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Sunday, April 27, 2008
When economy is a driving force
Hitting the spot: designated car club bays remove the agony of parking. Photo: Lara-Marie BarnesThey promise all the convenience of owning a car without any of the downsides. You don't even have to find a parking space. But is it all too good to be true? asks Jim Griffin
Car clubs advertise themselves as the perfect solution to ownership - the flexibility of a car but without the tax, insurance, petrol or depreciation. Got an errand to run? Find a vehicle near you, book it for an hour or two, and return it to its designated parking spot. It's so simple.
And the user figures suggest it's an idea that has caught the public imagination. In London there are now 28,000 members, up from just 25 a decade ago. Countrywide, figures in the past five years have rocketed by more than 5,000%.
But can a car club really be an adequate replacement for the convenience of having your own car? And how much money can clubbers save?
The intro pack I received from City Car Club is all vibrant colours and funky graphics. "Book, jump in and drive away" it boasts. Go online, input your postcode and find a car at a designated location that is most convenient. Book from 30 minutes to a few hours (or more) and pay an hourly rate. Swipe your membership card over a reader to unlock the doors, retrieve the keys from the glove box and away you go.
I'm excited by how futuristic and simple it all sounds.
But remote systems such as this need to work, which - as I discovered - isn't always the case.
I am web-literate. I work predominantly online and see hundreds of websites a week. But the City Car Club site was a struggle. It kept timing out and resetting itself without my completing a booking, and it is a pain to navigate - at one point my account was charged for a reservation that, to my knowledge, I hadn't finalised.
After much struggle and cursing my first booking was made over the phone, to a real person.
Things improve when I pick up the car. The new Kia Ceed 1.4 is fantastic. I swipe my card over the windscreen reader and the doors pop open. The car is in perfect nick both inside and out. I enter my pin into the onboard computer and a few seconds later the engine is mobilised. I grin like an excited schoolboy at how clever it all is. "It's the future!" I announce. The Kia is great to drive - smooth and nippy with sharp brakes. Only the knackered radio and CD player dampen my mood.
Returning the car to the designated parking space is the truly brilliant idea. I could have done something meaningful in all the hours I've wasted driving around suburban streets hunting down a parking space. All this frustration disappears, however, as we ease into the car club spot.
I turn the engine off, replace the keys in the glove box and lock the car with my swipe card. My irritation about the clunky website and broken stereo has lessened, but remains, tarnishing an otherwise excellent experience.
Unfortunately, my misgivings are compounded the next time I take the car out. Or rather don't. I book it for a 30-minute slot. Arriving five minutes late isn't the ideal start, I'll admit, but when the Vauxhall Corsa's onboard computer fails to log me in, I'm very annoyed. Calling the helpline, each automated option I choose rings out before bumping me back to the main automated menu without speaking to anyone. Around 15 minutes later, the engine finally mobilises and I can start the car. I don't bother. I have just under 10 minutes left on my slot and haven't moved an inch.
A car club, it seems to me, is meant to win us over with its convenience, ease and economic benefits. We're supposed to think "This is great - I can do without my car altogether!" And it's an admirable ambition, one that despite my experiences, I will pursue. Although there has been a huge upturn in users, it's a fledgling idea. But it will continue to grow and eventually there will be a car within five minutes of every urban dweller - economies and environmental pressures decree it.
I'm convinced there's a good car club out there. I'm just not convinced that I've found it.
money@guardian.co.uk
Streets ahead? How the companies compare
These are the main nationwide companies. But look out for many more that operate on a local level.
