SLIC

Student Short Video Competition

Ian Lanchbury — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 13:29:21 +0000

SLIC is running a short-video competition entitled “It’s Always On My Mind - Landscape & Me”.

The competition is open to all students of Landscape based University courses.

1st prize is �500 with two further cash prizes for 2 runner-up entries. The closing date for entries is 25/04/08.
For more information please visit the Competition Page.

Many thanks and good luck,

Ian Lanchbury

Student Landscape Institute Council Chairperson

Cityscape 2008

Ian Lanchbury — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 13:43:40 +0000

Free student places are available to Cityscape 2008 at Earls Court London (26-28 February).

The 3 day�pass�also incudes entry to Ecobuild and Futurebuild.

Cityscape is the biggest annual showcase of products and services for the public realm in the UK � more than 500�Exhibitors�and thousands of products and services.

It will have over 75 seminars � free seminars, presented by experts, giving practical advice on every aspect of urban design, place-making and the public realm from Eco lifestyles: quality of spaces & quality of life, Design for quality spaces and Refurbishing & maintaining the public realm.

SLIC have an exhibition stand at Cityscape showcasing Landscape students work from around the country.� SLIC reps will be on hand on all days to answer any questions that you may have.

Follow the link below to register:

Many thanks,

Ian Lanchbury

Student Landscape Institute Council Chairperson

External Works 2007 at the NEC - 17th, 18th and 19th April

Kate — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 13:42:37 +0000

A new message from the�Midlands Branch:�

Dear All,

I am still looking for additional people for each of the days - particularly students so if you could pass this on to anyone who you think may be interested that would be great. The places will be on a first come first served basis and in exchange for your time on the LI stand the LI are covering the cost of travel to and from the event and lunch.� You will also have time to check out the other stands during the day.

I have also been asked by the LI to supply a list of home addresses so that the badges can be sent out to the people helping out on the stand in advance of the event.� So if you could get this info to me asap that would be great.

Many thanks

Andy Wayro

Midlands Branch

andy.wayro@birmingham.gov.uk

New Chairperson!

Kate — Tue, 13 Mar 2007 16:22:10 +0000

�After four years of involvement and increasing pressures of this academic year I have decided to resign as Chairperson.

I have thoroughly enjoyed all aspects of the Student Landscape Institute and am proud of all the work they have achieved so far.

Wishing congratulations to Ian Lanchbury of Manchester Metropolitan University for taking the position of Chairman for the rest of 2007!

Best wishes for the future.

Kate

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Slic Update Jan 2007

Kate — Tue, 30 Jan 2007 13:37:33 +0000

Students,

Just a quick e-mail to make sure you don�t miss out on the next big events coming up;

Nigel Dunnett, Green/ Brown Roofs and Living Walls Lecture

When: 4pm, 9th February 2007 Where: Studio 2, Floor Three of the Sheffield University Arts Tower, Winter Street, Sheffield

�SLIC (Students Landscape Institute Council) have arranged a talk to be given by Nigel Dunnett, one of the UK�s top experts for Green/Brown Roofs and Living Walls. In today�s urban development these produce opportunities to reduce global warming, reduce living costs and keep ecological habitats existing alongside modern urban living. If you�re interested in attending it will start at 4.00pm with a brief talk by Sue Beard from the Landscape Institute to explain more about the LI, the role it will play in your career, membership and Pathway to Chartership; this will be followed by Nigel�s lecture.

Come to in on 9th February 2007 to find out more!

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Cityscape 2007

When: 27th February- 1st March 2007 Where: Earls Court 2, London

SLIC has continued to be involved with Cityscape since our last successful Student Exhibition last year. This year we have been given the opportunity to design and create the centrepiece �Streetscene� for the exhibition and conference at Earls Court 2, and, we have been given extra exhibition space. This provides a chance for you, the students, and your universities to showcase work to the professionals attending the event!

This event arrives at a pinnacle time with the world�s focus on our environment. Some of the leaders in sustainability products and design theories will converge to hear the very latest in progress to reduce carbon emissions and increase the longevity of a liveable planet.

We have negotiated heavily discounted prices on your behalf for the conference so you can benefit from the first time that the annual events Futurebuild, Ecobuild, Regenex and Cityscape have combined into one!

The event is FREE to students to look around the halls and 60 free of charge seminars for students to attend. Also, there is a conference consisting of 6 half day modules and we�ve haggled them to �25.00 per module!

Prices are good and so places will go fast, book your place now to have a chance to attend! If there�s a group of you interested maybe there�s potential for a university organised trip?

