This Week at Loughborough | 1 July
General:
Q&A with Colin Jackson CBE
1 July 2024, 1pm-2pm, SCH001 (Schofield Building)
We will be welcoming world record holding sprint and hurdle athlete, Colin Jackson CBE, to Loughborough University’s East Midlands campus. There will be a Q&A session with Colin and we will discuss Colin’s athletic career, his life post-retirement, and his current and future projects.
If you would like to suggest a question for discussion with Colin, please include it at registration or email climb@lboro.ac.uk.
Disability Pride Picnic
2 July 2024, 12pm-2pm, Hazlerigg Fountain
To celebrate Disability Pride Month on the Loughborough campus, the Disability and Inclusion Network is hosting a picnic and a crochet and knitting celebration. Bring your lunch and friends, seating will be available. If you have any spare wool and knitting needles or crochet hooks please bring them along.
On the same day, the London campus will be hosting a ‘Knit and Natter, Crochet and Chatter’ drop-in workshop from 10am-3.30pm. At the end of July, both Loughborough and London campuses hope to create their own artwork to permanently remind us how special we all are, regardless of whether we identify as disabled or not.
Carbon Literacy Training
2 July 2024, 1pm-4pm, LDS018 (Loughborough Design School)
With ambitions to drive sustainability forward, the University will be running carbon literacy training. The training is split into two afternoons, on the 2 and 9 July and on the 3 and 10 September.
Postgraduate Accommodation in London Q&A Webinar
4 July 2024, 12pm-12.45pm, Online
Join this event for a webinar and Q&A session on postgraduate accommodation at our London campus. Discover the stylish rooms and facilities at Stratford One hall of residence – the perfect place for you to live while you study with us. Our students and staff will also be on hand to answer your queries about what it’s like to live in one of the world’s most diverse and vibrant cities.
Hydrogen Researcher Festival
4 July 2024, 8.45am-5pm, James France Building
This event will be a vibrant gathering that celebrates advancements, innovations and collaborations in the field of hydrogen research and technology. Come along for a day filled with insightful presentations, interactive exhibits and engaging discussions.
The aim of the festival is to bring together the hydrogen researcher community and provide an open space for researchers to:
- Engage and share hydrogen innovation achievements
- Connect and collaborate with other researchers
- Interact with activities around hydrogen
- Debate on the challenges and opportunities of hydrogen research
- Learn about technical aspects of hydrogen research
QAA Webinar
5 July 2024, 10am-11.30am, Online
A webinar hosted by The Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education (QAA) to disseminate findings from a funded Collaborative Enhancement Project. This session will share the approach used for the implementation and evaluation of an innovative cycle of collaborative observation, which was undertaken over two academic years across three universities, involving diverse groups of students and teaching staff from varied disciplines.
Climate Café and Empowerment Workshop
5 July 2024, 11am-1pm, Edward Herbert Pavillion
The session will include a 90-minute workshop facilitated by sustainability charity, Change Agents UK. Come along for a guided discussion and activity to explore our current state and connection to global challenges.
We will create a personal and shared vision of what the future could look like, and what role we want to play in creating it.
- 11am-11.30am: Free hot drinks and networking
- 11.30am-1pm: Guided workshop
Summertime Socials:
Speaking Club
2 July 2024, 2pm-3pm, WAV019 (Wavy Top)
Every Tuesday over the summer period the International Student Experience Team will run a Speaking Club. Come along, practise your English speaking and listening skills with a chance to catch up with friends and meet new ones too. Ask any questions that you might have about life in the UK or just pop by for a general chit-chat and each week we will have a new topic to discuss – no need to book!
Lifting Mood and Motivation Wellbeing Session
3 July 2024, 2pm-3.30pm, MS Teams
When we feel down, we can often experience low motivation. This can lead to us to do less and to get stuck in a vicious cycle of the less we do, the worse we feel. The session will look at this cycle and a technique to break out of it. The technique involves planning in and increasing activity levels to create a balance and a routine.
Trip to historic York
6 July 2024, 7.45am-7.30pm, York
York, one of the most historic cities in the England with some of the most complete medieval walls, a backdrop of cobbled lanes and winding “snickelways”. This city is packed with things to do and see including York Minster, the National Railway Museum and the Jorvik Viking Centre.
Explore the day in the York and check out the impressive 2,000-year-old Gothic halls of its cathedral, or the pretty 13th century timbered streets of The Shambles and sample the fantastic food scene. This event costs £3.
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