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Archaeological dig at The Lawn to start next week
A four-week excavation led by Bishop Grosseteste University (BGU) begins Monday 20 June. -
Bishop Grosseteste University (BGU) to launch archaeological excavation at The Lawn, Lincoln
BGU’s Archaeology Field School returns with a four-week excavation at the site of one of Lincoln’s most iconic buildings. -
BGU lecturer secures grant bid of over £8000 from LPFT
Dr Clare Lawrence to develop short course for autistic families -
Bishop Grosseteste University launches autism exhibition
A free exhibition of artefacts that have emerged from the autism community in answer to the question ‘What is autism?’ will go on display at Bishop Grosseteste University (BGU). -
BGU lecturer’s children’s book translated into Ukrainian to support incoming refugees
The dual language English-Ukrainian eBook will be available for schools and host families free of charge to help to support the acclimatisation of refugee children. -
New book by BGU community on Autism and Creativity published
Creativity in Autism (Emerald publishing) is a new book by Dr Clare Lawrence and Olivia Macnab, published this month. Clare is Associate Professor of Participatory Autism Research at Bishop Grosseteste University (BGU), and has been a writer, researcher and autism advocate for nearly 20 years. Olivia Macnab graduated from BGU in 2023 with a first-class degree in Applied Drama and is now working as a freelance creative practitioner. The book firmly dispels the myth that autistic people lack imagination or the ability to work creatively, especially regarding language. The book reports on two recent projects undertaken at BGU: a Shared Reading project, where excerpts from literature were used as a scaffold for autistic people to discuss their lived experience of autism, and a Creative Writing group that brought together voices to explore and articulate neurodiversity through the written word. Olivia said: “I'm so excited to put this work out into the world. I think it's incredibly important for everyone to gain an understanding of the autistic experience, and a book like this - featuring the creative expression of autistic people - is one of the most valuable ways of doing it.” According to Clare, the book foregrounds autistic people in so many aspects as contributors – all of the people who have worked together to create this book identify as members of the wider autistic community, from writers, group members, designers, cover illustrators and the foreword writer. She said: “We were privileged, too, that Helen Kara wrote our introduction. She is a renowned expert in this field and her endorsement means a great deal”. There will be a formal launch celebration of the book as part of BGU’s annual Teaching and Learning Conference in July, with a public talk by the writers, the showcasing of artefacts and anthologies that have emerged from the projects and, of course, copies of the book to be signed. Keep a look out for further details nearer the time! -
Senior Lecturer discusses autism and English in National Association for Teaching of English magazine
Dr Clare Lawrence, writes about alternative forms of communication in the classroom. -
BGU academic meets with Ofsted to ‘further understanding’ regarding flexi-schooling
Associate Professor Clare Lawrence from our Secondary PGCE team met with members of Ofsted. -
BG Students play their part in Christmas Market
Lincoln's Christmas Market is in full swing, and students from Bishop Grosseteste University are playing their part in creating a vibrant atmosphere at the event. On Saturday 8th December between 11am and 4pm first-year Heritage Studies students will be dressed in authentic Victorian costumes and telling visitors about Victorian food, particularly baking. There will be samples of Victorian food available and the costumes have been created by Pauline Loven, a professional costumier and a graduate of the BG Heritage Studies degree course. Visitors to the Christmas Market who take advantage of the parking facilities at BG will be directed towards the students, who will be in the Robert Hardy Building on campus. Meanwhile drama students from BG are performing excerpts from Shakespeare on the stage at St Paul in the Bail at the top of Westgate. Each group of students has been given a theme such as loyalty or betrayal and asked to develop a short anthology of scenes from some of Shakespeare's best known plays. One performance took place today and the rest of the mini-performances can be seen tomorrow (Friday) at 12 noon, 4pm, 5.35pm and 6.35pm. Notes to editors: • Last week (27th November) the Government announced that 10 university colleges including Bishop Grosseteste University College Lincoln will be able to use the university title. On 28th November BG was relaunched as Bishop Grosseteste University. • Lincoln Christmas Market began in 1982 with just 11 stalls in Castle Hill. It now boasts over 250 stalls and attracts around 300,000 visitors from all over the world each year. • It takes place in uphill Lincoln in the vicinity of Lincoln Cathedral, Lincoln Castle, The Lawn, Bailgate and Westgate. • This year's event takes place from Thursday 6th December until Sunday 9th December 2012. -
Registrar and Secretary Appointed at Bishop Grosseteste University
Dr Anne Craven has been appointed as the new Registrar and Secretary at Bishop Grosseteste University in Lincoln. Dr Craven comes to BGU from the University of Northampton, where she has been working as Head of Quality and Academic Partnerships and Deputy Director (Quality) in Student and Academic Services. Previously she was Director of Administration at Helsinki Theatre Academy, where she provided leadership for the strategic merger of three acclaimed Finnish arts universities into the new University of the Arts Helsinki. Before this she was Registrar at the School of Social Sciences at the University of East London, leading the school’s administration through a major change process. She has also worked as Departmental Administrator at Goldsmiths, University of London, and held several administrative positions at Royal Holloway, University of London. As a member of the senior leadership team at BGU Dr Craven will be responsible for quality, governance, student administration, data, admissions and recruitment and marketing. “I’m passionate about higher education, its management and its development and I’m very much looking forward to meeting and working with all colleagues at Bishop Grosseteste University and implementing the new university strategy together with staff and the Students’ Union,” Dr Craven said. Dr Craven earned her PhD in Music at Royal Holloway, University of London and holds a number of other qualifications, including an MBA in Higher Education Management, Master's Degrees in Music and Musicology and a Graduate Diploma in Law. Her research and publications have covered higher education management studies including governance; higher education policy and funding systems in UK and Finland; quality and standards; widening participation; change management; social justice and higher education; law and legal studies; reception and cultural history; aesthetics and analysis of musical recordings; and performance studies. She is a graduate of Royal Holloway, University of London; Institute of Education, University of London; Birkbeck, University of London; Goldsmiths, University of London; BPP University Law School, London Waterloo; Royal Academy of Music, London; Trinity College of Music, London; HAMK University, Finland; and Åbo Akademi University and Turku Conservatory, Turku, Finland. Anne Craven is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (HEA), a Fellow of the Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce (RSA); a Chartered Fellow of the Chartered Management Institute (CMI) and a Fellow of the Association of University Administrators (AUA).
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