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A
giant hair net, made of real hair and a 46 kilometre drawing
are just two of the works on display in the University
of Leeds fine art graduation show, at the Old Mining building
from Wednesday June 13 - 18. For further details, see
the group’s website at www.leeds.ac.uk/ airespace.
The work shown is Untitled by Anna Dent.
Ceremony webcast
University
Chancellor Melvyn Bragg will be presenting honorary degrees
to former speaker of the House of Commons Betty Boothroyd,
cancer research specialist Professor Craig Jordan, Nobel
prize-winning poet Seamus Heaney and leading scientist
Professor Susan Greenfield on Wednesday 18 July. All the
2001 degree ceremonies will be broadcast live on the web
between Monday 16 July and Friday 27 July, enabling access
to the ceremonies from anywhere in the world. Further
information and a link to the webcast can be found at
www.leeds.ac.uk/students/ office/. Each ceremony will
also be archived, for those unable to watch them as they
occur. The archive, along with software and hardware requirements,
can be found at www.leeds.ac.uk/webcast/
The batting
season
The
annual staff cricket league will start in the week commencing
June 25. Matches are played on Tuesday, Wednesday and
Thursday evenings at Weetwood Playing Fields. Anyone interested
in entering a team can pick up an application form from
the sports office in the union building or call Fiona
Hopper on ext 71-235. The deadline for entries is Friday
15 June.
Job search
service
The
University has joined a new service — CVs.ac.uk
— to help contract research staff reaching the end
of their current appointment to find a new post, and to
enable departments to identify suitable candidates for
vacancies. The service allows individuals to post their
CVs onto the site, which is then searched by participating
research institutions to fill posts. There is no charge
to use the service.
Anyone
can access the home page to see what the site offers —
www.cvs.ac.uk — but a password is required for other
areas. For full details of the service, click on the link
above or contact Kathy Aveyard on ext 3964; email k.a.aveyard@leeds.ac.uk
Summer study
times
The
Edward Boyle and Brotherton Libraries are extending their
weekday opening hours during the summer vacation and will
remain open until 9pm Monday to Thursdays, and until 5pm
on Fridays. Midnight closing will recommence on Monday
1 October 2001.
The
Health Sciences Library will remain open until 9pm until
Thursday 28 June, then close at 7pm weekdays until September
1.
A
complete table of Library opening hours, showing vacation
weekday and weekend hours is available at www.leeds.ac.uk/library/hours/
Password changes
The
institutional account passwords for Athens, the authentication
system used for many electronic resources subscribed to
by the library, including web of science, the EDINA database
service, Ingenta and Medline will change on 10 September
2001.
Any
personal accounts created before 10 September will expire
on 31 October 2001. Staff may renew their accounts at
any time by filling in the online form. Staff accounts
already renewed during the 2000/01 session will not expire
this autumn.
For
more information, see www.leeds.ac.uk/library/athens/athens.htm
Building partnerships
The
teaching company scheme (TCS) is a government-sponsored
initiative which has been running successfully for 25
years to create partnerships between companies with strategic
problems to solve, universities who can provide the necessary
knowledge and expertise, and graduates who will manage
a programme to deliver the objective and achieve a major
improvement in the company’s business.
A
workshop on TCS will be held in the business school on
Thursday 28 June from 3.30pm to 5.50pm to allow academics
(and students) to find out more. To book a place, contact
Janet Willis on ext 2147 (9am to 1pm)or by email to j.willis@leeds.ac.uk
Make your
views heard
Leeds
Innovations is carrying out a survey to ensure the commercialisation
services they offer to academics remain at a high standard.
The questionnaire should be included in this issue of
the Reporter. Further copies and, in due course, the results
of the survey can be obtained from Mette Meisler Sylva
on ext 3444 or by email to m.m.sylva@
leedsinnovations.co.uk
