{"id":5071,"date":"2023-11-09T09:50:02","date_gmt":"2023-11-09T09:50:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.lboro.ac.uk\/life\/?p=5071"},"modified":"2023-11-09T09:50:04","modified_gmt":"2023-11-09T09:50:04","slug":"five-minutes-with-nick-slater","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.lboro.ac.uk\/life\/five-minutes-with\/five-minutes-with-nick-slater\/","title":{"rendered":"Five minutes with: Nick Slater"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.lboro.ac.uk\/life\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2023\/08\/nick-slater.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.lboro.ac.uk\/life\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2023\/08\/nick-slater.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5077\" width=\"552\" height=\"310\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.lboro.ac.uk\/life\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2023\/08\/nick-slater.jpg 960w, https:\/\/blog.lboro.ac.uk\/life\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2023\/08\/nick-slater-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.lboro.ac.uk\/life\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2023\/08\/nick-slater-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 552px) 100vw, 552px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>What&#8217;s your job title and how long have you worked at Loughborough?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;m Director of LU Arts and I&#8217;ve been here 16 years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Tell us what a typical day in your job looks like?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It might include some of the following:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Taking an artist on a tour of campus<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Being impressed with student activists and introducing them to artists they could work with <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Working with Facilities Management and Health and Safety to instal public artwork\/sculptures on campus<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ordering unusual items that go towards the production of artwork or workshops &#8211; I&#8217;m pleased to say I&#8217;ve never been queried by Finance<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>What&#8217;s your favourite project you&#8217;ve worked on?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is a difficult one to answer<strong> <\/strong>but maybe when we commissioned Can Altay to build a pop up recording studio above a shop in town. 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