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Character & Ethics in Legal Practice Workshop
Wednesday 23 November 2016, 14:00-15:00 | Room S0.21
This workshop (supported by IATL funding) paves the way to an accredited online course of the same name, designed by leading experts for students contemplating legal careers. It covers common ethical issues arising in legal practice, the current regulatory regime, and decision-making. Please contact Michael Webster: M.Webster.1@warwick.ac.uk.
A Being ObJECTIVE: preview screening and discussion
Thursday 17 November 2016, 14:00 | University of Warwick
This short film, which uniquely includes drawings from students and staff across different university departments, playfully questions how objective we can really be in research. It is an IATL-funded project, a collaboration between artist in residence in the Chemistry Department, Mary Courtney, independent film-maker-animator Laurence Campbell, and academics and students from a range of disciplines.
What is Warwick doing to address the challenges faced by cities and the people that live in them?
Monday 31 October 2016, 09:00-13:00 | R1.13, Ramphal Building
This Sustainable Cities GRP event will celebrate UN World Cities Day by showcasing cities research at Warwick. It will offer the opportunity to advance university-wide relationships and to learn more about research opportunities linked to cities. The IATL-funded project 'Paving the way towards a Warwick Humanitarian Engineering Centre' will feature.
Data Science for Public Health Outcomes Using R
Fridays 4, 11, 25 November & 2 December 2016, 16:00-19:00 | University of Warwick
This free workshop series, supported through an IATL-funded project, aims to give students hands on experience of analysing large health related datasets in R. Students will learn how to procure data using online sources such as Google and data.gov, understand how to choose the appropriate statistical methods and avoid common statistical pitfalls.
Humanitarian Engineering Symposium
Monday 4 – Tuesday 5 July 2016 | MS.03 Zeeman Building
This symposium, supported through a major IATL strategic project, aims to bring together scientists, engineers and practitioners from across academia, industry, and NGOs to discuss, share and promote current research and recent developments across all aspects of engineering, from science to practical applications, which have a global Humanitarian Engineering impact.
Smart clothing workshop
Tuesday 12 July 2016, 09:30 - 16:30 | International Institute for Product and Service Innovation (IIPSI), WMG (Open to students; registration closes 8 July 2016)
You are invited to participate in and contribute to a future European and UK funding proposal on 'Smart Clothing to Self-Manage Chronic Diseases' through this workshop in which you will use co-design methods and prototyping tools to model your own smart clothing, with guidance from experts. The workshop is supported by IATL (through the Pedagogic Intervention of Dr Elisavet Dimitrokali in WMG) and the Behavioural Sciences GRP.
The Museum of Living Stories
Wednesday 29 June 2016, 18:30 | Theatre Studies Studio, Milburn House
Join a mysterious chorus of Memory-Makers as they reveal an archive of memories, a box full of forgotten feelings and an oak tree of future hopes. This performance by Canley Youth Theatre and students from The University of Warwick, supported through an IATL funded project, has been created by collecting 'oral histories' about what we 'hope' for and what we 'care' about.
Connecting Coventry, Connecting Cultures
Thursday 30 June 2016, 6pm-7.30pm | Lecture Theatre M2, WBS Teaching Centre
An evening of provocations and discussion about Coventry, a city that is celebrating, reimagining and investing in its cultural identity by bidding for the UK's City of Culture 2021. An international panel including Rachel King, who will be talking about her IATL funded project, will share details of current collaborations between academic researchers, local artists, and cultural organisations, which aim to foster meaningful connections between Coventry's diverse communities, creating new ways of experiencing and participating in the city's urban landscapes.
Cancelled: Forbidden Planets Roundtable
Cancelled (was scheduled for 4-5pm, 23 June 2016 in the Teaching Grid, University of Warwick)
The Interdisciplinary Centre for Habitability (ICH) and IATL invite you to explore the concept of habitability, both on the Earth and other, distant planets, in this exciting, interdisciplinary roundtable discussion led by renowned writer Alastair Reynolds.
Concepts of Habitability: A Competition
The Interdisciplinary Centre for Habitability (ICH) and IATL invite submissions to "Concepts of Habitability", a competition exploring concepts of habitability both on our and other worlds. This is open to all students, undergraduate and postgraduate, and welcomes submissions in any medium.