

Events Calendar
Saturday 1st April 2023
Pesach Party 2023 (10:00)
Pesach - the Jewish holiday celebrating emancipation and freedom.
We will tell the story, and have art-and-craft activities. Suitable to the young and old. Refreshment provided. Free, and open to all (students, staff and their families), but places are limited. Book your free tickets.
Facilitated by Dr. Gil Dekel. After your booking we will send you exact room location (Highfield campus). https://www.poeticmind.co.uk/creative-thoughts/the-sharing-network/
Tuesday 4th April 2023
Making the most of Open Access publishing: Q&A (10:00)
Session for: All Staff and Doctoral Researchers in all disciplines.
Session Description: This session will include a short introduction to open access publishing followed by a Q&A session so that we can cover the areas that interest you. We can discuss types of open access, funder policies, uploading your journal articles to our institutional repository, publisher deals, finding open access material and anything else you would like to ask.
Dates/Times: 07/11/2022 2-3pm, 08/12/2022 10-11am, 10/02/2023 10-11am, 04/04/2023 10-11am
Location: Online, MS Teams
How to book:
Staff, please use: Staffbook at https://www.staffbook.soton.ac.uk/login/
PGRs, please use: PGR Manager at https://pgrmanager.soton.ac.uk/do/southampton-login/login
Making the most of Open Access publishing: Q&A (10:00)
This session will include a short introduction to open access publishing followed by a Q&A session so that we can cover the areas that interest you. We can discuss types of open access, funder policies, uploading your journal articles to our institutional repository, publisher deals, finding open access material and anything else you would like to ask. This session can be booked via PGR Manager or Staffbook
Monday 17th April 2023
Menopause Safe Listening Space (11:00)
Staff and PGRs who have been impacted by menopause are invited to join a Safe Listening Space. To reserve your space or find out more please email diverse@soton.ac.uk
Tuesday 18th April 2023
CHEP in-person workshop: The pronunciation and meaning of Chinese names (10:00)
This very interactive workshop with allow you to learn how to pronounce
your Chinese students’ names and understand the meaning of their name. Please
bring along registers and anything else with your Chinese students’ names on
it.
Financial Wellbeing Talks: Session 3 - Changing Circumstances (12:00)
In a series of virtual financial wellbeing talks throughout 2023, Firmitas Financial Services Ltd will help support University employees with financial education tailored to certain life stages. The sessions will be recorded and published for employees to watch later or refer back to.
Session 3 - Changing Circumstances - Relationships, children, mortgages and a developing career, explore budgeting and saving whilst expenditure may be high.
Other talks will cover the topics of:
- Getting Started - For those starting out in their careers with an emphasis on budgeting and saving for their future.
- Newfound Flexibilities - As children move away and expenditure may be falling, this group has the opportunity to focus on retirement and saving.
- Renewed Opportunities - Considering the retirement options available and the lifestyle desired whilst ensuring dependents are considered.
Visit the Staff Financial Wellbeing SharePoint page for more details. https://sotonac.sharepoint.com/teams/HealthWellbeing/SitePages/Financial-Wellbeing.aspx
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Microsoft Teams meeting
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EMMA RAWICZ QUARTET (20:00)
Emma Rawicz is a multi-award-winning young saxophonist and composer making big waves on the UK music scene. At the age of 20, she has already recorded and released her debut album Incantation. Featuring Ant Law, it is made up entirely of her original compositions. Emma’s second album, recorded in summer 2022, features an all-star band of Ivo Neame, Ant Law, Conor Chaplin and Asaf Sirkis. It is due for release in early 2023.
Emma is known as both as a bandleader and a sessional the scene, she has already made an astonishing impact. She plays regularly at major London jazz venues with a wide range of established musicians. Emma is a recipient of the 2021 Drake Yolanda Award and winner of ‘Best Newcomer’ at the 2022 Parliamentary Jazz Awards
Growing up in rural North Devon, Emma didn’t discover jazz until the age of 15, and didn’t pick up a tenor saxophone until a year later. She spent her childhood otherwise immersed in folk and classical music.
Emma’s influences range from modern jazz and fusion to folk and soul. Key figures in her musical development include Chris Potter, Ari Hoenig, Kenny Jarrett, Joe Henderson, Chick Corea and more. Her music has a unique sound, ranging from lilting Afro Cuban inspired grooves to hard hitting modern jazz and funk numbers.
Presented by Southampton Jazz Club in association with Turner Sims
Wednesday 19th April 2023
Financial Wellbeing Talks: Session 4 - Renewed Opportunities (12:00)
In a series of virtual financial wellbeing talks throughout 2023, Firmitas Financial Services Ltd will help support University employees with financial education tailored to certain life stages. The sessions will be recorded and published for employees to watch later or refer back to.
Session 4 - Renewed Opportunities - Considering the retirement options available and the lifestyle desired whilst ensuring dependents are considered.
Other talks will cover the topics of:
- Getting Started - For those starting out in their careers with an emphasis on budgeting and saving for their future.
- Changing Circumstances - Relationships, children, mortgages and a developing career, explore budgeting and saving whilst expenditure may be high.
- Newfound Flexibilities - As children move away and expenditure may be falling, this group has the opportunity to focus on retirement and saving.
