University of Lincoln – Student News

One of the UK’s first People’s Peers will give a revealing account of life behind the scenes in the House of Lords in the first instalment of a new season of free public guest lectures at the University of Lincoln.

Lord Victor Adebowale of Thornes CBE, Chancellor of the University and a cross-bench member of the House of Lords since 2001, will offer audiences a glimpse into the day-to-day activities of Parliament’s Upper Chamber, revealing fascinating behind-the scenes stories and details not widely known among the public, closing with a question and answer session.

The talk, titled Everything you wanted to know about the House of Lords but were afraid to ask, will take place at 11.30am on 10^th October 2016 at the Engine Shed on the University’s main Brayford Pool Campus. Admission is free but prior booking is essential.

The event is the first in the 2016/17 season of the University of Lincoln’s Great Minds guest lecture series. Great Minds aims to provide inspirational insights into different aspects of society – from the entertainment world to elite sport and public life – for school and college students in Years 11, 12 and 13. A limited number of places are also available to the public.

Lord Adebowale said: “I’m looking forward to the lecture. I think ‘great minds’ might be a stretch in my case but I don’t think my audience will blame me for trying!”

As well as being a member of the House of Lords, Lord Adebowale is Chief Executive of Turning Point, a health and social care organisation providing services for people with complex needs such as substance misuse, mental health issues or learning disabilities.

He has a passionate interest in public service reform to ensure that those who need public services most have access to them, and talks widely on poverty, social exclusion, equality and human rights, leadership and change management.

Lord Adebowale has been a member of the House of Lords since 30 June 2001, and became Chancellor of the University of Lincoln in December 2008. He also sits on the board of NHS England and the national Co-operative, and regularly appears in the national media commenting on issues relating to health, social care and public policy.

Previous Great Minds speakers have included the Astronomer Royal Professor Lord Martin Rees, Speaker of the House of Commons the Right Honourable John Bercow MP, and the Poet Laureate Dame Carol Ann Duffy. Upcoming speakers for the 2016/17 season will be revealed shortly.

To book a place at a Great Minds guest lecture, click here. Alternatively, email events@lincoln.ac.uk or phone 01522 837100. Admission to the lecture is free but booking is essential. Priority will be given to groups from UK schools and colleges.

The University of Lincoln has risen to its highest ever position in The Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide.

In the latest edition of the guide, published this weekend, Lincoln has jumped 11 places to 51st position in the overall rankings out of 128 higher education institutions listed.

The University has improved in nearly all categories of the table but most significantly in the areas of teaching quality and student experience, where it is ranked in the top 10 nationally on both measures.

It follows the institution’s success in the latest National Student Survey, in which it was placed in the top 10 in the UK for overall student satisfaction* with several of its courses ranked number one for their subject areas.

The Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2017 is intended for students and parents making choices about undergraduate courses for entry in the 2017/18 academic year.

Lincoln’s rise in the latest edition comes days after the University was placed in the top 800 in the world for all universities in the prestigious THE World University Rankings 2016-17, a clear indication that Lincoln’s reputation is growing globally.

To read more, visit: http://www.lincoln.ac.uk/news/2016/09/1270.asp

An online resource charting the history of Feminism in the late 18th century to the early 20th century has been launched, providing the perfect starting point for those wanting to research the topic.

Created with researchers and students in mind, the Routledge Historical Resources: History of Feminism pulls together a wealth of articles, chapters, books and journals focusing on the long Nineteenth Century of feminism (1776-1928).

It features thousands of chapters of primary source materials, digitised for the first time, alongside 1,000 chapters of secondary book content and 100 journal articles from a range of Taylor and Francis journals. It also includes 16 newly commissioned thematic essays by experts in the field, including Women’s Movements and Ideologies in the long 19th Century by Professor Krista Cowman from the School of History & Heritage.

Images from the London School of Economics and Political Science’s Women’s Library help to bring the resource to life as well as creating a fully comprehensive resource of this much studied era of gender history.

Famous Pokémon characters can be caught at the University of Lincoln this week at ‘Pokéstops’ in six different spots across campus.

Lures which attract more of the Pokémon creatures to the six stops will be set during Thursday afternoon. The game, which allows players to fight, capture and train virtual monsters, already features the campus, so the lures are hoped to bring more characters during 12 noon and 4pm.

The game works by various characters popping up on the virtual Pokémon Go landscape, which uses a smartphone’s GPS and detect where you are and make Pokémon appear “around you” as you look at the world through the phone’s camera.

As players move around, characters start to appear depending on the time of day and where they are. Players must toss a Pokéball to capture them, with some much harder to trap than others.

Six locations will be used for the lures: outside the library; Minerva Building; pedestrian area outside the Media, Humanities and Technology (MHT) building; near One Campus Way at the Student Village; and outside Witham House.

ICT and Finance will be based at the Minerva Building, while the School of Psychology, which came up with the idea, is manning a stand at MHT along with Student Services. The Chaplaincy team stand will be based at Witham house.

Use hashtags #PokemonGo and #FreshLincoln to follow the action online and post your own Pokémon Go pictures.

The map with all Pokéstop locations can be found here: PokemonGo Campus Map PDF