City Car Club (citycarclub.co.uk)
Members: 5,000
Cars in fleet: 300
Locations: London, Edinburgh, Norwich, Brighton, Hove, Bath, Bristol and Camberley
Joining fee: £75
Membership fee: N/A
Cost per hour: £4.50 outside London, £4.75 in London
Petrol: Club fuel card
Cost per mile: 50 free a day, 20p a mile thereafter
Streetcar (streetcar.co.uk)
Members: 30,000
Cars in fleet: 800
Locations: London, Brighton, Cambridge, Guildford, Maidstone and Southampton
Joining fee: N/A
Membership fee: £49.50 a year
Cost per hour: £3.95
Petrol: Club fuel card
Cost per mile: 30 free a day, 23p a mile thereafter
WhizzGo (whizzgo.co.uk)
Members: 4,000
Cars in fleet: 200+
Locations: Leeds, London, Brighton, Liverpool, York, Southampton, Manchester, Sheffield, Birmingham and Newcastle
Joining fee: £150 (inc £125 refundable insurance deposit)
Membership fee: N/A
Cost per hour: £4.95
Petrol: Club fuel card
Cost per mile: 30 free a day, 20p a mile thereafter
For more frequent users, recurring fees can be used to lower the hourly rates, and monthly packages are available. There are also day rates. See individual websites for more details.
Caring and sharing
Grant Hewson sold his car - an ageing and costly 4x4 - in February. The recent credit crunch put him off getting a loan - and he cannot afford a replacement vehicle without one. Instead, he joined Streetcar.
"My car was costing me around £60 a month in insurance alone," he says. He spends slightly less than that on a VW Golf car club car. "I use it to do a weekly shop and to go to B&Q - it's ideal for an hour or two. The cars are all new, clean and of a good quality.
"There is a car three minutes away from my house, and another, four minutes away." But does he think the viability of the service as a genuine replacement for owning a vehicle is based on your location? "The further into central London you get, the more availability there is," he says. "I don't think it would work living in a rural area."
And although he has plans to buy when he moves further out of town, he's enjoying the feelgood factor. "You feel like you're doing your bit by sharing a car - for the economies involved and also for the environment."
And the user figures suggest it's an idea that has caught the public imagination. In London there are now 28,000 members, up from just 25 a decade ago. Countrywide, figures in the past five years have rocketed by more than 5,000%.
But can a car club really be an adequate replacement for the convenience of having your own car? And how much money can clubbers save?
The intro pack I received from City Car Club is all vibrant colours and funky graphics. "Book, jump in and drive away" it boasts. Go online, input your postcode and find a car at a designated location that is most convenient. Book from 30 minutes to a few hours (or more) and pay an hourly rate. Swipe your membership card over a reader to unlock the doors, retrieve the keys from the glove box and away you go.
I'm excited by how futuristic and simple it all sounds.
But remote systems such as this need to work, which - as I discovered - isn't always the case.
I am web-literate. I work predominantly online and see hundreds of websites a week. But the City Car Club site was a struggle. It kept timing out and resetting itself without my completing a booking, and it is a pain to navigate - at one point my account was charged for a reservation that, to my knowledge, I hadn't finalised.
After much struggle and cursing my first booking was made over the phone, to a real person.
Things improve when I pick up the car. The new Kia Ceed 1.4 is fantastic. I swipe my card over the windscreen reader and the doors pop open. The car is in perfect nick both inside and out. I enter my pin into the onboard computer and a few seconds later the engine is mobilised. I grin like an excited schoolboy at how clever it all is. "It's the future!" I announce. The Kia is great to drive - smooth and nippy with sharp brakes. Only the knackered radio and CD player dampen my mood.
Returning the car to the designated parking space is the truly brilliant idea. I could have done something meaningful in all the hours I've wasted driving around suburban streets hunting down a parking space. All this frustration disappears, however, as we ease into the car club spot.
I turn the engine off, replace the keys in the glove box and lock the car with my swipe card. My irritation about the clunky website and broken stereo has lessened, but remains, tarnishing an otherwise excellent experience.
Unfortunately, my misgivings are compounded the next time I take the car out. Or rather don't. I book it for a 30-minute slot. Arriving five minutes late isn't the ideal start, I'll admit, but when the Vauxhall Corsa's onboard computer fails to log me in, I'm very annoyed. Calling the helpline, each automated option I choose rings out before bumping me back to the main automated menu without speaking to anyone. Around 15 minutes later, the engine finally mobilises and I can start the car. I don't bother. I have just under 10 minutes left on my slot and haven't moved an inch.
