Primary Careers Conference 2016

During this year’s edition of the Primary Careers Conference, sponsored by the Knowledge Quarter, young pupils will find out more how a gift, a story, the example of a parent or a relative has shape speakers’ current professional life.

Humanities learning helps keep society sane by Professor Sarah Churchwell

Knowledge Quarter’s partner, the School of Advanced Study, in partnership with the Arts and Humanities Research Council and British Academy, are now inviting applications for the third Being Human festival of the humanities. Sarah Churchwell, new festival director, talks about the importance and use of the humanities.

Community engagement Show and Tell event

A very successful event has brought together Knowledge Quarter partners at the Wellcome collection reading room showcasing seven demonstrations of current Knowledge Quarter community engagement projects.

Share Academy – The Future of Collaboration II

Share Academy invites Knowledge Quarter partners to a day symposium evaluating the partnerships among university and museums focusing on the national strategic level and looking at university/cultural-heritage partnerships more widely.

Flexible Hiring: Why to do it and how to make it work

Knowledge Quarter partner, Camden Council, has partnered with the Timewise Foundation to provide a FREE workshop for Camden-based businesses. The workshop will focus on flexible hiring, providing an insight into the potential benefits and progressing to outline practical steps towards implementation.

Shortlists for the 2016 CILIP CARNEGIE AND KATE GREENAWAY MEDALS and the inaugural AMNESTY CILIP HONOUR

Knowledge Quarter partners are invited to the reception for the announcement of the shortlists for the 2016 Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals (CILIP) Carnegie and Kate Greenaway Medals, the most prestigious prizes in writing and illustrating for children. Following the announcement of CILIP and Amnesty International major new partnership, this year’s medals will receive the Amnesty CILIP Honour.

The Big Bang Fair London 2016

The Knowledge Quarter is delighted to be partnering with the Big Bang Fair at Westminster Kingsway College. Knowledge Quarter partners are invited to take part inspiring young people with science, technology, engineering and mathematics but also highlighting how art and cultural organisations focus on science-based projects.

The Knowledge Quarter Community Engagement subgroup Show and Tell Event

The Knowledge Quarter Community Engagement Sub-Group, on behalf of the Knowledge Quarter and the Wellcome Trust is delighted to invite you to our Community Engagement Show and Tell event on Monday 14 March 2016.

Waste of energy, waste of space, waste of time…. Food waste matters

'Waste Not, Want not'. Dan Crossley, Executive Director of the Food Ethics Council, will chair an expert panel exploring questions like: do we really waste more food than previous generations? Where do we waste it and why?

London Review of Books presents: Mary Beard in discussion with James Davidson

Knowledge Quarter partner, London Review of Books, is delighted to present Britain's best-known classicist Mary Beard in a special off-site event at Senate House, discussing her latest book 'SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome’.