• Short Story Shortlist

    The shortlist for the 2010 Short Story Prize was announced today: Five diverse writers have been shortlisted for the Edge Hill University Short Story Prize 2010. The unique accolade, now in its fourth year, is the UK’s only literary award that recognises a published collection of short stories. This year’s event, which also celebrates Edge…

  • June Events

    Over the last month the Corporate Events team has been busy confirming the programme of 125 events. Here’s a few highlights from next month: Camila Batmanghelidijh Lecture – 14th June Betrayals or Solutions: What’s on Offer for the Vulnerable Children of Britain Camila will be joined by Edge Hill Chancellor Professor Tanya Byron as she…

  • Stuart Maconie

    Last night Stuart Maconie came back to Edge Hill for his “Audience with…” talk. It was funny and insightful and very well received by the audience of staff, students, invited guests and members of the public. You can see a few more photos on Flickr.

  • Liz Thomas’ Inaugural Lecture

    Last night I went along to the inaugural lecture by Professor Liz Thomas, Director of the Widening Participation Research Centre here at Edge Hill. I recorded some video on my team’s Flip camera but I’m not sure how well it’s come out so until I have time to do something with them, here are a…

  • The Smiths

    This post is guest authored by Andrew Lovelady from IT Services. If you’ve got something of interest, get in touch. While preparing for the interview for my current job I searched the internet for Edge Hill College. In amongst the information useful for the interview was a review of The Smiths playing at Edge Hill…

  • An audience with… Stuart Maconie

    As previously mentioned, Stuart Maconie will be coming to Edge Hill for a special event next month. Details have just been released so apply for your ticket now. We might get to hear some memories of his time at Edge Hill, like this one he recounted at the award of his honorary degree: “Music was…

  • Peter Davies: Taking the Next Step

    Last night I went along to Edge Hill’s Alumni Network event to see a talk by Peter Davies, a corporate lawyer who has worked for the likes of Microsoft, IBM and Apple. He was sharing his experiences of changing direction and starting a new career – he himself trained as a teacher at Edge Hill…

  • Our Twenty-Fifth Anniversary

    On day one of this blog I posted Sarah Hale’s invitation to the Twenty-Fifth anniversary of the College and today we get to see a glimpse of the event itself with the photo of those who attended taken at 4pm, July 2nd, 1910.

  • Grand Bazaar

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/mikenolan/4437295319/ There’s not enough Bazaars – Grand or otherwise – these days.

  • Professor Ann Worsley Inaugural Lecture

    Last night I went along to Prof. Annie Worsley’s inaugural lecture titled Climate and Environmental Change. It was a fascinating insight into some of the work that’s going on in NGAS. Video should be available soon so I recommend checking it out – I wouldn’t do justice by trying to review it!