particular, an exploration of

the quarry which produced the

distinctive top-knots or pukao

which once adorned the sacred

heads of the moai.

The exhibition will run until

6th September 2015 but the

Moai will stay behind in the

Manchester Museum for anoth-

er few years. Make sure you come and see the exhibition

for yourself!

The Chilean Island of Rapa Nui

is home to some of the most

recognizable monumental

stone statues. Professor Colin

Richards, who is an archaeolo-

gist at the University of Man-

chester has worked on a new

exhibition that takes a look at

some of these statues, better

known as “Moai”.

One of these Moai names

Moai Hava meaning “dirty

statue” is on loan from the

British Museum. It weighs 3.3

tonnes and stands 1.56 metres

tall. It was collected from Rapa

Nui Island in 1868.

The Moai Hava is one of the

fourteen moai made from bas-

alt, the rest are carved from

the island’s softer volcanic tuff.

Rapa Nui has fascinated arche-

ologists throughout the centu-

ries, and the exhibition investi-

gates the work of key experts

who have studied the Island.

These include the British ar-

chaeologist Katherine

Routledge, who in 1913-14

made the first survey of the

island; the Norwegian explorer

Thor Heyerdahl; and Professor

Colin Richards, The University

of Manchester’s Professor of World Prehistory and Archae-

ology, who is currently investi-

gating monumentality.

Professor Richards said,

“Undoubtedly, the massive

statues of Rapa Nui Have

captured the popular im-

agination since Heyerdahl’s

expedition in the 1950s.

This exhibition attempts

to view the monuments in

a new way, exploring the

qualities and significance of

their composition, and in

The Moai arrives at Manchester Museum

THE UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER

SCHOOL OF ENVIRONMENT, EDUCATION AND

DEVELOPMENT

15th May 2015 Volume 1, Issue 4

Planning and

Environmental Management

KEY CONTACTS

Richard Kingston 0161 275 1936

Richard.Kingston@manchester.ac.uk

Iain Deas 0161 276 6689

Iain.Deas@manchester.ac.uk

Stephen Hincks 0161 275 6892

Stephen.Hincks@manchester.ac.uk

Carys Jones 0161 275 6255

Carys.Jones@manchester.ac.uk

Melanie Lombard 0161 275 0804

Melanie.Lombard@manchester.ac.uk

Anna Gilchrist 0161 275 2808

Anna.Gilchrist@manchester.ac.uk

Selma Carson 0161 275 3682

Selma.Carson@manchester.ac.uk

Caroline Turner 0161 275 6890

Caroline.Turner@manchester.ac.uk

Katrina Clark 0161 275 3637

Katrina.Clark@manchester.ac.uk

Funding still

available for Print books

If you need a book that the Library doesn’t

have in stock, let us know and we’ll buy a

copy. You can recommend texts for purchase via My Manchester. So

far we have purchased 1195 new print books through the Books on

Demand scheme over the last 6 months.

Due to the popularity of the eBooks on Demand scheme, we have now

spent 100% of the allocated funds and the scheme now closed. But

watch this space! We will start another cycle of e-Books on Demand in

the next academic year.

Books on Demand

The Life Foundation recruits

and trains UK volunteers to

provide practical support to

children and adults with disa-

bilities and learning difficulties

in India and Romania. The

focus is on volunteers making

a lasting impact to the com-

munities whilst also experi-

encing the opportunity of a life

changing experience.

Most volunteering placements

are two weeks long and are

split between three core over-

seas projects:

Bacau, Romania: Teams

work on a summer school

with up to 200 Roma children,

to promote education along-

side Romanian volunteers.

Oltenia, Romania: Up to 10

volunteers per team work

with children and adults within

Local Authority Care homes

and institutions. Residents

generally have some sort of

developmental delay, medical

need or, in many

cases severe

additional needs.

Varanasi, In-dia: Between

three and six

volunteers per

team work to-

gether at a small

orphanage for disabled chil-

dren to provide therapeutic

and practical support.

One of the Life Foundation’s

Directors, Lucy Swinton, won

the University of Manchester

Staff Volunteer of the Year

Award in 2014. Lucy began

volunteering with the organi-

zation in 2008 when she visit-

ed projects in Romania and

India. While Lucy was doing

her undergraduate

degree at the Universi-

ty of Manchester, she

was the project coor-dinator for the Oltenia

project. In her final

year, Lucy became one

of the organization’s

Directors and now has

this role alongside her full

time job at the University.

For more information, please

visit

www.thelifefoundation.co.uk

Volunteer in India or Romania this summer!

