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Celebrating success with Professional StandardsFramework Fellowships
This March, we saw yet more of our Brookes staff successfully achieveprofessional Fellowships with the Higher Education Academy(https://www.heacademy.ac.uk/individuals/fellowship) (HEA). HEAFellowships demonstrate staff’s key contributions both here and ourpartnership colleges.
The Professional Standards Framework(https://moodle.brookes.ac.uk/course/view.php?id=30081) (PSF) pathwayoffers accredited routes to become an Associate Fellow (AFHEA), Fellow(FHEA), Senior Fellow (SFHEA) and Principal Fellow (PFHEA). Awards suchas these are increasingly important for institutions as evidence of teachingquality and the professionalisation of teaching. For staff, this pathway helpsgain recognition for achievements in teaching, enhancing the studentlearning experience and, for SFHEA and PFHEA, academic leadership.
OCSLD would like to congratulate the following for their successful CPDclaims at the March 2019 PSF panel:
Fellowship of the HEA: Jon White (OBBS) and Craig Taylor (TDE).
Senior Fellowship of the HEA: Elizabeth Lovegrove (OCSLD), ElizabethJestico (HLS) and Shirley Shipman (HSS).
Shirley Shipman, Principal Lecturer (Student Experience) and ProgrammeLead (Law), said: “The application process provided an opportunity to reflecton my contributions to teaching and learning. I particularly valued theopportunity to take part in and host writing days where participants coulddiscuss and support each others' applications and explore togetherparticular issues in relation to teaching and learning in our own, or related,disciplines.”
Craig Taylor said: “Throughout the process I was ably supported by the staffat Brookes who went the extra mile to deal with the specific hurdles I faced. Igenuinely would not have managed a successful application without theirempathy and diligence.”
We would like to thank the following for supporting colleagues through thePSF Pathway:
Mary Davis (OBBS), Mary Deane (OCSLD), George Roberts (OCSLD),Jonathan Louw (OBBS), Emma Briggs (ACP Abingdon and Witney), DavidCarugo (TDE), Mary Briggs (HSS), Barry Ricketts (HLS), Jennifer Kirman(HSS) and Antonia Mackay (HSS).
Interested in pursuing a academic recognition or supporting others in doingso?
The PSF fellowship programme is open to all in a supportive or full teachingrole. As well as applying for fellowships, you could become a PSF PathwayMentor or Reviewer, which would contribute to your continued professionaldevelopment, academic promotion criteria and future Fellowship applications
For further information see: PSF Pathway Moodle site (https://moodle.brookes.ac.uk/course/view.php?id=30081)Or contact:[email protected] (mailto:[email protected])
Streamlined PSF Scheme
OCSLD administer the scheme on behalf of Advance HE and in March 2019we acted on feedback to make some improvements as part of our re-accreditation.
Key improvements from September 2019
1. The Pathway now includes a submission template for each fellowshipcategory.
2. The professional dialogue will still be offered with the expectation that thesubmission template for the category of Fellowship would be brieflycompleted prior to the meeting.
3. Expressions of interest will be required to be submitted at least 4 monthsprior to submitting a completed claim.
4. The AHE Fellowship Category Tool (https://www.advance-he.ac.uk/form/fellowship-decision-tool?utm_source=CRM&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=Fellowship%20-%20FCT&utm_content=Introduction%2AWebpage%2ATL%2AFellowship&dm_t=0,0,0,0,0)willbe used as an initial diagnostic tool.
5. All materials available online via Moodle and advice/mentoring availablevia Skype or email.
6. Mentoring to replace peer coaching
7. Successful candidates recommended to act as a mentor and thenencouraged to train as PSF reviewers.
We will be holding PSF Briefing events to highlight the key improvements tothe PSF Pathway. No need to book, just pop in:
Headington Campus Room: CLC.2.19 Date: 22-05-2019 Time: 12:00 - 13:00
Headington Campus Room: JHB201 Date: 02-09-2019 Time: 12:00 - 13:00
Wheatley Campus Room: OR104 Date: 03-09-2019 Time: 12:00 - 13:00
Marston Road Campus Room: MR106 Date: 04-09-2019 Time: 12:00 - 13:00
Harcourt Hill Campus Room: BG25 Date: 05-09-2019 Time: 12:00 - 13:00
Swindon Campus Room: JOF. G.05 Date: 11-09-2019 Time: 12:00 - 13:00
Student Records System (Banner) training
Student Records System (SRS) training sessions on Banner administrationand Self Service are now available for staff. Banner administration interface training Training sessions are available on the Banner administration interface. Theaim of these sessions is to introduce you to the look and feel of the newsystem. Who are these sessions for? The sessions are for staff who manage records as part of their role (ie if youuse eCSIS currently you will use this interface of the SRS system). If you areonly using PIP at present this training might not be of interest (howevertraining sessions for the area of functionality relevant to your role will beavailable and communicated through your team). What will these sessions cover? The training will provide information on the general use of the administrativeinterface of the system, basic navigation and some of the key functionalityincluding:
What is Banner?
