't make this up - even for a publicity stunt - for Sheffield Estates Agents Thomas Crapper (Sheffield Weekly Gazette last week). Most unfortunate - a candidate for HIGNFY.

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On balance it appears to have been a good decision to turn the laptop bar back into a laptop bar.

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On Sunday a number of friends entered the annual mountain bike marathon challenge of about 26 miles of the toughest off-road in Calderdale and possibly England. I was a DNF (Did Not Finish) in 2009 due to three punctures and lack of motivation to climb the final hill to Sowerby rather than downhill to home. The year before it was just over 5 hours. This year made a big leap to 4 hours 12 minutes

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We continue our trail across the country visiting Business Schools and also taking time to visit the other campus highlights. THis last week has included Northumbria and Liverpool. The visit to Northumbria included a coupld of business meetings and a tour of the Library/Infomation Service and I particularly noted the Basement concept on the lower ground floor (like the floor that some call "the

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Welcome to another newsletter as we settle into the beginning of another academic session. While wandering around the campuses and speaking to various people over the last few weeks I’ve observed anecdotally that despite the doom and gloom in the economy generally, Bradford appears to have bucked the trend with recruitment of "good quality" students from both a national and international

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After six years together we are planning on ending our relationship. The elderly model is now approaching 30 years old (January) and is looking for a quiet retirement home with a like-minded car enthusiast who will enjoy the completely over-the-top, wind-in-the-hair 1980's experience with supercar performance for less than the cost of a new Ford Fiesta and with no depreciation either. So even

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Today was the first "proper" day of the new year (freshers fayre) although we have been registering students face-to-face for over a week and there has been a gradual build up on the campus and new and old students begin to arrive. Today was the fayre in the new Student Central building which has been getting some pretty positive reviews from the various people that i have been overhearing as I

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UCISA had a meeting in the Edinburgh Library last week and I was there to report on the work of the UCISA Conference Organising Commitee for the 2011 managment conference. Here are a few snaps. I liked the signage, which was clear and consistent, the pods which were funky and getting well used, the silent environment for PC study (amazing versus Bradford) and the very idea of a Library Cafe in

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Shall we have one of these - or is it too "corporate"? Sky News on the TV and free coffee and tea all day....at least its not a nursing home lounge.

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A fairly challenging route to begin with from Hebden Bridge to Stoodley Pike then along the Pennine Bridleway to Mankinholes and pub stop (got one free beer excellent). Over the top again to the reservoir and down to the Hinchcliffe Arms in Cragg Vale and home. About 20 glorious miles no map required just follow the pike. Hard to spot friends Garry and John.

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Welcome to the first newsletter of the new academic session – have there really been 21 of these already? Must think of a more imaginative numbering system. There was no newsletter in August however, that doesn’t mean that it was a quiet time for us. On the contrary, it seems to have been one of the busiest years on record with the Student Central preparations for its opening, the launch of a new

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We have just started a family league (I am bottom of table after two weeks) and clearly haven't a clue how to pick the right players. Instead, I came across an article called fantasyfwit football and think this is right up my street. It's the new game that celebrates the side of the game that really matters. One example: Off-duty behaviour – fathering a love child, getting caught in a

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A neat little article in September 2010 edition of University Business by Peter Tinson the Exec Secretary of UCISA. Makes quite a good checklist: are you doing social web activity (tick: e.g. develop-me); are you personalising via portal (no tick: but we are moving to simplified sign on and have a student intranet page with quick links to most of the applications so a portal "on the cheap");

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Guardian article this Saturday which was targetted at new intake students covering such things as accommodation, student loans, bank accounts, renting, broadband, insurance etc.They had researched accommodation costs in University-owned halls, private student blocks, and shared houses and flats in student areas. Bradford was the runaway winner; the University has the lowest-cost

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two articles in two weeks - mainstream Sunday Times.

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Nice problem to have!

