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Public Events Programme 2016
University Centre Shrewsbury is proud to play a role in the cultural life of Shropshire. Many of our events are free, they are open to everyone and the programme is growing all the time.
The events span our learning and research areas, which are aligned to local, regional and national needs:
• Medicine and Health;
• Sustainable Business and Community Development;
• Societal Innovation;
• Design, Heritage and the Built Environment.
Within these areas, subjects range from History and Psychology to Health and Exercise Science.
We hope you find something of interest and look forward to welcoming you to the University Centre.
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JANUARY
Wednesday 20 - Douglas Haig: Britain’s Greatest Commander in Chief?
Wednesday 27 - The Battle of Shrewsbury, 1403: What Happened to the Bodies?
Thursday 28 - How to Energize Your Workplace
FEBRUARYWednesday 3 - The Importance of the Bomber Command Offensive in the Second World War
Wednesday 10 - Organising a Civil War: Roundheads in Shropshire, 1642 to 1646
Sunday 14 - Darwin Memorial Lecture - The Invention of Nature: Alexander von Humboldt and his Influence on Charles Darwin
Wednesday 24 - Sustainable Business - The Only Way is Open
MARCHThursday 3 - Peter Drucker - The Father of Modern Management
Wednesday 16 - The Role of the University in Both Higher Education and the Community
Tuesday 22 - Darwin’s Childhood Garden Study Day
Wednesday 23 - Brief Delights: The Art and Craft of the Miniature Poem
APRILSaturday 2 - Book Launch Event - Leaving Britain: Emigration and Literature in the Age of Empire
Wednesday 20 - A New Future for Heritage
Thursday 21 - Event and Festivals Partnership Event
Saturday 23 - Textile Stories Study Day: The Story of Wool
Wednesday 27 - Whose Museums, Whose Heritage, Who Pays?
MAYSaturday 7 - Study Day - The Man in the Shop: Life Behind the Counter in the Victorian Period and After
Wednesday 11 - Fields of Fire: The Archaeological Legacy of Lord Kitchener
Saturday 21 - Reading Group Meeting - Mary Webb’s Precious Bane
Wednesday 25 - Attingham Park: A Story of Love and Neglect
JUNEWednesday 15 - The Singing Ape: The Evolution of the Musical Brain
Wednesday 22 - Perceptions and Realities in Health
Wednesday 29 - Does Sport Really Contribute to Society?
JULYSaturday 2 - Charlotte Brontë’s Legacy: From Jane Eyre to Rebecca and Beyond
Wednesday 27 - Economic Development in the 21st Century
AUGUSTWednesday 3 - Collaborating Across Sectors to Bring Circularity. Three Tools to Help
SEPTEMBERSaturday 17 - From Seed to Flower: Gardens and Creative Writing
OCTOBERTBC - Open Day
Wednesday 26 - Drama Pre-texts: Creating Possible Worlds
NOVEMBERWednesday 2 - Psychiatric Responses to Trauma
Wednesday 16 - Uncovering Hidden Gems - What Unexploited Intellectual Property (IP) Can Be Found Lurking in the Bottom Drawers in Our University Labs?
Saturday 26 - Reading Group Meeting - Ian McEwan’s Atonement
DECEMBERWednesday 7 - Ambitious Economies, Ambitious Universities
CALENDAR OF EVENTS
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JANUARY 2016
WEDNESDAY JANUARY 20, 1PM-2.15PM
DOUGLAS HAIG: BRITAIN’S GREATEST COMMANDER IN CHIEF?
Peter Hart, Imperial War MuseumRowley’s Lunchtime Lectures
The myth: stupid insensitive Haig, the high priest of attrition, banging his head against a brick wall on the Western Front, ignorant of modern warfare and failing to appreciate the power of the tank or machine gun; the missed chances of Gallipoli, the wanton sacrifice of a generation - all summed up and encapsulated by the incredible insights of war poets.
But there is another view - one that takes account of the problems faced by General Sir Douglas Haig and his subordinate commanders. This more sympathetic perspective recognises the sheer complexity of modern warfare. It sees that there was a grim necessity to wear down the might of the German Empire on the battlefields of the Western Front before there could be any hope of victory. It discusses the ‘learning curve’ that had to be surmounted before the new legions of the British Empire could gain the skills required of the new ‘all arms’ tactics that would finally defeat the German Army in 1918.
Peter Hart is an internationally-known author and oral historian at the Imperial War Museum in London.
