City News for staff October 2011

October 2011 | issue 03 Our Journalism Department recently celebrated its 35th anniversary with friends and colleagues past and present.

City News features its development alongside current news and information on sta support from our Alumni and Sport and Leisure teams.

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NEWS IN BRIEF Quality accreditation for careers service

Cass receives acclaim from top education watchdog

The Careers and Skills Development Service has received matrix quality accreditation following an on-site assessment.

Cass Business School’s Mergers & Acquisitions Research Centre (MARC) has been singled out for praise by the Association to Advance Collegiate Business Schools (AACSB), a leading education standards body that accredits business schools worldwide.

The matrix standard is a highly-regarded national quality mark for organisations delivering information, advice and guidance services. The accreditation reflects the Service’s commitment to quality in supporting City’s students.

An AACSB special report highlighted MARC’s unique makeup and activities. Among MARC’s recent research is the M&A Maturity Index, which categorises the global M&A environment based on a wide range of factors.

Cass rises in FT’s MSc global rankings Cass Business School has risen to 16th in the world in the annual MSc in Management rankings published by the Financial Times (FT).

The FT report ranks the world’s top 65 business schools for Masters in Management Studies, based on survey results measuring criteria such as current salary, career progression and employment rates.

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MARC launched in 2007 as the first of its kind to pursue research into the global mergers and acquisitions industry. It is sponsored by Credit Suisse, Ernst & Young and the Financial Times’ Mergermarket Group among others.

City tackles cyber security

Professor Scott Moeller, Director of MARC, said: “We are delighted the AACSB has picked out MARC... to showcase to their members worldwide.”

He added: “By combining the expertise of our [MARC] sponsors with academics at Cass and other business schools, we produce cutting-edge research that is timely and relevant for the M&A industry.”

Find out more about MARC on our website:

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3 Professor Scott Moeller, Director of Cass Business School’s Mergers & Acquisitions Research Centre

The Centre brings together expertise from around the University including information, network and physical security, cryptography, software reliability and systems science. It will examine the cyber security landscape and threats posed by statesponsored terrorism and organised crime.

The launch of the Centre coincides with ‘The Uncertainty of Identity’ research project examining the ways a person's offline identity can be linked to their virtual identity and the issues faced by governments in protecting national information infrastructures from cyber attacks.

"The University has many specialists in this area with experience of advising governments and industry and researching the latest trends,” said- Dr Muttukrishnan Rajarajan, Reader in Information Security Systems.

City is collaborating with the Home Office, University College London and the University of St Andrews on the project. u

City University London has launched a cross-disciplinary Centre for Cyber and Security Sciences, to tackle cyber terrorism and cyber crime.

“The Centre will coordinate these efforts for the first time and enable City to address a wider range of cyber security threats."

5 Dr Muttukrishnan Rajarajan, Reader in Information Security Systems

City academics encouraged to become more social City academics are being encouraged to use social networking sites to maintain contact with graduates and former colleagues.

The Alumni Relations team holds the details of over 100,000 City graduates and former staff, ensuring regular contact through e-bulletins, an annual magazine and special alumni events. It also uses social networking sites Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn. The team wants to help academic staff use these channels to keep in contact with alumni to, for example, promote research or networking opportunities.

Celia Enyioko-Hanniford, Alumni Communications Executive, said: “City alumni are very important: they attend events enthusiastically; make excellent case studies in marketing materials; are enthusiastic volunteers; and are prospective students looking for opportunities for further study at City.

NEWS IN BRIEF Investing in academic excellence Council has approved investment in a further 50 academic posts – half of which are Chairs - allocated to 14 areas of academic strength and potential. The aim is to improve our education, research and enterprise profile ahead of the Research Excellence Framework (REF) census in 2013.

More details will be shared soon and in next month’s City News.

Cass volunteering

“Our pages on Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter enable you to contact your department’s alumni directly and start building relationships for the benefit of your whole School.”

