Date: Sunday 24 February, 10.00am – 5.00pm at the Spinnaker Sports Centre AND St Paul’s Gym

How to Enter:

1. Get a team of friends together  (teams of  five to seven players)
2. Sign up and make payment online – www.port.ac.uk/spot/ims
3. Turn up on the day and have fun

Price: £3 per person (£15 per team)

Entry deadline: All teams must sign-up online by Friday 15 Febraury

Contact: ims@port.ac.uk or call Sarah Taylor on 02392 845101

Learn a language

• Enjoy languages? FREE Beginner Spanish lessons – For more information and to sign up head to http://giagspanish.eventbrite.co.uk.
• Enjoy languages? FREE Intermediate Spanish lessons – For more information and to sign up head to http://giagintermediatespanish.eventbrite.co.uk.

Will you be my Valentine?

Make a handmade card in our Valentine’s card workshop
Date: Tuesday 12 February 2013
Time: 3.00pm – 5.00pm
Venue: 3^rd Space, Students’ Union
Price: Tickets only £2

Dance the night away Modern Jive style

Modern Jive lesson with qualified instructor
Date: Tuesday 12 February 2013
Time: 7.45pm onwards
Venue: Portsmouth Irish Society, 77 Elm Grove
Price: Tickets only £4

Chill out with a bit of mug/plate painting

Date: Tuesday 19 February
Time: Drop-in from 4.00pm – 6.00pm
Venue: Meeting Room 1, Students’ Union
Price: Tickets – £2 mug painting/£3 plate painting

Fire lasers at Laser Quest

Date: Thursday 21 February (must book in advance, by Monday 18 February)
Time: Meet 4.45pm
Venue: Meet at Cambridge Road side to the Students’ Union
Price: Tickets £5 for one game per person

I love Amsterdam

Give it a Go trip to Amsterdam
Date: Thursday 28 February – Sunday 3 March 2013
Price: £135 includes return coach travel, two nights bed and breakfast and travel insurance
Tickets:  Buy online at www.upsu.net/giveitago. The £60 deposit deadline is Monday 11 February 2013

Unless otherwise stated, tickets must be bought in advance at the Welcome Centre Shop, Ground Floor, Students’ Union.  It is important to buy in advance to avoid disappointment.

Follow us on Facebook or email giveitago@upsu.net to keep up to date with all things Give it a Go.

As part of the Athena SWAN conference we are inviting all female academics in Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths (STEM) departments to submit a poster to share their career successes.

If you would like to submit a poster, please contact rkts@port.ac.uk or call Suzi Edwards on 6197 for a poster template.

Date: Wednesday 6 March 2013
Time: 2.00pm – 5.00pm
Venue:  Portland Building

The first University Athena SWAN conference will look at past, present and future progress regarding the Athena SWAN objectives, which are to promote the advancement of women in (STEM). The conference will put them into context for the University of Portsmouth and provide an opportunity for female academics in STEM departments to share their career successes in poster form.

The Chancellor, Sandi Toksvig, will open the conference followed by a keynote speech from Dame Jocelyn Bell Burnell DBE, FRS, FRAS, a British astrophysicist, who as a postgraduate student discovered the first radio pulsars with her thesis supervisor Antony Hewish. Other speakers include Dr Esther Sonnet, Head of School of Creative Arts, Film and Media who will be talking on the brains behind the beauty of Hedy Lamarr, Professor Tara Dean who will talk about the challenges she faced on her road to a successful research career and Professor Paul Hayes who will talk about how departments can aspire to achieve the Athena SWAN Silver Award.

To book a place at the conference, please visit: http://athenaswanconference.eventbrite.co.uk/.

For further details on the Athena SWAN charter at the University please visit: http://www.port.ac.uk/research/athena/.

What is UPEN?

The University of Portsmouth Environment Network (UPEN) was established in 2010 to coordinate and promote the diverse array of environmentally relevant teaching and research across the University. 250 staff and research students have engaged in UPEN activities. The network has achieved all of its original objectives and has been particularly effective in raising the profile of the environmental work of the University externally within the region. UPEN continues to be a success story and one that is being emulated in other areas of cross-faculty activity, such as Ageing.

What are the workshops?

The cross-faculty Steering Group responsible for oversight of the network has recognised that we now need to identify, coordinate and provide leadership for our activities under a small number of broadly drawn thematic areas:

•  Ecosystem Complexity and Environmental Change
• Environmental Hazards and Engineering
• Sustainable Society

More information about the specialist areas of each theme can be found at www.port.ac.uk/upenthemes.

To take this forward we plan to hold three workshops, one for each theme, at which we will explore and develop these ideas further.

Who should attend?

We would like as many people as possible to attend these workshops, including those of you who have not previously engaged with UPEN, so please sign up as appropriate for one or more workshop at www.port.ac.uk/upenthemes.

We recognise that the themes are not mutually exclusive and that individuals could contribute to more than one. We are also proposing cross-thematic interest groups, to which those of you who don’t work directly with the environment, but might have approaches or methodologies that could support the themes might like to get involved.

If you would like to know a little more about some of the recent activities across the network, you can read our January newsletter at www.port.ac.uk/upennews.

Mondays

5.30pm – Body Blast will become Cardio Tone (45 mins)
6.30pm – Studio 1 Funky Step will become Body Blast (45 mins)

Tuesdays

6.30pm – Will be Bokwa level one/two, participants will need to have attended level one for six weeks before attending (45mins)

Wednesdays

5.00pm – Aerobics will become Bokwa level one (45 mins)

For full information regarding the classes and descriptions please visit www.port.ac.uk/fitnessclasses.
To book please call on 023 9284 5555.

Could you lead the Union and represent the views of over 22,000 students?

Any student at the University of Portsmouth can nominate themselves to stand as a candidate for one of the five available Sabbatical Officer positions. We are looking for amazing and passionate people to represent the views of our students and fill the following roles:

• President
• VP Education and Democracy
• VP Activities
• VP Sport
• VP Activities

All five positions are full-time, paid roles for one year and together will form the leadership of the Union for the academic year 2013/2014. You can take on the role at the end of your studies or take a break for a year.

Nominations will be accepted until midday on Monday 18 February 2013.

For more information and to download a nomination pack, please visit: www.upsu.net/elections. You can also email any questions to elections@upsu.net.

The best protection against mumps is the MMR vaccine. If you have not already had two doses of MMR, make an appointment with your GP practice to get vaccinated.

For more information on health matters including mumps and for a list of local GPs, visit www.port.ac.uk/health.

Date:

This year’s RAG ball is sure to be a glamorous event with a black-tie dress code and tickets available for £20. The ticket price includes your sit-down meal followed by three live music acts and a set from DJ Luke Myers.

All profits from this amazing event will be donated to the British Heart Foundation and we are aiming to raise £3000. This is an amazing chance to not only have a great night, but to raise a great deal of money in the process.

For further details visit the Facebook event page or contact rag@upsu.net.

This will speed up the interlibrary loans process and provide an improved service. It is also more sustainable and cost efficient for the library.

A new online interlibrary loan request form is also available on the library website.

For more information please visit the interlibrary loans service page.