Speaker: Daniel Akinbosede, University of Sussex
Tuesday 7th September 2021 - 14:00-16:00, Online - Microsoft Teams
Scientific disciplines are well known for their grounding in objectivity and fact-driven research practices. As a result, it is easy to assume that new educational initiatives such as ‘decolonising the curriculum’ are not relevant in our fields. This session seeks to make the case that the opposite is true. In...
Speaker: Various
Thursday 7th May 2020 - 09:00 - 17:00, Online
Campuses might well still be on lockdown in September. Perhaps beyond. Delivering a high-quality digital learning experience in the midst of this crisis is an unprecedented challenge. It requires the equivalent of executing a ten-year strategy in three months — from every stakeholder in the university. Questions to answer would...
Speaker: Prof Nick Avis, University of Chester
Friday 1st May 2020 - 11:30 - 12:30, Microsoft Teams
These are particularly challenging times for the Faculty and in this presentation I wish to share some of my thoughts and ideas as to how the Faculty could change to embrace the local, national and global environment post Covid-19.
Speaker: Dr Tom Micklewright
Friday 13th March 2020 - 11:30 - 12:15, University of Chester, Thornton Science Park, Room TSU109
Join Dr Tom Micklewright, GP, writer and digital health specialist, in this 45-minute talk exploring the question, will emerging technologies make for a fairer society? We will explore specific examples, from AI to Big Data, of how new technology is impacting equality in our world, including access to healthcare, and...
Speaker: Emeritus Professor John Helliwell, University of Manchester
Tuesday 10th March 2020 - 11:30 - 12:15, University of Chester, Thornton Science Park, Room TSA124 (Chemistry Lecture Room)
In my three books on this theme I separated out the skills needed, the why we do things and the whats of a scientific life into three books. Two of these, the whys and the whats books, are in the CRC Press Book Series Global Science Education. I saw the...
Speaker: Dr Maggie Aderin-Pocock
Wednesday 4th March 2020 - 13:15-14:15 and 18:00-19:30, University of Chester, Thornton Science Park, Room TBA016
The inspirational Dr Maggie Aderin-Pocock will give a talk on space science. To book your place, place visit the link here.
Speaker: Faculty Senior University Teaching Fellows
Monday 16th December 2019 - 09:00 - 10:00, Thornton Science Park, room THA022
You are welcome to join the Faculty Senior University Teaching Fellows in the conversation about matters relating to teaching and learning @ Chester. Events are open to all colleagues involved in teaching and learning, and refreshments will be provided.
Speaker: Matthew Tosh
Wednesday 11th December 2019 - 17:50-18:30, University of Chester, Thornton Science Park, in VDR
Our popular Christmas lecture to the public in an evening event to inspire the scientist in all of us. Matthew Tosh introduces you to his magical and explosive world of pyrotechnic science. Find out about the STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) behind fireworks, and see how he creates colours,...
Speaker: Dr Helen Southall, Senior Lecturer, Department of Computer Science, University of Chester
Friday 21st June 2019 - 11:30-12:15, University of Chester, Thornton Science Park, Room TSU106
“There is always much talk within the academy of interdisciplinary research and teaching. Achieving this, however, is tricky, as staying within the comfort of one’s own discipline is often much easier. The opportunity, therefore, to launch a collaboration between History and Computer Science was one that I welcomed wholeheartedly… Overall,...
Speaker: Dr Jason Roberts
Friday 29th March 2019 - 11:30-12:15, University of Chester, Thornton Science Park, Room TSU106
Seminar abstract not available.