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Very sorry to hear about this terrible accident as James was cycling across America. Various stories about how bad this might be and it is clearly a very serious injury perhaps saved by the cycling helmet. He doesn't appear to do anything the easy way - even his London to Paris cycle ride was 24 hours straight without a break! I hope the recovery is swift and look forward to the planned coast

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The degree ceremonies are finishing today and some of us have taken part in various capacities. They are a great reminder of why we are all here, and the one’s that I have attended have been really memorable occasions. Our Chancellor, Imran Khan, has attended all of them this year – no doubt the added encouragement of an international test match at Headingley has contributed to his enthusiasm.

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Most FrequentRoss: Mange Tout, Mange ToutRoss: Monsieur, you are spoiling usWorld Cup relatedG: I'd like to blow a whistle on thatToph: Soufflez le Vuvu (Vuvuzela)International travel perspectivesRoss on La Defense: The underground world where the buses have no brakeswoman from Alabama: Are you from Australia? Ross: Hi my name is SidneyCuisineRoss: Lozenge anyone?Ross: Jack du FlapGarry: If I

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This was meant to be 40km today but we arrived at Notre Dame and the official Centrepoint of Paris at 1730 after leaving at 09:30 this morning. After a circular route around the marina we set out for the hills and managed to get lost visiting Chambourcy twice and then a diversion onto the N5 where several motorists were shouting at us. We thought this might be because of the Dutch Vuvuzela and

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Just over 60 miles today Haucourt to Cergy-pointoise which is about 40 km outside of Paris. Once again the weather was stifling in excess of 30 degrees all day but cycling along you create your own breeze and we made excellent progress after leaving La Chataigneraie at 9:00. We could not find a lunchstop open anywhere so settled for a Jacobs lunch in the shadow of a village consisting of a

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We got down to the ferry terminal just before 8 to find there would be a 2 hour delay to sailing time so we found a Sainsbury Cafe for breakfast and lunch (wine) for the crossing. Eventually left port at 12 so 3 hours behind schedule. Very foggy crossing and with losing hour left Dieppe at 5. The route to Avenue Verte on easy roads then 25 miles of fabulous cycle road before turning off to

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Travelling from Redhill to Newhaven covering about 52 miles on sustrans route. Blistering sun so popped in to the Jolly Tanners for a bit of lunch (beer) and then steady afternoon just one puncture to Brighton. Excellent bike shop fettled two bikes for us plus new inner tube then seafront to the recommended Fortune of War (beer). Final leg to Newhaven for 7 along the seafront to the Premier Inn

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We set off in good time from Sowerby Bridge station. The owner of the Jubilee Refreshment rooms asked where we were going so was quite impressed by Paris. The old guy propping up the bar simply said "that's cheating if you're going by train". The train was late getting into London Kings Cross so we got to Centre Point at 7:00 for the official start photo. Some 40 odd miles later we arrived in

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Worth a look - classic film footage of the University circa 1950s and 60s:

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Went with Jacob to look around on the Open Day. Over two days they were expecting between 4-5000 visitors. It was very busy when we arrived about11:00 and we saw the racing pigeons on the way in which we both liked to see. Plenty of black and white in evidence as you would expect. The building works are mainly completed and it is a much smarter environment than last visit a year ago when

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So in competition with England versus Germany in the World Cup, yesterday was a very busy day, preparing and running a series of fundraising events in and around the villages of Midgley and Luddenden. This included a family treasure hunt, a duck race, cream teas and a competition for the best collage from all the treasure collected. Some interesting pictures including one with a large potato

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Spotted this huge creature in the river at Mytholmroyd it was just wading around unlikely to see many fish but plenty of debris and rubbish at the bottom of the river!