A car club, it seems to me, is meant to win us over with its convenience, ease and economic benefits. We're supposed to think "This is great - I can do without my car altogether!" And it's an admirable ambition, one that despite my experiences, I will pursue. Although there has been a huge upturn in users, it's a fledgling idea. But it will continue to grow and eventually there will be a car within five minutes of every urban dweller - economies and environmental pressures decree it.
I'm convinced there's a good car club out there. I'm just not convinced that I've found it.
money@guardian.co.uk
Streets ahead? How the companies compare
These are the main nationwide companies. But look out for many more that operate on a local level.
City Car Club (citycarclub.co.uk)
Members: 5,000
Cars in fleet: 300
Locations: London, Edinburgh, Norwich, Brighton, Hove, Bath, Bristol and Camberley
Joining fee: £75
Membership fee: N/A
Cost per hour: £4.50 outside London, £4.75 in London
Petrol: Club fuel card
Cost per mile: 50 free a day, 20p a mile thereafter
Streetcar (streetcar.co.uk)
Members: 30,000
Cars in fleet: 800
Locations: London, Brighton, Cambridge, Guildford, Maidstone and Southampton
Joining fee: N/A
Membership fee: £49.50 a year
Cost per hour: £3.95
Petrol: Club fuel card
Cost per mile: 30 free a day, 23p a mile thereafter
WhizzGo (whizzgo.co.uk)
Members: 4,000
Cars in fleet: 200+
Locations: Leeds, London, Brighton, Liverpool, York, Southampton, Manchester, Sheffield, Birmingham and Newcastle
Joining fee: £150 (inc £125 refundable insurance deposit)
Membership fee: N/A
Cost per hour: £4.95
Petrol: Club fuel card
Cost per mile: 30 free a day, 20p a mile thereafter
For more frequent users, recurring fees can be used to lower the hourly rates, and monthly packages are available. There are also day rates. See individual websites for more details.
Caring and sharing
Grant Hewson sold his car - an ageing and costly 4x4 - in February. The recent credit crunch put him off getting a loan - and he cannot afford a replacement vehicle without one. Instead, he joined Streetcar.
"My car was costing me around £60 a month in insurance alone," he says. He spends slightly less than that on a VW Golf car club car. "I use it to do a weekly shop and to go to B&Q - it's ideal for an hour or two. The cars are all new, clean and of a good quality.
"There is a car three minutes away from my house, and another, four minutes away." But does he think the viability of the service as a genuine replacement for owning a vehicle is based on your location? "The further into central London you get, the more availability there is," he says. "I don't think it would work living in a rural area."
And although he has plans to buy when he moves further out of town, he's enjoying the feelgood factor. "You feel like you're doing your bit by sharing a car - for the economies involved and also for the environment."
Ref.: http://www.guardian.co.uk/money/2008/apr/26/motoring.consumeraffairs
Monday, April 21, 2008
Feedback
This is first feedback for the presentation from Professor Bob Ritchie.
i should say thanks very much to Professor Bob Ritchie and Dr. Wing Lam and also Dr. Dorota Marsh for all their supports.
PMPH board members
Driss,Richard,Shweta,Sia
*******************************************
Colleagues
We had no real opportunity on Friday to feed back initial thoughts on your presentations. I must congratulate all of you for what I considered to be excellent presentations. Not only were the business ideas novel, interesting and innovative but in every case were feasible and potentially profitable. I may be less optimistic than many of your sales, cost and profit forecasts but nevertheless applaud the time and effort you spent in researching your markets and assessing the key cost and revenue drivers. The evidence of team working both prior to and during the presentations themselves was highly commendable. If this were the 'Dragons' Den' then I guess that all five proposals would be worthy of support by the 'Dragons'! I would like to do a feature on your presentations for the UCLan website and will send you the proposed copy after Wing and I have marked and returned your written assignments.Well done and thanks for being an interactive group which made our sessions highly enjoyable and interesting.Best Wishes
Bob
Professor Bob Ritchie
i should say thanks very much to Professor Bob Ritchie and Dr. Wing Lam and also Dr. Dorota Marsh for all their supports.
