UAS Conference 2011: Schedule by speaker Presenter Co-presenters Title Category Start time End time Room number Alan Percy How do we know what works? The importance of evaluating the work of the Counselling Service Alana Davies Colin Ryde; Wendy Shepherd Careers in departmental administration 09:30 09:55 Room 2 09:30 09:55 Room 7 Alexandra Lumbers Daren Bowyer; Mary Kerr; Nancy Braithwaite Alison Cross Stephen Noakes Significant changes to retirement and pensions 1-hour workshop 15:00 16:00 East School Alison Prince 100 uses for Quick Response (QR) codes 11:50 12:15 Room 7 Amanda Darley Matthew Atwell Why should you care about VAT? How to avoid costly errors and make useful savings 13:30 13:55 Room 9 Amy Sims Mark Dyson; Bernard West How the OSS Data Feed can help administrators 10:05 10:30 Room 11 Andrew Hynes Debbie Barr The CONNECT service: new PCs and a new way for linking together computers, users, printers and files 15:35 16:00 Room 10 Andrew Richards Oxford Supercomputing Centre and HPC-SIG 15:00 15:25 Room 8 Andrew Thomas Andy Garlick Frances Wayman Graduate Supervision System Anne Trefethen Asking for money: a practical guide to major gifts fundraising Toward coordinated Central ICT Ben Heath Jim Duddy Oracle Release 12: your questions answered Ben Nicholson Jenny Roberts; John-Paul Roche The Clarendon Fund ten years on: expanding scholarship opportunities for graduate students 11:15 12:15 East School 13:30 13:55 Room 10 09:30 09:55 Room 10 10:05 10:30 Room 9 09:30 09:55 Room 6 Ben Plummer-Powell Whalley; Lizzy Emerson; Mike Nicholson; Hannah Cusworth Bernard West Mark Dyson; Amy Sims How the OSS Data Feed can help administrators 10:05 10:30 Room 11
Beverly Judd Bridget Taylor Esther Byrom; Paull Hammond Davies; Karina George Intrastat reporting: a practical guide for new and existing users Caroline Cheeseman Joy Todd The Joint Museums volunteering and outreach service training 15:35 16:00 Room 14 15:00 15:25 Room 7 Catherine Whalley Jo Gay; Rachel Ives Understanding the JRAM and the Infrastructure Charge for planning, budgeting and forecasting 10:05 10:30 Room 6 Catherine Whalley Pamela Flood; Susan Brace; Lizzy Emerson; Mike Nicholson; Ben Plummer-Powell; Hannah Cusworth Catherine Whalley Christopher Eddie Colin George Colin George; Kapila Lokugamhewa Catherine Whalley; Kapila Lokugamhewa Space charge changes: how they affect your department, the process and how to check your data The worst website in the world Space charge changes: how they affect your department, the process and how to check your data Colin Ryde Alana Davies; Wendy Shepherd Careers in departmental administration 1-hour workshop 15:00 16:00 Room 9 11:15 11:40 Room 7 1-hour workshop 15:00 16:00 Room 9 09:30 09:55 Room 7 Dan Keyworth Dan Selinger Darren Bowyer David Miller Stephen Tall Nancy Braithwaite; Mary Kerr; Alexandra Lumbers Rachel Meyrick; Joanna Barlow; Michael Sibly The DARS vision: creating a shared collegiate University alumni database An overview of Oxford University Press 11:50 12:15 East School 15:00 15:25 Room 2 David Shakespeare Getting more software for your money training 15:00 15:25 Room 14 Debbie Barr Andrew Hynes The CONNECT service: new PCs and a new way for linking together computers, users, printers and files 15:35 16:00 Room 10 Deborah Sanders SITS: e:vision - replacing the Oracle Student System 09:30 09:55 Room 11 Den Moore Stuart Lee; Emma Potts Student Systems Replacement Programme: Digital Experience workshop 1-hour workshop 11:15 12:15 Room 11 Denise Conway Tricia Murkin X5 Project: an update 09:30 09:55 Room 8 Dimitrios Sakellaridis Lucy Hawkins Embracing Twitter to promote services to new audiences 1-hour training workshop 13:30 14:30 Room 14
