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Most of the information that you will require for working with the University of Bolton is covered by the Operations Manual developed for the specific programme.  This page is designed to provide generic information as listed below and will be updated throughout the year.

  • Contacts
  • Resources
  • Access to Staff Development
  • Relevant News

Contacts

Generic contacts are provided on the Who We Are| page and contacts specific to your programme will be found in our Agreement and also the Operations Manual.

However, in most cases you will be best advised to liaise through the designated Link Tutor or,  as arranged with the Link Tutor,  the Programme Administrator.  In the event that you wish to raise issues at School level,  please contact the Dean of the School.   If you want to raise issues at University level  ( ie involving central administration or another School), please contact  the Director of International Development.

Wherever appropriate, please ensure that the Link Tutor is copied in on such communications

Resources

Each Autumn, the University will send you a CD with marketing resources which will include

  • Corporate images with advice on how to use logo etc.
  • Promotional information
  • Copy write free  images

With the exception of more detailed advice on how to promote the University, Up-to-Date news is available from the main University News website. 

Access to Staff Development

The University provides a wide range of in-house training programmes for its academic and administrative staff.  Our partner staff are more than welcome to participate free of any charge on the understanding that they will cover their own expenses.   (On a few occasions the University buys-in specific training and there is therefore a charge applied to all participants which would also be applied to partner staff).  Check our website during throughout the year to check what programmes are available.  (It should be noted that training programmes for administrative staff are still being developed but will be included in this calendar in due course)

Partner staff are particularly welcome to attend the Annual Learning and Teaching (ALT) Staff Conference on Thursday 5 July 2012; keep an eye on this page for information about our 2013 conference. 

The University is also pleased to announce that a similar conference has tekenplace at the University's Ras al Khaimah campus in 2012.  The focus of this conference was more directly relate to teaching and learning issues associated with Transnational Education and was be provided at Ras al Khaimah in the hope that partner staff will find it more convenient to attend. Further details of the 2013 event will be available soon on the Professional Development| for Staff website.

It is appreciated that partners will rarely find it cost effective to come to the UK specifically for training events but the University hopes that  they might feel able to tailor future visits so that they coincide. 

If further information or advice is required about any of the training programmes, do not hesitate to contact Sue Burkinshaw, Head of Development. (s.f.burkinshaw@bolton.ac.uk|)

Relevant News

This is an extract of the information provided in the marketing CD which will be updated throughout the year.

The University Going Forward

During these times of recession, many Universities are having to hold back on new developments and start bringing into play very significant redundancy schemes.  The University, given the modest surplus it has been able to build up, is ahead of the game and in a relatively strong position to weather the storm.   In additional, with £20 Million already having been invested in the campus over the last five years, the University has been able to move forward with a number of significant developments. 

The appointment of the Chancellor

At the summer 2010 degree ceremony, Baronness Morris of Bolton, the Deputy Speaker of the House of Lords, was officially declared the University's first Chancellor. It was an historic moment for the university, a true milestone and a mark of how far the University has progressed in recent years.  Lady Morris said: "I am overwhelmed and so proud to hold this position.  "It marries my two great loves — education and Bolton — and I cannot think of anything better."  Lady Morris received two Honorary Doctorates to mark her appointment|. 

 

Bolton One

Bolton One has been unveiled as the name for the town's new £30.6 million swimming pool, health and academic centre. The center brings together a special combination of facilities to improve everyone's health and fitness. Placing these facilities on one site will allow users to select their own package of services that best meets their needs. State of the art facilities will include:

  • Urgent Care Facilities;
  • Primary Care Facilities;
  • Diagnostics
  • Specialised, Community-based Treatment

 

Dr George Holmes, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Bolton, said: 'Bolton One will be a great asset for our students, staff and the entire town. It will also make the University of Bolton a distinctive health learning provider within the university sector. We will be working directly with our Bolton One neighbour NHS Bolton, within the primary care sphere, in a way universities have traditionally worked with hospitals.'

More details can be found here:

http://www.boltonone.com/| 

 

The Centre for Research for Health and Wellbeing

Research in Health and Wellbeing undertakes high quality research which relates to professional agendas and social issues connected to the health and wellbeing of groups and individuals. More details can be found here: http://www.bolton.ac.uk/CRHW/Home.aspx|

New online provision in Business and Computing

The launch of BoltOnline, a suite of online programmes in Business and IT being delivered from this October with more subjects to be included in due course.   Using the state-of-the-art online study programme, Elluminate, we offer the opportunity for live, two-way communication. It enables students to talk in real time to their tutor, or other students, over the internet.In this way students will be able to really experience the debate and discussions, all considered to be distinctive features of the British degree.

These programmes are the same as those delivered in Bolton and can therefore automatically articulate to the appropriate top-up degree delivered overseas. 

 

Other News

The appointment of Professor Rob Campbell

Professor Campbell PhD, Director of Research at the University of Bolton has been appointed as the new Pro Vice Chancellor (Academic).

Professor Campbell will take up his new role immediately, shadowing Professor Peter Marsh, prior to Professor Marsh's retirement next year.

 More details can be found here:

http://www.bolton.ac.uk/News/News-Articles/2010/10jun2010.aspx| 

 

New international collaborative programmes

  • MA International Multimedia Journalism with Beijing University of Foreign Studies
  • MSc Supply Chain Management with In-Service Training Trust, Zambia
  • BA Professional Practice (Health Care) Top-Up with i-Systems, Malaysia
  • BSc Engineering Management Top-Up with Coleman College, Singapore (subject to validation in September 2010).
  • BoltOnline Porgrammes in Business and IT at undergraduate and postgraduate level.

New programmes delivered at Bolton

Undergraduate

  • Architectural Technology & Interior Design BSc (Hons) (subject to validation)
  • Business Management FdA
  • Business Management (Business Information Systems) BSc (Hons) (subject to validation)
  • Complementary Therapies FdA
  • International Hospitality Management BSc (Hons) (subject to validation)
  • International Hospitality Management FdSc (subject to validation)
  • International Hospitality Management (Top-up) BSc (Hons) (subject to validation)
  • International Tourism Management FdSc
  • Music & Creative Industries Business BSc (Hons)
  • Automobile Engineering MEng
  • Mechanical Engineering MEng
  • Construction & Surveying FdSc (subject to validation) (not confirmed)

Postgraduate

  • Accountancy (Advanced Standing) MA
  • Accountancy & Financial Strategy MA
  • Design Management MA (subject to validation)
  • International Business MA
  • International Multimedia Journalism MA (subject to validation)
  • Management MA
  • Multi-Platform Media Production MA (subject to validation)Writing & Producing MA (subject to validation) (not confirmed)