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Celebration of Lincoln’s engineering history

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Lincoln School of EngineeringA celebration of engineering’s key role in Lincoln’s past, present and future will be the focus of a major event taking place in and around the city’s cathedral from May 25-27.

A range of exhibitions, events and displays will celebrate Lincoln’s engineering heritage and highlight its present day prowess, as well as showcasing innovations for the future.

The University of Lincoln, City of Lincoln Council and Lincoln College are working with a number of engineering firms to deliver an event that will inspire the next generation to pursue a career in the engineering sector.

Dr Colin Dowding, senior lecturer at the University’s School of Engineering, has coordinated a series of talks to take place in the Chapter House, with presentations and displays targeted at highlighting opportunities for young people to study and train for a role in the industry.

He said: “The engineering sector is a major contributor to the UK economy; but interestingly, engineers statistically deliver double the input to the exchequer of the average worker. This means that engineers are in great demand both in the UK and worldwide. Engineering is an extremely broad and varied profession that requires expert understanding of the physical and mathematical sciences for application in projects that affect everybody’s daily life. The Celebration of Engineering event has been developed to showcase the engineering expertise in Lincolnshire, its relevance and how the education centres of Lincoln can help you or your children to be a part of it.”

Interactive displays, exhibitions, schools’ competitions, a timeline and stands plus a tour of the city’s engineering centres will also be part of the celebration weekend.

The cathedral and its grounds will be the focus of much of the activity with an archive exhibition along with displays depicting the city’s links to the aviation industry being staged at The Collection in Danes Terrace.

Others staging displays and stands in the cathedral include local engineering companies, Lincoln College, Cathedral Architects and Structural Engineers, Lincoln Engineering Society, Friends of Lincoln Tank and Civil Engineers.

Saturday will see children from local primary and secondary schools taking part in specially designed challenges for the day. With the support of Lincoln College there will also be a competition for teams to compete on the assembly of a go-kart against the clock.

The day will be rounded off at 4pm with a special guided bus tour taking in old and new sites linked to engineering in the city.

Halina Davies, City Council Interim Economic Sustainability and Tourism Programmes Manager, said: “We are really excited about what should be a fascinating weekend for those who live, work or study in the city as well as visitors. It is a fantastic opportunity to share with today’s young people the diversity of the engineering sector and move away from the stereotypical assumptions of the past. While highlighting Lincoln’s industrial heritage it is even more important to show how it has evolved today with its significant economic contribution and the opportunities that exist in the future.”

Entry to the Cathedral is free on Saturday (10am to 4pm) and Sunday (12pm to 3pm) with normal charges applying on Monday. Entry to The Collection will be free over the entire weekend.

If you or your organisation would still like to take part in the event or you want to find out more go to www.visitlincoln.com

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Annual conference celebrates pioneering postgraduate research at the University of Lincoln

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Postgraduate Student Conference at Riseholme Park

Postgraduate students will be exhibiting their work in a celebration of research across the University of Lincoln, as it hosts its seventh Annual Postgraduate Student Conference.

The conference, which will showcase discoveries being made, applied and critiqued by current postgraduate research students, will take place on Thursday 18th April at the Riseholme Park Conference Centre within the University’s Riseholme Park Campus.

Throughout the conference, postgraduate students will present a multitude of innovative research projects to delegates, through presentations, displays and art exhibitions. The one-day event will be opened by a key note speech from Distinguished Professor of Social Research, Stephen McKay, which will provide important insight into ‘The Craft of Research: A View from the Social Sciences’.

The conference will also include a series of workshops and instructive Q&A panel sessions, hosted by Professor Mike Neary, the University of Lincoln’s Dean of Teaching and Learning and Director of The Graduate School.

Professor Neary said: “We are looking forward to celebrating the research undertaken by our postgraduate students here at the University of Lincoln. The conference seeks to demonstrate that the spirit of research is not the preserve of any particular subject or discipline, but is what all researchers share in common and constitutes what is essential about higher education – ‘the idea of the University’.”

Deputy Vice Chancellor Professor Scott Davidson, added: “Research is what distinguishes universities from other kinds of educational institution and here at the University of Lincoln we actively promote the excitement and value of research endeavour to all our students. Among our postgraduate students there is a truly astounding range and depth of high quality research and we are looking forward to seeing this showcased at our Annual Postgraduate Student Conference.”

The Annual Postgraduate Student Conference is part of Postgraduate Week 2013, which takes place from Monday 15th – Friday 19th April, as a celebration of the entire postgraduate community at the University of Lincoln. This year’s programme includes presentations, advice sessions, career and library workshops and evening debate opportunities regarding “The Future of Academic Publishing”. The week will conclude with an evening drinks reception and quiz night, hosted at the Graduate School.

The University’s Graduate School promotes the development of postgraduate activity and champions the interests of postgraduate students throughout the University. The University of Lincoln is currently home to over 1,300 postgraduate students.

The Annual Postgraduate Student Conference is open to all staff and students at the University of Lincoln, and will take place from 9am to 5pm on Thursday 18th April, with registration open from 8:30am. For more information, and to register for your free place, visit: www.postgraduateconference2013.blogs.lincoln.ac.uk.