For further details please contact Celia Enyioko-Hanniford: celia.enyioko.1@city.ac.uk u

Leading legal academic appointed Professor Jason Chuah has been appointed Professor of Commercial and Maritime Law at The City Law School. He joins City from the University of Westminster where he was Head of the Department of Advanced Legal Studies.

The current chair of the London Universities Maritime Law and Policy Research Group, Professor Chuah will also be Head of Academic Programmes at The City Law School, overseeing the School’s portfolio of academic law courses.

Professor Chuah has been nominated by students on several occasions in the prestigious Oxford University Press Law Teacher of the Year Awards and he has held visiting appointments at elite institutions including the University of Cambridge and University College London.

City’s focus on academic excellence and on business and the professions is a ‘happy fit’ with his own interests, said Jason.

“It will be a rewarding experience for me to learn from my colleagues who clearly have been pivotal to City's innovative approach and splendid research and educational credentials.” u

This summer, staff and students from Cass Business School volunteered as teachers with the Hanna’s Orphanage charity in Ethiopia.

Caitriona Conway (Postgraduate Careers team, second left) and Nicole Garnier (Undergraduate Course Office, second right) plus students Arnold Musisi and Agnieszka Kuplinska, raised around £10,000 for Hanna’s Orphanage ahead of the trip.

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NEWS IN BRIEF New York University in WC2

Sport and Leisure at City

City University New York has accepted an offer from Professor Dinos Arcoumanis, Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research & International), to join the World Cities World Class University Network (WC2).

As featured in last month’s City News, the Saddlers Sports Centre closed this summer to enable a planned two-year redevelopment to improve facilities for students, staff and the local community.

During the closure period a new Sport and Leisure Service continues to provide health, fitness and sporting services to City staff and students. It is located in the Sports Desk next to Saddlers Bar in the University Building.

Political Mentoring Toolkit

For staff, a new Campus Activity Programme offers a range of classes each week which includes Spinning, Box Fit, Boot Camp, Zumba, running and walking lunches.

Professor Jo Silvester of the Centre for Performance at Work has launched a free toolkit focusing on political mentoring.

Bill Thompson, Head of Sport and Leisure, said: “This programme represents City’s continued investment in its people and their wellbeing. The team is excited about the new venture, and about helping people achieve their potential.

It was based on the findings of a project co-sponsored by the Economic and Social Research Council and the LG Group. It is available as a free online resource from our intranet.

“As we say; together, we are better.”

The redevelopment of the Sports Centre site will, subject to final planning approval, include a competition-quality sports hall, a 100 station fitness area, improved changing facilities and four multi-purpose studios.

Academic’s writing success Mike Wells, a part-time Entrepreneurship Teaching Fellow at City, saw his young adult novel Wild Child top Amazon’s bestselling children’s eBooks during October. You can find out more at Mike’s blog: www.thegreenwater.com

Review highlights research To highlight recent research by staff, City’s Research and Enterprise offices have published the City Research and Enterprise Review 2011.

It features some of City’s most innovative research projects with a strong impact on society, business and the community. You can download a copy from our intranet:

www.city.ac.uk/blogs/staff-news

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5 (clockwise from top left) Phillipa Weaver-Smith, Deputy Head of Sport and Leisure; Julie Haggar, Sport Development Officer; Bill Thompson, Head of Sport and Leisure; Tom Cowley, Leisure Supervisor; Dale Robertson, Leisure Assistant.

Find out more at: www.city.ac.uk/sport u

Vital research into tracking glaucoma David Crabb, Professor of Statistics and Vision Research, has been awarded a grant from the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Health Services Research (HSR) programme to investigate the frequency of monitoring of patients with glaucoma.

City will receive almost £300,000 in funding for the project, which aims to provide data to inform guidelines for how often patients newly diagnosed with glaucoma should have their vision tested.

