michaelmas notices
Ninth Week Dearest MCR, It’s the end of term; that went by quickly! I hope you all enjoyed yourselves at the MCR Christmas Dinner! I had great fun singing ‘FIVE GOLD RINGS!’ at the top of my voice over a glass of mulled wine. It has been quite the term what with Freshers’ Week and a whole host of academic and social events across the weeks. I hope you’ve all felt happy and at home in the MCR and I can’t wait for what we have in store for you next term! To round off the term (and year and decade!) I have one notice (please see below). Unfortunately, I don’t have any menus or Presidents’ Hour to announce. What I do have, however, is an end-of-term survey (I can hear you sighing…). The committee and I would love to know what you thought of this term and what you’d like to see in Hilary Term! The survey takes a couple of minutes to fill in: https://www.smartsurvey.co.uk/s/7MG58/ Also, as a Michaelmas vacation event and follow-up to my Christmas speech, I'll be running a special Love Actually Movie Night (can you tell I’m obsessed…?) in the MCR this Wednesday evening at 8pm. Everyone is very welcome to attend- there will be free snacks and hot chocolate! Finally, all that’s left to say is that I hope you enjoy the rest of 2019! Whether you’re celebrating Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, or you’re just enjoying the winter holidays, have a restful vacation and I’ll see you all in the New Year. I wish you all much love, happiness and good health for 2020. See you soon! With best wishes, Nupur Patel MCR President 2019-20 DPhil Candidate in French Literature Lincoln College, University of Oxford Turl Street, OX1 3DR P.S. Never forget: ‘If you look for it, I’ve got a sneaky feeling you’ll find that love actually is all around.’ ❤️ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Free & Funded Summer Work Travel Adventures in China (with TEFL Certification): Last year around 50 Oxford students joined our project in China, apply now to grab your place on the 2020 Gotoco China team: www.go-to.co/apply-now Gotoco has opened applications for its 2020 summer TEFL programmes. These take place in diverse locations across China. Teach Chinese students English and gain a TEFL certificate, while learning all about Chinese culture and exploring one of the most diverse countries in the world. Apply today and have an unforgettable summer! Where? This year Gotoco is offering places on summer teaching programmes all over China. Join us to assist with teaching projects in one of our 'real China' programmes to learn about what is really happening in this exciting country. We have placements across the length and breadth of the country, from major cities like Beijing and Shanghai to Xinjiang and Tibet in the West of the country. At the end of the programme we offer a free one week holiday to Yangshuo - our base in the mountains just east of Vietnam (Lonely Planet's top-rated destination in the whole country!) Check out our web for some stunning photos of these locations. When? Exact dates vary for each programme, we aim to be as flexible as possible to cater to the needs of our volunteers. We can offer various programme durations, anything from 2 weeks to 3 months. Start dates are flexible, but typically programmes begin at the end of June, mid-July or the beginning of August. Why? Recently the UN & BritCham made us finalists in their China Social Impact award for services to China-Western cultural exchange. We run an award winning programme, with nearly 300 reviews and a score of 5 stars on Trustpilot along with a gold-star from Oxford University as one of their top overseas work placement partners. We offer a broad range of cultural exchange options with over 100 adventurous work-placement opportunities all over China. Join us to learn about China and the world while gaining a valuable TEFL certificate, along the way make lifelong friends from among the other volunteers on your teams and the students you help. Pick up valuable CV boosting work experience while earning references for any future jobs you may wish to apply for. Most importantly, have an exciting gap year style adventure and the trip of a lifetime! To read about some of the many benefits of taking part, why not check out past volunteer's testimonials here: http://www.go-to.co/testimonials/ Cost? Taking part in this programme is free of charge, we don't request any fund-raising or fees. Our hosts also cover the costs of TEFL certification, Chinese lessons, trips, accommodation and meals, with no hidden fees! The only major costs are flights & visas, but most Oxford colleges are willing to offer travel grants to cover these major costs for you so you can join our programme. We also are able to cover the flight costs of those that join us as campus reps. Next steps? Check out our website - www.go-to.co - to find out more, or apply straight away at this link: www.go-to.co/apply-now/ Eighth Week Dearest MCR, It’s the start of December which means that we did it…we made it to 8th week! Michaelmas is definitely a busy term, full of exciting academic and social events, including our MCR Christmas Dinner this Friday evening! Join us for a lovely three-course meal to celebrate the end the term, followed by mince pies, mulled wine and carols in Hall! Before this great celebration, this week we’ve got our final session of yoga with Micon, Tuesgays, our MCR General meeting on Wednesday, Great Hall on Thursday and our final Welfare tea on Friday afternoon. Be sure to take advantage of everything on offer! I’ve attached the final Hall Menu of term, alongside some notices (see below). Much to your dismay, I’m sure, (*cue smallest violin playing*) President’s Hour is cancelled tomorrow. I look forward to seeing you around College before the Christmas dinner. If not, we’ll have a good singsong together on Friday. With best wishes, Nupur Patel MCR President 2019-20 DPhil Candidate in French Literature Lincoln College, University of Oxford Turl Street, OX1 3DR 1. Research Study: Psychopharmacology and Emotional Research group 2. A.T. Kearney: Academy Insight Programme 3. Oros Tutors 4. PanaceaStars Develop SS 2020 1. Research Study: Psychopharmacology and Emotional Research group My name is Dr Mayowa Oyesanya and I am a research fellow in the Psychopharmacology and Emotional Research group here at the university. A research poster is attached which could