If you would like further information regarding the conference or Postgraduate Week, please contact the Graduate School at graduateschool@lincoln.ac.uk.

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Medieval conference to uncover secrets of Lincoln’s famous bishop

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Medieval Lincoln

Lincoln will play host to some of the UK’s most esteemed historians, as they gather for the city’s celebrated annual medieval conference.

‘New Perspectives: Religious Life in Medieval Lincolnshire’ will be hosted by the Lincoln Record Society and will take place at the Lincoln Cathedral Centre on Friday 12th and Saturday 13th April 2013.

The annual conference provides the opportunity to join international historians as they celebrate the medieval heritage of the city and its monuments. This year, the University of Lincoln’s Dr Philippa Hoskin will take centre stage as one of the key note speakers.

Dr Hoskin, Programme Leader for MA Medieval Studies and Senior Lecturer in History in the School of Humanities at the University of Lincoln, will reveal a new perspective on “Robert Grosseteste and the Dangerous Clerks”, as she opens the second day of the conference.

Dr Hoskin has led ground-breaking new research into the famous Lincoln bishop, which will be presented at the conference for the first time. She will describe new findings about Robert Grosseteste’s attitudes to the education and qualifications of his clergy, and unveil the truth behind his time as head of the Lincoln Diocese. Her talk will bring fresh evidence to light, and suggest that his current reputation may not be entirely correct.

Dr Hoskin said: “I’m delighted to be a part of this conference here in Lincoln. ‘New Perspectives: Religious Life in Medieval Lincolnshire’ will showcase the enormous amount of important scholarly work being done on the religious history of medieval Lincolnshire at the moment.”

She will be joined at the conference by Sara Mederos, a graduate student also from the University of Lincoln’s School of Humanities, who will deliver a public talk entitled “Untying the Knot: Canon Law and the Marriage of Christina of Markyate”.

Lincoln’s famous medieval legacy and rich historical resources attract academic minds from across the country, and this year visitors to the conference will enjoy the expertise of academics from the universities of Glasgow, Leeds, Nottingham, Cardiff, York and Keele.

New Perspectives: Religious Life in Medieval Lincolnshire will take place on 12th – 13th April 2013 from 9am. Attendance at the conference costs £10, or £8 for members of the Lincoln Record Society. For more information and to book your place, please contact conference organisers Alan Kissane or Marianne Wilson.

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Get up to speed with engineering

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Dr John MurrayFlying quadrocopters, robotic arms and a 3D printer will all be demonstrated at an event aimed at showcasing the UK’s engineering and manufacturing sector.

Get up to Speed is one of the headline events of the 2012 Global Manufacturing Festival in Sheffield. It aims to inspire the next generation of engineering talent by bringing education and business closer together.

The University of Lincoln has been invited to exhibit at the interactive event which last year attracted more than 2,000 young people, families and teachers.

Dr John Murray, from the University’s School of Computer Science, said: “This is a great opportunity for the University to showcase its work and I’m delighted to be going along. It’s a fantastic event which will be sure to get children interested in and wanting to study Computer Science, Engineering and other related subjects required for a career in manufacturing industries.”

Dr Murray will be attending the Festival on Wednesday, April 17, along with a group of students from the University who will be operating a host of interactive robots.

Visitors will be able to see quadrocopters in action, a printer that can create 3D objects and robots that can be controlled through an Xbox.

Dr Murray said: “The robots we’ll be taking along can mimic people and this technology can be used in situations such as search and rescue operations where sending in humans would be too dangerous. It’s this sort of information we’ll be looking to explain to visitors. A lot of people think Computer Science is just about being sat at a desk programming, but that isn’t the case at all.”

Get up to Speed is the chance to see some of the fastest vehicles, innovations and people all in one place. As well as being able to participate in a number of interactive activities and simulations, visitors will be able to talk to apprentices, find out what it’s like to work in the sector and one day play a part in helping to achieve some future world records.

More than 30 local engineering and manufacturing companies will be exhibiting alongside the University of Lincoln at the event which runs from 10am to 6.30pm at The Blue Shed in Brightside Lane, Sheffield.

To find out more and book places at the event visit http://www.be-sy.co.uk/news/get-up-to-speed.html

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Lincoln academic to lead HEA research seminar on academic freedom

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The Higher Education Academy will host a seminar on academic freedom on 12 February.

The event will be led by Terence Karran, senior academic at the Centre for Educational Research and Development at the University of Lincoln.

It will include an examination on the historical roots of academic freedom, its role within the modern research university and the need for a working definition of ‘academic freedom.’ Dr Karran will also argue for the importance of academic freedom in relation to students, university staff, institutions, and the wider world.

Dr Karran has previously worked at the University of Dundee, the University of Strathclyde and Leeds Metropolitan University. He has also had roles with the Finnish Virtual University, the Autonomous University of Guadalajara in Mexico, and the World Bank Institute’s Global Development Learning Network for Latin America and the Caribbean.

The seminar takes place at the HEA in York and is also available for people to join via live-streaming. It is free to attend but places must be booked.