Host: History and Heritage Venue: Rowley’s House, Barker Street, Shrewsbury, SY1 1QHAdmission: Free but booking essentialContact: To book email [email protected]
WEDNESDAY JANUARY 27, 1PM-2.15PM
THE BATTLE OF SHREWSBURY, 1403: WHAT HAPPENED TO THE BODIES?
Dr Philip MorganRowley’s Lunchtime Lectures
Dr Philip Morgan is a senior lecturer in history at Keele University who specialises in the history of medieval warfare.
He was recently involved in the celebrations of the anniversary of the Battle of Agincourt, and his most recent publications are on battlefield memorials.
Host: History and HeritageVenue: Rowley’s House, Barker Street, Shrewsbury, SY1 1QHAdmission: Free but booking essentialContact: To book email [email protected]
Mock Battle of Shrewsbury image courtesy of Shropshire Archives
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JANUARY 2016
THURSDAY JANUARY 28, 9AM-1PM
HOW TO ENERGIZE YOUR WORKPLACEUniversity Centre Shrewsbury’s partner, Energize Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin will host a half day conference on how to energize your workplace. The conference will be a ‘one-stop shop’ for businesses and organisations interested in support and local offers to improve the health and wellbeing of employees.
What could your business gain by investing in health and wellbeing? Healthier staff have less sick days - the average number of sick days is 6.60 per year, at an average cost of £90 per day. By supporting the health and wellbeing of employees, studies have shown that staff perform better at work, are more motivated, have increased job satisfaction and are less likely to look for employment elsewhere.
Are we fit for business in Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin?We will be showing you the latest innovations and ideas that support health in the workplace, and will be practising what we preach, as delegates will have the chance to use standing desks and try activities that can be replicated in the workplace.
Professor John Buckley from University Centre Shrewsbury will provide a keynote presentation followed by a full morning of workshops and networking.
Host: Energize Shropshire, Telford and WrekinVenue: Guildhall, Frankwell Quay, Shrewsbury, SY3 8HQAdmission: £25 including all workshops, refreshments and lunchContact: To book email [email protected] or call 01743 297192
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FEBRUARY 2016
WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 3, 1PM-2.15PM
THE IMPORTANCE OF THE BOMBER COMMAND OFFENSIVE IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR
Flight Lieutenant James (Jim) Penny (Retired)Rowley’s Lunchtime Lectures
Jim Penny joined the RAF in 1941 and was posted to the USA to begin his
flying training. After completing his training in Canada, he returned to the UK where he began a long association with Shropshire. He flew Airspeed Oxfords at RAF Shawbury before moving on to RAF Tilstock and its satellite airfield at Sleap where he and his crew trained on Whitley bombers. They were then asked to volunteer for Pathfinder duties and were posted to RAF Bourn in Cambridgeshire after conversion to the Lancaster bomber.
In 1943 on their 19th mission, whilst over Berlin, their Lancaster was hit by anti-aircraft fire. This ignited one of the target indicators and it was only a matter of seconds before the intense heat detonated the 4000lb bomb on board. The blast threw Jim clear but sadly no other crew members survived.
Jim was taken prisoner and held in solitary confinement for two months as the Luftwaffe suspected he was the pilot of a top secret Mosquito aircraft. He remained a prisoner until the end of the war.
After the war, Jim chose to stay in the RAF and return to flying duties, first on Lincolns and then as a flying instructor in Rhodesia. However, after he was commissioned he
lost his aircrew medical category and joined the Secretarial Branch, spending his final five years as the Officer Commanding Station Services Squadron at RAF Shawbury, retiring in 1971 in the rank of Flight Lieutenant.
Host: History and HeritageVenue: Rowley’s House, Barker Street, Shrewsbury, SY1 1QHAdmission: Free but booking essential Contact: To book email [email protected]
Photos courtesy of RAF Shawbury
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WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 10, 1PM-2.15PM
ORGANISING A CIVIL WAR: ROUNDHEADS IN SHROPSHIRE, 1642 TO 1646
Dr Jonathan WortonRowley’s Lunchtime Lectures
Although the course of the First English Civil War, 1642 to 1646, in Shropshire has often been overlooked, the county experienced a prolonged and often intense local war of attrition. From 1642, with Shropshire going over to King Charles I, the conflict involved the gradual re-conquest of the county by Parliamentary forces led by local activists who had fled at the outbreak of war.
This lecture considers the ways in which the Shropshire Parliamentarians (the ‘Roundheads’), a minority party in an apparently strongly Royalist shire, organised their war effort and achieved military success in, in effect, invading their home county.