PMPH board members
Driss,Richard,Shweta,Sia
*******************************************
Colleagues
We had no real opportunity on Friday to feed back initial thoughts on your presentations. I must congratulate all of you for what I considered to be excellent presentations. Not only were the business ideas novel, interesting and innovative but in every case were feasible and potentially profitable. I may be less optimistic than many of your sales, cost and profit forecasts but nevertheless applaud the time and effort you spent in researching your markets and assessing the key cost and revenue drivers. The evidence of team working both prior to and during the presentations themselves was highly commendable. If this were the 'Dragons' Den' then I guess that all five proposals would be worthy of support by the 'Dragons'! I would like to do a feature on your presentations for the UCLan website and will send you the proposed copy after Wing and I have marked and returned your written assignments.Well done and thanks for being an interactive group which made our sessions highly enjoyable and interesting.Best Wishes
Bob
Professor Bob Ritchie
Our survey link at UCLAN student messages 22 April
Free Law Clinic for all UCLan students
The 2009 NCGE Flying Start Entrepreneurship Fellowships open Students and Post Graduates
Students – Earn £200 a week as an Undergraduate Intern
Online Psychology Study: Participants Wanted!
Helpers requested for research
Attention all final year students
Scholarships for Excellence
Foster Gallery: A CETH creative space and opportunity
Required ASAP - Paid Home Stays
Car Hire Survey
Free Law Clinic for all UCLan studentsWe can provide advice on most legal matters including:
Landlord and Tenant Employment Rights Accident and Injuries Family and Matrimonial Consumer Rights Criminal matters
Come and see us by appointment and in confidence on Tuesdays at 1.00pm - 2.30pm
For an appointment contact: lclinic@uclan.ac.uk
The Free Law Clinic is run by postgraduate law students and supervised by qualified solicitors
The 2009 NCGE Flying Start Entrepreneurship Fellowships open Students and Post Graduates
The flying start global fellowship takes the best entrepreneurial talent from UK universities and links them with the entrepreneurial environment in America. The purpose of the Fellowship is to encourage UK graduates to develop scalable high intensity businesses.
The Fellowship consists of:
6 months spent in the UK where Fellows work with their sponsor university to develop their science, technology or engineering business idea.6 months in the US as Kauffman Global Scholars where they work with top entrepreneurial universities and intern in leading innovative companies.
Deadline for Applications: 2 May 2008 Further information can be found at : http://www.flyingstart-ncge.com/public/FLYING-STARTBRGLOBAL-SCHOLARS/gs_home.html
Fellows from the 2007 programme can be seen at http://www.flyingstart-ncge.com/public/FLYING-STARTBRGLOBAL-SCHOLARS/gs_2007prog.html
For advice and support in making an application please contact :
Anne Newman, Project Champion Enterprise, ext.5376, janewman@uclan.ac.uk
(NB students must have sponsorship from UCLan in order to make an application)
Anne NewmanEnterprise ChampionKnowledge Transfer,
406 (Fourth Floor) Media FactoryUniversity of Central LancashirePrestonPR1 2HEJANewman@uclan.ac.ukext.5376
Students – Earn £200 a week as an Undergraduate Intern
Want a unique opportunity to work alongside UCLan’s top researchers? Fancy improving your employability and research skills? Like to earn £200 a week in the process?
Then what are you waiting for? Apply now for a summer undergraduate internship; projects available across Arts, Health, Science and Business. Visit www.uclan.ac.uk/internsfor a full list of available projects and application details. Closing date - 9 May
Online Psychology Study: Participants Wanted!
Would you be interested in taking part in a psychological study about aggression? It is an online questionnaire that takes around 10 -15 minutes to complete and is part of a PhD study. If you are interested please follow the link: http://www.drjmb.org.uk/html/eab.htm Thank you in advance! If you would like any more information please email: eabates@uclan.ac.uk
Helpers requested for research
I am looking for students to take part in a research project. The research involves aspects of learning, thinking, and reasoning, and is taking place in Darwin. £20 is available for participation.
