Royal Television Society Midlands | LSFM Student Nominations

Posted on October 6, 2014 by RW

Head of Lincoln School of Film & Media (LSFM) Dr Sarah Barrow: Great news – we have 2 nominations for the Midlands Royal TV Society awards this year in the student category. Every year for the past 12 (roughly!) we’ve been nominated and most years we’ve won at least one award; one year we also clinched a national award. The team of graduates who made these 2 films are also those who went to China this summer.

The student team were Thomas Mckie, Ashley Wilks, Luke Winter and Alexander Whitcombe (and at the time the four were Wallbreaker Productions) who have been nominated for the 2014 Royal Television Society (Midlands) Student Awards. Their films are in the student categories: ‘Comedy & Entertainment’ for Facebook Anonymous and in ‘Drama’ for The Last Fisherman – in the latter, location sound and mixing was by visiting US student Rob Paulson.

NEWS UPDATE 30 Oct: Facebook Anonymous did win an RTS regional award. Yay! The satricial film will be put forward for the national RTS Award nominations (held next Spring in London). Here’s a clip of the students at the RTS regional awards:

Continue reading →

Towns in Britain named ‘Book of the Week’ | LSFM’s Chris Matthews

Posted on September 3, 2014 by RW

Well done to LSFM’s Chris Matthews. He said: ‘Our book has been named as London Review Bookshop’s Book of the Week. Really chuffed – couldn’t be better. Job done!’ His good news was shared by Lizzy Mitchell at the University of Lincoln’s Press & Media:

Chris Matthews, who is a Lincoln School of Film & Media lecturer, graphic designer and local historian, celebrated the launch of his new book, Towns in Britain, earlier this year. It was produced in collaboration with town planner and urban designer, Adrian Jones, and published by Five Leaves Publishing (2014). Continue reading →

Our Alumni | Your Invitation to Meet the Graduates | 29 Oct 2014

Posted on August 20, 2014 by RW

All graduates from the Lincoln School of Film & Media (formerly LSM, Media Production Department, etc.) are invited to join us for our graduate gathering to share experiences and mingle with students. ‘Meet the Graduates’ (MtG) will be on Wednesday 29th October at the Brayford Pool campus. The popular Graduate Question Time followed by Networking are our main attractions. Both are great opportunities for our students to meet alumni from a range of media and related professions.

Our graduates should have got an e-invite to this academic year’s MtG event (if your details are correct with the University’s alumni team) and you can get in touch with our colleagues either by email: alumni@lincoln.ac.uk or you can tweet @LincolnAlumniUK [Please confirm you are coming ASAP, to help the alumni team keep a tally for us on the graduates who’ll be attending, thanks.]

Graduates have said our alumni event is also a great way to keep in contact with us and each other, as well as have a nose around to see the School’s developments.

LSM changes to LSFM | The University of Lincoln College of Arts

Posted on July 30, 2014 by RW

From Friday LSM will become Lincoln School of Film & Media. LSFM will bring together Media Production, Audio Production and Film & TV with Animation and Contemporary Lens Media.

The School’s social media platforms will remain at the links you usually use like this blog, our alumni twitter and school twitter feeds. (We will be adding ‘film’ to our sites to reflect the new name, but rest assured it will still be us!)

The University of Lincoln announced ‘as of 1st August 2014 there will be an exciting new alignment of academic schools in the College of Arts. It will provide an environment which engenders interdisciplinary research and innovative teaching and will enhance the student experience.’

The College of Arts will be aligned to five schools: Lincoln School of Film & Media (all LSM BA and PG programmes, plus Animation BA (Hons) and Contemporary Lens Media BA (Hons). Continue reading →

20 Grads for 20 Week Advanced Film Course | Lincoln Film School

Posted on June 13, 2014 by RW

An exciting new industry-backed Lincoln Film School (LFS), based at the Twickenham Film Studios in South West London, is being run by the LSM for passionate filmmakers.

Over twenty weeks, from 22 September 2014 to 28 February 2015, you’ll learn advanced film production with industry professionals. The course fee is £9,500 for the 3-terms and LSM graduates or University of Lincoln alumni can apply for a 10% discount. Leading the new LFS is Lincoln School of Media’s Senior Lecturer Brian Hall, a Cinematography pro, who said that places are limited to 20 graduates at TW1, so get in touch with him ASAP! Here’s Brian’s official LFS Invitation to Graduates (both graduating students and alumni):

“The University of Lincoln School of Media is delighted to be able to offer you the opportunity of a place on our industry-sponsored advanced practical film making course, delivered by LSM via the Lincoln Film School and based at the famous Twickenham Film Studios (TW1). Continue reading →

University of Lincoln’s Alumni Weekend | 13 -15 June 2014 | Book!

