TechLinc has organised a series of events that will take place throughout the year. The events range from technician-led tours of University facilities to knowledge exchange sessions and wellbeing/social activities.
Events will be advertised to Technicians via Outlook events, one month before the event takes place.
If you would like to conduct a tour/wellbeing event or knowledge exchange, please contact techsmakeithappen@lincoln.ac.uk
| Date & Time | Event | Location | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 03/05/2023 @ 1300 – 1500 | Tour | Minster House | Minster House houses the research facilities of the University of Lincoln’s Animal Behaviour, Cognition and Welfare Research Group, a unique team of internationally-renowned researchers at the forefront of the animal behaviour field. Technicians will be offering a tour of the building followed by the opportunity to interact with some of the animals. |
| 07/06/2023 & 14/06/2023 @ 1300 – 1500 | Wellbeing – Pottery Workshop | The Maker Lab | The Maker Lab Technician, Mick Helliwell, has offered to run a pottery workshop on making a mug with handle. He can accommodate 8 fellow techs. These will run on Wednesday 7th “The Build” with a follow up on Wednesday 14th June to “Glaze” the mug. It will be run on a step-by-step format ensuring we all produce a beautifully hand-crafted bespoke piece. (Fingers crossed). Depending on uptake this might evolve. It will be fun and creative. |
| 05/07/2023 @ 1400 – 1600 | Tour | NDH & PDW (College of Arts) | NDH has main the DesignFloor workshops, Photographic Studios and Dark Rooms and Studio 27 which is the Textile Lab. PDW has Screen printing and 3D Sculpture workshops, The MakerLab, Conservation Laboratories, Traditional Book Making and the Specialist Print space. |
| 02/08/2023 @ 1400 – 1600 | Knowledge Exchange | Power Apps/Power Automate/MS Forms | An opportunity to gain and develop knowledge surrounding Power Apps, Microsoft Forms and Power Automate and explore how these systems can be integrated into technical procedures and processes. |
| 06/09/2023 @ 1400 – 1600 | Tour | Sarah Swift – School of Health and Social Care & School of Psychology | The School of Health and Social Care is housed within the Sarah Swift building and 179 High Street containing purpose-built clinical simulation suites to simulate real hospital and home environments, and feature the latest in patient simulation technology. The 8 clinical suites replicate the ward environment of NHS facilities and feature realistic patient bays, as well as clinical equipment and consumables to provide a realistic workspace. The Psychology Labs in the Sarah Swift building are used by the School of Psychology for research projects in areas such as forensic psychology, perception and cognition, development and social behaviour, and autism. Students have access to equipment such as a dynamic 3D body scanner, an eye-tracker, Psychophysics, Molecular lab, and driving simulator to use in their both their own research as well as at a postgraduate level as part of one of the many research groups in the school. |
| 04/10/2023 @ 1400 – 1600 | Tour | Bridge Labs (Joseph Ruston Building) | The Bridge is an advanced engineering R&D centre, that engages in industry consultancy. We have facilities that are unique in the University, and in this visit you will have the opportunity to see (most of) them in operation. The facilities are organised in several different labs; Mechanical and Surface Science lab, Thermo-spectroscopy lab, Electron microscopy lab. On the first floor of the Bridge, we also have a wet chemistry lab, materials preparation laboratory, and a class 6 clean room. This floor also hosts our Innovation lounge and professional development centre. |
| 01/11/2023 @ 1400 – 1600 | Tour | JBL | The Joseph Banks Laboratories opened in 2014 and house the research labs for the Schools of Chemistry, Pharmacy and Life & Environmental Sciences. They are equipped with a wide range of specialist laboratory analytical equipment for determining chemical structures, cellular and molecular structures and composition and a range of microscopy techniques. Areas of study includes research into diabetes, heart disease and kidney disease, development of more environmentally friendly ‘green’ chemicals, pharmaceutical research including potential new antimicrobial drugs and extraction and recycling of precious metals. The tour will give you an insight into what equipment the University has invested in to support University research and commercial activities and how the tech team ensure these facilities are run for researchers and postgrad students. |