Dr Jonathan Worton lives near Shrewsbury and as a military historian has researched, in particular, the Civil War period in Shropshire, Wales and neighbouring counties. His book on the conflict in Shropshire from 1642 to 1648, based on his PhD thesis, is being published in spring 2016.
Host: History and HeritageVenue: Rowley’s House, Barker Street, Shrewsbury, SY1 1QHAdmission: Free but booking essentialContact: To book email [email protected]
FEBRUARY 2016
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SUNDAY FEBRUARY 14, 2.30PM
DARWIN MEMORIAL LECTURE - THE INVENTION OF NATURE: ALEXANDER VON HUMBOLDT AND HIS INFLUENCE ON CHARLES DARWIN
Sponsored by University Centre Shrewsbury
Andrea Wulf
Alexander von Humboldt (1769 to 1859) was a visionary scientist who created the way we understand
nature today. His writings, though unfortunately often ignored now, were enormously influential in their day, shaping the work of Charles Darwin and many other scientists and thinkers of his time.
Andrea Wulf will examine these relationships and outline the contribution that Humboldt made to the study of nature and scientific method.
Andrea is a historian whose work has focused on the relationship between humankind and the natural world in the 18th and 19th centuries. Her book Founding Gardeners: The Revolutionary Generation, Nature, and the Shaping of the American Nation was published to great acclaim in spring 2011. Her most recent book The Invention of Nature, published in 2015, makes the case for the recognition of Humboldt as a key figure in 19th century science who understood the connections in nature and who saw earth as a living organism.
Host: Friends of Shrewsbury Museum and Art GalleryVenue: Walker Theatre, Theatre Severn, Frankwell Quay, Shrewsbury, SY3 8FT Admission: £10 Contact: Book via www.theatresevern.co.uk/shows/talks/darwin-memorial-lecture
FEBRUARY 2016
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WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 24, 7PM- 8.30PM
SUSTAINABLE BUSINESS - THE ONLY WAY IS OPENAlice Elliott
Alice Elliott will outline why purposeful collaboration creates resilient, successful, values-led business, and share three tools to help you collaborate.
Alice is Head of Sustainability at the University of Chester and a lead on the Good for Nothing Chester Chapter, an international community bringing like-minded people together for hi-energy creative collaborations including gigs.
Host: Sustainable BusinessVenue: Guildhall, Frankwell Quay, Shrewsbury, SY3 8HQAdmission: Free but booking essential Contact: To book email [email protected]
THURSDAY MARCH 3, 7PM-8.30PM
PETER DRUCKER - THE FATHER OF MODERN MANAGEMENT
Professor Peter Starbuck
Peter Drucker was a writer, professor, management consultant and self-described “social ecologist”, who explored the way human beings organise themselves and interact, much the way an ecologist would observe and analyse the biological world.
Hailed by BusinessWeek as “the man who invented management”, Drucker directly influenced a huge number of leaders from a wide range of organisations.
Prof Peter Starbuck is a recognised expert on Peter Drucker.
In recognition of his expertise in this field, his latest acknowledgement is being only the third person to receive a Certificate of Honorary Membership of the Drucker Society Europe. The award was made in Vienna in November 2015, at the world-ranking Drucker Global Forum.
Host: Business Venue: Guildhall, Frankwell Quay, Shrewsbury, SY3 8HQAdmission: Free but booking essentialContact: To book email [email protected]
FEBRUARY/MARCH 2016
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WEDNESDAY MARCH 16, 7PM-8.30PM
THE ROLE OF THE UNIVERSITY IN BOTH HIGHER EDUCATION AND THE COMMUNITY
Professor Mike ThomasBaxter Lectures
Prof Mike Thomas will cover the complex issues that differentiate a university from other higher education providers and emphasise the role of the university as an anchor institution
which can support and enhance regional, economic, cultural and community life.
Mike is the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Central Lancashire (UCLan).
He joined UCLan in the summer of 2014 from the University of Chester where he was Pro-Vice Chancellor (Academic) for four years.
This is part of the Baxter Lecture Series. The idea of a university in Shrewsbury was put forward by Puritan Minister Richard Baxter in 1646.
University Centre Shrewsbury catches up on what could have been almost 400 years ago, and this series of lectures honours the pioneer.
Host: Provost’s OfficeVenue: Guildhall, Frankwell Quay, Shrewsbury, SY3 8HQAdmission: Free but booking essentialContact: To book email [email protected]
TUESDAY MARCH 22, 9.30AM-4.30PM
DARWIN’S CHILDHOOD GARDEN STUDY DAYOrganised by Shropshire Wildlife Trust and University Centre Shrewsbury
This unique study day provides a rare opportunity to discover and draw inspiration from Charles Darwin’s Childhood Garden in Shrewsbury.
