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Discounted MACE DVDs on Friday

Dave Prichard / / News

Midlands on Film

The Media Archive for Central England (MACE) and School of Media have launched a DVD series charting the history of region.

The Midlands on Film series features archive footage of some of cities and counties across the Midlands.

Each DVD costs just £5 (there is a University of Lincoln staff and student discount) and the series includes:

To get your discount either visit the stand in the Atrium (Minerva Building) on 20 November from midday to 1.30pm or visit MACE directly in the MHT Building.

More information about the DVDs can be found by clicking here.

MACE is a registered charity and therefore all proceeds from the sale of these items will be used to fulfil charitable aims of preserving and making accessible the region’s screen heritage.

 

Lincoln students win BIID design challenge

Dave Prichard / / Competitions, Events, News

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Six University of Lincoln students from Interior Architecture and Design for Exhibition and Museums courses won the prestigious student design challenge organised by the British Institute of Interior Designers.

The competition was judged by Daniel hopwood, BIID president, Ben Spriggs, Deputy Editor of Elle Decoration, and Katie treggiden, journalist for Elle Decoration, the Guardian and the Telegraph.

The one-day CAD-free design competition is open exclusively to 3rd year Interior Design and Interior Architecture degree students from across the UK.

 

Law Clinic 2015/2016 – Free expert advice

Dave Prichard / / News

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Students from the University of Lincoln Law course offer free confidential advice for students.

If you have a legal problem, and don’t want the cost of a solicitor, drop them an email to see if they can help.

There is also a drop-in advice clinic every Wednesday from 1pm-4pm at the Student Advice Centre.

Alternatively, email lincolnlaw@lincoln.ac.uk or visit their Facebook page at www.facebook.com/lincolnlawclinic 

Student Travel Survey 2015

Dave Prichard / / Administration, Competitions, News

Student Travel Survey 2015 is now open.

Complete the 2015 Student Travel Survey for the chance to win prizes! We have lots of great prizes to give away. Provide an e-mail address at the end of the survey for a chance to win.

The University is required by the Higher Education Statistics Authority to provide annual returns on staff and student travel methods. The information collected in this survey will also be used to inform the development of the University’s Sustainable Travel Plan.

All information collected from this survey will be treated in the strictest of confidence and will only be used in the development of the Travel Plan and associated travel statistics. Any information collected will not be provided to third parties and will not be used to identify individuals.

For more information on environmental and sustainability issues at the University please visit our website at: http://estates.lincoln.ac.uk/sustainability/
Follow us on Twitter: @GreenLincolnUni

Please visit http://goo.gl/forms/hESHGTctQM

MA Taster Day: School of History and Heritage – 8 December

Dave Prichard / / Events, News

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You are invited to our postgraduate taster day for the MA in Medieval History, MA in Historical Studies, MA in Nineteenth-Century Studies, and Graduate Diploma in Conservation Studies.

Learn about our programmes, meet faculty, see some of the source materials with which you could work, and enjoy some tea/coffee and cake!

Participants will examine rare books and manuscripts in the Medieval and Wren Libraries at the Cathedral and learn about archival materials at the Media Archive of Central England (MACE) and the Bomber Command Centre.

The event takes place on 8 December from 3.30pm to 5pm in the Wren Library, Lincoln Cathedral.

To register, please email Dr Anna Marie Roos via aroos@lincoln.ac.uk

 

Meditation in the Library on Thursday

Dave Prichard / / Events

Meditation in the Library UL110 on Thursdays at 3pm.

Take a short break and try meditation!  It’s a brief session where you can receive a bit of guidance on how to find stillness in everyday life.  It’s a good way to re-focus and learn to be calm.

All Faiths welcome, and you don’t have to be religious.

Staff and Students welcome.

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Also, this Thursday at 1.15pm we have Roman Catholic Mass in MB3202.

Roman Catholic Mass followed by a buffet lunch in MB3202 this Thursday 12th November at 1.15pm.

All welcome!
Fpr more information, please email Helen Townsend, Assistant RC Chaplain, via h.townsend@lincschaplaincy.org.uk

Drama student Harriet Mayne in the BBC One’s On Stage tonight!

Dave Prichard / / Events, News, Student Accolades

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Watch out for drama student Harriet Mayne in the BBC One programme On Stage on Monday, November, 9, at 7.30pm.

This TV show features how a large-scale production of In Fog and Falling Snow, which is about the growth of the railways in the 1840s, was made during the summer in York at the Railway Museum and Signal Box Theatre.

Led by George Costigan, who played the railway investor George Hudson, it featured200 community actors including Harriet.

She says: “It was a fantastic production to be part of. Also working with George Costigan was a bonus too.”

Blackwell’s Bookshop will close for Semester 1 on Friday

Dave Prichard / / Events, News

The Blackwell’s Bookshop, located on the ground floor of the Library, will close for Semester 1 on Friday November 6th.

Students can continue to place orders by email, telephone or through the website www.blackwell.co.uk , with orders over £10 posted out free of charge.

Blackwell’s will continue to support Schools and Departments, wherever required, and can provide temporary bookstalls to coincide with lectures or events on request.

The Bookshop will re-open in the Library at the beginning of Semester 2.

For any enquiries regarding the bookshop please contact either Carole Bee (cbee@lincoln.ac.uk Academic Subject Librarian – University of Lincoln) or Natasha Henshaw (Bookshop Manager – 0115 9222630 – Natasha.Henshaw@blackwell.co.uk )