City Events December 2015
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Dec
1
Tuesday
Music with the Real
Concerts
Public
This seminar examines the practices of composers actively engaged in letting the outside world into their music. Further, it gives an insight on how the inclusion of the “real” affects performers, other musical genres and artists from other disciplines such as theatre.
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Dec
1
Tuesday
2015 Law Prize Giving Reception
Presentations
Public
City Law School presentation and reception of 2015 academic and professional prizes
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Dec
2
Wednesday
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Dec
2
Wednesday
Talk by Cosimo Urgesi
Seminars
Public
This seminar will be presented by Cosimo Urgesi, Bangor University, UK and University of Udine, Italy.
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Dec
2
Wednesday
Competing for Loyalty: The Dynamics of Rallying Support
Seminars
Public
This seminar is part of the Department of Economics Seminar Series 2015-16. The seminars are open to all - no registration necessary.
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Dec
2
Wednesday
Legal Implications of the Referendum on EU membership
Public
Monckton Chambers and The City Law School host a symposium analyzing the legal implications of the upcoming referendum on EU membership.
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Dec
2
Wednesday
MSc Economics courses - Online Information Session for International Students
Students; Prospective Postgraduates
Dr Javier Ortega, Head of the Department of Economics, will be hosting an online information session for those interested in finding out more about postgraduate courses in the department.
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Dec
2
Wednesday
Simon Danczuk, MP - The Contrarian Prize Lecture 2015
Lectures
Public; Staff; Students; Alumni
Simon Danczuk the outspoken MP and winner of the Contrarian Prize, will deliver an address about historical child abuse by a powerful former parliamentarian and its implications for the wider British establishment.
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Dec
2
Wednesday
Readers' editors - Do they matter?
Lectures
Public
Press self-regulation is both a good commercial decision as well as an ethical one in a world where success as a journalist can only come with trust. Chris Elliott, the readers' editor at The Guardian, argues that 'not wrong for long' doesn't cut it any more.
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Dec
2
Wednesday
George Daniels Lecture 2015 - Roger W Smith: The Watchmaker's Apprentice
Lectures
Public
For Roger W Smith, Dr George Daniels was both inspiration and mentor and, latterly, they created a unique collaboration to further develop the art of British mechanical watch making. Roger W Smith has continued to honour his mentor by incorporating the Daniels Workshop into the Roger W Smith Studio.
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Dec
3
Thursday
Bullying Among University Students: Cross National Perspectives
Public
The book launch for a pioneering collection of knowledge and evidence exploring the under-researched phenomenon of bullying in universities.
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Dec
3
Thursday
IFSTAL Lecture 4 London event
Public
Please join us for the 4th Lecture in the Innovative Food Systems Teaching and Learning (IFSTAL) programme. IFSTAL is a collaborative, interdisciplinary, cross-university food systems training programme for postgraduate students, linking with the work place to improve future human, animal and environmental health.
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Dec
3
Thursday
The importance of being relevant? The benefits of using cognitive and pragmatic frameworks of communication for conceptualising audiovisual translation
Lectures
Public
Plenary Lecture in Translation with Dr Sabine Braun, University of Surrey.
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Dec
4
Friday
BPTC - Online Information Session
Public; Students; Alumni; Prospective Postgraduates
Professor Peter Hungerford-Welch, Assistant Dean (Head of Professional Programmes) will be hosting an online information session for those interested in finding out more about the Bar Professional Training Course (BPTC).
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Dec
4
Friday
Graduate Entry LLB - Online Information Session
Public; Students; Alumni; Prospective Postgraduates
Course Director, Simon Goulding, will be hosting an online information session for those interested in finding out more about the Graduate Entry LLB.
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Dec
7
Monday
Randomised controlled trials: the straitjacket of mental health research?
Seminars
Public
This seminar is part of the School of Health Sciences seminar series. It is jointly presented by the Centre for Maternal and Child Health Research and the Centre for Mental Health Research.
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Dec
7
Monday
How to Answer the Legal Questions in Pupillage Interviews
Seminars
Public
Professor Stuart Sime will give you a frame work on how to approach and answer the legal questions in a pupillage interview.
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Dec
8
Tuesday
International Online Open Day
Open days
Prospective Undergraduates
Join us online to find out about life as an international student at City University London.