be circulated and the URL to our study page is as follows: https://www.psych.ox.ac.uk/getinvolved/the-effects-of-a-single-dose-of-selegiline-on-reward-and-emotional-processing-in-healthy-volunteers Time/travel expenses would be reimbursed (10 pounds an hour for screening visit and 50 pounds for research visit with opportunity to win an additional 10 pounds.) (See attached flyer) 2. A.T. Kearney: Academy Insight Programme I’m reaching out on behalf of A.T. Kearney, a leading global strategic consultancy with 2,300 consultants in 60 offices around the globe. We are running our annual Academy insight programme this spring, which is our flagship insight programme into life in strategy consulting and the diverse array of work we do across all industries. I thought this would be of interest to your college members and worth sharing with them. The A.T. Kearney Academy will be run in Spring 2020 on a luxury English estate. It is the London office’s flagship insight programme into life in strategy consulting and the diverse array of work we do across all industries. It will combine a three-day intense case study workshop to teach problem solving methodologies in strategic contexts with more relaxed social events where you can get to know our people and the atmosphere we cultivate in our London office. This event is for both undergraduates and graduates in their penultimate year of study. We want to invite remarkable individuals to join A.T. Kearney and get a taster for what it’s like to be one of us. We are interested in applications from all subject backgrounds which showcase leadership, innovation, social impact and willingness to learn. We are currently registering interest for applications that will open in the New Year. Below you can find the marketing material for this programme. Would you be able to share this with your members? I am more than happy to organise a call with you and/or your committee to discuss further. 3. Oros Tutors Oros tutors are one-of-a-kind. Hard-working, responsible, passionate and keen — our tutors are undergraduates, postgraduates, doctorate students and professional teachers who are looking for stable but flexible tutoring work which fits around their studies, work and other commitments. Could this be you? Why join us? We offer a decent and flexible source of income: £17 to £40 per hour. We put our tutors' time first. Students submit booking requests within the timeslots allocated by you. You will be using our straightforward online platform to teach remotely - no travelling needed You can teach directly from your home or dorm. Share your expertise with some of the most ambitious students in the world, and gain valuable experience in private tuition. How do I apply? If you are interested in becoming one of our tutors, please visit: oros-education.com (See attached flyer) 4. PanaceaStars Develop SS 2020 Calling all academic entrepreneurs; applications for PanaceaStars Develop SS 2020 are open! Apply now to take your life science venture to the next level and for your chance to win a non-dilutive, no-strings prize-package worth £100K! At PanaceaStars we invest time, resources and capital to de-risk and fast-track your development. Whether you have the seed of a scientific innovation or a well-developed proof-of-concept, our multi-phase framework is designed to help you translate your vision into a thriving business. Applications are now open for our 8-week Develop Phase, designed to provide support and challenge the ideas of early-stage life science and health-tech founders, to refine your business offering and sharpen your sense of commercialisation. Further details of the initiative can be found on our website. The next application deadline is 23rd February 2020. If you have any questions, please contact Catherine Wong at [email protected]. Seventh Week Dearest MCR, Welcome to 7th week…it’s beginning to look a lot like Oxmas (Oxford’s version of Christmas)! Now is the time to stock up on your mince pies and mulled wine and to get ready for our MCR Christmas Dinner in 8th week- don’t forget to sign up! Thank you to those of you who attended the Lincoln Loves Lincoln dinner last night; it was really nice to get to know the JCR a little better! If you thought we’d be winding down for the end of term, you’re wrong! This week the fun continues…we’ve got our autumnal MCR dinner, the home leg of the Worcester Exchange Dinner, our Thanksgiving Pot Luck and our new event, Beer and Crisps in the MCR. Please find attached this week’s Hall Menu and, at the risk of sounding like a broken record, please find me in the MCR tomorrow for President’s Hour. See below for a few notices. Finally, to echo College’s email about Deep Hall, please do stick to the rule of up to three guests per Lincolnite in Deep Hall. This is a pretty generous deal so please don’t abuse this! That’s all from me- I’m off to find myself a warm cup of mulled wine! With best wishes, Nupur Patel MCR President 2019-20 DPhil Candidate in French Literature Lincoln College, University of Oxford Turl Street, OX1 3DR 1. Register to Vote 2. Aspire Oxfordshire: Christmas Dinner 3. Eden McCallum 4. Blockchain Tech Talent networking, Tues 26 Nov, 5.30pm, Oxford Foundry 1. Register to Vote You have a right to vote – please do not miss out!! If you have not registered by November 26, which is only a few days away, you will not be allowed to vote in the election on December 12. Registering is easy, just follow this link, and please do it today:https://www.gov.uk/register-to-vote. Alternatively, you can use: http://yourvotematters.co.uk/ As a student, you are entitled to register at both your term time and your home address. If you are not sure where you would be on the day, we recommend that you register at both. However please note that it is illegal to vote more than once. If you are not sure that you will be at either address on the day, you have the option of requesting a postal vote. Should you choose to do this, you need to make an application by post, and this will need to be sent in by 22nd November to be sure of being processed in time. An alternative is to request a proxy vote. This means that another trusted adult casts a vote on your behalf. The links above give further information on both these methods. This election may well be the most important for many years to come, and we very much hope that you do exercise your democratic right to take part in it. 2. Aspire Oxfordshire: Christmas Dinner On Wednesday 18th December, Aspire Oxfordshire will be holding a Christmas Dinner for up to 100 local people facing homelessness, poverty and disadvantage. Aspire supports these people all year round, but during the festive period we want to make sure that they all have a place at the table. I am writing to ask if your MCR could support Aspire and help us to change lives. More information about our 'Place at the Table' Christmas Appeal can be found on our website here and on the attached leaflet. If you would like any more information about Aspire and our vital work supporting Oxfordshire's most vulnerable people then please don't hesitate to ask. If you would like to arrange for us to speak at a MCR meeting then we’d love to meet you in person and would be delighted to make arrangements. 