Posted on June 3, 2014 by RW

Our graduates should have got an invite to the very first Alumni Weekend.

It’s for all University of Lincoln’s alumni as well as their family and friends, too. That includes YOU if you graduated from one of the University of Lincoln’s former institutions – University of Humberside, Humberside College of Higher Education and the Lincoln School of Art. Events are free, but some are limited due to demand. So best to book!

The alumni team is compiling a playlist for the Alumni Weekend and would like to know “What song takes you back to your Uni days? See LSM alumni favs from TomSka and Daniel J. Layton.

Tweet your Uni song: @Lincoln (UK) Alumni Use the hashtag #alumniplaylist

You can also share your university photos, too, to be on the big screen, again contact the alumni team Tweet and use #UoLAlumniMemories

COMING? Jason Bradbury is! Continue reading →

Notts TV launch date today | LSM Graduate at Inclusive Digital

Posted on May 27, 2014 by RW

Our 2008 alumnus Ben Jay is a Producer at Inclusive Digital. The company manages the web content for Notts TV as it ‘specialises in videos and website production.’ Ben said Inclusive Digital is producing two series for Notts TV: ‘A Day in the Life’ and Nottingham Now and Then’.

Notts TV was awarded a 12 year licence to broadcast a television channel on Freeview Channel 8 and Notts TV is launched today at 4pm. Notts TV will also be on Virgin 159 but @Notts_TV said: “If you experience issues tuning in, please bear with us, we’re working on it!”

Continue reading →

BBC’s 1st OB recreated by LSM, Locals, a Violinist & Nightingale!

Posted on May 19, 2014 by RW

To celebrate the 90th anniversary of BBC radio, LSM Senior Lecturer in audio production David McSherry shares this sound story.

90 years ago today on the 19th May, the BBC transmitted its very first outside broadcast and the stars of the show were cellist Beatrice Harrison accompanied by a very tuneful nightingale. To celebrate the anniversary, Senior Lecturer in radio and sound Dylan Roys and I accepted the challenge from Reverend Mark Holden (Wragby parishes) to recreate the historic event in Lincolnshire.

Violinist Janet Welsh kindly agreed to join us in this quest and we headed off to Whisby Nature Reserve to recruit a willing nightingale to our band. As dusk fell, Graham, our expert guide and one of Whisby’s wardens, attuned our ears to the song of the nightingale amongst the many other voices of blackcap, whitethroat and robin. LISTEN to ‘The Violin and The Nightingale’ here. Continue reading →

‘Picture Post’ superb archive collection for students and staff

Posted on May 19, 2014 by RW

Iconic archive of photo-journalistic magazines will support research for students and staff at the University of Lincoln. The library team won a bid to completely house the collection of Picture Post, which is one of Britain’s most significant war-time publications. Lincoln School of Media Principal Lecturer Colin Reiners: “Our collection consists of every copy of Picture Post ever published, offering students direct access to material covering the social history of Britain between 1938 and 1957.” Lizzy Mitchell from the University Press Office shared the good news:

The collection, which consists of almost 50,000 pages, was gifted by the family of a local collector, whose affection for the publication saw him amass and preserve each individual copy of the magazine. It will now be stored in the University of Lincoln’s Zibby Garnett Library for special archive materials, overseen by the University’s Academic Subject Librarian, Dr Frederick Dickinson. Continue reading →

Postgraduate Networking Event for Alumni & Students on 14th May

Posted on May 6, 2014 by RW

How about doing a Masters? You can see the postgraduate courses at LSM here! Students and our graduates can come along and talk to academics at a free event to find out about all the MA courses at the College of Arts. Head of LSM and Acting Dean of the College of Arts, Dr. Sarah Barrow, said: “All the evidence and statistics show that those with a Masters degree are likely to do better in the media in the long run.”

The University of Lincoln’s Postgraduate Recruitment Event will be on Wednesday 14th May in EMMTEC. It will be for current students and alumni. Apparently “it’s a kind of speed dating event, but recruiting rather than dating!” Forty presentations in just one day. 10-minute presentations from every PG programme in the College of Arts. You’ll find help with your postgraduate application form; advice on fees, funding and scholarships. For example “the alumni scholarship – all Lincoln grads get 30% off the standard PGT fee!” Continue reading →

Lincoln School of Film & Media Network

LSFM at the University of Lincoln (UK) celebrates 25 years of our students into graduates

Category Archives: News