This Week at Loughborough | 12 August
General:
IAS Friends and Fellows Coffee Morning
13 August 2024, 10.30am-12pm, International House
We will be joined by IAS Visiting Fellows Professor Mariana Araujo Lamego, Professor André Reyes Novaes & Professor Ye Zhou. Mariana Araujo Lamego is Associate Professor in the Department of Human Geography and the Postgraduate Program in Geography at the Institute of Geography of the State University of Rio de Janeiro.
IAS Seminar: Geographical Knowledge Mobilities in Brazil
13 August 2024, 12pm-1pm, International House/Zoom
IAS Visiting Fellows Professor Mariana Araujo Lamego and Professor André Reyes Novaes will deliver a seminar on their research.
In their upcoming presentation, they will delve into two compelling case studies that illuminate the mobility of geographical knowledge in Brazil. Their first case study examines how a Portuguese historian navigated geographical imaginations related to exploration and colonialism while curating a historical geographical exhibition in São Paulo in 1954. The second case study focuses on the circulation of academic travellers to the Rio de Janeiro 1956 International Geographical Conference.
EDI Services Drop-In Support Sessions and Reflection Letterbox
13 August 2024, 1pm-5pm
The escalation of far-right, racist, and Islamophobic violence that we have been witnessing in towns and cities across the country is horrifying.
The EDI Services team have been discussing ways they can support our University community in the face of racial hostilities. One idea they had was having a letter box where people can write notes, thoughts, impressions, etc on how they are feeling and the impacts of these horrific events on them and drop these notes in.
During this time, they will also be providing a space for people to stay and chat with members of the team, with a cup of coffee and cake, if you would like to.
This event will be run on both campuses (East Midlands – EHB 209-210, London campus – LDN0.14, 1st floor by the café). If colleagues are not able to come onto campus in person but would like to put a message in the drop-box or have a chat, please contact EDI@lboro.ac.uk and we will arrange a MS Teams chat.
IAS Seminar: Tactile sensing device
14 August 2024, 12pm-1pm, International House/Zoom
Institute of Advanced Studies (IAS) Visiting Fellow Professor Ye Zhou will deliver a seminar on their research. The imitation of tactile perception, synaptic processing, and neural coding functions in human sensory nerves has become an important development direction in neuromorphic electronic technology.
The Power of Social Wellbeing
14 August 2024, 1pm-2pm, Online
As human beings we are social creatures by nature. We not only crave interactions, we need them in order to thrive. This is what makes social wellbeing an integral element of a fulfilling, healthy life, even though it can all too easily get neglected in our busy lives.
An opportunity for reflection, sharing and picking up a wealth of evidence-based tips for boosting this essential but often overlooked area of wellbeing.
IAS Seminar: How classification affects the quality of disabled athletes’ sport experiences
16 August 2024, 12pm-1pm, International House/Zoom
IAS Guest Speaker Associate Professor Janet Lawson delivers a seminar on their research, fully titled “Classification as a factor that affects the quality of disabled athletes’ sport experiences: Insights from a research program guided by the Knowledge to Action Framework.”
Exhibition: All Flesh is Grass
9-23 August 2024, 12pm-2pm, Martin Hall Gallery
Fine Art students Fay Sheppard, Gabriella Drewer, and Jay Finnis consider the cyclicality of life in ‘All Flesh Is Grass’, by using a range of impermanent mixed media and curatorial methods. Their work guides visitors through discussions of grief, hope, death, and desire. The exhibition aims to provoke self-reflection and thought surrounding the place of humanity in the landscape.
Summertime Socials:
Monday Chill Out – Crafts and Board Games
12 August 2024, 6.30pm-8.30pm, Royce Common Room
Come along to Royce Common Room for a chance to “chill out” where you can expect crafts and board games with the opportunity to catch up with friends or make news ones!
Speaking Club
13 August 2024, 2pm-3pm, WAV011 (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!
Active Wednesday – My Lifestyle: Turn up and play – Football
14 August 2024, 6pm-7.30pm, Holywell Rubber Crumb (NFL Pitch)
The My Lifestyle programme is a FREE and welcoming recreational sport and physical activity offer, that is open to and welcomes everybody of any ability. Come along for a free game of Football, get active and make new friends.
Trip to Bradgate Park
15 August 2024, 1.45pm-5pm, Pick up at Wolfson School
Bradgate Park is Leicestershire’s only Medieval Deer Park, covering over 830 acres in Charnwood Forest, northwest of Leicester. It is home to 550 red and fallow deer and is the childhood home of Lady Jane Grey. The park offers a wild and rugged landscape with rocky outcrops and ancient oak trees.
Summertime High Table
16 August 2024, 7pm-9pm, Village Bar
Come along on Friday 16th of August from 7pm to our first ever Summertime High Table at the Village Bar including tropical themed activities and a 2 course Middle Eastern menu. High Tables are a tradition here at Loughborough and your chance to dress up and have a nice meal on campus.
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