3. Eden McCallum Founded by two senior female consultants in 2000, Eden McCallum is redefining management consulting. We support clients to resolve their most pressing issues of strategy, operations and organisation. Working with a group of independent consultants of the highest calibre, we have pioneered an approach that delivers tangible impact, client ownership, and great value. We are now recruiting for analysts for our September 2020 intake, and I would be grateful if you were able to forward the attached details, in your capacity as MCR president to the students within your college. The document provides a full description of the analyst role and how to apply. Please note that we accept applications from all disciplines but unable to accept applications from MBA students. (see attached poster) 4. Blockchain Tech Talent networking, Tues 26 Nov, 5.30pm, Oxford Foundry Come and meet exciting companies and rising start-ups that are leading the innovation and development of Blockchain in the UK and around the world. Whether you are actively looking for a Blockchain-related full-time job or an internship, or whether you are interested in working in this rapidly growing field, our networking event is for you! Speakers include Nic Cary, Cofounder of Blockchain and the companies include Ripple, Atlas City, Quant and Extropy. Agenda: • 5:30-6:00pm: Arrival and registration for students • 6:00-6:10pm: Welcome & introduction from OXFO and BlockSoc • 6:10-6:40pm: Company Power Pitches • 6:45-7:45pm: Structured Networking • 7:45-8:30pm: Open Networking with drinks and canapes Sign up at https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/blockchain-tech-talent-networking-tickets-78160715805 Sixth Week Dearest MCR, Welcome to 6th Week! I hope you enjoyed last night’s MCR Charity Casino Night! Thank you to everyone that helped to make the night a success, especially Aleks, our Charities Representative! This week we’ve got the last MCR Lunch of term, MCRgue, the Worcester College Hall Exchange, our final Cheese and Wine of term and, for those of you who signed up, we have our annual JCR-MCR dinner: Lincoln Loves Lincoln Dinner. There’s a lot going on! Please find attached this week’s Hall Menu and see below for some notices. Also, I’d like to politely remind you to always put your names on any deliveries that you wish to be sent to the lodge. The lodge has been having issues with receiving parcels without any names on them, leaving porters to spend an unnecessary amount of time contacting senders. Finally, don’t forget that I’ll be in the MCR tomorrow for President’s Hour if you have any questions or concerns that you wish to raise. Enjoy the upcoming week! With best wishes, Nupur Patel MCR President 2019-20 DPhil Candidate in French Literature Lincoln College, University of Oxford Turl Street, OX1 3DR 1. Subject: Split or Steal? Decision-making in two-player games. 2. Coalition for Healthy Streets and Active Travel: Survey 1. Subject: Split or Steal? Decision-making in two-player games. We are looking for participants aged 18-40 for our research study investigating how people make decisions in two-player games. The study involves completing a computer task with another participant for the chance to win a lottery draw, with monetary prizes. You will also be asked to complete a series of questionnaires. The study lasts up to 60 minutes and you will be compensated for your time. To take part, you must be in good health, have normal or corrected to normal vision, and be fluent in English. If you are interested in participating and would like some more information please contact Danielle Shore: [email protected] 2. Coalition for Healthy Streets and Active Travel: Survey The Coalition for Healthy Streets and Active Travel (CoHSAT) is a local voluntary group aiming to make Oxford a less polluted and less congested city. We are undertaking a survey about parcel deliveries to colleges and would be very grateful if you could fill it in and return it, before the end of November: https://form.jotformeu.com/LegacyTheTeam/student-deliveries-colleges The increasing number of parcels being delivered to colleges is causing additional diesel courier vans to circulate in the centre of Oxford. This is both polluting and adds to congestion, as a result of bad parking. With this survey, we are hoping to find how to reduce the problem in a way that is acceptable to everyone: students, colleges, courier companies and the general population of Oxford. Fifth Week Dearest MCR, We’re officially halfway through Michaelmas Term! How did that happen?! I hope you’ve all had a blast so far. We certainly did last week with the alumni careers event, the home leg of the Teddy Hall Exchange Dinner and Pottery painting and Doggy Welfare tea, courtesy of our lovely Welfare Officers! All of this on top of the fantastic Foods of the World Week in Hall! This week we’ve got some more exciting events to put in your diaries, starting with our Fifth Week Funk Night feat. Sisters of Funk in Deep hall to chase away any Fifth Week blues with fellow members of the JCR… We’ve also got our International Movie Night, a potluck in the MCR (organised by our E & D Reps) and the ever-popular Charity Casino Night to round off the week! Get excited. In other news, to any Freshers out there, please do fill in the Freshers’ Week Survey if you haven’t already done so! Please find attached this week’s Food Menu and as ever I’ll be in the MCR tomorrow for President’s Hour. See below for some MCR notices and have a fab week! With best