Author: Zoe Homes

MP Karen Lee to hold Staff and Student Surgery | 11th May

Zoe Homes / / Events

The University of Lincoln will welcome the MP for Lincoln Karen Lee to the Brayford Pool campus as part of her constituency surgery on Friday 11th May.

The visit is an opportunity for both staff and students to meet and engage with Karen Lee, and discuss with her the issues that matter to them.

She will be on campus from 1pm until 3pm, however, meetings are by appointment only. To book your slot, email helena.mair@parliament.uk or calling 01522 420067.

Early booking is advisable as places are limited.

MP Karen Lee to hold Staff and Student Surgery | 9th Mar

Zoe Homes / / Events

The University of Lincoln will welcome the MP for Lincoln Karen Lee to the Brayford Pool campus as part of her constituency surgery on Friday 9th March.

The visit is an opportunity for both staff and students to meet and engage with Karen Lee, and discuss with her the issues that matter to them.

She will be on campus from 1pm until 3pm, however, meetings are by appointment only. To book your slot, email helena.mair@parliament.uk or calling 01522 420067.

Early booking is advisable as places are limited.

Great Lives: John Sergeant | 19th Apr

Zoe Homes / / Events

This Great Lives lecture will be by John Sergeant on 19 April 2018 at 5.30pm for 6pm in the Jackson Lecture Theatre. 

Award-winning journalist and Honorary Graduate of the University, John Sergeant returns to Lincoln to talk about his career highlights and offers an insight into his role at the forefront of broadcasting the latest political news as well as his more recent career highlights since becoming a freelance Journalist.

John Sargeant

Throughout his 30 year career Sergeant has often been part of the news he has been reporting. Famously interrupted mid-broadcast by Margaret Thatcher as she emerged from the Paris Embassy, grabbing his microphone mid-broadcast to declare her participation in the Conservative leadership ballot. This incident was just one of many in the course of a 30 year career at the BBC, where John became Chief Political Correspondent. As a war reporter, he covered all the major trouble spots, including Northern Ireland, Vietnam, Rhodesia and the Middle East. After leaving the BBC, and a spell as ITN’s Political Editor, John turned to writing. His memoirs, Give Me Ten Seconds, led to a nationwide tour of a hilarious one-man show. His witty analysis of Thatcher’s life and career, Maggie: Her Fatal Legacy, became a best seller.

Now a freelance journalist and broadcaster, John reports for BBC1’s The One Show, has hosted Have I Got News For You?, and is a regular on many Radio 4 panel shows. John bravely defied his years when he became a hugely popular contestant on Strictly Come Dancing, with unexpected success. Sergeant is well know for his unique wit and keeps his audience enthralled, whether his subject is contemporary politics or his experiences in combat zones or his experiences of popular BBC show, Strictly Come Dancing.

This lecture is free to attend but prior booking is essential. Please visit email the events website or email events@lincoln.ac.uk for further information.

British Federation of Women Graduates Research Presentations Day

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British Federation of Women Graduates

RESEARCH PRESENTATIONS DAY

Saturday 12th May 2018
10.30am  – 4.00pm
At BFWG HQ: 4 Mandeville Courtyard, 142 Battersea Park Road, London SW11 4NB

Are you a postgraduate woman student? Do you have research you would like to present to a discerning audience – and have the chance of winning a small prize of £120 for the best presentation to a general audience?  Or would you like to join with us just to listen to other postgraduate women students presenting their research? Our Research Presentations Day (RPD) offers these opportunities. Past attendees, both presenters and audience, have found the Day thoroughly enjoyable and helpful in developing presentation skills.

If you think you would like to submit an abstract please go to our webpages www.bfwg.org.uk  where you can find more details and an abstract form.  Closing date for applications is Saturday March 24th 2018.

All, postgraduates and anyone else interested (male or female), are welcome to attend as audience. Bona fide students (UG or PG) come free. For others there is a charge of £10. A sandwich lunch is included.  For further information or to express interest in attending, please contact: rpd@bfwg.org.uk

Great Lives: Andrew Graham-Dixon | 27th Feb

Zoe Homes / / News

The next Great Lives lecture will be by Andrew Graham-Dixon on 27 February 2018 (time TBC) in the Isaac Newton Lecture Theatre. 

