LEAP workshop programme 2023-24
We are currently finalising this year's programme, the programme below is provisional.
Please check out our programme for LEVEL ONE LEAP students (although Final Year LEAPers are always welcome to join us for any session that appeals!) Some sessions are aimed at both years.
All sessions take place on campus, Wednesdays 13:00-14:00 (unless stated)
Semester One
| Date | Location | Description | Type |
| 4-Oct | Michael Sadler SR (LG.10) | LEAP Info session (ALL LEVELS) Find out more about the scheme, and meet with other students who have already done the first year. With Tess Hornsby Smith, Charlotte Durham and Professor Melanie Prideaux |
Core |
| 11-Oct | Michael Sadler SR (LG.10) | If I had a time machine Martin Rushden, PRHS If someone gave you a time machine as a present, would you step into it? Might the experience be like swallowing a bitter red pill [The Matrix] or the solution to all your problems? In this session, you will reflect on the nature of time and possibly form a judgement about whether or not you should cry over spilt milk. |
Critical Thinking |
| 18-Oct | Michael Sadler SR (LG.10) | Climate Conversations: Connecting People and Planet Jasmin Surm, Media and Communication Ever wondered how climate change is portrayed in the media? Let’s embark on a journey to unravel the complexities of climate communication. Unlock the secrets behind climate communication in our interactive workshop. Explore the intricate intersection of media, science, and society within the context of climate change. Investigate a range of communication channels that shape our comprehension, from traditional media to the vast digital landscape. Dive deep into the influential role media plays in shaping our perceptions of environmental issues. Engage in lively activities and discussions, tackling challenges like climate denialism, and discover how to bridge the gap between climate science and society. Don’t just study climate change – learn to convey its urgency effectively.Through a series of interactive discussions and real-world case studies, you will actively engage in learning how to bridge the gap between scientific information, media representations, and public awareness. |
Critical Thinking
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| 25-Oct | Michael Sadler SR (LG.10) | Participating in Justice Tim McConnell, LCS How can we decide what is just and fair? Whether you are a protester, prime minister or president you may have broken the law, but it is a court that will ultimately decide the consequences.We are so familiar with our own justice system, it can be difficult to imagine how alternatives would functions. This workshop will get to the heart of how a justice system is designed, and in the process explore how we can use the experiences of the past.Trial by jury was the ultimate expression of ancient Athenian democracy, in which the citizens held all the power. In this interactive workshop we will re-enact an ancient trial to get inside the minds and discuss justice. What can we learn about justice from how the ancient Greeks built lasting justice as a community?You don’t need to know anything about this subject, just come along and get involved! |
Hands on workshop |
| 1-Nov | POSTPONED Rap & Riz Ahmed, A Postcolonial Reading |
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| 8-Nov | Michael Sadler SR (LG.10) | Unease: Gender through Bharatanatyam Tirna Sengupta, Performance and Cultural Industries Join us for ‘Unease’, led by Bharatanatyam dancer, Tirna Sengupta. This collaborative session explores and expands upon restrictive gender norms found in the Indian classical dance form, Bharatanatyam. Delve into the complexities of gender and sexuality through embodied experiences and co-create content that challenges the established constructs within Bharatanatyam.This interactive workshop invites participants to engage with their bodies and emotions, offering a new lens to assess their relationship with gender. This session will attempt to remain accessible through activities ranging from movement to facial expressions. No clothing requirement, just wear anything comfortable. |
Creative Play
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| 15-Nov | Michael Sadler SR (LG.10) | UGRE Taster Session Find out more how you can get involved in the UGRE! Get inspo from previous presenters. Find out about the benefits of taking part, and what support you will receive. Oh, and there's FREE pizza! Sign up here |
Info Session |
| 22-Nov | Michael Sadler SR (LG.10) | Good Art, Bad Person: can we separate art from the moral failings of the artist?