wishes, Nupur Patel MCR President 2019-20 DPhil Candidate in French Literature Lincoln College, University of Oxford Turl Street, OX1 3DR 1. Opportunities for Participants in Psychological Experiments 2. Recruitment for 2020 Summer Programmes 3. Summer Education Enterprise: Programme Assistant Required 1. Opportunities for Participants in Psychological Experiments Are you feeling low? The OxPALM: Oxford study on Probiotics and Low Mood is looking forvolunteers between 18 and 55 years who are feeling sad or low and/or experiencing loss of interest/motivation. Study details: Participants will be asked to fill in a short mood questionnaire online. If criteria are fulfilled, you will be invited for a screening session (~1h in total) at the Department of Psychiatry in the Warneford Hospital. If deemed eligible to take part in the study, you will be randomly allocated to a 4-week ingestion of a probiotic or placebo. You will then be invited to 2 additional study visits (~3h/3.5h in total). The probiotic used is a dietary supplement that improves gut health and is well-tolerated. Time and expenses will be reimbursed for attending the screening session and for completing of the study. If you’re interested, please email [email protected] *** Healthy Volunteers Healthy volunteers (male and female), aged 18-45, needed for a drug study investigating how a commonly used antidepressant influences how people process emotional information about themselves. If you decide to take part, we will ask you to attend two sessions for approximately 7 hours in total. In the first session, we will ask you some questions about your current health and medical history to check your suitability for the study. In the second session, you will take the study tablet (an antidepressant called citalopram or a placebo) and complete some psychological tasks on the computer. You will be compensated for your time and travel expenses. For more information, please contact [email protected] MS IDREC Ethics Approval Reference: R64589/RE001 *** Volunteers low in mood and activity We are looking for volunteers low in mood and activity, aged 18 to 65, who are currently not undergoing any counselling or psychotherapy and have never been diagnosed with psychosis or bipolar disorder. You may be on antidepressant medication. We are testing two interventions which may be helpful for these symptoms. You would be invited to participate in a 4-week programme that would ask you to track your general daily activities, daily mood and physical activity. You would be asked to visit the Department of Psychiatry three to four times to complete some tests, each session taking at most 1-2.5 hours. If you are interested, please fill in this online questionnaire: https://psychiatryoxford.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_3rPCtahbvz5j1FX or contact Tereza Ruzickova ([email protected] ). There is no obligation to take part. You will be compensated for your time. MS IDREC Ethics Approval Reference: R61575/RE001 *** Healthy Volunteers HEALTHY VOLUNTEERS NEEDED FOR STUDY OF REWARD AND EMOTION We are looking for healthy volunteers aged between 18 and 40 years of age for a study investigating the effects of a single dose of a drug called selegiline on reward and emotional processing. MS IDREC Ethics Approval Reference: R64689-RE002 We are looking for People who are healthy, aged 18-40, with no history of psychological disorder. Expenses Time and travel expenses will be reimbursed. If you are interested in participating and are healthy, aged 18-40, with no history of psychological disorder, please contact us for more information: [email protected] P: 01865 618 214 *** Healthy Volunteers Healthy volunteers needed for a drug study investigating how a commonly-used medicine, a statin, affects emotional information, rewarding information, and inflammation. Medical Sciences Inter-Divisional Research Ethics Committee reference: R61966/RE001 We are looking for healthy volunteers aged 18-50 years to participate in a study investigating how a statin (a medication commonly used to reduce cholesterol) changes the way we process emotional information and rewarding information, and its effect on inflammation. Duration: Two appointments (one screening visit, one research visit) about 4 hours in total Who can participate? Healthy volunteers aged 18 to 50 years What does the study involve? Psychological tasks and taking one tablet each day for 7 days. Also, you will be asked questions about your medical history to check your suitability for the study and a blood sample will be taken at each visit. For more information in confidence, with no obligation to participate, please contact our research team at [email protected]. You will be reimbursed for your time! *** Volunteers low in mood Low in mood? Participants needed for emotional decision making drug study We are looking for volunteers aged 18 - 65 who are currently feeling depressed to participate in a study investigating the effects of a new medication on emotional decision making. If you are NOT taking antidepressant medication, you may be eligible for the RESTAND study. If you ARE taking antidepressant medication, you may be eligible for the RESTART study. · Duration: Three to four appointments (one screening visit, one first dose appointment, and one or two research visits) · Who can participate? Participants who are feeling depressed, physically healthy, not undergoing psychological therapy, aged 18 to 65 · What does the study involve? The study mainly involves taking medication for 7 days, computer-based psychological tasks, questionnaires and may include one brain imaging scan REC Reference: 18/SC/0076 and 18/SC/0074 For more information in confidence, with no obligation to participate, please contact our research team at [email protected]. You will be reimbursed for your time! 2. Recruitment for 2020 Summer Programmes Recruitment for our 2020 summer programmes has begun! We are looking for candidates to join Oxford Summer Institute's team. This is a great opportunity for University of Oxford students to work in an international, and academic environment during the summer and support students from all over the world within Oriel College. We are also recruiting educators for teaching positions. The adverts are attached to this email. All applicants should send a CV and a cover letter to [email protected] 3. Summer Education