The Graduate Recruitment Fair 2015

time graduate position, volun-

teering or postgraduate cours-

es starting this autumn. Be

assured that there is some-

thing for everyone!

Who will be there?

You will come across a variety

of exhibitors that offer both

local and national vacancies.

You will also see large interna-tional corporates as well as

small local companies. In 2014,

we had the Civil Service,

Deloitte LLP, Hewlett Packard

(HP), Teach First and PwC to

name a few.

Who is it for?

New or recent graduate from

any higher education universi-

ty, graduates looking for a job

change, new or recent gradu-

ate interested in further edu-

cation.

Where to find information

Regularly check the Exhibitor

A-Z list for both days for the latest updates. Full details will

be available from 1st May on

the Careers website. To regis-

ter, visit Careers Service.

The Careers Service at The

University of Manchester pre-

sents the annual Graduate

Recruitment Fair on Wednes-

day 10th June 2015 and Thurs-

day 11th June 2015 from

10:30am to 4:00pm at the

Armitage Centre, Fallow-

field, Manchester.

Come and explore over 150 exhibitors from various sec-

tors with something suitable

for students of all degree dis-

ciplines.

Why attend?

If you are looking for a full-

Page 2 Planning and Environmental Management

The Leadership of Learning is

one of the portfolio of units

developed by University Col-

lege for undergraduate stu-

dents. It is available to study in

Semester 1 and Semester 2

either as a 10 credit or a 20

credit unit.

What is involved?

A central component of both units is a work placement in a

school, where you will work

alongside teachers and pupils.

The placement will normally

be arranged as ten half days

over the course of the semes-

ter. All activities occur under

the supervision of a teacher.

The aim of the units is to pro-

vide you with the knowledge,

skills and understanding of

aspects of working and leader-

ship in a professional context.

This will be of value not only if

you are considering embarking

upon a career in teaching, but

would also help you develop

key transferable skills sought

by a range of employers.

For both the 10 and 20 credit

unit you will undertake prepa-

ration prior to the placement

including sessions on managing

relationships and behavior for

learning, the social and educa-

tional context of teaching and

learning and leading learning in

a socio-culturally diverse set-

ting.

What Next?

If you apply for the unit you will be invited for a short

informal interview to discuss

your reasons for wanting to

undertake the unit and any

previous experience working

with children and young peo-

ple. Acceptance onto the unit

is conditional on satisfactory

Disclosure and Barring Service

(DBS).

How do I find out more?

For further details and to

complete an online application

form please go to our website

at http://

www.universityofmanchester-

leadershipoflearning.org.uk/

Student and Teacher Feedback

“This course has built my confi-dence and I have gained some excellent leadership skills for fu-ture employment” - 3rd year Ar-chaeology and Ancient History student

“Our three students have been excellent . All of them have made a real contribution to learning in school “ - Secondary School Head Teacher

“This batch of students have, with-out exception been a delight to host—with some of them even ‘going the extra mile’ in terms of sessions attended and activities undertaken” - Primary school Head Teacher

and you can spend as little or

as much time as you need in

these sessions.

We have added extra study

spaces to the Main Library and

the Learning Commons and

we have digital screens in both

buildings displaying space and

PC availability to help you

quickly identify free study

The library will once again be

running a programme of well-

being workshops throughout

the exam period. We are also

introducing a new style of

academic skills revision sup-

port. These two hour drop in

sessions will each cover a

different topic e.g. writing for

exams, planning and time man-agement, revision strategies

spaces. We are also operating

extended opening hours at

most of our Libraries.

Interested in teaching and learning and working in a professional setting?

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Exam Extra is Back!

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Postgraduate Scholarship Scheme

The University of Manchester is

offering a large number of schol-

arships, each worth £10,000 in

funding, to UK and EU students

who will be starting their post-

graduate taught master’s courses

in September 2015.

The postgraduate Scholarship

Scheme, which is part of a High-

er Education Funding Council for

England (HEFCE) initiative, is

aimed at widening access to

master’s courses by removing

barriers to postgraduate educa-

tion for students from un-

derrepresented groups.

Meet one student who applied

to this scheme and has benefit-

ted immensely.

Shaun is studying towards MEd

Psychology of Education. He

initially applied for a Professional

and Career Development Loan through the bank but was short-

ly declined. The prospect of not

having the opportunity to study

the postgraduate degree that

you are really interested in was

terrifying.

Instead of being denied the

chance to move into psychology.

