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Lectures

Monday 15 March
12.30 - 2.00 pm SPRU Environment Programme Brown Bag Lunchtime Seminar: Paddy van Zwanenberg, Expert Advisory Committees and BSE Policy-Making: Substance or Smokescreen?

Library Opening Times

Library opening hours during the Easter Vacation:

• Mon, Wed to Fri - 9.00am - 5.30pm
• Tues 9.00am - 7.30pm
• Saturday & Sunday - closed, but open from 1230 - 6.30pm on the last weekend of the vacation, 17 - 18 April.
• The Library will be closed from 1 - 6 April.

Computing Centre Opening Times

The Computing Service area in Chichester will close at 5.30pm on Wednesday 31 March and re-open Wednesday 7 April. PCs will remain available on a 24 hour basis in Henry's Bar, York house. Please be aware that:

• there will be no cover if equipment doesn't
• work there will be no-one available to refill paper in the laser printer
• there will be no cleaning of the room and the room will be shut by security if the facility is misused.
• If a fault or problem develops in this time it should be reported to the Fault Line (4141).

Computer Training for staff only

Introduction to Email (SIREN) Monday 15 March 9.30am - Noon. You will use SIREN to send, read, save mail. The course includes the use of the address book, house-keeping techniques and attachments.

Accessing the Internet Monday 22 March 9.30am - Noon. This module introduces you to some of the tools available for accessing information on the world wide web. It will include a discussion of good search strategy and techniques.

Introduction to Spreadsheets Wednesday 24 March 2.00 - 4.30pm Using Excel 5 you will create simple spreadsheets and charts.

Introduction to On-line Databases Thursday 25 March 9.30am - Noon.This module shows you how to use BIDS ISI and OCLC First Search. BIDS ISI is a database of citation indexes. OCLC First search is a collection of subject based databases. Both these databases form a valuable research tool for all academic disciplines.

Places are limited. Anyone wishing to book a place must book in person at the Computing Service Reception 9.00am to 5.00pm.

Conferences

Progress and Emancipation in the Age of Metternich: Monday 12 April 12.00 midday - Wednesday 14 April 4.30pm. Jews and Modernisation in Austria and Germany 1815-1848. International Conference to mark the anniversary of Metternich's exile in Brighton, organised in conjunction with the Austrian Cultural Institute by the Centre of German-Jewish Studies. Speakers include John Rohl, Niall Ferguson, Silke Hassler, Eda Sagarra and others. The conference will investigate socially progressive impulses within a system which was politically conservative, taking the position of the Jewish communities as an indicator of tentative moves towards modernisation in German-speaking Europe.

Landscapes of Memory: Annual Conference of the Oral History Society in conjunction with the Centre for Continuing Education on 15 -16 May 1999. This international, interdisciplinary conference will explore the relationships between memory and place and the contested meanings of diverse human and physical landscapes. For further information please contact Caroline Barnard (Conference Administrator) in CCE on 678040 or email oralhistory@sussex.ac.uk. There is also some information at the web site http://www.essex.ac.uk/sociology/oralhis.htm.

Language Courses

From the Open Course unit in EURO - A level revision courses in French, Spanish and German from Wednesday 7 - Friday 9 April 1999. Cost £70, closing date is Monday 15 March 1999. Contact the Open Course assistant on ext 7258.

Sport Service News

Early Bird Registration. Register for all Sport Service Summer Term 1999 courses before April 16 and get £2.50 off each course (except for 3 week ballet course).