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UniLifeThe free magazine forThe Victoria University of Manchester and UMIST
20th September 2004 Volume 2 Issue 1
Staff celebrateuniversities’achievements
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NewsDigest
Staff are urged to collect their newidentity cards as special issuing eventsform 29 September to 1 October.
A summary of the key news in this issue of UniLife:
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A free bus service is being launched forstaff and students to link all areas of thecampus. It will run frequently throughoutthe day (Monday –Friday) making severalstops en route.
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Ahead of the two institutions comingtogether, staff celebrate UMIST’s andVUM’s achievements at special eventson campus.
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Profile of Professor Alan North, Vice-President and Dean, Faculty of LifeSciences, The University of Manchester.
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The two universities award honorarydegree to key figures for theircontributions to the institutions andProject Unity.
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8 Research
10 Celebrations
12 Profile
14 Project Unity
16 Honorary Degrees
18 People
20 Students
22 Whats On
24 Seminars/Noticeboard
25 Looking Back
26 Classified Ads
32 Just the Job
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At the Victoria University of Manchesterall staff were invited to attend anafternoon tea party in a huge marquee inthe main quad with the Vice-ChancellorProfessor Sir Martin Harris on 7September.
On 8 September In a Day of Celebrationat UMIST, a marching band kicked offthe day’s events which included anauction, human table football and abucking bronco.
Staff on each campus celebrated their respective universities withindividual celebrations earlier this month as the countdown clockticks down to the merger on 1 October.
On both days special ceremonies were held atwhich honorary degrees were conferred onuniversity figures who had made a significantcontribution to the institutions over the yearsincluding Project Unity.This included the Vice-Chancellors of UMIST and VUM who receivedhonorary degrees from both universities attwo separate ceremonies.
For more photos and details see pages 10and 16
UniversitiesCelebrate
Swipe Yourself a Card
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The President-designate Professor Alan Gilbert was among the firstmembers of staff to pick up their new ID cards. Now all current staffon both campuses are being urged to collect theirs at special issuingevents being held from 29 September to 1 October.
vCJD test set togo to market
Researchers at the University who have been working to find a test to diagnose vCJD the human form of mad cowdisease, (BSE) have now taken the next step towards its commercialisation following successful trials.
Current UMIST staff should go to theEntrance Hall in the Main Building, SackvilleStreet and current VUM staff should go tothe Whitworth Hall, Oxford Road.
The events will run from 9.15am-5pm andstaff can turn up at any time on any day.Their old swipe cards will be swapped for
the new ones bearing the new Universitylogo and these will work in all accesscontrol and library systems on bothcampuses.
All staff will receive a blue ID card and thedefault validity period on all ID cards is setto five years, regardless of contract length.
www.anaesthesia/man.ac.uk
Dr Pomfrett, said:”By diagnosing thedisease early enough and with the righttherapy, it is hoped that the disease canbe cured and ultimately eradicated.
“Although demand is expected to beworldwide, the largest market initiallywill be in the US where – unlike the UK –BSE is still a major problem in cattle and alive test is urgently needed.”
Manchester Innovation Limited – theuniversity’s incubator- is now taking thenext steps towards validation andcommercialisation of the testingequipment which is currently inprototype form, but it is hoped to releaseit onto the market next year.
As reported previously in This Week NextWeek, the team, based in the Departmentof Anaesthesia at Manchester RoyalInfirmary, have been refining the live testsince 2002 with Department of Healthfunding. The heart rate variabilitymonitor used for the current study wasinvented by one of the team, Dr. ChrisPomfrett and was originally developed in1991 to determine the depth of sedationin patients having surgery.
The new technology is used to detectheart irregularities which can suggest theearly stages of the disease in bothhumans and cattle. They are currently theonly team working on a live test for both,and recently published a paper in the
Veterinary Record demonstratingdetection of early signs of BSE in cattleincubating the disease, months beforeclassic symptoms were visible.
Although much research has been carriedout on the diagnosis of vCJD, the only teststhat are currently available are biopsies,which involve an anaesthetic, surgery anda stay in hospital. This new test is simpleand inexpensive and could be used by a GPor at home. Crucially, it could also be usedon blood donors, before they give blood.Research published by another group inThe Lancet last month, reveals that bloodcan still be infected with vCJD and goundetected, with the potential to pass onthe disease to recipients.
En Route to Unity
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branded with the new logo for theUniversity. Buses are expected to arrive atstops every 10 to 15 minutes, althoughtimes may vary.
If you have any queries regarding the newroute please contact Roy Smith onextension: 64975.
Timetable:
Monday to Friday from Monday 20September 2004
07:30 – Security Lodge (Sackville Street,Opposite Nat West Bank) – to – Refectory(Burlington Street)
• From that time three minibuses willrun constantly around the route.
Staff and students will be able to hop onand off the buses which will make fivescheduled stops between the Refectory(Burlington Street) and the Security Lodge(Sackville Street).
The route is aimed at staff commutingbetween campuses, and studentsattending lectures at different locations.
Roy Smith, General Services Manager forthe new merged University, who hashelped organise the route said: “We haveworked extremely hard to get the serviceready and we hope both staff andstudents will enjoy the benefits.”
The new route will be serviced by threewhite 17-seater minibuses, which will be
Last buses
17:15 Security Lodge - to - Refectory
17:40 Refectory - to - Security Lodge
Bus stops
• Refectory (Burlington Street)
• Roscoe/Schuster Building (Brunswick Street)
• * Materials Science Centre (Entrance)
• Security Lodge (Sackville Street,Opposite Nat West Bank)
• Math and Social Sciences Building(North Campus)
* Please note that initially buses will stop onGrosvenor Street at the entrance to the roadleading to the Materials Science Centre.
A free bus service for staff and students launches on 20 September. The service will run continuouslylinking the north and south campuses from 7.30am and until just before 6pm.
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Twenty five of Europe’s top aerospaceengineering students took part in aworkshop hosted by the Victoria Universityof Manchester and BAe systems and sawtheir ideas tested by a jet pilot on the Schoolof Engineering’s flight simulator (pictured).
The EUROAVIA Design Workshop offersstudents the valuable opportunity towork in a multinational environment andget an insight into their future careers.
Their mission was to design an airbornesearch and rescue system over the threeweeks with the support and advice of
academics and industry specialists,culminating on the final day with apresentation of their design solutions toa panel of senior aerospace professionals.
EUROAVIA is the European Association ofAerospace Students and aims to getprofessionals and students in theindustry to interact with one another.
The workshop participants were selectedby entering EUROAVIA’s annual DesignCompetition held earlier this year whichrequired them to submit an essay on anaerospace topic.
Ideas Take Flight
www.euroavia.net/
The Queen’s Award for EnterprisePromotion will go to outstandingindividuals who promote entrepreneurship,from fostering novel methods of mentoringyoung business people to outstandingleadership in promoting entrepreneurshipas a career option.
Up to 10 Awards will be given annually
for enterprise champions and a possiblesingle Lifetime Achievement Award to anindividual judged to have made a trulyoutstanding contribution in this field.
People must be nominated for the Award,for instance by colleagues, associates orbeneficiaries of their work. The closingdate is 31 October.
EncouragingEnterprise
Staff are encouraged to nominate colleagues for a new award for peoplewho play a significant role in encouraging or developing entrepreneurialskills and attitudes in others, to benefit the UK economy.
www.queensawards.org.uk
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MUP Centenary Lectures
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24th November 2004, 5.45pm (drinksreception from 5pm)
‘Regulating the media andcommunication’ - Professor RobinMansell (London School of Economics)
9th December 2004, 5pm
‘The future of publishing’ - MichaelSchmidt (Editorial and ManagingDirector, Carcanet Press)
For further information, or to reserve a place please [email protected] [email protected]
To mark its centenary, ManchesterUniversity Press is hosting a series oflectures in collaboration with the ESRCCentre for Research on Innovation andCompetition (CRIC).
These public lectures will be held inthe Federal Trust Lecture Theatre, onthe following dates:
20th October 2004, 5.45pm (drinksreception from 5pm)
‘The consumption of media’ - ProfessorTony Bennett (Open University)
Open Forum ShowcasesNew Websites
branding have been posted on this siteunder the section `UnityCommunications Project Papers’. Thesecan also be accessed from the visualidentity/branding guidelines atwww.manchester.ac.uk/visualidentity
For further information aboutSiteManager implementation andtraining for web developers andmanagers, please contact the CMS ProjectManager Robin Joinson([email protected]) or visit thewebproject site (Project Management > Training).
www.webproject.man.ac.uk
SiteManager, the Content ManagementSystem (CMS) purchased for the singleUniversity, will be delivering asignificant web presence for the launchdate of 1 October and the developmentof many School, Service and Intranetsites is well under way.
