Lincoln College MCR 6th Week Notices
Internal Notices 1. MCR Elections - Saturday - Husts 6pm, Voting Open 7pm - 10pm 2. MCR Housing Ballot 3. Fire Alarm incidents in 2017 4. Lost Pen in Library External Notices 1. The Dealer App –––––– Internal Notices 1. MCR Elections - Saturday - Husts 6pm, Voting Open 7pm - 10pm The elections for half of your next MCR Committee are happening this Saturday. Adam has already sent out an e-mail with the candidates and instructions for voting in absentia, but for those of you who are eager to come and exercise some democracy in person then here’s all the information you need. Husts will begin at 6pm in the Oakeshott Room. Each candidate will make a short speech outlining their suitability for the office they wish to occupy, and then the floor is open for questions. This is your chance to grill your next Committee, so take the opportunity! After husts have finished, we’ll descend to the MCR where voting will open at 7pm. To ease the democratic process, the Social Team have very kindly organised a party that coincides suspiciously well with the elections. You will need your bod card to vote. Only Ordinary Members of the MCR are permitted to vote (not Associate or Honorary Members). Voting will close at 10pm, with results announced shortly after. The party then continues until 11pm, at which point who knows what happens…come along and find out! 2. MCR Housing Ballot See Adam’s e-mails from yesterday about signing up for the MCR Housing Ballot if you want to be in the running for College accommodation next year. Regarding the amendment of the banding structure in the ballot, Adam & I conducted a thorough review of our housing ballot system to seek out areas that could be improved. The banding structure/eligibility was one such area, and so we thought it appropriate to amend these to be (a) easier for future MCR Committees to administrate and (b) more robust to possible attempts to ‘cheat the system’. This second point should not be underestimated, as over the last few years a growing minority of people have attempted to place themselves higher in the ballot than they are eligible to be. In hindsight, we should’ve discussed these with the wider MCR in a General Meeting before implementing them, and we’re sorry that we neglected to do this. We’ll use the banding structure from last year (based on number of years in Lincoln accommodation, rather than number of years as a Lincoln postgraduate student) and have a discussion in the 8th week General Meeting about possible improvements to this structure in future years. As ever, any questions/comments/queries about the housing ballot, just get in touch with myself or Adam. 3. Fire Alarm incidents in 2017 There have been a number of near-miss fire incidents in College in the first months of 2017, and College is understandably keen to avoid these from happening. Below is a list of all of the fire alarm incidents in College since the beginning of 2017. More veteran members of the MCR may recall a time when fire alarm incidents were circulated every week. We will be returning to those glory days. So, let’s all try and avoid things like burning toast and cremating pizza in the future so your incident doesn’t wind up in an e-mail! Also, as a general reminder, students should remain in the kitchen (and flat!) when cooking, but also remember to shut the kitchen door. Kitchen alarms are triggered by rapid heat (i.e. fire), whereas alarms in corridors and bedrooms are triggered by smoke. So, if you burn toast and the kitchen door is open, it will trigger the alarm in the corridor outside. Three of the incidents below will be dealt with by the Senior Dean. DateLocationIncident 14-Jan Turl St Duckers workmen/dust 17-Jan High St Cooking 19-Jan stc 20 Panel fault 22-Jan Mitre Mitre restaurant 23-Jan LCS Wine Café 24-Jan Mus Rd Cooking 25-Jan Bear Lane Burnt toast 26-Jan LCS Wine Café 03-Feb Bear Lane Oven left on unattended (flat empty) 11-Feb Bear Lane Pizza cooking/cremating in empty flat 11-Feb Turl St E-cigarette 13-Feb LCS Walton St Coop (bakery) 15-Feb Turl St Duckers workmen/dust 17-Feb Turl St E-cigarette (same room as prior alarm) 4. Lost Pen in Library One of our own MCR members, Thomas Frost, has left a black fountain pen in a black leather pen case on Sunday morning in the library on one of the desks. When checking later on the same day, it was gone. The pen was a gift and has quite a lot of sentimental value. If anyone has any information about said pen, please do get in touch with Thomas ([email protected]). ––––––– External Notices 1. The Dealer App The Dealer is on a mission to save everyone money on their food and drink and revolutionize the way people give back. The Dealer App has launched its beta version in Oxford and it needs test users to enjoy money off food and drink. Yes that is actually what they are offering! The deal is simple: they have got 100 venues in Oxford who have agreed to give everyone on The Dealer App discounts at certain times of the day. All they ask in exchange is that you consider giving a tiny amount (£0.30) of the money The Dealer saves you back to the local community in support of the fight against homelessness. You can also give back in the form of time, 10 minutes (which you can exchange for a volunteer shift when you hit two hours) or you can just pass on a good deed. The app is free, gets you a discount at your favorite venues and helps everyone give back. We are looking for people to trial this version of the product and give any feedback they have on design, layout and any requests for deals that you want to see that are not currently on there. To download it type ‘the dealer app’ into the App Store and start saving and giving!
