This month’s blog photo was taken by Vanessa Chettleburgh and was taken in March last year!
New SPBC Intranet
The SPBC now have a new intranet page which has gone live! You can access the site via the usual ‘Planning’ link within the Intranet under ‘Professional Services and Directorates’. The link is:
SharePoint Upgrade
The SharePoint upgrade which will update our intranet and sites is currently ongoing. You will be notified in the coming weeks when the migration has been completed.
HR Management Brief
The February HR&OD Management Brief is now available to view. This includes an update on the Hallam Deal staff engagement sessions, how to update your Staff Diversity Information, what to expect if a member of your team has a temporary change of their contract which is about to end, the Equality and Human Rights Commission Inquiry into Racial Harassment in HE and the Wellbeing programme.
Mindfulness Conference
The University is hosting a Third Mindfulness Based Life Enhancement Conference which will take place on Saturday 23 March 2019, from 9am to 4pm, and is now open for bookings. The theme will be “Celebrating our Sheffield Mindfulness Community”. This will be an informal gathering, taking place in the Stoddart Building in Sheffield Hallam University. We will have meditation practice and mindful movement. We will review where we are now as a community, and look at current developments. And there will be plenty of time to share our experience of mindfulness practice, exploring ways to keep our practice going.
We will also discuss future directions for our Mindfulness Community. As part of this, we have been talking to Cohesion Sheffield [http://www.cohesionsheffield.co.uk/], and we will be including discussion during the Conference on how our desire to create a Mindful Sheffield can help their aims. So this will be a great opportunity for you to meet others in our ever-growing community, to share ideas and experience, and to help us to grow even further in the future and share the benefits of mindfulness. You can Book Tickets Here. Cost is £21.55 including refreshments and a light lunch.
Mental Health Day
Please be aware that the University Mental Health Awareness Day will be on Thursday 7th March. There will be various activities happening around the University for you to keep an eye out for! Please see the list of EAP activities here, along with a statement from Deborah Harry.
As you may also be aware, Deborah is the University’s Mental Health Champion! Please see the below video of her discussing Mental Health and her own experiences.
The VC has also written about Mental Health and the University Mental Health Day in his blog.
There is also going to be a new Mental Health/Wellbeing initiative starting within Finance and Planning – keep an eye out for an email from Liz Windle with further information.
Transforming Lives
The recent Transforming Lives session featured information around the staff engagement survey which will be circulated on 20th March (Sarah Swales) as well as the web strategy, as presented by Zoe Sibeko. If you were unable to attend, you can view the session here.
The next Transforming Lives session will cover Undergraduate Recruitment and the black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) attainment gap website. The sessions will take place on the following dates:
- Wednesday 20 March (10.30am-11.30pm), Adsetts 6620 (City campus)
Please be aware this session will be filmed.
- Wednesday 20 March (1.30pm – 2.30pm), Heart of the Campus HC 0.06 (Collegiate campus)
New Room Booking System
Timetabling have launched a new booking system called Resource Booker which was made live on Monday 4th March. The Web Room Booking will no longer be operational and all room bookings will now be made through the new system. Please see further information here. If you have any queries, please email ! Space Resource Management