Enterprise: Programme Assistant Required Please see an attached advert for the position of Programme Assistant for the Summit Education Enterprise. Fourth Week Dearest MCR, How did we get to 4th week so quickly?! We must’ve had such a great 3rd week that we didn’t notice time flying by! What a great time we had last week with chocolate tasting, the MCR Halloween dinner and our ever-popular event, Cheese and Wine! This week is no different, with our first Formal Dinner Exchange with Teddy Hall, another fab MCR Lunch and a Welfare Pottery Painting Workshop to round off the week! It’s also a pretty exciting time to eat at Hall, with this week’s Foods of the World Week! Be sure to taste what our fantastic kitchen staff and JCR CRED reps have organised for us! Speaking of food, please find attached this week’s Hall Menu, and remember that I’ll be in the MCR for President’s Hour on Monday! As always, please see below for some important notices, especially about smoking on College site. Also, another polite reminder to please use the dryers for drying your clothes instead of drying them in your room to avoid damp. Don’t forget that at 4pm today in the MCR, we will be hosting our JCR-MCR Alumni Careers event with six speakers from an array of industries. It’s a very relaxed event; the speakers will each be giving a short talk and then you have the opportunity to chat to them informally with complimentary cake and hot drinks! Please do come along and spend some time with the alumni who are very eager to offer advice! If this is something that the JCR and MCR are interested in, we will hopefully increase the number of these Careers events across the year. That’s all from me! Enjoy your 4th week! With best wishes, Nupur Patel MCR President 2019-20 DPhil Candidate in French Literature Lincoln College, University of Oxford Turl Street, OX1 3DR 1. Wealth Management Assessment Centre 2. Smoking Area on College Site 3. Jesus College Squash Courts Reopened! 1. Wealth Management Assessment Centre Find Your Place. Do you know how to ace an assessment centre? Hints and tips for video and face-to-face interviews, advice on CV writing and assessment centre techniques, how to transition from university to work, followed by a Q&A with graduates. We understand that choosing the right path for your future career is not easy and we are enthusiastic about creating opportunities to develop young people, and creating a diverse and inclusive workforce for the future. Please join us on: Thursday 31 October 2019, 19.30 - 21.00 Oxford University, The Centenary Room, Careers Service 2. Smoking Area on College Site This is a reminder that the only designated smoking area on the main College site is down the stairs by the entrance to Deep Hall. The Grove is not a smoking area so please do not treat is a such, and please do not give staff who might remind you of that a hard time – they are only doing their jobs. 3. Jesus College Squash Courts Reopened! The Jesus College squash courts will reopen on Saturday 2ndNovember after refurbishment. The courts do need to be booked in advance via the following link, on the Jesus College intranet: http://home.jesus.ox.ac.uk/squash-court-booking.aspx They are located on St Cross Road, Oxford OX1 3TJ. Third Week Dearest MCR, Happy 3rd Week and Happy Diwali! I hope you’ve all loved the Diwali decorations in College as much as I have! Likewise, thank you to everyone who attended the Classical Indian Carnatic Music night on Friday night! We’ve got another exciting jam-packed week ahead for you with chocolate tasting, the Halloween-themed MCR Dinner and our ever-popular Cheese and Wine night! One small change, the Re-Fresher Induction Session (the Freshers’ week induction session for those of you who couldn’t make it!) will now be taking place on Friday 1st November at 3pm in the MCR. Don’t forget that our beloved Micon will also be running free Yoga sessions in the Lower Lecture Room on Mondays at 8pm to replace the two Yoga sessions (3rd and 7th week) that we had planned for the term. Please bring a yoga mat if you have one and a towel- no prior experience of Yoga is needed! Don’t forget that on Sunday of 4th week (3rd November) we’ll be hosting a careers event with alumni in the MCR. Bios of the alumni speakers will be circulated soon! As usual I’ll be in the MCR this Monday for President’s Hour and please find attached the weekly Hall Menu. See below for a few notices. Have a great week! With best wishes, Nupur Patel MCR President 2019-20 DPhil Candidate in French Literature Lincoln College, University of Oxford Turl Street, OX1 3DR 1. UniAdmissions – Earn OVER £150 per day! 2. Oxford-Canada Scholarship 3. Information about Monitor Deloitte Recruiting Event 1. UniAdmissions – Earn OVER £150 per day! “Are you a current Oxford, Cambridge student or graduate? Or maybe you a current medical student or graduate? Are you keen to help enthusiastic 16-18-year-olds with their UCAS application or preparation for interviews? If so, you could be earning OVER £150 per day AND get access to: - Free training - Mentoring - Perkbox - Prizes Apply now at https://www.uniadmissions.co.uk/work-with-us/application-form/ 2. Oxford-Canada Scholarship (http://oxford-canada.org/) Applications are now open for the Oxford-Canada Scholarship which covers all fees for full-time, postgraduate study at any Canadian university for up to two years. The Scholarship is open to UK citizens who are currently studying at the University of Oxford or who have graduated within the last 24 months. Full details of the eligibility requirements and application process can be found here: http://oxford-canada.org/. Please submit a written application by email to: [email protected] by 5pm 13 November 2019. Interviews will be held in early December in Oxford. 