{"id":1,"date":"2020-03-24T15:54:00","date_gmt":"2020-03-24T15:54:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.lboro.ac.uk\/limit\/?p=1"},"modified":"2022-07-22T11:12:18","modified_gmt":"2022-07-22T10:12:18","slug":"welcome-from-the-director","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.lboro.ac.uk\/limit\/2020\/03\/24\/welcome-from-the-director\/","title":{"rendered":"The Limit"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Welcome to The Limit which, long before Label, was the name of the University\u2019s original student magazine.&nbsp; It originated around the time of the First World War when the College workshops were being used to train (mainly women) for the munitions factories and was named after the Limit gauges made for shells.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.lboro.ac.uk\/limit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2020\/04\/Nick-Slater-169-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"Nick Slater\" class=\"wp-image-18\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.lboro.ac.uk\/limit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2020\/04\/Nick-Slater-169-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.lboro.ac.uk\/limit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2020\/04\/Nick-Slater-169-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.lboro.ac.uk\/limit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2020\/04\/Nick-Slater-169-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.lboro.ac.uk\/limit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2020\/04\/Nick-Slater-169.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The arts play an important role in the lives of many of our students offering them a means of self-expression, a social outlet and a space away from their studies.\u00a0We created this magazine at the start of the pandemic in 2020 to provide an enjoyable insight into the range of activity going on within the University community and to provide a space for students to express themselves. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I was really impressed with the ideas and responses from students and would like to thank all those students who submitted content.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Please note that we are no longer commissioning new content for The Limit. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nick Slater<br><strong>Director, LU Arts<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"198\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.lboro.ac.uk\/limit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2020\/03\/LUARTS_2_col_horizontal_web.jpg\" alt=\"LU Arts logo\" class=\"wp-image-177\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.lboro.ac.uk\/limit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2020\/03\/LUARTS_2_col_horizontal_web.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/blog.lboro.ac.uk\/limit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2020\/03\/LUARTS_2_col_horizontal_web-300x59.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.lboro.ac.uk\/limit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2020\/03\/LUARTS_2_col_horizontal_web-768x152.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>LU Arts <\/strong>is Loughborough University&#8217;s extra-curricular arts programme, encouraging students from all subject areas and at all ability levels to get involved in the arts and be creative in their spare time. 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