What have we been up to?
Welcome (or welcome back) to our staff and students this September, we hope you had a brilliant Summer. This is our first newsletter of the year.
It was great to meet some of you at the Feel Good Fayre, we had some great conversations and it's wonderful to hear how passionate our student body is about Environmental Sustainability.
Our team is made up of passionate staff who have responsibilities ranging from managing our energy & carbon, delivering workshops & training, managing waste, encouraging sustainable transport and delivering improvements to biodiversity on campus. If you have any questions, we're here to help and advise.
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Policy & Guidance updates
The University has a commitment to manage and protect the biodiversity assets on our Estate. Read our updated Biodiversity Policy:
If you're unsure on how to dispose of different items on campus or within the city of Lincoln, we have developed a Waste A to Z Guide and have linked to the City Councils own waste website:
Sustainability Voice
Education for Sustainable Development
Film & Media - BAFTA albert certification for Students
Jack Shelbourn, Programme Leader/Senior Lecturer in the Lincoln School of Creative Arts, has been delivering BAFTA albert certification training within the school. albert is the sustainability arm of the British Academy of Film and TV and provides students with the opportunity to undergo the training and gain an industry-recognized certificate combining environmental sustainability and employability.
The Training
BAFTA albert certification training is conducted twice a year; and was initially included in a core production skills module at level 4, attended by over 90 students.
As part of the BAFTA albert certification the content and delivery are carefully planned and carried out by albert, supported by the trainers. With 7 hours of student learning split over two days, the students are required to complete four assignments, with support given during the training. Conducting the sessions as a core part of level 4 is crucial, as it helps instil sustainable practices into the students' work from an early stage.
Success!
In 2024, the first Graduation Project film celebrated, featuring the albert logo at the end of the film due to the sustainable practices used by the production team. The entire set, including props, was generously donated to the university for future projects and now resides in a dedicated room for teaching and project development. Sustainable cinematography practices are embraced, giving the set a dual legacy in sustainability. The students made use of online planning and meeting tools for pre-production with the cast and crew and carefully chose locations that could be walked to or were accessible by public transport, adding to the sustainable practices employed during production.
We can't wait to see what the next cohort of albert students learn and produce.
Do you have something to share about sustainability? Be our voice for sustainability. Email environment@lincoln.ac.uk if you want to write a short guest blog for our newsletter.
What's coming up?
- Hogfriendly litter pick - 9 October 12:00-13:00 Brayford
- City Wildlife Walk - 25 October 12:00-13:30 Brayford
- Climate Action Festival - 18 - 22 November - Across the city
- Kitchen Garden Clean-up - 22 November - Brayford
These events will be promoted on our socials, follow us on Instagram to be one of the first know.
Or email environment@lincoln.ac.uk if you want to be involved with these events.
Wildflowers for wildlife
New wildflower meadows created in Nature Positive Partnership
As part of our Nature Positive University commitments, we are pleased to share that the first stage of the creation of new wildflower meadows outside the Joseph Banks Laboratories took place in September in partnership with the Lincoln Science and Innovation Park.
Mark Schofield, from the Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust, scarified the lawn area directly in front of the building with volunteers. Seeding the meadow will take place at a later date and will include harvested seeds where possible from site.
We will invite staff, students and members of the public to a future planting event early next year. The creation of these meadows will provide important connectivity between green spaces on the Brayford Campus for pollinators.
If you’d like to find out more about biodiversity at Lincoln, visit:
Queries can be directed to environment@lincoln.ac.uk
Thank you to Mark Schofield from Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust and to colleagues from the Lincoln Science and Innovation Park, as well as Graziella Iossa who has advocated for this project.