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Screening: The Age of Stupid (22 Mar)

As part of the CAN Film Festival for Go Green Week, we will be showing the much acclaimed ‘Age of Stupid’ on Monday 22 March at 6–7.30pm in Duchene 004. Entry fee is a can to recycle and raise money for charity!

The Age of Stupid is a 2008 film by Director Franny Armstrong (McLibel, Drowned Out). Oscar-nominated Pete Postlethwaite stars as a man living alone in the devastated future world of 2055, looking at old footage from 2008 and asking: why didn’t we stop climate change when we had the chance? The production was notable for its innovative crowd-funding financing model, as well as the Indie Screenings distribution system, which allows anyone anywhere to screen the film – hence our Roehampton screening!

The film was released in 2009 and became one of the most talked-about films of the year. It also spawned the hugely-successful 10:10 campaign. Do come along and enjoy the show, open to anyone, and followed by discussion for those interested. Donations towards the cost of the licence fee will be most appreciated.

This event will only be available for another 3 days.
Event Dated: Thursday 18 March 2010.
Source: Danielle Paffard.

 

Faith Schools: Democracy, human rights and social cohesion (23 Mar)

Public talk by Professor Gerald Grace.

Date: Tuesday 23 March
Time: 4pm
Venue: Digby Stuart Chapel

All welcome. This event has been co-organised by the Digby Stuart Research Centre for Catholic Studies (DSRC) and BRaVE.

This event will only be available for another 4 days.
Event Dated: Tuesday 16 March 2010.
Source: Tina Beattie.

 

Primary PE Conference (23 Apr)

The School of Education's 6th Annual Primary PE Conference "Crossing the Boundaries: Approaches to cross-curricular learning"

Date: Friday 23 April 2010
Time: 9am-4pm
Venue: Froebel College

For further information, please see the School of Education website or email Natalie O'Driscoll (n.odriscoll@roehampton.ac.uk).  

This event will only be available for another 4 days.
Event Dated: Wednesday 3 March 2010.
Source: Natalie O'Driscoll.

 

Talking Allowed: Go Green Week Special (24 Mar)

Roehampton Students’ Union and CRUCIBLE present Talking Allowed: Go Green Week Special

Date: Wednesday 24 March
Time: 1pm
Venue: DU.001

You and the panel will discuss the following issues and then vote on them:

• Do we need a third runway at Heathrow?


• Does capitalism imply the destruction of the planet?


• Can we trust politicians after Copenhagen?

Panel

• Yasmin Madhyane – Roehampton Human Rights Society


• Tessa Willy – Senior Lecturer in Education


• Revd. Robert Kaggwa – Digby Stuart Chaplain


• Joe Booth – SU environmental officer


• Russell King – Wandsworth borough councillor


• Dr Pathik Pathak (chair)

Join us on Facebook at "Roehampton CRUCIBLE".

Follow us on Twitter at "RUCrucible".

This event will only be available for another 5 days.
Event Dated: Thursday 18 March 2010.
Source: SW15 Events.

 

Transitions Dance Company performance (24 Mar)

Transitions Dance Company perform a mixed bill of contemporary dance as part of Roehampton Dance Diary

Date: Wednesday 24 March 2010
Time: 7:30pm
Venue: Michaelis Theatre, Froebel College
Tickets: £6 (£4 concessions)

Join 11 dynamic young dancers as they perform work by some of the most engaging choreographers on the international contemporary dance scene. Bursting with energy and appeal, Transitions Dance Company offers something for everyone to enjoy, performing a rich and varied repertoire of exciting new work.

Don’t miss the opportunity to see this inspiring dance company perform choreography by Angela Woodhouse, Cameron McMillan and Colin Poole.

"Performances by this enterprising and annually reconstituted company are always an eye-opener." The Guardian Guide

For more information or to reserve tickets, please contact Katja Nyqvist: k.nyqvist@roehampton.ac.uk.  

This event will only be available for another 5 days.
Event Dated: Thursday 18 March 2010.
Source: Katja Nyqvist.

 

Waste Watch Cooking Demonstration (24 Mar)

As part of Go Green Week a chef from Waste Watch and Love Food Hate Waste campaign will be coming in to demonstrate waste-reducing cooking techniques. The focus of the talk will be dealing with sell by dates, substituting meat, and using Roehampton Green co-op bought products. Lots of tasters will be available, as well as freebies from the Love Food Hate Waste stall. The demonstration will run at 12.30-2pm in the Monti Diner. Feel free to drop by if only for a short time.

This event will only be available for another 5 days.
Event Dated: Thursday 18 March 2010.
Source: Danielle Paffard.

 

Fitness workshop: Mission Abdominals (15 & 24 Mar)

• Monday 15 March, 2pm


• Wednesday 24 March, 4pm

If you are not happy with your six-pack, or it is not as prominent as Brad Pitt's or as svelte as Angelia Jolie’s, then you might be interested in this workshop. Find out answers to questions such as:

• Can I reduce body fat from my abdominal area just doing abdominal exercises?


• Are my abdominals one unit or can work my lower abdominals?


