Coping with Stress During Exams and Deadlines

12 January, 10am, Online

The Student Wellbeing Service is offering an informal, friendly online workshop looking at stress and how to manage it more effectively in the run-up to exams and coursework deadlines.

The team will cover what stress is and how to develop some positive coping strategies. There will also be the opportunity for group discussion and questions but for those who may find this difficult, there is no pressure to speak; it’s okay to sit, watch and listen with your camera off. 

To book your place please register online on the event page.

Mathematics Education Centre Seminar

13 January, 2 – 4.15pm, Online

Two hour sessions from academics within in the field.

The first 40 minute presentation and 20 minute Q&A from Dr. Silke Goebel of the University of York discussing Writing numbers and reading digit strings – fundamentals of arithmetic development in primary school.

Followed by Loughborough University’s Mr Muhammod Turk’s presentation and Q&A discussing Epistemological and Professional Identity Development in Undergraduate Engineering Learners.

More information about both presentations and how to book onto the event can be found on the event page.

(In)Appropriating Alice: The Contemporary Sexualisation of Lewis Carroll’s Wonderland

13 January, 4 – 5pm, Online

All are warmly invited to our last English Research Seminar of the semester, which in Week 12 showcases new work from our Contemporary Literature research group.

Please join Drs Anne Marie Beller and Claire O’Callaghan as they discuss contemporary reworkings of Alice in Wonderland, including Katie Roiphe’s Still She Haunts Me (2001) as well as transmedia representations in contemporary art and videogames.

To book onto this event please contact Dr Barbara Cooke (b.cooke@lboro.ac.uk).

PhD SSN presents The Doorstep Series TV and Film Industry

13 January, 6.30pm, Online

The Academic Development Team, part of the PhD SSN, bring you the next instalment of the Door Step Series, helping you get your foot in the door of the best industries around.

We present an independent company, The Three Wise Monkeys TV and film production team of Patricia Rybarczyk and Sacha Bennett, alongside Sophie Morgan, a wildlife documentary producer and tech diver. Between them, they have covered blue-chip wildlife documentaries, feature films with top movie stars as well as shorts, communicating important social issues.

The event can be accessed through the Microsoft Teams link.

Coping with Stress During Exams and Deadlines

14 January, 2pm, Online

The Student Wellbeing Service is offering an informal, friendly online workshop looking at stress and how to manage it more effectively in the run-up to exams and coursework deadlines.

The team will cover what stress is and how to develop some positive coping strategies. There will also be the opportunity for group discussion and questions but for those who may find this difficult, there is no pressure to speak; it’s okay to sit, watch and listen with your camera off. 

To book your place please register online on the event page.

Self-Care Sundays: Dance Class

17 January, 4 – 5pm, Online

Take part in a dance class from the comfort of your own home!

Join local dancer and teacher Anna Heery for a ballet barre class followed by some choreography. This workshop is designed to allow students (and others) to partake in a dance class with limited space and is suitable for all levels and experience. It’s a great way to stretch, get your body moving and make you feel good at the end of the weekend.

Anna trained as a dancer at London Studio Centre, specialising in Classical Ballet. She has toured the UK with various ballet companies, performing both modern and classical works and now teaches dance freelance to adults.

Find out more information and register for the event on the event page.