Ed Wigzell Kate Aydin; Jon Walford Greening the spires 11:15 11:40 Room 9 Emma Potts Stuart Lee; Den Moore Student Systems Replacement Programme: Digital Experience workshop 1-hour workshop 11:15 12:15 Room 11 Emma Potts Student Systems Replacement Programme: Prioritisation workshop 1-hour workshop 15:00 16:00 Room 11 Esther Byrom Bridget Taylor; Paull Hammond- Davies; Karina George Esther North Kate Butler; John Dickson Employing temporary staff: from agency workers to casuals 1-hour workshop 13:30 14:30 Room 15 Frances Wayman Andy Garlick Graduate Supervision System 13:30 13:55 Room 10 Gemma Webb Nicola Cooper-Harvey; Matt Kirk Examinations feedback 1-hour workshop 13:30 14:30 Room 11 Gosia Turner Hannah Boschen Hannah Cusworth Helen Knight James Tibbert Kathryn Dally Tricia Murkin Whalley; Lizzy Emerson; Mike Nicholson; Ben Plummer-Powell Stephen Purbrick Nadia Pollini, Richard Turner Research activity and the Bribery Act: scenario planning and action "There's too much kit lying idle": responding to RCUK's reseach equipment sharing agenda Taking the Annual Programme Statistics (APS) data further Using assertiveness to improve communication in the workplace 10:05 10:30 Room 8 1-hour workshop 13:30 14:30 Room 8 15:35 16:00 Room 8 1-hour workshop 09:30 10:30 Room 1 The future s bright? The University s budget in 2011/12 and beyond New ways of dealing with graduate English language requirements and test waivers in graduate admissions James Tibbert Jo Aldhouse; Sue Castle-Miller Students and visas: roles and responsibilities explained 09:30 09:55 Room 9 1-hour workshop 11:15 12:15 Room 6 15:00 15:25 Room 6 Jane Chanaa Jane Clark Jenny Roberts Tracey Wells John-Paul Roche; Ben Nicholson Enhance your CV and interview skills 1-hour workshop 09:30 10:30 Room 15 Dyslexia Unbound: a short film The Clarendon Fund ten years on: expanding scholarship opportunities for graduate students 11:15 11:40 Room 2 09:30 09:55 Room 6 Jeremy Welch Michelle Laynes The graduate applicant experience: annual survey feedback and action plans 15:35 16:00 Room 6 Jill Fresen WebLearn: recent and upcoming developments training 09:30 09:55 Room 14
Jim Duddy Ben Heath Oracle Release 12: your questions answered Jim O Connell Martha Mackenzie Oxford University Student Union Jo Aldhouse Sue Castle-Miller; James Tibbert Students and visas: roles and responsibilities explained Jo Gay Joanna Barlow Catherine Whalley; Rachel Ives Michael Sibly; David Miller; Rachel Meyrick Understanding the JRAM and the Infrastructure Charge for planning, budgeting and forecasting 10:05 10:30 Room 9 10:05 10:30 Room 7 15:00 15:25 Room 6 10:05 10:30 Room 6 John Dickson Kate Butler; Esther North Employing temporary staff: from agency workers to casuals 1-hour workshop 13:30 14:30 Room 15 John-Paul Roche Jenny Roberts; Ben Nicholson Jon Walford Kate Aydin; Ed Wigzell Greening the spires The Clarendon Fund ten years on: expanding scholarship opportunities for graduate students Jonathan Ashton Miranda Llewellyn The new Information Security Policy - what, when and how? 09:30 09:55 Room 6 11:15 11:40 Room 9 10:05 10:30 Room 10 Jonathan Black Polly Elliott Joy Todd Caroline Cheeseman The Joint Museums