Online Seminar

An ability to interact with others in an appropriate way is essential fdor success. Yet. a growing resisilence on digital communicatyion in the modern workplace has made emails the medium of choice for every day interactions, and this has impacted upon the way that we naturally interact, slowly diminishing our chance to develop our interpersonal skills.

Visit the EAP provider home page (Workplace Options) at www.workplaceoptions.com.

Click on the "Member benefits Website" at the top of the web page.

Username: RHUL
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Available on demand on 19th February 2019. Previous monthly Online Seminars are also available.

Don't forget to follow Staff Health and Wellbeing on Twitter @ Wellbeing_RH for the latest on staff events and useful tips and information on health and wellbeing.

Please join the Centre for Research in Sustainability (CRIS) for a lively discussion on the latest innovations in sustainable fashion, on Tuesday 19 March from 12.15-1.15pm in the Queen's Building, Room 240.

Patrick Grant, the founder of the Community Clothing and a judge on the Great British Sewing Bee, will be speaking about his transition from Savile Row to a leader in the sustainable fashion movement. Then, he will be in conversation with Clare Lissaman, the director of Common Objective and co-founder of organic and fair trade menswear brand Arthur & Henry. Finally, Patrick and Clare will answer any and all questions from the audience. Are you curious about how to get involved in sustainable fashion, and how the fashion industry can contribute toward a better world? Then this is the event for you!

As a media figure, Patrick is best known as a judge on the television series, The Great British Sewing Bee. After leaving a career in engineering, he took over as director of Savile Row tailor Norton & Sons. Patrick was named Menswear Designer of the Year at the 2010 British Fashion Awards. In 2015, he purchased ailing Blackburn clothing manufacturer Cookson & Clegg, saving the factory from closure. This was followed by the launch of Community Clothing, a social enterprise with a mission to sustain and create jobs in the UK textile and garment manufacturing industry. Patrick is a regular lecturer at schools and colleges, and an honorary professor at Glasgow Caledonian University’s School of Business and Society.

You can read about Community Clothing here, and listen to Patrick's recent Ted Talk here.

After over a decade specialising in ethical fair trade (with clients including the Ethica Trading Initiative, the Fairtrade Foundation, Tesco, Gap, Traidcraft, Twin Trading and the Department for International Development), in 2012 Clare Lissaman put her money where her mouth is and co-founded Arthur & Henry, purveyor of superb quality organic men's shirts and other fair trade and ethical men's accessories. In 2015 she also became a director of CO Common Objective, a platform matching fashion professionals with the right connections and resources to grow successful, sustainable businesses building on 10 years of work in the fashion industry by the Ethical Fashion Forum. 

You can read about Common Objective here, and about Arthur & Henry here.

Would you like to try something new or return to an old hobby in 2019?

A weekly drop in session for staff from 1.00 - 2.00 pm in Crosslands, Founders every Tuesday.

Open to all staff whether a beginner or an advanced knitter/ crocheter.

All materials will be provided. You can either work on something you have started or you can be taught how to knit/ crochet.

For further information, please contact Eva Dann on eva.dann@rhul.ac.uk.

Don't forget to follow staff health and wellbeing on Twitter @Wellbeing_RH for the latest information on staff health and wellbeing and for useful tips and information.

Subject to the weather our Wednesday Wellness Walk sets off from the Gold Postbox in Founders Square at 12.30 pm. The walk lasts for approximately 30 minutes and will follow one of the walks around our beautiful campus.

A good walk can do wonders for your mental and physical wellbeing. It can improve your fitness, aid weight loss, improve your mood and sleep quality.

There is no need to book. Just turn up at 12.30 pm.

If you have any queries please contact Staff Health and Wellbeing on HealthandWellbeing@rhul.ac.uk

Don't forget to follow us on Twitter @Wellbeing_RH for the latest information on staff events and useful tips and information regarding health and wellbeing.