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Lincoln College MCR 5th Week Notices
Internal Notices 1. MCR Elections Reminder 2. MCR General Meeting - Wednesday 5th Week 8:15pm 3. Lincoln College on Social Media 4. Lincoln College Graduate Hardship Award - Apply by February 17 External Notices 1. St Hugh’s Ball 2. Study recruitment advertisement 3. Another study recruitment advertisement 4. Grads in Employment Focus Group, Monday 13th Feb (with snacks!) 5. Nannying opportunity for gap year or postgraduate student 6. Examination Fellowships 2017: OPEN EVENING FOR WOMEN Friday 3 March (Week 7) at 5pm in the Hall, All Souls College –––– Internal Notices 1. MCR Elections Reminder One last (hahahahahahaha) reminder about the upcoming MCR Elections! If you’re remotely interested in being one of the following positions on the MCR Committee, please get in touch with the incumbents and they will be more than happy to answer any questions you’ve got and tell you how much fun they’ve had being on the MCR Committee. The positions being elected this term are: - President (incumbent Kevin Ray, [email protected]) - Treasurer (incumbent Josh Abbott, [email protected]) - Secretary (incumbent Adam Steel, [email protected]) - Social Secretary x2 (incumbents Glenn Cahilly-Bretzin & Michael Ben Yehuda, [email protected] and[email protected]) - Welfare Officer x2 (incumbents Rose Mortimer & Jochen Kockert, [email protected] and[email protected]) If you’re interested in a different position on the MCR Committee, then don’t be afraid to start talking to the incumbents now! The elections for the rest of the MCR Committee take place at the beginning of Trinity Term. Full details of your MCR Committee members can be found here http://lincolnmcr.weebly.com/committee.html. 2. MCR General Meeting - Wednesday 5th Week 8:15pm Reminder about the General Meeting of the MCR happening on Wednesday this week after second hall. Please submit any motions to Adam by Tuesday evening. 3. Lincoln College on Social Media A message from Julia Uwins & Katie Washington in the Lincoln Development Office: “Remember to keep the Development Office up to date with any events/exciting things happening around Lincoln! Also if anyone has any innovative ideas to jazz up Lincoln's social media presence, please let us know. You can send any ideas/updates/events, etc. to [email protected] or [email protected]. Thank you in advance!" 4. Lincoln College Graduate Hardship Award - Apply by February 17 A message from Jane Mitchell in the Lincoln Development Office: “Thanks to the generosity of alumni living in North America, graduates who have unexpected financial needs may apply for a Graduate Hardship Award of up to £500 each. To apply for this award, please send a letter of application, explaining your specific financial needs, by February 17 to Jane Mitchell at [email protected]” –––– External Notices 1. St Hugh’s Ball On 29th April 2017, St Hugh’s are hosting Trinity Term’s largest black tie ball in Oxford. For one unforgettable night, the grounds of St Hugh’s will be transformed into Eden. At £100, this ball promises to be a night filled with phenomenal entertainment, multiple music tents, and free-flowing food and drink, as the descent from a place of paradise to a world of temptation is made. Tickets are £100, and can be purchased on our website: http://www.sthughsball.com/. For competitions and updates as we get closer to the event, please like our Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/StHughsBall2017/?fref=ts&ref=br_tf. 2. Study recruitment advertisement We are currently recruiting participants for an experiment investigating personality, social relationships, and performance-enhancement during exercise. The experiment will last 1.5 - 2 hours and you will be paid between £25 and £30 for your time, depending on your effort levels. The experiment will take place at the Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences. West Wing, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford OX3 9DU The experiment will involve completing several trials of a hand gripping exercise, answering a series of computer-based questionnaires, and taking a dose of a naturally occurring substance that enhances performance and reduces perceptions of pain and fatigue during exercise. Participants must be aged 18-49 and able to sustain moderate intensity exercise (e.g., brisk walking or easy jogging) for a minimum of 30 minutes. Participants must also have refrained from doing strenuous exercise or using illegal drugs and alcohol in the 12 hours preceding the beginning of this study. Participants may use caffeine and tobacco as they would normally. In addition, participants must be free of any prior or current conditions/injuries that will prevent them from safely completing the hand gripping exercise tasks in the study. Finally, before coming to the study, participants must submit a photo of a friend, family member, or partner – someone they feel they have a close connection with and that they can depend on in times of need. Please contact [email protected] for more information and / or sign up here: https://doodle.com/poll/pwdvtirdentuvxt4. It is okay to sign up for a date and to change it at a later time if another date suits you better. 