Annual Fund bids
Applications for funding from the Annual Fund open on 14 March, with over £300,000 available this year. Information on the submission process and the application form can be found on the Annual Fund web pages (from 14 March). Applications need the approval of the relevant Head of Service or Dean of College, prior to the deadline: 5pm on Wednesday 20 April. All applications will be reviewed by the Annual Fund disbursement panel which will make recommendations to Dual Engagement in June.

Tell Us…how to save time and money
Lots of us have good ideas that could save the University money, or save time so that staff can concentrate on what matters most. ‘Tell Us’, the University’s new staff suggestion scheme, launches today. All ideas that are submitted will be reviewed, and those who make suggestions will be kept up to date regarding progress. The best suggestions will be recognised and celebrated. To find out more, please visit the Tell Us website.

ESI recruitment begins
The University has started its recruitment drive for the new £30 million Environment and Sustainability Institute (ESI) in Cornwall, initially seeking 23 new academic staff. This includes the six academic leads who will help guide research across the centre’s three themes of clean technologies, natural environment, and social science and sustainability.

New staff association
A new staff association is being created. To build on the momentum created by the strong response to February’s inaugural meeting, a second informal meeting will be held on Friday 11 March at 5.30pm at Reed Hall. For further information, please contact Kat Salvetti.

Smoking policy survey
The Health and Safety Committee is reviewing the University's Policy on Smoking. The Committee would like to know your views on how effective the current policy is as well as receive suggestions to improve it. Please spare a little time to complete a short web based survey.

Exeter alumnus runs 1,000 miles for leukaemia
Andy Jackson, an Exeter graduate, is running from John O’Groats to Land’s End dressed as Mr Happy. His ultimate goal is to raise £250,000 for Children with Leukaemia - approximately the cost of the treatment he received after being diagnosed with leukaemia in 2003. He is expected to run through Exeter on Thursday 28 April. To make a donation, please visit the Mr Happy Runs Britain webpage.

Smile for a patrol mile
Estate Patrol is organising a sponsored walk in aid of Huntingdon's disease and Meningitis on Saturday 19 March at 10.30am. The ‘Smile for a patrol mile’ involves walking or running 1.2 miles around campus. The start and finish point is Northcote House car park. All welcome. For further information, please email Julian Whitehead.

Free tennis
There will be free indoor tennis sessions on Tuesdays and Thursdays 1-2pm at Streatham from next week until the end of term. These are open to players of all abilities including beginners. The focus is on fitness with sessions done to music and led by a qualified coach. Rackets provided. Places limited to 10 per session so please book as soon as possible on 01392 724452.

Online memory study: Win £29 voucher
Researchers at the Mood Disorders Centre are looking for volunteers for an online memory study. The 15 minute survey investigates how we remember positive and negative events and how they may influence our mood. Further information is provided within the survey. If you provide your e-mail address you will automatically be entered into a draw for ten £29 gift vouchers. For further information, please contact Dr Lynn Watson, 01392 72 6323.

Early years child assessment study
Researchers at Peninsula College of Medicine are looking for parents of 2-4 year olds to complete a questionnaire on their children’s development and well-being. Many surveys assessing psychological development and problems in children focus on school age children, even though parents often ask GPs and Health Visitors about emotional and behavioural issues in the early years. If the questionnaire works well, then the recognition and treatment of these problems may help improve “school readiness” and avert more serious problems in later life. The questionnaire can be completed on-line or face to face. For further information or to take part, please contact Dr Tamsin Ford.

Chocolate study – volunteers needed
Female volunteers are needed for a research project on brisk walking and concentration. The first study is looking for women with a body mass index of more than 25 who eat 100g or one chocolate bar a day to undertake two 40-60 minute laboratory sessions at St Luke’s. The second is for regular chocolate eaters who have given up chocolate for Lent. They will also be needed for two 40-60 minute sessions. Volunteers who complete the sessions will receive £15. For further information, please contact Hwajung Oh, PhD student, Sport and Health Sciences, 07891 865371.

