//It’s time to vote for your next Student Leaders & Student Experience Officers, and have your say on who you want to represent you.
You can now vote on the SU App for your chance to win one of 1000 prizes – there’s a 1 in 3 chance of winning! Free drinks, curly fries, gig tickets and more to be won!
To vote, visit www.lincolnsu.com/elections24. Voting closes at 2pm on Friday 15 March!!
//Please note, the Undergraduate Research Opportunities Scheme (UROS) second application deadline is Friday 22 March 2024.
UROS is a competitive bursary scheme designed to provide exciting opportunities for undergraduate students to gain research experience working in collaboration with academic staff on projects covering all disciplines across the University. The scheme provides students with the opportunity to gain an insight into the research environment while developing transferable employability skills.
Find out more here: https://lalt.lincoln.ac.uk/student-as-producer/undergraduate-opportunities-research-scheme/
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//The City of Lincoln Council is seeking a number of volunteers to take part in the Discover Greater Lincolnshire Weekend by distributing flyers in the city on Saturday 16 and Sunday 17 March.
The flyers to be handed out will advertise a the Lincoln Festival of History in May – a new, three-day event organised by the Council.
Please note, a minimum of one hour shift is required, but you wouldn’t be required to work both days.
This is a great chance to gain experience of working frontline with members of the public, which is often an invaluable skill in many employment sectors.
For more information and to sign up as a volunteer, please email: events@lincoln.gov.uk. If you provide contact details we will happily call you back for an informal discussion about the opportunity.
//The Multi-faith Chaplaincy are organising a trip to the Scunthorpe Gurdwara to experience the Vaisakhi services and langar (food).
The visit will take place on Sunday 14 April, meeting outside the LAC at 8.30am and leaving the Gurdwara at 2.30pm.
All students are welcome. To book your free place, please book online: https://chaplaincy.lincoln.ac.uk/calendar_event/scunthorpe.
Tickets are available on a first-come, first-served basis.
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chaplaincy@lincoln.ac.uk
//You can now purchase your discounted tickets for the following home league games:
-Lincoln City F.C. vs Cambridge F.C. – Tuesday 12 March.
-Lincoln City F.C vs Bristol Rovers F.C – Saturday 16 March.
Tickets are priced at £10 per person, with a maximum of six tickets per transaction. To purchase, please either visit the University’s online store, or visit the University’s Sports Centre at the Brayford Pool Campus. The Sports Centre opening hours are Monday – Thursday: 7am – 10pm, Friday: 7am – 9.30pm and Saturday – Sunday: 10am – 5pm.
Staff/student ID will be required to complete the purchase.
Fixtures for the season are available online: www.weareimps.com/Teams/matches/fixtures.
If you have any queries, please contact the Sports Centre via email: sportscentre@lincoln.ac.uk
//There will be an Ecumenical Communion Service on Wednesday 6 March at 1pm in Witham House, WH0001, followed by refreshments.
This is open to all students and staff at the University.
Ecumenical Communion Services take place on the first Wednesday of every month.
//Students living in Lincoln are encouraged to register their term time address in order to vote in the upcoming local government elections on Thursday 2 May.
Students can register at both their home address and term time address. If your addresses are in two different local authority areas, you can vote in local elections at both. Please note that you can only vote in one location during the general elections, as it is a criminal offence to submit a vote in more than one location.
The deadline to register to vote is Tuesday 16 April. To get registered, visit www.gov.uk/register-to-vote. You will need to provide your date of birth and National Insurance number, so make sure you have this available to you.
The University will be hosting a polling station this year, but to find your local polling station, please visit https://www.lincoln.gov.uk/v/find-polling-station.
//The hugely popular Student Enterprise Conference returned for 2024, taking place on Wednesday 21 February at the Engine Shed on campus.
The day launched with a short networking session for attendees, where students were encouraged to make new connections before a welcome talk from the University’s Student Enterprise Manager, Reece Leggett.
The first session of the day was focussed on business investment and funding, joined by panel members Thomas Atkins (Managing Director, Identity Agency), Laura Mallaburn (Head Business Support & Angel Network Manage, Lincoln Science & Innovation Park) & Lewis Stringer (Senior Manager UK Network – East & South-East Midlands, British Business Bank) with Reece Leggett chairing the panel. The panel outlined key strategies for start-up businesses to apply for funding, as well as some of the risks to consider when applying for funding.