3. Another study recruitment advertisement We are recruiting participants aged 18-40 to participate in our study examining the relationship between flexible thinking and mental well-being over the course of 7 weeks. This study involves: 1) An initial 1 hour testing session in the Department of Experimental Psychology, involving questionnaires related to your mental well-being and a computer-based task involving emotional images. 2) Once a week for the following 7 weeks you will be emailed a questionnaire to fill in at home. The first 6 questionnaires relate to everyday events and mood and take 5-10 minutes to complete. The online questionnaire in the final 7th week will be a 20 minute questionnaire related to your mental well-being. It is estimated that this study will take up to 2 hours 20 minutes in total and you will receive £20 for completion of the entire study (initial testing session and weekly online questionnaires). If you are interested in participating in this study or would like more information please email me at [email protected] If you have an OPR account you can sign up for a slot here: https://opr.sona-systems.com/default.aspx?p_return_experiment_id=665 If you have an RPS account you can sign up for a slot here: https://psy-oxford.sona-systems.com/default.aspx?p_return_experiment_id=639 Anyone else please email me directly 4. Grads in Employment Focus Group, Monday 13th Feb (with snacks!) Most grads will do some work while they study, and many of you get a rough deal in terms of low pay, lack of training, unreasonable workloads, or simply an absence of useful information. OUSU want to rectify that! We’re looking for graduate students who work to come and tell us a bit about their experiences as employees. Whether you’re a Junior Dean, a library assistant, or you teach, we want to hear what common issues you experience, and how we can best support and empower you as employees. Come to our focus group on Monday 13th Feb, 6-7pm, in the OUSU Offices (2 Worcester Street), and help us help you! (there will be food!) This is the start of a new area of work for OUSU, aiming to support you in employment by creating and signposting appropriate resources, and equipping you with useful skills and information. For more information or to feed back your thoughts or questions, contact Marina, OUSU Vice-President (Graduates), on [email protected]. 5. Nannying opportunity for gap year or postgraduate student Central Oxford family (female academic, male vicar) seeks a part-time nanny to assist in the care of ten year old autistic boy, and his six year old brother. This is a part-time job which could be done as a post finals gap year, or alongside a postgraduate research degree. We offer free board and lodging in our vicarage in Beaumont St (three attic rooms), and a stipend of £5760. One or two year position, start summer 2017. Some experience of working with children essential, special needs experience desirable but not essential. Further details on request to [email protected] 6. Examination Fellowships 2017: OPEN EVENING FOR WOMEN Friday 3 March (Week 7) at 5pm in the Hall, All Souls College All Souls holds an exam every autumn for students who have recently graduated from, or are registered for a higher degree at, the University of Oxford. Candidates may choose to sit papers in Classics, Economics, English Literature, History, Law, Philosophy or Politics, and there is also a General component. The Fellowship lasts for seven years. Those elected receive a generous stipend, accommodation and career support, and may either choose to pursue an academic career, or to contribute to wider academic life while pursuing a non-academic career. The Open Evening is an opportunity for interested women to learn about the Examination Fellowship – to find out more about the exam process, and to meet some members of the College. All Souls is committed to attracting men and women from all backgrounds, and welcomes enquiries about the Examination Fellowship from anyone. Further information is available on our website: https://www.asc.ox.ac.uk/examination-fellowships-general-information |
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