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BGU students to present at Lincoln’s first TEDx Youth
Students from the Business (Team Entrepreneurship) course at Bishop Grosseteste University (BGU) in Lincoln will present a workshop at the inaugural TEDx Youth Brayford Pool on Saturday. The team are running a workshop titled ’10 minutes to make 10k’. They will be using an innovative learning model for entrepreneurship to challenge understanding of business and idea creation in the modern world. Will, Max, Beth and Lewis are a group of students who run a registered company, Kinetic BGU Ltd, as part of their degree programme at BGU. Their business projects have included an Italian coffee brand, men's grooming products, a low-cost supermarket and container fabrication service. They are all individualistic and have different goals in life, but through a modern learning process have come together as a cohesive, efficient and ever-evolving team. Will Nuttall, Director of Kinetic BGU Ltd, said, “Our workshop will push the audiences understanding of business, learning and ultimately making money. 10k in 10 Minutes will hopefully prove to be an immersive and action-packed workshop for all those who attend.“ Also at Saturday's event Lewis Smith, BGU graduate in Education Studies with Special Educational Needs & Inclusion, will present a talk titled 'Exploring Our Future: Schooled, or Educated?' Find out more about studying Business at BGU. -
Women’s Victorian college life at BGU on show at Being Human Festival
This year Bishop Grosseteste University (BGU) in Lincoln takes part in the national festival for the Humanities, Being Human 2017, to reveal the lost and found voice of the first students who trained to become teachers in the Victorian era. BGU’s event, titled ‘Becoming teachers: women’s college life from 1862 to 1918’, will explore the lives of women who trained as teachers from the 1860s onwards. Staff and students worked together in unfolding their stories through the remarkable original material diligently preserved in the BGU archive located on campus in the Cornerstone Building. This is the first time this rich material will be displayed and presented to the community. The event takes place on Saturday 18 November 2017 and invites attendees to engage with the lives of women, who trained as teachers at BGU from the 1860s to the vote, through imaginative activities. The programme includes an interactive display, talks, workshops, and presentations. You will be involved in rediscovering the lost voices of pioneering women and in unfolding BGU’s Victorian origins. At the centre of the event there is an exhibition entitled, BGU’s Victorian Origins: a women’s teacher training college for the Diocese of Lincoln, which displays original material from the archives including photographs, needlework, bulletins, records, and books. The event will being at 11:00 am. Additionally, on Thursday 23 November, Lincoln’s young writers in the making will help give the women who trained as teachers from the 1860s onwards a voice. Young writers from local schools who take part in Slam Jam and First Story will work with staff, students, and creative writers to recreate voices from the archives imaginatively through creative writing workshops. (If your school would like to take part in this event, please contact Dr Claudia Capancioni, claudia.capancioni@bishopg.ac.uk, by the 3 November.) -
Celebrating a Year of Improving Access to Higher Education
A scheme which aims to double the proportion of disadvantaged young people going to university will celebrate its achievements so far at an event in Woodhall Spa this week. LiNCHigher is led in Lincolnshire by Bishop Grosseteste University (BGU) and is part of a wider national initiative (NCOP) funded by the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) to raise aspirations amongst young people. The overall aim is to meet government targets to improve access to higher education and the scheme will run for two years until December 2018, and possibly beyond. Around 50 guests are expected to attend the celebration at Woodhall Spa Manor on Wednesday 1st November, including the Mayor of Lincoln, Councillor Chris Burke and Professor Jayne Mitchell, Deputy Vice Chancellor of BGU. Since its formation in January 2017 the project team, consortium partners and delivery partners have worked to change attitudes towards higher education, improve knowledge of the options available to young people and raise aspirations within communities. “LiNCHigher is committed to offering information, advice and guidance for the young people of Lincolnshire and promoting local opportunities for their futures,” said Project Officer