Academic commentary from Jill Jameson

Invited academic commentary on leadership case study for South East England Development Agency (SEEDA): case study of Advanced Resources Management Ltd

UPM duo in fine form

MOHD Amir Farhan Ampandi and Mithila Tamilarasan made their - university Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) - proud when they bagged the Men's and Women's Division 1 title in contrasting style in the opening leg of the IPT 1Malaysia squash circuit 2016 at the Perlis Squash Complex in Kangar recently

Reliability Modelling For Asset Management in South East Water

Over the years, the reliability modelling of water assets has generated increasing interest among both researchers and practitioners. Statistical methods and software packages for assessing asset reliability have been developed in order to improve asset availability, indirectly reduce water losses, and hence improve the efficiency of water assets. OFWAT, which is the economic regulator of the water sector in England and Wales, aims to ensure that water companies operate under their statutory functions and have sufficient financial means to perform these functions adequately. Water companies need to prepare a five-year business plan for OFWAT, in order to certify they have enough capital and are transparent when carrying out their statutory functions. Hence, this thesis aims to analyse the reliability of two selected types of assets at South East Water to help plan their future investments on vehicles and future maintenance costs on borehole assets. This thesis will provide an extensive literature review on reliability modelling in water distribution networks. An MS Excel-based decision support system will be developed for both vehicles and borehole assets, using data collected from South East Water. For the transport model, a block replacement policy will be developed by using Visual Basic, to obtain the optimum time of replacing a vehicle. Performance analysis will be conducted on the borehole data to pinpoint the worst performers among the 16 boreholes under analysis

Convening for a Prosperous Future: Middle East North African South Asian (MENASA) Convening

PSU is proactively leaning into its future as a majority-BIPOC student institution and is dedicated to coming alongside BIPOC communities, critical partners, actors, and agents to act in the present to ensure a prosperous future. We recognize that opportunities and challenges for BIPOC communities require collective, rather than singular, action. In that spirit, we invite you to save the date and join Portland State University\u27s Global Diversity and Inclusion Division on Sunday October 23rd between 11am-2pm for a convening luncheon contemplating present challenges and imagining a prosperous future for our Middle East North African South Asian (MENASA) Community. This social event aims to be an asset-based intergenerational, inter-ideological, and intercultural opportunity for listening, shared learning, and recognition of points of synergy and opportunity across the rich and diverse identities of the MENASA community in our area -- resulting in a shared agenda and momentum for action. Related Materials: Five affinity-based convenings: Latiné Futures Convening Convening on the Future of Black Thriving & Joy Convening for a Thriving Future for Pacific Islander, Native Hawaiian, Asian, and Asian American Communities (PIAA) Convening for a Prosperous Future for Middle East, North African and South Asian Community (MENASA) Native Leaders Roundtable Time to Act Events:The Future and Thriving of BIPOC Communities: A Time to Act Macroconvening(Affinity groups met in-person November 2022)Time 2 Act: Continuing Action for a Just and Equitable PSU(Video - Winter Symposium 2021) Time to Act: Envisioning and Creating a Just and Equitable PSU(Video - Virtual Equity Summit, October 30, 2020) Equity Plan: Time to Act: Plan for Equity & Racial Justice 2021 - 2024 (PDF - Report, 2021

TU-NET Joint Statement on Open Research

The statement demonstrates a sectoral commitment to meeting ambitious TU and national targets for Open research, benefitting the economy and society and asserts “that fully applying the principles of principles of openness, collaboration and accessibility to the research process is key to achieving optimum research outcomes and will more effectively catalyse regional economic development.