3. Information about Monitor Deloitte Recruiting Event Interested in a job in consulting? With 38% growth in the last 3 years, around 153 employees and 7 offices in Germany, Monitor Deloitte focuses on Corporate & Business Unit Strategy, Customer & Marketing Strategy, Digital Strategy, Innovation and Business Transformation for the Banking and Insurance, Automotive, Chemicals, Life Sciences and Healthcare, Energy as well as the Consumer and Industrial Goods sector. Monitor Deloitte is actively hiring German-speaking students from the University of Oxford and we are organizing a recruiting event for interested students. The recruiting event will take place on the 20th of November from 5:30pm – 10:00pm in one of the lecture theaters of Saïd Business School. After a short company presentation, you have the opportunity to ask questions to current consultants. From around 7pm onwards, we will invite you to dinner where you have more opportunities to get to know our consultants and our company. To sign up for the event, please send an e-mail to [email protected] until the 15th of November and include your CV. We look forward to meet you in person! If you have any other questions in the meantime, please do not hesitate to reach out. You can also find out more about us here. Second Week Dearest MCR, Happy Sunday and many congratulations to those of you who matriculated yesterday! I hope you’ve all had a lovely weekend and are looking forward to what second week will bring. This week's highlights include the MCR Meeting and Elections (Wednesday at 8pm in the MCR), a very fancy MCR Lunch on High Table and our Indian classical music night on Friday to celebrate Diwali. Wishing you all a very Happy Diwali and Sal Mubarak! As usual, you can find me from 12.30-2.00pm on Monday in the MCR for President’s Hour. Otherwise, see below for this week’s notices. Please do take some time to read the first notice on regulations for student clubs and societies at Lincoln; any feedback on these would be appreciated. Also, please read the Prevent Duty document (see attached- notice 6). Have a great week! With best wishes, Nupur Patel MCR President 2019-20 DPhil Candidate in French Literature Lincoln College, University of Oxford Turl Street, OX1 3DR 1. Student Clubs and Societies: Application for Association with the College 2. Volunteers needed for Experiment 3. Boston Consulting Group: Upcoming Events 4. Juggling family life and work: Informal meetup for current (and future) parents 5. Oxford Foundry 6. PREVENT DUTY 7. Lincoln College Careers Event with Alumni! 1. Student Clubs and Societies: Application for Association with the College Following last term’s Governing Body meeting which considered the place of the Goblins dining society at Lincoln College, a working group was formed over the summer to come up with a list of guidelines for student clubs and societies in order for them to gain association with the College. With this in mind, please find attached the list of these guidelines. The next governing body meeting will take place in second week. If you have any feedback or thoughts about the document please email [email protected]. The MCR President will be happy to pass on any feedback to governing body members. 2. Volunteers needed for Experiment *** Male Healthy Volunteers Only We are looking for participants for our study looking at the effects of a single antidepressant dose on emotional processing in male healthy volunteers between 18 and 55 years old, fluent in English. We are specifically looking at the effects of fluoxetine, a drug commonly used in the treatment of depression and anxiety. The study will involve a 1.5h screening visit and a 9h testing session. The testing session includes a 6h waiting period where you will have access to a room of your own including a bed, and where you can bring your own work, entertainment, or just have a rest. At the screening visit you will have a discussion about your psychological and medical history and complete some questionnaires. On the second visit you will take a 20mg dose of fluoxetine or placebo, and complete several questionnaires and computer tasks involving the presentation of emotional stimuli. You will be compensated for your time and travel expenses. If you are interested in taking part, please follow this link to fill in a short questionnaire: https://psychiatryoxford.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_0diz39IDadrqYYt MS IDREC Ethics Approval Reference: R63467/RE002 *** Male and Female Healthy Volunteers Healthy volunteers (male and female), aged 18-45, needed for a drug study investigating how a commonly used antidepressant influences how people process emotional information about themselves. If you decide to take part, we will ask you to attend two sessions for approximately 7 hours in total. In the first session, we will ask you some questions about your current health and medical history to check your suitability for the study. In the second session, you will take the study tablet (an antidepressant called citalopram or a placebo) and complete some psychological tasks on the computer. You will be compensated for your time and travel expenses. For more information, please contact [email protected] MS IDREC Ethics Approval Reference: R64589/RE001 *** Volunteers low in mood and activity We are looking for volunteers low in mood and activity, aged 18 to 65, who are currently not undergoing any counselling or psychotherapy and have never been diagnosed with psychosis or bipolar disorder. You may be on antidepressant medication. We are testing two interventions which may be helpful for these symptoms. You would be invited to participate in a 4-week programme that would ask you to track your general daily activities, daily mood and physical activity. You would be asked to visit the Department of Psychiatry three to four times to complete some tests, each session taking at most 1-2.5 hours. If you are interested, please fill in this online questionnaire: https://psychiatryoxford.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_3rPCtahbvz5j1FX or contact Tereza Ruzickova ([email protected] ). There is no obligation to take part. You will be compensated for your time. MS IDREC Ethics Approval Reference: R61575/RE001 *** Male and Female Healthy Volunteers HEALTHY VOLUNTEERS NEEDED FOR STUDY OF REWARD AND EMOTION We are looking for healthy volunteers aged between 18 and 40 years of age for a study investigating the effects of a single dose of a drug called selegiline on reward and emotional processing. MS IDREC Ethics Approval Reference: R64689-RE002 We are looking for People who are healthy, aged 18-40, with no history of psychological disorder. Expenses Time and travel expenses will be reimbursed. If you are interested in participating and are healthy, aged 18-40, with no history of psychological disorder, please contact us for more information: [email protected] P: 01865 618 214 3. Boston Consulting Group: Upcoming Events (ii) Consulting for arts 14th October, 