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November 2021
KQ Private View: This Fascist Life
Join the KQ for this In-Person Private View, in collaboration with the The Wiener Holocaust Library, to explore their unique archival collections. Developed in partnership with an international group of specialists in fascism, this exhibition focuses on the experiences of the rank-and-file members these movements in the interwar period.
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Postponed – KQ Wellbeing Roundtable: Carers in the KQ
This event will be part of our wellbeing special interest group series, open to all KQ staff. This meeting will bring together people who are interested in practises that can improve and support the wellbeing of staff with caring responsibilities in the KQ.
Find out more »December 2021
KQ Masterclass: Reducing Carbon Emissions from your Buildings & Estates
In this KQ Masterclass, bought to you in partnership with the British Medical Association and Artic Building Services, we will hear from companies working with KQ partners to reduce carbon emissions from their buildings and estates. This event is part of It is part of Getting to Net Zero, a new series of workshops and masterclasses designed to help members understand their carbon emissions and develop strategies to do something about it.
Find out more »January 2022
KQ Masterclass: Mental Health and Wellbeing of your Workforce
Join us for a masterclass in talking with colleagues and managers about mental health and wellbeing at work, in partnership with C&I Wellbeing Partnerships, of Camden and Islington NHS Foundation Trust.
Find out more »March 2022
Income Inequality in the Knowledge Quarter
According to the latest ONS Household Finances Survey, the gap between the richest in society and the rest of the population has widened over the last 10 years. For this special conference legacy event, a panel of economists and policy experts will discuss the causes and impacts of pay and income inequality on KQ organisations and the area they call home.
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KQ Private View: Slade 150
While we have to take a break from our in-person private views, we are working with curators to bring the KQ’s cultural offering to the digital realm! Join us at 3pm on Wednesday 9th March for an online experience brought to you by the UCL Slade School of Fine Art and UCL Culture.
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© Scott Graham/UnsplashKQ Policy and Public Affairs Network: Levelling Up
For this special event brought to you in partnership with GuildHE, policy and public affairs experts from across the Knowledge Quarter will present their response to the Government's Levelling Up white paper, to discuss what it means for Kings Cross, London, and beyond.
Find out more »April 2022
KQ Private View: Superheroes, Orphans & Origins: 125 years in comics
This spring, the Foundling Museum presents the first major exhibition to explore the representation of foundlings, orphans, adoptees, and foster children in comics. Join us for a private view exploring over a century of mainstream comics, graphic novels and sequential art from around the world.
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KQ Private View: The World of Stonehenge
In this special private view of their blockbuster exhibition, the British Museum will reveal the secrets of Stonehenge, shining a light on its purpose, cultural power and the people that created it.
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KQ CLIMATE ACTION: Algae Materials and Ecosystems
Students from Central Saint Martins MA in Biodesign will lead this hands-on workshop at the Somers Town Living Centre about why and how living organisms can be transformed into new plant-positive materials.
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