Currently being restored by Shropshire Wildlife Trust, this is the site that sparked Darwin’s boyhood imagination and his lifelong curiosity about the natural world.
Join us for a series of workshops and talks which will enable you to explore the formative influence of the garden on Charles Darwin’s young mind.
The day will include a visit to the garden, talks by experts in the field, opportunities to contribute to ongoing horticultural and restoration work, and chances to develop your own creative responses to the garden. You will also be invited to contribute ideas for the site’s future development.
Host: EnglishVenue: Guildhall, Frankwell Quay, Shrewsbury, SY3 8HQ, and Darwin’s Childhood Garden, The Mount, ShrewsburyAdmission: £5, plus a suggested donation of £5. All proceeds will go to the restoration of the garden.Contact: To book [email protected]
MARCH 2016
Photo courtesy of Shropshire Wildlife Trust
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MARCH/APRIL 2016
WEDNESDAY MARCH 23, 7PM-8.30PM
BRIEF DELIGHTS: THE ART AND CRAFT OF THE MINIATURE POEM
Bill Hughes
With a dozen examples, Bill Hughes explores the intensity and power of the best short poems.
In 2015 Bill received an Honorary Doctor of Letters degree in recognition of his outstanding contribution to the University of Chester, as a former member of the English Department, and as a former Governor. The University also recognised his significant contribution to the cultural life of the city of Chester, particularly to its literature and music festivals, and in his current role as Vice-Chair of Chester Performs.
Host: EnglishVenue: Guildhall, Frankwell Quay, Shrewsbury, SY3 8HQAdmission: Free but booking essential Contact: To book email [email protected]
SATURDAY APRIL 2, 1.30PM-2.45PM
BOOK LAUNCH EVENT - LEAVING BRITAIN: EMIGRATION AND LITERATURE IN THE AGE OF EMPIREDr Jude Piesse and Dr Simon Grennan
Dr Jude Piesse and Dr Simon Grennan will introduce you to the exciting and romantic history of Victorian emigration.
Jude and Simon will reveal how emigration became a key concern in Victorian literature during the age of sail and steam, as writers struggled to represent the dramatic, unsettling, and often dangerous dimensions of crossing oceans and continents.
Jude’s book British Settler Emigration in Print, 1832-1877 explores a range of popular emigration stories which circulated within Victorian magazines and journals, from tales of the emigrant voyage to serialized novels about colonial settlement.
Simon’s recent graphic novel, Dispossession, an adaptation of an 1879 novel by Anthony Trollope, embeds the reader in the perils of Victorian emigration.
The talk will be lavishly illustrated with Victorian and modern sources and copies of Dispossession will be available for signing afterwards.
Jude is a lecturer in English at University Centre Shrewsbury and Simon is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow of the University of Chester.
Host: EnglishVenue: Rowley’s House, Barker Street, Shrewsbury, SY1 1QHAdmission: Free but booking essentialContact: To book email [email protected], a panel from Dispossession, courtesy of Dr Simon Grennan
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WEDNESDAY APRIL 20, 7PM-8.30PM
A NEW FUTURE FOR HERITAGEDr Loyd Grossman, CBERowley’s Heritage Lectures
Dr Loyd Grossman discusses the overarching trends that will influence how we define, protect, promote and pay for our heritage in a turbulent world.
After starting a career in journalism with Harpers & Queen and the Sunday Times, Loyd was diverted into television where as a writer, presenter or deviser he was involved in a wide range of programmes including ‘Through the Keyhole’, ‘MasterChef’, ‘Behind the Headlines’, ‘History of British Sculpture’, ‘Loyd on Location’ and ‘Build Britain’. He also wrote and presented a series, ‘Composers at Home’, for Radio 3.
His lifelong interest in history, the arts and heritage has involved him in a number of organisations. He is a former Commissioner of the Museums and Galleries Commission, a former Commissioner of English Heritage, a former Commissioner of the Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England, a founding member of the Museums, Libraries and Archives Council, past Chairman of National Museums Liverpool and of the Public Monuments and Sculpture Association, and past President of the British Association of Friends of Museums. He founded the 24 Hour Museum (now Culture 24), acting as Chairman until 2005, and in 2014 he became Deputy Chair of the Royal Drawing School.
