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CenSes Seminar on Multisensory Perception and Action: Embodiment in perception and language – 11 December

CenSes Seminar on Multisensory Perception and Action: Embodiment in perception and language – 11 December

by aseifert | Dec 8, 2014 | Events, Philosophy, PotW

In the Research Unit in Cognitive and Affective Sciences, we have recently performed a series of psychophysical and brain imaging studies together with neuropsychological investigations of brain-lesioned patients to demonstrate that perception is to be considered as...
Clinical Governance and Leadership – 27 November 2014

Clinical Governance and Leadership – 27 November 2014

by aseifert | Nov 24, 2014 | Events, PotW

Clinical governance and leadership. Invented in the UK, exported to NZ.  Developments that can contribute to NHS England This lecture by Professor Robin Gauld will report the late-1990s in response to various failures in medical professionalism but also to promote...
Too Much Information – Being human in a digital age – 15 November

Too Much Information – Being human in a digital age – 15 November

by aseifert | Nov 10, 2014 | Being Human festival, Events, PotW, Public Engagement

At Senate House, home to the ‘Ministry of Information’ during WWII and inspiration for Orwell’s 1984, we launch the Being Human festival with a day of activities that will inspire debate over our shared future as ‘digital humans’. Based at the Being Human festival hub...
Pick of the Week: Mobilising London’s housing histories: the provision of homes since 1850

Pick of the Week: Mobilising London’s housing histories: the provision of homes since 1850

by aseifert | Jun 24, 2013 | Events, History & Classics, PotW

As a growing metropolis, London is in the middle of a severe housing crisis, widely evidenced in the press and featuring in political debates. The problem of creating adequate homes for a growing demand is not new. The Centre for Metropolitan History (IHR), in...
Pick of the Week: What Kind of Theory and Research is Relevant to the Well-Being and Rights of Children? -19 June 2013

Pick of the Week: What Kind of Theory and Research is Relevant to the Well-Being and Rights of Children? -19 June 2013

by aseifert | Jun 17, 2013 | Events, Human Rights, PotW

Connections and smooth pathways between research, policy and practice are essential to ensure that researchers can play a part in achieving social justice and making a difference to children’s lives.  Professor Smith will argue that the recognition of children...
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