Art critic, journalist and TV presenter, Andrew Graham-Dixon, has presented numerous landmark series on art for the BBC, including the acclaimed A History of British Art, Renaissance, and Art of Eternity, as well as individual documentaries on art and artists. For more than 20 years he has published a weekly column on art, first in the Independent and more recently in the Sunday Telegraph.

This is Andrew’s second visit to the University of Lincoln, he returns to talk about his career highlights and offer an insight into his roles at the forefront of arts journalism for which he is highly regarded. Andrew Graham-Dixon regularly lectures on art in the UK and abroad with a lecturing manner which is refreshingly un-academic and allowing the audience an insight into the both the world of journalism and the arts.

Andrew is also an author and lends his expert eye to public service in the field of the visual arts, having judged the Turner Prize, the BP National Portrait Prize and the Annual British Animation Awards. He has served on the Government Art Collection Committee, the Hayward Advisory Committee, and is currently a member of the board of the Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art in Gateshead.

This lecture is free to attend but prior booking is essential. Please visit email the events website or email events@lincoln.ac.uk for further information.

The Library Wellbeing Team

Zoe Homes / / Administration

The Library is offering a new service, allowing students to book one-to-one appointments with a member of the Library Wellbeing team.

The Library Wellbeing team can provide assistance with:

  • Using the Library
  • Finding your way around the Library
  • Using library services and equipment
  • Searching the Library
  • Finding items on the shelves
  • Searching the Library website

All students need to do is go to http://calendars.library.lincoln.ac.uk/appointments/ to view what appointments are available throughout the week.

There is also a new Library Wellbeing Guide covering all aspects of what specialist Library support there is for students from borrowing books to equipment and software.

Annual Report on Public Engagement with Research | Call for Contributions

Zoe Homes / / Research

PEARLIn spring 2018, the University of Lincoln will be producing its first Annual Report on Public Engagement with Research, showcasing inspiring activities in which staff and students have engaged with the world beyond the university. The Annual Report will be a full-colour publication available online and in hard copy which will recognise, celebrate and promote a remarkable range of activity which includes giving talks; contributing to films and exhibitions; running events; staging interactive activities; working with local businesses; organising focus groups; hosting debates; involving members of the public in research and much, much more.

We are looking for features which can be full-length (ca. 500 words) or short notes (ca. 150 words). In order to make the best use of the limited space and attract readers, please include the following, where available, in your contribution;

  • A brief summary of the research or topic that the engagement related to
  • What were the aims of the engagement?
  • What was the activity and how did it involve the public?
  • What methods did you use to assess the success/impact of the activity?
  • What impact did the activity have? (Approximately how many people were involved? What effect did it have; e.g. enriching lives, changing attitudes, supporting learning, changing behaviour, improving health, instilling skills, stimulating discussion/reflection?)
  • What were the key highlights / achievements of the engagement? Are there any lessons to learn from it?
  • A maximum of 3 references to published works, websites etc. relating to the research or the public engagement which will enable readers to find out more.

 

Contributions should be sent to pearl@lincoln.ac.uk by 21st February, alongside 1-3 high quality images. If you would like your activity to be included but don’t have time to write about it, get in touch to tell us about it and we will be happy to draft some copy for you to approve/edit.

Any queries, or assistance putting together copy, please contact the above email or call ext 5505.

Thank you very much,

Professor Carenza Lewis (College of Arts and Principal Investigator, PEARL)
Professor Timothy Hodgson (College of Social Science and Co-Investigator, PEARL)
Sarah Harris (PEARL Research Assistant)

Online Bystander Intervention Module Available to all Students

Zoe Homes / / News

The University has recently launched the ‘NoMore’ module for all students, which provides you with information on how to recognise behaviours which may contribute to or constitute sexual misconduct, and how to be an active bystander.

The module also gives advice on how to support a friend or fellow student who discloses an incident of sexual misconduct and the services available.

Additionally, the module will count towards a chosen activity for The Lincoln Award. Simply download and print your certificate upon completion and present it to The Lincoln Award team for sign off.

To enrol onto the module, please click here or visit ‘My Support Services’ tab within Blackboard.

NoMore

If you have any concerns relating to the content discussed in this module and would like to speak to someone in confidence, please contact: studentwellbeing@lincoln.ac.uk