If you want to know more about the collapsing vole population in Britain, would like to investigate life below stairs in country homes, or fancy learning more about the writer DH Lawrence, then you might be interested in the East Midlands summer school. The school, which will cost £225 per person, will run from 16 to 19 August at Nottingham Trent University. Other topics include Encouraging Participative Learning; Gardening: the ultimate downsize; Churches: their architecture and changing function; and Digital Scrapbook: create an electronic scrapbook with your photographs. For full details and to register an interest you can find out more here.