He decided to study part-time

while continuing to work as a

retail manager at the Trafford

Centre. But being awarded the

scholarship allowed him to

choose to study full-time.

“The scholarship has enabled me

to study at postgraduate level

without getting into any more

debt and to not have to work full

-time, which allows me to con-

centrate on my studies,” Shaun

explains. “In fact it has allowed

me to study at postgraduate level

full stop, as I wouldn’t be here

otherwise.”

You have until 22nd

May 2015 at 5pm to

submit your applica-

tion. Please click here

for more information

and how to apply.

Shaun Haywood, MEd

Psychology of Educa-

tion

Student Food Waste Survey

Have you ever attended an event in the School of Environment, Education

and Development (SEED) where food was provided?

If yes, we would like to invite you to complete a short survey. It only

takes 3 minutes!

We hope to use your responses to raise awareness of and help reduce

food waste at the University.

The survey period runs from 29th April to 30th October 2015.

Click here to start the survey http://goo.gl/forms/3uFDwwYfWC .

If you have any questions, please contact Peter Leigh at Pe-

ter.Leigh@manchester.ac.uk.

Year 3 & 4 End of Year

Celebrations

For our 3rd and 4th year students,

there will be a celebratory get to-

gether to celebrate the end of a

successful year and of course to

celebrate those that will be graduat-

ing this summer.

When: Thursday 21st May 2015 Where: Human

Bridgeford Street

Building Studio 2.3

Time: 4pm

My Learning Essentials

Career Bootcamp 2015

Sleep Pod at the Learning Commons

A sleep pod has been installed

on the second floor of the

Learning Commons on a trial

basis. Students will be able to

book the sleep pod for 20

minute ‘power naps’ - just

enough to improve concentra-

tion and reduce stress levels.

The idea of a sleep pod came

from one of the Eureka 2014 finalists. So head over to

AGLC and see for yourself!

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Over 50 workshops and

30 online tutorials cover-

ing academic/information

literacy skills, wellbeing

and career development!

To keep up to date with

the latest developments

including new tutorials

and workshops, you can

follow MLE on Twitter or

sign up for the MLE news-

letter.

My Learning Essentials is our com-

prehensive programme of online

resources, workshops and drop-ins

designed to support you in your

personal and professional develop-

ment.

Our workshops and

drop-ins are held

throughout the year

and include special

sessions during exams

and the summer. Our online resources are available at all

times, providing flexible

support for your devel-

opment from under-

graduate to postgradu-

ate level and beyond. The My Learning Essen-

tials programme is run

by The University of

Manchester Library in

collaboration with oth-

er services across cam-

pus.

My Learning Essentials has

recently been included in

the Association of College

& Research Libraries’ In-

formation Literacy Best

Practices project. The

project aims to articulate

and promote elements of

exemplary student support

programmes and My

Learning Essentials was

recognised as exemplary in

the categories of collabo-

ration ands pedagogy. To see for yourself, click

here.

The two day Career Bootcamp is back again this year,

exclusively for final year students who are due to gradu-

ate in the summer of 2015.

The first day will consist of how to go about finding a job

and then submitting a goof application for it. How to

write CVs and cover letters are also covered during the

day.

Day two will be all about interviews, presentations and

assessment centres.

There are limited spaces available so sign up as soon as

possible here.

Year 1 & 2 End of Year Celebrations

Join your fellow year 1 and 2 students to

celebrate the end of yet another successful

year.

When: Friday 29th May 2015 Where: Humanities Bridgeford

Street Building Studio 2.3

Time: 4pm

Business Tagline or Motto

Rep of the Year

Students’ Union hosted Celebrate Week, recognising the hard work and efforts from our stu-

dents. We are proud that one of our Planning students has bagged herself the “Rep of the Year”

award in the “Student Voice and Representation” category. The student is Ella Woodward, 4th

year Planning with Real Estate student

We would like to say a huge congratulations for this achievement!

Ella Woodward, Planning with Real

Estate

We Need Your Textbooks!

Textbook Rescue is back in a bid to save hun-

dreds of unwanted textbooks from a life of gather-

ing dust, bringing them out from under beds and

back into the hands of students.

Last year, your generosity provided new students

with over 2000 free textbooks!

This year, we want to help even more, so if you have any textbooks that you

know you won’t need next year, please donate them to the new students who

will be starting this September.

After you have finished assignments and exams, simply take your unwanted

textbooks to your site library but the Learning Commons and The John Rylands

Library will not be acting as donation points. A member of staff can point you in

the right direction.

For more information, visit: www.manchester.ac.uk/library/textbook.