University of Worcester Staff NewsLibrary Services have almost added all of the 1700 reading lists into the new much-improved online format which enables students to have direct and easy access to resources as well as allowing academic staff to add resources from a range of online sources with the click of a button (Library Search results, Amazon, Youtube etc.). […]
The Moon Mission has started and we are already several thousand miles into our journey, but it is a long, long way. So come on, help us on our journey! No-one wants to be called “average”, but even a sedentary member of university staff can easily walk about 1500 steps a day, the equivalent of […]
St John’s Campus menus week beginning Monday 13 April 2015
Aramark’s Deputy Catering manager, Jackie Barker has been chosen to go on the trip of a lifetime to Malawi, to see the results of the great work from the money raised through sales of One Water. For every bottle sold, 10p goes to fund clean water projects for families in Africa, with projects including the […]
Monday 20th April, 2.15pm to 4.15pm University of Worcester Riverside Building, Dear Colleague I have great pleasure in inviting you to the second sustainability World Café – Responsible Futures. Following from a successful event a few years ago we aim to replicate this collaborative and stimulating ‘conversation’ in a relaxed café atmosphere of food, music […]
Unitots Nursery is once again collecting Sainsbury’s Active Kids vouchers.They have been successful in purchasing a number of resources through this scheme in past years and are hoping to do so again. This year’s scheme runs until May, and Unitots have to submit their order by the end of June. If you have any vouchers […]
Dear Colleagues Potential Changes to Childcare Voucher Schemes You may be aware that potential changes to the current provision of child care voucher schemes have been announced. The current scheme enables employees to purchase child care vouchers for use with Ofsted registered childcare providers. As far as we can tell at the moment, it will not […]
Tuesday 14th April 1.15 EE1026 Oomycete root and stem pathogens of horticultural crops Dr. Tim Pettitt (NPARU) Monday April 20th 1.15 EE1057 Blood lipids of Down syndrome children compared to non-affected siblings Dr. Allain Bueno (UW) Monday 27th April 1.15 EE1057 Understanding acute changes in exercise-induced oxidative stress: where are we now? Dr. Alex Wadley […]
RLF Writing Retreat flyer 2015 To All UW Academic Staff, Last year the Royal Literary Fund offered a four and a half day writing retreat to UW academic staff who befitted greatly from the opportunity. The RLF are offering this again to Worcester, 26th-31st July. The RLF only offer this subsidised opportunity to four Universities […]
Monday 20th April, 2.15pm to 4.15pm University of Worcester Riverside Building, Dear Colleague I have great pleasure in inviting you to the second sustainability World Café – Responsible Futures. Following from a successful event a few years ago we aim to replicate this collaborative and stimulating ‘conversation’ in a relaxed café atmosphere of food, music […]
Thursday 23 April 5 – 8pm Join us at The Hive on World book Night 5-8pm for a free event to unveil the mystery of books. Choose a free World Book Night book to take away and enjoy. Meet best-selling crime authors Rebecca Tope, Judith Cutler, Edward Marston and meet the team that solve the […]
Flyer for the David Jolley Lecture Please see attached flyer for details on the 3rd Annual David Jolley Lecture: The changing face of old age mental health care: lessons and experience from research Presented by David Challis Professor of Community Care Research; Director PSSRU at University of Manchester; Associate Director NIHR School for Social Care […]
Please find below some forthcoming events that may be of interest: Teacher’s Pension Scheme Tuesday 14th April 2015 2.15pm – 3.45pm St John’s Campus Local Government Pension Scheme Thursday 23rd April 2015 (City Campus) 2.15pm – 3.45pm These presentations should last between 45 to 60 minutes (depending on attendees input) and time is available after […]
Tuesdays 5pm-6pm – no session tonight St John’s Sports Hall (matchplay) These netball sessions take place on Tuesdays (with the exception of this week) until Tuesday 5th May. Come along and join the fun! Each session offers the chance to get back into netball regardless of how much or how little experience you have of the […]
The 15th Annual Worcestershire Palliative Care Conference 9 July 2015 Worcester Rugby Club, 9am – 4.30pm This interactive conference is open to all health and social care practitioners, and users interested in Palliative Care and Dementia. End of Life Care for people living with dementia presents a number of challenges which need to be considered […]
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