3:00pm, McKenna Room, Christ Church St. Aldates Hear from former Oxford linguists, classicists, historians, and other humanists about how they went from the Bod to BCG and why they love consulting! After a short presentation there will be drinks, nibbles and plenty of time to get to know the BCGers. Please register using the link here (iii) Consulting for scientists 16th October, 7:00pm Britton Room, Trinity College, Broad Street Hear from former Oxford scientists and engineers about their journey to BCG, what work and life is like as a consultant, and why they love consulting! After a short presentation there will be drinks, nibbles and plenty of time to get to know the BCGers. Please register using the link here (iv) Coffee chats 17th October, 3:00pm, Handlebar Café, 28-32 St Michael Street Book a 1-on-1 slot with a BCGer to ask any questions about consulting and BCG, or get advice on your CV and cover letter, in a relaxed and friendly atmosphere over a cup of coffee. Please register using the link here (v) Coffee chats for women 18th October, 3:00pm, Handlebar Café, 28-32 St Michael Street Women@BCG invite female students to book a 1-on-1 slot with a BCGer to ask any questions about consulting, life at BCG, or to get advice on your CV and cover letter. Come and join us in a relaxed and friendly atmosphere over a cup of coffee! Please register using the link here (vi) Case study sessions 22nd October, 5:00pm, Britton Room, Trinity College You are invited to come to an introductory session that will give a flavour of consulting, and at the same time explain the BCG interview process and the case-study format. After a short presentation, we will break out into facilitated groups to give you a chance to work through the sample case study yourself, and close with Q&A and networking. As the case study simulates our experience as consultants on the job, this is also a great way to find out what consulting is all about! Please register using the link here 4. Juggling family life and work: Informal meetup for current (and future) parents The Social Science Division is putting on a series of meetings for student parents during MT (10:30-12, Kellogg Hub Cafe, Oct 31; Nov 28; Dec 12) aimed at current and future student parents at all degree levels as well as postdoctoral researchers, it will be a meeting place for parents to exchange success stories, frustrations, and ideas to help create a broader network within the university. We will share resources about a range of topics, including: taking parental leave and coming back, finding the support you need, dealing with childcare (and paying for it), managing as a single parent, and more. This is a child-friendly space in an accessible venue, so please bring your little ones along if needed. Partners are also welcome. https://socsci.web.ox.ac.uk/event/juggling-family-life-and-work 5. Oxford Foundry Just wanted to give you a heads-up that our OXFO Michaelmas Term Card is now live online, including free events and learning opportunities for all students. Please would you be able to promote this and the highlights below to MCR members in your upcoming newsletters? There’s a photo attached too, and we’d be happy to provide further digital assets and images etc, whatever might be needed. Highlights include:
Additionally, here’s a quick, top-line refresher on what OXFO is/does – if you’re able to share this too, that would be great.
6. PREVENT DUTY Please see attached for the College’s strategy on PREVENT DUTY. 7. Lincoln College Careers Event with Alumni! Please join us in the MCR for a Lincoln careers’ reception on Sunday, 3 November from 4-5pm. Around 8 alumni from fields such as the civil service, bio-tech, fin-tech, finance, law and consultancy will be lending their time and advice. Some of their companies have graduate schemes so they will be able to speak about potential opportunities. Others will just be able to give you advice on their career path. If nothing else, it’s a time to have cake and coffee/wine at the end of the week! First Week Dearest MCR, Happy 1st Week! Term has well and truly begun! We hope you all had a great time during Freshers’ Week, especially at last night’s 90’s-themed Emily Carr! I don’t think I’ve seen so much flannel in one room… The committee and I certainly had fun getting to know you all and we look forward to seeing you at many more events! Please find attached this week’s Food Menu and get excited for the term card which the social team will be releasing soon! You’ll see that every Monday from 12.30-2.00pm I’ll be in the MCR for ‘President’s Hour’. Feel free to approach me if you have any questions or concerns. I’m happy to help in any way that I can! Due to the file size of the Freshers' induction presentation I can't attach it to this email but you can find a copy on our MCR website (www.lincolnmcr.weebly.com) and I'll upload a copy in the Facebook Group. Alongside this, please see below for some notices. Enjoy your Sunday and I wish you the best for your first week of Michaelmas Term! With best wishes, Nupur Patel MCR President 2019-20 DPhil Candidate in French Literature Lincoln College, University of Oxford Turl Street, OX1 3DR 1. St John Ambulance 2. Language Centre 3. Nuffield Library 4. Seminar Series: ‘What does it mean to be European?’ 5. Welcome Drinks at Pusey House Library 6. Swiss Society: Wine and Cheese Event in the MCR 7. University Challenge Try-outs 1. St John Ambulance St John Ambulance - New volunteers welcome, Tuesdays 8pm, Churchill Hospital in the Education Room. Ideally email [email protected] if coming! Would you like to learn first aid? Would you like to be one of the St John ambulance members providing event cover for events like college balls, athletics, London Marathon and even Notting Hill Carnival? All for free, with copious amounts of tea and biscuits? St John Ambulance is looking for new volunteers to come and be first aiders in their highly wonderful Oxford City Unit (of which I am a part). They are holding open evenings for new interested members at 8pm on Tuesday 8th, 15th and 22nd October at the Education centre in Churchill Hospital (to get there, go to https://goo.gl/maps/e7fx7gF7mDqrVPgv8 , and then on https://www.ouh.nhs.uk/hospitals/churchill/documents/ch-hospital-sitemap.pdf we are in the room next to the chapel (it is not labelled on the map)). You can come to any or all of the above sessions - we will be talking about different things at each session. Ideally email [email protected] if coming (although you can just turn up as well!). If you are not available for the above times or have any questions, again email[email protected] . Thank you!!!! 2. Language Centre Enrolment for Academic English courses at Oxford University’s Language Centre is now open! The Language Centre provides assistance and support for international postgraduate students who wish to improve their academic written and spoken communication. We have a number of different courses on offer, including brand new classes for the 2019/20 academic year in Pronunciation and Introduction to Academic Writing and Language. Visit www.lang.ox.ac.uk/term-time-ae for more information and to enrol. 