For further details, and to book an appointment, please contact Melanie at MPitchford1@uclan.ac.uk.
Melanie PitchfordResearch AssistantSchool of Psychology
Attention all final year students
Re: Assistant European Liaison Officer, Lancashire Brussels Office - July -December 2008
If you have already applied for the position of Assistant European Liaison Officer, which is based in Brussels, Belgium and open to all UCLan students who expect to graduate this summer (2008), please resubmit a copy of your application by email to assistant@lancashire-brussels.org by Friday 25 April. Apologies for any inconvenience caused.If you have not applied for the position of Assistant European Liaison Officer which is based in Brussels, Belgium and wish to do so, please contact assistant@lancashire-brussels.org for copy application forms and further information. The deadline for receipt of completed applications by email to assistant@lancashire-brussels.org is Friday, April 25.Thank you for your interest in the post of Assistant European Liaison Officer and we wish you every success with your application Tricia Norman BA (Hons), MA, M.I.L.Head of International Student Support ServicesFoster Building University of Central LancashirePRESTON PR1 2HEext.5022Fax: 01772 895030www.uclaninternational.org
Scholarships for Excellence
The deadline for applications has been extended to 30 April 2008.
The Scholarships for Excellence scheme is currently open for applications for the 2008/2009 academic year. This enables suitably qualified students from higher education institutions in England to study in higher education institutions in Hong Kong, with recognition of full credit transfer by host and home institutions. Around ten scholarships at undergraduate level for up to one year of study will be provided. Each scholarship is worth between GBP 2,000 and GBP 4,000, depending on the duration of the study period in Hong Kong. An additional private contribution has been received from Paul Kan CBE, chairman and founder of A Better Tomorrow Limited, to support UK students who study either BBA or EMBA programmes at The Chinese University of Hong Kong.
The deadline for applications has been extended to 30 April 2008.Applicants may visit the Scholarship for Excellence website to downloadan application form and obtain further details of the scholarship scheme:www.britishcouncil.org.hk/SfE
Completed application forms with supporting documents should be returned to British Council Hong Kong by this date.A web-based information pack, Study in Hong Kong, is available on the scholarships website: www.britishcouncil.org/hongkong-education-scholarships-excellence-study-in-hk
The pack provides useful information for UK students about the study and living environment in Hong Kong, an introduction to the eight publicly-funded universities and Hong Kong Academy for the Performing Arts, testimonials from current students and useful web links. Please help us to promote this scheme to any students who are interested in participating in exchange programmes, so that more can take up this great opportunity to broaden their horizons in this culturally vibrant and economically important region. UK students who are currently studying in Hong Kong are not eligible for this scheme. If you have any queries, please contactsfe@britishcouncil.org.hk.
Foster Gallery: A CETH creative space and opportunityFoster Gallery is managed through the Centre for Employability in the Humanities(CETH) and will play a key part as a Realistic Work Environment (RWE). It is currently and simply a group of display cabinets which are situated in Foster reception and refectory. Despite this low profile, artists have generated some success in selling from these displays. We aim to do much more with this gallery space to capitalise on the opportunity it offers as a gallery, a retail space and as a learning opportunity for students. This RWE is being developed during 2007/8, where changes will include: · These cabinets being visually marketed and re- launched as a student/staff display/gallery/exhibition space · Linking this display space with other exhibition space around and outside the University· Some cabinets being moved and given a higher and more visible profile· Artists of the month being featured alongside displays· Students having the opportunity to study on a Running a Retail Gallery/Exhibition space from September 2008· An online ordering/retail system being developed: I am very interested to talk with any colleagues who could help me or advise me on how to develop the online ordering system which I am very keen to have running by September 2008 If you can advise about the online ordering system, are interested in displaying your artwork or crafts or if you think your students might be interested in any aspect of this contact me: Ruth SharpeRsharpe@uclan.ac.uk or phone ext.5069
Required ASAP - Paid Home Stays We need households (preferably English speaking) who are willing to offer paid home stays to international students from Saudi Arabia. Lengths of stay vary from three months to one year. If you are interested please email LPTime@uclan.ac.uk or call Sarah on 01772 894240.
