City Events December 2010
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Dec
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Wednesday
World Aids Day
Presentations
Public
As part of City's contribution to World AIDS Day, Professor Julius Weinberg will give a talk on the subject. 12.30, 1 December 2010, BG03. Over 90,000 people are living with HIV in the UK and new infections continue every year. Explore this site to ensure you understand the facts about HIV and find out what you can do to ACT AWARE.
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Dec
1
Wednesday
The Olive Tree Middle East Forum; Jerusalem in Conflict: Frontier Urbanism
Lectures
Public
Jerusalem is one of the cities under study in the ESRC research project ‘Conflict in Cities and the Contested State’ (www.conflictincities.org).
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Dec
2
Thursday
Eileen Skellern Memorial Lecture - CANCELLED
Lectures
Public
Owing to poor weather and travel conditions the Lecture has been cancelled. It is hoped to be rescheduled for early in 2011 and further details will be circulated.
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Dec
2
Thursday
Living in a Cultural Metropolis: the future of the creative sectors in London
Seminars
Public
The recently-released mayor's Cultural Strategy describes London as a cultural powerhouse, whose strength and depth of creative activities is unrivalled, even by other world cities.
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Dec
2
Thursday
City University Chamber Choir Concert
Concerts
Public
A free concert by the Chamber Choir ahead of the annual joint Symphony Orchestra and Choir concert, which is taking place at the same venue later in the evening. Concert includes extracts from Britten's Ceremony of Carols.
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Dec
2
Thursday
2010 - That Was the (Political Reporting) Year That Was
Panel Discussions
Public
Panel discussion inviting Adam Boulton, Political Editor of Sky News and 'Guido Fawkes' (the UK's leading political blogger) to look back at political reporting in 2010.
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Dec
2
Thursday
City University Symphony Orchestra Winter Concert
Concerts
Public
Vaughan Williams' Concerto for Tuba and The England of Elizabeth: Three Portraits, plus pieces by Bruckner and Mahler .
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Dec
6
Monday
CitySpark Workshop 3- Business Models for start-ups
Workshops
Public
Have an idea for CitySpark but aren't sure which business model to have? Learn how to differentiate revenue & business models for your business idea(s)
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Dec
7
Tuesday
Defying Conventions: Challenges to monitoring the disability convention in the UK
Seminars
Public
Commemorating the International Day of Disabled Persons: World Disability Day - This seminar focuses on the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) and its domestic application in the UK. It considers the ways in which the disability Convention constitutes a new kind of human rights Convention, and the impact this has on our understandings of disabled people’s rights and human value.
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Dec
7
Tuesday
The NHS White Paper and Its Implications
Seminars
Public
A seminar on 'The NHS White Paper and Its Implications' with the Chief Executive of NHS North West
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Dec
8
Wednesday
Selling the Book by its Cover: bindings and translated crime fiction
Lectures
Public
There has been a surge of interest in translated crime fiction with the recent worldwide success of authors such as Stieg Larsson. This lecture considers the translation of contemporary crime fiction into English from the perspective of the 'binding', or the cover images and text which frame the book for readers.
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Dec
9
Thursday
An Insider’s Guide to Getting Published in International Journals
Presentations
Public
Academic staff, PhDs and researchers are invited to attend the presentation by Emerald Group Publishing on ‘An Insider’s Guide to Getting Published in International Journals’.
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Dec
9
Thursday
Puer natus est — A Child is Born Concert by Civitas
Concerts
Public
A concert of early and modern music for the Christmas season sung by Civitas, a new vocal ensemble at City University London.
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Dec
13
Monday
Systems Security
Workshops
Public
A Systems Security research half-day aimed at researchers and doctoral students from across the University.
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Dec
13
Monday
Speed Networking
Workshops
Public
A networking and brain-storming event for doctoral students and early career researchers.
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Dec
13
Monday
Interdisciplinary centres: new challenges
Seminars
Public
An opportunity to learn more about City’s interdisciplinary centres and the future challenges they are tackling.
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Dec
14
Tuesday
1st International Congress of Coaching Psychology
Conferences
Public
A two-day event hosted by Special Group in Coaching Psychology, including keynotes, masterclasses, skills workshops, research papers, and posters across both days
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Dec
14
Tuesday
The Dos and Don'ts of Interdisciplinary Research in an International Context
Seminars
Public
An hour of informal presentations and advice on how to go about conducting interdisciplinary research.
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Dec
14
Tuesday
The 4th Annual University Research Competition
Awards
Public
The event aims to celebrate the variety of research being undertaken at City as well as to provide funding for the winning projects. Our distinguished external panel will judge a range of proposals from across the University.
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Dec
15
Wednesday
Mobilising the UK for 2012: Going for Gold with Intelligent Transport Systems
Seminars
Public
Jointly organised by the City Collaborative Transport Hub and ITS-UK, this half-day seminar will eaxmine the multi-facted issues raised by the transport needs of London 2012.