The Friday Feeling 21/02/18

LICC staff rep elections

There’s still time to put yourself forward for one of the 6 vacant Finance and Planning LICC staff rep positions.  Anyone can go for it, so long as you work in Finance and Planning!  It doesn’t matter how long you’ve worked here or if you’re on a  fixed term contract.

Send your completed nomination form to ! finance and planning (comms and events) by 5pm tonight.

Transforming Lives

PSOM – Several open staff briefings are taking place from 27 February – 2 March on the future shape and direction of Professional Services.  The focus of these briefings will be Student and Academic Services however there will be shorter updates from the other project areas.  Book your place here.

Strategy update sessions – Two update sessions are scheduled for the 26th and 28th February where you can hear directly from two of the project leads.  Dan Ladbury (Director of Estates) will be speaking about the Campus Masterplan and Robert Eccleston (PVC for Research and Global Engagement) will be introducing the Creating Knowledge Implementation Plan.  Book your place here.

You can now view the slides from the January sessions (Shaping Futures and Hallam Deal).

Campus Masterplan – Further to Deborah’s update at the F&P Team Brief  Richard Calvert has written about our vision for our future campus.  Additionally, Estates have revamped their Future Spaces blog which has more general information about the Masterplan, an interactive map of the estate and an option to subscribe to updates and disruption notifications.

The VC’s Blog

This week the VC is talking about the Government review of student fees.

SHU offering free health checks for Blades fans

The University will be offering a mini health MOT to Blades fans attending Bramall Lane on selected match days to help raise awareness of cancer and improve general health.  Find out more about the health check; the fixtures where it will be available; and where the tests will take place.