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Triple
alliance
Vanessa Bell's 1914 collage Triple Alliance
(above) will be among the University-owned
paintings, drawings, sculptures and manuscripts
on show as part of the Centenary exhibitions
in the newly-refurbished Parkinson building.
The audience of the Centenary opening ceremony
on April 22 will have the first chance to
see the exhibitions, which will be open weekdays
10am-6pm from April 23 until July 23. Image
© 1961 Estate of Vanessa Bell, courtesy
Henrietta Garnett.
Language
lecture
Dozens of languages die every year, and a
major international effort is underway to
preserve as many as possible. On May 4 Professor
Peter Austin, director of a £20m University
of London School of Oriental and African Studies
project to preserve endangered languages,
will give a talk entitled “The life,
death and life of languages: language death
and revitalisation”. He will speak on
5.15pm in the University of Leeds’ Parkinson
Building, room 108.
Council
and court
Nominations are invited to fill a small number
of lay (external) vacancies on the University’s
governing body, the Council. Candidates for
these positions will also be considered for
vacancies on the Court, the body which serves
as a mechanism for the University’s
accountability to the wider community. The
closing date for receipt of nominations, to
be considered by the Nominating Committee,
is April 23. Details from Helen Pickersgill
in the Secretariat, ext 34036, email h.j.pickersgill@adm.leeds.ac.uk
Know-how
transfer
Following the success of the last meeting
about the LUBS corporate learning programme,
when University staff heard from First Direct
bank and Atkins about what businesses learned
from working with the University, staff are
invited to the next meeting of the knowledge
transfer forum on March 31. This will focus
on the University’s attempts at marketing
to business. Meetings are open to all staff.
Further details from Ruth Dolan r.m.dolan@adm.leeds.ac.uk
Scale
review
Applications are invited from academic and
academic-related staff who wish to be considered
for promotion/additional/discr-etionary scale
increments as from August 2004. A circular
setting out the procedures and timetable has
been sent to heads of schools. Copies are
available from Joanne Poulter, ext 34144,
j.e.poulter@adm.leeds.ac.uk
Successful 2002-03 promotions lists can be
found on the HR webpage: http://www.leeds.ac.uk/hr/policy/promotions.htm
Suppliers
on show
The annual supplier exhibition will be held
in the sports hall on March 30 from 10.30am-3.30pm.
More than 60 companies will attend, with products
including laboratory supplies, desktop PCs,
printers, laptops, research equipment, vehicle
hire, photocopiers, audio visual equipment,
temping agencies, furniture, business travel
services, water and stationery. Contact John
Draper in central purchasing, ext 32992.
People
power
The series of lectures on building democracy,
to coincide with the launch of the centre
for democratisation studies series, concludes
next month. Ulrich Steinle from the Friedrich
Ebert Foundation in Berlin will draw on personal
experience to illustrate Democratisation in
Kosovo on Thursday 29 April. For more information
see the events page or go to www.leeds.ac.uk/events
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