volunteering and outreach service Kapila Lokugamhewa Kara Eastwood Karina George Colin George; Catherine Whalley Zoë Power; Stephen Barker Bridget Taylor; Esther Byrom; Paull Hammond-Davies Kate Aydin Ed Wigzell; Jon Walford Greening the spires Uncover your hidden consultancy skills and use them in a job 1-hour workshop 11:15 12:15 Room 15 Space charge changes: how they affect your department, the process and how to check your data Business Intelligence: new research activity and income reporting for departments 15:00 15:25 Room 7 1-hour workshop 15:00 16:00 Room 9 11:15 11:40 Room 8 11:15 11:40 Room 9 Kate Butler John Dickson; Esther North Employing temporary staff: from agency workers to casuals 1-hour workshop 13:30 14:30 Room 15 Kathryn Dally Research activity and the Bribery Act: scenario planning and action 10:05 10:30 Room 8 Leyla Okhai What's religion and belief got to do with me? 11:50 12:15 Room 2 Liesl Elder Nick Rawlins, Mark Clay Oxford Thinking : communicating the next phase 1-hour workshop 09:30 10:30 East School Lizzy Emerson Whalley; Hannah Cusworth; Mike Nicholson; Ben Plummer-Powell
Lou Sumner Lucy Hawkins Dimitrios Sakellaridis Grappling with data: using pivots, IF and look-up functions in Excel 2007 Embracing Twitter to promote services to new audiences 1-hour training 1-hour training workshop 11:15 12:15 Room 14 13:30 14:30 Room 14 Lyn Waddington Chewing the CUD 1-hour workshop 11:15 12:15 Room 10 Mark Clay Nick Rawlins, Liesl Elder Oxford Thinking : communicating the next phase 1-hour workshop 09:30 10:30 East School Mark Dyson Amy Sims; Bernard West How the OSS Data Feed can help administrators Martha Mackenzie Mary Kerr Jim O Connell Daren Bowyer; Nancy Braithwaite; Alexandra Lumbers Oxford University Student Union 10:05 10:30 Room 11 10:05 10:30 Room 7 Matt Kirk Nicola Cooper-Harvey; Gemma Webb Examinations feedback 1-hour workshop 13:30 14:30 Room 11 Matthew Atwell Amanda Darley Why should you care about VAT? How to avoid costly errors and make useful savings 13:30 13:55 Room 9 Michael Sibly Michelle Laynes Mike Nicholson Mike Nicholson (tbc) David Miller; Rachel Meyrick; Joanna Barlow Jeremy Welch Whalley; Lizzy Emerson; Hannah Cusworth; Ben Plummer-Powell Sinead Gallagher (tbc) The graduate applicant experience: annual survey feedback and action plans 15:35 16:00 Room 6 So you work at Oxford? Surviving the dinner party conversation Miranda Llewellyn Jonathan Ashton The new Information Security Policy - what, when and how? Nadia Pollini Richard Turner, James Tibbert New ways of dealing with graduate English language requirements and test waivers in graduate admissions 1-hour workshop 11:15 12:15 Room 1 10:05 10:30 Room 10 1-hour workshop 11:15 12:15 Room 6 Nancy Braithwaite Daren Bowyer; Mary Kerr; Alexandra Lumbers Natalie Sowden The truth about tenders 14:05 14:30 Room 9 Nick Rawlins Liesl Elder, Mark Clay Oxford Thinking : communicating the next phase 1-hour workshop 09:30 10:30 East School Nicola Cooper-Harvey Matt Kirk; Gemma Webb Examinations feedback 1-hour workshop 13:30 14:30 Room 11 Olivia Flint Wendy Botwe Graduate student recruitment: a practical approach 1-hour workshop 13:30 14:30 Room 6
