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Free public lectures at Gresham College in 2022-23: for curriculum, career and university choices, and stretch and challenge
Gresham College is offering free hybrid public lectures starting in September (and you can also watch past years’ lectures online).
The lectures are especially useful for considering career and university course options (and applications), and generally for going beyond the curriculum.
Professors for Gresham College’s free public lectures (running since 1597) include Ronald Hutton (History of Paganism) Chris Whitty (Medicine – focus this year is the heart), Sarah Hart (Maths & Money) Leslie Thomas QC (Reimagining The Law) and Joanna Bourke (a Cultural History of Disease).
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You can sign up for monthly email updates here: gres.hm/schools. We take School and College block bookings for in-person lectures; email enquiries@gresham.ac.uk if you want to book, or to order free paper programmes for your school. You can watch other lectures and films now at gresham.ac.uk/schools.
Oracy Competition for Year 12
We are also launching an Oracy Competition for year 12 in September focusing on the environment that is free and easy to enter – and for individuals rather than teams: gres.hm/competition sign up for updates via the schools email gres.hm/schools
2022-23 Lectures
ASTRONOMY Cosmic Conclusions by Katherine Blundell looks at the end of our sun, stars, & Universe.
BIOLOGY All The World’s A Microbe by Robin May, learn more about how microbes interact with us and our environment making us human, helping bread rise, and building the Great Barrier Reef.
BUSINESS / ECONOMICS The Tech Revolution in Finance by Raghavendra Rau explores the risks and benefits of the way that technology is changing the way markets and organizations work, connecting buyers and sellers directly; The Impact of Technology in Medicine, Education will look at how technology could transform them.
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ENGLISH / ART The Powers of the Novel by John Mullan considers Adultery in the novel, historical fiction and endings (there are more to watch now); In Portraiture & Power experts like Philip Mould look at Louis XIV and Versailles, images of Queen Victoria, and Queen Elizabeth II and portraits of Native American leaders from Pocahontas to Sitting Bull.
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ENGINEERING/ WREN Engineering the Modern World: how engineers are creating our modern world, from Telford to tall buildings today, Wren 300: Sir Christopher Wren is probably the most famous Gresham Professor in history: a polymath, architect, mathematician, astronomer, anatomist and courtier.
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GEOGRAPHY Why Net Zero? What is the science behind Net Zero, how are climate impacts emerging, and when and how do we need to act to turn things around, asks the Physicist behind Net Zero, Myles Allen.
HISTORY Ancient Landscapes of Britain: the latest research on Stonehenge, Roman Landscapes & the Medieval Agricultural Revolution; Black History Month covers the amazing history and heritage in Kenya, Toussaint Louverture and Haiti, and African fashion after independence; Britain’s Empire and the Economy by Martin Daunton asks did Britain drain wealth from India and impoverish its economy? Did Atlantic slavery underpin the industrial revolution? Power, Politics and Nationhood by Richard J Evans, Kavita Puri and examines the history of the ‘Irish problem’, Partition in India, Afghanistan and Ukraine today; Architecture & The Court by Simon Thurley looks at Tudor Court Progresses and Christopher Wren as a courtier.
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IT Humanising Cyberspace by Victoria Baines will ask, Who owns the internet? What might life in the Metaverse be like? Can we expect our private communications to remain private?
LAW/ POLITICS / CITIZENSHIP Reimagining the Law by Professor Leslie Thomas QC will ask, do we need Judges? do we need juries? do we need the police? in a career-relevant series; Medical Law by Imogen Goold will look at whether we should we permit Voluntary Assisted Dying? Make vaccination mandatory? And what are the legal issues with Gene Editing?
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MATHEMATICS Maths and Money by Sarah Hart will explore how you can find out if you’ve been cheated by a goldsmith or use game theory in buying, selling and competitions? What is the probability that you could win the lottery? And Unexpected Mathematical Lives looks at the mathematical achievements of Sir Christopher Wren, Florence Nightingale and Alan Turing.
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MEDICINE Three lectures on Diseases of the Heart by Chris Whitty; A Cultural History of Disease by acclaimed cultural historian Joanna Bourke covering TB, Sickle Cell and more, Environmental Health by Ian Mudway which will look at the changing ways we have understood the impact of the environment on us and on our health using the new idea of the ‘Exposome’; Living With Mental Health will look at how people can live well with mental health conditions, and whether anxiety is growing in children.
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MUSIC Why do certain chords make us feel a certain way? Why do some of them sound celestial and others invoke horror? Lecture-recitals on The Life of Chords by Marina Frolova-Walker.
RELIGION Finding Britain’s Lost Gods by Paganism expert Ronald Hutton looks at Gods from prehistoric times through the Romans, Anglo-Saxons, Vikings and more; Women in World Religions covers: Reclaiming Women in the Hebrew Bible, Women Leaders in Early Christianity and Women, Islam and Prophecy.
Fourth Monkey Young Actor’s Company is launching a new Sunday morning training provision for young performers aged 14-18 at the Monkey House in Finsbury Park.
There will be some free and subsidised places.
