This Week at Loughborough | 3 June
General:
IAS Friends and Fellows Lunch
3 June 2024, 1pm-2pm, International House
The Institute of Advanced Studies (IAS) is hosting this lunch joined by all fellows for a week of activity for the IAS Festival of Failure. The event will be joined by Professor Antulio J. Echevarria II, Professor Niels Ørtenblad, Associate Professor Wyke Stommel and Professor Ruqiang Yan, and IAS Residential Fellow for June, Dr Rudabeh Shahid. Come along for an informal gathering over lunch to meet our fellows.
IAS Festival of Failure Launch
3 June 2024, 2pm-4pm, International House/Zoom
This opening session of the Festival of Failure is an opportunity for all to meet, connect, and discuss notions of failure across the University’s disciplines; to consider how its disadvantages can be minimised and some of its potential benefits exploited.
Featuring IAS Visiting Fellows:
- Professor Antulio J. Echevarria II (US Army War College)
- Professor Niels Ørtenblad (University of Southern Denmark)
- Professor Ruqiang Yan (Xi’an Jiaotong University)
- Associate Professor Wyke Stommel (Radboud University)
Dual IAS ‘Failure’ Seminar: Professor Antulio J. Echevarria II & Associate Professor Wyke Stommel
4 June 2024, 10am-1pm, International House/Zoom
As part of the Institute of Advanced Studies (IAS) Festival of Failure, IAS visiting fellows Professor Antulio J. Echevarria II and Associate Professor Wyke Stommel will deliver seminars on their area of research.
Professor Antulio J. Echevarria II – Conflict and strategic policy failure – This presentation draws from a monograph (under development) that contributes to debates concerning the West’s failure to deter Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 and the implications for integrated deterrence.
Associate Professor Wyke Stommel – (Resolving) failure in interaction with a robot – In this presentation, Professor Stommel will argue that failure is an endogenous phenomenon, something participants establish locally and collaboratively in social interaction.
IAS ‘Failure’ Seminar – Physics-Informed Deep Learning Empowering Intelligent Fault Diagnosis
4 June 2024, 2pm-4pm, International House/Zoom
As part of the Institute of Advanced Studies (IAS) Festival of Failure, IAS Visiting Fellow Professor Ruqiang Yan will deliver a seminar.
This talk will focus on a collaborative approach that integrates data science with physics models to achieve intelligent fault diagnosis through collaborative deep learning structures known as physics-informed deep learning. This collaborative approach offers advantages in interpretability, controllability, and knowledge discovery, allowing for a more comprehensive understanding of the evolution of physical systems in the big data era.
IAS ‘Failure’ Seminar – Muscle failure: the role and mechanisms of energy in skeletal muscle fatigue
5 June 2024, 10am-1pm, International House/Zoom
As part of the Institute of Advanced Studies (IAS) Festival of Failure, IAS Visiting Fellow Professor Niels Ørtenblad will deliver a seminar. Skeletal muscles have an impressive force and power-generating capacity. However, with intense or prolonged activation, muscle function is reduced. Despite the broad interest of the scientific community, fundamental questions remain unsolved about how activation is affected by exercise or disuse and how metabolism affects muscle regulation. Professor Ørtenblad will discuss metabolic factors contributing to impaired force-generating capacity, particularly focusing on the role of muscle glucose stores (glycogen).
Book Club: The Girl Who Smiled Beads
5 June 2024, 12.30pm-1.30pm, AST Office (Level 3, Pilkington Library)/Online
Join staff from Pilkington Library for the University Book Club’s discussion of Clemantine Wamariya’s memoir about her experience as a childhood refugee from Rwanda, written alongside Elizabeth Weil.
Content note: this book contains themes of war, violence and trauma. (Please note that content notes are based on information available online.)
Arts in Motion: Mark-making in Nature workshop
5 June 2024, 3pm-4pm, The Walled Garden
Explore mindfulness through drawing, with guided mark-making using ink, acrylic, charcoal, and various tools. The workshop will help you focus on the calming effects of drawing and enjoying nature. The session will end with the creation of a small booklet containing the drawings made.