Natalie Poole. “We hope to inspire a new generation of students to grow and realise their aspirations while studying in or outside of Lincolnshire. “Our celebration event will bring together key stakeholders to encourage discussions around skills needs, higher education and Lincolnshire’s business community.” BGU's Professor Jayne Mitchell added: “The LiNCHigher project has made significant progress in engaging with young people, parents and teachers across Lincolnshire. As the success of the project gathers speed, support from partners and the wider community will prove ever more critical. “This celebration event will showcase our successes so far, introduce new stakeholders to the project and discuss plans for the future. It should be a fabulous event and I’m looking forward to welcoming our guests as Chair of the LiNCHigher Governance Board.” -
Talking Trans on the agenda as BGU lecturer speaks at Literary Festival
Lyndsay Muir, Senior Lecturer in Drama Education at Bishop Grosseteste University (BGU) in Lincoln, will be speaking at two events over the next week. On Wednesday 18 October Lyndsay is taking part in ‘Beyond the Binary: Stories from Trans and non-binary people’ at the University of Dundee’s Literary Festival. Lyndsay is a member of the National Theatre of Scotland’s Adam World Choir; a digital community of transgender and non-binary people around the globe. Together with the Mental Health Foundation and Freight Books, they are creating a new book of first-person accounts by transgender and non-binary people worldwide. The book, which aims to increase understanding and acceptance, and empower others to share their own stories, will be discussed at the event. As well as reading an extract from her own autobiographical contribution to the book, Lyndsay will help to facilitate informal conversations with people at the festival. Lyndsay is also taking part in ‘Interdisciplinarity as Resistance: A seminar and roundtable with Elisabeth Lebovici’ at Manchester University on Friday 13 October. Elisabeth Lebovici is a French art historian who is visiting Manchester for a two-day event. Lyndsay will be part of the panel of four experts at the roundtable discussion. Lyndsay said, “It's a great privilege to have been selected as a panel member for the round table discussion with Elizabeth Lebovici, whose work crosses boundaries between academic scholarship, artistic practices and politics.” -
National Poetry Day celebrated at BGU
Staff and students celebrated National Poetry Day 2017 at Bishop Grosseteste University (BGU) in Lincoln yesterday with a special event. Dr Claudia Capancioni and Dr Cassie Ulph from BGU's English Literature team at BGU hosted an afternoon of readings on the National Poetry Day's theme of 'Freedom'. Dr Andrew Jackson, historian and Head of School of Humanities at BGU, opened the event, introducing a poem by Lincolnshire's First World War Home Front poet, Bernard Samuel Gilbert. The poem was performed in dialect by local poet and folklorist, Maureen Sutton, and was warmly received by the audience. The event featured Paul Sutherland, Sufi Muslim poet, who read from his eleventh and newly published collection, 'New and Selected Poems'. Members of local poetry group The Pimento Poets also took part in the event. Another Lincolnshire poetry hero, Lord Alfred Tennyson, made an appearance thanks to the BGU Tennyson Poetry Award. The student winner of the Tennyson Poetry Award 2017 was announced as Phil Nicholls with his poem 'Do they even know'. Students at the event also read highly commended poems - ‘The Bird’s Song’ by Cameron Robson and ‘The Wild Poet’s Song’ by Laura Taylor Caçoete. Paul Sutherland, Nic Lance, and Maureen Sutton joined students and staff in reciting poems and sharing thoughts on the theme of 'Freedom'. There were emotional moments and funny ones, unpublished poems and very famous ones; most importantly, a sharing atmosphere where everyone in the audience felt free to talk, read, and make poetry happen in its most powerful way. Inspired by National Poetry Day 2017? Find out more about English at BGU. -
#12DaysofBGU Day 6: Matriculation