IBM visit
The IBM Smarter Skills Bus will visit Streatham on Friday, March 18. This drop-in facility will give visitors the opportunity to meet key experts and learn more about the latest technologies. It will park in the lay-by on North Park Road, between Harrison and Amory, from 8am-4pm. As a result, nine parking spaces will be removed for the day.

Lifeguard and swimming teacher courses
St Luke's Sports Centre is running a National Pool Lifeguard Qualification course and a Level 1 Swimming Teachers course during the Easter holidays. Both courses are eligible to those aged 16 or more, and are great entry level qualifications into the leisure industry. For more information, please visit our educational courses page or call 01392 724940.

Support Erin’s farewell marathon
Erin Christian, Public Relations Manager, is leaving the University shortly. To mark her return to the Big Smoke, she hopes to raise £2,000 for SPARKS, the medical charity, by running the London Marathon on 17 April. She is also planning a cake sale and raffle – prize donations gratefully received. To support Erin, please visit: http://www.justgiving.com/Erin-Allgrove0.

Sat, 12 March, 7-9pm
Asia night, presented by Asian Soc. Dance, music, food and song. In aid of a school for street children in Jaipur. More information on Facebook.
Location: River Dream centre, River Church, Northernhay Street, Exeter.

Mon, 14 March, 3-4.30pm
Seminar: Dr Yulia Egorova, Durham University, 'DNA as a memory site: perspectives from ‘Jewish genetics’'. Further information: egenis@exeter.ac.uk.
Location: Egenis, Byrne House, Streatham.

Wed, 16 March, 11am
Jean Monnet Lecture on EU Governance: Dr Christine Reh, University College London, ‘The Informal Politics of Legislation: Explaining Secluded Decision-Making in the European Union’.
Further information: Centre for European Governance website.
Location: A115, Amory, Streatham.

Thurs, 17 March, 1pm
Sustainability Seminar: Tony Greenham, New Economics Foundation, ‘The Great Transition: A High-Wellbeing and Low Carbon Economy’.
Location: Poldhu Room, Kay Building, Streatham.

Thurs, 17 March, 1pm
Centre for Ecology & Conservation Seminar Series: Dr Heikki Helanterä, University of Helsinki, ‘Evolution of recognition and cues in Formica ants’. Further information: Dr Nick Royle.
Location: Lecture Theatre A,
Daphne du Maurier, Tremough.

Thurs, 17 March, 2-5pm
Workshop: The Ageing Brain: a Cross-Disciplinary Approach to Dementia – for academics and clinicians interested in dementia. Reservations: Helen Butler: h.g.butler@exeter.ac.uk or 01392 726208.
Location: Room 112, Baring Court, St Luke’s.

Thurs, 17 March, 4.15pm
Human Geography research seminar: Professor Peter Jackson, University of Sheffield, ‘Consumer culture and gendered anxieties about food’.
Location: Poldhu Room, Kay Building, Streatham.

Thurs, 17 March, 5.15pm
Nicolas Orme Lecture in Medieval History 2011: Professor Diarmaid MacCulloch, University of Oxford, on ‘Reformation Perspectives on the Middle Ages’.
Location: Room 106, Harrison Building, Streatham.

Fri, 18 March, 2-4pm
Big Dilemmas Symposium: The Future of Renewable Energy in the UK – lessons from the Severn Barrage. Chaired by Professor Peter Cox. Places limited, please book: bigdilemma@exeter.ac.uk. Location: Harrison 103, Streatham.

Mon, 21 March, 3-4.30pm
Seminar: Dr Barbara Prainsack, King’s College London, 'Doing knowledge: Science, practice, and policy making'. Further information: egenis@exeter.ac.uk.
Location: Egenis, Byrne House, Streatham.

Mon, 21 March, 5.15-6.45pm
Communism and Post-Communism Seminar Series: Dr Madeleine Reeves, University of Manchester, ‘Mourning, violence and political community in Kyrgyzstan’s “April Events” of 2010 ’.
Location: Margaret Room 1, Queen’s, Streatham.