Research Professional is a database containing information on thousands of research funding opportunities. All Royal Holloway staff have access to the database and this drop-in session will provide colleagues with an opportunity to ask questions about the system and learn how to set up tailored alerts and searches.

Arts and humanities researchers are invited to a lunchtime meeting with Dr Tim Boon, Head of Research & Public History at the Science Museum. Tim has coordinated the Science Museum Group's strategy on research-led collaborations, building on the museum's expertise in the history and material culture of science, technology, engineering, medicine and the media, and fostering new initiatives in international collaboration, digital innovation and audience experience.

This is an opportunity to learn more about the museum's active collaborations with Royal Holloway and elsewhere, in supporting collaborative studentships and research projects in the arts and humanities.

Please book vie Eventbrite.

Please email Olivia.Swiftrhul.ac.uk with any questions.

Please come and join us to help raise money for Papyrus, the national charity dedicated to the prevention of young suicide.

We are holding a charity afternoon tea on Thursday 21 March from 12pm outside the Principal’s meeting room, Founders building.  There will be a wide range of cakes to enjoy donated by our catering department and suppliers including chocolate brownies, mini bakewell tarts, carrot cake, Victorian sponge, Chocolate cake, flap jack, shortbread and more! There will also be a raffle with the chance to win prizes such as a hamper, fruit basket and cookery books.

Student wellbeing is an issue of high importance – students who have poor mental wellbeing can find academic functioning difficult and they are less likely to complete their studies. This workshop will discuss what we can potentially do to best support and improve mental well-being in our students, especially in the role of personal tutor.

Dr Dominique Thompson (GP, Student Health & Wellbeing Consultant, Bristol Healthcare Professional of the Year) will also deliver a keynote on ‘Student mental health; what is happening, why it's happening and what we might do about it’. 

Dr Eilidh Cage (Lecturer at Royal Holloway, Department of Psychology, Senior Tutor) will talk about practical skills for personal tutors and how to maintain an appropriate level of support for students with wellbeing issues. All staff across the College are welcome.

Sign up here.

Proposed Workshop outline

1pm: Welcome - Dr Eilidh Cage

1.05 – 2.05pm: Keynote - Student mental health; what is happening, why it's happening and what we might do about it, Dr Dominique Thompson.

2.05 – 2.15pm: Tea and coffee break

2.15 – 3.45pm: Workshop - Practical skills for personal tutors to support student wellbeing, Dr Eilidh Cage.

This interactive session will cover topics including how to spot signs of poor wellbeing and where to signpost students; how to interact with students with wellbeing issues; how to respond to extreme distress (e.g. self-harm, suicidal thought); and how universities as a whole should respond to student wellbeing.

3.45 – 4.00: Discussion and close (Dom Thompson & Eilidh Cage)

Keynote speaker biography

Dr Dominique Thompson is a GP, young people’s mental health expert, TEDx speaker, author and educator, with over 20 years of clinical experience caring for students, most recently as Director of Service at the University of Bristol Students’ Health Service. It was for this work that she was named Bristol Healthcare Professional of the Year 2017.

She is a Clinical Advisor for the Royal College of GPs, and for Student Minds, the UK’s student mental health charity. She was the GP member of the NICE Eating Disorders’ guidelines development group, and the Universities UK StepChange and Minding Our Future committees. 

Dominique is also a member of the UK Mental Wellbeing in Higher Education group (MWBHE), and is on the Board of a NHS mental health foundation trust.

Dominique has helped design apps and websites to support student mental health, and writes books on the topic. She has been interviewed widely, including by the Guardian and Radio 4’s Today programme.

Her TEDx talk entitled “What I learnt from 78,000 GP consultations with university students” highlights some of the causes behind the recent rise in young people’s mental health distress, and suggests ways in which everyone can better support the younger generation.

Dominique has now launched her own student health and wellbeing consultancy, Buzz Consulting, to assist organisations in improving their student support offer.  You can follow her on twitter @DrdomThompson

Sign up here.