A successful Open Forum was held by theCMS Project on 9 August wheredemonstrations were given of theoperationally diverse sites of the School ofEducation and Careers (part of Business,Careers and Community Division in theExternal Relations Directorate).
A new system which will allow non-technical staff to easily update University web pages and give usersaccess to a range of centrally-approved stored information on subjects such as student life andaccommodation, is making significant progress.
www.manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk
These showcased the solutions thatstaff in these areas had successfullyimplemented for SiteManagerintegration with existing datastructures, together with the creationand display of brand-compliant contentfor the new sites.
The project website (see below)contains all project documentation andresources, including a bulletin boardwhere developers can share theirexperiences. Guidelines for the creationof content for the web and the designframework to support the new
ORS Awards Scheme 2004
The combined total of Overseas Research Students (ORS) awards made tostudents from both universities was 65 this year, placing the singleUniversity in third place, behind Oxford and Cambridge, in terms of thenumbers of awards received.
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Academics from both universities were among more than 500 leadingmodern biologists from around the world who met in Manchester at thebeginning of the month to learn more about the latest developments inpost-genome science at the `Genome to Systems’ conference.
InternationalGenome Gathering
The conference was organised by theConsortium of Post-genome Science, across institutional initiative in the NorthWest, founded to acceleratedevelopments in this evolving researchfield. The conference covered a widerange of topics in genomics and
proteomics, from basic research to thecommercialisation of new technologies.
Among the speakers were ProfessorsSteve Oliver who gave a plenary speech;and Di Donnai from NoWGEN and fromUMIST: Professors John McCarthy,Douglas Kell and Simon Gaskell.
http://www.universitiesuk.ac.uk/ors/
www.postgenomeconsortium.com
The awards are made annually, on acompetitive basis, to internationalpostgraduate research students ofoutstanding merit and potential. TheScheme was set up by the Secretary ofState for Education and Science in 1979to attract high quality students to theUK to undertake research. It isadministered by Universities UK onbehalf of the Department for Educationand Skills (DfES).
ORS awards offer international studentsthe opportunity to carry out a broad rangeof research at well-established UKacademic institutions of worldwiderecognition. ORS students make a valuablecontribution, not only to the Britishresearch base, but also to the economic,scientific, educational and other aspectsof life in their home countries.
The awards provide funding to pay thedifference between the internationalstudent fees and the home/EU student
fees charged by the academic institutionthat the student attends.
Jayne Storey, Head of PostgraduateRecruitment and Admissions, said:“This isexcellent news for the University, especiallyin view of Manchester 2015 and the goal todouble our number of postgraduateresearch students. This success istestament, in part, to the hard work putinto the preparation of application papersby academic and administrative staff fromall parts of the institution.”
A new Centre for drug misuse information and research has beendeveloped from the former Drug Misuse Research Unit (DMRU) withinthe School of Epidemiology & Health Sciences.
A team of scientists in Manchester are hoping that a drug currently usedto treat high blood pressure could also successfully keep the brittle bonedisease, osteoporosis, at bay.
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New National DrugEvidence Centre
Dr Daniela Riccardi, a senior lecturer inmolecular physiology in the School ofBiological Sciences, will be testing thetheory that drugs called thiazidediuretics, taken by elderly people withhigh blood pressure, can also increase theformation of new bone.
Dr Riccardi, and her colleague DrHoward Carter, a lecturer in dentalscience at the University, have beenawarded almost £90,000 over two yearsby the Arthritis Research Campaign, tocarry out the work.
Dr Daniela Riccardi
Dr Michael Donmall
Osteoporosis is a disease that affects onein three women, and one in 10 men overthe age of 50, and is particularly prevalentin post-menopausal women. Existingdrugs to re-build lost bone, althougheffective, all have side-effects.
"In addition, the drugs that are mostcommonly used to reduce high bloodpressure in elderly people, called loopdiuretics, generally make the bonesthinner," explained Dr Riccardi. "Wehave found that another class ofdiuretics, the thiazides, can lower blood
pressure and at the same time increasethe formation of new bone.
"Our purpose with this research is tounderstand the short and long-termeffects of these drugs on preventing boneloss, and to identify what gives the drugstheir protective effect."
The Manchester study will provideimportant information for doctors whotreat older patients with high bloodpressure and osteoporosis, and could meanthat patients need to take fewer drugs.
DrugTesting
Headed by Dr Michael Donmall, theNational Drug Evidence Centre (NDEC),will be responsible for the nationaltreatment analyses that are used by policymakers and Government strategists.
In recent years the Drug MisuseResearch Unit (DMRU) has led a numberof innovative investigations includingmajor studies on the outcome ofwaiting lists and the effectiveness ofcriminal justice and treatmentinterventions. It has also pioneered drug
treatment monitoring across the UKand Europe.
As well as continuing research activitiesand European/ United Nations priorities,NDEC will carry out work for theDepartment of Health’s NationalTreatment Agency (NTA) that willinclude investigations of treatmentengagement, effectiveness andretention, and the development of aNational Data Library.
Dr Donmall said:”Our new centralUniversity location will enable active linksto be developed and sustained with otherrelated departments within the Universitysuch as Epidemiology & Health Sciences,National Primary Care Centre, North WestCentre for Bio-Health Informatics,Psychiatry and Social Policy), facilitating ITcapability and encouraging seed-bedresearch and development initiatives.”
NDEC will be based at the ManchesterScience Park from October.
www.phi.man.ac.uk/ndec
www.arc.org.uk
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In separate celebrations, VUM staff wereinvited to attend an informal afternoontea party held in two sessions in a hugemarquee in the main quad with theVice-Chancellor Professor Sir MartinHarris and senior staff who met stafffrom a wide range of departments.
The UMIST Day of Celebration on 8September, was attended by well over1200 members of staff, past and present.
The events ranged from a buckingbronco to a nostalgic tour of the campus.
There were clowns, street artists,human table football and refreshmentsincluding a commemorative UMISTbeer. A highlight of the day was anauction of UMIST memorabiliaincluding ceremonial gowns whichraised more than £800 for UMIST’scharities – the Wood Street mission and
the Student Association’s charity, MarieCurie Cancer Care.
Guests were also able to view some rare andunseen documents as well as photographscharting UMIST through the ages in a specialexhibition in the Entrance Hall, put togetherby local Fine Arts student Rachael Smith.
Both days’ celebrations culminated inspecial Honorary Degree ceremonies forkey university figures, see page 16.
As the two universities prepareto come together, staff on eachcampustook the opportunity tocelebrate the individualinstitutions and theirachievements over the years –that’s 180 years at UMIST and153 years at the VictoriaUniversity of Manchester.
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North’s Nous
and was rejected by them all. Nothingdaunted, he went off climbing in the Alps- and picking up his mail one day in aremote poste restante in Switzerland, hefound a surprise late offer from themedical school at Aberdeen.
“It occurred to me that a six-year degreecourse meant six long summer vacations– and lots of time for climbing,” he says.“And Aberdeen was so close to the hills…”You can see what a pull those mountainswere – and still are.
So, Medicine it was. But even then hemanaged to squeeze in an intercalateddegree in Physiology and Physics on theway to his MB ChB. The six-year courseturned into seven – and he managed tofit in all those mountains, withexpeditions to Greenland, and the HinduKush, twice driving all the way toAfghanistan to climb.
He graduated in 1969, did his house jobsand completed his registration as amedical practitioner, and went on to doPhD work with Hans Kosterlitz, Professor ofPharmacology, who was a world authorityon the effects of morphine and opiatedrugs.“It was very exciting,” he says.“Hediscovered enkephalin, the first of theendorphins, and we were definingexperimentally the opiate receptor. He wasinspirational – and encouraging. I spentmost of my PhD work on finding out whatmorphine did to individual nerve cells
Now he is taking on the dual challenge ofbeing a Vice-President of this Universityand Dean of the research-driven Facultyof Life Sciences. Another mountain toclimb, another opportunity to aim for thepeak. And his no-nonsense approach iswell-grounded in academic andcommercial nous. “Entrepreneurship is animportant part of research,” he says.
His work has been centred around thequantitative understanding of drug andtransmitter action at the level of singlecells and single molecules, primarily bybiophysical and molecular biologicalapproaches. It has brought himinternational recognition, several prizesand awards, including Fellowships of theRoyal Society and of the Royal College ofPhysicians. And there’s the clue – he is byinclination a scientist who sort of strayedinto medicine, and a medic who turnedagain to his first love of Physics.
“It goes right back to school,” he says. “Iwas always interested in science,particularly Physics, but there wasparental pressure for me to be a doctor.”And he traces the inspiration of Physicsback to old “Nuffer” – more properly MrHoward Morris, Physics master at HeathGrammar School, Halifax. “He had amajor influence on me,” says Alan. “Somuch so, that I was all set to do Physics atCambridge.” Dutifully though, he appliedto do Medicine at three other places –
taken from the wall of the intestine. Theyprovided an accessible model before wewere able to use brain cells.”
