All Warwick staff are welcome to come along and join us for a good old sing song every Thursday lunchtime. It’s a very relaxed, friendly atmosphere and a good opportunity to leave the work behind for 45 minutes, meet new people and have fun. Everyone, regardless of singing ability/experience, is welcome. We sing a variety of music and will tailor the choices to the choir's preferences, the option to have sheet music is there but not a necessity at all. We would love to see you there!

A meeting of the Inclusive Assessment Learning Circle. The meeting is open - all members of the Warwick community are welcome to attend.

The meeting will take place online - to receive an invitation, please email Sam Grierson (Samantha.Grierson@warwick.ac.uk) or Kerry Dobbins (Kerry.Dobbins@warwick.ac.uk).

Professor Helen Wheatley will give a talk titled 'Ghost Town: Exploring Posthumous Television and Doing Engaging Research' from 1:30 PM to 2:30 PM in IAS Seminar Room C0.02.

Ghost Town: Exploring Posthumous Television and Doing Engaging Research

Professor Helen Wheatley

IAS Seminar Room, 13.30 - 14.30

This talk will explore ideas from Helen Wheatley’s latest book, Television/Death (Ediburgh University Press, 2024) that positions television as the posthumous medium par excellence, building on previous critical explorations of the relationship between death and other photographic media. Helen will use this as a springboard for thinking about how she has tackled the question of why and to whom her research matters.

To find out more and sign up for her talk please click here.

Thursday 29th February

5.00pm – 7.00pm

We will run through an entire Design Sprint in under 90 minutes! This will give you an awareness of the power of Design Thinking and hopefully whet your appetite to explore further.

After the workshop there will be a Q&A and open discussion about Design Thinking.

Who is this experience for?

SMEs, Start-ups, Students, Graduates, Services, Administrators, Academics.

You don’t need any experience in Design Thinking or Innovation, just an open mind and an interest in using a person centred, creative and collaborative approach to problem solving.

You can attend as an individual or bring your small team, if you are attending as a team, please book a ticket for all attending members.

What is Design Thinking?

Design thinking has a human-centred core. It encourages organisations to focus on the people they're creating for, which leads to better products, services, and processes. When you sit down to create a solution for a business need, the first question should always be what's the human need behind it?

Design Thinking is a team sport. It can help you and your team to understand your users, challenge assumptions, redefine problems and create innovative solutions in a collaborative way. In this workshop you will explore the principals of Design Thinking first hand.

About Ed Watson

Ed Watson designs and facilitates workshops to unleash untapped creativity and the power to solve tricky (wicked) and difficult challenges for teams using collaborative, multi-skilled and human-centric techniques.

Ed also mentors and coaches in these techniques. With his University of Warwick hat on, Ed is an Associate Lecturer with the Engineering Department, IATL & The Warwick Innovation District.

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