Car Hire Survey Ever wanted to rent a car but couldn't afford it? Preston's first ever student friendly car hire scheme could be just around the corner. A group of MBA students are researching this business idea and need your help. Go online to help them get a picture of your needs as a potential customer at:
www.pmph.speedsurvey.com ( http://www.pmph.speedsurvey.com/ )
www.pmph.blogspot.com
The 2009 NCGE Flying Start Entrepreneurship Fellowships open Students and Post Graduates
Students – Earn £200 a week as an Undergraduate Intern
Online Psychology Study: Participants Wanted!
Helpers requested for research
Attention all final year students
Scholarships for Excellence
Foster Gallery: A CETH creative space and opportunity
Required ASAP - Paid Home Stays
Car Hire Survey
Free Law Clinic for all UCLan studentsWe can provide advice on most legal matters including:
Landlord and Tenant Employment Rights Accident and Injuries Family and Matrimonial Consumer Rights Criminal matters
Come and see us by appointment and in confidence on Tuesdays at 1.00pm - 2.30pm
For an appointment contact: lclinic@uclan.ac.uk
The Free Law Clinic is run by postgraduate law students and supervised by qualified solicitors
The 2009 NCGE Flying Start Entrepreneurship Fellowships open Students and Post Graduates
The flying start global fellowship takes the best entrepreneurial talent from UK universities and links them with the entrepreneurial environment in America. The purpose of the Fellowship is to encourage UK graduates to develop scalable high intensity businesses.
The Fellowship consists of:
6 months spent in the UK where Fellows work with their sponsor university to develop their science, technology or engineering business idea.6 months in the US as Kauffman Global Scholars where they work with top entrepreneurial universities and intern in leading innovative companies.
Deadline for Applications: 2 May 2008 Further information can be found at : http://www.flyingstart-ncge.com/public/FLYING-STARTBRGLOBAL-SCHOLARS/gs_home.html
Fellows from the 2007 programme can be seen at http://www.flyingstart-ncge.com/public/FLYING-STARTBRGLOBAL-SCHOLARS/gs_2007prog.html
For advice and support in making an application please contact :
Anne Newman, Project Champion Enterprise, ext.5376, janewman@uclan.ac.uk
(NB students must have sponsorship from UCLan in order to make an application)
Anne NewmanEnterprise ChampionKnowledge Transfer,
406 (Fourth Floor) Media FactoryUniversity of Central LancashirePrestonPR1 2HEJANewman@uclan.ac.ukext.5376
Students – Earn £200 a week as an Undergraduate Intern
Want a unique opportunity to work alongside UCLan’s top researchers? Fancy improving your employability and research skills? Like to earn £200 a week in the process?
Then what are you waiting for? Apply now for a summer undergraduate internship; projects available across Arts, Health, Science and Business. Visit www.uclan.ac.uk/internsfor a full list of available projects and application details. Closing date - 9 May
Online Psychology Study: Participants Wanted!
Would you be interested in taking part in a psychological study about aggression? It is an online questionnaire that takes around 10 -15 minutes to complete and is part of a PhD study. If you are interested please follow the link: http://www.drjmb.org.uk/html/eab.htm Thank you in advance! If you would like any more information please email: eabates@uclan.ac.uk
Helpers requested for research
I am looking for students to take part in a research project. The research involves aspects of learning, thinking, and reasoning, and is taking place in Darwin. £20 is available for participation.
For further details, and to book an appointment, please contact Melanie at MPitchford1@uclan.ac.uk.