He got his PhD in 1973, and after a year asa hospital registrar decided to seek acareer in research – and a phone call fromChicago changed his life. As luck wouldhave it, whilst doing his PhD he had spenta couple of summers learning how tomake microelectrode recordings at LoyolaUniversity in Chicago – and he got a calloffering him a job there. And that wasthe start of a distinguished academiccareer in the USA spanning 18 years.
Now, it’s strange how luck, allied to talentof course, shapes our lives: a phone callout of the blue (it happened again later),a chance meeting, the accident of timing.He arrived at Loyola, as AssistantProfessor of Pharmacology in 1975, to fillthe shoes of a distinguished Japanesephysiologist – and Alan inherited his laband his NIH grant. He enjoyed six happyand productive years there, beforemoving to MIT to become Professor ofNeuropharmacology, in the Departmentof Applied Biological Sciences.
Six years on, another invitation – to joinand help to establish a new researchinstitute, the now famous VollumInstitute of at the Oregon HealthSciences at Portland, Oregon. And Fateagain took a hand. The outstandingmolecular endocrinologist Ed Herbert,
Profile
If there’s a mountain to climb, literally
or metaphorically, Alan North’s your
man. From Greenland to the Pamirs, the
Rockies to the Hindu Kush, he’s scaled
the heights. And from high-profile
research groups in universities such as
MIT and the Vollum Institute in Oregon
to the industrial hothouse of
GlaxoWellcome’s Biomedical Research
and Development Institute in Geneva,
he’s led from the front.
When we get everybodyworking together, there isno limit to what we canachieve.
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Vice-Chancellor of the University ofSheffield to return to the UK and set up anew Institute of Molecular Physiology. Itwas enough to bring him back home toYorkshire. His wife, Annmarie Surprenant,also a top scientist, came to a Chair inCell Physiology, and he set aboutrecruiting a high-profile team. “I believein hiring the best possible people – andgiving them their heads,” he says.
That was in 1998. Now, six years on (is itjust chance that this six-year itch seemsto recur?), he is taking on anotherchallenge. “I realised that big things werehappening here and to be part of it is veryexciting,” he says. “I really believe that wecan build on the considerable foundationsyet also take the unique opportunityprovided by a new University. We havesome very distinguished researchers here,and we need a few more. When we geteverybody working together, there is nolimit to what we can achieve.”
His vision for the Faculty is a seamless,open-plan organisation, with no Schoolsand no departments, but with connectingsections, grouping people by theirinterests in the whole into three areas:Molecules to Cells; Cells to Tissues; andTissues to Organisms.
He will, of course, continue his ownresearch, bringing his own team and his£1million Wellcome grant. You wouldhardly expect otherwise of a man whoseextensive publications deal with drug andneurotransmitter receptors, structure andfunction of ion channels, the physiologyof the autonomic (particularly enteric)nervous system, pain mechanisms,psychoactive drugs and mental illness. Heis also President of the PhysiologicalSociety and Editor-in-Chief of the BritishJournal of Pharmacology.
But what about those other mountains?Worry not. Even as we speak, he is on thepoint of taking off for the Dolomites withhis younger son, eleven-year-old Adrian.
NameProfessor Alan North
PositionVice-President and Dean,Faculty of Life SciencesEducationB.Sc 1969 PhysiologyM.B., Ch.B. 1969 MedicineUniversity of Aberdeen,General Medical Council, Registration1970 Medical practiceUniversity of Aberdeen,Ph.D. 1973 PharmacologyCareer History:Jun 98 – Jun 04Professor of Molecular Physiology,Director of the Institute of MolecularPhysiology, University of SheffieldOct 93 - Mar 98Principal Scientist, Geneva BiomedicalResearch Institute,Glaxo Wellcome Research andDevelopmentJan 87 - Sep 93Senior Scientist, Vollum Institute forAdvanced Biomedical Research; andProfessor of Neurology, Oregon HealthSciences UniversityJul 85 - Dec 86Professor of NeuropharmacologyJul 81 - Jun 85Associate Professor ofNeuropharmacology Department ofApplied Biological Sciences,Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyJul 77 - Jun 81Associate ProfessorJul 75 - Jun 77Assistant Professor Department ofPharmacology, Stritch School ofMedicine, Loyola University of ChicagoOct 74 - Jun 75Research Fellow, Unit for Research onAddictive Drugs, University of Aberdeen Oct 73 - Sep 74Research Fellow, Department ofTherapeutics and Clinical Pharmacology,University of Aberdeen; and Registrar inGeneral Medicine, Aberdeen RoyalInfirmaryOct 71 – May 73 Junior Research Fellow,Medical Research CouncilOct 70 - Sep 71Marr Walker Research Fellow, Universityof AberdeenFeb 70 - Jul 70 House Physician, City Hospital, AberdeenAug 69 - Jan 70House Surgeon, Aberdeen RoyalInfirmary
first Director of the Institute, diedsuddenly – and Alan played a key role insustaining the momentum of thefledgling institute.
“By this time, we were beginning work onopioid peptides and otherneurotransmitters, and had moved fromworking with neurons in the gut to neuronsin the brain,” he says.“We were looking atnerves involved in addictive behaviour andthe work was going extremely well. It wasalso a wonderful place to live – and veryhandy for the mountains.”
Significantly, with the influence of ayoung colleague, John Adelman, hisinterest shifted from the cellular to themolecular. They were the first to cloneseveral membrane proteins thatfunctioned as ion channels, and thusdeduce how the protein structure wasdetermining the channel function.
But then came another call – this time toleave academe and move into industry. “Ihad been consulting for Glaxo and Icouldn’t resist the opportunity to work inthe industry,” he says. “And the fact thatthe job was based in Geneva was quite abonus.” After those six summersclimbing in the Alps as a student, healready knew Switzerland very well. AsPrincipal Scientist at the GenevaBiomedical Research Institute, a divisionof GlaxoWellcome R&D, he led work ondrug action in nerve cells – and managed“a small, but very well-resourced, researchteam”. The team identified the molecularbasis of P2X family of receptors, which arenow key drug targets in alleviating painand inflammation.
It all came to an end in 1998, when thecompany restructured itself. The GenevaInstitute was one of the casualties. “Fromthe point of view of the management, Isaw the sense of the closure,” he says.“But it was a sad end and a lot of goodresearch-active people lost their jobs.”
So, there he was, in Geneva, out of a job,but not short of offers, in academe andindustry. Then another phone call – withan irresistible offer from Gareth Roberts,
Agreement. The pay and grading reformwould still have taken place in bothinstitutions if the universities had notbeen coming together. The impact ofUnity has been to provide an impetus tointroduce the reform sooner rather thanlater if possible because of the need forharmonisation of staff terms andconditions.
It is recognised that current pay andgrading schemes in the sector are over-complex, with little consistency in payranges between different staff groups.There is therefore no consistentframework against which equal pay forwork of equal value can be measured. Forthat reason, neither are the objectives ofopenness, transparency and fairness, northe need to recognise and rewardcontribution across all staff groups, ableto be fully promoted. The objective of anew pay and grading structure is topromote all these issues and ensure thatthe University is as flexible andcompetitive as it can be in this regard,given budgetary constraints.
Pay and grading reform is thereforeessential for the needs of the Universityin the achievement of its vision. The aimis that it will provide a much better toolfor the recruitment, retention and rewardof staff, and at the same time provide thelevel of transparency, fairness andflexibility that current arrangements lack.
3. Why is it desirable that harmonisationof pay and grading be implemented assoon as practicable?
The universities have different pay andgrading schemes for some categories ofstaff and different grade criteria for mostcategories. To simply transfer these tothe new institution would compoundthe current difficulties associated withpay and grading schemes in bothinstitutions and mean that there was notransparency or fairness in the pay andgrade attached to a post. As there willbe many new posts, and many in whichthe content changes considerably, theuse of existing arrangements wouldbecome even more problematic.
With effect from 1 October 2004, and insome cases significantly earlier than this,many staff will begin to work side by
side with colleagues who are paid moreor less than they are, with differentconditions of employment, whilstcarrying out identical roles. This willhighlight the inequities of existingstructures and remain a cause ofdiscontent as long as it is allowed tocontinue. For this reason alone, it isessential that a new harmonised pay andgrading structure is implemented soonerrather than later.
Furthermore, the national agreement tocreate new pay and grading structuresgives the new University a uniqueopportunity to design a reward strategythat enables it to work towards theambitious objective of becoming an“employer of choice” and to recruit andretain the best staff. This will, over time,provide real improvements to the rewardpackage for many staff.
