The Salon e-Magazine
The June 2011 issue of The Salon magazine is now available online. This issue includes features on running a successful sunless tanning business and entering hairdressing and beauty competitions and awards.

The Apprentice Episode 4- Beauty Treatments
If you missed the Beauty Treatment episode of The Apprentice this week, which saw the contestants travelling down to Birmingham, you can catch up by using the BBC iPlayer.

Spring Bank Holiday Opening Hours
Here are the Spring Bank Holiday opening hours for Richmond House Library and Summer Row Library. Don't forget to renew any books that you have out on loan, to prevent any overdue fines when you return. Have a good holiday!
Richmond House
Summer Row

Fitness Instructor Positions

Richmond House Gym is recruiting new gym instructors. If any students are interested, application packs are available from:

Personnel Department (3rd Floor, Summer Row)
Richmond House Gym
Download from UCB Online

The closing date for applications is Friday 3rd June at midday.

Hairdressing and Beauty Student Achieves Gold at UK Skills
Congratulations to Level 2 Hairdressing and Beauty Therapy student, Katie Hatchard who is celebrating her Gold win in the Intermediate category of the UK Skills Regional Awards 2011. See the UCB website for more info.

BISA Conference
The British International Spa Association (BISA) has cancelled it's sixth annual conference, which was due to take place this June in Buxton.

The Apprentice - Episode 4: Beauty Treatments
Series 7 of The Apprentice is now underway and next week sees the remaining candidates meeting Alan Sugar at the British Museum to discover what their next task is. They are asked to set up beauty treatment businesses in Birmingham, setting up shops in different areas of Birmingham. You can find out how well they do on Wednesday 25 May 9:00pm - 10:00pm 0n BBC1, and if you miss the programme you can catch up later with BBC iplayer.

Library System & Catalogue Maintenance

Please note that due to essential maintenance, the Library Catalogue will not be available to users at the following times:

Mon 6th June: (3 - 4pm)

Mon 13th June: (2pm onwards)

Tue 14th June: (all day)

This means that you will be unable to borrow or renew books during these times, and will be unable to access your account.

We will attempt to minimise disruption by ensuring that no books are due for return on 13th / 14th June. Users will be able to borrow books for the summer period from the following dates:

Mon 23rd May: (3 week loans)

Mon 6th June: (1 week loans)

Online Journals for Sport Therapy

You’ll be pleased to hear that online access to full text articles in Journal of Strength & Conditioning Research and Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise is now available via Athens and the Ovid database.

Journal of Strength & Conditioning Research includes access to back issues starting 1987 and Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise has access to back issues starting 1980. There is also access to Medicine & Science in Sports from 1969-1979.

Vidal Sassoon
Another Vidal Sassoon related link for you. The hairdressing legend appeared on the BBC 2 Something for the Weekend programme on 8th May, so you can catch up on this using the BBC iplayer link

New Books in Stock at Richmond House
There are now copies of The Complete Nail Technician (new 3rd. edition) Newman,

and a copy of The cutting edge :50 years of British fashion 1947-1997, De La Haye,
in the Library.

Great British Hairdresser
If anyone has missed episodes of The Great British Hairdresser you can catch up using the 4oD link

The Nail File
Free copies of the Summer 2011 issue of the nail newspaper, The Nail File,
are now available at Richmond House Library counter. You can download a copy of the Spring 2011 issue, plus issues of Guild News, Tanning World and Irish Beauty from the BeautyServe website.

Beauty UK 2011
Just a reminder that the Beauty UK and Holistic Health trade events will be taking place at the NEC Birmingham on Sunday 8th and Monday 9th May 2011. See the event website for info.