Session overview:

Introduction to the Panopto video editing tool.
Understanding how to make your video based content available in Moodle.
Ideas for video based assignments and interactivity.
Reporting on your content's views.
Advice, best practice and hands on training

Yoga Nidra is a traditional guided meditation and relaxation practice which has been found to reduce tension and anxiety and also improve sleep.

This is a free of charge traditional 60 minute classical yoga class open to all ages and physical abilities (adaptations can be made as required). This is a joint staff and student session.

Please bring: a yoga/exercise mat, blanket and pillow.
Please wear: any loose, comfortable clothing and warm socks.
Remember not to be late. There is no entry after the session has started to preserve the experience for the group as a whole.

Please email Moya at moya.watson@rhul.ac.uk to express interest in attending the session so that we can get an idea of numbers.

Don't forget to follow Staff Health and Wellbeing on Twitter @Wellbeing_RH for the latest on staff events and useful tips and information.

This is a free of charge traditional 60 minute mixed ability classical yoga class for all ages and physical abilities (adapations can be made as required).

Please bring: a yoga/ exercise mat and blanket
Please wear: any loose, comfortable clothing and warm socks for relaxation.

Please email Moya at moya.watson@rhul.ac.uk to express an interest in attending the class so that we can get an idea of numbers.

Don't forget to follow Staff Health and Wellbeing on Twitter @ Wellbeing_RH for the latest on staff events and useful tips and information on health and wellbeing.

Fortnightly Complementary Therapist session at Huntersdale.

The treatments available are:
-Indian Head Massage
-Hand and Arm Massage
-Foot and Leg Massage

Treatments are reasonably priced at £10 for 25 minutes.

Slots available between 9.00 am - 5.30 pm.

For bookings and information, contact Mary directly on 07922 696403 or email: info@marawellbeing.co.uk.

Location will be provided at time of booking.

Don't forget to follow Staff Health and Wellbeing on Twitter @Wellbeing_RH for al the latest news on staff events and useful tips and information on health and wellbeing.

A half hour weekly guided meditation session held in the Chapel on Main Campus.

Open to everyone regardless of experience or beliefs.

For more details, please contact Sofia Mason on sofia.mason@rhul.ac.uk

What is it like to be out as an LGBTQ+ person at work?

What challenges and opportunities are there for those who are open about their sexual orientation or gender identity?

This debate will address these and other questions by bringing together professionals from three different areas: corporate environment, the LGBTQ+ charity sector, and academia. It will also discuss some of the possible shapes that careers with a LGBTQ+ focus may take. It is aimed at anyone with an interest in understanding how sexual identity may intersect with a professional identity. The event will be moderated by Willow Wong, the SU’s Vice President Welfare and Diversity. The debate will be followed by a wine reception. 

Speakers in attendance for this event:

Dr Amy Tooth Murphy

A lecturer in Oral History at Royal Holloway, where she specialises in queer British history.

Jenny Jean-Paul

A Young Person's Mental Health Advocate at Stonewall Housing, whose mission is to create safer spaces and end homelessness for LGBT+ people.

Jorge Pikunic

The managing Director of Centrica's international Distributed Energy & Power business.

All are welcome! Please RSVP to:

lgbt.staff@rhul.ac.uk

Would you like to try something new or return to an old hobby in 2019?

A weekly drop in session for staff from 1.00 - 2.00 pm in Crosslands, Founders every Tuesday.

Open to all staff whether a beginner or an advanced knitter/ crocheter.

All materials will be provided. You can either work on something you have started or you can be taught how to knit/ crochet.

For further information, please contact Eva Dann on eva.dann@rhul.ac.uk.

Don't forget to follow staff health and wellbeing on Twitter @Wellbeing_RH for the latest information on staff health and wellbeing and for useful tips and information.

On Tuesday 26 March from 1-2pm, in the Shilling Building Lecture Theatre, Principal Paul Layzell will host our spring term Staff Open Meeting, providing you with an opportunity to find out about our current performance and the changes planned across the College.

