Employability events and workshops just for LSM students & recent graduates. Media Boot Camp is organised by the University of Lincoln Careers and Employability team. The week will have industry guests … filmed interview critiques … creative thinking exercises … advice about networking … self-employment training … MORE DETAILS HERE & BOOK YOUR PLACE NOW!
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
Headspace is a joint LSM radio and audio networking event where students can meet industry professionals (some are our graduates) from presenters to podcasters, composers to recordists, as well as a sound artist, drama production co-ordinator and our Visiting Professor Trevor Dann. It’s an opportunity to talk to all the guests during short informal sessions, within small groups. The idea is to talk directly with all guests about any aspect of careers and make new contacts, To see if there are any spaces this Wednesday, between 11am and 3pm, you must email Louise at LSM: llawlor@lincoln.ac.uk
World-renowned record producer/engineer Ken Scott’s talk will be taking place as part of the ‘Great Minds’ Lecture Series on Wednesday 30th April 2014 at 6pm [seated at 5.45pm] in the EMMTEC lecture theatre, University of Lincoln. Principal Lecturer at LSM Bryan Rudd said: This man is a legend in the music industry and is simply too good to miss. I urge you (students and staff) to book a place as soon as possible! To be at this event you will need to reserve a place in advance with events@lincoln.ac.uk Continue reading
Happy Days! Snapshots of some of our alumni for this afternoon’s ‘Meet The Graduates’. It is LSM’s annual networking event between our grads and students. Thirty alumni from the creative industry and media-related areas are looking forward to seeing students in EMMTEC. Have your questions ready for the Q&A at 2pm. Then have an informal chat (over a cuppa!) from 4pm to share experiences.
Alex Capper, Year 2 Student
Hello! You probably won’t have heard much, if anything, about me (I’m one of those elusive Audio folk) but I’m hoping to set up an LSM festival. It would serve as a way to get smaller ideas together to see how they work, perhaps for a bigger third year project, to show off any work you’ve done outside of university which isn’t suitable for a film festival, or for any Audio Prodders who want to create something without feeling they’ve to include a visual part to get it heard.
It could be as experimental as you like, though we will probably like you to stick to a broad theme – those who went to Frequency where the 2013 theme was ‘Revolution’ will understand how all-encompassing they can be. But visual work will be very welcome, especially if it has an interactive element or needs special, site-specific viewing requirements, but this won’t be a film festival. Continue reading
Well done to 
Siren FM, winner of the East Midlands Station of the Year at the Radio Academy Nations & Regions Awards. Lincoln’s first community radio station, based on campus, collaborates with the School of Media students. Siren FM said: “Working with students on projects like New Wave, the Level 2 and 3 assignments all were noted in our submission.”
The winning stations will now go forward into the Station of the Year (under 1 million) category at the 2014 Radio Academy Awards.
Fancy filling a full-time job vacancy as a Community Radio Station Co-ordinator at the University of Bedfordshire, based at Park Square in Luton, with an annual salary of £38,522? It’s a permanent position, here’s the spec from its site:
The Community Radio Station Co-ordinator will take responsibility for managing Radio LaB 97.1fm, the community radio station which has its studio within the University. Under its license the station must engage audiences of young people (11-18yrs), students and young professionals (18-28yr olds), and the 55+ group. The Station Co-ordinator will have enthusiasm, dynamism and be a champion of the station within the community and University. S/he will be an excellent communicator, have a flair for teaching and experience of the budgeting, technical oversight and management of a community radio station.
The closing date’s by noon on the 20th November 2013. Click here for more details and how to apply. Good luck and please let us know if you get the job …
From LSM’s Principal Lecturer Bryan Rudd:
NEW WAVE – The LSM’s weekly media, music and arts show on SIREN FM needs YOU! You’re invited to get involved from across all three years and across all programmes.
Jack Poston will be the programme series editor, and we need folks from all areas of media: film, TV, photography, audio, design, etc to present; research; record; edit; and run the live studio. NEW WAVE will be a sort of sexed up version of Radio 4 type Media Show/Front Row/Woman’s Hour mix with a liberal coating of fairy dust sprinkled on it (in other words aimed at a younger audience!). This is a great opportunity not only for all radio students but for ALL students to talk and present all areas of media, music and culture. We’ll also be targeting members of staff as contributors! Please get in touch ASAP with either me, email: brudd@lincoln.ac.uk or Jack Poston. Thanks.
Created by level 3 Media Production students: Tom Young, Jerome Smith, Amy Drew, Isaac Beatson, Cameron Steele, Ross Mcgowan and Sean Strange. Degree Show details. Continue reading
The School of Media Degree Show 2013 starts at midday on Wednesday 5th June and ends midday on Friday 7th June. The show is open to the public, free of charge, so why not drop in to the school by the pool for a real media treat? You can pick up a programme at the degree show reception desk in the Atrium from 5th June, or to help you plan ahead, Ben Atkinson has produced a web version of the Show programme.