Students were formally welcomed to Bishop Grosseteste University (BGU) in Lincoln at a Matriculation Ceremony in October at Lincoln Cathedral. The welcoming ceremony was established two years ago and has now become an annual event. The ceremony gives both undergraduate and postgraduate students the chance to meet University staff and each other. All newly enrolled students were invited. The University’s Vice Chancellor, the Reverend Canon Professor Peter Neil, explained: “Matriculation is the term used to describe students’ formal entry into the university. We hope this ceremony serves as a friendly welcome to all those who are starting their studies and that students feel they are becoming a part of the wider university family.” The ceremony was held in Lincoln Cathedral on Monday 9 October at 3.30pm. For most students this will also be the place of their graduation, thanks to the University’s links with the Diocese of Lincoln. An academic procession took place, including members of BGU’s academic staff, University Council and officers of the University making a grand entrance. Distinguished county and civic guests were also invited to attend. The Precentor of Lincoln welcomed students to the cathedral before the Registrar endorsed the pre-signed Matricula roll. Students were then invited by the Vice Chancellor to ‘share the hand of friendship’ and shake hands with each other to admit them all formally as members of the University. See the full album of photos from Matriculation 2017 here. -
Day20520-20FA20Cup-1#12DaysofBGU Day 5: Memorable Year for Lincoln City and BGU
Bishop Grosseteste University’s (BGU) sponsorship of Lincoln City Football Club has proven beneficial to both the University and the club this year. The FA Cup trophy paid a very special visit to BGU in March ahead of Lincoln City's historic quarter-final against Arsenal. BGU staff and students queued up to get a glimpse of the famous trophy and pose for a photo. It was a surreal and memorable day for all involved! The famous trophy visited BGU as part of our ongoing sponsorship of Lincoln City Football Club. The partnership has gone from strength to strength throughout a memorable 2017. Managed by Danny and his assistant, brother Nicky Cowley, the Imps beat Ipswich, Brighton and Burnley on their way to becoming the first non-league team in 103 years to reach the FA Cup quarter-finals. There they faced Premier League giants Arsenal at the Emirates Stadium where, after a spirited first half display from City, they eventually succumbed to a 5-0 defeat. Lincoln City capped off their historic 2016/17 season by winning the National League and gaining promotion to League 2, ending a run of six years out of the Football League. Throughout the Imps’ fantastic season there was a familiar splash of purple among the famous red and white stripes as the BGU logo sits proudly on the home shirt. The BGU logo was never more visible than during the FA Cup third round replay against Ipswich. Purple advertising boards behind the two managers were noticeable during the BBC1 television coverage and Nathan Arnold even had the decency to score the winning goal while our message was displaying on the digital advertising boards around the pitch! The partnership between BGU and Lincoln City, however, is about much more than advertising, and it is something that means a lot to Danny Cowley. He said, “we are really thankful for the partnership, the University was so close that we wanted to create a true partnership. “The partnership was already formed (when we arrived at the club) so we built on that, there’s some great people coming out of the University, some young hardworking people who we can build relationships with that can help this club moving forward.” One brilliant example of the partnership in action came in December 2016, when BGU sports students had the unique opportunity to be coached by the City manager with a session led and delivered by Danny Cowley. Chelsey Grayson, a first year student, thought that “the session gave us really good insight into the daily life of a coach and also all the planning and commitment that goes into it. It was good to see a coach in action and it will help a lot with my studies and assignments.” Outside the classroom our cheerleading squad, the BGU Lions have also had fantastic opportunities thanks to the partnership with Lincoln City. They have performed in front of crowds of around 10,000 fans at Sincil Bank, not to mention live on BBC1 in the third round of the FA Cup. Louiscia Mcleod, President of the BGU Cheerleading Society, explained that performing at Sincil Bank has been “an incredible experience. The fans are so lively and supportive. The atmosphere really just makes the whole night!” Have you been inspired by Lincoln City? Find out more about studying Sport at BGU. -
#12DaysofBGU Day 2: Jim Broadbent
