The History and Modernisation of Lincoln Podcast

All of us here at The History and Modernisation of Lincoln are very proud to finally bring you our full podcast, which we’ve spent a lot of time and work on! We hope you enjoy it as much as we enjoyed making it!

 

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Ben H.

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Ben H.

Podcast

Callum, Ross, Sean and I finally got into the studio today to record our full podcast. We had made sure that everything was ready beforehand so that we were all prepared (or at least thought we were).

Hard at work (believe it or not, Callum was working on that phone of his).
Hard at work (believe it or not, Callum is doing work on his phone).

We set up all of the equipment and Myriad within about thirty minutes, and got started on recording. There were a few stumbles at the start of the recording, but all-in-all, Ross and Sean managed to get through the half an hour with enough to talk about. One rather large thing that went wrong was that we played two of the packages in the wrong order on the first take, which we rectified the second time round.

We recorded the podcast twice, and re-wrote parts of the cues the second time and made sure that we had the order indisputably planned out.

In some sections we found ourselves running behind the time set on the running order, meaning that Ross and Sean had to talk more about Article Four in order to make up the time.

Overall we are happy with are effort, and can’t wait for you all to hear it!

Ben H.

Article Four Direction

Becky Marrow – a first year Journalism student at the University of Lincoln – has written an article on a petition which opposes Article Four.

An urgent petition to oppose legislation capping the amount of shared housing in the city has been devised by the University of Lincoln’s Students’ Union.

An appeal from the West End Residents Association (WERA) in Lincoln regarding the number of houses of multiple occupancy (HMOs) gained over 1,100 signatures this summer. Because of this the City of Lincoln Council is considering new planning legislation that would affect the number of shared houses in the city.

Along with Bishop Grosseteste University, the Students’ Union is hoping to counteract the progress made by WERA through a petition against the legislation known as Article Four Direction.

Olivia Hill, the welfare and community officer for the University of Lincoln’s Students’ Union, said: “We chose a petition because we wanted something that could collect the voices of the people who didn’t think Article Four was a good idea.”

Links to the appeal were uploaded to Twitter and Facebook, and there was also a paper petition handed out that people were able to sign. So far it has received just under 2,000 signatures.

The petition is also available for other members of the community to sign. Olivia said: “This wouldn’t just affect students. It would affect recent graduates, possibly migrant workers, those who can’t afford to buy a house yet.

“We feel that the issues some residents are upset by wouldn’t be resolved by Article Four and what we’re saying is we want to work together and solve these issues.”

The petition is currently available on the official Students’ Union website for people to sign.

Written by Becky Marrow.

For more information on Article Four and the petition against it, visit the University of Lincoln Students’ Union website at: www.lincolnsu.com

Ben H.