Author: Dave Prichard
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The University of Lincoln Sport Centre hosts a wide selection of Fitness Classes from Legs, Bums & Tums to Zumba.
All classes are suitable for all levels of fitness. No membership or joining fee required to take part. For further details contact sportscentre@lincoln.ac.uk or 01522886688.
Click on the timetable below!
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The Frequency Festival of Digital Culture arrives in Lincoln with an official launch party to kick off nine days of art, technology and culture.
The biennial festival will see virtual realities blur with medieval streets when extraordinary art exhibitions, installations and performances combine to transform Lincoln’s streets and buildings from 18th – 26th October 2013.
As part of the University of Lincoln’s collaboration with Frequency 2013, a number of its internationally renowned artists will exhibit their work in historic and contemporary venues across the city. A world-first screening of an entire NASA film collection is just one of the installations created by staff and students at the University as part of this year’s festival.
Dr Chris Riley, Visiting Professor at the University of Lincoln’s School of Media, will unveil Apollo Raw and Uncut, an intriguing video compilation charting NASA’s Apollo space missions.
Between 1966 and 1972, NASA amassed around 13 hours of 16mm film footage shot in space and on the surface of the Moon during the Apollo missions. Since then this irreplaceable collection has been stored under liquid nitrogen to preserve it in NASA’s vaults in Houston.
Visitors to Frequency 2013 will now have an exclusive opportunity to see this entire Apollo flight film archive for free in high definition, from 9am on Saturday 19th October at the Lincoln Performing Arts Centre on the University’s main Brayford Pool campus. For the first time, the showing of this unique work will take place in one single screening event, projecting the entire 13-hour body of film, which includes spectacular views of the Earth from space and the moment Neil Armstrong took his first steps on the Moon’s surface.
Dr Riley said: “Apollo Raw and Uncut is a unique project that presents the Moon shots to the public, without the usual editing that documentary film-making enforces on our view of the Apollo story. It is a story which revolutionised our view of the Earth – seen with human eyes for the first time from so far away. The footage in this collection, shot entirely by the Apollo astronauts themselves, permanently changed our perspective of our home planet and our place in the Universe.”
Frequency 2013’s theme of ‘revolution’, which invites audiences to explore the ways in which digital technology has changed the way that we see the world around us, is also evident in the Misdirect Movies exhibition curated by Andrew Bracey, MA Fine Art Programme Leader at the University of Lincoln.
The innovative cinema-inspired display showcases work from seven international artists, who explore new possibilities of collage using materials gleaned from classic movie scenes. Misdirect Movies was developed by Andrew and his co-curator, artist John Rimmer, to celebrate cinema’s near endless supply of imagery through a wide range of media that bridge analogue and digital platforms, such as projections, digital prints and painting.
Andrew said: “The works in Misdirect Movies are embedded in the lineage of collage; cutting up, repositioning and rearranging a vast selection of cinematic imagery to create new meaning. Orson Welles’ unfinished version of Don Quixote features a scene where Quixote slashes at a screen in a cinema. This scene acts as a lynchpin for the exhibition, expanding on the notion of Quixotic, intertextuality and the slippage of reality and illusion. ”
University of Lincoln artists commissioned by Frequency 2013 include Interactive Design graduate Matthew Whetherly, postgraduate MA Curatorial Practice students, the LPAC Producers and Lincoln School of Media lecturers Graham Cooper and David McSherry.
For more information and to view the complete programme, visit www.frequency.org.uk.
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Meet other postgrads and have your say on postgrad issues.
Want to meet other Postgraduate students? Got an idea you’d like to put forward? Have a query you want to put to The Graduate School team?
Join us at The Graduate School for PG Hour, a new lunch-break event taking place once a month. You’ll have the opportunity to come along and meet The Graduate School team and talk to us about any issues, ideas or concerns you may have. The event also acts as a great chance to network with other postgraduate students.
The first PG Hour takes place on Tuesday, October 22nd at 12:30 in the Academic Commons (The Graduate School, One Campus Way). The event is free and open to all staff and postgraduates.
We look forward to seeing you!
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University of Lincoln students will compete in a national mooting competition later this year.
Twenty students from the Law School were chosen after successfully participating in the Balloon Argument. The Law School and Law Society worked collaboratively to select students who will be representing the University of Lincoln in a variety of mooting competitions across the country.
The arguments were used to select students based upon the level of individual research undertaken, their skill at advocacy and their ability to produce a compelling case.
Last year, two students from the University of Lincoln Law School reached the final of the OUP and BPP National Mooting Competition against Manchester Metropolitan University. Louis Harman (pictured above), who was one of the two student finalists from last year, is now the Master of Moots for the Law Society. He said: “We want to thank everyone who took part in The Balloon Argument for showing us such an impressively high standard of advocacy. The selection process for the external moot teams was extremely difficult, but we are confident that we have a fantastic group of advocated representing the University this year. We wish them all the best of luck.”
