Staff Newsletter Issue 6. 1st Feb

Key dates for your calendar

Latest Management Group Meeting Minutes

 

Fancy learning a language at Lunchtime? Find out more here: http://www.bath.ac.uk/flc/study/gp/lunchtime/

 

For more information please visit:
http://www.bath.ac.uk/transport/carshare/index.html
http://www.bath.ac.uk/transport/seasonticket.html http://www.bath.ac.uk/transport/cyclescheme
http://www.bath.ac.uk/transport/publictrans.html

 

Some of you will be pleased to here that you can now recycle food and drinks cartons in you blue recycling bags! Find out more here:

Ladies who lunch… By Lisa Benjamin

Last Thursday the University of Surrey’s Associate Deans came to visit.  Myself and Charlie were invited to dine with them, on account of our dazzling wit and natural charm I assume.  Lunch was delicious, once you got past the over cooked pasta and chicken swimming in butter and decorated with berries (Oh Wessex Restaurant chefs, what were you thinking?).  The Associate Deans were lovely and very interested in the good work going on here in the SU.  Charlie and I waxed lyrical about how superb the SU is whilst demurely sipping drinks with our pinkies held aloft.  Come and find Charlie or me if you would like more information about the visit or more culinary feedback on the Wessex Restaurant.

 

As of Tuesday 30th Jan we have had 1,706 students take part in the SOS survey which is up by 300 from last year. This is good news however we do want to try and reach the 2000 target so if you can all give it one last push before it ends of Friday 3rd that would be fantastic.

 

For any of you that use Facebook can you please invite any Students that you know to the Refresh Week Event on facebook.

> How long have you worked at BUSU?
It will be a year in May

> What is your favourite film?
A tough question. It depends on the mood.. right now I'd say John Woo's 'Hard Boiled', tomorrow it might be 'Before Sunset'. I can always find time to watch 'My Fair Lady' or 'Dr Horribles Sing-a-long blog' though.

> Who is your favourite band?
You ask the hardest questions! Right now I can't stop listening to Fleetwood Macs 'Rumors' and Florence and the Machine.

> What place in the world would you most like to visit?
Japan. I want to go to Nara to see the temples and see Kyoto and Tokyo.

> What did you want to be when you were younger?
A vet, I stopped wanting to be a vet when I discovered I would have to stick my hand up cows bums.

> One funny fact about you?
I was born profoundly deaf, so until I was 6 I thought Dalmation dogs were called 'Tarnation dogs' and because I was lip reading I would add an few extra letters to 'disappearance' to make it diss-apiss-arance'.

 

Happy Birthday to Paul Brooks, Carrie Blake and Laura Winwood who celebrate their birthdays this month!

Laura - 5th Feb Paul - 7th Feb Carrie - 14th

Please send in any photos you have taken to Helen Freeman to see if you can be featured in Photo of the Fortnight! This is one taken by Helen to get the ball rolling.

Illuminate Bath - Friday 27th January

Some more brainteasers for you

 

1.) Before Mount Everest was discovered, what was the highest mountain on earth?

 

2.) A women from New York married ten different men from that city, yet she did not break any law. None of the men died, and she was not divorced. How was this possible?

 

3.) Mr and Mrs Clatter have five children. Half of them are boys, how is this possible?