News Round Up 07/11/2018

/ November 14, 2018

This months winning calendar competition photo is entitled ‘ A stormy Autumn sky battleground at Curbar’ and was captured by Paul Manchester from the Strategic Portfolio and Business Change Team.

State of Hallam

Click here to watch the VC’s State of Hallam event on the 12th October.

University Calendar Competition

This year the University is running its annual calendar competition. This is an opportunity for you to get your photo in print as this year as we will be not be running the traditional calendar competition as it has been in previous years.

The photos can relate to Sheffield, Yorkshire, the University or nature of the region, so it could be a landscape or sunset for example.

Twelve photos will be chosen for each month with the overall winner featured on the front cover!

Send in your entry in jpeg format to The Print Shop by Friday 23 November.
theprintshop@shu.ac.uk

Please put ‘SHU Photo Competition’ in your subject title

Reception Desks Closing for Refurbishment

If you are having visitors to the business between now and the 14th December this one is for you. The reception desks at Adsets Library and the Main Reception in Owen will be closed for refurbishment.

Both desks will reopen as Hallam Help Points in January 2019, as part of the new Hallam Help service. Alternative desks will be available in both locations, with Owen reception staff relocating to the Owen student helpdesk and a temporary helpdesk being created in Adsetts. Signage will point students, staff and visitors to the alternative arrangements.

SHU cards will be issued from 38/40 Howard street during the refurbishment works and security will continue to patrol the Owen reception area. x4444 remains the number to contact FD customer services and switchboard is available by dialling 0.

To read more about changes taking place in Student and Academic Services as part of PSOM, click here.​

Movember 

This year we are taking part in Movember, we have 10 men from across the directorate taking part in the quest to grow some mighty facial hair or a hilarious soup strainer. They’ve already raised over £85 and its only the 7th November, you can donate here or sign yourself up to become one of Mousta-SHU

HR Management Brief

Click here for a link to the HR Management Brief this month there’s links LGBT+ Inclusion survey and also information on sickness reporting now available on the source for line managers.

Equality Essentials Unconscious Bias Reminder

Just a reminder if you have not already had the time to complete the Equality and Diversity training modules which are mandatory for all staff. There are to be some figures reported shortly on our completion rate for the directorate.

ULT Cross cutting roles

The ULT has just published its members’ objectives for 2018/19, as well as info on ULT cross-cutting roles the objectives a d cross cutting riles documentation can be found here.

Campus Masterplan Update 18 October

The University now has a blog site where you can keep up to date with all of the information being released in relation to the University Campus Masterplan. you can access it here.

SHU Wellness

SHU Wellness is a free health and lifestyle service which us run by SHU staff for SHU staff.

SHU wellness services include:

  • A 1 hour annual health check-up
  • Follow up health checks
  • Bite sized workshops
  • Personal activity consultations
  • Healthy eating consultations

To register your interest and book your SHU wellness appointment please either:

For further information see attached:

Health Assure Wellbeing App

Hallam staff now have access to Health Assure’s wellbeing app.

Health Assure’s health e-hub app is easy to use and offers users instant help for a wide range of issues, including:

  • Physical and mental health support.
  • Financial wellbeing tips.
  • Extensive library of videos, webinars, planners and more at the tap of a button.
  • Quick access to online cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT).
  • Self-improvement methods such as becoming more assertive, less angry or more mindful.
  • Lifestyle guidance for family matters, relationships, neighbour disputes and legal problems.

The app is an useful tool we can all use to look after our own wellbeing a bit better.

You will need this to log on:

        • Username: Sheffield
        • Password: Hallam

 

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