[SSC] SSC Digest, Vol 14, Issue 17

Mon Feb 13 08:21:41 UTC 2012

Mint Lane is booked for 7.30

>From my phone.
On Feb 13, 2012 8:00 AM, "Michael Neary" <nearymichael at hotmail.com> wrote:

>
>
> Dear All,
>
> I like the shape of the logo and lettering in either version, but the
> black on white is a bit stark. I would prefer a primary colour as
> background with white letters.
>
> I have not booked Mint Lane. Either Sandie or Joss or myself usually do
> this. I am out of office today, so would be grateful if someone else could
> book or confirm the booking.
>
> Unfortunately, I will not be around for the start of the meeting on
> Wednesday. I am going to be in Manchester with some Postgrad students but
> hope to get back before the end and join in the discussion about issues
> raised by Sarah below, and other matters.
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Mike
>
>
>
>
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> Date: Mon, 13 Feb 2012 01:04:34 +0000
> From: samsler at lincoln.ac.uk
> To: ssc at lists.aktivix.org
> Subject: Re: [SSC] SSC Digest, Vol 14, Issue 17
>
>  Thanks for this, Richard and David.
>
> I also think either of the lettered symbols are fine.
>
> I’ve made some comments on the press release below, which also incorporate
> thoughts on the open day as David has invited.
>
> ** Also, a reminder that our next meeting is on Wednesday, February 15thfrom 7:30-9:30 p.m. –
> *I think at the Mint Lane place, but has anyone checked and confirmed
> this is still the location?* We will be dedicating the meeting to the
> curriculum, which is hugely important, so please come if you can or send
> your thoughts if you can’t make it! **
>
>
> As we have agreed to use the word ‘scholar’ rather than ‘academic’, and I
> wonder whether we should avoid the word ‘venture’, shall we change the
> wording of the paragraph to ‘…managed on democratic principles with all
> students and scholars having equal involvement in how the Centre is
> organised’ or ‘in the Centre’s work’?
>
>
> The statement as yet says nothing about the social science element of the
> Social Science Centre – what it means or why it matters. Is it just a
> cooperative experience of higher education, or is it a project to organise
> higher learning and research in social science cooperatively in order to do
> other things that cannot easily be done in other contexts (whether this be
> for issues of intellectual substance, pedagogical relationships, access,
> etc.)? We might include the line from the website: ‘the subjects taught
> at the Centre are the core subjects in social science: Sociology, Politics
> and Philosophy’ – although at previous meetings it’s clear that our sense
> of what constitutes social science is actually much broader.
>
>
> We are still having, or have yet to have, conversations about the
> practices of assessment and evaluation, and about what the work in the
> centre will actually look like (maybe coherent long courses organised in
> semesters, maybe not, or not entirely). As far as I understand, whilst
> wanting to understand and be understood, we are also not hoping to
> replicate what happens in ‘mainstream universities’. I think this term does
> make sense on the website, where the spirit of the SSC is clear, but the
> meaning may be lost in a very brief press release. Could we consider
> saying: ‘All SSC courses are taught by experienced educators [again
> allowing space for those who are not professional academics to teach and
> review work, as I believe we’ve discussed already] who have an interest
> in…’ and then say something about why people are teaching? We could in this
> way get away from reasserting the status of ‘national and international
> reputations’ and start to articulate something more meaningful that does
> not give people with ‘reputation’ an already higher status in the
> cooperative.
>
>
> We might want to make the open day a bit more open, in so far as the whole
> Centre is meant to be open and does not necessarily need an ‘open day’ in
> the way universities do. I think using that language could be misleading,
> unless we say what is actually open about or opening on that day. Rather
> than saying people can come if they are interested in courses, could we
> invite people to a day to find out about plans for the SSC, and to come and
> talk about membership in the centre, studying, doing research, and getting
> involved in designing curricula and etc.? Part of the open day could be
> about explaining and introducing some of the major ideas in the model that
> is being proposed itself (what are the current problems of higher
> education, what a cooperative is, crash courses in pressing debates in
> the fields of study or etc. etc.) as well as public talks and workshops
> that relate to what people plan to do. What would be ‘launched’ would then
> be us being in public, doing things in public, and the concept and project
> of the SSC, rather than a fully-formed institution (which is what it sounds
> like has been being talked about for the past month or so).
>
> Another idea for an open day is to think about how we might open up more,
> finding out what is going on in Lincoln that we might tap into, or opening
> spaces for public discussions about social science. If ‘open’ then perhaps
> we should consider being in open spaces, or opening spaces that aren’t so
> open, in addition to working in The Collection on the day? There aren’t
> that many of us at the moment -- and it would be useful to know how many
> people are actually going to be involved on the day -- so we need to think
> about what is actually possible.
>
> Best,
>
> Sarah
>
>
>