Colleagues are invited to pre-submit a question ahead of the Open Meeting, as well as having the opportunity to ask questions in the room.

The meeting will then be followed by a new event – Colleagues Connect –an opportunity to discover the latest news from our Professional Service teams, in the Shilling Foyer from 2-3pm.

If you are unable to attend the Open Meeting in person, you will be able to live stream the event via Moodle. Simply log-in using this link with your College username and password, just before 1pm on the day. You will also be able to ask questions via the live stream.

If you have any questions about the event, please get in touch.

Subject to the weather our Wednesday Wellness Walk sets off from the Gold Postbox in Founders Square at 12.30 pm. The walk lasts for approximately 30 minutes and will follow one of the walks around our beautiful campus.

A good walk can do wonders for your mental and physical wellbeing. It can improve your fitness, aid weight loss, improve your mood and sleep quality.

There is no need to book. Just turn up at 12.30 pm.

If you have any queries please contact Staff Health and Wellbeing on HealthandWellbeing@rhul.ac.uk

Don't forget to follow us on Twitter @Wellbeing_RH for the latest information on staff events and useful tips and information regarding health and wellbeing.

Session overview:

Introduction to the Panopto video editing tool.
Understanding how to make your video based content available in Moodle.
Ideas for video based assignments and interactivity.
Reporting on your content's views.
Advice, best practice and hands on training.

Orientation
An overview of Turnitin's features and benefits
Setting-up
Supporting students
Analysing reports
Managing assignment in-boxes
Providing marks and feedback
Advice on best practice, usability, workflow
Lots of guided hands-on practice

Yoga Nidra is a traditional guided meditation and relaxation practice which has been found to reduce tension and anxiety and also improve sleep.

This is a free of charge 45 minute session open to all ages and physical abilities and no experience is necessary. This is a joint staff and student session.

Please bring: a yoga/exercise mat, blanket and pillow.
Please wear: any loose, comfortable clothing and warm socks.
Remember not to be late. There is no entry after the session has started to preserve the experience for the group as a whole.

Please email Moya at moya.watson@rhul.ac.uk to express interest in attending the session so that we can get an idea of numbers.

Don't forget to follow Staff Health and Wellbeing on Twitter @Wellbeing_RH for the latest on staff events and useful tips and information.

Clive Lewis will be discussing his current work on sustainable economics within the shadow treasury team, giving us an insight into the future of sustainability initiatives in the UK. This event should invoke lively debate; there will be plenty of time for audience interaction, questions and discussion.

Clive Lewis was elected the Labour MP for Norwich South in May 2015. Before entering Parliament, Clive was Vice President of the National Union of Students, a BBC TV political reporter as well as Army reservist infantry officer, serving a combat tour of Afghanistan in 2009. He has been Shadow Minister for Climate and Energy Change, Shadow Secretary of State for Defence and Shadow Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy. He is currently Shadow Minister for the Treasury, with a focus on Environmental Economics and Sustainable Finance.

The lecture will be followed by a reception in the Windsor Building foyer.

Admission free but booking is essential.

Fortnightly Complementary Therapist session on Main Campus.

The treatments available are:
-Indian Head Massage
-Hand and Arm Massage
-Foot and Leg Massage

Treatments are reasonably priced at £10 for 25 minutes.

Slots available between 9.00 am - 5.30 pm.

For bookings and information, contact Mary directly on 07922 696403 or email: info@marawellbeing.co.uk.

Location will be provided at time of booking.

Don't forget to follow Staff Health and Wellbeing on Twitter @Wellbeing_RH for al the latest news on staff events and useful tips and information on health and wellbeing.

The Rainbow Lunches are informal BYO lunches happening every first Tuesday of the month in the Senior Common Room (SCR) in Founder's, from 12.30-2pm. This activity is organised by the LGBT Staff Network and is open to all LGBT+ staff and PhD students, but all are welcome to join. No need to book, just bring your lunch and come find us in the SCR (look for the rainbow flag!). 