Pamela Flood Hannah Cusworth; Susan Brace; Catherine Whalley; Lizzy Emerson; Mike Nicholson; Ben Plummer-Powell Pamela Stanworth Stephen Eyre Telling your story: creating podcasts training 10:05 10:30 Room 14 Paull Hammond-Davies Bridget Taylor; Esther Byrom; Karina George Tim Jones Oxford University Assessment Centre: helping students access disability support assessments within the University 10:05 10:30 Room 2 Jane Clark Dyslexia Unbound: a short film Peter Jones Shared data centre and the private cloud Philippa O'Connor Tessa Finlayson The Medical Sciences Graduate School 11:15 11:40 Room 2 15:00 15:25 Room 10 14:05 14:30 Room 2 Polly Elliott Rachel Ives Jonathan Black Uncover your hidden consultancy skills and use them in a job 1-hour workshop 11:15 12:15 Room 15 Catherine Whalley; Jo Gay Understanding the JRAM and the Infrastructure Charge for planning, budgeting and forecasting 10:05 10:30 Room 6 Rachel Meyrick Michael Sibly; David Miller; Joanna Barlow Richard Ovenden Moving the Bodleian 13:30 13:55 Room 7 Richard Turner Nadia Pollini, James Tibbert New ways of dealing with graduate English language requirements and test waivers in graduate admissions 1-hour workshop 11:15 12:15 Room 6 Ruth Collier Working with the media 1-hour workshop 15:00 16:00 Room 1 Ruth Collins Sleep problems and how to survive them 1-hour workshop 13:30 14:30 Room 1 Sally Rumsey Sam Ellis Sara Smith Sinead Gallagher (tbc) Stephen Barker Mike Nicholson (tbc) Zoë Power; Kara Eastwood Maximising visibility of research outputs using ORA Your pension: an update on the latest developments Dispensation for disabled students So you work at Oxford? Surviving the dinner party conversation Business Intelligence: new research activity and income reporting for departments Stephen Eyre Pamela Stanworth Telling your story: creating podcasts 11:50 12:15 Room 8 11:50 12:15 Room 9 13:30 13:55 Room 2 1-hour workshop 11:15 12:15 Room 1 training 11:15 11:40 Room 8 10:05 10:30 Room 14 Stephen Noakes Alison Cross Significant changes to retirement and pensions 1-hour workshop 15:00 16:00 East School
Stephen Purbrick Helen Knight The future s bright? The University s budget in 2011/12 and beyond 09:30 09:55 Room 9 Stephen Tall Dan Keyworth The DARS vision: creating a shared collegiate University alumni database 11:50 12:15 East School Stuart Lee Emma Potts; Den Moore Student Systems Replacement Programme: Digital Experience workshop Sue Castle-Miller Jo Aldhouse; James Tibbert Students and visas: roles and responsibilities explained Susan Brace Pamela Flood; Hannah Cusworth; Catherine Whalley; Lizzy Emerson; Mike Nicholson; Ben Plummer-Powell 1-hour workshop 11:15 12:15 Room 11 15:00 15:25 Room 6 Susan Brace Introduction to fee status 15:35 16:00 Room 2 Tessa Finlayson Philippa O'Connor The Medical Sciences Graduate School Tim Jones Tom Hockaday Oxford University Assessment Centre: helping students access disability support assessments within the University Isis Innovation: an introduction to technology transfer 14:05 14:30 Room 2 10:05 10:30 Room 2 14:05 14:30 Room 7 Tracey Wells Jane Chanaa Enhance your CV and interview skills 1-hour workshop 09:30 10:30 Room 15 Tricia Murkin Denise Conway X5 Project: an update Tricia Murkin Wendy Botwe Olivia Flint "There's too much kit lying idle": responding to RCUK's reseach equipment sharing agenda Wendy Shepherd Colin Ryde; Alana Davies Careers in departmental administration Zoë Power Kara Eastwood; Stephen Barker 09:30 09:55 Room 8 1-hour workshop 13:30 14:30 Room 8 Graduate student recruitment: a practical approach 1-hour workshop 13:30 14:30 Room 6 Business Intelligence: new research activity and income reporting for departments 09:30 09:55 Room 7 11:15 11:40 Room 8