Visit the Staff Financial Wellbeing SharePoint page for more details. https://sotonac.sharepoint.com/teams/HealthWellbeing/SitePages/Financial-Wellbeing.aspx
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Microsoft Teams meeting
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Meeting ID: 315 270 930 680
Passcode: Tx6Yrg
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+44 20 3794 0272,,855603019# United Kingdom, London
Phone Conference ID: 855 603 019#
FELS Impact Showcase #1 (13:00)
This is the first in a series of showcase style events, which aim to support individuals looking to generate real-world impact from their research and provide guidance to those that are thinking about an Impact Case Study (ICS) for REF 2028. Speakers at this event are the authors of REF 2021 impact case studies (links in the agenda below) and will provide an overview of their impact case study, talk about any challenges they overcame and discuss how they planned and evidenced their impact. They will aim to finish with a summary of top tips/lessons learnt. There will be an opportunity at the end of each talk to ask the speakers questions.
Lunch and refreshments will be provided to those that have sign up to attend.
1330-1335 Welcome and Introduction
1335-1355 Deep Impact: engaging public audiences and policymakers with the exploration and stewardship of biodiversity in the deep ocean, Prof Jon Copley
1355-1415 Rising Tide: Informing management, planning and policy on acceleration of sea level rise, increased coastal flooding and changes in tide around the UK coast and globally, Prof Ivan Haigh
1415-1435 Demonstrating the antimicrobial properties of copper and driving its use in healthcare facilities and public spaces to reduce infection, Prof Bill Keevil
1435-1450 Networking Break
1450-1510 Advancing technologies to maintain skin health and improve pressure ulcer prevention in vulnerable patients, Dr Pete Worsley
1510-1530 Antimicrobial stewardship: targeting antibiotics, delayed prescribing, and communication skills training for acute upper and lower respiratory tract infections , Prof Paul Little
1530-1550 Novel techniques pioneer global uptake of Ultrasound Imaging in Podiatry and Physiotherapy musculoskeletal services, Prof Catherine BowenProf Maria Stokes
1600 Event Close
Searching the literature for your Systematic Review (14:00)
Session for: PGRs and Staff from Health, Medicine, Psychology & Geography.
Session Description: This course will provide a brief outline of the systematic review process, with a focus on hands-on literature searching, including different search methods for a range of bibliographic databases.
Dates/Times: 27/02/2023 10am-12.30pm, 19/04/2023 2-4.30pm
How to book:
Staff, please use: Staffbook at https://www.staffbook.soton.ac.uk/login/
PGRs, please use: PGR Manager at https://pgrmanager.soton.ac.uk/do/southampton-login/login
Microsoft 365 Community Webinar - Group mailboxes and Calendars (14:30)
These friendly
informal webinars are hosted by the Events channel within the 365
community team. If you wish to join the meeting, look for the meeting invite
within the Events channel posts. This team is open for any member of the
University to join. Visit the associated web link to view a list of our past
and upcoming sessions with links to the recordings and slide packs.
Searching the literature for your Systematic Review (14:00)
This course will provide a brief outline of the systematic review process, with a focus on hands-on literature searching, including different search methods for a range of bibliographic databases. PGRS & Staff Health, Medicine, Psychology, Geography. The session can be booked via the PGR Development Hub or via Staff book
Thursday 20th April 2023
CHEP online workshop: Finding your Balance - The Student Money Questionnaire 2023 results (12:00)
This workshop will provide a brief outline of the work of the Financial
Support Team and their role in assisting students struggling financially
to remain in education. It will also explore the findings of the
Student Money Survey, the aim of which is to identify how money
confident students are, and the impact financial uncertainty has on the
student experience. Participants will asked to share any student
interactions relevant to the topic.
Friday 21st April 2023
Celebrate 50 years of Environmental Science at Southampton (13:00)
It has been 50 years since the first group of Environmental Science students started to study at Southampton. From humble beginnings we have expanded to run Undergraduate, Masters and Doctoral degrees; and carried out research that has helped make the world a better place.
As we look back over that time, and look forward to the next 50 years, we invite alumni, past and present staff, and students to come together for a celebration of what we have achieved together.
GEORGIA CÉCILE (20:00)
Tipped as ‘One To Watch’ by Wonderland Magazine and Jazz FM, Georgia Cécile is at the helm of the new wave of UK jazz crossover artists.
Growing up in Glasgow, the vocalist and songwriter’s grandfather was a renowned jazz pianist, and she grew up immersed in jazz. Georgia was inspired by the likes of Nancy Wilson, Duke Ellington and Stevie Wonder. Her debut album Only The Lover Sings topped the UK Jazz and Blues charts and remained in the Top 20 for its first 16 weeks and counting. It scooped ‘Best Album’ at the 2021 Scottish Jazz Awards. Co-written and arranged with her pianist and long-time collaborator Euan Stevenson, it has featured heavily across BBC Radio 2, BBC Radio 3, Jazz FM, BBC 6 Music and BBC Scotland.
