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Limited accessThe Elimination of Trachoma: Past, present and future
A Seminar by Dr Danny Haddad
This April, the Mackenzie Institute for Early Diagnosis will welcome Dr Danny Haddad, who will deliver this seminar on efforts to eliminate trachoma. Dr Haddad and CBM Global are key partners for the School of Medicine's Arclight Project -- working to improve eye and ear health worldwide. Dr Haddad is Director for Inclusive Eye...
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Virtual reality in anatomical sciences: transforming the way we teach and learn
Seminar by Dr Tomasz Cecot
The School of Medicine will welcome Dr Tomasz Cecot this April, who will deliver this seminar on virtual reality in the anatomical sciences. Dr Cecot is a Senior Lecturer at the University of Hong Kong's LKS Faculty of Medicine with a particular research interest in anatomical education. He has extensive experience developing and implementing...
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The Importance of Judicial Craft in Constitutional Adjudication
We are delighted to invite you to the ILCR Lecture by Kate O'Regan (Oxford), which will take place on Thursday, 25 April, from 5.15pm in the Old Seminar Room (Mediaeval History Building, 65-71 South Street). The lecture will focus on "The Importance of Judicial Craft in Constitutional Adjudication." It will be followed by the end of semester...
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School of Chemistry Colloquium: Dr Josh Makepeace (University of Birmingham)
Chemical and Electrochemical Energy Storage Facilitated by Lithium Imide
This event is open to final year undergraduate project students, PhD students, post-doctoral researchers and academic staff. Effective energy storage is one of the keys to our transition to a sustainable energy system, and is likely to require a mixture of approaches including batteries and sustainable hydrogen-based fuels. Lithium imide has emerged as a...
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Dr Aidan Fowler on 'Patient Safety'
This April, the Mackenzie Institute for Early Diagnosis will welcome Dr Aidan Fowler, who will deliver this seminar on patient safety. Dr Fowler is the National Director of Patient Safety in England and a Deputy Chief Medical officer at the Department of Health and Social Care. Since March 2020 he has been on secondment...
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Sands 24: Achilles (15)
Pay What You Can £10.00 / £8.00 / £6.00
In his directorial debut, Farhad Delaram takes us on a journey between cities in contemporary Iran. Farid, nicknamed Achilles, is a Tehran-based filmmaker who gives up on his artistic ambitions and instead, works the night shift in an underfunded hospital, disheartened by a political system entrenched in corruption and abuse. In the psychiatric ward,...
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Sands 24: Wolfwalkers (PG)
Pay What You Can £8.00 / £6.00 / £4.00
Wolfwalkers is the third and final installment of Tomm Moore's Irish Folklore Trilogy of acclaimed animated films, following The Secret of Kells (2009) and Song of the Sea (2014). Oscar-nominated, Wolfwalkers is a fantastical story of friendship, family, and fighting for what you believe in. Set in Ireland in 1650, we follow Robyn as...
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Sands 24: Maestra (N/C 12A)
Pay What You Can £10.00 / £8.00 / £6.00
Five remarkable conductors from across the globe prepare for and compete in La Maestra --- the world's only competition for female conductors. Maggie Contreras' debut feature documentary delves into the lives of these women through intimate footage capturing their everyday moments --- from studying and rehearsing with families by their side to navigating the...
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Sands 24: This Much I Know... with Karen Gillan
Pay What You Can £20.00 / £18.00 / £16.00
Scottish actress, director, and writer, Karen Gillan joins us to talk about her career in front and behind the camera, and to present two of her shorts, Conventional (2015) and The Hoarding (2020). Gillan is best known for her roles in Doctor Who, Guardians of the Galaxy, Avengers, The Big Short, as well as...
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Sands 24: Smoke Sauna Sisterhood
Pay what you can: £10, £8, £6
Anna Hints' atmospheric, almost mystical, feature-length documentary debut invites us to become part of a supportive, witty, sweaty female collective who gather in a traditional Estonian smoke sauna, as their mothers and grandmothers have done before them. With an ethereal soundtrack and intimate cinematography, the film is both deeply personal and strikingly universal as...