Because of the scale of the exercise, itwill not be possible to implement theharmonisation of pay and grading by 1October 2004, although we are workinghard with the trade unions to bring earlybenefits of harmonisation to staff fromboth existing universities.
4. What progress has been made in theintroduction of a new pay and gradingscheme?
The University and the trades unionshave agreed to use the Higher EducationRole Analysis (HERA) job evaluationscheme to assess the size and relativitiesof posts in the new institution. Gradingarrangements for academic and relatedstaff will be in accordance with thenationally agreed Memorandum ofUnderstanding. Discussions are takingplace about the precise means by whichposts can begin to be assessed. TheUniversity is also examining the meansby which the new national 51-point payscale will be used in relation to grades,incremental scales, progressionarrangements and a generalreward/remuneration policy. To effectthis it is necessary to develop jobdescriptions for most posts in the newstructure, to develop and cost the variousoptions, and to consult with the tradeunions before this work can becompleted. In the meantime, the
1. Introduction
The Unity project represents a timelyopportunity for us to introduce a newpay and grading system that is fair,transparent and represents best practicein our sector. This will be a key benefit ofthe Unity project and enable theUniversity to take a big step forwardtowards becoming an employer of choicein the higher education sector.
The design and implementation of thenew pay and grading structure willnecessarily take time, but we arecommitted to trying to bring the benefitsto all our staff as soon as practicable. Thispaper sets out in more detail thebackground to the new pay and gradingstructure and the implications for thetransfer of staff process.
2. Background
The Dearing (1997) and Bett (1999)Reports into Higher Education identifiedantiquated pay structures as a majorobstacle to achieving equal pay for workof equal value and to breaking downunjustifiable barriers between thevarious staff groups in the sectornationally. There are many arrangementscovering different groups of staff acrossthe sector and this is reflected in currentarrangements at the Victoria Universityof Manchester (VUM) and UMIST.
A national Framework Agreement for paystructure modernisation has been drawnup between all Higher Education tradeunions and employers. The Frameworkprovides a single national pay spine andscope for locally negotiated variations topay and grading structures attached tothe spine, to meet the differingcircumstances of individual institutions.Whilst this Framework will not be thecomplete solution to acknowledged payproblems in the sector, both universitiesare already committed to modernisingtheir pay structures and to addressingsome of the most obvious causes of payinequity across the institutions.
In addition, and in common with otheruniversities, Manchester and UMIST arealready receiving earmarked monies fromHEFCE to assist in investigating the reformof pay and grading and to implementother aspects integral to the Framework
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appointment of staff to posts in the newstructure cannot be delayed if theUniversity is to be operational by 1October 2004.
5. Why will new posts in the University befilled without any indication of theassociated grading?
It has been decided that there will be noinformation released at all relating tograding for jobs in the new University atthis time and one of the purposes of thiscommunication is to explain therationale for this approach.
Three possible options were consideredregarding information that could beattached to future posts to indicate thegrades and/or associated level of pay:
• A grade on a new grading structure
• A grade based upon current gradesused in either VUM or UMIST
• An indicative salary range
5.1 Advertising new posts - with a gradeon a new grading structure
Members of the Project Unity JointUniversity Steering Group are currentlyholding discussions about the means ofdeveloping and introducing a newmethod of job grading (This Groupcomprises Personnel/HR and trade unionrepresentatives from both institutions). Itis therefore impossible to indicate agrade and an associated pay range atpresent. The University and trade unionrepresentatives are working to ensurethat a new grading scheme, and themeans by which it can be developed andintroduced, is agreed as soon as possible.
5.2 - with a grade based upon currentgrades used in VUM and/or UMIST
As explained in 3 above, this option is notfeasible because:
For continuing posts
• Where we do use the same gradingschemes, the existing universities havedifferent means of conductinggrading.
• For some categories of staff we useentirely different grading schemes.
For new or changed posts
• There would be no reasonable
justification for using grades orprocess from one University inpreference to the other
For all posts
• There would still be a need to move toa new harmonised pay and gradingscheme, so staff would still move to adifferent grade within a very shortspace of time.
5.3 - with an indicative salary range
In accordance with the nationalFramework Agreement for the HigherEducation sector, the University is aimingto use a 51-point pay spine as the basis ofthe pay to be attached to a new gradingscheme. This would involve indicating asalary range for a post on the new payspine, and the work required to achievethis will take some time. As yet, there isno new grade or grading schemeunderpinning the rate of pay, andtherefore we cannot provide anyaccurate salary indications.
However, recognising the need, for staffto have some indication as to what levelring-fenced and new posts are likely tobe in the structure, there will be anindication for such posts of theminimum and maximum salary range
which is likely to be offered, based on aconsideration of existing rates of pay.This will still not give a final indication offuture relativities, since the rangeindicated may be significantly widerthan the grade that is eventuallydetermined. This should, however, atleast allow staff to recognise someequivalence and draw comparisons withexisting grades.
University representatives are workinghard to ensure that the means by whichjob evaluation and associated pay gradescan be introduced are agreed at theearliest opportunity. In the meantime, wecan assure colleagues that their pay willbe protected in accordance with a policythat will be agreed with the trade unions.In addition, the job description, personspecification and the job’s place in theorganisation structure will help staffconsider their suitability for, and interestin a particular post. As soon as we are in aposition to tell you more in respect of thepay and grading to be attached to yournew job we will let you know.
Office of the Director of HumanResources 12 August 2004
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Sir Martin came to VUM in 1992 fromthe University of Essex where he wasVice-Chancellor from 1987. Prior tothat he had been an academic atSalford University becoming Professorof Romance Linguistics and then Pro-Vice-Chancellor. Sir Martin wasknighted in 2000.
Professor Garside FREng has been at UMISTsince 1982 when he was appointedProfessor of Chemical Engineering. Sincethen, he has twice served as Head ofDepartment, as well as serving as VicePrincipal from 1985-87, and Pro ViceChancellor with responsibility for AcademicDevelopment from 1997. He was appointedPrincipal and Vice Chancellor in 2000.
At the VUM ceremony, Sir Martin waspresented by Christopher Kenyon formerPro Chancellor, who said in hiscitation:“….you will be remembered in theannals for the role that you have played,and that only you could have played, inbringing together two great institutions,each with its own proud traditions anddistinguished achievements, to form thenew University of Manchester with itsexhilarating potential for the future.”
Professor Garside’s citation, presented byProfessor David Gordon said: “He causedthe institution to examine its particularstrengths, and to think through the waysin which these might be preserved andenhanced for the future. His thinkingwas precisely in tune with that of theVictoria University of Manchester. Theoutcome is the new University that willcome into being on 1 October.”
Professor Sir Martin Harris, Vice-Chancellorof the Victoria University of Manchesterand Professor John Garside, UMIST Vice-Chancellor and Principal received honorarydegrees from both universities at the twoseparate ceremonies. They were bothmade Doctor of Laws by VUM and Doctorof Letters by UMIST.
Honorary Degrees
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Universities ConferHonorary DegreesThe Victoria University of Manchester and UMIST conferred honorary degrees on 7 and 8 September onseven people for their outstanding contribution to the institutions over the years.
Professors Harrisand Garside
UMIST Chancellor Sir Terry Leahy with Jon Baldwin Tom Hinchiffe
this year was appointed the firstdistinguished Fellow of the Association ofUniversity Administrators. Eddie wasawarded the OBE in 2002.
Rodger Pannone, Chairman of Council2000-2004, Doctor of Literature, SeniorPartner of Pannone & Partners Solicitors,Manchester. A Vice-President of theAcademy of Experts and a foundermember of the Association of PersonalInjury Lawyers ('APIL'), former President ofthe Law Society and chair of many of itscommittees. He has worked on such highprofile legal cases such as Thalidomide,Lockerbie and Piper Alpha.
The other recipients of honorary degreesfrom UMIST are:
Tom Hinchliffe, Pro Chancellor & Chairmanof Council, Doctor of Science, the first ever
UMIST graduate to be elected Chairman ofCouncil and Pro Chancellor of UMIST.Visiting Professor, CEng, FIEE, FBCS and anICL Fellow and recipient of three Queens’Awards for Technological Achievement. Heworked for ICL, in computer Research andDevelopment for his entire career, retiringin 1996.
Jon Baldwin, Secretary and Registrar,UMIST (2000-2004), Doctor ofEngineering, lead the administration andwas Secretary to Council. He is aChartered Secretary and sits on theCouncil of the Institute of CharteredSecretaries and Administrators, theExecutive of the Association of UniversityAdministrators and is an InstitutionalReviewer with QAA. He is now Registrar atWarwick University.