Cécile has been championed by Gregory Porter and Jamie Cullum – she toured as the main support for Gregory Porter – opening four sold-out shows at the Royal Albert Hall. Georgia was selected to perform at SXSW in Austin, Texas in March 2022. At the 2022 Jazz FM Awards Georgia was crowned ‘UK Jazz Act of the Year’ and ‘Vocalist of the Year’ during a star-studded event in London.
Her voice is spectacular. Cécile and Stevenson are a songwriting pair to watch out for. Jamie Cullum
Monday 24th April 2023
Measuring energy poverty and its effect on people's health and wellbeing outcomes
This two-day online course is aimed at postgraduate researchers and analysts interested in quantitative analysis of energy poverty and its effect on people’s wellbeing.
The course consists of lectures and practical sessions on measurement of energy poverty and on (causal) analysis on its effect of people’s health and wellbeing outcomes.
Find out more and register: https://www.ncrm.ac.uk/training/show.php?article=12453
CHEP in-person workshop: Maximising your delivery (12:00)
This is a practical and interactive workshop designed to help you improve your delivery and maximise your voice in lectures.
The workshop will provide you with the opportunity to explore techniques and exercises in order to improve your vocal range, variety and clarity and reduce vocal strain and nerves.
The workshop will be mostly practical, but there will be an
opportunity to exchange and share ideas of strategies that help you
during lectures.
Introduction to Assessing Research Using Metrics (14:00)
Session Description: The session will introduce ways of assessing research using bibliometrics. We will provide an introduction to bibliometrics, the University's Responsible Metrics Policy, provide guidance on how to use the digital tools available to you and have time for questions.
Dates/Times: 29/11/2022 10-11am, 03/02/2023 10-11am, 24/04/2023 2-3pm, 13/06/2023 12noon-1pm
Location: Online, MS Teams
How to book:
Staff, please use: Staffbook at https://www.staffbook.soton.ac.uk/login/
PGRs, please use: PGR Manager at https://pgrmanager.soton.ac.uk/do/southampton-login/login
Introduction to assessing research using metrics (14:00)
The session will introduce ways of assessing research using bibliometrics. We will provide an introduction to bibliometrics, the University's Responsible Metrics Policy, provide guidance on how to use the digital tools available to you and have time for questions. This session can be booked via PGR Manager or Staffbook
Tuesday 25th April 2023
CHEP in-person workshop: Inclusive Education Practices: Techniques and tools for equitable teaching and learning (09:00)
Join us to enhance your teaching practice and promote student engagement and success.
Register now to start building a more equitable learning environment.
By the end of this event, you should be able to:
- Identify who your learners are and how best to support them
- Discuss the importance of inclusive education practices
- Relate and articulate the benefits of designing an inclusive learning and teaching experience and how this aligns with University strategies and our legal obligations
- Identify and reflect on threshold concepts and barriers
- Design and plan an inclusive change in your practice
- Formulate a positive action outcome by applying the “plus one” mindset to your area of education (GROW)
- Make connections with other people across the University & build your network
PREP Reflective Writing for Fellowship (online) (12:00)
This online workshop offers space to further the writing of your portfolio with an emphasis on writing reflectively. Before attending we expect you to have attended a briefing session and to have begun the first stage mapping of your activities against the appropriate fellowship requirements of the UK Professional Standards Framework (UKPSF).
The workshop is intended to help you to revise your mapping using a reflective model and to prepare you to develop into your case descriptions. The workshop will include brief presentations from the tutors, personal work and individual/pair/group discussion with the tutors.
Target audience:
PREP Associate Fellow, Fellow and Senior Fellow applicants (D1-D3)
Pre-requisites:
- Participants should have attended a PREP Framework Briefing session or equivalent
- Started the first stage mapping of your activities
By the end of this session you will be able to:
- differentiate between reflective and descriptive writing styles
- revise your mapping examples
- begin to structure your case descriptions
- develop your reflective writing appropriately for the PREP context
Session led by:
Dr Pina Franco, Teaching Fellow, Centre for Higher Education Practice (CHEP).
NCRM Annual Lecture 2023 (18:00)
The NCRM Annual Lecture 2023 will be held on Tuesday, 25 April.
This prestigious event – which is free to attend – will bring together researchers from across the UK to discuss some of the latest innovations in research methods and network with colleagues from different sectors and disciplines.
Our keynote speaker for the evening will be Professor Elizabeth Stokoe of the London School of Economics and Political Science. She will be joined by our discussant, Dr Jon Sutton, editor of The Psychologist magazine. The event will take place in the magnificent surroundings of the Royal Society in central London. It will also be streamed online.
In her presentation, Professor Stokoe will discuss the power of conversation analysis to reveal both effective and problematic communication practices in a variety of contexts. Her talk, A Method in Search of a Problem: The Power of Conversation Analysis, will show how conversation analysis can be used to identify, describe and share effective communication practices, as well as challenge common communication myths and expose inequalities.
Find out more and register: https://www.ncrm.ac.uk/lecture23/index.php
NEIL COWLEY | BATTERY LIFE TOUR (20:00)
Since disbanding his eponymous trio and becoming a solo artist in 2018, Neil Cowley has introduced elements of ambient, electronic and neoclassical music into his sound, having established himself as an esteemed pianist, composer and producer.