Tues, 22 March, 11am-3pm
Bridging the Gaps @ Tremough - an opportunity to hear about the Bridging the Gaps project and contribute to its future direction. To attend, please contact Helen Butler: h.g.butler@exeter.ac.uk or 01392 726208.
Location: Seminar Room 9, Peter Lanyon Building, Tremough.

Tues, 22 March, 1pm
Research Seminar: Professor Carey Jewitt, University of London, ‘Visual and Multimodal Research in the Classroom’. Further information: Tamara Snell.
Location: BC114, St Luke’s.

Wed, 23 March, 11am
Jean Monnet Lecture on EU Governance: Dr Scott James, King’s College London, ‘From Lisbon Strategy to Europe 2020: Understanding the Changing Discourse of the EU's Economic Reform Agenda’.
Further information: Centre for European Governance website.
Location: B218, Amory, Streatham.

Wed, 23 March, 5pm
Church service: Candlelit Lenten sequence of readings, images, choral items and hymns. Further information: Revd Clifton Graham.
Location: University Chapel, Streatham.

Wed, 23 March, 6.30pm
DecAid fund-raiser: Talk by General Sir Nick Parker, Commander-in-Chief of Land Forces and former Deputy Commander of ISAF in Afghanistan. Tickets: £10 or £5 for students. www.DecAid.co.uk/
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Location: Newman A, Peter Chalk, Streatham.

Thurs, 24 March, 1pm
Centre for Ecology & Conservation Seminar Series: Dr Chris Jiggins, University of Cambridge, ‘The biology of speciation in Heliconius butterflies: from cardboard models to next-gen sequencing’. Further information: Dr Nick Royle.
Location: Lecture Theatre A, Daphne du Maurier, Tremough.

Thurs, 24 March, 4.15pm
Human Geography research seminar: Dr Richard Powell, University of Oxford, ‘What is submarine territory? Extending the sovereign rights of the Danish Kingdom’.
Location: Amory 128, Streatham.

Mon, 28 March, 3-4.30pm
Seminar: Dr Nadire Ali, Imperial College London, 'Human ES and iPS cell-derived cardiomyocytes: Challenges in their potential uses in medicine'. Further information: egenis@exeter.ac.uk.
Location: Egenis, Byrne House, Streatham.

Wed, 30 March, 12.45-1.45pm
Lecture: Peter Randall-Page, Honorary Graduate, on sculpture, including his work on loan, Flayed Stone II. Further information: gina.cox@exeter.ac.uk and Fine Art website.
Location: LT2, Queen’s Building, Streatham.

Wed, 30 March, 4.45pm for 5.15pm
POSreF seminar: Dr Jane Carré, PMS, ‘Mitochondrial function in the systemic inflammatory response and sepsis’. Professor Simon Jackson, University of Plymouth, on ‘Lysophospholipid acyltransferases – novel regulators of the inflammatory response’. To register: susan.westoby@pms.ac.uk; other queries: paul.winyard@pms.ac.uk.
Location: Lavender House Hotel, Ashburton.

Thurs, 31 March, 1pm
Centre for Ecology & Conservation Seminar Series: Dr Jon Slate, University of Sheffield, ‘Heritability and selection of individual recombination rate in a wild mammal’. Further information: Dr Nick Royle.
Location: Lecture Theatre A, Daphne du Maurier, Tremough.

Northcott Spring highlights

Tues 8 to Sat 12 March, 7.30pm
Sat Matinee, 2.30pm
The Gondoliers, presented by Exeter University Gilbert & Sullivan Society.

Sun 13 March, 7.30pm
Classical Concert Series 2010/11: Award-winning Piatti Quartet plays Haydn, Schubert and Smetana.

Tues 15 to Sat 19 March, 7.30pm, Thurs Schools Matinee, 2.30pm. Sat Matinee, 2.30pm
Lilies on the Land, a play about the Women’s Land Army of World War II, presented by Fresh Glory Productions. Age: 9+. Post show talk on Wed 16 March. Lilies On The Land website.

Sun 20 March, 2pm, 4.30pm
Lost and Found, presented by Travelling Light and Polka Theatre. Age: 3-7 years. Travelling Light Theatre Company.

English Touring Opera – Spring 2011 highlights