The other recipients of honorary degreesfrom the Victoria University ofManchester are:
Professor Katharine Perera, Senior Pro-Vice-Chancellor (2000-2004), Doctor ofLaws – an alumnus of VUM, she came tothe University as a Lecturer inLinguistics in 1977 becoming Professorof Educational Linguistics in 1991. Shebecame Pro-Vice-Chancellor in 1994 andhas been Senior Pro-Vice-Chancellorsince 2000. She is an expert in the fieldof children’s language development.
Eddie Newcomb, Former Registrar andSecretary 1995-2004, Doctor of Laws,former Registrar and Secretary of TheUniversity of Essex (1981-92) Registrar,University of Leeds (1982-95). From 1998-2004 he was Chairman of the Associationof Heads of University Administration and
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VUM honorary graduates
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Dr Mackie, a Senior Lecturer in theUniversity Dental School’s Unit of PaediatricDentistry, is a national authority on themanagement of dental trauma in childrenfollowing accidents. He has written booksthat are used for teaching in other countriesand has helped to develop standardprofessional protocols for dealing withpaediatric dental trauma.
The National Teaching Fellowship Scheme(NTFS), now in its fifth year, recognises
People
A recent lecture given at the VictoriaUniversity of Manchester by one ofthe world’s most outspoken critics ofthe press and US foreign policy,Professor Noam Chomsky, wasbroadcast by the BBC on its hugescreen in Exchange Square on 9thSeptember in Manchester, to mark theanniversary of 9/11.
Adrian Jarvis, Research Administrator inthe Department of Government, which
organised the lecture, commented: “Theoriginal Chomsky lecture at theUniversity was massively oversubscribed,with hundreds of people requestingtickets. This broadcast allowed thosewho missed it originally to see just whyNoam Chomsky is such a controversialfigure, and for those interested in USforeign policy and the BushAdministration's War on Terror.”
Peace Talk gets citycentre screening
and rewards teachers or learningsupport staff in higher education fortheir excellence in teaching. It isfunded by the Higher EducationFunding Council for England (HEFCE)and the Department for Employmentand Learning in Northern Ireland.
Dr Mackie, who has worked at theUniversity for more than 20 years, plansto use his award to develop the country’sfirst integrated undergraduate course to
be piloted at the Dental School which willbring together dentists, dental therapists,and dental hygienists who havetraditionally been taught separately, toencourage team learning.
Dr Mackie said:”I was absolutelystunned to find out I had won. I amdelighted to have received this awardwhich will help take us forward andkeep Manchester at the forefront ofdental teaching and research.”
All Smiles - Dentist ScoopsTeaching AwardChildren’s dental expert Dr Iain Mackie of The Victoria University of Manchester, was among 50 highereducation staff who collected their National Teaching Fellowship awards worth £50,000 each at a ceremony inLondon from Minister for Lifelong Learning and Higher Education, Alan Johnson, earlier this month.
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Oates’Observations
People
To Talk of Many Things
on national education committees fromthe 1950s onwards, has been at varioustimes on the Boards of the RoyalNorthern College of Music, the thenManchester Polytechnic and Lancasterand Salford Universities.
Now in her nineties, Dame Kathleen, iscontinuing to write and research, as wellpursuing her enthusiasm for astronomy.
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A former Lord Mayor and Freeman of theCity of Manchester, Dame Kathleen writescompellingly of her greatest enthusiasm -mathematics.The publication of her workon Magic Squares and her presidency of theInstitute of Mathematics have been highpoints in a long and distinguished career.
Dame Kathleen travelled widely throughEurope between the wars, was a wartimedon at Somerville College, Oxford, served
To Talk of Many Things by Dame Kathleen Ollerenshaw is one of ManchesterUniversity Press’s most recent titles and is a remarkable account of aremarkable life. This story covers two world wars and the near 60 years thatfollowed in a life dominated by mathematics and public service.
Famous scientists, politicians and even celebrities have had building and streets named in their honour,but few can claim to have had a planet named after them. But for UMIST student Michael Oates that is exactlywhat has happened.
traditionally use telescopes and camerasto chart the solar system, Michael haspioneered a new method via theinternet which allows him to viewhundreds of images taken from aspacecraft called SOHO. However, anydiscovery made using these imagesmust also be named SOHO.
In honour of his discoveries, fellowastronomer Sebastian Hönig hasdonated a Minor Planet, also known asan asteroid, to Michael and aptly namedit ‘Michael Oates’.
Michael, an MSc EnvironmentalManagement & Technology student, is anamateur astronomer and a member ofthe Manchester Astronomical Societywhich meets at UMIST’s GodleeObservatory every week.
Over the last four years, Michael hasdiscovered an incredible 143 comets - aworld record - but has never had onenamed after him. The reason for this isthe way Michael makes his discoveries.
Unlike other astronomers who
“This is one of the greatest honours thatcan be given to an astronomer, and ofcourse it can be given to people, otherthan astronomers, but it means muchmore to someone who can appreciate itsmeaning. I cannot thank Sebastianenough for this,” Michael said.
Michael’s planet is approximately fivekilometres in diameter, about a quarter ofthe size of Halley’s Comet. Asked if heplans to continue searching for comets,he says: “Definitely. Every comet I discoveris as exciting as the first.”
Tessella Prize
The Tessella Prize was instituted atVUM this year by Tessella SupportServices Ltd. The company alreadysponsor a number of UK universityprizes as a means of attracting firstclass graduate recruits and wantedto develop a link with theDepartment of Physics &Astronomy.
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Students
Benson Elected to NUS ExecThe National Union of Students’ haselected their first International Students'Officer for the forthcoming academicyear, Benson Osawe, currently asabbatical officer at The University ofManchester Student’s Union.
Benson Osawe, from Benin City inNigeria, is the first African to sit on theNEC and will represent the interests ofthe thousands of international students
currently studying in the UK in higherand further education.
Benson, who is also the National Chairand co-founder of the Council forInternational Students, said: “My electionis a big step forward to ensurerepresentation for the thousands ofinternational students in the UK ismaintained and built upon.”
The Tessella Prize was instituted at VUMthis year by Tessella Support Services Ltd.The company already sponsor a numberof UK university prizes as a means ofattracting first class graduate recruitsand wanted to develop a link with theDepartment of Physics & Astronomy.
The criteria for selecting the prize winner/sis for the best use of software in a final
year M.Phys. project, as judged by theM.Phys. examiners. A prize of £250 isawarded annually. In the inaugural yearthe prize was awarded to two M.Phys. finalyear students, Elizabeth Stubbings andDaniel Guise each receiving £125.
Pictured is Elizabeth Stubbings receiving heraward from Mark Claxton Branch Manager,Warrington Office,Tessella Support Services.
THE British public’s obsession with house makeover programmes on TVdoes not appear to be waning – and now a student from Manchester isgetting in on the act.
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Students
Marsden’s Makeover
The Higher Education Funding Councilfor England (HEFCE) and the CareersResearch and Advisory Centre (CRAC)have announced the second round ofthe Higher Education Active CommunityFund (HEACF) Student VolunteeringAwards which is now open for entries.
The scheme aims to reward studentand staff volunteers who have shownsignificant commitment to or successin activities funded or initiated by theHigher Education Funding Council forEngland (HEFCE). The Awards also aim torecognise outstanding projects that havemet the objectives of the HEACF.
This year marks the launch of the Awardsfor higher education staff who, as part ofthe objectives of the HEACF, are activelyencouraged to participate in volunteeringprojects, building relationships betweenHEIs and their local communities.
Sir Howard Newby, Chief Executive,Higher Education Funding Council forEngland, commented:
“I am delighted that the HEACF hasprovided support for a wide range ofworthwhile projects. Universities andcolleges have a major role to play in civiclife, not just in education and research.The HEACF Awards provide recognition tostudents who have been most active inserving their communities.”
Students and staff are activelyencouraged to apply for this year’sAwards, which will culminate in anAwards Ceremony, in December 2004.Winners receive £200 of vouchers. Allentry forms, guidance notes and detailsare available from the website below.CRAC is also running an HEACF AwardsHelpline on 01223 448 541.
Miss Mayssoon Dashash, a PhD student inthe School of Dentistry, has won theUnilever Dental Poster Prize 2004 fromthe British Society of Dental Research forher poster entitled “IL-10-1082*A Allele: aRisk Factor for Gingivitus in Children”. Herwinning work, which was the result ofcollaboration with Professor IanHutchinson and Dr Vera Pravica, meansshe will now compete for the UK at thenext meeting of the InternationalAssociation of Dental Research, inBaltimore next year. The winner of theinternational poster prize will win thecoveted Hatton Award- one of the biggestsingle research awards in dental research.
Volunteering Award Correction
UMIST Textiles undergraduate GemmaMarsden has been called in to help outon a makeover in Stockport, under thewatchful eye of former ChangingRooms designer Oliver Heath.