3. Nuffield Library MCR members may use Nuffield Library for research. They may use the Codrington Library at All Souls’, but they need to fill out an application form, available at http://www.asc.ox.ac.uk/the-library The Codrington Library of All Souls College is open to members of Oxford University by application, and to bona fide researchers by appointment. The collections are particularly strong in law and history and almost all, both modern and early printed, are catalogued onto SOLO; readers from all disciplines are welcomed. 4. Seminar Series: ‘What does it mean to be European?’ Dear all, Hope you're well. I'm getting in touch as I am in the process of organising the seminar series for the new interdisciplinary languages course for Pembroke Access, themed around the question, "What does it mean to be European?" This will be run for 20 Year 12 pupils studying a language at A Level. I am looking for Masters or DPhil students who might be interested in contributing to this seminar series, teaching 20 pupils from both the North West and London via Skype on their area of research. They don't necessarily need to be a linguist - what I am interested in is guiding the participants in understanding the notion of being "European". This would be ideal for not only linguists, but also those specialising in history, literature, politics, sociology or anything else, provided the subject matter helps to answer the question mentioned above framing the seminar series. Other seminar topics we have lined up in this series are as follows:
The date of the seminar would be any of the following (whichever is most convenient): 12th March; 19th March; or 2nd April. The time will be around 5pm, for an hour. Please could you let me know if you are interested in participating. I need to know relatively soon, by 18th October, so I can organise reading lists etc. and get information out to publicise the course. To express interest, please email me on [email protected], citing your area of research, reading you might set, and a prospective seminar title. 5. Welcome Drinks at Pusey House Library Please find attached a poster for the annual welcome drinks event at Pusey House Library. I would be very grateful if you could display the poster in your library, and encourage theology and history students and staff (and anyone else who might be interested) to come along and find out about the library and archive collections at Pusey House, and the popular Scriptorium writing group. Or even come along yourself! (See attachment) 6. Swiss Society: Wine and Cheese Event in the MCR Please see attached for an invitation to attend a special Wine and Cheese Night in the MCR, courtesy of the Oxford University Swiss Society. The event will take place on the 17th October 2019, which costs £4 for members and £7 for non-members. 7. University Challenge Try-outs Do you have what it takes to represent Lincoln College at the next series of BBC Two's University Challenge? Even if you mentally gave a modest answer to that rhetorical question, anyone from the Lincoln JCR and MCR is welcome to come along to our try-outs! For those unfamiliar, University Challenge is one of the oldest-running television quiz shows in the world. Each week it welcomes a two opposing teams of four students from U.K. colleges (in the case of Oxford, Cambridge and London) or universities. If you’re interested in taking part in try-outs, visit this events page: https://www.facebook.com/events/408809973405854/ Nought Week Dearest MCR, Happy 0th Week! We’re one week away from the official start of Michaelmas term and we all know what this means…it’s Freshers’ Week! Once again, a huge welcome to this year’s Freshers! We’re very excited to have you in the MCR and we know that you’ll have a fantastic time at Lincoln! If you haven’t already done so, please do check out our Freshers’ programme for the week (see attached). If you’re new to Oxford/the UK please find attached our MCR Welcome Guide. Here you’ll find everything you need to know about the city and important services! Today we have our first college tour at 4pm and our ‘Meet and Greet’ drinks at Be At One this evening. We’ll be meeting in the Lodge at 7.15pm to walk to the venue together. Everyone is welcome to attend, including current MCR members! Across the week we have a number of exciting events to get involved in and some important inductions and workshops! Everything is mentioned in our programme. Also, stay tuned for our Michaelmas Term Card which we will be releasing soon! This will have all of our academic and social events for the term. Asides from all of this, I have a quick notice below for everyone. I look forward to meeting you all across the week! With best wishes, Nupur Patel MCR President 2019-20 DPhil Candidate in French Literature Lincoln College, University of Oxford Turl Street, OX1 3DR 1. Careers Service The Careers Service is here for you, whatever your stage of progression as a researcher! We support all career directions equally, and will work with you to identify next steps, boost your employability skills and make strong applications. To get the most out of bespoke services for researchers such as our *new* Career Design and Development course, make sure you find out what is on offer early in your time at Oxford. See more detail on this and more in our full Michaelmas workshop menu. Got some questions? Unsure where to start? For a route map of our web resources, interactive exploratory or skill-building programmes and one-to-one appointments system, start here www.careers.ox.ac.uk/researchers/.
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