How Should the West Handle North Korea?
North Korea is probably the most isolated country on the planet. So what’s it really like there? Leader Kim Jong Un has recently successfully tested nuclear weapons and made clear he is very willing to use them if the United States does not back away from his interests on the Korean peninsular. At the same […]
5×15 and The Pool: On Anxiety
Over 8 million people in the UK suffer from anxiety disorders, with women and the under 35s most affected. It’s widely acknowledged that we are in the midst of an anxiety epidemic and women, their loved ones, and the NHS are all struggling to cope. Join us in our quest to understand more as we […]
Paths to University Success
Leading Routes is a pioneering network, established to address the issues faced by African Caribbean students and graduates, with a particular focus on supporting ambitious young people into competitive universities and professions. Are you a parent or carer who has asked any of the following questions? What do the top UK universities look for? • […]
President’s Lecture: Eike König
Fess up. You’ve been admiring and envying Hort’s work for years haven’t you? The founder of the Berlin-based design studio – which has worked with everyone from Adobe and Microsoft to Universal Music and Bauhaus Dessau – join us for the second President’s Lecture of the year. Tickets for this are sure to go fast, […]
Morality as Cooperation: How Evolution Explains Ethics
What is morality and where does it come from? The theory of morality-as-cooperation argues that morality consists of a collection of biological and cultural solutions to the problems of cooperation and conflict recurrent in human social life. This theory predicts that specific forms of cooperative behaviour – helping kin, helping your group, reciprocating, being brave, […]
Stepping into Britain: the early human occupation of Europe
Recent fieldwork on the coast of East Anglia has pushed back the evidence of humans in northern Europe to almost a million years ago. The talk will discuss the new evidence from Happisburgh in Norfolk, including the rich fauna, flora, stone tools and the remarkable survival of footprints. The research will be placed in the […]
One Nation, Under Trump?
The recent events in the USA have left many people around the world aghast, including a large proportion of American residents. No one yet knows, including likely Donald Trump himself, how things will develop over the next four years. Questions of his administration’s values and priorities – protectionism, militarism, monied elitism, social conservatism, white nationalism […]
Introduction to Adobe InDesign
Adobe Indesign is the industry-standard application for document design – whether it’s intended for print or digital media. Whenever you need to work with a large amount of image or text content it provides a sensible solution that may not be addressed by other programs. With our introductory course you will be creating dynamic and […]
Exam Time!
A quiz to mark LGBT History Month. Produced in association with the AHS – Atheist, Humanist and Secular Students Questions set by LGBT Humanists and AHS! £1 entry per person – teams of up to six. Don’t worry if you don’t have a team – we will find you someone to play with! Bar opens […]