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Issue Eight – Spring 2017 Hug It Out: on the Mental Health Campaign Trail 01° ° E E R G E D It’s Official: We have the Best Halls in the UK Recognising Excellence: Scholarships Uncovered Starting University: Your Questions Answered Send in the Clowns: Putting Smiles Back on Faces Issue Eight – Spring 2017 Hug It Out: On the Mental Health Campaign Trail 01° ° e e r g e D Welcome Halls of the year. 4th best facilities in the UK. 2016 was kind to Edge Hill University, at least. The page opposite gives you some idea why these accolades have come our way. With £1m available in the form of Scholarships in 2016/17, we look at the stories behind some of our latest Scholars, all of whom have achieved some remarkable things in their short time on the planet. And talking of worthy causes, our Students Union has begun another year of campaigning for causes close to our students’ hearts, starting with mental health. Highlights of the day are on page 9. We introduce you to Cathy Butterworth, our new Arts Manager. She won’t be compromising on the high quality of the performances audiences are accustomed to, but she is promising to mix things up a bit. There will be clowns. Talking of which, Edge Hill’s resident clown, and lecturer, Barnaby King gives us an insight into this most misunderstood of cultural figures. Elsewhere, some of the pressing questions arising from the National Student Survey are answered, which will help you to hit the campus grounds running. Finally, Business lecturer Charles Knight, shortlisted as the one of the UK’s most innovative lecturers in 2016, on incorporating technology into his teaching. His philosophy: if the business world uses technology, then so should students. And no, they’re not just snapchatting their mates. With all this and more, we hope you enjoy reading issue 8 as much as we’ve enjoyed putting it together. Contents 01° Best Halls in the UK 03° Real World Experience 05° Learning Curve 07° Knight Vision very year thousands of people descend on the Edge Hill University 09° The Hug Manifesto campus, lugging what appears to be a lifetime’s worth of possessions, 11° My Edge Hill: Lauren Mann, SU V-P in a variety of containers, from expertly packed suitcases to rapidly E disintegrating bin bags. 13° Excellence Recognised 25° It will come as a relief to Edge Hill’s new recruits, then, that our new Cultural Revolution halls of residence already come with kitchen sinks. 29° Not Just Clowning Around More exciting, though, is the fact that our halls are award-winning, having 32° The Questionnaire: Barnaby King recently been voted Best University Halls in the UK in the National Student Housing Survey (NSHS) Awards 2016. It must have been the en-suite showers 33° Don’t Worry, Be Happy and toilets that clinched it. 36° My Perfect Cultural Festival: Cathy Butterworth Our student accommodation has come a long way since Edge Hill became a 37° How To Get Ahead In Marketing fully-fledged university in 2006, with 2,259 rooms now available right here on campus, the majority in modern self-catered flats, with shared kitchen and dining 38° My Heroes: Billy Cowan facilities. Most rooms include a fridge, internet-connected computer and flat screen monitor, as well as the aforementioned ensuites. Production Team Nick Lodge (editor) And it’s the perfect place to meet people, according to former Halls resident Mark Molloy (design) Cyril: “I was really nervous, didn't know anyone here. We had a little gathering in Sam Armstrong Andy Butler our flat, and everyone in the whole building came. I met all these people and things sort of clicked.” Photography Stuart Rayner, Getty Our Halls are located in the safest campus in the North West, as acknowledged for the fifth year in a row by the Complete University Guide , with the lowest crime rates of all universities in the region, and the 11th most secure in England. Degree° 02° BEST HALLS IN THE UK Some of the best facilities in the country Computer Science, and featuring the CAVE, the UK’s first super immersive 3D virtual environment. The CAVE - Computer Augmented Virtual Environment – offers students and businesses the chance to use real data to experience scenarios in 4k resolution. This could be anything from emergency situations to complex surgery. It’s not quite Star Trek ’s holodeck, but it’s getting there. Running legend Steve Cram and international heptathlete Katarina Johnson-Thompson were on campus to cast envious eyes over our £30 million Sports Centre , when it opened its doors in 2015. The new pool and athletics track sit alongside the gym, sports hall, fitness studio, sauna and steam room to bring us into serious sporting competition with the UK’s best universities. The £17 million Creative Edge building, featuring music, tv and radio studios, a suite of brand new Biosciences labs, a newly developed Arts Centre , and And the facilities are pretty impressive too – some of the best a £13.5 million Student university facilities in the UK, according to student reviews at the Hub for all your social Whatuni Student Choice Awards 2016, which ranked Edge Hill requirements, complete a University fourth nationally. campus where everything Over the last six years we’ve spent millions on campus you need is within walking improvements to make the student experience something to distance. remember. And more developments, The brand new £13m Technology Hub (above) is the latest including a new library, are campus development , creating a new home for the Department of in the pipeline – watch this 03° ° e e r g e D ydia arrived at Edge Hill These can’t be learned in the lecture theatre.” within FAS are generally determined to use her non-compulsory, but Lydia set about discussing her career Psychology degree to follow a budding professionals from the goals with the team, identifying a placemen t career in educational Faculties of Education (FoE) and search strategy, and fine-tuning her CV. psychology, in the process Health and Social Care can It’s the student’s responsibility to find their helping her nephew who has learning expect them to be built into the own placement, but they are supported by difficulties. She kept her options open, course, an essential L the University, who will help students though, aware of the University’s element in ensuring they leave identify what they want to get out of the commitment to its employability University ready to land that dream job . placement and what skills they would like programme. And as the course progressed, to develop, how to approach organisations, Nursing students go on a hub – or main alternative career avenues opened up. and how to prepare for assessment processes. – placement lasting 8-10 weeks, and a When the idea of taking an industrial spoke placement, a specific learning Lydia applied for various placement work placement came up during her experience lasting 1-4 weeks which opportunities, most with rigorous assessment occupational psychology module, Lydia complements their central placement. The and selection processes, including online was all ears, and she left the lecture theatre more adventurous students may also take assessments which were “always very difficult , on a mission to find out more. advantage of international opportunities. and timed!” Subsequently, Lydia received First stop was the Uni’s employability two invitations to attend assessment centres, Veronica Vernon is Practice Lead and a team. Jay Phoenix is a work placement where she would have the opportunity to Senior Lecturer in Adult Nursing: co-ordinator in the Faculty of Arts and show off her skills and work temperament “We organise a range of clinical Science (FAS): in a more personal environment. She placements, covering patients across the attended the assessment centre of her “85% of graduate employers now want age span, and across a range of specialities. preferred choice IBM, and was delighted to experience as well as qualifications just to All placements are allocated to ensure be offered the placement the very next day. get an interview. Placements provide students we’re compliant with professional with that experience, and are an important Jay says placements can prove to be an requirements. However, once on placement way for students to learn about processes eye-opener on many levels: students can negotiate exposure to areas of and practices within the workplace.” nursing which they wish to explore.” “They provide students with a real On graduation, many students find insight into different professions, they And this commitment to real in-work themselves in a competitive workplace make jobs real – sometimes making the training, which chimes with individual without any real work experience, or a student realise that this isn’t the career for student interests, seems to be working, clear idea of which career path they wish to them, but that’s good to learn. with almost 100% of our latest graduate follow. Subsequently, they apply for an nurses finding relevant employment. “More importantly, they provide assortment of jobs without any real notion knowledge of what employers are looking And tomorrow’s teachers and education of what they may entail. Jay again: for and give students the opportunity to professionals receive a similarly robust “On placement students take part in real develop these skills and have them service. decision-making processes and tasks that recorded by an employer for interviews.” All students in the FoE have the impact on the business, which builds Placement opportunities exist on most of opportunity to go on placement, where confidence, skills and understanding. our undergraduate programmes. Those they gain experience working with a range Degree° 04° The Profile of learners, colleagues and other professionals in an educational setting.
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