Events
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One In Ten (Festival of Libraries 2024)
12 - 13 June 2024
One in Ten is a listening experience that will take you on a journey into the mysteries of the human body. Immerse yourself in this eye-opening, powerful soundscape and walk in the shoes of people whose lives are deeply affected by a complex and misunderstood condition. Inside your body, in every moment, there are millions of messages being sent...
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Service Learning: Why, What, How?
12:30 - 13:30 12 June 2024
A chance to learn about how to get started with Service Learning Curious about Service Learning? Enthusiastic about initiating but unsure of the first steps? Prof. Raj Ariyaratnam and Dr. Rachel Lindley, our Co-academic leads, guide you from the initial steps of embarking on service learning to crafting strategies for program advancement. What...
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What's in a word, and what's in a dictionary? (Festival of Libraries 2024)
15:00 - 16:30 12 June 2024
How would you describe the meanings of everyday English words such as rose, aunt, or giggle? You have probably come across words in one language that have several translations in another – how can that be? How do dictionaries define words? What about idioms such as spill the beans? How do children (or adults!) learn meanings of words without...
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Writing for Wellbeing (Festival of Libraries 2024)
18:00 - 19:50 13 June 2024
Expressing yourself and crafting an object have long been studied and considered a way to relieve stress and emotional turbulence. We are told that “talking helps” and that making “something out of nothing” can make us feel better. Writing is a form of speech. And so, as part of the Festival of Libraries, we would like to invite you to...
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Blackout the Jargon (Festival of Libraries 2024)
15:00 - 17:00 14 June 2024
Although scientists publish their work in academic journals or others to read, these can often be difficult to understand due to the type of language used. Join us for a session of blackout poetry, where participants can find meaning in a scientific text by selecting certain words and redacting the rest to create a literary and visual work of art....
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