We are soon to arrange a prize draw for free places so look out for the ad on the website and on the mailing list!

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Summer Event 2007

Where do we go? You decide! Slic are holding a council meeting a week Friday to arrange the summer event; now is your chance to make suggestions of where you think we should visit! E-mail: kate-slic@hotmail.com with suggestions before Friday 9th February to have your suggestions considered!We look forward to seeing you.

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All the best,

Kate Newton

Student Landscape Institute Council Chairperson

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PS. Check out the SLIC website (www.slic.info) to network with other Landscape/ Garden Design students. Also, we now have a group page on Facebook, look us up!

SLIC on Facebook

Kate — Wed, 17 Jan 2007 15:45:43 +0000

Are you a member of Facebook? If so look out for the Student Landscape Architecture Profile!

See you on there,

�Kate

Chairman

Welcome newcomers and welcome back existing students!!

Kate — Sat, 23 Sep 2006 14:57:51 +0000

As a new academic year begins SLIC would like to welcome all new students and existing students back to uni/ college to another year!
We would also like to introduce ourselves; we are a council of representatives from the accredited courses across the country, sponsored by the Landscape Institute. Four or five times a year we voluntarily meet up at different schools to arrange our own events, arrange student rates at bigger events, discuss and resolve issues from a student perspective and work to better the life of students like you!

This year we need to here from you, the students, to see what you want and need. All you need to do is speak to your school rep or leave a message for us here on the website and we�ll see if we can help!

If you want to get involved just leave a message with us or speak to your course leader.

Enjoy this year, and keep an eye on the website for any events coming up!

Kate Newton
Student Landscape Institute Council Chairperson

Sunny SLIC Cornwall 2006

Kate — Sun, 16 Jul 2006 22:44:43 +0000

Thanks to everyone who organised and joined us on Cornwall 2006, it was an successful trip and a fantastic experience! Hope you all had a safe journey home and to see you all again at�future SLIC events!

Photographs in Archives!

SLIC

Paint the Town Red Review…

Kate — Mon, 23 Jan 2006 20:00:37 +0000

At the end of June 2005, IFLA held their annual conference in Edinburgh. SLIC organised and hosted a number of events which ran alongside the conference. Our main event was Paint the Town Red, which we held the weekend before the conference began. The weekend involved running around Edinburgh in teams interpreting 5 separate questions with as much imaginative flare as the students could muster. It was a great success and everyone had a great time. It was an excellent opportunity to meet other landscape students and make new friends.

We rejoined the professional delegates on Monday for the conference, which included some fascinating seminars about projects going on all around the world. Monday evening the student exhibition showing work from universities all around the country, moved down to the Royal Botanic Gardens from Edinburgh College of Art for the opening ceremony and reception. The exhibition was well received by all the delegates who seemed in awe of the standard of the work.

Tuesday SLIC hosted an open meeting for the attending student entitled, Meet SLIC. This gave everyone the opportunity to give us feedback about the week, their thoughts about what SLIC should be doing more of and ideas for possible events we could organise in the future.

The conference continued till Wednesday when SLIC took the student delegates to Little Sparta, which is the famous sculpture garden of Ian Hamilton Finlay in the Borders of Scotland. With exception to the weather, the day was really enjoyable and the gardens interesting and beautiful. That evening, after drying off, we rejoined the professional delegates for the closing ceremony, dinner and ceilidh. After a fantastic meal, awards ceremony and far too much wine, we Scottish danced the night away, shoulder to shoulder with some of the most famous Landscape Architects in the country, and the world.

All in all the week was a great success and enjoyed by all. We had some excellent feedback from students and professionals alike, and have been given further opportunities to exhibit student work since.
Thank you very much to everyone who put so much hard work into the event and also to everyone who supported us.

Jemma Purandare

Landscape Matters

Kate — Mon, 20 Jun 2005 14:28:09 +0000

Did you meet us in Edinburgh or come to the exhibition at Edinburgh College of Art?! The events over the weekend of 25-26 June were part of Paint the Town Red, an international student festival of landscape architecture. Landscape architecture is about places for people, spaces to breathe, whether it be in urban or rural environments - from creating new places for people to enjoy, to conserving and safeguarding our heritage.

This website is put together by SLIC, the student landscape body. We hope you will find it interesting and informative. Please leave a message on our discussion section if you enjoyed Paint the Town Red, or have questions and comments.

If you would like further information on careers in landscape architecture or more information about landscape architecture in general, why not visit the Landscape Institute website or email Sabina Mohideen, sabinam@landscapeinstitute.org, for a careers pack.