Maddy Page, PRHS
In this session, students will consider possible answers and the various implications these responses may have on how we value, interact with, and display artworks created by morally problematic individuals. By the end of the session, students will have a working ability to apply this analysis to artworks in any field. Expect examples ranging from Kanye West to Caravaggio, and a discussion of the Eric Gill frieze in the Michael Sadler building. |
Critical Thinking
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| 29-Nov | No session |
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| 6-Dec 13:00-14:30 |
HELIX Extended Reality (XR) Class room. Helix can be found on Level 7 of the EC Stoner building on the University of Leeds campus. |
VR, AI and the Ethics of Personalised Affective Experiences Dr Katie Gardner, Music & PCI In this hands-on session, we will explore the use of facial recognition and biometric sensors to personalise virtual and mixed reality experiences from gaming to performance based upon a person's affective state.We will consider the ethics of how these technologies have developed and what they might mean for the future of personalised storytelling. |
Hands on workshop |
| 13-Dec 13:00-15:00 |
Michael Sadler SR (LG.10) | Teamwork and Leadership Sam Lee and Outdoor Education Team This two-hour session will provide a safe and engaging space to play around and explore core concepts of good teamwork and the characteristics of high performing teams.Limited to 40 people, booking is essential (will be sent the details later in term) |
Core Session |
Provisional Programme, Semester Two
| 31 Jan 13:00-15:00 |
Michael Sadler SR (LG.10) | Create your Ideal University (out of Lego!) Dr Laura Loyola Hernandez, Geography Join us for this 2-hour interactive workshop to explore what would your ideal university look like! We will carry out an alphabet attack to get us started followed by building our ideal university out of Legos. We hope to explore who the university is designed for and how we can push for a more equitable, just and environmentally friendly campus.Can't attend for two-hours? That's ok, just come for as much as you can. |
Creative Play |
| 7 Feb 13:00-14:30 |
Michael Sadler SR (LG.10) | How EDM Moves Us: Embodiment, Emotion and Social Bonding on the Dancefloor - a live research project! James Cannon, MusicIn this session you'll have an opportunity to let off some steam and bring out your best moves as you enter a mock-up club environment! Whilst enjoying a 10 min dance to a DJ mix your movement and physiological responses will be recorded by wristworn technology and after the session you'll be able to have a look your real-time recorded movement patterns, heart rate, temperature and electrodermal activity throughout the duration of the dance session. You will receive a brief introduction into how this data can be interpreted meaningfully and be used to understand how we move and respond to (or "embody") electronic dance music. You will also complete some brief questionnaires on your social and emotional experience and reflect on the wider benefits of dance music culture. Please note that you will be required to complete a brief consent form at the beginning of this session as your data will be recorded and used as part of a wider research project. Wristworn sensors can only be provided to a maximum of 5 participants, but this isn't a limit on who can attend and encourage as many people to join in as possible! There is no onus to dance if you don't want to, you can dance as much or as little as you like. Please bring your friends! Please bring your phones/laptops, so you can complete the online surveys. Water will be provided.
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Creative Play |
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| 21 Feb | Various locations | 19-23 February is the Undergraduate Research Experience, our Faculty’s annual celebration of Undergraduate work. We encourage you to go along and get inspired! | Core Session |
| 28 Feb (13:00-14:30) |
Bedford Room, Special Collections | The Origins of Money Dr Sam Gartland, LCS In this session we’ll be getting our hands on with some of the oldest coins in the world. With the help of the outstanding ancient coins in the Special Collections of the Brotherton library, we’ll look closely at the coins to consider the origins of money, what money is and has become, and what it can say about societies and cultures from the ancient world to the present day. |
Hands on workshop |
| 6 Mar (13:00-14:30) |
Social Sciences 10.09 | Imaginaries, the Magical and the Mundane: Navigating Disney in Everyday Life Charlotte Durham, Media and Communication This workshop aims to provoke attention to how Disney exists among the everyday. As a brand and as an institution, Disney is more than what Meghan Morris (1988) describes as mundane banality, what Michel de Certeau (1984) writes about that which is “common place” or “ordinary”, and what Henri Lefebvre (1971, p.27) describes as “meaningless and insignifican[t]”. For me, however, it is also about how unconscious and unthought and unperceived. In responding to this, we will produce ‘self-Disney maps’. These ‘maps’ might be a 2D geographical-inspired map, a piece of poetry, a series of doodles or illustration, a sculpture, a story. You might want to think about what you would like to produce before the workshop. They are a way of navigating or orientating us to Disney as a global media conglomerate in ways expose a set of relations between ourselves and Disney.This workshop is a part of my current PhD research. You do not have to take part in the research if you do not want to, but are still welcome to attend the workshop. I will explain the purpose of this research at the start of the workshop, and you will have the opportunity to ask any questions. You can take part in as much or as little as you wish. |
Creative Play |
| 13 Mar | Michael Sadler SR (LG.10) | How to improve sustainable fashion consumption Wu Shuang, Design This session will introduce the environmental impact of the fashion industry, concepts like Sustainable Fashion and Eco-Friendly Materials, and explain theories such as the Circular Economy and Sharing Economy. Drawing from these theories, it will provide insights into adopting a more sustainable approach, including Capsule Wardrobes, Secondhand Shopping, clothing recycling and upcycling, Virtual Fashion Consumption, and the practice of Mindful Consumerism. |
Critical Thinking
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| 20 Mar | Celebration & Feedback Event |
Core Session |