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ARU Kids presents Baby Club

ARU Kids presents Baby Club – Learn the science behind why some of your favourite baby activities are great for boosting your child's development. Interactive workshop for the under-2s and their caregivers. The ARU Kids Lab is group of developmental psychologists who research how babies and young children learn about the world around them.

  • 1 April 2023, 11:00 - 11:45
  • Price:  Free
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More details and booking for Shifting perceptions: Experience the different sensory worlds

Shifting perceptions: Experience the different sensory worlds

What’s it like to live with hearing and vision impairment? In this workshop you get to explore virtual simulations of different sensory experiences, hear from people with lived experience of sensory impairment and take part in tasks to discover alternative ways of considering the sensory environment. Facilitated by Dr Saima Rajasingam, Lecturer in Audiology, ARU.

  • 1 April 2023, 12:00 - 14:00
  • Price:  Free
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More details and booking for Net Zero Carbon: Governing the Future

Net Zero Carbon: Governing the Future

Every day we march closer towards a life of what are termed 'worst case scenarios': extreme weather, mass migration, societal collapse. We highlight the lack of speed within governance as a roadblock to achieving Net Zero Carbon by showcasing and demonstrating an alternative form of policy creation. You will be invited to co-design this new form of policy creation via participation.

  • 1 April 2023, 13:00 - 14:00
  • Price:  Free
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More details and booking for Too much stuff in the house! What do people hoard?

Too much stuff in the house! What do people hoard?

Many of us can relate to the idea of having ‘too much stuff’: sometimes wishing our possessions did not clutter our lives and living spaces. Still, many often find it difficult and even stressful to dispose of possessions. This can lead to hoarding disorder, a distressing and impairing mental health condition. Talk with Sharon Morein, Anglia Ruskin University.

  • 1 April 2023, 13:00 - 14:00
  • Price:  Free
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More details and booking for Fighting Fibrosis

Fighting Fibrosis

42% of deaths in the world are due to some kind of fibrotic disease. Despite efforts over the last 50 years, there is still no cure. Prof Selim Cellek, biomedical researcher at Anglia Ruskin University, delves into why this disease is so difficult to find a treatment for.

  • 1 April 2023, 13:00 - 14:00
  • Price:  Free
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More details and booking for Henry Moore: Drawing in the Dark

Henry Moore: Drawing in the Dark

In this illustrated talk, based on his recently published book, 'Drawing in the Dark: Henry Moore's Coalmining Commission' and accompanying exhibition at St Albans Museum + Gallery, Chris Owen will explore how this deeply personal commission challenged Moore to rediscover his roots as the son of a Yorkshire miner.

  • 1 April 2023, 14:00 - 15:00
  • Price:  Free
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More details and booking for Bad arguments that make you smarter

Bad arguments that make you smarter

Our life is filled with different types of bad arguments, also known as logical fallacies. Philosopher Henrik Schøneberg gives examples of logical fallacies that can help us better identify the shortcomings in our own and in other people’s arguments.

  • 1 April 2023, 15:00 - 16:00
  • Price:  Free
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More details and booking for Sugar and spice and all things nice: a journey into taste sensors in the body

Sugar and spice and all things nice: a journey into taste sensors in the body

Dr Havovi Chichger, Anglia Ruskin University will delve into the world of taste and discuss how and why our tissues, such as the kidney and lungs, can sense sweet and bitter substances.

  • 1 April 2023, 15:00 - 16:00
  • Price:  Free
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More details and booking for Thinking about power when writing fiction

Thinking about power when writing fiction

Published authors will discuss how they deal with power in writing their novels. Followed by Q&A and book signing.

  • 1 April 2023, 15:00 - 16:00
  • Price:  Free
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More details and booking for Performing Activism: Re-claim, Re-shape, Re-make

Performing Activism: Re-claim, Re-shape, Re-make

Exploring embodied forms of protest and resistance, this dance and movement choir workshop presents a study of movement and the body as agents for social change. Facilitated by Eva Aymami Rene, dancer, choreographer and lecturer at Anglia Ruskin University; and Naz Yeni, theatre-maker, movement practitioner, academic researcher and a drama teacher.

  • 1 April 2023, 16:00 - 18:00
  • Price:  Free
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