Loyd is also Patron of the Association for Heritage Interpretation and Patron of Heritage Open Days. In 2007 Loyd was appointed Chairman of The Churches Conservation Trust, and in 2009 he was appointed Chairman of the Heritage Alliance which represents more than 95 non-governmental and voluntary organisations working in the heritage sector.
Loyd was appointed OBE in 2003 and was awarded a Doctor of Letters degree in 2007 by the University of Chester in recognition of his heritage work. In June 2015 he was appointed CBE in recognition of his services to heritage.
Host: History and HeritageVenue: Rowley’s House, Barker Street, Shrewsbury, SY1 1QHAdmission: Free but booking essentialContact: To book email [email protected]
APRIL 2016
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THURSDAY APRIL 21, 5PM-7PM
EVENTS AND FESTIVALS PARTNERSHIP EVENT
Tim Brown
The events industry is worth more than £40 billion to the UK economy and accounts for 35% of the UK’s visitor economy. The figures are showing annual
growth and are an important part of the economic prosperity of the UK.
The county of Shropshire supports many festivals and events in the food, music, horticultural and agricultural industries, to name but a few.
Join us to learn how the events and festivals industry and University Centre Shrewsbury can forge links to aid in the continued development and growth of the successful Shropshire and UK events sector. Tim Brown is Deputy Head of Marketing, Tourism and Events Management at the University of Chester, and has more than 10 years’ industry experience at director level in production and events management.
He has delivered hundreds of events regionally, nationally and internationally, including high profile projects such as Boodles Nations Cup Tennis, annual tourism awards and the hospitality for the Paul McCartney Liverpool Sound Concert.
Host: Business Venue: Guildhall, Frankwell Quay, Shrewsbury, SY3 8HQAdmission: Free but booking essentialContact: To book email [email protected]
SATURDAY APRIL 23, 10AM-3.30PM
TEXTILE STORIES STUDY DAY: THE STORY OF WOOLProfessor Deborah Wynne
Find out more about the story of wool: from the fleece of a sheep to high-quality fashion. You will trace the history of wool including medieval trade, early modern luxury cloth, Victorian mills and today’s fashion industry.
From spinning to knitting to activism, you will discover some surprising stories through talks, displays, and demonstrations.
Prof Deborah Wynne is a lecturer in English at University Centre Shrewsbury and the University of Chester.
Host: EnglishVenue: Guildhall, Frankwell Quay, Shrewsbury, SY3 8HQAdmission: £15. The cost includes lunch and refreshments. Book via http://shopfront.chester.ac.ukContact: For further information email [email protected]
APRIL 2016
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WEDNESDAY APRIL 27, 7PM-8.30PM
WHOSE MUSEUMS, WHOSE HERITAGE, WHO PAYS?Sir Neil CossonsRowley’s Heritage Lectures
The debate on the future of Britain’s museums and heritage is becoming increasingly intense. What is their future in the face of changing public interests and attitudes and reductions in public spending? Radical new solutions are in the air.
In this lecture Sir Neil Cossons, former Director of the Science Museum, London, and Chairman of English Heritage, sets out the background to our present state of affairs and considers options for the future.
Host: History and Heritage Venue: Rowley’s House, Barker Street, Shrewsbury, SY1 1QHAdmission: Free but booking essentialContact: To book email [email protected]
SATURDAY MAY 7, 1.30PM-3.30PM
STUDY DAY - THE MAN IN THE SHOP: LIFE BEHIND THE COUNTER IN THE VICTORIAN PERIOD AND AFTERProfessor Deborah Wynne and Professor Laura Ugolini
This study day focuses on shopping in historical contexts, when many men were employed as shop assistants. Why were male drapers thought to be doing ‘unmanly’ work? How did popular culture present the man behind the counter? These and other questions will be explored.
The acclaimed retail historian, Prof Laura Ugolini from the University of Wolverhampton, will present a talk on ‘Counter-jumpers’? Male shopworkers in 19th and early 20th century Britain’.
Prof Deborah Wynne, who lectures at University Centre Shrewsbury and the University of Chester and has published on Edwardian drapers, will discuss representations of male shopworkers in popular film and television, including ‘Hobson’s Choice’ (1954), the recent series, ‘Mr Selfridge’ and ‘The Paradise’.
Why not pause in your own shopping in Shrewsbury to come and find out more about the history of shops and shopwork?
Host: English Venue: Rowley’s House, Barker Street, Shrewsbury, SY1 1QHAdmission: Free but booking essentialContact: To book email [email protected]
APRIL/MAY 2016
Image courtesy of L. Ugolini
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WEDNESDAY MAY 11, 7PM-8.30PM
FIELDS OF FIRE: THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL LEGACY OF LORD KITCHENER
Professor Stewart AinsworthRowley’s Heritage Lectures
This lecture will explain how new research is contributing to the understanding of the archaeology of the First World War in this country.
