(Featured image from left to right: Prof Rebecca McGuire-Snieckus, Prof Ian Gadd, Dr Nicole De Wet, Prof Zerihun Woldu, Prof John Strachan)
Director of Research at Addis Ababa University, Professor Zerihun Woldu and Dr Nicole de Wet, Lecturer in Demography and Population Studies, at the University of Witwatersrand visited Bath Spa University 15-22 June to explore areas for collaboration in research and teaching.
Professor Woldu’s and Dr de Wet’s visits to Bath Spa are supported by the UKRI’s Global Challenges Research Fund, whose aim is to support cutting-edge research that addresses the challenges faced by developing countries. Bath Spa has been awarded three years of GCRF funding specifically to facilitate large GCRF bids, and part of that funding is specifically focused on collaborations with our four African GALA partners: AAU, Wits, Catholic University of Eastern Africa (Kenya), and the University of Namibia.
GCRF overview: https://www.ukri.org/research/global-challenges-research-fund/
The goals of the week-long visit include:
- To introduce Bath Spa University to representatives from AAU and Wits: this will include meetings with research leaders and researchers working on international projects (including with African partners)
- To learn more about the research priorities and funding landscape at AAU and Wits
- To identify collaborative opportunities (areas of study, individuals, potential projects, existing projects etc)
- To scope out potential GCRF project ideas and to draft bid-development timelines
- To draw up an action-plan for developing institutional relationships over the next three years
Schedule
| 15 June | Arrival (Dr Nicole de Wet) |
| 16 June | Arrival (Professor Zerihun Woldu) |
| 17 June | Bath Spa Newton Park/Bath/Sion Hill |
| 8.45 | Taxi to collect |
| 9.00John’s OfficeMain House MH.1.02 | Welcome, introductions, and orientation for weekPro-Vice-Chancellor (Research and Enterprise) and Dean of the Graduate College, Bath Spa UniversityAcademic Director, GALA
Associate Academic Director, GALA International Projects Advisor
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| 9.30 | Student tour of Newton ParkYear 3 English literature student |
| 10.15Main House,MH.G.14
(Booked 10-12) |
Research contexts: UK and Africa (GCRF, RCUK etc)Academic Director, GALAEU and International Research Support Officer |
| 12.00 | Taxi into town |
| 12.30 | LunchChair of the Board of GovernorsAcademic Director, GALA
|
| 2.30pmRoom Booked 2:30-4pmPurchase order number 439395 | Bath Spa: African research and activitiesProfessor, School of HumanitiesProfessor, School of Humanities
Head of Education and Childhood Studies Research Assistant and author Academic Director, GALA |
| 3.45pm | Taxi to Sion Hill |
| 4.00pm | Sion HillHead of School of DesignHead of School of Art
Research Lead for Art Academic Director, GALA |
| 6.00pm | Close |
| 6.30pm- 9.30pm | Research Centre for Environmental Humanities Public Lecture The White Lions: How Western Science and Sacred Science Converge to Save SpeciesBRLSI
|
| 18 June | Bath Spa Bath/Newton Park |
| Graduate Course Director, Bath Business School | |
| 10am | Tour of the Holburne museumDirector of the Holburne Museum |
| 11am | Coffee break at Holburne School of Music and Performing ArtsVisiting Research Fellow, School of Music and Performing Arts |
| 11.30am | Tour of Bath: History, Heritage, and Bath SpaGraduate Course Director, Bath Business School |
| 1pm | Lunch |
| 1.45pm | Taxi to Fairfield House |
| 2pm | Visit to Fairfield House (former home of Hailie Salisse) |
| 3.30pmCommons, CM.2.26 | Research leadersNewton ParkDirector, Transnational Creativity and Education research centre, Bath Spa University
Director, Research Centre for Environmental Humanities Assistant Pro-Vice-Chancellor, Research Associate Academic Director, GALA Academic Director, GALA |
| 5.30pm | Close |
| 7pmCircus | Dinner The Right Worshipful The Mayor of BathThe Mayoress
Deputy Vice-Chancellor Pro-Vice Chancellor for Research Academic Director, GALA Associate Academic Director, GALA Chair, Royal Commonwealth Society (Bath and District)
Above, from left to right: Prof Ian Gadd, Dr Nicole de Wet, Godfrey Hill (Chair, Royal Commonwealth Society), Prof Zerihun Woldu, Prof John Strachan, Mayoress, Prof Neil Sammells, Mayor of Bath, Prof Rebecca McGuire-Snieckus |
| 19 June | Bath Spa Newton Park |
| 9.30amCommonsCM.1.11 booked 9-12:30) | International research projects: showcaseReader in Physical Geography and Director of Hazard, Risk and Disaster (HRD) research groupSenior Lecturer in Art Education
Senior Lecturer in Abnormal/Clinical Psychology |
| 11.00amCM.111 | Research planning sessionAcademic Director, GALAEU and International Research Support Officer |
| 12.30pm | Lunch |
| 2pmCommons | Bath Spa and the Student ExperiencePro-Vice-Chancellor (Student Experience)Academic Director, GALA |
| 2.45pm | Meeting with Deputy Vice-Chancellor |
| 3.30pmCM.1.19Booked 3-5pm | Research planning session |
| 4.30pmCM.119 | Year 2 Creative Media student |
| 5pm | Review |
| 5.30pm | Close |
| 20 June | Bath Spa |
| 9.30am | Corsham Court/Bath |
| 10amF40 | CTC |
| 10.15am | Tour of Corsham Court |
| 11am | Meeting with Pro Vice Chancellor (Research and Enterprise) |
| 11.30amT.01 | Introduction to Graduate CollegePostgraduate Coordinator |
| 12.00pmT.01 | Introduction to Research Support OfficeResearch Support ManagerResearch Bid Development Officer
EU and International Research Support Officer
|
| 12.30pm | Working lunchAcademic Director GALAAssociate Academic Director GALA
|
| 2.30pm | Holburne Museum |
| 3.00pm | Forest of Imagination: Overview and tourClore Learning Space, Holburne MuseumResearch Fellow, Centre for Cultural and Creative Industries and Senior Lecturer in Arts Education |
| 4pm | |
| 6.00pm | Forest of the Imagination launchHolburne MuseumVice-Chancellor, Bath Spa University
6pm: Ballet Nimba 6.15pm: Speeches 6.30pm: Performances by Toby Thompson (poet) and Ballet Nimba |
| 8.00pm | Close |
| 21 June | Bath SpaNewton Park |
| 10am | Senior Lecturer SociologyResearch Centre for Health and CognitionReader in Psychology
Associate Academic Director of GALA |
| 11am | Environmental Change and Sustainability (Geography) lecturerCreative Media student |
| 12.30pm | Lunch break |
| 1.30pmCommons staff area | Discussion about Migration and Mental Health conference at Bath Spa in 2020 |
| 2pm | Nicole to meet Senior Lecturer, PsychologyZerihun to meet
External Affairs Co-ordinator (Biology) to give tour of biology facilities
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| 3pm | Academic Director GALAAssociate Academic Director GALA |
| 4.00pm | Wrap-up & review Pro-Vice Chancellor (Research and Enterprise)Academic Director GALA
Associate Academic Director GALA |
| 4.30pm | Close |
| 6.00pm | |
| 7.30pm | BSU Gala Concert Assembly Rooms |
| 22 June | Depart |