The second session of the day featured a graduate business owner panel. A wide range of University of Lincoln alumni were present; Maureen O’Callaghan (Beyond Money CIC), Luke Smith (Bloe Health), Osayomwanbor Wilfred Ehioba (Ehioba & Co) & Emma Haigh (Jailhouse Frock), with Dominick McOmish (Marketing & Communications Assistant, University of Lincoln) facilitating. The panel answered a wide range of questions, including their inspiration in starting a business, what keeps them motivated, how they manage the work/life balance as a start-up, how they connect with customers and more.
Lunch was provided by the Engine Shed, which gave another opportunity for attendees to network and connect with speakers from the previous panels.
The final session of the day was a keynote session with Kay Kukoyi (Founder, Purposeful Group), who tackled the topic of AI and how it can benefit business owners, with a particular focus on adaption for SMEs. Kay delivered an insightful, engaging talk in which she outlined some of the key tools that entrepreneurial students should be looking to familiarise themselves with.
The conference was attended by a record number of students, which demonstrates the high level of support provided to students by the University’s Student Enterprise team. Following on from the news that the University of Lincoln is a top-5 University for supporting Student Start-Ups, the Student Enterprise team is pleased to continue their hard work in providing a dedicated resource for students looking to explore self-employment as a future career path.
Reece Leggett, Student Enterprise Manager at the University, said: “The conference is our flagship event, and we were really pleased to see such a strong turnout from students, with lots of new faces in the audience as well. Self-employment is becoming a more and more popular option for graduates, and days like today are a perfect example to spark that idea and give attendees an insight into what running a business could look like for them.”
For more information on the conference, or the work Student Enterprise do more widely, you can contact the team at studententerprise@lincoln.ac.uk.
//The University of Lincoln is set to deliver a new broadcast provision which will reflect nationwide developments in traditional radio broadcasting which have shaped audience behaviours and participation.
These advancements are owing to the increasing popularity of digital audio technology including smart speakers, pre-recorded media, and streaming platforms.
Evolving with and acknowledging this change, the University is launching a consultation: ‘The Sound of the Future’. This period of visioning will identify and develop a suitable business model for an audio-based output, in which members of the University community will be invited to contribute their ideas.
The consultation will be facilitated by Dr Finn Pollard, Head of Academic Quality and Standards and the Centre for Culture and Creativity at the University. The Sound of The Future will gather ideas and insights from our student body and staff colleagues about how our community could engage in a future audio output. This will be done through a series of workshops and one-to-one conversations taking place across March and April with those who expressed an interest, in addition to an online survey open to all.
Objectives for a new platform will ensure that the University continues to deliver up-to-date learning opportunities for our students, to support their future careers in the digital media landscape. The platform will also prioritise quality and community, resulting in a curated experience for listeners.
Staff and students can submit their ideas online until 1 May 2024: https://forms.office.com/e/hk1L93sACB.
//Internal Events (for specific student groups in the COASSH community)
Wednesday 13 March
Walking Tour of Medieval Lincoln, led by Professor Mark Gardiner and Dr Michele Vescovi
Meet outside main entrance of Nicola de la Haye Building, 15.00
This is a special event arranged for and in consultation with the University of Lincoln Student History Society.
No booking is required.
Thursday 14 March
Visit to the Lincolnshire Archives, led by several members of the academic staff of the School of Humanities and Heritage, 11.00-12.00.
This is a special event arranged for College Of Arts, Social Science and Humanities PGR students.
You can book here (scroll down to option number 4) and grab one of the remaining places available!
Public Engagement Events
Thursday 14 March
Professor Stephen Church, Research Professor in Medieval Studies
This talk ‘Everyday Life at the Court of King John’, will take place in MB0312 (Minerva Building), from 17.30 until 19.00.
To book a free ticket for this talk, please click here.
Friday 15 March
Dr Janina Ramirez, Visiting Professor in Medieval Studies
This talk ‘How Writing Medieval Women Back into History Can Change Past, Present and Future’, will take place in MB0302 (Minerva Building), from 17.30 until 19.00.
To book a free ticket for this talk, please click here.