Prof Stewart Ainsworth was formerly a Senior Investigator and Project Manager with English Heritage and is well known as the landscape archaeologist with Channel Four’s Time Team.
Stewart is a Visiting Professor with the Department of History and Archaeology at the University of Chester and has helped to design and mentor on major archaeological landscape recording projects, including one which has discovered 1,000 new archaeological sites.
Host: History and HeritageVenue: Rowley’s House, Barker Street, Shrewsbury, SY1 1QHAdmission: Free but booking essentialContact: To book email [email protected]
SATURDAY MAY 21, 1.30PM-3.30PM
READING GROUP MEETING -MARY WEBB, PRECIOUS BANEProfessor Deborah Wynne
Prof Deborah Wynne will lead a discussion about one of Shropshire’s best-known novelists, Mary Webb. Precious Bane, first published in 1924, was dramatised for television in 1989.
A best-selling author, Mary Webb created evocative landscapes and passionate heroines in her novels of rural life. Her work was widely acclaimed and much loved by readers.
To find out more, or to revisit this classic novel, join our discussion of how the book and its adaptation evoke the spirit of rural Shropshire.
Host: EnglishVenue: Rowley’s House, Barker Street, Shrewsbury, SY1 1QHAdmission: Free but booking essentialContact: To book email [email protected]
MAY 2016
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WEDNESDAY MAY 25, 1PM-2.15PM
ATTINGHAM PARK: A STORY OF LOVE AND NEGLECT Ian PurchaseRowley’s Lunchtime Lectures
Attingham Park is still one of Shropshire’s great estates. The mansion combines a handsome Neo-Classical building with some extravagant Regency interiors. It is enclosed by an important parkland and nearly 4,000 acres of working estate. It was founded in the early 18th century and its subsequent history varied with the fortunes of the Berwick family until 1947, when it was acquired by the National Trust. Since 2000 the Trust has developed an imaginative and energetic restoration programme, making Attingham one of the most successful of the Trust’s properties.
Ian Purchase has been a volunteer at Attingham since 2006, and he has been able to add to the story of Attingham with his research into the family and the estate. British 18th and 19th century history has been a new venture for him since his career in higher education was based in American Studies as a teacher, university programme manager and member of national validation and quality assurance agencies.
Host: History and HeritageVenue: Rowley’s House, Barker Street, Shrewsbury, SY1 1QHAdmission: Free but booking essentialContact: To book email [email protected]
WEDNESDAY JUNE 15, 7PM-8.30PM
THE SINGING APE: THE EVOLUTION OF THE MUSICAL BRAINDr Margaret Cousins
This session explores the evolution and neuropsychology of music. Why did we develop the ability to make and appreciate music? Is musical ability innate or learned? What is its relationship with other forms of human communication, and what function does music serve?
Dr Margaret Cousins lectures at University Centre Shrewsbury and the University of Chester where she is a Deputy Head of Department. Her core teaching areas are in cognitive psychology and research methods, and her specialist area is neurodevelopmental disorders.
Host: PsychologyVenue: Guildhall, Frankwell Quay, Shrewsbury, SY3 8HQAdmission: Free but booking essentialContact: To book email [email protected]
MAY/JUNE 2016
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WEDNESDAY JUNE 22, 7PM-8.30PM
PERCEPTIONS AND REALITIES IN HEALTH
Professor John BuckleyInaugural Professorial Lecture
Prof John Buckley has helped to create Shropshire services to improve health, chairs an international council on the prevention of heart disease and
leads courses in Sports Medicine, Health and Exercise Science at University Centre Shrewsbury.
He is widely published and recognised on an international scale for his research highlighting, in particular, the benefits of changing office environments to promote standing and movement.
Host: Medicine and HealthVenue: Guildhall, Frankwell Quay, Shrewsbury, SY3 8HQAdmission: Free but booking essentialContact: To book email [email protected]
WEDNESDAY JUNE 29, 5PM-7PM
DOES SPORT REALLY CONTRIBUTE TO SOCIETY?Georgina Holmes, Ross Frisby
The role of sport in society is often discussed. Certainly, as a social factor in the pub it provides common ground for many to start a conversation, and the economic impact of the industry built around sport is undeniable.
However, does sport have an impact beyond these things? Can we really substantiate claims that sport makes a significant contribution to the society we live in?
