Borrow a bike for the summer: available now!


In partnership with Cycling England, Lancaster Cycling Demonstration Town and UCSU, Vélocampus Cumbria has been set up at our Lancaster campus. This includes a bike loan scheme for students. We have already received some of the bikes but they are unlikely to be taken by students before September. So if any member of staff is interested in borrowing one for the summer please visit: www.cumbria.ac.uk/velocampus The arrangements on the website are described for students but a staff loan would work the same way. The only difference is that the bikes have to be returned by 1 September at the latest so that they can be checked and serviced prior to being loaned to students. The price is fixed at £35 for any period of loan up to the 1 September deadline.


The bikes are available to any member of staff but they have to be picked up from and returned to the Lancaster campus. The scheme is managed by the Students’ Union at Lancaster Campus: please contact Allan Stavert on 6565 to talk it through or to arrange a time to sign a contract and collect a bike.


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CDLT+ Empowering Students and Staff Conference


Thursday 24 June 2010 - Lancaster & Carlisle This one-day internal event is designed to stimulate ideas regarding the future of learning and teaching at the University. It will consider how we empower students to take charge of their learning and make the most of the opportunities that the University provides for them whatever their background, location or employment circumstances. In parallel, the conference will reflect on how we empower staff to respond to the needs of increasingly diverse students, to innovate, to use all the educational tools at their disposal and to embrace their own continuing professional development in the fast changing world of university education.


The four main themes of the conference relate to the Learning & Teaching Strategy 2009/12: Students, Pedagogy, Staff & Infrastructure


Keynote Speakers : Gwen Van Der Velden, Director of Learning & Teaching Enhancement, University of Bath Glynis Cousin, Director – Institute for Learning enhancement, University of Wolverhampton


Who is it for: The conference is suitable for anyone involved in teaching or supporting the work of students or staff.


Registration: To register for this FREE event, please access the following link: www.survey.bris.ac.uk/cumbria/empowering


For further information, please visit StaffNet at:


http://staff.cumbria.ac.uk/TeachingLearning/CDLT/CDLTHome.aspx or email:


CDLT@cumbria.ac.uk


If you would like to contribute to the next issue of Connect, please contact a member of the communications team:


lynn.clark@cumbria.ac.uk sarah.jones@cumbria.ac.uk darren.leadsom@cumbria.ac.uk alan.air@cumbria.ac.uk


The copy deadline for the next issue of Connect is 20 August 2010.


On-line Payments 2010/11


The University is phasing out direct debits as a means for students to settle their account. The facility will be replaced by online payments and will be live to students as of September 2010. The site will be available to students and authorised staff by logging onto: www.payuoc.com


Statements and reminder letters will continue to be sent electronically to the University student email address.


Students using the pay online system to settle their account will be able to pay their fees by following the simple on-screen instructions and entering their bank/ credit card details via the secure payment facility.


Students wishing to use the facility to pay by fixed instalments will need to contact Student Finance to make an arrangement on 01524 384217/384309.


The University is working towards piloting pay on line from June 2010 ready for September intake. Staff utilising the facility will be given training before the end of July.


Details of student responsibilities with regard to settlement of their account will be available soon by logging on to: www.cumbria.ac.uk


Further information will be made available as appropriate in due course.


Inaugural lecture by Professor Gill Marshall


An inaugural lecture by Professor Gill Marshall; Chair in Medical Imaging Education/Senior Fellow and National Teaching Fellow of the Higher Education Academy will take place on Friday 9 July 2010 at the Lancaster campus. The lecture, entitled:


From novice to expert: my radiological journey through higher education


documents Gill’s journey from arrival at St Martin’s College, Lancaster (now University of Cumbria) in 1992 with no experience of teaching in higher education through to and beyond her having a Professorial Chair conferred in 2007, hence from novice to expert. The lecture details her research around medical screening and research into the drugs used to visualise body systems in radiology and also explains her pedagogical research in the field of medical imaging. This research has allowed Gill to contribute to evidence-based medicine in her field and to explore how that knowledge should be conveyed and assessed to help students learn most successfully. It is pitched at a non-subject specialist level with frequent illustration and humour.


The lecture will take place in the Alexandra building on the Lancaster campus. Places are limited due to the capacity of the venue, so if you would like any further information regarding the event please contact:


sarah.jones@cumbria.ac.uk or telephone 015394 30363


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