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>    1. Re: Stuff. (Joss Winn)
>    2. Re: Fwd: Logo and venue. (Joss Winn)
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> Message: 1
> Date: Sun, 12 Feb 2012 09:40:26 +0000
> From: Joss Winn <joss at josswinn.org>
> To: ssc <ssc at lists.aktivix.org>
> Subject: Re: [SSC] Stuff.
> Message-ID: <DBB56CCB-20E3-40E6-9D2D-E7774F3BA58D at josswinn.org>
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> I like this. I don't think it's necessary to say 'the centre is managed on
> democratic, non-hierarchical principles with all students'. I'd drop
> 'non-hirearchical' for the Press Release and make it 'the centre is managed
> on democratic principles with all students...' for simplicity and clarity.
> We can talk about the non-hirearchical nature of the SSC at the Open Day.
>
> I think The Collection is an excellent venue. The Angle coffee house is
> too small, if we're hoping to attract 20+ students, although I wasn't at
> the last meeting when this was discussed, so you probably have good reason
> for proposing it.
>
> Thanks for moving this forward, David.
>
> Joss
>
>
>
>
> On 9 Feb 2012, at 18:01, David McAleavey wrote:
>
> > Dear All,
> >
> > Press Release
> >
> > Richard has prepared a press release, the details about the day/venues
> will change - this is a work in progress. Comments welcome.
> >
> >
> > The Lincoln-based Social Science Centre (SSC) provides an opportunity
> for students and academics to have a special co-operative experience of
> higher education. Run as a 'not-for-profit' co-operative, the centre is
> managed on democratic, non-hierarchical principles with all students and
> staff having an equal involvement in how the venture operates All SSC
> courses are taught and assessed at the same level as similar courses in
> mainstream universities in the UK and are taught by experienced academics,
> including professors and lecturers with national and international
> reputations.
> > An open day for all those interested in the courses (at the equivalent
> of BA, MA and PhD levels) to be launched by the SSC in September 2012 is to
> be held at the Collection, Danes Terrace, Lincoln LN2 1LP starting at 2 pm
> on April 21. A social will be held in the evening (starting 8 pm) at the
> Angel Coffee Caf?, Free School Lane, Lincoln LN2 1. For more information
> contact:
> >
> >
> > Open Day - Venue
> >
> > The picture attached is of the studio at The Collection.
> >
> > Please give some thought to how you think we should organize our first
> Open Day. The spaces we choose, and how we choose to use them, will need to
> be carefully considered.
> >
> > Logo Design
> >
> > Please let me have your stuff (photographs, songs, drawings, objects...)
> by 25th Feb.
> >
> > Apologies in advance (15.02.2012).
> >
> > Respectfully yours,
> >
> > David McAleavey
> >
> >
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> Message: 2
> Date: Sun, 12 Feb 2012 09:42:15 +0000
> From: Joss Winn <joss at josswinn.org>
> To: ssc <ssc at lists.aktivix.org>
> Subject: Re: [SSC] Fwd: Logo and venue.
> Message-ID: <226217C3-2A8D-4165-85A6-4E8391928397 at josswinn.org>
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> They're good. If no-one objects to them in the next week, I'll create a
> header image for the website from one of them.
> Thanks again, David.
>
> Joss
>
>
> On 11 Feb 2012, at 14:41, David McAleavey wrote:
>
> > Dear All,
> >
> > Comments welcome.
> >
> > David
> >
> > ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> > From: Jamie Dobison <jamie.dobison at breakyoursocks.com>
> > Date: 11 February 2012 11:50
> > Subject: Re: Logo and venue.
> > To: David McAleavey <davidmcaleavey at virginmedia.com>
> >
> >
> > Hiya mate, apologies for lateness once again.
> > Regards
> > Jamie
> >
> >
> > On Sun, Feb 5, 2012 at 11:14 AM, David McAleavey <
> davidmcaleavey at virginmedia.com> wrote:
> > Morning Jamie,
> >
> > Positive noises but no consensus,,, could you create a 'simple logo'
> (see below), until we get a chance to run a proper studio session?
> > We need something for our wordpress site, possibly a facebook site,
> flyers and other stationery... you know the score.
> >
> > Respectfully yours,
> >
> > David
> > ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> > From: David McAleavey <davidmcaleavey at virginmedia.com>
> > Date: 5 February 2012 10:33
> > Subject: Logo and venue.
> > To: ssc <ssc at lists.aktivix.org>
> >
> >
> > Dear All,
> >
> > The Logo Project
> >
> > Thank you for your feedback. Opinions are generally positive, but there
> is no consensus about which of the design routes we should follow. It was
> decided at the meeting yesterday that we should ask Jamie to generate a
> simple logo (the letters SSC in white within a black circle), until we have
> an opportunity, as a group, to revisit the logo project.
> >
> > Please forward to me any images, photographs, objects? that you
> associate with the SSC project. I will collate and deliver to Jamie, as
> well as distribute for discussion among our members; I will also make sure
> they?re available for our future design studio (date to be decided).
> >
> > I have attached the list of ideas that was generated at one of our
> previous meeting.
> >
> > Open Day Venue - The Collection, Lincoln
> >
> > Photographs of the venue to follow.
> >
> > Please give some thought to how you think we should organize our first
> Open Day. The spaces we chose, and how we chose to use them, will need to
> be carefully considered.
> >
> > Respectfully yours,
> >
> > David
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> >
> > Jamie Dobison
> > (+44)7926744146
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