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October 2014

• Welcome and thank you!• Bumper edition this month:

• Welcome Week successes • Exciting times ahead• Changes to EPS Faculty

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New students numbers

• Positive year for student recruitment

  Aim Expected students

2013/2014 student numbers

UG Home (Year 0/1 students):

1,900 1,950 1,900

UG International (Year 0/1 students):

680 720 680

PGT Home 200 200 215

PGT International 1,250 1,340 1,260

PGR Home (Year 1 students)

280 290 260

PGR International (Year 1 students)

250 250 240

2014/2015 student numbers to date (7 October 14)

Welcome Week

• Great success• I chose Manchester

because…• Pioneers’ exhibition

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School of Computer

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• Facts and figures booklet• Almost 10,000 degrees

awarded • Alumni in 105 countries

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£60m graphene

innovation centre

• Set to stimulate commercial redevelopment of the University’s North Campus

We Get It, do you?

• Zero tolerance of sexual harassment

• Sign up to pledge your support

Sir Kostya showing George Osborne the graphene labs

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Manchester Engineering Campus Development (MECD)

• MECD presentations • All Faculty presentation on 16 October• askMECD dedicated email address for the project

 

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New Date for EPS Faculty Open Meeting

• Wednesday 5 November• 12pm - 1pm• Submit your questions

Science Spectacular

• Manchester Science Festival

• Saturday 25 October • Join the fun

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Lynn Davies Sadly Lynn Davies from the EPS Academic Services team passed away on Friday 3 October. Before joining the Academic Services team, she had worked as a PA for the Head of Faculty Administration and supported the Dean's Office.

Her good humour, friendliness and willingness to help will be greatly missed by all that knew her. For details of funeral arrangements please contact Ian Bradley.

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New starters and movers 

 School of Chemical Engineering and Analytical Science

• Louise Jordan is the new Head of School Administration. • Catherine Grills – moves to the position of Faculty Senior Project Manager for MECD.

School of Computer Science

• The School of Computer Science has two new starters in their Student Recruitment team. Alyson Cocker has joined as an Undergraduate Admissions Assistant and Laura Edmondson as a Student Recruitment Intern.

School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering  • EEE has two new academic secretaries. Luca Larpi and Tim McKenzie, both located in

SSB B23.

• Emma Bentley has been promoted to Senior Postgraduate Programmes Administrator.

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New starters and movers Faculty administration

• Nicola Lawton has joined the Faculty Office as EPS Centre for Doctoral Training Programmes Administrator in September 2014. Nicola previously worked in MACE.

 • Kayla Barlow has now (re)joined the Faculty Office as Assistant eLearning Manager at

the end of July. Kayla had been working in the eLearning Team in MHS.

• Jennifer Taylor’s role as Executive Assistant to Rachel Brealey, Director of Faculty Operations has been made permanent.

• Elly White - Administrative Assistant and PA to James Tallentire in the Communications and Marketing team has left her role. The team are currently recruiting a new graduate intern.

• Satnam Kaur – is covering Rachel Hobson’s maternity leave as the EPS Internal Communications Manager.

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Got something to tell us?

If you have any news or events you’d like to share with colleagues we help you do this using the following channels:

• Team Brief • Beeline newsletter • EPS faculty intranet -

http://www.staffnet.eps.manchester.ac.uk/

• Twitter @UoMEngSci• Tumblr

http://betterworldmcr.tumblr.com/

Just email epsnews@manchester.ac.uk or contact: Satnam Kaur (Internal

Communications Manager)

Tel: 0161 306 4045

What should we feature next?

This month’s cover image featured School of Materials students enjoying Welcome Week. If you have any ideas of what we should feature next please contact epsnews@manchester.ac.uk.