The project is due to be completed in 2013. More information can be found at:

www.hsr.nihr.ac.uk/projects The project will build on Professor Crabb’s existing research on glaucoma. Another project, focusing on the quality of life of patients with conditions like glaucoma, has recently attracted £110,000 of funding from the pharmaceutical company Merck, Sharp & Dohme. u

City spin-out continues innovating health services

Enterprise at City

Technology Transfer team supports Professor’s company in software rollout One of City’s spin-out companies is close to launching new software to help Primary Care Trusts (PCTs) and schools deliver vision screening of school-age children.

Our Technology Transfer team

The software, which enters beta testing next month, will enable PCTs and schools to improve vision screening for children nationwide.

The team, based in Drysdale Building, works with City academics and researchers to assess the commercial viability of their work and take it to market.

It has been created by Thomson Screening Solutions, a company founded by Professor David Thomson from the School of Health Sciences that offers products and services to improve the quality and cost-efficiency of vision screening.

If a project is deemed viable, the TT team helps academics protect their intellectual property and file a patent application if necessary. The team provides help in forming a company and finding funding for the commercial development of the project.

The new software, which supersedes a single-user system already used by five PCTs, is being developed as a server-based system providing PCTs and private schools with subscription based access to manage a database of children and back-office administration (eg producing letters for parents and referral reports).

Currently there is no national co-ordination enforcing schools’ vision screening programmes and no administration support meaning that screening is inconsistent regionally and prone to errors. The new software will address these issues to improve the efficacy of national screening programmes.

Professor Thomson is being supported to develop commercial software by the Technology Transfer team in the City Enterprise Office.

The Technology Transfer (TT) team supports City academics with advice and support regarding the commercial viability of their research and in establishing companies to commercialise it, intellectual property (IP), copyright and collaboration with external third-parties.

City is working with Professor Thomson’s company to commercialise his vision screening software and investing resources in its development. A commercial launch is expected early in 2012, following completion of beta testing.

Dr Carol Daniel, Head of Technology Transfer in the City Enterprise Office, encourages City academics to consider his team when developing research.

“It is worth talking to us [Technology Transfer] at the start of a project before third parties get involved,” he explains. “We are keen to help and can provide advice on IP or collaborating with third parties and we can help academics with commercial roll outs.”

A video about Thomson Screening Solutions can be found on YouTube (search for Thomson Screening Solutions). To find out how the TT team can help commercialise your ideas, please contact Carol Daniel: carol.daniel.1@city.ac.uk u

City’s IP policy divides commercial revenues between the inventor, their School or Department and the University. The policy can be found on the intranet:

intranet.city.ac.uk/staff/ hr/policies/professionalconduct/intellectualproperty

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As the Journalism Department celebrates its 35th anniversary, City News looks back on its development and achievements

Investigating journalism at City University London Since it first started with 13 students in 1976, the Journalism Department has grown in reputation to become a leader in its field, capitalising on its strong industry links to leading newspapers and media organisations and on City’s location close to London’s media industry.

Last month, London’s media elite– including notable City alumnus Sky News presenter Dermot Murnaghan (below centre) and Faisal Islam, Economics Editor at Channel 4 News – joined more than 300 alumni, past and present academics and friends of the Journalism Department to celebrate its 35th anniversary.

Professor George Brock, Head of Journalism, said at the event that, while City's Journalism Department has expanded significantly, its reputation has remained for offering students access to the best academics who combine academic expertise with professional industry experience. "While our courses continue to adapt to the times, our reputation built over the last 35 years for providing the best journalism degrees in the heart of London is consistent,” said George.

Anna McKane, Director of Undergraduate Studies, Journalism, is currently the Department’s longest-serving member of staff having joined City in 1995. A former journalist and Chief Sub-Editor at Reuters, she retires from City later this year. Anna recalls that when she started at

City students used Amstrad computers and saved work on floppy disks, while the Broadcast Studio was not equipped to professional standards.