College understands balancing the competing demands of work, personal and family lives can sometimes be challenging.

We provide an Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) to offer extra support to manage life's everyday challenges.

Available by telephone, email, instant messaging and and online, the EAP is free, confidential information and support 24/7, 365 days per year to help you gain a better work-life balance. The EAP is provided by Workplace Options.

Would you like to find out more about what the Programme can offer and not just for those 'difficult' moments we all have from time to time?

For further information please contact HR Health and Wellbeing on HealthandWellbeing@rhul.ac.uk.

Don't forget to follow Staff Wellbeing on Twitter @Wellbeing_RH for the latest information on staff events and activities and also useful information and tips on health and wellbeing.

Online Seminar

When we are resilient, we are able to adjust quickly to new conditions, change our personal direction if required, and incorporate every life event more smoothly into our lives. Resilience involves being aware of our feelings and accepting them, which is one of many things.

This session will help participants understand what being resilient entails. They will delve deeper into the first step towards resilience, which is understanding and acknowledging one's feelings.

Visit the EAP provider home page (Workplace Options) at www.workplaceoptions.com.

Click on the "Member benefits Website" at the top of the web page.

Username: RHUL
Password: employee

Available on demand on 16th April 2019. Previous monthly Online Seminars are also available.

Don't forget to follow Staff Health and Wellbeing on Twitter @ Wellbeing_RH for the latest on staff events and useful tips and information on health and wellbeing.

The Rainbow Lunches are informal BYO lunches happening every first Tuesday of the month in the Senior Common Room (SCR) in Founder's, from 12.30-2pm. This activity is organised by the LGBT Staff Network and is open to all LGBT+ staff and PhD students, but all are welcome to join. No need to book, just bring your lunch and come find us in the SCR (look for the rainbow flag!). 

Each year, Royal Holloway awards Honorary Fellowships to individuals who have achieved eminence in their field or made an outstanding contribution to the life and work of the College or to the cause of education.

Students and colleagues are warmly invited to join us for this annual event which provides an opportunity for the College Community to come together and celebrate the conferral of new Honorary Fellows, in addition to welcoming back and networking with many of those already awarded Honorary Fellowships or Doctorate by Royal Holloway.

Event details are as follows:

• Date: Thursday 23 May 2019
• Venue and timings: 6pm, Ceremony in the Chapel, Founders Building.  This will be followed by a reception in the Picture Gallery at around 7pm

If you would like to attend, please register your name here, in order to assist the Events Office in planning for the evening.

2019 Honorary Fellows elect

•          Lady (Kitty) Chisholm

In recognition of extensive involvement with and contributions to the School of Management, being a member of the School’s Advisory Board, being Chair of the School’s first Annual Entrepreneurship Lecture, and for charitable and voluntary work.

•          Michael Heslop

In recognition of extensive involvement with and contributions to the Department of History and the Hellenic Institute, as well as Chair of the Fundraising Committee for the Hellenic Institute’s 25th Anniversary celebrations and the resulting PhD Scholarship.

•          Gabriel Pretus

In recognition of significant philanthropic support to the university and the Department of History through The Friendly Hand Trust.

•          Dr Graham Twigg

In recognition of extensive and continued support of the Department of Zoology and contribution to the field of research into the Black Death.

The Rainbow Lunches are informal BYO lunches happening every first Tuesday of the month in the Senior Common Room (SCR) in Founder's, from 12.30-2pm. This activity is organised by the LGBT Staff Network and is open to all LGBT+ staff and PhD students, but all are welcome to join. No need to book, just bring your lunch and come find us in the SCR (look for the rainbow flag!). 

The Rainbow Lunches are informal BYO lunches happening every first Tuesday of the month in the Senior Common Room (SCR) in Founder's, from 12.30-2pm. This activity is organised by the LGBT Staff Network and is open to all LGBT+ staff and PhD students, but all are welcome to join. No need to book, just bring your lunch and come find us in the SCR (look for the rainbow flag!).