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LGBT+ History Month

1 – 29 Feb | Various timings and locations

The University and LSU celebrate the diversity of our students, alumni and staff throughout February for LGBT+ History Month. There are a variety of events taking place across campus.

LGBT+ Re-Meet and Greet

04 Feb | 7:30 – 8:30pm | Cogs, LSU

The LGBT+ Association are launching a Re-Meet and Greet where you can find out what the Association is up to, how it functions and what is going on this LGBT+ History Month.

Click here for more information.

Pride in Research: Showcasing the work of LGBT+ researchers

LSU, the LGBT+ Association, Loughborough’s School of Science and Dr Eugénie Hunsicker have collaborated to showcase the work of LGBT+ researchers.

The event will begin with a keynote presentation from renowned academic and LGBT+ activist Dr Clara, followed by presentations from Loughborough researchers. 

These presentations will last 10 minutes and will allow 5 minutes for questions. 

There will also be refreshments and an opportunity to talk with researchers. 

Click here for more information.

“The Talk Should Not Be Broadcast”: Homosexuality and the BBC before 1967

05 Feb | 4 – 5pm | 1109, David Davies

This event, part of LGBT History month celebrations, is a lecture by Dr Marcus Collins, a cultural historian based at Loughborough who is working on the representation of homosexuality in the media in the 1960s.

Click here for more information.  

National Student Money Week

03 Feb – 07 Feb | Various timings & locations

There will be stands around campus with activities around money saving including how to cook your own takeaway at home and a money quiz with the chance to win a £30 Amazon voucher. 

The stand will be at the following locations:

• 31 January, 11am-5pm: LSU
• 3 February, 12pm-2pm: West Park Teaching Hub 
• 4 February, 12pm-2pm: James France
• 6 February, 12pm-2pm: The Arts Cafe (Edward Barnsley Building)
• 7 February, 12pm-2pm: Wolfson Cafe

Happy Mondays: Design and Customise a Lampshade

03 Feb | 7 – 9pm | Cogs, LSU

To celebrate LGBT History Month design and customise your own lampshade using collage, fabric, fringing and transfers!

Artist Daniel Fountain will demonstrate a range of decorating techniques. There will be a collection of materials to choose from, including images related to LGBTQ+ history and Loughborough’s queer community. All materials will be provided

Your lampshades will be displayed on February 28th as part of a special cocktail evening to celebrate LGBT History Month. After this you can pick them up from the LU Arts office and take them home!

Click here for more information.

Author Event: Reading Ahead Launch

05 Feb | 12:30 – 1:30 pm | 105, Matthew Arnold

We will have special guest, author and poet Jonathan Taylor at the Reading Ahead launch event.

Jonathan’s newest novel, Melissa, was shortlisted for the East Midlands Book Award 2016. His previous books include Entertaining Strangers (Salt, 2012) and the memoir, Take Me Home (Granta, 2007).

He is a Senior Lecturer in Creative Writing at the University of Leicester and editor of Overheard, an anthology of short stories for reading aloud.

There will also be literary-themed activities, and a chance to sign up for the Reading Ahead Challenge, receive your diary and meet other literary-minded individuals.

This event is free to attend but requires booking. Click here for more information.

Christina Flesher Fominaya: Democracy Reloaded

05 Feb | 2 – 3pm | K109, Herbert Manzoni

In this talk, Dr Flesher Fominaya presents material from her new book – Democracy Reloaded: Inside Spain’s Political laboratory from 15-M to Podemos.

She focuses on the ways in which the 15-M Indignados movement shifted from critique to the resignification of democracy and how movement praxis evolved around a central framework that encompassed three main ideational streams: autonomy, feminism and technopolitics (ie hacker ethics).

She then interrogates the specific interpretive frameworks that underlie this conception of ‘real democracy’, showing first how they manifested in the occupation camp in Madrid, and then how they manifest in practice beyond the movements that brought them together.

This event is free to attend but requires booking. Click here for more information.

