|
|
UNIVERSITY NEWS
New Chancellor
Richard Lambert, Director-General of the CBI, is to be the new Chancellor of the University from this August.
Having studied history at Balliol College, Oxford, Richard joined the Financial Times in 1966. He edited the Lex column in the 1970s, becoming financial editor in 1979. In 1982 he moved to New York as the Bureau Chief, returning to the UK a year later as Deputy Editor. He became Editor of the Financial Times in 1991 and during his 10 years in this role launched the US version of the newspaper.
A member of the Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee from Spring 2003 until Spring 2006, Richard took up the post of Director-General of the CBI in July 2006. Since beginning his term he has focused his work on climate change, financial services, education and skills and science and technology.
Richard is a Board Member of Enterprise Insight and VisitBritain, and sits as a member of the Chancellor's High Level City Group; the National Council for Educational Excellence; the Apprenticeship Ambassadors Network and the Employers Forum on Disability. He is a Commissioner of the UK Commission on Employment and Skills.
Warwick researchers use Hubble Telescope to find object once brighter than 10 million galaxies
Researchers working at the University, with colleagues in Leicester University, ESA and NASA, have used NASA's Hubble Space Telescope to pin point what remains of what was the brightest naked-eye object ever seen from Earth. It is 7.5 billion light-years away, halfway back to the big bang.
Local Doctors To Hone Surgical Skills in New £1 Million Anatomy Centre
The University of Warwick Medical School has been awarded a £1.1 million grant from the Strategic Health Authority to create a centre for excellence in anatomy and surgical skills that will benefit many local professionals as well as staff and students.
For more information on these stories and other news from the University click HERE |
Covert processes: revealing the hidden dimensions of organisational change
Speaker: Professor Robert Marshak
May 22 2008, 6.30pm reception, 7.00–8.00pm lecture
Lecture theatre, Warwick Business School
Drawing on more than 30 years experience as an organisational change consultant, this presentation is about powerful processes that impact organisational change but usually remain unseen, unspoken or unacknowledged. Although covert in their workings, they can be insidious in their impact, often shaping outcomes without our fully realising it. The five covert dimensions of organisational change will be explained along with ways to reveal these hidden barriers within your organisation.
Professor Robert J Marshak successfully straddles both academia and practice, having held positions at universities, in government and in consulting. At his post in the US government, he has facilitated the development of the first strategic plan for agricultural research in USDA history. He has also conducted extensive consulting work with leading corporations globally such as AOL, BASF, BAE Systems, Exxon, GlaxoSmithKline, HSBC, Kodak, Marriott, Shell, UNICEF and the World Bank. Professor Marshak is one of the most recognised and respected members of the organisation development profession and academic field.
Tickets available on first come first served basis. Contact sheila.frost@wbs.ac.uk
or lindsey.kendall@wbs.ac.uk
or telephone 02476 523914 / 150 363. |
Podcasts
New podcasts from the University's service include:
Making history live through improvisational theatre
How improvisational theatre is providing a new insight into the history of capital punishment.
The case for embryo research
Professor of reproductive biology at Warwick Medical School, Justin St John, explains why his proposed work into using very early stage hybrid human-animal embryos for research is necessary.
Visit www2.warwick.ac.uk/newsandevents/audio/ |
The Big Offbeat Reunion - 31 May
Are you into Indie/Alternative Music? An Ex-Offbeat member by any chance? Then come on down for the Big Offbeat Reunion - the last night in Zippy's EVER!
If you are interested in coming or want to help, check out the Facebook page on the following
link or visit the Offbeat website HERE.
Tickets available from the Union website for £5. |
Recycling Mobile Phones
Don't forget that if you have an old mobile phone - even if it isn't in working order - it can be recycled to raise funds to support initiatives of the Warwick Graduates' Association, such as the Student Hardship Fund and the Opportunity Fund.
Teaming up with Greener Solutions, the European leader in mobile phone recycling, for every phone you send, the WGA will receive a donation of £2.50.
Send your phone to Greener Solutions (Warwick Graduates' Association), Freepost Lon 17592, Mitcham, Surrey CR4 3UZ |
Please click on the link below
if you would like to find out more
|
|