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Dec
8
Tuesday
Plus-Minus: New Student Works
Concerts
Public
The Department of Music’s ensemble-in-residence, Plus-Minus, presents new works by undergraduate student composers.
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Dec
9
Wednesday
Data Bites lunchtime session with Jamie Scott, Data Scientist from Buzz Radar
Public
Jamie Scott, Data Scientist from Buzz Radar, will talk about sharing data and messaging which is meaningful, beautiful and easy for everyone.
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Dec
9
Wednesday
LLM International Business Law - online information session
Public; Students; Prospective Postgraduates
The LLM International Business Law (Distance Learning) Course Director, Dr Steven Truxal, will host an online information session for those interested in finding out more about this course.
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Dec
9
Wednesday
The Human Rights Obligations of Non-State Armed Groups
Presentations
Public
This presentation will focus on presenting a context-dependent approach to the application of international human rights law obligations to non-State armed groups.
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Dec
9
Wednesday
Mindfulness and Sensory Information Processing
Seminars
Public
This seminar will be presented by Elena Antonova, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience.
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Dec
9
Wednesday
Race, Empire, Power and the Colour-line in International Politics - Seminar
Seminars
Public
This Seminar is designed to present an opening salvo in an on-going series of events to debate the theoretical and empirical parameters of the racial, imperialist and power dynamics of the historical and contemporary domestic and global colour-line.
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Dec
9
Wednesday
Short-term Migration, Rural Workfare Programs and Urban Labour Markets: Evidence from India
Seminars
Public
This seminar is part of the Department of Economics Seminar Series 2015-16. The seminars are open to all and no registration is necessary.
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Dec
9
Wednesday
Race, Empire, Power and the Colour-line in International Politics - Keynote Lecture
Lectures
Public
The keynote lecture will be given by Professor Robert Vitalis at the end of the seminar programme.
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Dec
9
Wednesday
City University Chamber Choir
Concerts
Public
City University Chamber Choir present a series of works including Haydn's 'Kleine Orgelsolomesse' and Mozart's Ave Verum Corpus; along with a selection of other festive choral works and carols.
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Dec
10
Thursday
The meaning of arts for people with mental health problems and physical disabilities
Seminars
Public
Frances Reynolds will review some of the ways that participating in art and craft-making as a leisure occupation may benefit well-being. She will draw upon a series of interview studies with people who are living with mental health or physical health problems.
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Dec
10
Thursday
Recent developments in state aid to airports and airlines – challenges for local governments
Seminars
Public
Aviation law expert Dr Jakub Kociubiński discusses recent developments in state aid to airports and airlines and the challenges for local governments.
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Dec
10
Thursday
Msc Organisational Psychology Alumni Networking Evening
Alumni Events
Students; Alumni; Academics
The Organisational Psychology Group at City University London is delighted to invite you to this networking event, which will be followed by presentations from Lucy Gallagher – Consultant, Saville Consulting, and Tara Tapper – Group HR Director, Wonga.
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Dec
10
Thursday
RCCES lecture
Lectures
Public
Professor Marios Chryssanthopoulos will talk about the role of structural health monitoring in assessment and fatigue life prediction.
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Dec
10
Thursday
Rethinking the Role of NGOs in Global Governance
Public
With Erin Hannah (Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, King’s University College at Western University), and Dr James M. Scott (Lecturer in International Politics, Department of Political Economy, King’s College London).
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Dec
11
Friday
Towards forensic-readiness-by-design
Public
This seminar will review the current state of the art and practice as well as future trends in this area, and present a series of considerations and challenges that must be addressed. It will also introduce the concept of forensic-readiness-by-design as an extension of the privacy-by-design paradigm.
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Dec
14
Monday
2015 City Food Symposium: “UK, Food and Europe: The food implications of Brexit”
Conferences
Public
The topic this year is the food and agricultural implications of the UK potentially leaving the EU. The vote on whether Britain stays in or exits the EU is due by the end of 2017, but could be as early as 2016.
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Dec
17
Thursday
Alumni Christmas Party 2015
Alumni Events
Staff; Students; Alumni
City University London and Cass Business School would like to invite you to our annual Christmas Party for recent graduates.