Or is it simply ‘hobbies’ which are a nice but not essential part of our lives? This debate – with a panel of industry experts – will explore these issues and tease out some of the underlying arguments.
Georgina Holmes and Ross Frisby lecture in Sport Management at University Centre Shrewsbury.
Host: Sport ManagementVenue: Guildhall, Frankwell Quay, Shrewsbury, SY3 8HQAdmission: Free but booking essential Contact: To book email [email protected]
JUNE 2016
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JULY 2016
SATURDAY, JULY 2, 1.30PM-2.45PM
CHARLOTTE BRONTË’S LEGACY: FROM JANE EYRE TO REBECCA AND BEYONDProfessor Deborah Wynne
2016 is the year of Charlotte Brontë’s bicentenary. Why have so many writers and film-makers been inspired by the story of Jane Eyre’s journey towards independence? Why has the troubled romance of Jane and Rochester informed popular culture on so many levels? This lecture shows why Jane Eyre has been so enduringly popular.
Prof Deborah Wynne, co-editor of the new book Charlotte Brontë: Legacies and Afterlives, will talk about the influence of Jane Eyre on 20th century literature, as well as films. From the earliest silent versions to Hitchcock’s ‘Rebecca’ to recent screen adaptations of Jane Eyre, audiences continue to be fascinated by Charlotte Brontë’s story.
Host: EnglishVenue: Rowley’s House, Barker Street, Shrewsbury, SY1 1QHAdmission: Free but booking essentialContact: To book email [email protected]
WEDNESDAY JULY 27, 7PM-8.30PM
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN THE 21ST CENTURY CHALLENGES FOR SHREWSBURY: RECONCILING CONTINUITY WITH CHANGEProfessor Tim Wheeler, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Chester
This Vice-Chancellor’s Address is part of the Baxter Lecture Series.
Prof Tim Wheeler was appointed Principal of University College Chester in 1998 and became the first Vice-Chancellor of the University of Chester in 2005. He has published more than 100 articles, books and research reports in a diverse range of areas including psychopharmacology, dyslexia, communications and safety.
He was formerly Deputy Chair of the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS), was an executive member of the North West Regional Assembly and Chair of the North West Universities’ Association.
Host: Provost’s OfficeVenue: Guildhall, Frankwell Quay, Shrewsbury, SY3 8HQAdmission: Free but booking essentialContact: To book email [email protected] courtesy of Dr Simon Grennan
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AUGUST/SEPTEMBER 2016
WEDNESDAY AUGUST 3, 7PM-8.30PM
COLLABORATING ACROSS SECTORS TO BRING CIRCULARITY. THREE TOOLS TO HELP
Daniel O’Connor
In this session Daniel O’Connor from the Warp It reuse network talks about how digital tools are reinventing and enabling collaboration like never before - with sustainable outcomes.
Daniel’s mission for the last 15 years has been to make the reuse of assets easy.
He has developed the Warp It online system for staff to get, give and loan surplus resources within their organisation, and between organisations. Being part of the network can also create significant savings.
Serving more than 50 universities, Warp It is growing fast in the UK and attracting attention abroad.
Daniel is, in addition, the founding director of Waste Action Resource Efficiency, specialising in developing systems to improve waste management and increase recycling.
Host: Sustainable BusinessVenue: Guildhall, Frankwell Quay, Shrewsbury, SY3 8HQAdmission: Free but booking essentialContact: To book email [email protected]
SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 17, 1.30PM-3.30PM
WORKSHOP -FROM SEED TO FLOWER: GARDENS AND CREATIVE WRITINGDr Jude Piesse
This workshop explores the garden as a source of inspiration for creative writers. From Paradise Lost to The Secret Garden, gardens have powerful emotional and symbolic meanings which have intrigued generations of authors.
You will be led through a series of exercises designed to sow the seeds of inspiration for your own writing on this theme. You will also be invited to share your favourite writing about gardens, or excerpts from related works in progress. The workshop is a follow-on event from the Darwin’s Childhood Garden Study Day, but is open to all.
Host: EnglishVenue: Guildhall, Frankwell Quay, Shrewsbury, SY3 8HQAdmission: Free but booking essentialContact: To book email [email protected]
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OCTOBER - DATE TBC
OPEN DAY
Come along to our Open Day to find out for yourself what it would really be like to study at University Centre Shrewsbury. Open Days are the ideal way to see if Shrewsbury is right for you.
