//The University Sports Centre is offering FREE personal training taster sessions to staff and students who want to see whether they could benefit from hiring a PT on a regular basis.
The 30 minute taster sessions can be booked at the Sports Centre reception.
//There are a number of services in Lincolnshire that can give you the help and support needed if you or someone you know is a victim of sexual violence and abuse.
The University of Lincoln is supporting the #NoMore campaign, raising awareness of Sexual Violence & Abuse (SVA) services and promoting a culture change within Lincolnshire.
The awareness campaign aims to:
The campaign has come about from the SVA Partnership, which includes police, education, PCC, SVA support services and Lincolnshire County Council, and aims to make Lincolnshire a safe place to live, work and socialise without the risk of SVA.
In order to do this, a culture change is needed and the #NoMore awareness campaign is the start of that.
The University is proud to support this campaign.
For more details, visit: https://www.lincolnshire.gov.uk/lincolnshire-community-safety-partnership/no-more-campaign/129858.article
//Breaking Barriers is a series of workshops and talks which have been designed to help students develop beyond what they perceive their career barriers to be.
During the week commencing Monday 20th February 2017, the Careers and Employability team will be joined by guest speakers to provide students with strategies, hints and tips to help them overcome personal barriers to success. The workshops have been designed following feedback from students who have communicated what they believe their barriers to employment are.
Sessions include:
To book your place on any of the Breaking Barriers workshops, please visit the Eventbrite page: www.breakingbarriers17.eventbrite.com. All sessions have limited space, so each is operating on a first come, first serve basis.
To keep up to date with schedule changes and additions please refer to the Eventbrite bookings page or the Facebook event here: https://www.facebook.com/events/1023939394401038/
For more information University of Lincoln Careers & Employability, visit: www.uolcareers.co.uk
//The University’s postgraduate advice team will be available in the Library every Wednesday in February to speak to current second and third year students about opportunities to stay at Lincoln to study for a Masters level qualification.
The team will be on hand to help students choose between subject areas, talk about future career options, provide details of the new £10,000 loan scheme, and answer questions about entry requirements and the application process.
Current third year students will be able to make an application for their chosen course at the drop-in session, using a quick form designed to make continuing with us as easy as possible.
Sessions run from 10.00am to 3.00pm in the ground floor study area of the University Library on the following dates:
Wednesday 1st February
Wednesday 8th February
Wednesday 15th February
Wednesday 22nd February
You are very welcome to attend one of these drop-in sessions to discuss your future study plans and to see how the University of Lincoln can fit in.
//The Riseholme Campus of the University of Lincoln has joined the UK’s national network of monitoring stations measuring intergalactic cosmic rays to provide farmers and agri-tech researchers with near real-time data on soil moisture levels.
Grasslands at the campus have been fitted with cutting-edge meteorological and soil monitoring instruments as part of the national Cosmic-ray Soil Moisture Observing System (COSMOS-UK) project.
Led by the UK’s Centre for Ecology & Hydrology and funded by the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC), the COSMOS-UK project launched in 2013 and now includes 40 sites stretching from Glensaugh in Scotland to The Lizard in Cornwall, with further installations planned.
Riseholme is the first location in Lincolnshire to be added to the national network of monitoring stations. Once calibrated, the technology will help to inform research by scientists from the University’s Lincoln Institute for Agri-food Technology (LIAT), as well researchers at other universities and research institutions.
Read more at: http://www.lincoln.ac.uk/news/2017/01/1315.asp
//Are you a student studying at a higher education institution in Europe? Want to show the world why you love studying here?
The Study in Europe project team of the British Council are looking for fun, fresh short films that celebrate why it is great to study abroad in Europe.
Your mission is to create a ‘short film’ (60 seconds or less) to show other students around the world what you love about studying in Europe. We want to know what inspired you to come to Europe and hear about any long-term ambitions you have achieved here or any personal challenges you have overcome while studying in Europe.
Full details of the competition can be found here (opens pdf). Entries close on Friday 10th February 2017.
//Blackwell’s Bookshop are making a free ebook available each week between now and March 2017.
The first title, Michael Tefula’s “How to Get a First”, will be made available from Monday 23rd January, to coincide with the start of Academic Book Week https://acbookweek.com/
The free ebook offer is available to all staff and students at the University of Lincoln. No purchase is necessary, just go to the on-campus Blackwell’s shop in the Library and ask for a copy of the ‘free ebook’. You will then be provided with an access code which gives you free access to the title for one week, and can be downloaded on Blackwell’s Learning Platform.
Further titles will be released on a weekly basis, all with free access for one week, to include the following:
30th January – SPSS Survival Manual
6th February – Academic Writing
13th February – The Case of the Poisonous Socks
20th February – Galileo’s Finger: The 10 Great Ideas of Science
27th February – Powerhouse
6th March – Doing Your Research Project: A Guide for First-Time Researchers
If you have any further questions regarding the offer please contact Katie Chapman, Blackwell’s manager on Katie.chapman@blackwell.co.uk
//A student from the School of Life Sciences is inviting cat owners to take part in a short research survey, designed to explore how people interpret different cat behaviours.
The research is being conducted by Shannon Etherington, who is in her third year of the Animal Behaviour and Welfare programme. She hopes the study could shed light on how demographic factors can influence cat behaviour interpretation.
The survey consists of 19 questions in total and should take approximately 10 minutes to complete. The survey includes four videos of cat behaviour which can be viewed via YouTube, and the survey should therefore be completed on desktop computers or laptops. All participants will remain anonymous.
To complete the survey please visit: https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/XL8HZKD
If you have any queries about the study, please contact Shannon via email: animalbehaviourstudy@gmail.com
//Careers and Employability in partnership with the alumni department, Lincolnshire One Venues, The LPAC and The College of Arts bring you Creative Careers Festival.
The Creative Careers Festival includes events for the five different schools within the College of Arts including; English & Journalism, Fine & Performing Arts, Architecture & Design, Film & Media and History & Heritage. All sessions are open to current students and graduates from the College of Arts.
Sessions will be on a first come first served basis. But please do book your space to guarantee a place!
Unsure what sessions to book onto? We have a helpful school by school guide to the event, but we welcome all College of Arts students at any event they’re interested in – PROGRAMME (pdf).
For more details and to book your place please visit the Eventbrite page: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/creative-careers-festival-2017-tickets-30517800563
//First year students who have not yet been vaccinated against meningitis and septicaemia are advised to book an appointment to be immunised this month.
Meningococcal disease can develop suddenly, usually as meningitis or septicaemia. Early symptoms include severe diarrhoea and vomiting, headaches, muscle pain, fever, and cold hands and feet. It can kill, or leave people with life-changing disabilities or health problems, like hearing loss, brain damage or the loss of a limb.
New students are at a high risk of meningococcal disease because they tend to mix with large numbers of new people. If you did not have the vaccination before you started University or when you enrolled in September, you should do so this month.
Should you fall unwell with the symptoms above, please seek medical advice immediately.
Vaccinations are available from the University Health Centre on campus. Please make an appointment to see the Nurse Practitioner to help guard against this disease.