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I don't normally pick up The Economist although I did subscibe for a few years in the late 1990s when studying. The one I picked up had a technology quarterly in it (June 2010) which used to be a pull out feature on a wide variety of technology from big industry, pharmaceuticals, blue sky research etc. This was no different with a fairly diverse range of topics. The one that caught my eye

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About a dozen IT people got together for a dinner and discussion event last night preceeded by a presentation by John Hemingway ex CIO Sheffield Hallam and now an independent consultant. Focus started on a bunch of Gartner Research about the top priorities in next few years around technology, funding and people. Some provocative stuff about whether we need as many HEIs, whether IT departments

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A friend is currently travelling from Lands End to John O Groats on his mountain bike using off-road routes wherever possible. It is a charity ride. It will take about 3 weeks all being well at a steady rate of 50-70 miles a day. We met him on Saturday late afternoon in Ashbourne having cycled up from Derby on the train (20 miles). He had been joined by a friend from Winchester on Saturday and he

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Back in January I wrote about the iSlate and last week happened to be at a CampusM User Group for part of the day in London at the Apple Education Centre just off Oxford Street and the flagship Apple store. Apple were launching at midnight and a small queue of presumably well-paid Apple staffers were queuing on deckchairs outside for the obligatory press story and media circus that was begining

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Last Friday it was effectively the last day of term for the undergraduates with great bbq weather and a proper fun fair on the car park including a ferris wheel and dodgems. Unfortunately I didn't take the afternoon off to enjoy the festivities but everyone seemed to be having a great time. Just got a couple of photos.

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Went on a tour of the new building last week with the Student Union. It took over an hour and a half to visit all three floors - it is a pretty big building even with all the walls knocked down. Here are some random and poor quality interior photos. The best bit is the roof (looks great) and also the roof garden (great view of the amphitheatre and ideal sun spot).

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So the first tranche of "new" cuts amounting to £6.2 Billion are announced by the coalition governmnet. This story will clearly develop over time. Initially doesn't look that bad for HE with this BBC story which is effectively still a 10,000 student place INCREASE. However, I suspect that there will be some nasties buried in the £600Million+ savings for the BIS Department of which HE is one

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The famous racing driver (Graham Hill) won Monaco on five occassions. Since I can remember, it has been on the "tick list" to visit the French Riviera for the GP and we finally went this year - me and fellow petrolhead Joseph (Billy). We stayed in Nice and travelled by SNCF to Monaco on Saturday for qualifying session watching from a balcony at St Devote, the first corner and exit from the pit

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For future reference:Our Kindle 2 ran out of power and had a splash screen with message: Critical Battery Your battery is empty. To continue using your Kindle, connect it to a power source. It may take a few minutes of charging before your Kindle starts. Kindle Support say (in this exact sequence): 1. Slide the power button and hold it for 30 sec. 2. Release and wait for 20 sec until the screen

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On the eve of the General Election 2010 Gordon Brown made a visit and gave a speech urging the country to vote Labour. The Atrium was packed as word spread of his arrival from early morning. A very positive visit for the City and the University although more could have been made of the strong historical links with the University and the Labour Party (Harold Wilson was the first Chancellor of

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An inspiring story from the TES this week - not sure about the Bradford University link as I didn't think we covered PGCE.

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The paint is now dry and the artwork is now installed. Comments and feedback welcome. Poor quality images attached from a phone. With thanks to Caroline Hicks (Fellow in Arts) and Priscilla Preston for co-ordinating it all including the choices of colours etc. Thanks for the original inspiration provided by Jonathon Colam-French at East Anglia.

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It was great to go along to the 2010 UBU Awards ceremony on Friday night at the Hilton Hotel and present the awards in the media section. There were prizes for the Film Society and for RAM Air including the people who have made a big contribution over the last year to these particular events. Everyone was in smart ball gowns and black ties or suits. I had also bought a ticket for a guest who

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This was an interesting article in the Guardian about using an iPhone as an e-book reader. I am not entirely convinced by the last paragraph of the article but it makes for interesting reading whether you are dyslexic or not.