Logging into the system
Finding general person information
Menu options.
Please note: some of the sessions are hands-on training (held in computerrooms), whilst others are demonstrations only (held in regular teachingrooms). You are welcome to bring your work laptop/chromebook with you tothe demo sessions so you can replicate the steps demonstrated. To book a training session please go here(https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/banner-taster-training-sessions-tickets-59882929454)). To book a demonstration session please go here(https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/banner-taster-demo-sessions-tickets-59882993646). Self Service (student portal) training courses Self service training provides an introduction to the self service portal, how tonavigate and things to be aware of when using the system. Who are these sessions for? This training is for all academic and professional service staff who currentlyuse PIP to view student and course information. The self service portal is thereplacement for PIP. The sessions are aimed at staff who need to accessstudent records as part of their role and will also touch on case management(e.g. student request forms and exceptional circumstances), also how to viewmodule and course information. What will these sessions cover? The session looks at:
What is self service?
How to log in to the system
How to view student and course information, including enrolment statusand modules registered
How to view student requests
How to view mark sheets.
All course information and booking details are available on the SRS trainingpage (https://www.brookes.ac.uk/staff/student-records-system/training/) oryou can email the training team: [email protected].
Oxford Brookes-backed Swindon College wins Instituteof Technology bid
Oxford Brookes is to partner with Swindon College as one of 12 newInstitutes of Technology(https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/institutes-of-technology-competition) to be created nationally. Education Secretary Damian Hindsannounced the winning organisations on 10 April 2019. They will run the newInstitutes of Technology with the aim of offering top-quality higher leveltechnical education, helping to close skills gaps in key STEM areas.
Brookes is one of Swindon College’s existing partners, providing a number ofcourses including graphic design, education and healthcare. This new £21million investment will create a state-of-the-art institution, which theUniversity is well placed to support with its technical faculty and industrylinks.
Paul Inman, Pro Vice Chancellor Dean of Technology, Design andEnvironment said:
“The announcement is a further evolution of our long-standing partnershipwith Swindon College. Five years ago we worked together to establish aUniversity Technical College in the town. We now look forward to workingwith local and regional employers to develop technical provision thatsupports local skills. We therefore very much welcome the government’sendorsement, which will benefit young people in the Swindon area and thewhole country for many years to come.”
Institutes of Technology form a vital part of the Government’s majortransformation of technical education in a generation. This includesintroducing new T Levels from 2020 – the technical equivalent to A Levels –and further high-quality apprenticeship opportunities.
The 12 institutes will be backed by £170 million of Government investmentso they have access top quality equipment and facilities and can tap into thelatest research from their university partners, to anticipate the skills needs ofthe future workplace. They will also benefit from additional support from localemployers and partners, who will contribute valuable resources such asfurther investment or seconded teaching staff.
Updates on key processes from Academic And StudentAffairs
Three key areas of work from Academic and Student Affairs will be updatingover the coming months.
Earlier this month, the Academic Board approved changes to two key areasof work from Academic and Students Affairs: Academic Framework andMitigating Circumstances.
In addition, changes to the University’s approach to resits and retakes thatwere approved by the Academic Board in July 2018 will be coming into effectfrom 1 September 2019.
Exceptional circumstances
The Academic Board has approved changes to the University’s regulationson mitigating circumstances. The changes will come into effect from 1September 2019.
From this date, the regulations will be known as 'Exceptional circumstances',a name considered to be clearer and more self-explanatory to students thanthe previous name.
In late May, the webpages will be updated to reflect the new name andregulations. This will include guides for both students and staff to the newregulations and will highlight the changes made.
Students will be reporting any claims of Exceptional circumstances in thenew Student Records System (Banner) from September and there will alsobe guidelines on the website for how to use the new online interface.
Students will receive details of the new system in an email in September.