UniLife caught up with Gemma duringthe 48-hour makeover in Hazel Grove.She said: “The first I knew about it waswhen Textiles lecturer Delia Vazquezsent me a note saying that thisparticular production company werelooking for students. I sent someexamples of my work and soon after
that they asked me to get involved.
“I’ve been tasked with designing andmaking new curtains for the property.The idea is that we give a facelift tothe front of the house, giving it morekerb appeal, so the curtains are animportant element.”
Gemma is entering the second year of aBSc in Textile Design and DesignManagement. She said: “It’s been greatfun to be involved Front of House, seeinghow a TV show like this is put together.”
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What’s On
Manchester Museum
Manchester Museum Oxford Road, 0161 275 2630, www.museum.man.ac.ukOpening hours, Monday - Saturday 10am - 5pm, Sun 11am - 4pm Free admission, booking is essential for all programmes
Contact Theatre, Oxford Road, ManchesterTickets/Info: 0161 274 0600For information on other events please visitour website www.contact-theatre.orgA limited number of tickets are availablefrom just £4 on the day from the TicketOffice between 11am - 4pm daily.
Mon 20 SeptJesse Malin - £9Weds 22 SeptCharlotte Hatherly - £8Thurs 23 SeptThe Open - £7Fri 24 Sept50 Foot Wave - £10Sun 26 SeptMagnum - £15David Mead - £7.50
Mon 27 Sep Tim Westwood - £10Biffy Clyro - £9 Tues 28 SeptThe Datsuns - £11Weds 29 SeptPapa Roach - £16The Bees - £8Fri 1 OctEmbrace - SOLD OUTMc Solaar - £15
Sat 2 Oct
Bowling for Soup - £12.50
Dead Men Walking - £15
Sun 3 Oct
The Wonderstuff - £14
Dragonforce - £9
Mon 4 Oct
Razorlight - £10
Gig Guide Manchester Academy 1, 2 & 3
Students’ Union Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9PL
Tickets from:Piccadilly Box Office, easy Internet Cafe, (c/c) 0871 2200260Online @ www.manchesteracademy.net Royal Court (Liverpool) 0151 709 4321 (c/c)Students' Union 0161 275 2930
RED LADDERTAGGED Developed in collaboration with Half MoonYoung People's Theatre, London
Time is ticking by for Chris. He’s electronicallytagged and on a 7 o’clock curfew. If he breaksit he’s going down. Two friends, a bike, apylon, a tractor and a police helicopterconspire to keep Chris from his freedom.Exclusion and frustration rule this molotovcocktail of poetry, quickfire dialogue, andurban sound-and-visionscapes. Recognised asthe UK’s leading new writing company foryouth audiences producing accessible theatreof the highest quality.21 Sep 2004 - Sat 25 Sep 2004, £8/£5
RED LADDERSILENT CRY How many police men does it take to causethe death of 1,000 people in custody?Apparently none. Justice is blind, but howdeaf is it?
SILENT CRY unashamedly tackles the issuesthat face a family that verge on imploding,and tells the story of a mother’s journey thatbegins as her son's life ends. A death in policecustody leads to an ordinary family lookingfor justice from a system that has noanswers. A story based on true documentedevidence and interviews.
Each performance is followed by an aftershow discussion with writer/directors andcast. The Families of Christopher Alder andHarry Stanley who had lost love ones in policecustody praised the depiction of their livesthat is offered in SILENT CRY. Critically theshow is noted for its boldness and innovativeuse of music and movement to createspectacularly gripping theatre
Directed by MADANI YOUNIS AND SARAHBRIGHAM Music by IVAN STOTWed 22 Sep 2004 - Thu 23 Sep 2004, £9/£6
IKEBANA PRODUCTIONSSKITTISH A romantic comedy about falling in love Withstrangers, His love for her has been brewingfor too long. Now it’s breaking point. Fight orflight? Is this what it means to be the whitebloke? The straight bloke? Do I have to be anattacker to avoid being the victim? I onlyoffered to buy her a drink!Thu 30 Sep 2004 - Sat 2 Oct 2004, £9/£6
Contact Theatre
Fridays (during term time), 11am -12 pmMagic CarpetStorytelling and story making for the underfives.
Sat 25 Sept, 1.30 - 3.30pmBats and Bio-DiversityGet involved in some batty activities andmeet a real live bat in this presentationand workshop. Please book in advance.
Sun 26 Sept, 12 - 3pmBat PrintsGet batty in this art and craft session forall the family.
Sat 2 Oct, 1 - 4pmDiscovery Detectives
View our exhibition, ‘Buried Treasure’ andbring your own finds to be examined byNick Herepath, Finds Liason Officer for thePortable Antiquities Scheme (valuationsnot given). You can also learn more aboutthe work done to conserve the Museum’streasures. FREE
All drop-in events cost £1 per child, unlessotherwise stated. For group bookingsplease call 0161 275 2648. Children must beaccompanied by an adult.
The John Rylands Special Collections Library,Deansgate, will be closed for a period ofapproximately 2 years, until 2005, foressential refurbishment and the constructionof a new visitor and interpretative centre.Access to all the special collections isavailable through the main University Libraryon campus. A Special Collections ReadingRoom is open on Floor Purple Four, Monday toFriday 10am - 5.15pm and Saturdays 10am -1pm. Readers may find it helpful to contact usin advance on 0161 275 3764. Furtherinformation can be found on our websitewww.rylibweb.man.ac.uk/spcoll/
John RylandsLibrary
John Rylands Library,Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9PP0161 275 3751 www.rylibweb.man.ac.uk/spcoll/
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THEATRE AND MUSICFor details about the availability of ticketsfor various theatre and music performances,please visit our website.
International Society, 327 Oxford Road (next to Krobar)0161 275 4959www.internationalsociety.org.ukMonday - Friday 9:30am - 5pm
DISPLAYS/COLLECTIONSWilliam Morris “Ministering to the SwinishLuxury of the Rich” to 23 December 2004An exhibition by David Mabb. Mabb recyclesfamiliar images from the Gallery’s holdingsof William Morris material to produce anew installation.
Ship Ahoy! to February 2005This exhibition of watercolours, prints,wallpapers and textiles includes depictionsof galleons, fishing smacks, trading vessels,warships and freshwater boats. Theexhibition also features a Ship Ahoy!Reading area providing children’s bookswith stories about ships, pirates and thedeep blue sea.
Walter Sickert ‘Drawing is the thing’October to 5 December 2004This extensive loan exhibition of Sickert’sdrawings offers an unrivalled insight intohis techniques, themes and, mostimportantly, his reasons for the drawing.
TOURS AND EVENTSEvery Saturday at 2pm there is either anExhibition Tour or an Eyeopener Tour.
William Morris - Curator’s Tour,Tues 28 Sept, 2pm, FREE
Big Draw Launch: 2 October
King cottonFree drop-in from 11am
Wear Your Art on Your SleeveFree drop-in from 11am
You Can Draw!Free Book on the day
CONCERTSDa Capa Duo (guitar and flute): includingpieces by Piazolla, Villa Lobos, Schubert andPaganini. Sun 26 Sept, Free, 3pm
The Whitworth Art Gallery
Whitworth Art Gallery, Oxford Road, 0161 275 7450 [email protected] hours Mon to Sat 10am - 5pm, Sun 2pm - 5 pm FREE AdmissionGallery Café 0161 275 7497 The café sells a selection of drinks and light meals.Gallery Shop 0161 275 7498 The bookshop stocks a range of art and design books, cards and gifts.Collection Exhibitions Archive Now Online. The Whitworth’s online ‘Collections Catalogue’ nowallows you to browse and search selected exhibitions held at the Gallery over the past 10 years.Follow the link from www.whitworth.man.ac.uk
InternationalSociety
The University of Manchester's Stately HomeSmall conference and meeting roomsavailable year-round. Licensed forweddings and baby-naming ceremonies.In 2004, the house will be open to thepublic from 1st April until 31st October onThursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays &Bank Holidays from 2pm to 5pm. (Lastentries 4.30pm). Admission £4.00 (adults);£1.50 (children and students). 10% discountfor parties of 25 or more adults booked inadvance to visit during normal openinghours. Prices on application for group visitsoutside these hours.