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Infrastructure Team Successful “at risk” period During the April period a number of actions were taken including the SAINT service upgrade, which was effectively a double upgrade as the users had postponed one upgrade from Christmas. The upgrade is a team effort including the supplier (Tribal), Sue Schmassmann and Richard Davis on the e-vision functions. It seems to have gone very

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This Sunday's Andrew Marr show featured guest speakers at the last two annual UCISA conferences. So I have had the pleasure of hosting both Ruby Wax (2010) and John Sergeant (2009) at conference dinner. I thought that Ruby was back to her usual self this Sunday - completely off the wall! I wonder if she is still struggling with the iPhone?

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It is a long time ago that I reported about ducks but three were spotted last Friday - the same three? You will have to look closely!

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There was a little money found in the "minor works" budget for making some cosmetic improvement to the student space in JBP Building. We proritised the entrances and the corridor/waiting areas outside the largest of the PC Clusters and the Learn Higher teaching room. These areas are probably the highest student footfall. In about a weeks time the rolling art exhibition will begin along these

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In 97 days me and three friends will be setting out on a fantastic cycling trip from London to Paris (centrepoint to centrepoint) to raise money for MIND in memory of Hugh. If you want to find out some more and maybe give us a donation towards our target then please take a look. All the money we raise will go directly to MIND so please be generous if you are able. Thanks.The links to the

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A view of the top of the world above Gorple Reservoir. Quite an interesting trek to this place which is a bit of a mountain bike mecca. Can't think why!

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Every year at Easter there is a tradition called the Pace Egg Play which takes place in the villages around Hebden Bridge including Heptonstall and Midgley. This year I managed to get along to the Midgley bus terminus in time to catch it. Here is a photo which includes the rather irate bus driver who could not turn round and had a long queue of traffic behind them. Quite nice to think that all

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Caught my eye this Sunday.

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This was published in the New York Review of Books (March). It was part of a free publicity handout in the weekend papers. For some reason King's is particularly targetted and an unexpected mention for the CIO too.

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We are pleased to announce that video recordings of all the presentations at UCISA Management Conference in Harrogate are now available. With thanks to Sonic Foundry. If you only have chance to investigate one of these, try Larry Hincker from Virginia Tech - the presentation is worth an hour of your time.

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Rather an excellent Rugby weekend on the home front with Jacob and Joseph both part of the squads that won the Yorkshire Schools Rugby Cup at Harrogate. Rather cold and wet to be standing in the rain from mid-day to 6pm but worth every minute as the U18s won by one point and now prepare for the Australian Tour in July (as this was last match of the season) and U14s won by a slightly wider margin

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This weeks Guardian published an article on the back of a Freedom of Information request to Universities setting out the Vice-Chancellor's pay changes over the last period: Salaries soar for heads of British Universities. Bradford does not appear in the top ten and it's not a league table that many would like to be in perhaps but for those with an eye for Freedom of Information transparency,

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Megan is home for Easter. She brought some dirty washing and two large suitcases with other clothes. And a laptop. And a press cutting. How nice.

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I now have the Computer Centre letters in a box. Now looking for a suitable anagram or possibly a charity auction a letter at a time? Capitals worth double? If you enter this into the Internet Anagram Server you get 3,566 valid anagrams including concrete pet rum and rectum once pert.

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We are begining to prepare for the re-opening of the space formally known as JB Priestley Library and Communal Building and whose new name has not yet been established (although JBP Priestley will remain for the Library part I imagine). Various discussions taking place about branding and signage. It was agreed that the final known signage relating to "Computer Centre" could be taken down and a

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Just realised that I haven't posted two works in progress (now done) and haven't put together an overall reflection so here is a short summary of that. It was somewhat hectic and putting notes together became less important than listening and reflecting on the content as we went along. I liked the way that the speakers manage to find connections between their presentations (and this was

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Stewart Buchanan Gartner GroupBegan by using the Gartner Hype Cycle to link the relationship that you have with suppliers with the four stages trigger (roses), peak of inflated expectation (the wedding/contract), trough of disillusionment (toddler) and plateau of productivity (cash cow). Most of us still concentrate on the tip of the iceberg (the visible budget costs) rather than the total cost

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