Melanie PitchfordResearch AssistantSchool of Psychology
Attention all final year students
Re: Assistant European Liaison Officer, Lancashire Brussels Office - July -December 2008
If you have already applied for the position of Assistant European Liaison Officer, which is based in Brussels, Belgium and open to all UCLan students who expect to graduate this summer (2008), please resubmit a copy of your application by email to assistant@lancashire-brussels.org by Friday 25 April. Apologies for any inconvenience caused.If you have not applied for the position of Assistant European Liaison Officer which is based in Brussels, Belgium and wish to do so, please contact assistant@lancashire-brussels.org for copy application forms and further information. The deadline for receipt of completed applications by email to assistant@lancashire-brussels.org is Friday, April 25.Thank you for your interest in the post of Assistant European Liaison Officer and we wish you every success with your application Tricia Norman BA (Hons), MA, M.I.L.Head of International Student Support ServicesFoster Building University of Central LancashirePRESTON PR1 2HEext.5022Fax: 01772 895030www.uclaninternational.org
Scholarships for Excellence
The deadline for applications has been extended to 30 April 2008.
The Scholarships for Excellence scheme is currently open for applications for the 2008/2009 academic year. This enables suitably qualified students from higher education institutions in England to study in higher education institutions in Hong Kong, with recognition of full credit transfer by host and home institutions. Around ten scholarships at undergraduate level for up to one year of study will be provided. Each scholarship is worth between GBP 2,000 and GBP 4,000, depending on the duration of the study period in Hong Kong. An additional private contribution has been received from Paul Kan CBE, chairman and founder of A Better Tomorrow Limited, to support UK students who study either BBA or EMBA programmes at The Chinese University of Hong Kong.
The deadline for applications has been extended to 30 April 2008.Applicants may visit the Scholarship for Excellence website to downloadan application form and obtain further details of the scholarship scheme:www.britishcouncil.org.hk/SfE
Completed application forms with supporting documents should be returned to British Council Hong Kong by this date.A web-based information pack, Study in Hong Kong, is available on the scholarships website: www.britishcouncil.org/hongkong-education-scholarships-excellence-study-in-hk
The pack provides useful information for UK students about the study and living environment in Hong Kong, an introduction to the eight publicly-funded universities and Hong Kong Academy for the Performing Arts, testimonials from current students and useful web links. Please help us to promote this scheme to any students who are interested in participating in exchange programmes, so that more can take up this great opportunity to broaden their horizons in this culturally vibrant and economically important region. UK students who are currently studying in Hong Kong are not eligible for this scheme. If you have any queries, please contactsfe@britishcouncil.org.hk.
Foster Gallery: A CETH creative space and opportunityFoster Gallery is managed through the Centre for Employability in the Humanities(CETH) and will play a key part as a Realistic Work Environment (RWE). It is currently and simply a group of display cabinets which are situated in Foster reception and refectory. Despite this low profile, artists have generated some success in selling from these displays. We aim to do much more with this gallery space to capitalise on the opportunity it offers as a gallery, a retail space and as a learning opportunity for students. This RWE is being developed during 2007/8, where changes will include: · These cabinets being visually marketed and re- launched as a student/staff display/gallery/exhibition space · Linking this display space with other exhibition space around and outside the University· Some cabinets being moved and given a higher and more visible profile· Artists of the month being featured alongside displays· Students having the opportunity to study on a Running a Retail Gallery/Exhibition space from September 2008· An online ordering/retail system being developed: I am very interested to talk with any colleagues who could help me or advise me on how to develop the online ordering system which I am very keen to have running by September 2008 If you can advise about the online ordering system, are interested in displaying your artwork or crafts or if you think your students might be interested in any aspect of this contact me: Ruth SharpeRsharpe@uclan.ac.uk or phone ext.5069
Required ASAP - Paid Home Stays We need households (preferably English speaking) who are willing to offer paid home stays to international students from Saudi Arabia. Lengths of stay vary from three months to one year. If you are interested please email LPTime@uclan.ac.uk or call Sarah on 01772 894240.
Car Hire Survey Ever wanted to rent a car but couldn't afford it? Preston's first ever student friendly car hire scheme could be just around the corner. A group of MBA students are researching this business idea and need your help. Go online to help them get a picture of your needs as a potential customer at:
www.pmph.speedsurvey.com ( http://www.pmph.speedsurvey.com/ )
www.pmph.blogspot.com
Friday, April 18, 2008
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