Despite this, the department was already ‘extremely well regarded’ and successfully preparing students to succeed in journalistic careers after they graduated.

“We must keep up to date [with technologies and trends] all the time and we have never rested on our laurels,” says Anna. “Journalism is all about networking and we have always been particularly strong on getting to know our students and keeping in touch with them after they graduate.”

Focus on business and the professions The establishment of City’s first postgraduate diploma in Journalism under Director Tom Welsh (pictured above) reflected our focus on business and the professions. Jeremy Tunstall, a Professor in the Social Science Department, approached the late David Jenkins (then Head of the Centre for Arts and Related Studies) to ask him to consider starting a journalism course. After a submission to the Senate, a proposal was accepted and Tom Welsh was appointed the leader of the new course.

At that time the only other UK university to enter the field was Cardiff.

Two years of work by Tom – including getting accreditation by the National Council for the Training of Journalists and arranging sponsorship and funding for students (from The Times, The Sun, Reuters and others) – eventually paid off. The first 13 students (from 120 applicants) started the diploma in October 1976 with a talk from Harold Evans (above right), then Editor of The Sunday Times.

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Asked about the Department’s more notable achievements, Anna mentions four that spring to mind: investment in high quality and up-

students with the skills and tools needed to succeed in the 21st Century media industry, in which interactive and participatory approaches to journalism are becoming increasingly prevalent.

Journalism at City: A potted timeline

Head of Department George Brock concludes: "Journalism is changing very fast right now and at City we have exciting challenges in front of us as we try to focus, not just on what is new, but on what is important."

1976

You can find out more about the history of City’s Journalism Department on Tom Welsh’s blog: earliestdays.wordpress.com u

Periodical course starts

Tom Welsh is first Director of Journalism Studies 13 students accepted for diploma

1982 £30k refit of new radio studio and print technology

1984 John Dodge joins as first Professor of Journalism International Journalism MA launched

Photo courtesy of the Press Gazette

1988 to-date equipment; the practical broadcasting experience offered to students and access to broadcasting equipment; continued success in getting students into many careers; and the exchange programme whereby students can spend a term at universities abroad, such as in Australia, Canada, the United States, Hong Kong or Europe.

Anna believes that good journalists must have spent time living in another country, to learn about other cultures and to expand their knowledge of the world. “We have a massive number of students who go on these exchange programmes and it is a big achievement for City,” she says. “This is now a huge selling point of our courses.”

State of play Now, City’s Journalism Department has over 600 students enrolled on a dozen undergraduate and postgraduate courses in journalism, covering a range of specialisms like science, finance, broadcast and international journalism and, new for this year, an MA in Interactive Journalism.

This newest programme, developed by Visiting Professor Paul Bradshaw and Programme Director Jonathan Hewett, demonstrates City’s forward-thinking approach in providing

Broadcast diploma course starts

Notable City alumni

1991

The Journalism Department has a network of over 4,000 alumni worldwide, including many who have gone on to very successful careers in journalism, such as:

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• Fraser Nelson (Editor, The Spectator);

Investigative Journalism MA launched

• James Harding (Editor, The Times);

2009

• Will Lewis (General Manager, News International);

Journalism wing opens in College Building after £12M refit

• John Mullin (Editor, Independent on Sunday);

Journalism and Social Science BA launched Journalism and Contemporary History BA launched

2007

@cityjournalism Twitter feed launched (now the

• Dermot Murnaghan (Sky News);

most followed Journalism School in Europe)

• Kirsty Lang, Sophie Raworth, Caroline Wyatt (BBC);

Science Journalism MA begins

• Samira Ahmed, Faisal Islam and Brigid Nzekwu (Channel 4 News);

Financial Journalism MA launched with support from BBC and FT

• Ben Preston (Editor, Radio Times Magazine); and • Caroline Faraj (Head of CNN Arabic).

