- GIS Short courses in the Department of Geography and Environmental Management
Date: 25 January - 02 March 2012
Venue: Room 4Q8 Frenchay campus
A series of GIS short courses will be offered to staff and post-graduate research students in the early part of January 2012.
- Timelines of housing typologies in a social context - Facilitating healthy behaviours through home design
Date: 25 January - 25 March 2012
Venue: The Architecture Centre, Narrow Quay, Bristol, BS1 4QA.
Elena Marco and Sarah Burgess from the Department of Planning and Architecture are exhibiting their 'Timelines of housing typologies in a social context' at the Architecture Centre in Bristol from 25th January to 25th March. Their project 'Facilitating healthy behaviours through home design' was awarded Start-up funding from the HEAT@UWE programme. The exhibition also features 'Cook's Camden: London's great experiment in urban housing' curated by Mark Swenarton (Liverpool University) with photography by Martin Charles.
- Feel Good Catering Offers
Date: 01 February - 27 February 2012
Venue: Frenchay, Bower Ashton, Glenside and St Matts catering outlets
During Feel Good February, Hospitality will be offering throughout their catering locations a host of special offers and delicious recipes that will keep you healthy and satisfy your hunger too.
Keep an eye out for the Feel Good February logo for great value deals, and real Feel Good Food!
- Try a new sport- with UWE's 'Back to Sport' sessions
Date: 01 February - 29 February 2012
Venue: UWE Centre for Sport
Try a new sport this February by taking part in UWE's 'Back to Sport' programme. These sessions are on a 'drop-in' basis which is perfect if you would not like to commit to a block of sessions. The sessions are friendly and relaxed, so come along to join us and brush up on your skills!
- Learn to play a new sport - with UWE's coached Social Sport sessions
Date: 01 February - 29 February 2012
Venue: UWE Centre for Sport
Would you like to learn to play a new sport? UWE's Social Sport programme offers you the chance to take part in a range of professionally coached sports. Come and meet new people in a friendly, sociable environment.
- Free exercise classes
Date: 01 February - 29 February 2012
Venue: UWE Centre for Sport
UWE's Centre for Sport has the perfect way to make you 'feel good' this February. A selection of our aerobics classes will be completely FREE to take part in over the month.
- SceneIT Cinema
Date: 01 February - 29 February 2012
Venue: 2D07
Film screenings every Monday and Wednesday at 6:15pm.
FREE TICKETS available to all Students and Staff collected from the bar in Core 24.
Film Titles screening during February in support of LGBT History Month: Thong Milk, A Single Man, Beautiful Thing, A Little Bit of Heaven, Water for Elephants, Perfect Sense, Transamerica, The Adventures of Priscilla (subject to change due to availability.)
For weekly Film Title screenings check: SceneIT Facebook http://www.facebook.com/pages/UWE-SceneIT-Cinema/162239737143400 or TwitterPages https://twitter.com/UWEcinema
- Sue Ryder collection dates
Date: 03 February - 28 February 2012
Venue: various locations
Do you have a spare hour or two at the weekend to do something really worthwhile? Sue Ryder is a charity which supports people living through the challenges of life-changing illnesses. They are holding a series of bucket collections at supermarkets in the Bristol area throughout February. Enthusiastic, friendly and trustworthy individuals needed to help with these bucket collections.
- Contemporary Letterpress; Getting Type High!
Date: 07 February - 27 March 2012
Venue: Bower Ashton Campus
This evening course offers the opportunity to create beautifully letterpress printed posters, pamphlets, bookmarks, cards etc - a plethora of printed material! Essential for any beginner - or someone who wants to brush up their skills - the course will cover the Vandercook press, print studio tools and procedures.
- Volunteer Stop Smoking Advisor
Date: 08 February - 29 February 2012
Venue: 2B061, Frenchay campus
We would like to offer staff and students the opportunity to become trained smoking advisors to facilitate the clinic, give out prescriptions for Nicotine Replacement Therapy and facilitate counselling sessions for those who are looking to quit or gain more information about quitting.
Not only is the training completely free but it's a fantastic opportunity to add to your C.V. and gain some important new skills such as counselling.
- 30 Minute Relaxation Hypnosis
Date: 16 February - 28 February 2012
Venue: Frenchay campus
Hypnosis is a natural state of trance similar to that achieved in meditation and which can be induced by concentration on a single idea or focus. It is deeply relaxing and can greatly increase self-esteem and help decrease feelings of anxiety or depression. Perfect for these short winter days! Also a great aid in sticking to those troublesome New Year resolutions!
- Six ways to feel better about yourself
Date: 16 February - 08 March 2012
Venue: Frenchay Campus
A four week course to help with self esteem issues and the struggle to feel confident.
The group explores the ways people undermine themselves and help you to find strategies to counteract self-criticism. To get the most benefit from the courses you will need to attend all the sessions. To book a place please visit the link below and fill in the online booking form.
- Stress management
Date: 21 February - 06 March 2012
Venue: Frenchay Campus
This is a 3 week course to explore what stress is, find your own pattern of stress and help you manage your level of stress. To get the most benefit from the courses you will need to attend all the sessions.
- A South West Business and Management Symposium - Making a Contribution to the REF
Date: 23 February 2012
Venue: Exhibition and Conference Centre (ECC)
This symposium is being held to enable academics from universities in the South West of England and Wales primarily, but also from further afield, to open up the discussion regarding the contribution they can make to their university Research Excellence Framework (REF) bid. The speakers and discussants have been invited in their respective roles within the REF and other interested bodies such as the Association of Business Schools (ABS) and the British Academy of Management (BAM).
- Distinguished Professorial Address: The Marketing Matrix: How the corporation gets its power
Date: 23 February 2012
Venue: The Street Café
Professor Gerard Hastings PhD, OBE, Director of the Institute for Social Marketing and the Cancer Research UK Centre for Tobacco Control Research, University of Stirling. Author of The Marketing Matrix: How the corporation gets its power .
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