In 2021 came Hall of Mirrors, Cowley’s magnum opus, his first solo album and the truest realisation yet of his unending love affair with the piano. Recorded in Berlin, the album featured piano arrangements filtered through a prism of production tricks, with support from Clash, Mojo and Uncut plus radio support from BBC 6 Music, Radio 1, Radio 2 and Radio 3. Returning to the stage, Neil celebrated the Hall of Mirrors release with a sold-out show at London’s Islington Assembly Hall in May 2021 and ended the year with a two-night residency at London’s Southbank Centre.
With a unique visual backdrop of vintage TV sets, Cowley inhabits his personal musical playspace on stage surrounded by keyboards and electronics, in a captivating display of artistry and showmanship.
Battery Life is released on 24th March 2023 and the Spring sees Neil tour extensively in the UK with shows in Belgium, Germany, Ireland and The Netherlands.
Battery Life is an album of abstract memories and stolen excerpts. It is my perception of the past before the detail is filled in. Blurred pictures, strange details, a feeling, a smell and above all the freedom to redefine the past at my whim. In an age where we are able to archive virtually any amount of life experience at the press of a button, it calls into question the value of a memory, both undetailed and detailed. Neil Cowley
Wednesday 26th April 2023
Microsoft 365 Community Webinar - SharePoint site accessibility tips (14:30)
These friendly
informal webinars are hosted by the Events channel within the 365
community team. If you wish to join the meeting, look for the meeting invite
within the Events channel posts. This team is open for any member of the
University to join. Visit the associated web link to view a list of our past
and upcoming sessions with links to the recordings and slide packs.
Thursday 27th April 2023
Autism Awareness Webinar (12:00)
Autism is a condition that affects the way individuals communicate and relate to the world around them and affects an estimated 700,000 people in the UK.
This interactive webinar aims to spread awareness of autism and develop a better understanding of how we can all enable staff and students with autism to thrive at the University of Southampton. This 1-hour interactive webinar is led by Daniel Barnes, who is an Autism Ambassador and shares his own experiences of supporting a sibling with autism.
PGCE Open Evening (17:00)
Are you just starting to explore whether teaching could be right for you?
Do you need advice on all the different training routes, or on financial support for teacher training?
Do you want final advice on how to strengthen your application?
Our Teacher Training Open Evenings are designed to give you all of the information you need to make informed decisions, whatever stage of the process you are at.
All Open Evenings are held in Building 34 on the University of Southampton Highfield campus.
Evening parking is free on campus.
Howard Jacobson in Conversation with Bryan Cheyette (Parkes Lecture 2023) (18:00)
We are most fortunate that the Parkes Lecture this year will be a conversation between the Booker-Prize winning novelist, broadcaster and public intellectual, Howard Jacobson and Bryan Cheyette who has been writing on Jacobson since 1984. Howard Jacobson's memoir Mother's Boy has recently been published and the interview will discuss that book and also his views on a variety of matters including novel-writing, novel-writers, Jewishness, table-tennis, antisemitism, market trading, television and Trump.
Please note that this event is taking place in Building 67, Highfield Campus (University of Southampton) and online via Zoom.
About the Speakers
Howard Jacobson, British novelist essayist, and broadcaster, born in Manchester, read English at Cambride under FR Leavis. Author of 17 novels and several works of non-fiction. The Mighty Walzer, about a teenage table tennis champion, won the Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize for comic writing. He would later win the prize again for Zoo Time. His next novel, Who’s Sorry Now was the first of four of his novels to be longlisted for the Man Booker Prize, followed by Kalooki Nights. He was awarded the Man Booker Prize for The Finkler Question in 2010. His novel, J, was shortlisted for the award in 2014. He is an honorary fellow of Downing College Cambridge and visiting professor at New College of the Humanities, Northeastern University London
Bryan Cheyette is soon to be Emeritus Professor in Modern Literature and Culture at the University of Reading. He has published eleven books most recently: Diasporas of the Mind: Jewish and Postcolonial Writing and the Nightmare of History (Yale University Press, 2014), and The Ghetto: A Very Short Introduction (Oxford UP, 2020). He is a Series Editor for Bloomsbury (New Horizons in Contemporary Writing) and, most importantly, is a Visiting Fellow of the Parkes Institute, University of Southampton. He has been writing on Howard Jacobson’s fiction since 1984.
This event will be chaired by Mark Spearing.
Thursday 4th May 2023
How to Write your Methodology Chapter
This online workshop aims to give participants a range of practical approaches they can adopt when writing about methodology in the social sciences, with a particular focus on writing a PhD methodology chapter.
Using a range of exercises throughout, the course focuses on 20 or so writing strategies and thought experiments designed to provide more clarity and power to the often-difficult challenge of writing about methods.
The course also looks at common mistakes and how to avoid them when writing about methods. The focus throughout is on building confidence and increasing our repertoire of writing strategies and skills.
Find out more and register: https://www.ncrm.ac.uk/training/show.php?article=12372
Annual Lecture Equality in the Workplace (17:45)
The Stefan Cross Centre for Women, Equality and Law is looking forward to this year's annual lecture, delivered by Jemima Olchawski, Chief Executive of the Fawcett Society. Jemima will be discussing the question:
"Will this be the election when we finally commit
to gender equality in the workplace?"