Tabley House,Knutsford, Cheshire, WA16 0HBTel: 01565 750151 www.tableyhouse.co.ukemail: [email protected]
Tabley House St Peter’s House ChaplaincySUNDAY WORSHIP 10.30am & 6.30pm (Evening Worship Term-time only)FOYER 10am-4pm. An area where studentsand staff can relax and meet friends. Atea/coffee machine is available.Precinct Centre 0161 275 2894 [email protected]
Avila House RC Chaplaincy (next to the Holy Name Church)Mass TimesMon - Fri 1.05 pm (term-time only)Oxford Road 0161 275 6999/273 1456
Mass every Sunday at 10am
UMIST Chaplaincy Chaplains on UMIST site Monday to Friday Floor B, Room B 25 Renold Building UMIST 0161 236 3311 Ext 2522
Mosque: Main BuildingPrayer Room: Renold Building B26
Chaplaincies
The facilities at Jodrell Bank are goingthrough a period of redevelopment. TheVisitors Centre currently has a café, anexhibition space and a 3D theatre open, andvisitors can still explore the various trailsand the natural habitats of the Arboretum's35 acres with its 2000 species of trees andshrubs and National Collections. In January2004 Jodrell Bank completed a 180 degreeobservational pathway close to the base ofthe world famous Lovell radio telescope.
EVENTSThe Lovell Public Lecture SeriesWeds 29 Sept, 7.30pm, £5/£3The finest clocks in the Universe: puttingEinstein to the test - Lecture by Prof. AndrewLyne, Jodrell Bank Observatory.
Jodrell Bank
Jodrell Bank Science Centre & ArboretumMacclesfield, Cheshire01477 571339 www.jb.man.ac.uk
NoticeboardSeminarsTuesday 21 SeptemberNPCRDC: “What difference doesorganisation make? A review of anunsatisfactory literature”. Dr Rod Sheaff.2pm, Seminar Room 2, 5th Floor,Williamson Bldg.
Wednesday 22 SeptemberManchester Medical Society Psychiatry -Pfizer Mental Health Presentations followedby keynote speaker:“Pharmaco-MRI: a toolfor 21st century psychiatry?” Prof JF W Deakin(Manchester). 2pm, Pfizer Regional Office,Moss Nook (refreshments from 1.30pm).
Tuesday 28 SeptemberNPCRDC: “New work roles and theimplementation of the skills escalator in theNHS - the importance of trust and routines”.Dr Susan Ormrod. 2pm, Seminar Room 2, 5thFloor, Williamson Bldg.
Wednesday 6 OctoberTyndall Centre: “UK energy demand and theannouncement effects of the UK climatechange levy (econometric) provides evidenceof path dependency in energy demand”. DrTerry Barker (Cambridge).
Thursday 7 OctoberManchester Medical Society PaediatricsAGM and Presentations and Symposium.Speakers: Prof J Bamford (Manchester), Mr IC Lloyd (Manchester), Dr B Bose-Haider (ThePennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust), Dr J EWraith (Manchester), Dr M R Judge (Salford).Coffee 10.15am, Lunch 1pm, Symposium 2pm,Postgraduate Health Sciences Centre, MRI.
University DiariesAcademic diaries will soon be availablefrom the Students’ Association Shop(UMIST) and the Refectory Shop (VUM).These are A5 size and bear the new logo ofthe single institution.
Festival of DramaOctober 2 – 9, Week 2The John Thaw Studio TheatreMartin Harris Building
Saturday 2 October, 10.00 – 5.00pm (£3.00)Three Bar Solo Workshops A day of music and drama workshops withEnvision Theatre.
Monday 4 October, 6.00 – 8.30pm (Free)MU Drama SocietyCome and take part in short, informalperformances of work by five differentplaywrights.
Tickets - Drama Society Freshers Fair,Students’ Union.
Tuesday 5 October, 6.00pm (Free)New Theatre‘I'm Older Now But I Still Hate You’by Sijlee MarxIn this performance art work, Sijlee Marxinvites you into her own chaotic head spaceto try and figure out how we consider'ourselves'.
‘En-Suite Lies’ by Rowan Martin’Andy and Mandy's fragile open-marriagearrangements are threatened by a previousconquest's corpse in the bathroom. Avicious black comedy. Rehearsed reading byThe Assembled.
‘Maybe Tomorrow’ by Nicola SchofieldWinner of the Bruntwood Royal ExchangeWRITE#2 Playwright Festival 2004.
Will Pauline have the strength to go it aloneand find her way home - before all theleaves have fallen?
Wednesday 6 October, 6.00 – 8.00pm (Free)Studio XStudio X is designed to promote experimentand innovation in theatre and film. It is anopen space for you to test your creativeideas. Music and Drama participants only.Admission - all students at The University ofManchester. No ticket required.
Thursday 7 October, 7.30pm (£7.00/£5.00)‘The Grey Area’ – Construction ProductionsFor drug and alcohol users, the ‘grey area’ is
the most difficult part of the recoveryprocess. A new play, devised by the cast(Moss Side probation clients) in associationwith Tipp (Theatre in Prisons & Probation),
Friday 8 October, 6.00pm (Free)Film Screenings, Bragg TheatreThis final session of the Video Productioncourse provides an opportunity to see aselection of the best short films from lastyear's student filmmakers. Admission -Drama students only. No ticket required.
Friday 8 & Sat 9 October, 7.30pm(£7.00/£5.00)Three Bar Solo by Ted MooreEnvision Theatre CompanyA new play with live music, welcome to thejazz club of lost dreams...
Saturday 9 October, 10.00am – 12.00pm (Free)ATMO-SPEARE - A Workshop by TheAssembledThis is an opportunity to explore some ofthe opening scenes from Shakespeare'splays. The workshop looks at how to focuson specific thoughts in order to create anatmosphere that will permeate the wholeplay. Admission - all students at TheUniversity of Manchester
For further details visit:www.art.man.ac.uk/DRAMA/department/events.htm
Ticket reservations - 0161 275 4928 (10am - 3.00pm.)
Manchester Poetry Festival7 - 16 OctoberIncluding Faber and Faber 75th AnniversaryGala Reading at the Whitworth Art Galleryfeaturing Carol Ann Duffy, Simon Armitageand Tom Paulin.
For full listings contact Stephen Kingston0161 792 8956/07957 982960 [email protected]
John Rylands University Library ofManchester Centre for the History of Science, Technologyand MedicineOne Day Conference “Medical History in Manchester”Saturday 16 October 2004MANDECThe University of ManchesterCost: £25 (£20 unwaged/students).For more information ring 0161 275 8740 oremail [email protected]
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Looking Back
The Entrance Hall,UMIST
Sixty years ago UMIST’s EntranceHall was reserved for only thegrandest of occasions, andlooking at this picture it is easyto see why.
With its huge black and white marble floor,impressive red stone pillars, and intricatestain glass windows stretching the lengthof the room, this was one of the mostimpressive venues in the City. But whatreally set the room off were the statueswhich once lined each side of the room.
You will notice six white statues on eachside of the room leading up to a lone
statue at the top of the stairs. Each one isstood on a large black plinth looking intothe centre of the room.
The exact date these statues wereremoved from the Entrance Hall is notknown, but rumour has it thatstudent’s attempts to make their owncreative ‘additions’ to these statues ispartly to blame!
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HOUSES FOR SALE3 bed semi-det. Garage, front & back gdn,central heating, dble glazed. New bathrm. Excarea, close to all amenities. £179,500. 0161-256 4700 or 07944 656 295.
ACCOMMODATION TO LETWest Didsbury. Rm in hse with gdn. Wouldsuit non-smoking female pg or visitingacademic. Conv for buses. £65 incl bills.0161-445 1647.West Didsbury. Lovely family hse avil 4 Sept.3/4 beds, semi, furn neg. Quiet area, conv forbuses/shops etc. Would suit family/profgroup. Long/short term let avail. £900pcm.07818 078 019 or 07697 195 997 or email: [email protected] Village. Very comfort 2 bed Victorianterr cottage in quiet cul-de-sac avail for a minof 6 mnths. Suit visiting academic/couple orsmall family. F/f & mod with gch, dble glazing& a modern alarm. Close to shops & transport.No pets please & non-smokers only. £750pcm+ bills & dep. 0161-445 1426 or 07717 171 779Stretford. F/f or p/f 3 bed semi. GCH, dbleglazed, gdn, parking. 3 mins from J9 of M60.10 mins from Trafford Centre, 25 mins fromUni. Gd public transport links to town. £575pcm exc bills. 1 mnth dep, 1 mnth in adv & refsreqd. 0161-865 0125, 07885 108 198 or email: [email protected]. Short term solution. 1 rm + boxrm to let for 2 mnths from Sept.Rent neg. 0161-434 6139.Chorlton. Lrge rm avail in quiet family hse.Close to Metro & bus routes, ideal for univ.£15 pn inc breakfast or neg rate for more than3 nights. 0161-864 1246 or email:[email protected] Village. Very comfort 2 bedVictorian terr cottage in quiet cul-de-sac.Avail for 6 mnths. Suit visitingacademic/couple or small family. F/F & modwith gch, dble glazed & a modern alarm.Close to shops & transport. No pets, non-smokers please. £750pcm + bills & dep. 0161-445 1426 or 07717 171 779.Withington/Didsbury. F/F 3 bed semi, GCH,tv/st rm. Lnge, kit/b’fast bar, bathrm, gdns,parking space. Very close to Christie’s Hosp.£750pcm. 0161-445 8546.Chorlton Area. 3 bed semi with gdn. GCH,dble glazed, off-rd parking, alarmed. Close toamenities/public transport. Avail mid-October. £265pcm. Refs & dep reqd.07768 524 795.