Read more here: fourthmonkey.co.uk/young-actors-company
Young Actors Company Flyer London
Contact:
020 7281 0360
participate@fourthmonkey.co.uk
Local skills improvement plans
School census 2022 to 2023: technical information
Apply to access the Longitudinal Education Outcomes (LEO) dataset
Find, join or create a network for school business professionals
Monthly statistics on initial teacher training (ITT) recruitment
Skills needs in selected occupations over the next 5 to 10 years
Teach in England if you qualified outside the UK
Independent school registration
DfE monthly workforce management information: 2022 to 2023
School attendance: guidance for schools
How to complete the educational setting status form
Free schools: pre-opening guide
Traineeships: framework for delivery
Letters to academy trusts about poor performance
Statutory teacher induction: appropriate bodies
School attendance: guidance for schools
How to complete the educational setting status form
Senior mental health lead training
Post-16 Capacity Fund: successful applications
Revised behaviour in schools guidance and suspension and permanent exclusions guidance
Teachers’ pension scheme payments: 2022 to 2023
Condition Improvement Fund: 2022 to 2023 outcome
Widening participation in higher education: 2022
Statistics: initial teacher training
School workforce census: summary specification
National leaders of further education (NLFE) finance specialists: guidance for potential applicants
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Summer holiday fun at New River
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PANTS familiarisation sessions
Message from Bev Hendricks and Nick Hewlett
Dear Head teachers and DSLs
As part of the Talk PANTS Campaign, HSCP and the campaign steering group are planning for a “PANTS week” to run in autumn 2022 in early years and schools settings. This will give settings a chance to take part in a range of activities from holding workshops for parents and carers, activities for children , or even a visit from PANTasaurus. Please keep an eye on your emails for further details on how to sign up and get involved.
In the meantime, over the summer period, there is a chance for professionals working in schools and early years settings to attend a familiarisation workshop to learn more about the campaign itself and resources that they use with families. Please see this flyer for dates and how to sign up for these free virtual sessions: PANTS Familiarisation sessions Summer 22
Any further questions about the campaign, please contact Anna Holland (Consultant Social Worker) anna.holland@nspcc.org.uk or Lili Dunn (Local Campaigns Manager) lili.dunn@nspcc.org.uk
at the NSPCC via email.
Share your views on opportunities for improvement in NHS maternity, neonatal, children and young people’s services in north central London
Health and care organisations in north central London (NCL) are working together on Start Well: a long-term programme looking at children and young people, maternity and neonatal services.
The aim is to understand if we are delivering the best care to meet the needs of people living in Barnet, Camden, Enfield, Haringey and Islington, and those from neighbouring boroughs and beyond who choose to use services in NCL.
Opportunities for improvement
A Start Well case for change report has been published which describes current services and highlights some opportunities for the future. It does not propose specific changes or solutions.
It specifically looks at:
- Children and young people’s planned (elective) services in hospitals
- Children and young people’s emergency services in hospitals
- Maternity services
- Neonatal care for babies who are unwell when they are born or are born early and need extra support.
The focus is on services at North Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust, Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust (which includes Barnet Hospital, Royal Free Hospital, and Chase Farm Hospital), University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, and Whittington Health NHS Trust.
It also touches on services provided by specialist providers, including Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust (GOSH), Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust, and Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and considers the links between local and specialist hospitals, particularly GOSH.
Share your views
We want to hear the views of patients, public, staff and partners on the opportunities for improvement included in the case for change – particularly people with current or recent experience of these services, or anyone who might need them in the future, and their families and carers.
You can read a leaflet, and full and summary versions of the case for change on the NCL ICS website. To give feedback you can:
- Fill in an online survey or request a printed version using the details below
- Write to FREEPOST NCL NHS (no need for a stamp or postcode)
- Invite the Start Well team to speak to your group (email startwell@nhs.net )
- Phone 020 3816 3776.
The opportunity to give feedback runs from 4 July to 9 September 2022.
#ActuallyHaringey is a new specialist autism service designed to deliver early help provision to address the needs of autistic people without a learning disability aged 16 years and over and their support networks.
#ActuallyHaringey provides digital, online and telephone support across Haringey and within a safe online community space.
Join us for our monthly Friday evening social. This is an opportunity for you to socialise and make friends within a relaxed, friendly environment. Quiz Night with other activities on Friday 15 July, 5-7pm. Tuesday and Thursdays 10-1pm are in person information and advice sessions.
Other activities include lunchtime online Mindfulness, in person Pre-Diagnosis Group or What’s your special interest? Or in person Better connected. Online Tea and Chat Friday 29 July 4:30-5pm. There is an in person employment support advisor, too. Please book your place.
There are a number of taster sessions in July – tapestry, 14 July, 2-4pm; Introduction to Making Music on Thursday 21 July 2022, 2- 4pm; craft session will focus on upcycling old magazines into wall art on Thursday 28 July 2022, 2-4pm; creating art that has a focus on nature and the environment Saturday 30 July 2022, 2-3.30pm. Book early for the Sanjuro Martial Arts Taster Session on Saturday 6 August, 2-3pm.
For further information or to book a place for any of the activities: AutismHub@haringey.gov.uk.
#ActuallyHaringey, 20B Waltheof Gardens, London, N17 7HS.
Call or text 07929 839921.
Haringey’s Youth Service will be providing a free open access provision for young people aged 11 to 19 years old every weekday throughout the entire summer holidays from 2pm to 8pm at Bruce Grove Youth Space and the brand-new youth hub located in Wood Green called Rising Green Youth Hub.
The summer holiday provision is supported by Haringey’s holiday activity and food (HAF) programme which helps to ensure that young people have access to free positive activities, food, and support throughout the holiday period.