A consultation (https://intranet.brookes.ac.uk/onstream/2018/nov/mitigating-circumstances-review---consultation-launches/?type=rolling)on the proposedchanges was held in November-December 2018, with the consultationfeedback (https://intranet.brookes.ac.uk/onstream/2019/jan/feedback-from-mitigating-circumstances-consultation/?type=rolling) announced in January2019.
Resits and retakes
The (https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1oaWOgyRGKuwV__5RVNq3NSaaU3cNOYsh)AcademicBoard approved(https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1oaWOgyRGKuwV__5RVNq3NSaaU3cNOYsh)changes to the University’s approach to resits and retakes in July 2018. Thechanges scheduled to take effect from 1 September 2019 are:
The requirement for students to obtain a minimum mark of 30% in order toqualify for a resit opportunity will be removed. From 1 September, allattempts at an assessment will be eligible for a resit opportunity.
The limit for the number of times a student on an undergraduate programmecould study a module will reduce from the current limit of three times to twice(meaning that the maximum number of attempts at an assessment would befour; for example, a first sit and a resit on each attempt at the module). Oncea student has achieved the learning outcomes for a module and gained anoverall pass, they will not be permitted to resit the assessment, or to retakethe module. This brings the number of attempts at an undergraduate modulein line with that currently allowed on a taught postgraduate module.
More information on both will follow. The regulations that reflect thesechanges are currently being drafted and will be released within the next fewweeks.
Academic Framework
The Academic Board has approved a number of proposals within theAcademic Framework Workstreams C and F.
The significant additions to Workstream C (Transition, Progression andAttainment) relate to new systems for progression and degree classification.These changes will come into force from September 2020.
Progression requirements: Students will no longer be able to trail modules. Research carried out by ASAshows that the majority of Brookes students who trail modules did notcomplete their programme at the same time as their peers. Hence, thispractice doesn’t help students to recover their position in terms ofcompletion time.
In order to balance the removal of the capacity to trail modules,compensation will be introduced. Compensation, a common practice withinthe sector, allows credit to be awarded where a pass mark has been narrowlymissed, providing other requirements have been met satisfactorily. This willenable students to progress to the next year without the use of trailing.
The two routes of progression will also be clearly identified: Degree withHonours; or an interim award (up to and including an Ordinary Degree). Thefirst route is for students obtaining an Honours Degree and a second routeallows alternative progression paths for students opting to exit with aninterim award.
More details on progression (https://www.brookes.ac.uk/staff/academic-framework/workstream-c/progression/)are available in the Academic Boardpaper.
Degree classification: The proposal that degree classification would be based on an overallweighted summation of the calculated average from the Level 5 weightedmodules (25%) and triple-weighted Level 6 modules (75%) was approved.This model was one of five proposed by ADSEs and the Academic Registrar.Each was carefully analysed and changes modeled to consider the potentialfor grade inflation and the impact of these changes in under-representedgroups and other student categories with protected characteristics (forexample BAME, disabled, mature, UK and International cohorts etc). Thisproposal most closely resembles our current model with the potential toslightly close the attainment gap amongst under-represented groups and therest of our student population.
More details on degree classification(https://www.brookes.ac.uk/staff/academic-framework/workstream-c/degree-classification/) are available in the Academic Board paper.
The changes to Workstream F (Effective, timely and efficient module choice)will come into effect immediately.
Module registration: Those students who have not registered their modules by the end of theappropriate registration window will be allocated module(s) from theremaining choices available. These will be allocated after those for studentswho did register their modules during the appropriate period. This will meanthat the preferred options for students who did not register within the windowmay not necessarily be available to them.
Late addition/deletion: The late addition/deletion process, as it is now, has a big effect on thetimetabling process and space optimisation. The Academic Board agreed
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with the proposal to introduce certain modifications to this process and towho can make these requests. These requests will only be open for studentswho, due to extraordinary circumstances, have an exceptional reason torequest the change. This request must be raised by the programme’s SubjectCoordinator if they consider it appropriate and it will be subject to roomcapacity and other timetabling constraints. The request must also beapproved by the Academic Registrar.
More details are available in FAQs section(https://www.brookes.ac.uk/staff/academic-framework/workstream-f/faqs/)of the website.
Howzat! Call for Oxford Brookes staff cricket teammembers
Three colleagues from Academic and Student Affairs have recently formed astaff cricket team for friendly T20 matches and are looking for more playersto join them. Eloise, Emrys and Scott are looking for people of all ages, backgrounds,genders and any level of skill to take part. If you have never played before,but would like to give cricket a go, then this is your chance. All colleaguesare warmly welcome to take part and join the team.