Public Seminar: Antisemitism and misogyny online – Cristian Tileaga

05 Feb | 2 – 4pm | B111, Brockington

Cristian address the various intersections between antisemitism and online misogyny against women active in public life. 

In the context of a profound coarsening of political debate in Britain and elsewhere, female Jewish MPs who are active in public life come regularly up against a barrage of abuse and intimidation online.  

The paper argues that misogyny is a specific class of prejudice that harms the dignity of women by calling into question women’s (human) rights to participation in public life, freedom of expression, and personal safety. The alliance between misogyny and antisemitism inflicts harm through violence and indignity.

This event is free to attend but requires booking. Click here for more information.

Teach First Drop-In Session

06 Feb | 10am – 4pm | Outside The Place

Come and take part in Teach First’s ‘Sports Day Challenge’ on campus.

There are various prizes to be won, including a £50 Amazon voucher.

Teach First offers great opportunities for graduates, supporting you with your professional and personal development and giving you the chance to be part of their 12,000 strong ambassador network.

By taking part in the challenge, you’ll have the chance to chat to Teach First about how you can kick-start your career.

This event is free to attend but requires booking. Click here for more information.

Idea Generation and BMC

06 Feb | 6:30 – 8pm | The Start-Up Lab 2.01, STEMLab Building

The chance for you to begin developing your own ideas and to consider if they’re feasible using the Business Model Canvas template.

Every Thursday evening from 6.30pm – 8pm, join your Student Enterprise Adviser, Dr Sophie-Louise Hyde, and guests in The Start-Up Lab (Ideas Factory 2.01 in STEMLab) for our Initiate Programme.

A workshop series with a difference, this programme is open to all students across campus and focuses on the basic entrepreneurial skills and knowledge you need to get started in thinking about being self-employed, starting-up a business or applying yourself in industry!

In this session, Emma Bishop and Ashleigh Ponder from LSU Enterprise and our LEN ‘Inspire’ team take you through the idea generation process to give you the chance to start developing your own ideas. Working with them and your peers in the room, you’ll consider if they’re feasible and / or viable and think about how you might test them using the Business Model Canvas template.

This event is free to attend but requires booking. Click here for more information.

Risk Music: A Workshop with Helen Papaioannou

07 Feb | 1 – 4pm | Cope Auditorium, Backstage Room

A participatory musical workshop exploring risk in group communication.

Led by composer/performer Helen Papaioannou, this workshop explores risk related aspects of group communication, probing systems and strategies that coordinate behaviours and groupings. This draws upon Helen’s work into games and group behaviour in performance, and is informed by her recent discussions with academic researchers in the School of Architecture, Civil and Building Engineering and the Department of Chemistry at Loughborough University.

Through games and activities with percussion instruments, we’ll consider risk and resilience in aspects of group behaviour, such as self-assembly, group stability and the coordination of individual and collective actions. These sound-based activities will also explore how group interaction can serve as a starting point for artistic performances or musical works.

No performance experience or musical ability is necessary.

This event is free to attend but requires booking. Click here for more information.

Loughborough Students RFC vs Otley

08 Feb | KO 2pm | 1 XV Pitch

The Athletes Lounge adjacent to the pitch will be selling hot food, hot and cold drinks, snacks and alcohol.

Pre-Match Lunch (food served at 12.45pm)

Please email rugby@lboro.ac.uk to book your pre-match lunch; bookings must be made no later than 10am on the Thursday before a match.  Please ensure you advise of any specific dietary requirements within your email.

Lunch: £12 – cash payment on the day

Adult Ticket Prices: £10 – cash or card payment

Concession Ticket Prices (65 years+, under 18 years, non Loughborough University / College students): £7.50 – cash or card payment

Loughborough Students: Free (will need student ID).

Click here for more information.

Pre-Season: Lightning Netball vs Wasps Netball

08 Feb | Doors open 3pm | Sir David Wallace Arena

With plenty of action on and off the court, this event is a fun-filled day out for all the family. We pride ourselves on our match day experience offering you plenty of food, drinks, merchandise, activities and games before the main event at 6pm.

Ticket prices vary and booking is required. Click here for more information.

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