We all believe in a more equal future. Women are the majority of voters, and steps to address inequality are popular with the electorate. Transforming our economy is not just essential to tackling many of the major challenges we face today, from low growth to labour shortages, but it's also a vote winner. At the height of the COVID-19 pandemic we were promised that this was a moment to build back better - but so far there is little sign that we're anywhere close to achieving that, least of all for women. Women were hit hardest by the pandemic and lockdown and today are bearing the brunt of the cost-of-living crisis and low wages. Despite significant progress, women remain systematically disadvantaged in our economy - sharpest of all for women of colour, disabled women and lone parents. The next election will belong to candidates who put women's economic equality at the heart of their policy platform.
Jemima is a social policy expert with 15 years' experience working on issues around social justice and women's rights. Her career has spanned national charities, local government and a think tank, working to tackle inequalities and improve life chances. She was previously Head of Policy and Insight at the Fawcett Society, leading projects such as Sex and Power, Strategies for Success and work on Gender Pay Gap reporting. She has also held roles at Agenda, the London Borough of Newham, and the Fabian Society, and has led campaigns on supporting survivors of abuse, gendered responses to women's mental health and the connections between violence against women and girls and contact with the criminal justice system.
The Fawcett Society is the UK's leading membership charity campaigning for gender equality and women's rights at work, at home and in public life.
The Stefan Cross Centre for Women was launched in 2018 with a generous donation from Southampton Law School alumnus, Mr Stefan Cross KC. The purpose of the Centre is to raise awareness of discrimination against women and girls, investigate the causes of this discrimination and seek effective solutions.
Tickets are now available through Eventbrite, via URL https://www.southampton.ac.uk/scc-lecture . You will have the option of choosing face to face, or virtual attendance.
PAUL LEWIS | SCHUBERT II (20:00)
Schubert
Piano sonata No 15 in C, D840 Reliquie
Piano sonata No 13 in A, D664
Piano sonata No 16 in A minor, D845
The second recital in Paul Lewis‘s Schubert sonata series features two works composed in Spring 1825. Schubert completed and published the D845 sonata as the Premiere grande Sonate later that year, but he abandoned the D840 sonata part way through. The unfinished work in its incomplete form was published some 30 years after Schubert’s death. Tonight’s programme closes with the sonata the 22-year-old Schubert wrote whilst on holiday in the Austrian Alps. The carefree work reflects what Schubert scholar Brian Newbould has described as the composer’s ‘wide-eyed youthful contentment’.
Tuesday 9th May 2023
Professional Recognition in Advising - Personal Academic Tutoring Training Session 9 (online) (12:00)
Gaining professional recognition for academic tutors and advisors
At this briefing we will explore the 3 levels of professional
recognition, discuss the framework and how to apply: Levels:
Recognised Practitioner in Advising (RPA) Recognised Senior
Advisor(RSA) and Recognised Leader in Advising (RLA).
Wednesday 10th May 2023
CHEP CPD workshop: Opening academic skills ‘windows’ in your teaching: 3 short activities on essays, argument and structure (in-person) (12:00)
Our students have diverse backgrounds and educational experiences. As a result, providing opportunities or “windows” for students to practice degree-level academic skills before assignments is useful (Wingate, 2016).
This session will provide 3-5 (depending on time) fairly short activities to develop your students’ argumentation and structuring skills for essay writing. The aim is provide you with frameworks for activities which you can repeatedly adapt and use, with minimal preparation, during your lectures/seminars.
By the end of this event, participants should be able to:
- Set up 3-4 different activities which give students practice in argument and structure for essays
- Adapt the activities to focus on different subject matter, text types, or tasks
- Identify the value of opening “academic skills windows” for inclusive student learning
All staff are welcome to this session, however we will use theoretical texts and essay-type questions as a focus for the activities, rather than more technical reports or questions.
Thursday 11th May 2023
Introduction to Hospital Episode Statistics
This course will provide participants with an understanding of how Hospital Episode Statistics (HES) data are collected and coded, their structure and how to clean and analyse HES data.
A key focus of the course will be on developing an understanding of the strengths and weaknesses of HES, how inconsistencies arise and approaches to deal with these. Participants will also learn how to ensure individuals’ anonymity and confidentiality when carrying out analyses and publishing results based on HES.
There will be a mixture of lectures and practicals for which participants will use Stata software to clean and analyse HES data. The course is delivered by the National Centre for Research Methods, which is based at the University of Southampton.
Find out more and register: https://www.ncrm.ac.uk/training/show.php?article=12237
Introduction to Hospital Episode Statistics
This course will provide participants with an understanding of how Hospital Episode Statistics (HES) data are collected and coded, their structure, and how to clean and analyse HES data.
A key focus will be on developing an understanding of the strengths and weaknesses of HES, how inconsistencies arise, and approaches to deal with these. Participants will also learn how to ensure individuals’ anonymity and confidentiality when carrying out analyses and publishing results based on HES.
The course consists of a mixture of lectures and practicals for which participants will use Stata software to clean and analyse HES data.