Host: Marketing, Recruitment and AdmissionsVenue: Guildhall, Frankwell Quay, Shrewsbury, SY3 8HQAdmission: Free. Register at www.ucshrewsbury.ac.ukContact: For further information email [email protected]
WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 26, 7PM-8.30PM
DRAMA PRE-TEXTS: CREATING POSSIBLE WORLDSProfessor Allan Owens
Allan Owens is a Professor of Drama Education and Co-Director of the Centre for Research into Creativity, Education and the Arts through Practice (RECAP) at the University of Chester where he is also a Distinguished Teaching Fellow and National Teaching Fellow.
Host: EnglishVenue: Guildhall, Frankwell Quay, Shrewsbury, SY3 8HQAdmission: Free but booking essential Contact: To book [email protected]
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WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 2, 7PM-8.30PM
PSYCHIATRIC RESPONSES TO TRAUMAProfessor Ben Green
Prof Ben Green is a Consultant Psychiatrist and has worked in the NHS in Cheshire as a Medical Director and as a Lead Consultant Psychiatrist in the Secure Service at Cheadle Royal Hospital. He is the Editor in Chief for Psychiatry On-Line and Priory Medical Journals – the world’s first internet medical journals.
He has had roles as a Royal College Examiner, been appointed by the Lord Chancellor to the Mental Health Review Tribunal 2003 to 2011, a University of Liverpool Examiner and is a Professional Adviser and Hospital Inspector to the Care Quality Commission.
Host: Institute of Medicine Venue: Guildhall, Frankwell Quay, Shrewsbury, SY3 8HQAdmission: Free but booking essentialContact: To book email [email protected]
WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 16, 7PM-8.30PM
UNCOVERING HIDDEN GEMS - WHAT UNEXPLOITED INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY (IP) CAN BE FOUND LURKING IN THE BOTTOM DRAWERS IN OUR UNIVERSITY LABS?
Alan Scrase and Dr Simon Brown
SETsquared is the enterprise partnership for the Universities of Bath, Bristol, Surrey, Southampton and Exeter. The partnership is acknowledged as the number one business incubator in Europe and globally.
Recently the partnership has been running a Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) Catalyst funded programme, ICURe, to
uncover Intellectual Property (IP) that is hidden in universities’ research groups, with the aim of exploring the potential for commercial exploitation.
Alan Scrase, SETsquared Centre Manager for Southampton, and Dr Simon Brown, Consultant, will introduce the ICURe programme, the findings from the pilot and the impact of the roll-out of this to a national programme.
Alan and Simon will outline how the universities in the region look to increase their role as local anchor institutions and engines for regeneration. Discussions will also be invited around the opportunities for the West Midlands region and specifically Shropshire.
Host: Business Venue: Guildhall, Frankwell Quay, Shrewsbury, SY3 8HQAdmission: Free but booking essential Contact: To book email [email protected]
NOVEMBER 2016
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SATURDAY NOVEMBER 26, 1.30PM-3.30PM
READING GROUP MEETING - IAN MCEWAN’S ATONEMENTProfessor Deborah Wynne
Ian McEwan’s Atonement (2001) is one of the most significant novels to have been published in recent years. Set before and during the Second World War, its exploration of the themes of betrayal, childhood, moral awareness and the need to atone has haunted readers.
It was adapted into a film in 2007 (directed by Joe Wright). Shropshire’s Stokesay Court was used as one of the film’s main locations.
Join us to discuss the novel and film as we attempt to unravel McEwan’s portrayal of the power of stories. To what extent can a story atone for a wrong done in the past?
Host: EnglishVenue: Guildhall, Frankwell Quay, Shrewsbury, SY3 8HQAdmission: Free but booking essentialContact: To book email [email protected]
Photograph © Stokesay Court
NOVEMBER 2016
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DECEMBER 2016
WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 7, 7PM-8.30PM
AMBITIOUS ECONOMIES, AMBITIOUS UNIVERSITIESPaul Kirkbright
Paul Kirkbright, Deputy Provost of University Centre Shrewsbury and, until last year, Director of Innovation and Enterprise at the University of Chester, will present on how the University of Chester, working in partnership with Shropshire Council, is leading on the development of a new and innovative University in Shropshire to catalyse both economic growth and societal transformation.
This interactive session will explore several of the new and emerging models of Higher Education from around the globe which have informed and shaped the development of University Centre Shrewsbury. The audience will also be invited to contribute their ideas and experiences into shaping the future of a University ‘for Shropshire and of Shropshire’.
Host: BusinessVenue: Guildhall, Frankwell Quay, Shrewsbury, SY3 8HQAdmission: Free but booking essentialContact: To book email [email protected]
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