This is a great opportunity to relieve stress during a busy exam period. No previous experience is required and all materials will be provided.
IAS ‘Failure’ Performance by artist Alice Theobald
6 June 2024, 12pm-1pm, International House
This event is part of the Institute of Advanced Studies (IAS) Festival of Failure. A performative research presentation by artist Alice Theobald, exploring the ways in which we think about success and failure, our past and future aspirations and what “living your best life” really means.
We live in a time where we are directed towards self-optimisation and constantly encouraged to “work on ourselves” for the purpose of being more “ourselves”, to “live our truth” and be our “best selves”, and through doing this find a route to authenticity and success, all the while documenting and sharing our “journey” online. But what impact does this have on our collective psyche, and what does it actually mean to “just be yourself”?
Special General Assembly – Potential KSA partnership
6 June 2024, 1pm-2pm, EHB110AB/MS Teams
This event is an opportunity for you to discuss and engage in the University’s potential partnership with the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA). There will be time for attendees to ask questions during the session.
The event is open to all staff and will be available to join in-person and online.
Win from Within: A sport psychology series
6 June 2024, 6.30pm-7.30pm, Dan Maskell Seminar Room (Tennis and Squash Centre)
The ‘Win from Within’ series at Loughborough Sport is dedicated to unlocking the full potential of every athlete, regardless of their experience or sporting background. These workshops are designed to introduce you to the power of sport psychology and how it can optimise your development both within and outside of sport.
This third and final session will cover unlocking your full potential.
Pride Month:
How to be an ally for people of colour in the LGBT+ community
4 June 2024, 12pm-1pm, CC029A (James France)
As part of Loughborough University’s Voices of Diversity programme, EDI Services are pleased to announce the third event in this year’s series on the theme of allyship. Given that the event is about allyship, those who do not identify as LGBT+, or as a person of colour, are particularly encouraged to attend.
This panel event will focus on the experiences of people of colour in the LGBT+ community and will cover themes such as:
- Ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, culture, religion and their intersections
- The nuances in challenges and discrimination faced
- The unique joy of being a person of colour in the LGBT+ community
Pride March 2024
5 June 2024, 1.15pm-2.30pm, Meet outside LSU
Starting outside the Students’ Union, we’ll hear from leaders of Loughborough LGBT+ Staff Network, and LSU LGBTQ+ Students’ Association, before setting off on a march around campus. Feel free to dress in rainbow colours, bring flags and banners. There will also be flags and face paints to share.
All LGBT+ people, friends, families and allies are welcome to march together across the Loughborough campus to highlight issues facing LGBT+ people around the world, and in our community, as well as to celebrate the progress that has been made since the first Pride March in 1970.
Careers:
eCareersGrad: Achieve ‘Interview Success’
4 June 2024, 11am-12pm, Online
Explore examples of ‘what good looks like’ when it comes to answering questions in interviews and more.
University of Law Careers Series:
Careers in Psychology
5 June 2024, 5.30pm-6.30pm, Online
This session will be delivered by Dr Mark Jellicoe, a senior tutor in Psychology at the University of Law and will give an overview of psychology career options and provide an opportunity to ask any questions you may have.
Start-Up Programme
5 June 2024, 6pm-7.30pm, Start-Up Lab (STEMLab)
This dynamic five-week journey will equip you with the essential skills and knowledge needed to elevate your Start-Up venture. Delve into crucial topics such as goal setting, mindset development, market research, networking strategies, business registration, intellectual property, finance options, and more!
Participants will also gain access to exclusive mentoring sessions and hear from esteemed industry experts, including Loughborough Enterprise Network (LEN) Legends, who have navigated the entrepreneurial landscape with great success.
Creative Access masterclass with
BBC Radio & Radiocentre
6 June 2024, 6pm-8pm, Manchester
A panel discussion at Salford Quays, providing insights into careers and opportunities. BBC Radio 1’s Dean McCullough will be joined by some of the industry’s leading voices, whose experience spans producing, presenting, social media, and more.
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