The overall winner of the Balloon Arguments was George Joseph, who successfully appealed for the character of Darth Vader to stay aboard the sinking balloon.
“George Joseph came to the stand armed with a witty and extremely thorough argument. The evidence of his research spoke for itself as he responded to each intervention with a coherent and clever response. He embraced the seriousness of the competition but made it enjoyable for all involved,” said Louis.
For more information, contact: mooting@lincolnlawsoc.com or info@lincolnlawsoc.com.
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The University’s Disability Team, hold dedicated drop in sessions for 3rd year students every Friday, between 12 – 2pm.
If you are a third year and an existing Dart student or would simply like to speak to a Disability Advisor for help and information, please do come along to the sessions on Fridays 12- 2pm. The Dart Team are located in Student Services, next to the Health Centre on the Brayford Campus.
You can contact us by email on – dart@lincoln.ac.uk or telephone – 01522 886400
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The Students’ Union and student volunteers are cleaning out Brayford Pool on Wednesday 30 October.
Equipped with grappling hooks and litter pickers, the team will be cleaning up from 10 am to 4pm.
If you are interested in taking part, please contact Jane Kilby, ULSU Volunteering Co-ordinator, via volunteer@lincolnsu.com or call 01522 886420.
The team will also be cleaning up the Sincil Bank area on 14 November from 1pm to 4pm.
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A student nurse from the University of Lincoln is taking a lead role in the national drive to prevent pressure ulcers by arranging a conference to raise awareness among her fellow students.
Charlotte Johnston, who is entering the second year of her Nursing degree in Lincoln’s School of Health and Social Care, was inspired to organise the event after responding to a comment on Twitter from Ruth May, NHS England’s Chief Nurse for the Midlands & East, about the wider NHS ‘Stop the Pressure’ campaign.
Ruth May will now be among the speakers at the student conference Charlotte has organised. Around 500 students are expected to attend the event, which will take place at the University of Lincoln on 15th October 2013.
Other speakers include representatives from the Clinical Research Trials Institute, NHS Quest and United Lincoln Hospitals NHS Trust. Representatives from Health Education England will also be in attendance and NHS England’s chief nursing officer Jane Cummings has expressed her support. NHS Improving Quality (NHS IQ), the driving force for improvement across the NHS in England, is also supporting Charlotte in putting on the conference.
The majority of pressure ulcers are preventable and could be avoided through simple actions by frontline healthcare staff, and by patients and carers. As well as causing long term pain and distress for patients, treatment for each pressure ulcer costs an average of £4,638 – which causes a financial burden on the NHS of between £1.4 and £2.1 billion per year.
Charlotte said: “Having previously worked as a healthcare assistant, it came as news to me when I became a student nurse to learn that pressure ulcers were preventable. Learning to ‘stop the pressure’ via my first placement was a turning point for me in my student career. I wanted every student to have the same education around the subject as I have been given, to understand the impact of pressure ulcers from a service user’s point of view, to be inspired to take action, and to have the confidence to put their skills and knowledge into practice.”
The conference is intended to educate, inspire and motivate student nurses to adopt and share best practice around prevention of pressure ulcers, and will cover theory and tools that can be used straight away in practice placements. An essential component of the day will involve students making pledges to take the learning from the day forward, linked to NHS Change Day 2014. The event is also intended as a catalyst for other student nurses across the country to run similar conferences at their places of learning.
Ruth May, chief nurse, NHS England (Midlands & East), said: “The stop the pressure campaign has successfully managed to reduce the occurrence of pressure ulcers across midlands and east. This conference is a way of continuing the improvement – the energy and enthusiasm that Charlotte has brought to the campaign is fantastic, and we feel privileged to have her on board.”
Dr. Paul Linsley, principal lecturer and academic lead for mental health nursing at the University of Lincoln, said: “The University of Lincoln is delighted to support Charlotte in organising this innovative conference. The prevention of pressure ulcers forms a fundamental component to the practical skills training undertaken by our student nurses. It’s good to see this message being taken forward by one of our students in such an inspirational manner.”
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There is a unique opportunity being offered free of charge to students and staff at this University because we run courses recognised by the Chartered Institute of Public Relations.
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Just turn up and play, low competitive.
All abilities welcome. Takes place on Tuesdays at the University Sports Centre from 6pm-7pm.
Costs only £2 to play. For more information, please email cng@lincoln.ac.uk.
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Zumba® is easy to do, effective and totally exhilarating. So forget the workout, just lose yourself in the music and find yourself in shape at the original dance-fitness party.
Classes are available at the University Sports Centre on:
Just bring along your student card and payment.
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