George Marshall's (Director of Student Engagement) Quote of the Week:

''Be so good, they cannot ignore you''

Steven Martin

Dates for your diary:

Consultations Evenings

Year 1 and Level 2


THIS WEEK

Surnames J – Z:

Thursday 3rd March 5pm - 8pm.

On Zero Discrimination Day, 1 March, we celebrate the right of everyone to live a full and productive life—and live it with dignity and free from discrimination.

'When you see something that is not right, not fair, not just, you have to speak up. You have to say something; you have to do something.'

John Lewis, civil rights leader and politician, United States of America



Why getting it wrong is brilliant for learning?

Mistakes are good because:

  • They improve our learning

  • They can help us to be more resilient

  • We can focus our time on the tricky stuff

  • We can be creative when solve problems

UCAS Exhibition

4 March 2022

The Brighton Centre

Rewilding Cinderella (Flyer (Landscape)).pdf

Upcoming SU Elections

  • Applications for SU roles are to be submitted by midday on Friday 4th March

  • Hustings on Monday 7th March and Friday 11th March

  • Voting between Monday 14 March and Thursday 24 March

  • Results will be announced on Friday 25 March

Roles:

2 x Presidents

Communications Officer

Graphic Design Officer

Charity and Events Officer

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Officer

Democracy Officer

Enrichment Officer

Environment Officer

Social Media Officer

Wellbeing Officer

Email your manifesto to Stephanie (sjj@varndean.ac.uk) and the Student Union (nus@student.varndean.ac.uk)

CAREERS

BSMS Exam Assistants

Brighton and Sussex Medical School are recruiting casual Exam Assistants to provide support during practical medical examinations (Objective Structured Clinical Exams - OSCEs) between March and July 2022. See below for a full job description and advert for the role.

If you're interested, send your CV or a statement outlining why you think you're suitable to exams@bsms.ac.uk.

Exams Assistant Advert.pdf
Exams Assistant Job Description.pdf
  • English Literature: Hamlet and the Power of Language28 February 2022, 17:00 - 18:00

  • Language Taster: Beginners' Mandarin16 March 2022, 16:00 - 17:00

  • Psychology: Why sometimes we see things as they aren't16 March 2022, 16:30 - 17:30

  • How to choose a course an university17 March 2022, 16:30 - 17:15

  • Pop Politics: Kiss don't tell - Dating in the context of ethnic conflict23 March 2022, 17:00 - 18:00

  • Geography & Environment: Measuring the meltdown24 March 2022, 17:00 - 18:00

  • History: Easter Interrupted - The reformation of a calendar custom29 March 2022, 16:30 - 17:30

  • UK Student Finance: What's available and how to apply07 April 2022, 10:30 - 11:15

Researching Courses and Universities- Tuesday 8 March, 4.30-5.30pm (GMT)

In this virtual session, we will explore different university and course options after school/college and how your students can make the right choice for them.

Register now

LINDE opportunities

We are looking for the new generation of engineers to start their career in our Industry leading Apprenticeship Programme and help us maintain and repair our extensive range of lift trucks and materials handling equipment.

Please find a link to our Apprenticeship Programme below:

Linde Material Handling Apprenticeship Application

Job opportunities

Maximum number of per week should be 10hrs otherwise it will affect your at college!

VOTS 21-2-2022.doc

Please email the Careers team to book an appointment or if you have any enquiry email: careers@varndean.ac.uk

LIBRARY NEWS

WORLD BOOK DAY

This Thursday 3 March is World Book Day, a worldwide celebration of books and reading. It is marked in over 100 countries around the globe. Here in the library we love to promote reading for pleasure and have an excellent fiction collection. Books are shelved in alphabetical order of the author's surname with separate sections for: Crime/Thrillers, Graphic Novels, Fantasy, Horror, Science Fiction, Biography, Quick Reads, Self Help, Fiction and Young Adult Fiction. And here is Badger, the library dog, trying to decide what to read...

NEW ON CLICKVIEW

Loving Vincent
A young man comes to the last hometown of painter Vincent van Gogh to deliver the troubled artist's final letter and ends up investigating his final days there. (12A)

Sorry We Missed You

A hard-up delivery driver and his wife struggling to raise a family end up trapped in a vicious circle of modern-day labour exploitation. (15)


Moor Murders: The Witness

An eyewitness to a killing alerts the police to a series of gruesome child murders. What do the never-before-seen letters from Myra Hindley and Ian Brady to a 1960s pop singer reveal? (15)

Subway: How Do They Really Do It?

Inside the restaurant chain Subway to reveal how a American sandwich shop became the most ubiquitous fast food brand on the high street. (U)

NEW BOOKS & eBOOKS

Ghostsby Dolly AldertonNovel
PopCoby Scarlett ThomasNovel
Elizabethans: How Modern Britain Happenedby Andrew MarrBook
Plato: The republic, Charmides, Meno, Gorgias, Parmenides, Symposium, Euthyphro, Apology, Crito, PhaedoeBook
Everyday Economics: a user's guide to a modern economyeBook

Mastering Modern United States HistoryeBook


If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us by email on library@varndean.ac.uk and we will do all we can to help. Visit the library website for further information and everything you need to know about using the library.

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