HOLIDAY ACCOMMODATIONBembridge, Isle of Wight. 3 bedrm luxurycaravan, sleeps 8. All amenities. Boasts a"home-from-home" level of equip, short walkto beach. Ideal for exploring Isle of Wight. On-site shop & launderette. Quiet but access toneighbouring complex with swimming pools& entertainment/bars etc. 0161-256 2599 oremail: [email protected]
Florida avail from Oct 2004. Air cond 3bedrm, 2 bathrm fully equip brand new villaclose to Disney, Sea world, Universal Studios.Clubhse, swimming pool, kiddie pool, tenniscourt & playground area. Short drive fromOrlando airport, close to shops, restaurants &motorway system. £350pw. 0161-494 2879 or07760 453 738. Flights, car hire, theme parktickets can also be arranged.Puerto del Carmen, Lanzarote. Spac, stylishapart. Sleeps 5 in comfort. Both dble bedrmsen-suite. Sun terrace overlooks beach & sea.From £245pw. Special prices for families.www.casapalmeras.co.ukLanguedoc-Roussillon. French village hse tolet in spectacular loc. Walks, mountains,rivers, wine in abundance. 30 mins fromcoast, sleeps 4-6. 07985 168 099 or emailfrom www. geocities.com/roquebrun_let2 bedrm fully equipped luxury apart withstunning 180 degree sea views & hugebalcony. Mid-way between Valencia &Alicante on Costa Blanca in an area relativelyuntouched by package holidays. 1km fromsea & nr to the delightful seaside town ofMoraira. Exc coastal & inland mountainwaling. £200-£400pw. 0161-848 7410 oremail: [email protected] holiday cottage to let. Superb settingnear mountains. Lrge gdn, air conditioning.Florence, Siena, Arezzo easily accessible. Idealfor walking, sight-seeing, museums,restaurants, wine tasting, swimming & muchmore. 0208 699 8883. Details and photos onwebsite:http://freespace.virgin.net/gp.ck/Email:[email protected] Villa in Orlando, Florida. 4 beds, 3 baths,with 24ft pool & spa, overlooking lake. Close toDisney, shops, restaurants & local attractions.Very spac, beautiful furn, 4 poster bed, fullyequip, games rm, accommodates up to 8people + cot. From £400 pw. 0161-439 0408 oremail: [email protected]
CARS/MOTORCYCLE FOR SALECherished Classic Mercedes. 1983, Y, auto. Excengine, vg body & inside. Sale due to overseasrelocation. £1,75 0ono. 0161-445 8546.1999 T Reg Vauxhall Vectra 1.8 Club. 5drhatchback, petrol, 52, 500 miles, metallicsilver. ABS, air-con, airbags, central locking,alloys, PAS, FSH, 2 owners, taxed, 11 mnthsMOT. Immac Con. £3,495, (27)51890 or 07973294 511.Hyosung Cruise II 125cc. Imm con, sept 02 reg,black. 7500 miles, 4 stroke, 80 mpg. Tax Oct04, FSH, 1 owner. Learner legal. Exceconomical commuter bike. £1350 offers.01625 439 016 or 0777 902 1824 or email:[email protected] Mini 1.3i. German limited editionCooper. Pearlescent silver, sports pack, MPi,full cream leather interior, walnut dash, redcarpets. CD player, immobiliser, driver airbag.TAX & MOT, just serviced. Absolutely imm & areal rarity, change of circumstances forcessale. Reg 1999. 29k miles. £5195. 07776 208302 or email: [email protected]
2001 Fiat Seicento 1.1i SX. 3dr. met red.Sunroof, e/w, Sony Xplod, face-off CD, driverairbag, TAX ‘til end Feb 05, low mileage.Unbelievable economy, imm. £2895.0161-929 8456.
MISCELLANEOUS SALESAntique pine rocking chair, exc cond. £30 ono.(27)52102.Mothercare Blue/Lemon Check Travelcot/playpen, exc cond. Easy to assemble comeswith soft cover case with carry handle. £3. (27)52102 or email: [email protected] crampon silver plated flute. Exc con.£95. (27)52554.Stepper with digital calorie counter & timerboxed £20. Ab Crunch £3. Cordless hairtrimmer £3. Gadget bag for camcorder/camera£10. Email: [email protected]
MISCELLANEOUS SALESHouse swap. Manchester-Vienna, Austria.Short term 2-6 mnths (neg). 1 bedrm apart innice area of Vienna to swap for acc in M/cr-Stockport area, to allow me to work from UK.+43 664 618 6215 or email:[email protected]
SERVICESIan Hancock, BDS, Dental Surgeon, 180Oxford Road (nr Manchester Museum).Courtesy, quality, safety. Same day attentionfor genuine emergencies. 0161-273 8484.Qualified/Exp. Joiner. All types of carpentry,woodwork, joinery. Tiling & plastering.Kitchen, bedroom & office fitting. Newwindows, doors, ceilings. Hardwood/laminateflooring. Skirting & dado rails, stairs &staircases. Plumbing & electrics. Bricklaying &masonry. Problems discussed. No call-outcharge. Free estimates. 0161-865 9647(answering service) or 07743 324 169Data Analysis. Data entry & validation,statistical analysis using appropriate tests,production of reports & tables & many otherIT functions. Working to tight deadlines, ifrequired, we can provide your results on CD,printed copy or via e-mail. 01457 856 460 or07748 820 207Worried about your English? Language andpresentation help with dissertations, theses,essays, projects etc. Humanities subjects.Reasonable rates. 0161-225 4540.Website Creation. From design to creatingthe website to getting the site online, allservices associated with websites avail. Sixyears’ experience in the web industry.0161-226 1935 or email:[email protected], document formatting & otherdocumentation services provided for work ontheses, reports, specifications, CV's etc. No jobtoo large or too small. Professional services,reasonable rates. 0161-231 4648.
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Kenneth CadmanSenior Security Supervisor
When Ken joined the service in 1983 he wasissued with a flashlight, a pushbike andsent out on patrol. There were no cameras,computers or complex communicationssystems to lend a helping hand.
“ When I first came here it was very mucha night watchman’s job. You went outchecked doors and windows, you had anold six-volt torch and very old-fashionedcommunications. The service at that timewas in its infancy and it has since comeon dramatically,” says Ken.
Nowadays things are very different. TheUniversity operates a complex network ofmore than 100 CCTV cameras across thecampus, security staff wear armouredvests, and pushbikes have long beenreplaced by patrol cars.
Ken is at the heart of the operation and isone of four Senior Security Supervisors,who in shifts share responsibility forsecurity across the main campus and theUniversity-owned halls of residence inVictoria Park and Fallowfield.
Over the years he’s come up against ahost of characters and situations. He’seven dealt with fires and car crashes oncampus, but that’s never put him offdoing the job.
“ The University is a city within a city andwe encounter every form of problem frombreak-ins to cycle thefts,” he says.
“ What attracted me to the job is thefact that it’s not a nine to five. You don’tknow from day-to-day what you aregoing to encounter. It might beunpleasant, or pleasant, but that’s whatmakes it interesting. Every shift is afresh canvas.”
On a typical shift Ken is in charge of 15security officers. He is also responsiblefor the control room, located in thedepths of the Precinct Shopping Centre,which is where CCTV footage ismonitored and the team’scommunications network is housed.
His shifts alternate between night andday, with him working three days on
and three days off, and when he’s notmonitoring the control room he’s outon patrol.
“We are very much out on the streets. It isimportant that people do see us, and thatif somebody has a problem they feel theycan approach us. We are there to deterpeople from committing crime, but we arealso there to give information and advice.”
There’s also a lighter side to Ken’s job, andwhen he’s not out catching criminalsyou’ll often find him at the University’sVIP events – providing security of course.He’s covered events for Charles andDiana, Gordon Brown and The HighCommissioner of India, but ask him whathe loves most about his job and it is notmeeting celebrities, but where he works.
“ I love the University. People used to saythat I wore the t-shirt, and I do.”
The Security Service provides a 24-hourincident hotline on telephone: 0161 2752728/2730
Since joining VUM’s securityservice 21 years ago, KennethCadman has witnessed somedramatic changes, not least theintroduction of armoured vestsand campus-wide CCTV.
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