The team is organising future training net sessions before any matches takeplace where colleagues can give it a try and practise their skills. The next session will be held on Tuesday 30 April from 4.00pm until 6.00pmat the Brookes Sport Headington Campus. Home fixtures will be held at the cricket pitch at Wheatley Campus and thenext match dates are scheduled for:
5 June - Magdalen College School (Home)
13 June - Wiley Publishing (Away - Horspath Cricket Club)
31 July - Risinghurst CC (Home)
Do you know a cricket team that would like to measure its strength againstthe Oxford Brookes staff cricket team? The team will be holding friendly social matches against local businesses andschools and is looking for teams to play against.
If you know of any or you are interested and would like to join the team,please contact the staff cricket team directly [email protected]
Tefal Maestro 75 iron
Thursday, 30 May 2019
Factory renewed but never used. £10
Contact: Ray Stimpson Tel: Mob: Email: [email protected]
10-inch display – Picade & Raspberry Pi - Brand New Sealed
Thursday, 23 May 2019
The ultimate desktop retro arcade machine! Picade is a Raspberry Pi-powered mini arcade that youbuild yourself, with authentic arcade controls, a high resolution 4:3 display that's ideal for retrogaming, and a punchy speaker to hear those 8-bit game soundtracks at their best Includes both thePicade and the Raspberry Pi Brand New still sealed RRP £250 asking for £150 ono
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Contact: David Shaw Tel: 3374 Mob: Email: [email protected]
Apple Macbook Pro 13-Inch, i7 2.9Ghz, 16Gb Ram, 500GB SSD
Thursday, 23 May 2019
Apple Macbook Pro Laptop - 13-inch Spec: Processor: 2.9Ghz intel Core i7 Memory: 16GB DDR3Storage: 500Gb SSD Hard Drive macOS: macOS Mojave Macbook comes complete with poweradapter and slip case. Price £400 ono
Contact: David Shaw Tel: 3374 Mob: 07784829329 Email: [email protected]
Macbook Pro, i5, 16GB RAM, 512GB SSD
Thursday, 16 May 2019
Apple Macbook Pro Laptop - i5, 16GB RAM, 512GB SSD. Maxed out spec. Runs smoothly with only120 cycles on the battery, which holds up to 7 hours. Runs all software you throw at it. Immaculatescreen, keyboard. Has a small dent to lid but nothing major.
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Notices
Microwave needed
Monday, 10 June 2019
I am after a small microwave but it needs to be in good clean condition and in full working orderplease. Does anybody have one they can spare?
Contact: Hanna Czarnecka-Nagy Tel: Mob: Email: [email protected]
Wanted: smartphone
Monday, 10 June 2019
Any smartphone in reasonably working order wanted (Android)
Contact: Edward Howard Tel: 07717271637 Mob: 07717271637 Email: [email protected]
Programme Portfolio Manager - Secondment
Monday, 03 June 2019
This is a part-time (30 hours) per week secondment for 10 months. You should have significantdemonstrable administrative experience; the ability to work on own initiative; team workingexperience; problem solving skills; excellent communication skills. Supervisory experience of staff isessential. You should also have A levels or significant relevant experience. Overall purpose of thepost will be to lead the work of a Programme Administration team providing comprehensiveadministrative suppor support to the assigned programme portfolio and ensuring a high qualitystudent experience. Closing date: 6th June 2019. Interviews will take place on 12th June 2019.Please apply for this position via your Core HR portal. Please note, if you intend to apply for thissecondment you should inform your line manager.
A call for volunteers to help at Cowley Road Carnival
Wednesday, 15 May 2019
Oxford Brookes will once again be part of local community celebrations at this year’s Cowley RoadCarnival; join as a volunteer for a fun day out in the community. This year’s Cowley Road Carnivalwill take place on Sunday 7 July from 11.00am-5.00pm. This year’s theme for the Carnival is ‘spaceis the place’ and Brookes is proud to once again be one of the main sponsors of this importantcultural event for the city. This year we will not take part in the procession but we will again have a
dedicated ‘Brookes Zone’ down Manzil Way where we will host a range of activities for all ages andpromote all that Brookes has to offer to our local community. If you can spare a few hours to help atthe Brookes Zone please get in touch: [email protected] You will be able to claim backTOIL for any hours worked at the event but please first check with your manager before singing upas a volunteer.
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