2010

Bureau of Investigative Journalism opened

2011 Interactive Journalism MA launched

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City is at the forefront of research encouraging greater creativity in technology development and fostering innovation

Exploring relationships between creativity, innovation and technology Creativity and innovation are increasingly important to business and professional communities in the current economic climate.

The Cox Review, commissioned by the Chancellor of the Exchequer in 2005, identified creativity as key to future business success and national prosperity. More recently, the Government’s Innovation Nation white paper called for the UK to ‘excel at all types of innovation’.

In a speech at the end of 2010, Prime Minister David Cameron set out a vision for high tech innovation centred on the recent explosion of digital businesses based in and around London’s Old Street and Shoreditch areas, dubbed ‘the Silicon Roundabout’. This area, just south east of Northampton Square, is currently being developed through the Tech City UK initiative launched in May 2011 (see box right).

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In this context, City’s interdisciplinary Centre for Creativity in Professional Practice was established in 2009. It brings together researchers from across the University to address the need for a London-based centre of excellence in research and practice relating to innovation, creativity and leadership.

The Centre for Creativity includes a team from the Centre for Human-Computer Interaction Design, whose particular interest is in the relationship between creativity, innovation and technologies.

This involves looking at ways in which more creative ideas can be brought into the development of new technologies or systems and in turn, their use in supporting creativity and innovation.

Creativity workshops Since 2001, Professor Neil Maiden and Doctor Sara Jones (pictured left) have conducted creativity workshops with organisations such as the UK Police IT Authority and Eurocontrol, which represents European air traffic controllers.

These workshops used techniques for stimulating creative thinking to generate new ideas for using bio-metric technologies in policing; and for computer-based systems supporting the management of aircraft arrivals and departures at major European airports.

More recently, the team has developed various innovative tools and technologies designed to support creative thinking in business, education and health and social care.

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Research at City

Technology can help teams collaborate even when spread across different locations

MIRROR project A project run by the Centre for Creativity, this is investigating the use of mobile applications (‘apps’) to support creative problem-solving by the carers of dementia patients.

MIRROR is being funded under the European FP7 programme.

The Centre for Creativity uses a Creative Stickies application running on Microsoft Surface, a table-sized touchscreen like those found on many mobile smartphones. The application allows the Centre to explore the possibilities of brainstorming using digital Post-it notes rather than the conventional paper forms or note taking. The digital notes can be viewed and edited by those engaged in brainstorming, rather than relying on written notes which are less easily shared and edited, particularly when not all participants are physically present.

Doctor Jones says: “This approach enables teams to brainstorm collaboratively even when they are spread across different locations and it automatically maintains a digital record of ideas generated that can then be fed into project activities further down the line.”

A recent Centre for Creativity project has invested in the use of digitally augmented physical spaces to support problem-based learning of creative design. The project was funded by a JISC (Joint

The apps designed so far support more direct capturing of notes and information by carers in situ.

Information Systems Committee) programme on transforming curriculum delivery through technology.

In these digitally-augmented spaces, activities that normally use physical artefacts such as pens and paper can be enhanced using technology to provide additional advantages, such as the ability to work with remote teams or capture digital records of work done in design meetings.

For example, sketches can be drawn using pens augmented with ultrasonic transmitters so that a digital record of sketches is created as they are drawn which can then be shared with colleagues elsewhere. The spaces, dubbed ‘pods’, are used by students learning creative design and are especially useful for part-time students needing to collaborate with other group members between timetabled teaching sessions.

A student who has used these pods commented: “The pods were great for facilitating group discussions. For part-time students in particular who may or may not live in London and have a full-time job or children, group work is hard as you have a million other things to be doing so meeting up between lectures is difficult. The pods were a great way to sit down with your team and catch up on where everyone was.” u

MIRROR uses a modified form of Twitter, alongside case-based reasoning, to support creative thinking by carers about how best to provide care in difficult situations, such as when care home residents with dementia become aggressive.