Find out more and register: https://www.ncrm.ac.uk/training/show.php?article=12237
Friday 12th May 2023
Professional Recognition in Advising - Personal Academic Tutoring Training Session 9 (online) (12:00)
Gaining professional recognition for academic tutors and advisors
At this briefing we will explore the 3 levels of professional
recognition, discuss the framework and how to apply: Levels:
Recognised Practitioner in Advising (RPA) Recognised Senior
Advisor(RSA) and Recognised Leader in Advising (RLA).
O’HOOLEY & TIDOW (20:00)
Much loved Yorkshire folk duo Belinda O’Hooley and Heidi Tidow have been propelled into newfound fame. Their theme tune for hit BBC 1/HBO drama Gentleman Jack earned them global admiration, media appearances and concerts that sell out months in advance.
Belinda and Heidi’s boundless song writing is described by The Guardian as ‘exceptional’ and The Independent as ‘defiant, robust, northern, poetical, political folk music for the times we live in’. From an emotionally charged song about an elephant orphanage in Nairobi, to a joyous celebration of the Leeds cycling champion Beryl Burton, they explore, consider and connect subjects and stories in a distinctive, inventive and memorable way.
They have the originality and skill to invite comparison with the most celebrated harmony duos, from early Simon and Garfunkel to the iconic Kate and Anna McGarrigle. BBC Radio 6’s Tom Robinson says ‘they sing together in the way families do. Normally, you only get that closeness in the voices with family bands like The Coppers or The Watersons’.
A glorious evening of defiant, robust, political, northern, poetical folk music for the times we live in.
Tuesday 16th May 2023
Using Creative Research Methods
This two-day course will outline creative research methods and show you how to use them appropriately throughout the research process.
The course assumes that you have a good working knowledge of conventional research methods, and builds on that knowledge by introducing arts-based methods, embodied methods, research using technology, multi-modal research, and transformative research frameworks such as participatory and activist research.
Any or all of these techniques can be used alongside conventional research methods and are often particularly useful when addressing more complex research questions. You will have several opportunities to try applying these methods in practice. Attention will be paid to ethical issues throughout.
The course will include plenty of practical advice and tips on using creative methods in research.
Find out more and register: https://www.ncrm.ac.uk/training/show.php?article=12373
Wednesday 17th May 2023
CHEP CPD workshop: Opening academic skills ‘windows’ in your teaching: 3 short activities to develop students’ critical thinking in your subject area (12:00)
Our students have diverse backgrounds and educational experiences. As a result, providing opportunities or “windows” for students to practice degree-level academic skills before assignments is useful (Wingate, 2016).
This session will demonstrate 3-5 (depending on time) fairly short critical thinking activities to integrate into your regular subject teaching. The activities draw on theory-focused reading texts (e.g. extracts from journal articles/student essay writing), rather than technical data or processes. Once students are familiar with them, these short tasks can be adapted, used as ‘warmer’ activities, introduced at relevant points in a session, or set as challenges for students to create themselves.
By the end of this event, participants should be able to:
- Demonstrate to students what critical thinking looks like in their subject
- Set up 3-5 different activities which require students to use and articulate critical thinking in their subject
- Adapt the activities to focus on different subject matter or learning outcomes
- Identify the value of opening “academic skills windows” for inclusive student learning
Session led by: Session led by: Steven White, Academic Skills Faculty Liaison, Enhancement Team
Microsoft 365 Community webinar - Intro to Visio (14:30)
These friendly
informal webinars are hosted by the Events channel within the 365
community team. If you wish to join the meeting, look for the meeting invite
within the Events channel posts. This team is open for any member of the
University to join. Visit the associated web link to view a list of our past
and upcoming sessions with links to the recordings and slide packs.
Friday 19th May 2023
MAKE... An Interactive Story with Twine (14:00)
In this MAKE session, we will work together to understand the Twine Interface and the basic building blocks of creating an interactive story
Twine is an open-source tool used for telling nonlinear interactive stories. Widely considered the industry standard for accessible interactive storytelling, whether it's used as a scriptwriting tool in Black Mirror: Bandersnatch or its ubiquitous presence in video game design, Twine’s simplicity and ease of use make it readily available to all levels of storytellers.
The great thing about Twine?
There’s no requirement to understand or write code for you to create these stories.
This MAKE session organised by Digital Humanities will take you through the basic building blocks of creating an interactive story. The first half of this session will walk you through the Twine interface, explaining what you need to know to get started on your first interactive story (as well as time to play around creating these stories). The second half of the session will begin to look at ways in which we can complexify our stories, bringing in beginner-friendly coding that can help us tell the stories we want to write.
The most important thing to remember about this MAKE class – it’s beginner friendly, working at a pace that suits its participants.
Please contact digitalhumanities@soton.ac.uk if you have any questions.
Saturday 20th May 2023
JASDEEP SINGH DEGUN (20:00)
Submit to the beauty and sorrow, the poetry and power, of the sitar – that plucked string instrument with the long neck, pear-shaped gourd and origins in the courts of the Maharajahs of medieval India. Marvel at the astonishing prowess of Jasdeep Singh Degun, a sitarist who is steeped in the North Indian classical tradition — indeed, in the musical traditions of the Indian subcontinent — and proudly born, raised and based in Leeds, north of England.
