Asics Running 2009

Asics Running 2009 is a new event taking place at the Kettering Conference Centre on Wednesday June 10th. It is aimed at physiotherapists, sports therapists/sports rehabilitators, podiatrists, coaches, trainers, sports physicians, sports scientists, sports lecturers/teachers and serious runners/athletes.
You can book and see more info at the http://www.physiouk.co.uk/ website, by entering the name of the event in the 'find a course' box.

Professional Beauty /Santi Women in Our Business Awards and Conference

The 2009 Professional Beauty/ Santi Women in our Business Awards and Santi Conference will be held on June 1 at The Mayfair Hotel in London. See the Professional Beauty site for details (click on the News tab at the top of the home page).

British Hairdressing Business Awards 2009
The 2009 British Hairdressing Business Awards will be taking place on Sunday September 27th, at the Royal Lancaster Hotel in London. The awards celebrate individuals and salons that excel in the business of professional hairdressing. For more details see the 'news and events' on the HJ website.

Management of Spa Pools

Copies of Management of Spa Pools: controlling the risk of infection, are now in stock at Richmond House Library and on order for Summer Row Library. See online catalogue info for details.

£1.00 Hair & Beauty Treatments at UCB
Here's another chance to get yourself a bargain and support other UCB students. For a limited period choose any of these treatments for just £1.00:

Make up Application
Indian Head Massage
Epilation £1.00 per session
Cut and Blow Dry
Shampoo and Sets
Hair Up
Blow Dry
For appointments call: 0121 604 1020

Spa Sale
There is currently 50% off the price of treatments that are available at The Spa (offer valid for a limited period) so why not come and treat yourself, or family & friends, while supporting other UCB students. Treatments available are:
Beauty
All Eye Treatments
Waxing
Dermalogica Electrical Treatments (excluding the microcurrent facial)
Body Electrical Treatments
Marine Contour Wrap, with free use of the steam room, sauna & jacuzzi on Mondays only (swimwear required)
Aromatherapy Body Wrap
Hair
Level 3 Classes only
Colour correction
Cut and Restyle
Level 2 Classes
Conditioning Treatments
Cap Highlights or Full/Partial Tints
Semi Permanent Colour

For appointments call: 0121 604 1020

Beauty UK 2009

Just a reminder that the Beauty UK event is taking place at the NEC Birmingham 26-27 April. See the BeautyServe.com website for details and also previous blog posting (19 Jan).

New Sport Physiology Book

Copies of Adventure Sport Physiology are now available at Richmond House Library, and copies are on order for Summer Row Library. You can also access this title online through Athens, via the Dawson Books database.

The Apprentice- the verdict
If you watched The Apprentice on Wednesday this week, where the task was setting up a cosmetic company, you might be interested in reading what an industry expert had to say about the programme. You can find this on the excellent Professional Beauty.co.uk site - you can also read the online version of Professional Beauty here and sign up for the weekly newsletter to keep up with the latest industry news

The Apprentice
Next week's 'The Apprentice' (click to read 'The Apprentice' blog) sees Sir Alan Sugar challenging the teams to set up a cosmetic company. Might be worth a watch for useful tips (or to see where they go wrong!). It's on Wednesday 15th April on BBC 1 at 9.00 pm. See the Radio Times listing for more details of this task.

Full Text Sports Therapy Journal Articles

We currently have full text access to a new journal that you might find of interest. This is 'Sports Technology', available through Athens and the Wiley InterScience database. To access this journal, log on to the Wiley InterScience database, then click on the 'New Journals' box on the right of the homepage. Select the 'view home page' option by the selected title to see the articles available.
There should also be another new journal available soon via Wiley InterScience; this is 'Shoulder and Elbow', which is due for publication in June 2009.

UCB Careers Fare

There will be a Careers Fair taking place at UCB in The Brasserie Restaurant, Summer Row, on Monday 27th April 2009 between 11am-2pm. Click here for info.

Luxury Spa Conference
The 2nd Annual Luxury Spa Conference ( spa networking day) will be taking place at The Hurlingham Club, London on Thursday 23rd July 2009. See the Salon Prive website for details.

Sumo Hairdressing
There's a hair related TV programme on BBC 4 tonight (8.30- 9.00pm). 'The Sumo Tokoyama: The Art of Hairdressing for Wrestlers' deals with the aesthetics of sumo wrestling and the traditional top knots that are crafted daily by the tokoyama, or sumo hairdresser. So, if you like the idea of specialising in this area, or are just curious, you might want to take a look at the programme. See this week's Radio Times TV listings.

The FIA Flame Conference 2009

The Fitness Industry Association (FIA) Flame Conference, which is a new interactive health and fitness industry conference, will be taking place 9-10 June 2009, at the Reebok Stadium in Bolton. It will be running alongside the FIA Industry Summit and FLAME Awards. For more details see the FIA Website.