Beat Your Drum
Saying and doing what you really want is challenging, but it’s also the ultimate path towards freedom. Are you ready to remove the mask and be yourself? Let’s get real. When you smile, make it a real smile. When you cry, make it a real cry. So often we tend to hide what we think, […]
NCS Action Day Celebration!
Get involved in our exclusive celebration event on NCS Action Day which gives you the opportunity to reunite with your NCS mates, listen to some live music and learn more about how to get actively involved in your communities from a huge range of amazing partners! Headlining the event we have I love Live’s most established discovery Joshua KYEOT […]
how to: An Evening with Germaine Greer
Feminist, acclaimed intellectual and agenda-setting orator, Germaine Greer is among the most important figures in the world today. The how to: Academy is excited to welcome her for an evening of outspoken discussion about equality, gender and sex in contemporary public and private life. Forty years ago it seemed that women were about to take […]
The Whiskey Affair: London
Do you enjoy whiskey? Would you like to discover more about it, but don’t know where to start? Do you like music? Do you like fun? The Whiskey Affair is for you if you answered ‘Yes!’ to any of these questions. We are returning after the huge success of last year for an evening session […]
The Science of Happiness
How can we improve our relationships? What helps us cope well with adversity? How does physical activity affect our mood? What makes life meaningful? Vanessa King will explore these and many other questions, all based on the latest research about what really works. Vanessa King is a board member of Action for Happiness and one […]
The Magic of Maths
CFI UK Day Conference The Magic of Maths: find out about the uniquely beautiful patterns hidden in Pascal’s triangle; about our (often poor) intuitive understanding of probability and the risk of events governing our lives; and about the greatest unsolved puzzles in maths! Join us at Conway Hall – the world’s oldest Ethical Society – for […]
Symposium on the Investigatory Powers Bill 2015
The draft Investigatory Powers Bill 2015 currently working its way through the parliamentary process is wide-ranging and includes an extension of the powers of the security services in response to surveillance disclosures by the NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden. It also moves to strengthen the security services warranted powers for the bulk interception of the content […]
how to: Space, Time, and Gravitational Waves
A rare appearance in London from one of the world’s leading Astrophysicists to talk about the new windows on the Universe that have changed virtually everything we think about its makeup and possible size, its past, and its future. Exploring the new tools we have developed that allow us to explore nature on scales previously […]
How to be a science teacher – Alom Shaha
Alom Shaha has spent most of his professional life sharing his passion for science and education with the public and currently splits his time between teaching physics and producing and presenting educational videos. In this talk, Alom tells the story of his first scientific discovery, how and why he became a science teacher, the challenges […]