In May 2022, Jasdeep Singh Degun released his debut album Anomaly on Real World Records — a project showcasing an almost preternatural musicality, a way with technique, improvisation, composition and collaboration that will dazzle purists and newcomers alike. Its twelve tracks range from inspired sitar solos and duelling sitar and guitar to all stops out cinematic journeying. Music rooted in the ancient repertoire of raags, the frameworks used in the improvised performances of Indian classical music and delivered with contemporary flair.
Sunday 21st May 2023
ANGELA HEWITT (15:00)
Mozart Fantasy in D minor, K397
Mozart Sonata in D, K576
Beethoven Sonata in D, Op 10 No 3
Mozart Sonata in C minor, K457
Beethoven Sonata in C minor, Op 111
Mozart and Beethoven combine in this recital by the renowned pianist.
Angela Hewitt is one of the most respected pianists on the international stage. She appears with major orchestras, in recital at prestigious venues and has an extensive discography. She completed her project to record all Beethoven’s piano sonatas in February 2022 with the release of the final album.
Tonight, Angela ends her recital with a work she has described as ‘one of the most sublime compositions a pianist can play’. Beethoven’s final sonata premiered in 1822. He described it as ‘not very difficult’, but its sheer scale and technical demands have challenged artists for over 200 years.
Wednesday 24th May 2023
Reuter LEcture with Professor Christopher Woolgar (18:00)
Sunday 4th June 2023
CHIAROSCURO QUARTET | ASSOCIATE ARTISTS (19:30)
Purcell Fantasias Nos 7 (Z 738), 8 (Z 739) and 11 (Z 742)
Haydn Quartet in D, Op 33 No 6
Beethoven Quartet No 11 in F minor, Op 95 Serioso
Our Associate Artists begin their latest concert with three of the 15 fantasias that the 21 year old Purcell composed in a two-week period in 1680.
Originally written for viols, the works have become favourites for string quartets. Beethoven’s quartet, the last from his so-called ‘middle period’ is one of the shortest of the 16 he wrote. The composer dedicated to his close friend, Nikolaus Zmeskall von Domanovetz, and declared that it was intended for a small circle of connoisseurs, never to be publicly performed.
Alina Ibragimova violin
Pablo Hernán Benedí violin
Emilie Hörnlund viola
Claire Thirion cello
Monday 5th June 2023
World Environment Day: Clean, Analyse and Visualise Climate Change Data (14:00)
In this themed session, learn how to clean, analyse and visualise environmental data.
Held annually on 5th June, World Environment Day (WED) is the official UN day for encouraging worldwide awareness and action to protect the environment.
This themed workshop organised by Southampton Digital Humanities will further your understanding of climate change whilst developing digital literacy. Using Python, you will learn how to clean, manipulate and analyse environmental data in addition to creating data visualisations. These climate change data will be open-source and may cover issues such as deforestation, land use, Co2 emissions and/or energy use.
What you’ll need:
We will be using Python during this session, a popular programming language in the field of data analytics. Knowledge of Python would be highly beneficial, but is not strictly required. You will need either: a) to have Jupyter Notebook installed; or b) a Google account (for using Google Colab).
This session will run on MS Teams, therefore you will need a computer and internet connection.
Please contact digitalhumanities@soton.ac.uk if you have any questions.
Wednesday 7th June 2023
Introduction to Spatial Data and Using R as a GIS
In this one-day online course (taught over two mornings) we will explore how to use R to import, manage and process spatial data.
We will also cover the process of making choropleth maps, as well as some basic spatial analysis.
Finally, we will cover the use of loops to make multiple maps quickly and easily, one of the major benefits of using a scripting language to make maps, rather than traditional graphic point-and-click interface.
Find out more and register: https://www.ncrm.ac.uk/training/show.php?article=12234
Tuesday 13th June 2023
Introduction to Assessing Research Using Metrics (12:00)
Session for: All PGRs and Staff
Session Description: The session will introduce ways of assessing research using bibliometrics. We will provide an introduction to bibliometrics, the University's Responsible Metrics Policy, provide guidance on how to use the digital tools available to you and have time for questions.
Dates/Times: 29/11/2022 10-11am, 03/02/2023 10-11am, 24/04/2023 2-3pm, 13/06/2023 12noon-1pm
Location: Online, MS Teams
How to book:
Staff, please use: Staffbook at https://www.staffbook.soton.ac.uk/login/
PGRs, please use: PGR Manager at https://pgrmanager.soton.ac.uk/do/southampton-login/login
Thursday 15th June 2023
KATE RAWLES | THE LIFE CYCLE – ADVENTURE IN THE ANDES (20:00)
The Life Cycle biodiversity bike ride
Kate Rawles cycled the length of South America following the spine of the Andes – the longest mountain chain in the world. Her vehicle was ‘Woody’ a bike she built herself with bamboo from the Eden Project in Cornwall.
The aim of her largely solo ‘adventure plus’ ride was to explore and champion biodiversity. What is it? Why does it matter? What is happening to it – and above all – what can we do to protect it?
Kate’s route took her through an astonishing range of landscapes and ecosystems, from the Caribbean coast to the classic high, spikey white mountains of the Peruvian Andes; from rain and cloud forests to the Atacama Desert and the Bolivian salt flats. Throughout the journey she met with those at the frontlines of nature conservation. This included a school whose entire curriculum was based on turtles; a project to save the smallest monkeys in the world; local forest champions; anti-gold, copper and lead-mining activists; an ancient, sustainable fishing fleet and a member of the Peruvian senate. Kate returned inspired, shaken and hopeful.