Find out more You can find out more about the development of the Tech City UK initiative on its website:

www.techcityuk.com You can also find out more about the work of the Centre for Creativity and what it offers students and organisations, including its Masters in Innovation, Creativity and Leadership (the MICL) on our website: creativity.city.ac.uk

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A journalism student investigates the huge discounts on designer clothing on offer at sample sales

The secret’s out on those sample sales It was almost one o’clock in the afternoon and I had just joined the end of the achingly long queue for the opening of the Secret Sample Sale. Deep in the heart of London’s Brick Lane, the queuing women had gathered for this unique event to bag themselves a pair of Manolo Blahnik heels, an Alberta Ferreti dress or even a Gucci handbag at high street prices.

London has been giving New York a run for its money by hosting fantastic sample sales all around the capital with the promise of up to 90% off designer clothing. Finding out when and where these pop-up sales are happening can be as exciting as attending the events themselves.

The events are hosted in some of London’s most iconic locations.

The Truman Brewery in East London oozes cool, while the Chelsea Town Hall and The Music Rooms on South Molton Lane provide more sophisticated and spacious venues for you to shop till you drop.

Dedicated sample sale hunter Jia Yun To, 21, never misses a sale. She says: “I am obsessed. I mean obsessed. I am a penniless student

with very expensive tastes, but it is something I love doing with my friends. Every time I go, I have a completely new experience but the excitement is always the same.”

Normally, the end of each season is when designers want to sell off their stock, but some groups set up flash sales throughout the year.

At flash sales the samples are clothes that were lent to magazines for photo shoots or advertising campaigns, or extra merchandise they were not able to sell off to suppliers.

A simple search on the internet will lead to websites that specialise in listing and advertising the sales. Subscribing to websites such as Samplesaleslondon.co.uk, dailycandy.com and samplesal.es ensures that the latest flash sales information lands safely in your email inbox.

More recently, online flash sales like the Outnet.com have caused quite a stir on the internet. The sales work in the same way but without the crowds. Because the clothes are all new you won’t find the same wild bargains, however.

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The top sales have queues out the door and are seriously frantic when you get inside. Pushing, pulling and dress-grabbing are all part of the experience and the adrenaline is sure to get your heart racing.

But when you find a gem at a huge discount it is all worth it. u

Meet your colleagues

Name and job title?

Who would you invite to your dream dinner party?

David Chan, Director of the Centre for Information Leadership and Business Development in the School of Informatics.

I would have to offer a vegetarian option as one of my first guests would be the Buddha and I would love to have Jesus, Lao Tse and Mohammed there as well.

What do you do at City day to day?

My day is varied and includes dealing with floods of emails, liaising with students, speaking to journalists and at conferences, lecturing, marking and writing articles. The list goes on and on, but no two days are alike.

The two halves of my role are synergistic – we need to have a network in the IT industry to promote the Master of Information Leadership and by building that network, we see opportunities to work more with industry.

What is your biggest challenge in your job?

The biggest challenge is to deliver a high-quality executive Masters and to sell this very expensive course in the depths of a recession.

How do you overcome it?

By retaining my enthusiasm and demonstrating my commitment to the course.

If you didn’t do your job what would you be doing?

Probably establishing new businesses, writing and coaching. I am a co-founder of one of the most prominent book-collecting communities on the internet in the UK: www.rarelist.co.uk I am also a published writer (of Dingoes and Marsupial Lions - how to start a business without gambling your home).

What do you do in your spare time and to relax?

I play the guitar and have been known to do the occasional open mic nights. I eat out a lot and being in central London is great.

I practice Qi Gong and I do a lot of walking around London; the Regents Canal being one of my favourite walks.

I think I would like to invite Arsene Wenger because of his focus on developing talent and I would love to hear Arsene talking to Peter Drucker.

