FuckUp Nights is a global movement where stories of failed business and projects are told, questioned and celebrated! In each FuckUp Night, three or four fuckupreneurs share their stories of failure discussing what they were working on, what went wrong and what they learnt.
Design for Peace is a series of international knowledge intensive events, that explore how innovation, technology and entrepreneurship, can create socially impactful solutions that succeed in addressing global humanitarian and environmental challenges.
The Universities Advertising Group are hosting a Conference in December. The Group is an inclusive organisation that offers quality workshops to support a variety of organisations. The conference is relevant, thought provoking and delivered by high impact speakers and will be exploring a number of challenging topics that will undoubtedly impact upon the University Sector.
Meet the team behind BBC TV's hit series 'Quacks' over mince pies and mulled wine to discover how they brought the gruesome realities of Victorian medicine to the screen. From dead moles to modesty dolls, ether and mesmerism, Quacks is a romp through nineteenth century London’s medical world.
Echoes from the Birdcage is the world premiere of a new composition to emerge from Dame Evelyn Glennie’s time as the PRS Foundation and King’s Cross Musician in Residence, written by Jill Jarman in collaboration with Dame Evelyn Glennie. An amazing sound world is created by percussionist Evelyn Glennie with an ensemble of musicians, to bring to life the sounds and emotions of the transformation of King’s Cross.
New technologies are poised to revolutionise computer memory, unlocking huge potential benefits for global society. This special interdisciplinary event explores our relationship with memory, with reflections from experimental physicist Stuart Parkin; and a performance of newly commissioned poetry and music by Frances Leviston and Martin Suckling.
Networking is an essential skill in the 21st century workforce yet many of us find it daunting and stressful. As the world becomes ever more connected, so should any organisation seeking to be innovative, and to work with diverse partners in new and creative ways.
The caste system has been a source of much debate in South Asia. But what happens when British Indians say caste discrimination has followed them overseas? Caste Aside is a documentary about the British government's controversial decision to introduce legislation against caste discrimination in the UK.
The Knowledge Quarter (KQ) is delighted to invite staff and friends from KQ organisations to the next in our series of private breakfast views. It will be on this occasion hosted at the Foundling Museum, you will have the opportunity to have an exclusive look at 'The Lost Words' exploring the relationship between language and the living world through an exhibition of poetry and illustration.
The Friends of Senate House Library present their annual Holden Lecture with speaker Dr Julia Walworth, Fellow Librarian of Merton College, University of Oxford.