Join us and find out why Kate believes biodiversity loss is as important as climate change. She shows us why deep systemic change is needed to tackle these interconnected challenges to people and planet.
Presented by the Royal Geographical Society in association with Turner Sims
Friday 16th June 2023
ZOE RAHMAN OCTET (20:00)
Zoe Rahman is a vibrant and highly individual pianist and composer. Her style is deeply rooted in jazz yet it reflects her classical background, British/Bengali heritage and her broad musical taste.
Known for her powerful technique, wide-ranging imagination and exuberant performance, Zoe is a highly sought-after musician. She has recently worked with the likes of George Mraz, Courtney Pine and Jerry Dammers’ Spatial AKA Orchestra.
Zoe is a MOBO Award winner, Mercury Prize nominee, Jazz FM Award nominee and British Jazz Award winner. She has established herself as a unique presence in the British music industry.
Zoe will be playing music from her latest album, showcasing her own compositions and featuring an all-star line-up.
Zoe Rahman piano
Gene Calderazzo drums
Alec Dankworth bass
Rowland Sutherland flute, alto flute
Helena Kay alto saxophone
Alex Ridout trumpet
Idris Rahman tenor saxophone, clarinet
Rosie Turton trombone
Saturday 17th June 2023
Winchester School of Art Open Days 2023 (10:00)
Winchester School of Art Open Day 17 June 2023
Wednesday 21st June 2023
Benefits fair (10:00)
The University holds a benefits fair each year in June. The next benefits fair will be held on Wednesday 21 June 2023 in Garden Court, Highfield Campus.
Benefits and discounts providers will be available on the day to answer staff queries directly and give an understanding of the benefits and potential savings available. This is an excellent opportunity for staff to appreciate their entire benefits package.
In addition to the benefits there are over 100 local and national retailers and suppliers who offer discounts to staff. A selection of these retailers and services will be present.
Saturday 24th June 2023
Open Days 2023 (10:00)
Undergraduate Open Days 24-25 June 2023
Sunday 25th June 2023
Open Days 2023 (10:00)
Undergraduate Open Days 24-25 June 2023
Thursday 29th June 2023
PREP Technician Briefing (online) (13:00)
The PREP programme is accredited by Advance HE against the UK Professional Standards Framework (UKPSF).
Before attending a workshop you are required to:
- Complete the Advance HE tool to assist you in selecting the category of Fellowship that is the closest match to your current practice: https://www.advance-he.ac.uk/form/fellowship-decision-tool
- Watch the 2 short videos (Briefing 1 and Briefing 2) available from the PREP webpage: https://sotonac.sharepoint.com/teams/chep/SitePages/PREP.aspx
The workshop is designed to:
- guide you into deciding which of the UKPSF Descriptors it would be appropriate for you to apply for (each of the four Descriptors represent different experience and influence in an educational role)
- prepare you to begin selecting materials for your portfolio and to write the mapping elements
Attendance at this workshop (or equivalent) is a pre-requisite for attending a Writing Workshop.
Target Audience:
Technicians considering submitting a PREP application / Advance HE recognition as a fellow of Advance HE (D1-D2)
Pre-requisites:
Participants should have a keen interest in achieving an HEA fellowship
(D1-D2) via a PREP application and completed the tasks detailed above.
Friday 7th July 2023
Wellington Papers 40 - Behind the scenes at the Archives (10:00)
To mark the fortieth anniversary of the archives of the first Duke of Wellington at Southampton, we are hosting a behind the scenes day on Friday 7 July 2023, 1000-1200 & 1400-1600 in Hartley Library, Special Collections on level 4.
There will be a chance to meet the curators, see a selection of gems from the collection, find out about aspects of curation, including conservation work. An exhibition outlining work on the collection over the forty years will be on show in the Level 4 Gallery and there will be a talk by Dr Zack White and tea in the Library Conference Room.
To reserve a space please click on this link: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/wellington-papers-40-behind-the-scenes-at-the-archives-tickets-528206288227?aff=ebdssbdestsearch
Wednesday 19th July 2023
Summer Graduation 2023
Summer Graduation 19-28 July 2023
Saturday 29th July 2023
IT Infrastructure Maintenance
Sunday 30th July 2023
IT Infrastructure Maintenance
Sunday 10th September 2023
Open Days 2023 (10:00)
Undergraduate Open Day 10 September
Saturday 7th October 2023
Open Days 2023 (10:00)
Undergraduate Open Days 7-8 October 2023
Winchester School of Art Open Days 2023 (10:00)
Winchester School of Art Open Day 7 October 2023
Sunday 8th October 2023
Open Days 2023 (10:00)
Undergraduate Open Days 7-8 October 2023
Wednesday 25th October 2023
Winchester School of Art Open Days 2023 (12:00)
Winchester School of Art Open Day 25 October 2023
Saturday 18th November 2023
Winchester School of Art Open Days 2023 (10:00)
Winchester School of Art Open Day 18 November 2023