I would want Alan Turing, Charles Darwin, Richard Dawkins, John Maynard Keynes, Nelson Mandela, Barack Obama, David Cameron, Nick Clegg and Silvio Berlusconi (the latter for the entertainment value he would provide!)

Favourite place in London?

It has got to be Gerrard Street [in London’s Chinatown], as I spend a lot of time eating there.

Favourite film?

Too many to mention, but I keep watching an old Kung Fu classic called The Legend of a Kung Fu Fighter.

Favourite book?

The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment by Eckharte Tolle, plus Sir Terry Pratchett’s Thief of Time.

Favourite song or music?

Beethoven’s Violin Concerto in D minor – the third movement is so evocative of the joy of being alive! u

I am also interested in the popularisation of science, being a member of the Royal Institution. I take a keen interest in evolution, psychology and philosophy.

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Dates for your diary Vice-Chancellor’s Open House 10:00 – 11:00 Wednesday 2 November, Oliver Thompson Lecture Theatre Professor Paul Curran, Vice-Chancellor, and Professor Richard Verrall, Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Strategy & Planning), will outline the Phase One investment in academic staff under the Strategic Plan.

Pakistan in the Media: Changing the narrative, bringing new voices and talent 18:00 – 20.30 Wednesday 2 November, Oliver Thompson Lecture Theatre Panelist session exploring how young British South Asians in the media are helping shape the relationship between Britain and Pakistan. In partnership with The RSA and The Samosa.

The Politics of Visibility: Mediating the Global, Local and the In-between Conference 09:15 – 17:00 Friday 4 November, Parasol Unit Foundation for Contemporary Art, 14 Wharf Road, London N1 7RW

Inaugural lecture by Heather Brooke, investigative journalist, freedom of information activist and Visiting Professor of Journalism at City.

Lunchtime Concert: Clare Hammond (piano) 13:10 – 13:50 Friday 4 November, Performance Space, College Building A programme of Szymanowski, Hesketh, Liszt and Panufnik.

Piano Duo Antithesis: French Music for Two Pianos 19:00 – 20:30 Tuesday 8 November, Performance Space, College Building Petros Moschos and Dimitris Karydis, City alumni and Honorary Visiting Fellows perform a programme for two pianos including works by Ravel, Mihaud, Messien and Debussy.

Can philanthropy and aid help development in Pakistan?

18:00 – 20:30 Monday 14 November, Oliver Thompson Lecture Theatre Panel session on how civil society networks are benefiting

development in Pakistan. In partnership with The RSA and The Samosa.

Lunch and Learn - Writing for Children 13:00-14:00 Thursday 17 November, AGO1 College Building Free taster session for City staff on developing writing skills. Register at www.city.ac.uk/lunchandlearn

Lunch and Learn – Narrative Non-Fiction 13:00-14:00 Thursday 1 December, AG01 College Building Free taster session for City staff on developing writing skills. Register at www.city.ac.uk/lunchandlearn

Coming soon!

Exclusive tastecard discount dining for staff In early November, City staff will be able to get an exclusive discount on tastecard membership, enabling 50% off and two-for-one deals on over 5,500 restaurants nationwide.

Look out for an all-staff email arriving in early November with more details.

Staff training and development Introduction to Higher Education

Minute Taking

Thursday 3 November

I did that course!

Thursday 24 November

Finance and Purchasing Training

Chloe Blinman, Personal Assistant in the Dean’s Office at Cass, has taken the Recruitment and Selection Introduction for Professional Staff course.

Effective Use of Email

Monday 14 November

Safeguarding Children and Vulnerable Adults Thursday 17 November

Recruitment and Selection Introduction (Professional Staff) Tuesday 22 November to Wednesday 23 November

Chloe said: “I thoroughly enjoyed the course and learned a great deal. I would definitely recommend this session.”

Friday 25 November For more information about our staff training, email evan.bates.1@city.ac.uk or visit our intranet:

intranet.city.ac.uk/staff/staff-development