Oscar-winning actor and Game of Thrones star Jim Broadbent returned to Bishop Grosseteste University (BGU) in Lincoln this July. The BGU honorary graduate attended a cinema showcase event for local schoolchildren at The Venue, BGU’s on-campus cinema. The invitation-only event on Monday 10 July 2017 included a screening of the final short films of Lincolnshire schools who had participated in the Cinema cent Ans de Jeunesse (CCAJ) programme. Broadbent joined children who had been involved in the programme on stage to close the evening and offered some words of encouragement. “I think it’s terrific, well done to you all. I hope that there are going to be more chances for school children in Lincolnshire to make films”, said Broadbent. Speaking after the event Broadbent said, “They’re all budding filmmakers, they were fantastic. I hope that BGU can be involved more and more into the future.” Broadbent starred in latest season of Game of Thrones. While he remained tight-lipped on who would end the series on The Iron Throne, he did confirm details about his character. “I’m playing an older man! I’m playing a Maester, a Grand Maester”, he said. Broadbent revealed that he was not an avid viewer of the hit show before taking the part, but said that the new season is “brilliant, absolutely sensational.” Read more: Oscar Winner Jim Broadbent Honoured by BGU -
Celebrating Frankenstein’s anniversary at The Venue
The Venue and Bishop Grosseteste University (BGU) in Lincoln are working in partnership to celebrate the bicentenary of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein. The Venue, BGU’s on-campus cinema, will be hosting two special events in 2018 to mark 200 years since the novel was first published in January 1818. The first event, ‘Frankenstein for Adults’, takes place on Wednesday 31 January and features a back-to-back screening of two classic movies with a panel discussion. John Whale’s 1931 feature film Frankenstein starring Boris Karloff will be shown in The Venue before Kenneth Branagh’s 1994 adaptation Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein. The panel discussion to conclude the evening will feature Sibylle Erle, Reader in English Literature at BGU, Marc Hanheide, Reader in Computer Science at the University of Lincoln and John Rimmer, Senior Lecturer in PGCE Secondary, Art and Design at BGU. The discussion will explore the differences between the films and the text and attempt to understand how the representation of ‘the Monstrous’ has changed over time. Frankenstein wanted to create a new species but could never imagine the consequences. The panel will also explore how science and technology have improved our lives. The second event, ‘Frankenstein for Children’, takes place on Saturday 3 February 2018. This event combines a showing of Tim Burton’s Frankenweenie with a craft workshop. The workshop will invite children to explore the humorous side of Frankenstein while having fun making monsters. The workshop will be run by Andrew Dickenson, Senior Lecturer, Leader of New Technologies and Computing, horror fan and genre researcher at BGU, and Sibylle Erle, Reader in English Literature at BGU. Booking is now open for both events on The Venue’s website. -
BGU Staff Wrap Up the Winter Semester Preparing Charity Presents
For the second year running staff at Bishop Grosseteste University (BGU) volunteered their time to ensure vulnerable individuals in Lincoln would not be forgotten this Christmas. Beginning at 10.30am on Monday, dedicated volunteers set to work, successfully wrapping over 300 presents by the end of the day. Donated by various well-wishers from the local community, the gifts are all in aid of Mental Health Trust Wards and Community Mental Health Groups across Lincoln who will be supporting vulnerable people over Christmas. Recipients include: Peter Hodgkinson Centre The Francis Willis Unit Discovery House Age UK AddAction This is the University’s second event in support of the programme and organiser Val Strawson believes the initiative couldn’t be more important at this time of year: “It means so much to those who receive gifts. Christmas can be an especially lonely time for people and these presents go a long way to showing them they are not alone or forgotten”. Alongside the 12 full day volunteers (many of whom gave up annual leave to take part), members of staff dropped in throughout the day to lend a hand. One volunteer, Amber Edwards, said she was excited to be involved: “It seemed like a nice thing to do, some my colleagues took part last year and had a great time. Also I love Christmas and was happy to volunteer some time to get in the festive spirit”. Plans are already in motion to run the event again next year which is sure to be another roaring success. If you would like to know more about how to get involved in the BGU Staff Volunteering Scheme information - which supports and encourages staff to take time off for charitable activities - you can contact Sophie Saunders (Executive Assistant to the Executive Deans) or Victoria Thorne (HR Assistant).
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