• Are posture and corrective exercises important?

Learn the best exercises and the right sequence in which to execute them in your gym sessions.

Email us to book you in on your chosen date: Roeactive@roehampton.ac.uk.

Roeactive Fitness Team

This event will only be available for another 5 days.
Event Dated: Wednesday 10 March 2010.
Source: Jennifer Ilsley.

 

Critical-Mass-style bike ride (25 Mar)

As part of Go Green Week we’ll be doing a gentle group bike ride around the campus - Critical Mass style! It will start outside the RSU building at 1pm on Thursday 25 March, go round the campus and finish at the RSU building 2pm. There will be music and flags and a celebration of all things bike! The nice people from Putney Cycles will be there at 11am–1pm making sure your bike is in top nick for the ride – all for FREE!

If you don’t have a bike, but want to join in the fun, please email danielle.paffard@roehampton.ac.uk.

This event will only be available for another 6 days.
Event Dated: Thursday 18 March 2010.
Source: Danielle Paffard.

 

The Public Intellectual: a symposium (25 May)

The Public Intellectual: Feminism, Power, Celebrity

As more and more academics develop public profiles on television, radio and the internet, and research policy is increasingly geared to social and economic "impact", this is an exciting time to reflect on issues related to the gendered public intellectual.

This one-day symposium brings together an interdisciplinary group of scholars to examine gender politics and the figure of the female public intellectual in Britain today. Topics of discussion include:

• feminism and the public intellectual


• gender, communication and the public sphere


• gender and the academic star system


• intellectuals and celebrity culture


• celebrity feminism


• researching women’s scholarship in the public sphere.

Confirmed speakers:

• Dr Belinda Brooks-Gordon ( Birkbeck) Title tbc


• Dr Sarah Churchwell (UEA) ‘Crossing the Divide: Minding the Gap’


• Dr Su Holmes (UEA) ‘Celebrity, the Media and Academia’


• Dr Nina Power (Roehampton) 'Impact meets Social Justice: Why Being a Feminist in Public is not Always Popular'

Respondents:

• Professor Heather Nunn (Roehampton)


• Dr Estella Tincknell (UWE).

Date and time: Tuesday 25 May 2010, 10am–5pm
Location: British Library, Euston Road, London; Room MR 4

Fee (including morning coffee, buffet lunch and afternoon tea): £40 full-time staff; £25 reduced rate (for staff under full-time and postgraduate students).

For information on how to register, please contact Dr Carrie Hamilton (email: c.hamilton@roehampton.ac.uk).

Co-sponsored by the MeCCSA Women’s Media Studies Network and the Journal of Gender Studies

Organisers: Dr Carrie Hamilton and Dr Anita Biressi, Centre for Research in Sex, Gender and Sexuality, Roehampton University, London

This event will only be available for another 6 days.
Event Dated: Tuesday 9 March 2010.
Source: Anita Biressi.

 

Free PESGB undergraduate summer school

The Philosophy of Education Society of Great Britain (PESGB) in partnership with Roehampton University present Philosophy of Education Summer School (Residential - free for undergraduate students). You do not need to be a Philosophy or an Education student, but you should have an interest in these areas.

Dates: Monday 28 June to Wednesday 30 June 2010
Venue: Froebel College, Roehampton University.

The 2010 Theme is Children - Rights and Relationships.

Contact: Dr Mary Richardson or Dr Carrie Winstanley for more information. Or look on the PESGB website for application details.

This event will only be available for another 101 days.
Event Dated: Thursday 4 February 2010.
Source: Mary Richardson.

 

DSRC and BRaVE Conference: The Idea of a University (17 Sep)

The Digby Stuart Research Centre for Catholic Studies (DSRC) and the Centre for Research in Beliefs, Rights and Values in Education (BRaVE) are organising a one-day conference for Roehampton academic staff and postgraduate students titled The Idea of a University.

Date: Friday 17 September 2010
Time: 10am to 5.30pm, followed by a drinks reception
Venue: Crucible Lecture Theatre, Duchesne Building

In 1852, Cardinal Newman delivered a series of lectures which was published as The Idea of a University. Today, "the idea of a university" is still a relevant topic for debate, particularly at a time of wide-ranging changes in higher education in Britain.

This conference is an opportunity for Roehampton academics and postgraduate students to explore how we understand our different disciplines and approaches to knowledge in the light of these changes and challenges. We welcome offers of papers or seminar topics from any disciplinary perspective or on any relevant topic. The theme of the day is not about the practicalities of university administration and teaching, important though these are, but about the visions and values which inform what we do, and the questions which motivate and inspire our work.

If you would like to offer a paper, to run a seminar group or to attend as a participant, please complete and return this form (Word) to Tina Beattie by email: t.beattie@roehampton.ac.uk. Please also feel free to contact her if you have any questions (ext. 3419).

Refreshments and a sandwich lunch will be provided. There is no charge for the conference, but early responses will help us in planning the event.

This event will only be available for another 182 days.
Event Dated: Wednesday 17 February 2010.
Source: SW15 Events.